Mutation
Chapter Seven

Robert couldn't believe what he was seeing, instead of his son dressed in his hero costume but a large blue creature with an impression of his on on the energy corona of the monster.

"I..." Virgil said sounding strained against something.

"Son, you got to fight this" Robert said being held back safely by Gear and Rubberband Man.

"Its too strong dad... I just -- you got to get away! Its too powerful" Virgil said trying his best to try and keep control of his body but couldn't keep it up and was flickering all of the time.

"Virg, bro! Please" Gear called out, his voice sounding stern but concerned.

"Sorry bro..." Virgil muttered before moving the monster's hands up in the air and fired a blast, blinding everyone in the area.

"Virgil!" Everyone called out, covering their eyes against the brightness of the light but he was gone.


Virgil felt the monster take over once again, he tried to fight it back but felt his energy leaving him while the monster continued to get stronger. Keeping the monster back from attacking his family had worn him out, he could feel the monster getting stronger once again before his world went black.

Free of Virgil's control, the monster roared loudly and felt that it was drained of the energy it had so it went on a small rampage on the way to the nearest large source of energy.


Gear couldn't believe it, he had done that to his best friend, to his partner. "I... I can't believe it..." He muttered as the spots cleared from his vision. He had transformed his best friend almost his brother into a monster. "I got to get back to the lab... I have to find a cure for this mess I've gotten him into" Gear said to Adam and the Hawkins before taking off to the sky, already running calculations in his head and on the visor as he flew back to the gas station.

Adam watched Gear go and sighed, "We better get you back home safe Sharon, Mr Hawkins" He said knowing that the paparazzi would be around soon enough asking anyone and everyone questions about what had just happened between two of Dakota's heroes and the monster terrorising the city.

"Adam, please tell me that we will get Virgil back" Sharon pleaded to her boyfriend, who just looked at Sharon before pulling her into a hug, "We'll get him back Sharon, don't worry... just now this place isnt safe at the moment" Adam said pulling her back and looked at her with pleading eyes.

Robert sighed and knew that the young hero was worried for his daughter and they all were worried for his son. "Come on Sharon, let's go home... Adam will contact us with any news" He said taking his daughter away from the young hero who sighed and moved away a little.

"I got to go and check on Gear, see if he will need any help" Adam said and changed shape into his normal ball shape and bounced around the debree deeper into the city.

Sharon watched her boyfriend bounce away before sighing, "Ok Daddy, I know that they will find a way of getting Virgil back... they have to" She said feeling her cheeks burn and her vision blurred.

Robert pulled his daughter into a hug as he led her away from the scene of descruction and back to their house, he trusted Gear and knew that he would do anything to get his best friend back. 'Be safe Virgil' Robert thought and prayed silently to Jean hoping to get his son back.


As soon as Gear landed outside of the gas station, he entered it with Backpack jumping off his back and followed its master to his work area. Gear had taken his helmet off and slipped his glasses back on before sitting down in front of the computer and began to type furiously, focusing purely on that he wanted Virgil/Static back.

All that could be heard was the tapping of keyboard keys and the occasional mutter coming from the young blonde genius, these sounds echoed around the unusually quiet gas station.

The door silently creeked open and a figure sneaked in quietly making their way across the station to where the young genius was working.

"I'm working here Shenice" Was the response to this presence in the headquarters.

"I came over as soon as I heard, is there anything we can do?" Shenice or Shebang said, moving to lean against the desk not looking at the monitor as strings of coding and calculations flew across the screen.

"The only thing any of us can really do is pray that whatever has gotten into Virgil's systems either burn out or I can find the cause and hopefully find a way to stop the changes but I got to hurry as he is weakening..." Richie said reading the screen and compared the scan what Backpack did in the battle against the creature that was known as Virgil to the incident just a few short minutes ago.

"That thing is Virgil? How?" Shenice asked as she had only seen the news about the creature and thankfully that the incident that had just occured that there were no press around to capture the moment on film and blow Virgil's cover wide open.

"I know how but its just the matter of why, as I was incased in the stuff and yet I'm fine..." Richie muttered as he reached over and replaced his helmet for his glasses, he wanted Backpack to check his calculations before he created the formulae that was written down on the computer.

"I better go out there and see if we can find him" Shenice spoke, thinking about that she should change into her costume before heading out to the streets to see if they could find Virgil and try to buy Richie some time.

"Just be careful Shenice, Virgil had worn himself out on that last battle... there..." Richie stopped and tried to gain some his posture back. "He might not be in there..." He said focusing on his work and tried to do his best Batman impression but knew he failed.

"I will, we will get him back Richie" Shenice said before leaving the workroom.

"Just hope you're right... Virgil, please hang on" Richie muttered and double checked his calculations alongside Backpack.


"This is Shelly Sandoval reporting live" The female reporter announced from the helicopter.

"The creature that had terrorised the city countless times has returned and is now attacking one of Dakota's largest power stations, it appears to be draining the energy away from the station and into itself" She carried on reporting as the camera spun around to look below.

Down on the ground, the large blue humanoid shape was glowing brightly as it continued to absorb the energy from the power plant into itself, all around the creature destruction was laying in its wake. The police had formed a barrier of cars around the station trying to figure out the best way to fight against the monster but knew that their weapons would be useless, the metahuman capture team was there but couldn't think of a way to stop it.

"The question on everyone's minds is where is Static?" Shelly reported knowing that it was upto Dakota's young heroes to save the day.