Darkest Blight: Part 2

Previously on Grossology:
Ty unfortunately missed his date with Naomi, causing a rift between the two. Naomi later bore witness when Ty & Abby were captured by Kid Rot & Fartor and imprisoned inside Fartor's latest doomsday machine, MegaFartzilla. This mechanical kaiju was then let lose to wreak havoc upon downtown Ringworm. Naomi, hell-bent on getting her bellowed Ty back, enlisted the help of Ty's closest friend Andy. Together the two find the secret entrance to the gaglab and met LabRat. Meanwhile, the Kid Rot and Fartor allegiance falls apart when Fartor rips Kid Rot out of his host body, Chester and uses him as an engine for MegaFartzilla's super weapon. Fartor plans to launch MegaFartzilla into the upper atmosphere and use Kid Rot's powers to turn Earth into a methane producing wasteland. To destroy what is left of the bureau of Grossology, Fartor turned Ty into Far-Ty once again. Far-Ty invaded the gaglab and assaulted LabRat and Andy until Naomi confronted him. Ty and Naomi finally revealed their true feelings for one another, giving Ty the strength to break free from his Far-Ty persona.

Chapter 1

"Is my hair okay?" Kelly asked her cameraman as her fingers patted her fiery red hair. Behind her, one could see MegaFartzilla terrorizing the city in the distance. Her cameraman gave a thumbs up. "Okay." Kelly said and took a deep breath before talking into her microphone. "This is Kelly from Channel 7 News. As you might remember, my team was caught in an accident and while I was rescued by a brave detective my cameraman and pilot was rushed to the hospital but I am back to report on the devastation that has befallen downtown Ringworm. As we pass the fourth hour of this rampage, the giant robot seem content with simple tearing down buildings and releasing large amounts of swamp gas. Since this gas has made it hard to even approach the behemoth, this reporter must ask herself, is there anyone that can stop this mechanical monstro-WHOOW!"

Kelly ducked when a large orange vehicle with spider legs jumped right over her and landed on the street behind her. It was the Ty-Mobile.

Inside the vehicle, Far-Ty was smirking. "I love the way you spin, baby." The engines of the Ty-Mobile hummed aggressively and it's grasshopper like hind legs launched the vehicle high up into the air. It landed steadily on top of a skyscraper. It leaped again and landed on top of yet another skyscraper. The Ty-Mobile kept jumping from rooftop to rooftop, heading towards MegaFartzilla.

Fartor sat in MegaFartzilla's command Centre, inside the giant's head when Far-Ty appeared on a computer screen. "Mission accomplished, bro." He said gleefully.

Fartor raised a brow. "Far-Ty? You are late. Very late."

"Well, taking down the bureau of Grossology was a harder task than expected." Far-Ty replied. "So, are you gonna let me in or are you gonna leave me out here in the *yuck* fresh air?"

Fartor frowned. Something wasn't right here.

The Ty-Mobile landed on a rooftop next to MegaFartzilla. The giant mechanical reptile turned its head towards the insectoid vehicle and the Ty-Mobile's form was reflected in MegaFartzilla's huge crimson eyes. Its massive jaws opened, welcoming Far-Ty to enter.

Far-Ty took a deep breath. "Okay, here goes nothing." He pushed a gear shift and the Ty-Mobile crouched before leaping right into the monster's mouth. MegaFarzilla closed its jaws shortly after.

The utter darkness inside MegaFartzilla was making Far-Ty antsy. That and the waiting. He tapped his fingers against the panel, impatiently. Then the lights turned on and Far-Ty saw that he wasn't alone in the hangar bay. An entire pack of Rip-1s, Fartor's automaton workforce was there as well. Most of them stood orderly along the walls but some moved about in an animalistic manner.

"One do wonder where Fartor finds the time to build all these things." Far-Ty commented to himself. A door swooshed open at the other end of the hangar and Fartor floated in. Far-Ty smiled. "Show time." He opened up the Ty-Mobile's cockpit and flew out to meet his master.

"Far-Ty, it pleases me to see you again but your tardiness is worrying." Fartor said skeptically.

Far-Ty sneered and crossed his arms. "Cut me some slack. Last time I checked, it took you three years to defeat the Grossologists."

"And what about…that thing?" Fartor gestured to the Ty-Mobile.

"Oh, the Ty-Mobile. Spoils of war. I built it when I was a Grossologist. By all means it belongs to me."

