CH 1 (Remember, I don't own Grossology or any of its characters) Enjoy!

Ty Archer was really excited for school to be out. During last class, he fidgeted anxiously in his seat. Abby, who was sitting next to him, kept shooting him confused looks, but he ignored her.

Ty sighed with relief when the bell rang. He gathered up his things and headed for the door.

"Hey" Ty felt Abby place a hand on his shoulder. "You okay? You've been acting weirder than normal"

"I'm fine" Ty replied firmly, shrugging Abby's hand off his shoulder, but his anger left him when he glanced down the hallway at Naomi who was heading their direction. "Here she comes"

Abby glanced down the hall, still looking confused. "who, Naomi? Why are you...?" Abby broke off as understanding broke out across her face.

"Yeah" Ty nodded, then took a deep breath. "Today's the day. I'm going to ask her out!" He declared.

"Yeah, right" Abby teased, rolling her eyes. Ty glared her.

"You just watch me" He boasted, but he didn't sound very confident. He looked very nervous as Naomi stopped to drink from the water fountain.

"So, what are you waiting for?" Abby whispered. Ty glared at her again.

"The right time" Ty hissed back.

"No time like the present" Abby smiled and raised her voice. "Hey Naomi!"

The blonde girl looked up at them. "Hey Abby. Hi Ty." She smiled and waved back at them.

"Abby, what are you doing?" Ty muttered through his teeth as he smiled back at Naomi.

"Ty has something he wants to ask you" Abby said, smiling as Ty's eyes widened in alarm.

"Really? What is it?" Naomi asked, walking up to them.

"Um-well Naomi, You see I-I" Ty stuttered. Abby snickered, but both siblings froze as a musical tone echoed from Ty's pocket.

"What was that?" Naomi asked, looking confused.

"Um-my new phone" Abby replied. "I gotta take this call. You two have fun." Abby smiled and dashed around the corner. Checking to mkae sure no one was around, Abby pulled out her communicator. The Director's face appeared on the screen.

"Abby, I've just received word of a disturbance at the outskirts of town."

Abby groaned. "What kind of disturbance?"

"A tanker truck carrying a load of chemicals has been hijacked. We estimate that the truck is heading towards the water treatment plant."

"Toxic chemicals, no doubt" Abby shook her head.

"Indeed, get out there and stop that truck" The director cut out.

Abby glanced back around the corner and saw Ty and Naomi still there. Ty was shifting back and forth on his feet and sweating. Naomi was looking a little unnerved by what was happening.

Oh brother! Abby said to herself. "Ty! We gotta go!" Ty looked back, a look of half gratitude, half annoyance on his face.

"I'll see you later Naomi" He said, turning to follow Abby.

"Wait! What did you want to ask me?" Naomi called.

"It'll keep. See you later!" Ty called over his shoulder as he broke into a run, leaving Naomi standing there with a confused look on her face.

"What was that all about?" She wondered. Then frowned as a thought hit her. "Come to think of it, Abby and Ty both seem to disappear a lot recently. What are they up to?"

"So, how'd it go?" Abby asked as they dashed down the hall.

"Don't talk to me" Ty growled in reply as they skidded to a stop in front of their lockers.

"What? Did Naomi turn you down?" Abby teased as they spun their combination locks to the G positon

"You set that surprise encounter up, then yanked me away before I could ask her" Ty said as their locker doors opened.

"Worry about that later, come on" Abby said as they dashed through.

A few minutes later, Ty and Abby were suited up and airborne, flying out of the city in the GRS1.

"Lab Rat, what's the truck's current location?" Abby glanced at the communication screen as Lab Rat's face appeared.

"Approaching the plant now. You'd better hurry" Lab rat replied. "I'll try to find out what chemicals that truck is carrying."

"On it" Ty said and accelerated so fast that Abby shrieked in surprise.

"Are you trying to kill us?!" She glared at her brother but her face softened when she saw the look Ty gave her.

"Oh, you're still mad at me about Naomi, huh?" Abby guessed. Ty's face softened.

"I'm annoyed at you, yeah" He agreed as he flew over the river and turned to follow it. "But I'm really mad at myself"

"What for?" Abby asked, fitting her goop shooter in place.

Ty sighed. "I don't know, I feel so nervous every time I talk to her that it makes me sick"

"What?" Abby shot a look at her brother ."You're a grossologist. You deal with things with ease that would make most adults sick."

"I know" Ty replied, sounding annoyed now. "Climbing mounds of bat guano? No problem. Swimming in a sea of puss? Piece of cake. Talking to a girl? Impossible!"

