"Jessie, wait up!" I heard Shock call out moments after I had stormed out of the training room. Instead of waiting for him I continued along the corridor, forcing the small robot to catch up with me.
"Hey Shock." I said as the robot hurried to catch up with me.
"Why did you storm out like that?" He asked me as I muttered something under my breath. "Come again?"
"I said that I was angry at Berto about the training simulation and I couldn't stay there a moment longer." I replied as I came to a halt. "Who in their right mind sets Miles Dredd on a rookie? I could have been seriously hurt." With that I took off again and Shock sighed.
"I'm sure he didn't mean it. Give the guy a chance to explain." Shock suggested, once again having to race after his partner.
"Uh huh. Maybe he should apologize to me." I answered just as I heard Berto call out to me. Pretending I didn't hear him, I kept walking. Apparently just as stubborn as me, he hurried after me. Eventually catching up, and keeping pace with me, he again tried to get me to answer him. More than a little annoyed, I finally spoke. "What do you want with me? Are you going to set Toxzon on me now? Or maybe the Ultimate Elementor instead?"
"Look that wasn't my fault, okay? The computer malfunctioned and that's why you were facing Miles Dredd." Berto told me and I spun around. Stepping forward I poked him in the chest with a frown on my face.
"I don't care. You're the Tech expert so you should have checked to make sure the computer was working. No excuses." I growled at him and he raised an eyebrow at me.
"Excuse me? What part of 'it was an accident' didn't you understand?" He replied and I glared at him.
"And what part of 'I was frightened out of my wits' don't you understand?" I shot back as he glared back at me. Both of us were as stubborn as one another and we continued to glare at each other until someone interrupted us.
"Not this again. When will you two learn to stop behaving like children?" Forge said as he walked over.
"She started it." Berto said, pointing at me.
"No he started it." I said pointing back at him. Rolling his eyes in what I swear was amusement, he stood between us.
"Okay I don't care who started this fight. I just want you two to end it. Then I need Jessie to come with me." Forge said. Crossing my arms across my chest I asked what he needed me for.
"Since your training session went haywire, I've decided to have you and Shock team up with Max and Steel. This way you have someone in the field that can help you control your powers and can back you up for when anything goes wrong." Forge answered and I gave him a nod.
"Okay. So when does my on the job training start?" I asked him.
"I already briefed Max and Steel so when you're ready." Forge said.
"I'm ready now so let's go." I said and he nodded. "Let's go Shock." As soon as Forge had his back turned I stuck out my tongue at Berto. He stared back at me as I gave him a grin and hurried after Forge.
"Interesting comeback." Shock said as we followed behind the Commander. Still grinning at my victory over Berto I was feeling pretty good. Before we arrived at our destination, Forge asked me why I was arguing with Berto earlier.
"It's a long story but the short version is a possible computer malfunction." I replied as we walked along.
"I heard from Max about that. Apparently Steel was trying to find a weakness for the Ultimate Elementor and changed the simulation Berto set up for you." Forge told me and I frowned.
"Does this mean that he was telling the truth?" I asked him and he nodded. "So now I have to apologize to him? Oh man." I complained as we walked into the hangar.
"Don't worry about it now. Right now I need you to focus on finding the Ultimate Elementor." Forge told me as we stopped in front of one of N-Tek's Jump Jets. As I stood there I saw Max and Steel, apparently waiting for us. When they walked over I noticed that Max was wearing his Flight suit.
"Ready to catch the Elementor?" Steel asked me.
"I guess so. Where is it anyway?" I asked and Max just shrugged. "Wait a second, do you even know where it went?" When no one answered, I shook my head in disbelief.
"Actually that's where you come in. We want you and Shock to fly around Copper Canyon and see if you can find any clues to its whereabouts while Max and Steel back you up. I'll be keeping in radio contact from here for when something goes wrong." Forge told us and I cringed at that last comment. After he left I looked over at Shock.
"Why do I get the feeling there's something he's not telling us." I said after Shock linked with me.
"Welcome to our world." Steel replied, linking up with Max. "He does that a lot."
"Don't worry about it. You have Max Steel to back you up." Max replied as I tried hide the fact I wasn't completely confident in myself and this plan. Setting aside my worries for now I focused instead on finding the Elementor. Soon I realized that not every plan goes according to, well, plan. As I soon found out.