"The Ty-Mobile, really? Is that what you call it?" Fartor asked, a bit dumbfounded.

"What? What's wrong with that?" Far-Ty exclaimed irritated.

"Nothing." Fartor answered dismissively. "So, the bureau of Grossology is destroyed now?"

Far-Ty tensed up for a second but quickly eased up. "All done." He gave a thumbs up.

Fartor moved closer. "Are you sure? Both The Director and LabRat?"

Far-Ty nodded. "They're both pushing daisies."

Fartor got even closer, his eyes bulging. "So that's it? No more Grossologists?"

"Totally." Far-Ty smiled nervously.

Fartor was only a few inches away from his pupil's face, eyeing him critically. Then he smiled. "Oh, Ty. You're a terrible liar."

Before Ty could even react, two Rip-1s jumped him from behind and pinned him to the floor. Fartor took out a remote control and pressed a button. The visor on the Far-Ty suit retracted and one of the Rip-1s pulled Ty out of the suit, like a bird pulling a worm out the ground.

"Okay, you got me." Ty admitted defeated. The robotic raptor still held him up by the shirt with its jaws, like a cat holding its kitten by the nap. "So how did you figure it out?"

"Oh please, I am the world's foremost flatologist. All the instruments on this vessel are made to measure the rate of methane and carbondioxide. It was child's play to detect the oxygen inside your suit." Fartor mused. "What really clenched it thou was when you came in with that thing. I mean, only Ty would be so vain as to ride in the…" He let out a begrudged sigh. "…Ty-Mobile. The only mystery left is how did you manage break free from the mind control? I honestly did not think that LabRat was important enough for you to break your villainous impulses."

Ty averted his gaze in shame. He wished Fartor was right, he wished his friendship with LabRat and loyalty to the bureau had been enough to break the brainwashing but in the end it had taken Naomi to make him see the errors of his ways. Then again, it was probably for the best that Fartor assumed wrong.

"Ah well." Fartor shrug. One of his tentacles wrapped itself around Ty's body and lifted him up so the two could look each other in the eye. "The fine thing about something that's been broken is that it can be put together again. Including a personality. What do you say, Ty? Want to be Far-Ty for a third time?"

Ty gulped.

Fartor brought Ty to a laboratory. MegaFartzilla actually had two laboratories. One in the stomach region which Fartor called the brewery since it was there that Kid Rot created all gases that powered the mechanical monster. This one was located in MegaFartzilla's head. It also doubled as a command center from which Fartor could take full control of the robot if he wanted to but he usually left the A.I. to its own devices until a task required more finesse.

Above him, Ty saw MegaFartzilla's techno-organic brain. A shining, blue and white blob attached to the ceiling. He had seen it before, when he woke up here after the last brainwashing.

He also saw something he hadn't seen last time he was here. Something big and tall, covered by a big white sheet. Something that looked like a metallic limb slightly poked out from the sheet.

Ty withheld his curiosity for the moment and instead scowled at his captor. "You know why you will fail Fartor? Because as long as a single one of us Grossologists breathes we will never give up and we will always find a way to defeat you, no matter how impossible the odds are!"

Fartor seemed agitated as he brought Ty to a coffin-shaped chamber. Ty remember how he had awaken in that thing the last time he was here.

Fartor's wormlike lips turned from a scowl to a smirk. "Well, in that case…" He forced Ty into the chamber and a pair of belts automatically strapped him in. "…maybe it's time for me to accelerate my plans. While you are strapped in here, getting your mind tarnished for a second time today, I will jettison my deathmachine to the upper atmosphere and destroy the planets entire biomass."

As Fartor wandered off, a glass cover ceiled Ty inside the chamber. This time, as the mind-altering gases pumped into the chamber, Ty did not scream. He would not give Fartor the satisfaction. Besides, this was part of the plan. "I've done all I could. Now it's up to the others to save my sister and the world. I just hope I bought them enough time."

CUE THE INTRO!

Author's Note:

I had not planned to split this story up into two fanfics but the more I thought about, the more sense it made. I wanted this to feel like an actual episode of the series (specifically a two-parter that would kick the season off) and I think the 5 chapters of Darkest Blight probably makes up for one episode. So here we are with two fanfics. I hope everyone that liked the first part will keep reading this one and find it just as exciting.

Next time we will see what the others are up too and we will get some much awaited Abby/Chester interaction.

I hope you enjoyed this first chapter and please leave a review.