When we did get home I found myself sitting at my desk, a book open on my desk and me bored out of my mind. Noting the bored expression on my face Shock hovered near my face and asked what the problem was.
"I'm stuck here studying and Berto's back at N-Tek. That's the problem." I replied as I fiddled with my pen.
"Look you're going to meet up with him Saturday so think about that." Shock said and I brightened.
"Fine I'll study." I said picking up my book. I surprised myself by actually studying for the next two hours until I almost face- planted the desk. "Whoa." I muttered rubbing my eyes and Shock laughed.
"Maybe you should call it a night." He suggested and I yawned, closing the book. Standing I wandered over to the bed and practically fell onto it. "You did pretty well for someone who didn't want to study."
"Yeah...I guess I did.' Night Shock." I muttered as I curled up, falling asleep before Shock had even turned off the light.
The next day I woke up feeling pretty good. Standing I stretched and walked over to my desk to retrieve my book. As I grabbed the book I noticed that my computer was on and I stared at the screen. "That's strange. I don't remember using it last night." I said and as I reached over to turn the computer off I stopped when I noticed a familiar file. Curious I grabbed the mouse and clicked on the file. Before my eyes I found it was a profile of my mom, Claire and that took me by surprise. Sitting down at the desk I began to read it and after a while I started to regain some of my missing memories. I had a suddenly fastback to the day I had ended up in Copper Canyon. I was so absorbed in reading that I didn't notice Shock watching me. It wasn't until he coughed that I realized he was there and I turned around.
"I see you found it." He said and I nodded. When he sighed I asked what was wrong. "I didn't want you to get upset again."
"I'm not upset. In fact I'm happy you found it. Now I'm starting to get back more of my memories." I told him as he flew over to hover behind the computer. "I remember the day I woke up. I was waiting at home for mom to return and when she didn't, I tried calling her. When I couldn't get through I decided to go to the canyon to find her." I told him and when he crossed his arms I sighed. "Yeah I know it was stupid but I was worried about her and I didn't really think. Before I had even found the site of her accident something attacked me. I didn't see what it was because it was dark and something struck me in the head. I must have run, staggered about for a while and ended up passing out. Then I came to in the same spot."
"Is that where C.Y.T.R.O found you?" Shock asked and I shook my head.
"I actually heard voices and went to check them out before I came across him. Then I got attacked by the Ultimate Elementor and I ended up waking up at N-Tek. And that's it." I added and he thought about this for a few minutes.
"Well at least you weren't badly hurt." Shock said and I grinned at him.
"When I woke up I had a splitting headache so I might not have agreed with you." I answered as I stood up. "The next time I'm at N-Tek I'll tell Berto." As soon as I said that Shock laughed. "What's so funny?"
"You recover one of your memories and the first person you want to tell is your boyfriend." He answered and I blushed. "I'm kidding. Actually he gets to hear about this second so its fine."
"Very funny Shock. Hey what time is it?" I asked him and he told me that it was 7am. "I'd better get ready then." As I turned and headed for the bathroom, Shock turned the computer off for me. By the time I brushed my teeth and hair and I sat down for breakfast it was only 7:30am so I took my time. Once I was at school it was 8 am so I took a few minutes to enjoy the sunshine before I walked in. As I did I found the hallway almost deserted and that made wonder.
"Now this is weird." I said out aloud, only to hear something outside. Curious I hurried outside and that's when I saw Max Steel fly overhead. I called out to him and he waved to me before landing. "What's going on?"
"It's Dredd. He's been spotted in Copper Canyon. You coming?" Max said and I nodded. Disappearing for a moment I let Shock out of my bag.
"Let's rock, Flight mode!" I called out and I rejoined Max Steel moments later as J-Shock. "Last one there's a goop monster!" I yelled as I took to the sky, closely followed by Max.
"Wait up!" Max called out as I laughed. Soon we came to the canyon and as I looked down, I saw Dredd and Naught walking along the ground followed closely by about a dozen Dredd Naughts. As I got closer I noticed that they seemed to be looking for something. But before I could work out what, Dredd looked up.
"Oh no." I muttered as he shouted at Naught and the Dredd Naughts to open fire on us. Quickly dodging I landed a few feet away. "Let's rock, Speed mode!" I called out and instantly I changed modes.
"Are you sure about using this mode? We haven't exactly tested it yet." Shock pointed out but I shook my head and took off running. Seconds later I realized that he was right when I almost slammed into the Dredd Naughts firing at me.
"Whoa!" I yelped as I dodged them. "Hah missed me!" I shouted until I tripped and sprawled to the ground. "Owww." I groaned as I struggled to my feet, only for Dredd to step in front of me and start siphoning my Turbo energy. As I groaned in pain, he taunted me.
"You make this too easy." He laughed as his armor started to glow a bright red. As I returned to Base Mode he grabbed me around my neck and threw me. When I slammed into ground I yelped.
"Jessie!" Shock yelled as I lay there, dazed. I managed to sit up as Dredd stood over me.