"Hey, we all have awkward moments in life, Ty" Abby admitted as the GRS1 landed outside the treatment plant.

"Yeah" Ty agreed as he fitted his own goop shooter. "I just wish that I could tell Naomi how I really feel. Let her know who I really am"

"Ty" Abby scolded. "The Bureau of Grossology is a secret organization. We can't just go blabbing to everyone who we really are"

"I know, I know" Ty replied. Fortunately, Lab Rat interrupted them on the communicator.

"It's heading directly your way!" He yelled on the screen.

Ty started to say something, but the roar of an engine drowned him out. A tanker truck appeared through the trees, charging down the road towards the plant gate.

"Showtime" Ty's eyes narrowed as she took aim. Good shot out of his shooter, splattering the windshield, covering it.

"What are you doing?" Abby asked.

"Forcing him to stop" Ty replied, smiling as the truck began to wobble. But it didn't stop, in fact, it sped up.

"Great, what now?" Abby asked sarcastically. Ty shrugged.

The truck accelerated, heading right for them. Ty and Abby leapt out of the way as the truck slammed into the wall.

Ty and Abby move cautiously towards the wrecked truck, goop shooters raised.

The door to the truck suddenly popped open. Two men in dark overcoats jumped out, carrying some sort of gross-looking slimy guns. One of them fired a stream of dark green liquid at Ty, who dodged.

"Acid!" Abby gasped as the liquid began to smoke and hiss. Before their eyes, the very ground began to melt away.

"Very powerful acid!" Ty added.

"Look out!" Abby warned as one of the men shot at them again. They dodged it, but Abby noticed that only one was firing at them. Where was the other man?

Suddenly a metallic grinding noise filled the air.

"What's that?" Abby glanced around

"Look!" Ty pointed to the truck. The second man had detached the trailer from the truck and even now was pushing it through the gate to the treatment plant.

"What kind of guy can do that?" Ty asked, looking awestruck, and maybe a little jealous as he dodged another stream of acid.

"I don't know, but he's not gonna keep doing it for long" Abby replied, dodging an acid stream. "You keep trigger-happy here busy. The muscleman's all mine"

"Got it" Ty nodded as Abby darted into the bushes. "Hey sharpshooter! Over here!" He yelled, firing a round of goop at the man, who ducked lightning fast and fired another stream of acid. Ty's eyes widened as the burning liquid passed within inches of his face. "Ha! You missed!" He crowed as the liquid struck a tree. The man screeched in rage and fired again. "Missed again!" Ty taunted, even though he could actually feel the heat of that shot. The man fired again and Ty could suddenly smell burning hair. Panicking, he rubbed his hand over his hair but didn't feel anything. "Abby, hurry!" He yelled as he dodged another stream.

Abby, meanwhile, leapt from the bushes to the top of the plant wall. Glancing down into the courtyard, she saw the second man pushing the truck towards the main tank.

"Oh no you don't" Abby took a big leap, flipped through the air and landed on the trailer with a thump. The man glanced up, straight into the barrel of Abby's goop shooter.

"Think fast!" Abby smiled, and fired. The goop sailed through the air and hit...nothing. The man was gone.

""Huh? Where did...?" Abby's thoughts were interrupted by a loud thump and a hiss from behind her. Spinning around, she saw the man had somehow appeared behind her. "Wow, that's fast" Abby commented, before firing again. The man jumped, rocketing up at least twenty feet into the air. The stream of goop passed harmlessly beneath him. Abby gasped as the man sailed over her, landed, and jumped again clearing the wall.

"Hey! Come back here!" Abby yelled, dashing out the gate just in time to see him soar over Ty and the first man, who were still playing target practice with each other. The second man screeched and the first man leapt as well. Both men jumped away, vanishing into the forest.

"Okay, what was that all about?" Ty asked scratching his head.

"You got me" Abby replied as the communicator sounded. Lab Rat's face appeared.

"How's it coming?"

"Well, we stopped the bad guys, but they hopped away, literally" Abby reported as Ty walked over to the truck. "You find out anything about the truck?"

"That's the weird thing" Lab Rat looked confused. "I can't find any report of a chemical shipment scheduled for today. I have no idea what that truck's carrying"

"Let's have a look" Ty called from the top of the truck, he had just opened the top hatch. He gazed down into the inside of the tank. It was completely empty.

"There's nothing in here!" Ty exclaimed in annoyance. "All that for an empty truck!" Abby was about to respond when she noticed something on the ground. A few dark-colored hairs.

"People who drive empty trucks don't shoot acid at you." Abby reasoned as she picked up the hairs. "Let's see what Lab Rat can tell us about those two supermen"