Walking a short distance behind the group, I was lost in my own world. So far I had a million questions and not a single answer. Well, maybe not a million. More like two at most and they were nagging at me.
How exactly did I end up in Copper Canyon? Also, why had Forge asked Berto to give me a guided tour? I mean N-Tek's pretty impressive and all but why? I was a complete stranger to them. It just didn't make sense to me.
Of course I didn't get time to ask anything when Max announced we were here.
"And where would that be?" I asked as I silently resolved to find out at a later date.
"In the Com room, short for the communications room." Berto told me and I rolled my eyes at him.
"Thank you for that. I guess I'm not bright enough to work that out myself." I muttered and Berto frowned at me.
"I was only trying to help you." He shot back.
"Excuse me but you basically said that I'm an idiot" I replied, folding my arms against my chest. Berto opened his mouth and started to speak when a voice cut him off mid-sentence.
"If you two are done, I'd like to get this meeting started." Forge said, shaking his head at the two of us.
"Sorry commander." Berto said, looking a little embarrassed. As soon as Forge took his eyes off of us, Berto glared back at me. I ignored him and instead concentrated my efforts on hearing what Forge had to say. I noticed Kat was in the room, standing next to the commander as well as another agent who introduced himself as Jefferson.
"I called everyone here because N-Tek's sensors have just picked up a huge energy blast from somewhere in Copper Canyon. " Forge explained.
"So you don't know where it is? For what I've seen, that Canyon's huge." I replied out. This time Kat spoke up.
"That's why we've been monitoring the energy blasts to see if we can pinpoint its location." Kat explained just as something showed up on the room's computer. Kat turned to the computer and touched the keyboard, bringing up an image of the canyon.
"It's happening again. Whatever it is, it's giving off more energy. Wait a second, that can't be right." Kat said and frowned slightly. Forge stepped forward to check the screen and he looked as confused as Kat.
"What is it?" Steel asked and Forge turned back to us.
"It seems to be the same energy as Turbo energy." He answered and everyone except me gasped.
"What the heck is Turbo energy and why do you all look so surprised?" I asked but all I got were blank looks.
"Kat, you and Jefferson check out the site in your Jump jets and keep me updated when you find the energy source. Max and Steel, you two go with them in case trouble shows up." Forge told them and everyone except Berto and I hurried away. I just stood there, completely lost as Forge asked Berto to check the energy blasts and call him if anything or anyone shows up at the site. Then he, too, ran off to who knows where.
"Okay, what's going on? What's this 'Turbo energy' and why did everyone run off like that?" I asked Berto, who was now bent over the keyboard.
Instead of speaking he stared typing on the keyboard, which was really irritating. Annoyed at being ignored I decided to find out for myself what this Turbo energy was. His back to me, Berto didn't notice me slowly sneak past him. Once I was back in the corridor again, I took off in a run. Of course I had no idea where I was going. All I had seen so far was Berto's lab and the Com Room so how could I find the Jets by myself? Fortunately it didn't take me long to find the hangar as it was kind of hard to miss. Stopping mid step I gave myself a few moments to take in the sight of two massive jets and come up with a plan on how to get aboard without being detected. Eventually I just hopped on board the nearest jet and hoped no one would find I'd snuck aboard. At least not until we were already in the air and too late to turn back. Though if I had known what was going to happen later that day, I would have stayed back at N-Tek.