Something I came up with after watching the show and reading some fanfic. Hope you enjoy, even though this story type's been done to death. Hell, I'VE written this sort of story before. Still, it's a good prompt to run with and before anyone asks, no this hasn't happened to me but I've heard enough horror stories to paint a decent picture.

Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!

Johnny was pacing around his room, driving his mutated talking dog, Dukey, nuts. "Alright, what's wrong?" the pooch finally asked.

The flame-headed boy flopped onto his bed. "It's Sissy. She's been acting weird recently." he replied.

"Weird how exactly?" Dukey wondered. It must have been something drastic to catch his boy's attention.

"Well, she's getting all quiet, she doesn't respond to my baiting, and when she does look me in the eye to tell me to go away there's no fire in her eyes." Johnny responded.

"That is weird. What's the plan?" Dukey asked, figuring what the flame-head was doing while pacing.

"That's just it, I don't have one." Johnny replied, catching his dog off guard. Johnny always had a plan, especially when it involved nosing around other people's business. "The only thing I've been able to come up with is going up and asking her, but you know how she is about her personal issues."

The dog had to concede that point. Sissy wasn't the most approachable girl on the best of days. For her to be acting so out of character it would probably cause the blonde to explode, maybe even sick Missy on them. "So, how are we going to find out what's going on?" Dukey asked, expecting the usual answer.

"Well, since I can't think of anything... To the lab!" both boy and dog dashed out of their room.

...

Susan and Mary were pouring some chemical mix into a beaker when the duo burst into the lab. "Johnnyneedhelp,girlactingweird,needtoknowwhat'swrong." the flame-head said quickly.

The twins paused in their work and looked at the pair. "Dog?" Mary asked.

"Sissy's acting extremely out of character and Johnny's worried about her so he was wondering if you had something to find out what was wrong." Dukey summarized.

"Why not just ask her?" Susan asked, wanting to get back to her work.

"You do realize this is Sissy we're talking about?" Dukey reasoned. The twins sighed and put down their work to shuffle through their inventions. "So you have something?"

"Yeah." Mary replied. "We put together a Problem detector a while back to find out what was wrong with Johnny when he didn't want to mess with anything for a full week."

"I remember that. Bumper was blackmailing him and you gave him his Johnny X powers to handle it." Dukey recalled.

Susan nodded as she pulled a device that looked suspiciously like a Gameboy out of the pile. "Basically whoever holds it will have their brainwaves scanned and their memories recorded on the hard drive. We'll have to modify it to work faster since Sissy probably isn't as into Tinymon as Johnny was at the time, but it will be ready for you when you head out to school."

"Well then, do you need help testing anything while I'm here?" Johnny offered. They were really helping him this time and he knew he would feel guilty if he didn't help somehow.

"Maybe later." Mary replied. "We'll need to focus on this right now."

Johnny left but Dukey stayed for a second. "Any particular reason you're so generous about this one? Usually even when Johnny's helping someone else you want at least one Johnny coupon for your troubles."

"He's asking us to help him help his crush, why would we charge for something like that?" Susan asked in annoyance, digging out her toolbox. "Now out dog, we need to work." Dukey hurried after his best friend.

...

The next day at school, Johnny looked at the device in his hand. "Alright, Susan and Mary said I just need to get it in her hand for ten seconds. Luckily, I think I know how to get that done." he muttered. Spotting the blonde in question, he ran over. "Hey Sissy, how's it going?"

"What to you want, Test?" Sissy asked tiredly.

"Well, since you're always insisting your better than me, I was wondering if you could beat my high score on my new Super-Pinball 4 game." the flame-head explained, holding out the Problem Detector.

"I'm not in the mood right now, Test. Maybe later." Sissy dismissed, turning away.

"Oh? Are you scared you can't pull it off?" Johnny taunted. The device left his hand a second later, just like he knew it would. Sissy beat the score easily, he hadn't been trying this time, before handing the device back with a command to leave her alone. Johnny waved as she walked off before turning to the device. "Now what is it you're hiding, Sissy?"

...

