I do not own Static Shock!
Trust me, I am most pleased to rediscover this fandom after nearly eleven years or so. This one is just a drabble. A full length story is in the works.
On with the drabble!
Watching Francis give a live demonstration with the fire department was nerve wracking enough. Seeing the hundreds of kids he was entertaining mix between fear and awe just added to nerves.
Static wiped the area around his mask. Gear wasn't lucky enough to wipe his sweat off. He was wearing a full face mask.
To otherwise occupy himself, Gear juggled a water Zap Cap and a fire retardant Zap Cap. Static wondered how much he'd have to pay a kid to throw one at Francis. Of course, he might have to pay extra so the little kid wouldn't blurt out that it was Static who caused the disruption, but what the hey.
"You do know that if Hotstreak and Ebon had remained fused, I would have nicknamed them 'Hotbon' right?"
"Because saying their names together would be too much of a mouthful?"
"Exactly."
Virgil thanked Occam's Razor as Francis allowed the fire fighters to douse him with a bucket, and then demonstrate on a mannequin the force of a fire hose.
Gear shivered.
"Perhaps it's time I developed another Zap Cap. That looked deadly." Perhaps something that could be used as a shield, except for the collapsing component, such as his staff Zap Cap since it wasn't all that good. The material thinned by micrometers, and wasn't reliable in battle. But the speed was the surprising element, having saved him from a two story toss before. Maybe Robin could give him some hints on telescoping material.
Perhaps a spiral design that fed out…
Static nodded, leaving Gear to his thoughts before quietly slipping after the detail that escorted Francis away, leaving Gear to watch the kids be escorted back out to the rest of the fair.
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A/N: I haven't been writing in a while (shakes hand at first case of writer's block) but I hope this pairs up with my other writing! One page and 353 words!