Prolog: Death and Rebirth
Josh Stein had always been a static shock fan. He wished he too could be a hero, but sadly he felt he never had the ability to. That is, until one day during an armed robbery at his dorm room he took a bullet for his friend Quinton. The doctors said it was hopeless, Josh would pass on within a few hours. Quinton, who centuries later became known simply as Q, took pity on his friend and sent his existence somewhere else instead of letting it fade into nothingness.
"Good luck Josh, and good bye" came a voice that Josh could barely hear since he was an inch from death. He somehow heard it clearly over the erratic sound of the heart monitor and other equipment in the room. He had just enough brainpower to wonder why the voice, who he thought was Quinton's, said "Good Luck" when everything went black.