Thank you to all who reviewed! I really appreciate it. Now, here's the next chapter. Also, Virgil will make an appearance in this chapter.

(Okay, small mistake. I haven't said the disclaimer in the previous chapters, have I? No biggie, just note that I 'm saying it here and now on, I DON'T OWN STATIC SHOCK. The only characters I do own are Kenny, Robyn, Vince, Aiden, Amy Foley, and any other new bang babies that are introduced in this fic.)

( 2nd disclaimer: I don't own Stephen King or any other books mentioned. Also I don't own Lil Romeo or Evanescence.)

Lots of things that I don't own. Man, all of this creativity and writing and I come out with nothing! Hmph.

Again, thank you to all who reviewed. Reviews keep me writing and act as the antidote to any possible Writer's block. :)

Anyway, here's the long-awaited Chapter 3! Yay!

Chapter 3: Connection revived



School seemed to drag along slower than usual on Fridays. Especially since Spring Break started the next day. Kenny tapped his fingers impatiently on his desk, glaring at the clock which hung right above the classroom door. His door to freedom. He muttered, "Come on, come on.." to the clock, as if the thing would obey and suddenly strike 3:00.

He never liked school (But, then again, who does?). Well, at least he got some decent grades in the eighth grade, but he didn't like being forced to sit down and write all day. It just wasn't his thing. He'd prefer staying at home, or hanging outside with Vince and his friends. Maybe he could even try and kick some metahuman butt! Yeah! That'd be awesome!

Old villains like Ebon, Hotstreak, and Shiv were still around. And there were also alot of Bang Babies that were a result of the second Big Bang. He'd seen his dad fight them all the time on TV, along with his uncle, Rubberbandman. He always craved the action and adventure of battling bad guys, just like his dad does everyday. But he and his uncle never let Kenny or Vince do anything with battles.

Kenny was jolted out of his thoughts when the final bell rang. His fellow classmates cheered and ran out the door. Kenny brightened and followed them out of the school and into Spring Break.

Once outside, Kenny said goodbye to his friends and slipped his headphones on, playing Lil Romeo. He started looking for Vince.

Virgil Hawkins entered his house and closed the door behind him. He ran a hand through his hair and went into the living room to find his wife, Daisy watching the news. Daisy smiled at him, "Hi. Another day, another mission with the Justice League, huh?"

Virgil laughed and kissed her, "Yeah, pretty much."

"Kenny's out with Vince. Probably celebrating Spring Break."

Virgil smiled and nodded, "I'm gonna go put my costume away."

Daisy nodded and turned back to the news.

Virgil made his way down the downstairs hall and into his and Daisy's room. Once he put away his Static costume, he sat on the bed and rested his head in his hands. A couple of months ago, he discovered that the Bang babies, old and new, were starting to show weird... changes. Hotstreak's pyrokinetic powers were somehow alot stronger than ever before, allowing him to burn through anything, literally. Just last month, Hotstreak had burned a 12 foot hole straight down through the ground in mere seconds. Concrete, a rock-man metahuman from the second big bang, had created a fissure that turned into a small earthquake.

Static himself had been feeling even more powerful than ever. It was like there was sunspots everyday for him. His powers had grown more powerful than before. But luckily, he's been able to control them.

All the metahuman villains were certainly enjoying this new power boost, and they were using their newly improved powers to terrorize the city. Things were getting out of hand for him, so he had called the Justice League for help. They had been helping him control his rapidly growing powers and also were trying to figure out the mystery of the sudden power boost of all the other metahumans. So far, no luck.

He didn't tell Daisy or Kenny about this. He didn't want to worry them. He didn't want to put them in danger.

Virgil sighed and stood up. Well, Static was there for Dakota then, and he was there for Dakota now. He would do his best to solve this problem.

But...he couldn't help but feel the emptiness of a missing partner and friend.

The final bell rang out through the entire campus as students of the academy filed out of the building. Robyn waved goodbye to her friends and leaned against the outside gates, waiting for Aiden.

Robyn slipped off her bookbag and took out the thing that Backpack had given her. She looked it over. It looked like a walkie talkie.

She brushed off the dust to reveal the black and yellow diagonal line design. She never seen a walkie talkie like this before. It was probably one of her father's inventions. Why else would Backpack have it?

She turned it to one side, and spotted the 'talk' button. She pressed it and held it down. Hm, no static. Well, it was old, considering that it was covered in dust, so there was an explanation of why it didn't work. Maybe when she gets home, she could try and find the other one...

"Hey, sis!"

Robyn quickly slipped it back into her bookbag and saw Aiden appear right next to her in front of the gates, " Do you think that we could stop by the library?"

Robyn shrugged, "Yeah sure, come on." Guess finding the other walkie-talkie will have to wait. Besides, she could go for a good 'Stephen King' book right now.

The two started their way toward the library, which was only across from the academy.

Kenny and Vince strode down another street. They were both talking about Spring Break and what they might do over the week off from school. Neither of them felt like going home, so they both settled on just wandering around the area.