"You're just as useless as that agent who tried to destroy Makino. Thinking a mere missile would defeat someone so powerful." Dredd said as he fired a shot of energy at me. Throwing me a few feet away I groaned. Seeing stars I tried to stand and found myself suddenly sitting on the ground again.
"It's too bad for her that I sent the Elementor to take care of that minor nuisance." He added and something snapped inside me. Suddenly I was engulfed in a blazing green light as I screamed. Max, Naught and even Dredd looked on in surprise as my eyes glowed green. Before anyone could act I found myself rushing forward, still wrapped in Turbo energy. "Humph. Destroy her." Dredd ordered and the remaining Dredd Naughts that hadn't been destroyed by Max Steel started for me. But I didn't even flinch when they opened fire on me. Instead of being hurt the Turbo energy surrounding my body shielded me and I kept running, taking out all the Dredd Naughts in an instant when the energy surrounding me reflected the blasts back at them. Before I collided with Dredd he fired at me and I avoided the blast then responded with a blast of my own. To everyone's shock I sent Dredd flying, forcing Naught to go after him. Instead of chasing him, Max looked on as the light faded from me. Standing there I felt Shock detached and stare at me, a question mark appearing on his face.
"Shock…what did I…do?" I mumbled feeling suddenly exhausted. Then before I could stop myself I collapsed into a heap. As I lay there, fighting to stay awake I heard Shock yell for help. As I felt someone scoop me up into their arms I could see spots before my eyes and this time when I started to pass out I let myself go.
The first time I woke up I remember someone asking me a question. Or maybe the question was aimed at someone else, I'm not completely sure as I passed out moments later. Sometime later I managed to stay conscious a little longer and as I lay on a bed, table, whatever I could hear voices and I felt someone pressing a damp cloth to my forehead. Soon I fainted again and when I next woke I found someone sitting beside me. Unable to turn my head I called out and that's when I felt someone take my hand and give it a gentle squeeze.
"Jessie?" I heard the voice say and it took me a minute to figure out that it was Berto. I managed to open my eyes, instantly regretting it when I felt a sharp pain in my head. Wincing I closed my eyes. "Are you alright?" He asked me.
"Where…am I?" I muttered and he sighed. Again I felt a cloth being pressed against my forehead and that made me feel a little better.
"You're in the Medical Bay. You passed out hours ago and Max brought you here." Berto explained and I shifted slightly. "You've been in and out of consciousness for some time."
"Why…did I…faint?" I asked as I tried to sit up, only for the room to spin. Berto quickly pressed a hand to my shoulder and I lay back down, confused about why I was so weak.
"You attacked Dredd with an immense burst of Turbo energy. It drained you in an instant and caused you to pass out from complete exhaustion." Berto told me as he kept the cloth against my head. "You should get some rest."
"I feel…sleepy." I muttered before my eyes closed and I fell asleep.
"How is she?" Max asked as he, Steel and Shock joined Berto.
"She's asleep. What happened back there?" Berto asked Max who raised an eyebrow at his friend.
"Dredd was trashing her mom and she started screaming. Then her Turbo energy surrounded her and she unleashed it on Dredd. As soon as it vanished she just collapsed seconds later. I had to carry back here because we couldn't wake her." Max told him as Shock hovered over his friend, worried.
"She did something similar when Toxzon had the antidote to save you. When he told her that she'd failed to save you, she just exploded and started wiping the floor with him. Toxzon was actually afraid of her."
Steel told Berto who seemed shocked at hearing that.
"Is there anything we can do for her?" Shock asked and Berto sighed, looking a little tired himself.
"All we can do is wait for her to wake up." Berto said and Max grinned at him, making the scientist raise an eyebrow in confusion.
"I think you should rest too. You look pretty wiped out yourself." Max said and Berto managed a smile. With a nod he decided to head for his room. Once everyone else had left, Shock hovered nearby for a minute or two.
"As soon as you wake up, I want to find out how you managed to use that much Turbo energy in one go." Shock said before he left. For the next few hours I dozed and when I woke I felt really thirsty. I tried to sit up again and when the room spun I groaned. It was then I felt a hand on my shoulder and I knew who it was by the black and silver gloves.
"Thirsty." I mumbled and moments later I felt him help me sit up. The room still feeling like it was moving I was glad that I had a hand on my shoulder to keep me from falling to the floor.
"Here." Berto said as he held a cup to my mouth. Taking a few sips of water I gently pushed it away and Berto reached over to set it down. "Feel better?" He asked me and I asked if he could make the room stop spinning. Trying not to laugh he gently pushed my shoulder until I lay back down. "Maybe you should rest." He suggested before realizing I had already fallen asleep. "Thanks for taking my advice." Berto added with a wry grin before leaning over and kissing my forehead just before he left the room. I can't remember waking up the next time but apparently I woke up screaming. About an hour after Berto left Jessie he thought he heard a noise coming from down the hallway. Putting down the wrench he was using he strained his ears to see if he could work out where it had come from. When he heard the noise again he took off running, realizing it was coming from the Medical Bay. As he reached the door Berto found Shock hovering just inside looking worried.