It was about an hour before dinner and Johnny was pacing outside the lab. Normally he would just break in and get whatever he wanted, but as smart as he was (despite hiding it most of the time), he didn't know how to extract the data and the twins had insisted they work in privacy with. Dukey was watching his friend pace anxiously and was starting to worry.

That was when Susan and Mary opened the door, both looking horrified. "Y-you two need to see this." the latter stuttered out. The boy-dog duo zipped past them and saw the video on the main computer screen. Johnny watched the video with Dukey at his side, and as it progressed the dog was surprised the boy didn't explode with rage. Even their usual enemies would never do the things that the pair was witnessing right now.

By the time the video had finished, Johnny was shaking with rage. "Susan, Mary, I need a few things." he hissed out. He got them without protest.

...

Sissy lay curled in her bed, Missy curled into her master. Both were fearful that the door would come open to admit her mother's new boyfriend like it had the past few nights. She had fought at first, she was Sissy Blakely after all, but she was an eleven-year-old girl against a full grown man. And the last time Missy had gotten involved she was beaten almost to death. The blonde heard the doorbell ring. Odd, who would be visiting at this hour? Since her room was just above the front door, she could clearly hear the door open.

And the laser shot that came right after. Sissy jerked up in her bed, Missy jumping and facing the door with a growl. The blonde girl looked around the room, seeing her baseball bat and grabbing it. The door cracked open and a familiar voice came through. "Sissy, it's me. Please don't kill me."

Sissy almost dropped the bat as the door opened to reveal not the tall greasy form of Damion, but the somewhat short flaming-haired boy she had teased and competed with for years. "Wh-what are you doing here Test?" she demanded.

"I'll explain everything later. Right now you need to come with me. Dukey is making sure your mom's sicko boyfriend doesn't try anything if the stun ray wears off, but I'd rather not risk it." he replied, holding out his hand. Sissy looked at the flame-head, hesitantly taking the outstretched hand.

...

"How awful!" Lila Test gasped, the twins finishing their explanation of their brother's absence. "And Johnny went over alone?"

"He had one of our stun guns, a forcefield generator, and Dukey with him. He's done more with less." Susan shrugged.

The family heard the door open to admit two preteens and their dogs. Sissy looked a bit worse for wear, and none of Johnny's family had seen such a display of tenderness as he helped her to the couch and rushed off to get her something to eat. "Sissy," Hugh began, "Susan and Mary told us what's been happening to you and I just want you to know you're welcome here for as long as you need."

"I appreciate it Mr. Test, but I don't want to impose on you guys." Sissy replied, stroking Missy as she jumped onto her lap.

"Nonsense." Lila scoffed, "You can stay here for as long as you need. I've already called the police and they're on the way to your house to arrest that Damion man."

For the next few hours, the Test family fussed over their blond guest until she yawned loudly. "Thanks you guys, but I'm feeling kinda tired right now so if I could just get a blanket and pillow?"

"Oh yeah!" Johnny gasped, turning to his sisters. "Did the cleaning bots finish with my room yet?"

"We haven't checked, just a second." Susan replied, she and Mary dashing up the stairs.

"Why were your sister's robots cleaning your room?" Hugh asked suspiciously.

"Have you seen it recently? There's no way Sissy can sleep in it!" was the instant reply.

"What are you talking about Test? I can't sleep in the same room as you!" Sissy protested.

"That's why I'm sleeping on the couch tonight." Johnny replied casually. "Don't worry, this isn't the first time. I'll just pretend I was playing video games late and fell asleep again." he added, waving off any protest his rival could have made. Eventually, Sissy found herself wearing some of Mary's old pajamas, laying in a bed that, despite the cleaning bots that were still vacating the room by the time she entered, smelled strongly of Johnny.

Yeah, groaner. But like I've said in other fics and possibly my page, I don't really write this for approval. I write it because it's fun for me. Still appreciate reviews telling me what was good and what was bad. Were things too OOC? Were they appropriate given the situation? And no, I won't be telling exactly what the Test kids saw on that video. Well, until next time!