To Victoria Wolf: Just be patient, you'll see;) Please stick with me though! I promise it'll all get explained soon. Chapter 14's gonna be all for Hotstreak. (Just don't get mad at me for this chap...you'll know why once you read it) Oh, also, you'll notice in this chap that Hotstreak calls Rioko 'Rio' at one point. Well, I wanted to thank you for giving me the idea for that nickname in one of your reviews. So, yeah...thankx:)

To Lobo-Chan: Thank you so much for your review! It makes me feel good to now people like it:) Oh, and to answer your question, no. Gear won't be in it. This fic only takes place during the first few months after the big bang; Gear's not around yet. Hmmm...if this story goes well, I might put him in a sequal though.

To joyfulcry: Thankx again for your review; I'm glad you're still enjoying it.

'Sup dudes? Here's another chap for ya. Later.


Rioko quickly changed from her tattered and burned clothes and hurried off the meet Virgil down at the old pier. The sun was almost completely set in the sky now, so Rie could easily see the purple glow coming from Static's flying disk about twenty feet in front of her. "Good timing." Static said as Rie flew up close to him.

"You said you know where Hotstreak is?"

It was obvious to Virgil that she was in no mood for small talk just by looking at her shadowy black eyes. "Yeah, I got a tip that he was seen with Talon going into that warehouse over there." Static pointed to a nearby warehouse and soon noticed Rie taking off towards it. "Wait! Rie, what are you planning on doing? You can't just barge in there!"

"Watch me. They almost got a lot of people hurt today...including me."

"No wait! I know you want revenge, but you can't just go in there and start fighting! Who knows what kind of weaponry they've got in there." Rioko turned and faced Static as he spoke. Just the look on her face made him jump. Her eyes were burning a bright flame red that Static felt were peering into his very soul with a greater anger then he had ever seen or felt before.

"I don't care. Stay here if you want to, but I'm going and you can't stop me." At that, Rie turned again and shot off toward the warehouse.

Upon arriving there, she stared quietly into a broken window in attempt to locate the two felons. Static carefully came up behind being cautious not to make Rie even more angry then she already was. Together they looked into the warehouse until they finally caught sight Hotstreak and Talon. Just as Rie was about to break in and destroy their seemingly calm evening, Static grabbed her arm and gently spoke, "Be careful. Don't do anything you're gonna regret." Rie said nothing in response, but Static knew but the slight smile on her face that she understood.

Relaxing her tense wings, Rioko allowed herself to slowly fall down to the ground below. Static followed closely behind as Rie charged up a magnificent ball of shadowy fire and hurled it towards the locked warehouse door. "What the hell was that?" Hotstreak yelled as the once locked door blew inward at the force of the fireball.

"Fun's over kids, time to go home!" Static yelled.

"What are you doing here Static?" Talon asked impatiently.

"What do you think, Feathers? I'm here to reunite you with your friends...in jail!" Static charged towards Talon, leaving Broken Angel and Hotstreak alone to work out their own battle.

"So, you want another beating, huh?" Hotstreak laughed.

Angel snickered at his comment and ignited a large fire on her hand. "You haven't changed a bit Francis."

Hotstreak didn't quite know what to make of being called by his real name, but his expression said that he was more insulted then anything. "My name's Hotstreak. Do I know you?"

"If you don't even recognize me, then it doesn't matter." Angel's stance and facial expression made Hotstreak think she was wrathful and ready to attack, but under her skin, it broke her heart to hear that her own brother didn't even know who she was.

"Good. Then getting rid of your will be just that much easier!" Hotstreak charged toward Angel with a fiery fist ready to hit whatever came in its way. "Get ready to feel the burn kid!"

Rie watched intently as Hotstreak charged toward her. She never moved; just stood, bracing herself for the attack.

Hotstreak yelled as he came in closer to Angel; ready to burn her to the ground...or so he thought. He flew his fiery fist aiming for Rie's face, but soon found himself hitting only air. At the split moment he was distracted, Angel appeared behind him from a veil of shadow and flung an impressive fireball at him. The force of the blast sent him falling to the ground; but her victory was short lived. He stood back on his feet nearly as quickly as he had fallen and re-prepared himself to fight. "Nice shot sweetie. Too bad I'm immune to fire!" Hotstreak laughed to himself for a moment to see the angered expression on his opponent's face.

"Yeah, but I bet that's all you're immune to, isn't it? You'll pay for what you did to me!!" Rie knew that most likely, the only way to beat him was to use her darker powers of shadow and shapeshifting. Hotstreak backed away from Angel as she became engulfed in the shadowy flame that had haunted her so many times before.

"What the..." the look on his face grew almost frightened as he saw Rie disappear into the flame, leaving a large black wolf growling in her place. "Wha...what h-happened to the girl?" Hotstreak stuttered as the wolf threw back its head and growled; showing its impressively large teeth.

In a state of almost paralyzing fear of the shadowy black wolf's piercing red eyes, Hotstreak launched a continuous assault of fireballs at it until he was nearly exhausted. Believing the strange wolf must have been dead by now, Hotstreak laughed at his seemingly easy victory. "Stupid wolf...I can't believe I actually thought it was a threat!"

