Who is she?

Summary: Antimatter is still a hero, but Static and Gear still know nothing about her. Then she may need their help...

I left you on quite the cliffie, didn't I? ::evil grin:: Anyways:

Lilwlfy: Thanks.

Hmm, maybe I should make the beginning thing SO long you have to scroll down REALLY far to see the beginning of the story...

Static: (horrified) You wouldn't!

AM: Yes I would!

Gear: But then we'd have to wait to see who Antimatter is!

AM: I know! ::evil grin:: My readers have to wait, too!!!

Antimatter: Come on! For one thing, they've waited long enough. Second, I want to get this over with!!!

AM: 00 You're supposed to be on my side!

Antimatter, Static, Gear, and Readers: JUST START THE STORY!!!

AM: All right! Geesh. ; (That's the emoticon for angry, right?) Oh well, you guys arguing made it long enough anyways. Now, let the story begin!

Disclaimer: I only own Antimatter & related characters
...Cassandra Dio.

"CASSANDRA?!?!" Static and Gear said at once.

"Well, yeah!" Cassandra/Antimatter said.

"But," Static said, "We SAW Antimatter holding you! You were unconscious!"

Cassandra laughed. "That was my decoy."

"Huh?" Both the boys said at once.

"My decoy. I can split in two. Like this." She demonstrated. Sure enough, standing next to her, was a perfect copy. The original turned invisible.

Static and Gear heard Antimatter's voice say, "See, I can turn invisible, leaving my decoy there, leave, change into my uniform, then come back. I can even SAVE my decoy."

"One really handy thing," She continued, "is that I can merge my decoy and the real me into one again, and I have both memories. I know what happened with my decoy AND when I was Antimatter."

"TOTALLY AWESOME!!!" Both boys said.

The decoy stood still. The real Antimatter turned visible and stepped into her decoy.

Gear asked, "How did you become a Bang Baby?"

Antimatter sighed. "All right, I'll tell you, both DON'T BREATHE A WORD OF THIS TO CANDY!!!"

The Dakota Duo, slightly stunned, nodded.

Antimatter said, "Well, you see, my dad sometimes goes away on business. The night of the Big Bang was the day we was coming back across Lake Dakota. Candy and I were waiting for the ferry that he was on to get back."

She continued, "Then, it happened. The Big Bang. All I knew was there had been an explosion and there was this purple gas. I didn't know if it was toxic or what, so I told Candy to run. I followed. Candy got away, but I didn't. The gas surrounded me. I ran out of it after a while, but I still got a few lung-fulls of it. Candy doesn't know I'm a Bang Baby, but my mom does."

She continued, "After I saw you two fighting crime, I got this idea in the back of my head: 'why not become a superhero, too?' My mom didn't like the idea, but she helped me get a costume and everything. My dad, who was also in on the deal, got some material to help me control my powers. I can only shape-shift and make my decoy without my costume."

"Why didn't you want us to tell Candy?" Static asked.

Antimatter sighed again and responded, "I don't want her to think it's her fault that I became a Bang Baby. She wanted to wait for Dad and I offered to go with her. She can be like that sometimes."

Static and Gear nodded. Gear said, "Uh, Static, it's your turn."

"Thanks a lot, RITCHIE." Static said.

Antimatter gasped. "Ritchie? As in Ritchie Foley?"

"Uh, yeah..." Static said.

"VIRGIL!!!" Gear yelled.

"Virgil?" Antimatter asked. She gasped again, pointed at Static, and said, "YOU'RE VIRGIL HAWKINS?!?!"

It's AMAZING that Ebon, Talon, and Shiv remained unconscious (considering the three teenage heroes were talking in voices that could wake up the dead), but they did.

Static glared at Gear, sighed, then said, "Yeah, it's me."

"Prove it!" Antimatter said teasingly.

Static and Gear took it literally. They took off their masks.

Antimatter clapped a hand over her mouth.

After they put their masks back on, they all remembered the Meta-breed were still on the floor. They picked them up and brought them to jail.
Later, at school...

Virgil and Ritchie were eating lunch together, talking about their latest patrol. They both noticed Cassandra walking over to a table, by herself, and sat down. Ritchie noticed, for the first time, that Cassandra looked rather sad.

He walked over to her and said, "Cassandra, would you like to sit by us?"

Virgil looked little shocked, then nodded.

Cassandra looked up. She realized that Virgil and Ritchie were serious, so she said, "Sure."

They all had lunch and talked. Cassandra hadn't had that much fun in years.
Ohhhhhhh, that's so sweet! PLEASE REVIEW!!!