Hey guys. This chap didn't turn out quite as good as I wanted it to, but I guess it works okay. Later on I might come back and re-work some of it. Oh, and for all of you who are wondering when Hotstreak is gonna show up, don't worry...he will. He plays a big partin the story a little further down the road. So just hang in there with me until then!


In another part of the city, not far from where Rioko was walking, a mysterious gang of metahumans began to rob a bank in the safety of the night.

"Talon! Knock down the door!" yelled a shadow-like metahuman to another.

"You got it boss." the one named Talon looked like a giant bird as she was the size and shape of a normal human girl, but had wing-like arms covered in orange feathers and a face that looked like that of a bird. She flew up close to the oversized door of the bank's vault and let out a loud, ear piercing screech. After only a few moments, the door busted open and the gang was free to steal what they pleased.

"Ha ha...yeah! We're rich!" laughed another member of the gang named Shiv.

"Just shut up and grab the cash. You can celebrate later." again yelled the shadow metahuman.

"Yeah, yeah...relax Ebon. Who's gonna stop us?" Shiv laughed out again.

Just then, as the metahuman gang stuffed all of the vault's cash in the large bags they had brought, another metahuman appeared around the corner. It was Static! Aboard a metal disk he charged with his electric powers, he flew up behind the misfit gang.

"Hey! I believe that would be called stealing, you know?" Static yelled.

"And who do you think you are?" called Ebon as he turned to face Static.

"The name's Static." for show, as he spoke he held up his hands and lit two large balls of pure electricity. "Just your average bangbaby superhero. And you, you are robbing a bank...which is something that I just can't let you do."

"Really...and how are you, one kid, planning on stopping us, the Metabreed?"

"Metabreed, huh? Haha...that's the best you could come up with?" Static laughed as he insulted the gang's name.

"You'll pay for interrupting our pay-day hero!" the enraged Ebon then ordered Talon and Shiv to attack.

Talon quickly swooped up behind Static and attempted to blow him out of the sky with her paralyzing screech. Static dove out of the way, but the sound of the cry was still deafening for a few moments—just long enough for Shiv to sneak up behind Static as he was hovering on his disk low to the ground.

"Got'ya!" Shiv shouted as he grabbed Static from behind. Static yelled in surprise to find the scrawny metahuman holding him down from flying away. "Haha...nice try punk, but I don't think so." Shiv moved his hand up towards Static's neck and instantly morphed it into a long and very sharp blade.

"Man, you should really have that looked at..." Static jerked back as Shiv pulled the blade closer to his neck.

Meanwhile, Rioko continued to slowly trudge on to an unknown destination until her new found hearing picked up the sound of a yell somewhere to the west of her. I wonder what's going on over there? Rie thought as she stared down an alley from where the yell came. She thought for a minute as to whether she really cared, but soon she found herself running down the dark alley in search of the cry. After a few minutes of running through the black alleys, Rie found herself seeing eye to eye with three unfamiliar metahumans and a hero in danger who she knew as Virgil. Virgil... she thought. I've gotta help him. Without any further thought, Rioko clenched her fists and instantly ignited a fire around each of them and snuck up behind Shiv, very similar to the way he did Static just seconds before. Just as Shiv was about to end Static's life of heroics permanently, Rie emerged from behind a pile of rubble bank wall and shot a huge fire ball towards the dead center of Shiv's back.

Before he could even hear anything coming towards him, Shiv collapsed from the instant force of the fire blast and allowed Static to go free. Confused as to what had just happened; Ebon, Talon, and Static just stared at the unconscious Shiv as smoke rose from his back.

"What just happened?" Static asked.

After spotting Rie out of the corner of his eye, Ebon pointed towards her and yelled, "There! Talon! Go!! Get that girl!"

No, Rie...what is she doing here? Static asked himself as Talon charged towards her.

Static wanted desperately to stop Talon before she reached Rioko, but Ebon got in the way when he grabbed Static with his extending arm and forced him into combat. Back and forth, Ebon and Static went. At one point, it seemed as Static had won; as he knocked down Ebon with a high energy blast. But it didn't take long for the powerful metahuman to spring back into the fight. Darn...This guy's strong... Static thought as they continued battling.


Well, that's it for this chap. Not one of my favorites, but oh well. Please review guys!! I'm starting to feel neglected here! Hmm...let me put it this way...please review or I might not post again for a while. Haha...how's that for instentive? K, later for now then;)