"I am." Hotstreak jumped as he heard the deep snarl from behind him. He turned quickly and flared two more balls of fire into the shadows of the warehouse. "Missed me." he heard it snicker.

"Come out and show yourself!" Hotstreak yelled cautiously.

"Suit yourself." the wolf jumped out of the shadows now in front of Hotstreak and attacked him head on. His heart skipped a beat as the wolf pushed him over and pinned him to the cold dirt ground. He yelled in pain as the wolf extended its sharp knife-like claws and pressed them into his shoulders.

"Get off of me you freak!" Hotstreak wrapped his hands around the wolf's front legs and attempted to burn them off her chest.

Rioko's wolf form snarled and laughed slightly at Hotstreak's weak attempt. "You really think fire's gonna hurt me? Ha...pathetic. You've grown even weaker then I thought."

Hotstreak tried to hold his composure, but the second he caught sight of the burning eyes of the creature on top of him, his heart sank deep into his chest and fear almost overtook him completely. He had said to many people that death didn't scare him, but all of the sudden; the thought of dying threatened to nearly tear him apart. His eyes widened as he watched the wolf growl and move in closer to his face. In his mind, it was the end...there was nothing he could do.

On the other side of the warehouse, Static had just succeeded in knocking Talon unconscious. He was finishing tying her securely to a nearby metal pole incase she woke up when he heard Hotstreak yell. He looked up and saw Rie in her wolf form threatening to kill the defenseless teen. Part of him didn't want to interfere, but he was quickly overpowered by the knowledge that he had to stop her from killing her own brother. He grabbed his disk and flew over next to the enraged wolf. "Okay Angel, I think you won. You can get off of him now."

"Back off Static. This is none of your concern!" the wolf growled.

"Yeah, you keep telling me that lately. Look, I know you're angry, but it's not worth it. Let him go....Rioko...please."

Hotstreak felt the wolf's claws ease off his torn shoulders. She was letting him go...or so he thought. Hotstreak began to try and pull himself out from under Rioko's strong grip, but as he did, she quickly changed her mind and reassumed her position on top of him. "Whoa lady...what'd I ever do to you?"

Static knew that was the wrong question to ask. "Uhh...you might not wanna push it right now Hothead." he paused and knelt down beside the two. "Rie, please let him go. I don't want to hurt you, but I will if I have to."

Static waited for a moment for any response from Rie, but all she did was growl and tear further into Hotstreak's shoulders with her claws. "Alright then, have it your way." Static pulled away and cautiously charged an electric attack. Without any further thought, he aimed a huge beam of electricity towards Rie and shocked her until she was pushed away from Hotstreak and he could feel there was no fighting strength left in her. He finished his attack and watched as the wolf fell back into the shadow flame and changed back into an unconscious Rioko. "Sorry Rie...you didn't give me any choice."

With Static's attention drawn to his friend, Hotstreak saw it his opportunity to get away. He quietly stood up and began sneaking toward the door behind him. Upon reaching the doorway of his freedom, Hotstreak turned around to see the girl who had, only moments before, threatened his life and it finally clicked. Wait...Rioko?? Could it be...Rio? he thought deeply, looking for a resemblance between his previous opponent and the little sister he once knew as 'Rio'. No...it couldn't be...she's in Gotham. Could it? Hotstreak would have looked into his confused thoughts more, but he knew he had to disappear before Static had a chance to look for him.

Meanwhile, Static quickly made sure Rioko wasn't injured too seriously. She looked so peaceful lying there. "Too bad she can't always be this calm." Static said to himself. "Hotstreak!" up till then, Static had only thought of Rie, but suddenly he remembered that Hotstreak was still a threat. He turned and searched for any sight of the red-head. "Darn. He's gone. Guess I'll have to get him next time...maybe without Rie there though."

Static sighed deeply and turned back to his fallen friend. "What am I gonna do with you?" he asked as he bent down and gently picked her up being mindful of her giant wings.

Just as he was about to leave, Static her a voice yell to him. "Hey Sparky! Don't just leave me here!!" a now conscious Talon struggled violently in attempt to break free from her chains.

"Oh, right. I'll call the cops on my way out and tell 'em you're here." At that he jumped back on his disk and left out the door he came in, leaving Talon screaming insults after him. As he flew through the city, Static called one of his police friends about Talon and proceeded to carry Rioko back to her home nestled deep in the heart of Downy Ville; the one part of Dakota where Static was not much welcome. He cautiously swept over the dark alleys and headed in through one of the open windows of Rie's apartment. He hopped off his disk and walked into Rie's bedroom where he gently laid her down on her bed.

He wanted to stay with her that night to make sure she didn't do anything stupid when she awoke, but he knew he couldn't. "Pops'll kill me if I don't get home soon." He bent over and gently brushed a rouge piece of hair off his friend's face. "Sleep well." After staring at her sleeping form for a few more moments, Static turned and left; heading straight home.


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