Disclaimer: I don't own Static Shock. I only own my OC, Maya and Serenity Johanson.

Day At The Mall

"For a related story we go live to Shelly Sandoval."

"Thanks Jim. Victims are still arriving here at County General following the gas explosion that's come to be known as "The Big Bang". Here is just the latest arrival."

Maya grimaced when she saw the boy. Tentacles came out from under the sheets and the boy didn't look so good.

'Glad that didn't happen to me.' She thought.

"According to doctors, this young man's road to recovery could be rather long. Police say there may be hundreds more of these unfortunate young people still on the streets."

Maya's eyes widened when she heard this. "Hundreds?"

"Maya come on!" Frieda called.

Maya snapped out of it and headed toward Frieda. "Coming!"

The two headed into the music store, looking for anything new. There was some boy in the corner though and he was kinda freaking Frieda out. So they moved away from him.

"Why the look Frieda?" Virgil asked. "They all out of Britney?"

"There's this kid over in the corner. It's like he's sick or something."

"That explains where the Britney CD's went."

"Virgil!" Frieda snapped.

"Uh, guys…" Maya said, pointing at the boy. He transformed into a werewolf or something and they backed away.

"It's a bang-baby!" Richie said. Frieda screamed and Maya grabbed her arm, trying to calm her. The bang-baby came near the group and they ran out of the store along with other customers. Richie, Frieda and Maya stopped running when they saw that Francis had gotten a hold of Virgil.

They walked over to him when Francis wasn't close by.

"Stay put. You still got business with me."

"With what's left of you, ya mean."

"He's certifiable."

"We knew that back in second grade." Frieda said. Francis stood face to face with the bang-baby. When it lunged at him, he threw a fireball at it. That was enough to scare it away.

"Y-You're a bang-baby too." Virgil stated, while the group backed away.

"Fresh born and ready to play." He replied, a fireball in his hand. "Even got a new name. Hotstreak."

Hotstreak tossed fireballs at them and they ran away. Virgil ducked into an alley.

"One charbroiled geek kabob, coming up."

Hotstreak threw a fireball at Virgil. Maya put a hand over her mouth, stifling her gasp. Hotstreak turned to her and the others. "You know Frieda, you've always been real cold to me. How 'bout we change all that?"

Richie stepped in front of her. "S-Step off Francis."

Hotstreak held up his hand, burning the front of Richie's shirt. "Gettin' warm out here, isn't it? So what about it Frieda?"

Frieda pushed at his chest, burning her hands.

"That wasn't nice."

"Neither is this!"

Maya looked up and smiled. 'It's Static!'

Static flew down on his disc, colliding with Hotstreak.

"Yes!" Richie cheered.

"Tell me that doesn't give chest pain a new meaning."

Static flew back over to the group. "Are you all right?"

"Yeah, but look out!" Frieda cried. Static deflected the fireball with his disc, while the trio ran for cover. Hotstreak threw fireballs at him, but Static dodged.

"Newton's laws are catching up with you Hotstreak. Or should I start calling you Burnout?"

Maya giggled a bit, despite the dangerous situation. Hotstreak got madder and continued throwing fireballs.

"See, gravity's my friend now." Static said. He used his powers to lift up a bunch of metal objects from a construction site and let them fall on Hotstreak.

"Whoo-hoo!" Richie cheered. Meanwhile, Frieda dashed off to find a phone.

"If you think this is a stand-off, you're wrong."

Hotstreak aimed his hands at the ground, fire coming out of them. He rocketed himself toward Static, who didn't have time to dodge. He went crashing into the park. Hotstreak went after him, burning anything in his path.

"I don't even know your name, but in about a minute it's not going to matter."

Hotstreak was about to finish Static when some firemen put him out. Maya watched silently from the trees.

'What happened?' she wondered. 'Did he choke or something?'

She shook her head, walking out of the park. She headed for a bus stop so she could get home.

"Did ya hear about that fight today?" Serenity asked, munching on her dinner.

"Hear about it? I saw it!"

Serenity choked on her food, drinking some water to get it down. "You saw it!?"

Maya nodded. "Yeah, I was nearby when it happened. That bang-baby Hotstreak is that kid from my school, F-Stop."

Serenity frowned. "Figures. But more importantly, you were near the fight!? You could've gotten hurt!"

"Static was keeping us safe!" Maya countered.

"I don't care! If you're ever near one of those bang-baby's, I want you to get away."

Maya slumped in her chair, pouting. "But I didn't get hurt."

"This conversation is over Maya. Now eat your dinner."

Maya grudgingly did as her sister said.