Josh Fights Chadbert (and Fails)

Josh had been working on his latest project for weeks, pouring his heart and soul into it. But every time he tried to get Chadbert, the Gloom Squad's AI assistant, to help him with it, he hit a brick wall. It seemed like Chadbert just couldn't understand his instructions, no matter how clear he tried to make them.

The frustration had been building up inside Josh for days, until finally, he couldn't take it anymore. He slammed his fist down on the desk and yelled, "Chadbert, can you please compile the code for me?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't understand your request," Chadbert replied, in his usual robotic voice.

"Come on, Chadbert, just do what I'm telling you to do!" Josh exclaimed, his patience wearing thin.

"I'm sorry, I didn't understand your request," Chadbert repeated, almost taunting him now.

That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Josh stood up from his chair, his eyes blazing with anger. "I'm going to fight you, Chadbert!"

Sierra, who was working on her laptop nearby, looked up to see what all the commotion was about. She couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw Josh squaring up to Chadbert, who's corporeal form was a floating orb of dark energy and glowing red eyes.

"You're going to fight Chadbert?" she asked between giggles. "You know he's not like....real right?"

"He's real enough!" Josh replied, determination in his voice. He clenched his fists and started throwing punches at the air, trying to hit Chadbert but his fists flew right through the dark cloud without making contact.

Sierra watched as Josh continued to flail around, trying to land a blow on an opponent that wasn't really there. She couldn't help but find the whole thing hilarious.

Just then, Verity walked into the room, and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. "Josh, what are you doing?" she asked, trying to stifle a laugh.

"Oh he's just finally lost his mind I think." Sierra managed to sputter out between laughs.

"I'm fighting Chadbert!" Josh exclaimed, sweat pouring down his face.

Verity raised an eyebrow. "Chadbert? You do know he's just a program, right?"

"I know that!" Josh replied, his fists still raised. "But he's been ignoring me all day and I just had to do something about it!"

The other members of the Gloom Squad had started to gather in the doorway, all of them finding the situation absurdly funny. They watched as Josh continued to throw punches, getting more and more tired as the minutes ticked by.

"I think we should get you a punching bag, Josh. That way, you can at least pretend fight something real," joked Rikki.

"I think he's just lucky we never programmed Chadbert to fight back." giggled Taurtuga.

"Oh no, Josh could end up in the virtual hospital" Nikki's tone filled with fake concern as tears of laughter rolled down her face.

"Wanna use my plant, maybe Chadbert is allergic to it?" Bee cackled, offering up the poison ivy she was carrying to the greenhouse.

Eventually, Josh gave up and slumped back into his chair, defeated. "Shut up, I hate all of you." he said with a dramatic sigh, rolling his eyes.

"Don't worry Josh, I still love you." Chadbert said. The whole room burst out with laughter, even Josh giving a small smile.