A/N: Enjoying the Lab Rats series so much, I decided to write a fanfic for it. This story doesn't fit into the series' timeline very well. It takes place sometime after Douglas moved into the mansion. But for the sake of this story, you have to pretend nothing from the episode "You Post What?!" ever happened. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 1: Mission Alert
Chase walked out of his science classroom and headed down the stairs toward Mission Creek High School's main hall. He was supposed to meet his siblings by the water fountain so they could all walk home together. But first he headed to his locker to retrieve his backpack. This had been a very good day so far and he'd even managed to finish his extra-credit project on time, despite having to go on three different missions over the last few days. If nothing went wrong, this could end up being a perfect day.
Three shadows loomed up around him and Chase turned to see Trent with two of his henchmen standing over him. Okay, so it almost ended up a perfect day.
"Hey, Trent," Chase greeted the bully in as casual a tone as he could. It was always hard to tell what kind of a mood the guy was in. "What's up?"
Trent stepped forward and glared down at Chase. "What were you thinking in Math class?" he asked. "We would have gotten away with no homework today if you hadn't reminded the teacher to assign it!"
"Hey, it's still the new teacher's first week," Chase said. "I figured he was just preoccupied and forgot." Chase kept forgetting that normal kids don't actually like homework.
"Yeah, well now I have to complete these assignments and still make football practice this afternoon. How am I supposed to get both done?"
A sharp beeping sound made Chase look down at his watch. It was on a subsonic frequency that normal humans couldn't hear, but his bionic hearing picked up on it immediately. Glancing at the "watch" on his wrist, he saw that the screen was lighting up red. That meant a mission alert.
"Hey," Trent said sharply. "Don't ignore me while I'm talking."
Chase looked over at the office door marked "PRINCIPAL" and, for once in his life, actually hoped that Principal Perry would come out. He needed to get back to the lab quickly and didn't have time to deal with Trent right now.
"Hey, Trent," he started to say, "I'm kinda busy right now, so could you..."
Before he could finish, Trent stepped closer and shoved Chase back against the wall of lockers, using his arm to keep the smaller teenager pinned against the wall. "Maybe you should just do my homework for me; since it was your idea in the first place."
Chase glanced around and saw that there weren't many people in the general vacinity. Normally he wouldn't take a chance on using his bionics at school, but he figured this counted as an emergency. Making sure that no one was watching, he used his molecular kinesis to loudly open the principal's door.
One of Trent's sidekicks heard the door open and whispered urgently, "Trent, let's get out of here. Perry is coming!"
Trent frowned but he still let go of Chase and stepped away. "I'll catch you later," he warned before taking off with his two companions.
Chase sighed in relief and, grabbing his backpack, headed for the door. He was certain no one had seen him use his bionic ability and it had helped him get to the mission faster, so he figured that it was completely justified. What harm could it cause?