"It's Jessie. She's screaming and I can't wake her up." Shock said as Berto hurried over to his girlfriend. When he got to the couch he found me thrashing about, eyes closed but still screaming.
"Jessie! Wake up! Jessie?" Berto begged as he tried shaking my shoulder. When I didn't respond he wrapped an arm around my shoulders and, after lifting me into a sitting position, shook me. Suddenly my eyes shot open and I gasped, heart racing. "It's okay." Berto said and that's when I noticed that he and Shock were looking at me, eyes wide.
"What…what's going…on?" I mumbled as I wondered why I was sitting.
"You were screaming. Are you okay?" Berto asked me and I raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"I…was screaming?" I asked holding a hand to my forehead. "Huh…don't remember…doing that."
"Okay now you're worrying me. More than before anyway." Shock said and Berto nodded in agreement, still looking uneasy.
"Hmm…maybe I had…a nightmare. Not…really sure." I mumbled as I fought to keep my eyes open. Noticing that my head kept dropping towards my chest every few seconds Berto sighed.
"How about you get some sleep and I'll ask you when you're feeling better?" He said and I gave him a nod. Lying down I instantly dozed off and Shock looked from Berto to me and back again.
"It must have been some nightmare." He said to Berto, who was looking at me.
"I hope she's okay. It's strange that she doesn't remember the nightmare or that she was screaming." Berto said as he watched his girlfriend sleep. "That really worries me."
"Maybe it has something to do with her Turbo powers overloading like that. Or maybe it triggered something in her memory. I really don't know." Shock suggested.
"You might be right. I guess we won't know until she wakes up." Berto replied and they soon left the room.
For the next few hours I didn't wake up, even when I heard someone talking in the hallway I just shifted over and fell back asleep. It wasn't until I felt someone touch my forehead that I moved my head slightly and I heard a voice.
"Sorry I didn't mean to wake you." Berto said as I yawned and opened my eyes to find him looking down at me.
"No problem." I muttered as I attempted to sit up. Placing a hand on my shoulder, Berto helped me into a sitting position. "How long…was I out?'
"A long time. Maybe ten hours or so?" Berto told me and I stared at him. After about ten seconds he laughed. "Heh the look on your face now."
"What do you mean?" I asked him and he smiled. "Do I have a weird look on my face?"
"It's just that when your eyes went really wide you looked pretty funny." He answered and I frowned at him. "I'm just having some fun with you."
"Fine. I'm a little out of it at the moment I guess." I replied and he reached over to place a hand on my forehead. "Um what are you doing?"
"Just checking to see if your fever's gone down. You seem a lot better." He explained and when he saw how confused I looked he chuckled.
"I had a fever? I don't remember that at all." I said as he removed my hand. "Of course I don't remember much of the last couple of hours anyway."
"You've been pretty much either sleeping or being possibly awake." Berto answered and I tilted my head to one side. "You did talk a little but you were pretty out of it so it was only a couple of words."
"I really can't remember. It's really strange too." I said and he shrugged. Then something occurred to me and my eyes went wide again.
"What's wrong? Wait a sec, I know. You're probably wondering why your Turbo powers didn't cause another explosion?" He said and when I nodded, he grinned. "Two reasons. The first being that after you attacked Dredd, you exhausted both your energy and yourself. The second being that even when you were out of it, we managed to wake you up enough for Shock to link with you and prevent your powers from overwhelming you. Oh and stopping Shock from powering down." Berto told me and I sighed, relieved.
"That's a relief. I must have been pretty dazed because I can't recall that." I said as I rubbed my eyes. "Well I didn't blow up so that's a very good think. Where is Shock by the way?"
"Right here." He said as he flew into the room and hovered overhead. "So how are you now?" He asked me and I smiled at him.
"Pretty good actually. The room's stopped spinning and I don't feel exhausted anymore." I told him and he seemed happy. "Oh and thanks for stopping me from going boom." I added making Berto snort.
"Since I would have shut down permanently, I kind of had to. Moving on I have a question for you." He said and I asked what it was. "When you woke before you were…kind of freaking out. Were you having a nightmare?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" I asked him this time. "Seriously I can't remember anything."
"Maybe it had something to do with your fever. Now that I think about it that happened once before when you were sick." Berto said and I thought back for a moment.
"Yeah I remember you asked how I blew up the computer in here. Though I didn't say what it was about. It was about the day I got my Turbo powers." I told them and Berto smiled.
"I remember. You stood up the Ultimate Elementor and saved my life in the process." He answered and then he frowned when I sighed. "Oh no…don't tell me."
"Yeah in my nightmare my powers were out of control and I ended up…taking out everyone and everything." I answered, looking down at the floor. Then I felt Berto's hand on my shoulder and I looked up.
"Hey it was just a dream. You saved me and everyone's fine." He told me and I managed a smile. "So don't worry about it."
"Yeah you're right. So how are you anyway?" I asked him and that surprised him. "You were sick a few days ago."
"How could I forget? Actually I'm pretty good myself though I have been more worried about you." He replied and that made me smile even more, touched that he cared so much about me.