They had both talked and walked for the last half hour, so they tried to find a place to hang for a bit and rest. Unfortunately, they both had wandered off to an area that was sort of...unfamiliar to them.

Vince looked around at their surroundings, "Well, never been here before, have you?"

Kenny shook his head and slipped off his headphones, "Not really."

Vince looked around more, until his eyes fell upon something, "Hey Kenny-boy, check it out." He pointed to a place across the street.

Kenny scowled, "I told you NOT to call me Kenny bo what?." He followed to where Vince was pointing and spotted a...

"Gas station?" Kenny raised an eyebrow.

Vince grinned, "Awesome! Come on, let's check it out!" He started to run across the street to the run-down gas station.

Kenny , feeling a little on his adventurous side, followed.

Kenny stopped in front of the place beside Vince, and observed the outside of the station. To put it bluntly, it looked really old. The metal poles and outside walls were rusting and chipping away, the windows were fogged up with dirt, and weeds were growing out of the cracks of the concrete.

Kenny went up to the window, wiping away some of the dirt that was caked on, and peered inside. Well, compared to the outside, the inside didn't look half as bad. The counters had several things piled on top, but not too cluttered. The floor lay clear of any stray objects, except for one of two pieces of metal. It looked pretty decent.

Suddenly, he heard a loud creak. Kenny pulled away from the window and looked to see Vince opening the rusted door. Vince turned to him, "Well? Don't you wanna admire it from the inside instead of out here?" He grinned.

Kenny smiled and followed Vince inside. It smelled of oil and metal, but the inside felt good. The air wasn't really stuffy and the sun cast a faint light through the dirty windows. Like he said before, it was pretty decent.

He and Vince were walking around the room, observing the countertops, the table, the...computer? Kenny stared at it for a moment, then shrugged it off.

Kenny dusted off the table, then set his backpack down. He climbed up on it and sat beside his backpack, his legs dangling off the side. He scanned the room again before stretching his arms up, then rested his arms in his lap. He heard Vince rummaging through the drawers.

Kenny then felt a hard lump in his pocket. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the thing that he had seen that morning. Oh yeah, he nearly forgot. What was this thing anyway? By looking at it, he could easily tell that it was a walkie-talkie. He pushed the button on the side. No static.

"Hey, Vince. Come look at this."

Vince looked up and walked over, "What?"

Kenny held out the walkie-talkie to Vince, "I found it this morning. But it doesn't really work."

Vince observed it and looked back up at Kenny, "Try shocking it, give it some fuel."

Kenny nodded and powered up his hand, sending a bolt of electricity to the walkie-talkie. He pressed the button again. Nothing. "Where do you think the other one is?"

Vince shrugged, "Probably back at your house. That's where you found it."

"Yeah, maybe."

As they talked, the shock vox in Kenny's hand transmitted their voices through the antenna and out to the other shock vox.

Robyn sat in one of the library's chairs reading Stephen King's, "Carrie" book. Her headphones played 'Evanescence' while she read. She was, as some may say, a multi-task person. She could do more than one thigs at once. Like, for example, reading and listening to music at the same time. One of the advantages of having advanced intellect, she guessed.

Aiden was browsing around for books in the Action/Adventure genre. Aiden liked those type of books as well as the movies. Robyn, on the other hand, liked Horror books, Supernatural, and anything fictional. Most of the time, when she wasn't talking with her friends, hanging with Aiden and Backpack, or doing schoolwork, she just sunk into her own imaginary world. Surrounded by supernatural-ness and fantasy, whether it was with medieval dragons and wizards, with angels and demons, or even with vampires. Anything that dealed with the one question, 'What if?', caught her attention.

Robyn shook her head. She spent too much time below the iceberg instead of above.

She slipped off her headphones and went to check out her book. Aiden stepped beside her, "Can I stay for a little longer? I haven't decided what to get yet."

Robyn nodded and took her book back from the librarian, "Just don't take too long. I'll be waiting outside."

Aiden nodded and went back while Robyn stepped outside and sat down on a bench, glancing at the water fountain which sat in front of the library.

A beeping sound from inside her bookbag turned Robyn's attention to the bag beside her. Robyn quirked an eyebrow and reached inside to pull out the walkie-talkie. It was beeping slightly, making faint vibrations through the object.

Robyn stared at it, "Weird. It wasn't working before..."

Just then, a voice came from the thing, nearly causing Robyn to drop it from surprise,

"Where do you think the other one is?"

"Probably back at your house. That's where you found it." came another voice, different from the first.

"Yeah, maybe."

Robyn stared at the thing, stunned. Someone was talking through the other walkie-talkie. But who? Hundreds of questions were burning in her head, but she could barely make any of them make sense to her.

Robyn pressed the button on the side, "Hello?"

TBC...

Sorry I had to end it there. Looks like the kids will meet next chapter. Can't wait! In the next chapter, Richie will make his appearance and Kenny and Robyn will meet for the first time!

Anyway, please R&R.