A/N: Okay, thanks for all the reviews! I'll continue now! Here's chapter two of "Surprise to the System".


"I know you're Static." Sharon said. She immediately felt bad for causing so much stress for her baby brother. Virgil looked like he was having a huge internal battle. He obviously hated lying to his family, but he also knew keeping it a secret was a better idea. "Sharon, I don't know what you're-"

Sharon was losing her temper. "Oh, don't lie to me, Virgil! I heard you talking to Richie over that walkie-talkie thing."

"You were spying on me?" Virgil narrowed his eyes.

Uh-oh. Caught. Sharon shrugged. "I had to see if you were okay. I mean, that was one nasty bruise."

Virgil unconsciously moved his hand over his stomach. "You're not upset?" he asked after a pause.

Sharon walked over to Virgil and put her arm around his shoulders. "Of course not! How many girls can say their little brother is Static?"

Virgil looked suspicious of her strange behavior. "Just you, I guess…"

Sharon nodded. "Exactly. I'm proud of what you do."

"Sharon why are you being so-" Virgil was kind of edgy about Sharon's extremely nice behavior, and he wasn't going to be disappointed.

Her calm exterior suddenly turned menacing. She let go of him and turned around. "But you should have told me sooner!"

Virgil sighed. Now there's the Sharon I'm used to.

"You just wait till I tell Daddy-" she said. Virgil shook his head. "No! You can't tell Pops!"

Sharon put her hands on her hips. "And why not?"

"You know how he is! He would freak." Virgil got a puppy dog look on his face. "Pleaasee?"

Sharon felt herself relenting. "Oh, all right."

They heard the TV in the living room suddenly interrupted by a news bulletin.

"Here, at the Dakota News station, a bang baby is holding all of the reporters hostage. He would like to send a message to Static."

Sharon and Virgil ran into the living room to watch the news. Ebon walked into the camera's line of view and took the microphone from the news reporter. "Static, if you don't get here in thirty minutes all of these reporters will pay," he said to the camera.

Sharon looked at Virgil. His face was grim, but determined. "Virgil! You'll be late for school."

Virgil turned to look at her. "Sharon, I have to. All those people-"

"Can't it wait?"

"No." Virgil went into the other room and came out in his Static costume. "I'll see you later," he said, unfolding his disc and hopping on.

Five minutes later, Sharon was in the car following Static. She was muttering under her breath about younger brothers and hero complexes when she reached the news station.

All of the reporters who were being held captive ran out of the building. "What happened? Where's V-Static?" she asked one of the people.

The person shook their head. "The crazy kid traded himself for us," he said.

Sharon's eyes widened. "Virgil!" she said softly. She knew Ebon was one of Static's worst enemies. I've got to do something, she thought right as a loud crashing noise came from inside the building. It seemed like everyone in the crowd outside the station was holding their breath. After what seemed like hours, but was only a few minutes, Static came out holding Ebon in the air with his powers.

"Anybody got any handcuffs?" he said, a big smile on his face for the cameras.

Sharon was relieved, but the way Virgil's left arm was hanging limp to his side didn't escape her notice. Static gave Ebon to the cops at the scene, waved at the cameras a few more times, and flew off to a nearby alley.

Sharon got back in the car and followed him.

When she got to the alley Virgil was just taking his mask off. He still had the rest of the costume on.

Sharon parked the car and got out. "Virgil!" she said, storming up to him. "You could have been hurt! What will Daddy say when he sees your arm?"

Virgil glanced down at his left arm, then shrugged. "I'll tell him I tripped in school," he said.

Sharon was upset. If she had known he was Static the whole time, she probably would feel like this every day. It's hard to accept that your little brother saves the town on a daily basis. Sharon was also amazed at the fact that Virgil was standing in front of her wearing Static's costume, just no mask.

"Do you think it's broken?" she asked, calming down slightly.

Virgil scratched his head with his right hand. "I don't think so."

"Do you want me to drive you to school?" Sharon asked.

Virgil looked at his watch and winced. "Man, I'm ten minutes late!" he said.

Sharon smiled. "Don't worry. I'll handle it."

Virgil waited outside the office for Sharon to finish "handling it". He had been standing there for about five minutes when Sharon came back out, a big smile on her face.

This disturbed Virgil greatly. "What'd you do?" he asked.

Sharon had a very scary smile on her face. "I just told the principal that you were Static, and you had to stop some crime." She paused to watch Virgil's eyes bug out. He opened his mouth several times to talk, but just ended up looking like a fish. "You-you-"

Sharon started to laugh. She laughed and laughed until she felt that Virgil had gone through enough torture. "I'm just kidding, little brother!"

Virgil's expression went from horrified to angry in less than five seconds. "Sharon! That is NOT funny!"

Sharon wiped some tears from her eyes. "What I actually said was that our car broke down and we had to stop and replace the tire."

Virgil visibly relaxed. "And he bought it?"

Sharon nodded.

"Thanks, sis. I guess I'll see you after school."

Sharon was already halfway down the hall. She waved goodbye over her shoulder.

Just wait till you get home, Virgil, she thought. We're going to have a chat about the past few months.


A/N: Okay, so there it is! Please please please please please please PLEASE REVIEW! Thanks.