Disclaimer: For the last time I don't own Static Shock!

After we shook hands Gear smiled at me. "So, how long have you guys been superheroes?" I rubbed my head and smiled nervously, I don't know why I was nervous….oh yeah I do. I was talking to Gear, one of the greatest superheroes. "About a week." My voice cracked as I spoke. I looked over to the slightly conscious figure of Static and I saw Quake reaching for his mask. I was just about to stop him when he yelped in pain. Static smiled, his eyes closed, "Don't even think about it. I'd like to keep my identity a secret just a little bit longer." Gear laughed and suddenly Backpack made a loud noise. Gear stood not moving for a while and then spoke, "There's some metahuman activity going down about a mile from here." Quake cheered, but I looked at him, "Sorry Quake, I'm gonna need you to stay here and take care of Static, Gear and I will take care of this." Quake was somewhat disappointed, but he seemed to understand. Gear nodded, "I guess you need my help, huh?" I nodded back at him, "Yea, in case these Bang Babies are from your neck of the woods then I'm gonna need to know how to take 'em down." Gear gave me a thumbs up and blasted off. I ran and jumped, holding my hand out which created a path of ice for me to slide on. About two minutes later we arrived at our destination, Gear halted. He was looking down where the disturbance was, and he pointed. I looked down and I saw what he wanted me to see. It was three guys and they were tall. They were about six and a half feet tall, all three of them, and they were extremely buff. One of them looked at me and nudged the other two. The first one clapped his hands together and a shockwave flew at us. Gear dodged it and threw another small ball at him. I, on the other hand, got hit full force and was knocked off my path. As I fell the second one roared and rolled up into a ball. His entire back had sharp spikes all along it and he was rolling directly for me. I positioned my legs to where they were slightly bent and below me. I muttered a short prayer and held my hand out. I created a path and it wasn't touching the ground. As soon as I landed the third one came charging at me, roaring.

I created a wall of ice, but he still charged. The speed he was reaching was almost as fast as a locomotive and I was about to be run over. I reinforced the wall with more ice and hoped he couldn't get through it. Guess what? He did. His fist hit me in the gut and sent me flying into a brick wall. I blacked out for a while and then opened my eyes. I looked for Gear and he was stuck in one of his own traps. The three Bang Babies were standing around smiling, and then they all looked back. A deep voice boomed from the building, "Ironneck, Razorback, Roughhouse! Come!" A tall dark figure came from the doorway and waved for the three metahumans to follow him. I heard Gear yell at the figure, "Ebon! What're you doing here!" The voice's eyes squinted and a dark laughter escaped from the shadow that was his face. His voice was a combination of two voices; one regular and the other as dark as he was. "Well, Gear, where's Static? And who's this? Your new friend?" "My name's Cold Front!" I yelled, quite angrily. We had just gotten both of our butts kicked and I wasn't about to be the strong silent type. Ebon walked over to me and got all up in my face, "So, you're this city's hero, huh? Heh, you're weak." He then walked over to Gear kicked him once in the gut, "And the reason I'm here is…" Before he could finish a bolt of electricity hit him, causing him great pain apparently. I looked up to see Static and Quake flying in. While Static dealt with Ebon, Quake ran over to Gear and freed him from the metallic tendrils. Static and Ebon still fought. "So, tell me Ebon!" Static yelled as he avoided Ebon's fist, "Where's the Metabreed?" Ebon laughed another dark laugh and threw another fist at the flying electromagnetic hero "Good question, Hero. They're still in Dakota, the idiots." Static threw a ball of electricity, which greatly weakened Ebon. The walking shadow squealed painfully and made a vortex in the ground. He then yelled for the three Bang Babies to jump in. Roughhouse and Razorback jumped into the swirling vortex, but Ironneck didn't. "Lemme just deal with frosty here." Ebon yelled, "Get over here now, Ironneck!" Ironneck growled and pointed his index finger at me, "I'll deal with you later." He then ran over to the vortex and jumped in. As Ebon was disappearing he pointed at Static, "I'm gonna get you, Hero." He then disappeared into the hole. Static ran over to where the vortex was and punched the ground, "Arrgh! I almost had him this time!"

I stood, brushed myself off, and walked over to Static. I knelt down and got his attention. He looked up at me and in his eyes burned a fire full of anger and hate. Suddenly, the flame in his eyes dissolved and they resumed their friendly shine, "Sorry about that. Ebon and I have had quite a little history." He began to stand up, but he faltered. Just before he hit the ground I grabbed him and helped him stand up. Quake and Gear walked up and looked down at the ground where the vortex once was. "Bro, why do you think Ebon's here by himself and the Metabreed is still in Dakota." A voice came from the bushes, "Because he rejected us." I turned my head to see a girl covered in feathers. Gear saw her too, "Talon, what're you doing here?" As Talon walked over to us Quake readied himself for a fight. I held my hand out telling him to relax and he withdrew. "Ebon heard there was a Big Bang here and he decided he would make a new Metabreed. He said that he didn't need us anymore." Static groaned in pain. I looked at him and saw that he was unconscious, "We need to take him somewhere. My house is about a mile and a half from here." Gear nodded and motioned to Quake, who nodded back. He held his hand out and a rock floated underneath Static. We then took flight and headed to my house. As soon as we arrived I walked in alone just to make sure my mom wasn't there then I called the rest in. Gear and Quake carried Static in while Talon glared at me. I ignored it, right now I had to deal with Static's wounds. Gear turned to Backpack and spoke a command, "Backpack, scan Static for anything, full search." Backpack scurried off of Gear's back and began to scan Static. Gear sighed, "This'll take a while," He turned to Talon "Hopefully long enough for you to tell us everything." Talon exhaled shakily and began to speak, "Ebon said that we were weak. He said that if we couldn't beat Static then he would recruit more Bang Babies for a new Metabreed. When he left Shiv, Carmen, Hotstreak, and Aquamaria left. They all went different places, but I decided I should follow Ebon. Took me two days to find him and when I did you guys found him, too." Quake stepped in and turned to Talon, "Who were those other Bang Babies?" Talon shrugged. "I don't know, I had never seen them before." I placed my hand on Quake's shoulder and he turned around, "Ironneck, Razorback, and Roughhouse." Backpack made a loud noise, Gear stood still. "Looks like that concussion that Static got back at the junkyard was bigger than I thought. We need to take him to a hospital." I shook my head, "The hospital here won't understand, they still think all Bang Babies are bad. They'll call the cops and we'll all get arrested." Gear sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, "Then we need to go to Dakota." I turned to Quake, "Quake, I need you to go with them." "But…" I placed both hands on his shoulders, "No buts, I need you to go. Gear can't carry Static and neither can Talon. You're the only one who can do it. I'm gonna need Talon to stay with me so I can get some info on the Metabreed." The door opened and in stepped someone I wasn't expecting, "Maybe we can help." Gear smiled and laughed, "Good ole Robin. What're you doing here?" Quake turned to me and mouthed, "Robin?" Robin walked over to where Static was lying and looked him over once, "Is he gonna be ok?" Gear sighed. "We don't know."