I know some of you are waiting for me to update Hope and Responsibility. Be patient, once this is chapter is out, I will already be working on it. I kinda wanted to get this out if the way first since the next chapter of H&R takes place right after the events of this chapter. With that said, here is the moment you've all been waiting for: Static finally meets Ebon and the Metabreed...and this is where the crossover with Spider Man starts to kick in.

Chapter 4

Brooklyn, NY

Cloak and Dagger look down from a rooftop as dozens of police officers begin to arrest all the criminals in the vicinity. There was a gang war that occurred not too long ago, and the two young metahumans wanted to put a stop to it before innocent bystanders get hurt.

Cloak looks over at Dagger and says, "So much for our night out."

Dagger sighs, "For once I would like to go one evening without all hell breaking loose."

"Those were some sick moves you kids pulled down there," says a random deep voice.

The two metas look behind them and see a shadowy figure emerge from a nearby wall.

"Wh…who are you?" Cloak asks.

"The name's Ebon," answers the shadowy man. "I've been watching you two for a while now."

"Uh…stalker much?" says Dagger.

Ebon shrugs, "Well, seeing what you can do, I couldn't help but be curious. So, about these superpowers you got, let me guess, you got it from some kind of gas."

Cloak and Dagger both look at each other. They look back at Ebon and Cloak says, "You're one of the people who were caught in that explosion the other night."

"Yeah, some folks in the hood are calling it "the big bang", and guys like me, we're called bang babies."

"Bang-babies?" Dagger asks with a raised eyebrow.

"I think that sounds cool," says Cloak.

"You would think that," Dagger says back and then she looks back at Ebon. "Okay, so you know who we are, what do you want from us?"

"I'm organizing a crew, I was wondering if you kids can join."

"What kind of crew?" asks Cloak.

"A group of people just like us. People who can do all kinds of crazy shit and want to be accepted in this community, people who want to make a difference. You two are all about that right? So I'll ask again, you want in?"

The two young metas look at each other again and they silently agreed to talk about this amongst themselves first.

Dagger looks back at Ebon, "Can you give us a moment? We need to discuss this privately."

Ebon shrugs, "Hey, it's cool, there's something I've been meaning to do anyway. If you ever make up your minds meet me on top of the building across from the local mall at noon, two days from now. Me and the others have something big planned."

The shadowy man begins to phase through the wall he emerged from…and he was gone.

Cloak looks at Dagger, "So what are you thinking?"

"Ty, did you hear what that guy said? He said there are people out there who are like us, people who were given powers they didn't ask for, yet still want to help for the greater good," Dagger says with excitement with her voice.

Cloak just shakes his head, "That brotha talk a big game, but there's something about him that rubs me the wrong way."

Dagger now looks confused, "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is, I've met guys like him before. They say they want to do some good, but sometimes what they're selling ain't all that's cracked up to be. That guy is the textbook definition of shady."

Dagger nods in understanding, "So what you're saying is, we should probably watch this guy like a hawk."

Now it was Cloak's turn to nod, "Just until we know what his true intentions are."

The following evening, Static is sitting on a rooftop listening in to police scanners for any potential alerts, while Bombshell sits beside him looking out into the distance.

"It's been pretty peaceful tonight," the electric meta comments. "You think Peter and Kara might have better luck?"

The brunette girl looks over at her friend, "Hm? Oh, uh, maybe."

Static looks over at Bombshell in confusion, "You okay? You've been spacing out since this morning."

Bombshell blinks for a moment then sighs, "Sorry, it's just…I've been thinking about that conversation we had after we beat Hotstreak. You know, before you dad called."

"What, don't tell me you're still beating yourself over the Big Bang. Like I said befoe, it was my idea to go to that Roxxon facility in the first place, so I share part of the blame."

"No, I know that, and like I said, I don't blame you, I mean what happened AFTER we had that talk…or…what was about to happen…"

That's when it dawned on Static. After their little heart to heart, there was some awkward silence and the two teens were staring at each other for what seemed like an eternity. The next thing the electric meta knew, was that he and Bombshell started leaning into each other…then his dad called. It all happened so fast, and yet Static knew exactly what was about to happen had his father not call. He and Bombshell were about to kiss. They were about to take a bold step in their friendship that was very make it or break it, and the funny thing is…Virgil have been wanting to take that bold step ever since he first laid eyes on Lana. From the moment she first walked into his Calculus class, he thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, with her long chestnut brown hair and warm brown eyes. Then he started to hang out with her and got to know her more, and he began to fall for her feisty attitude, her laugh, her smile. There was something about her that made her completely unique from most girls, at least in his eyes. Now it has gotten to a point where he is pining for her, and from the looks of it, it looks like Lana is pining for him too.

"Lana I…" Static begins to speak but was interrupted by his cell phone yet again. This time it was playing Hero by Nas. The electric superhero groans, "I REALLY need to put this thing on silent."

Bombshell giggles, "I see you changed your ringtone. You should keep that one, it's fitting."

Static just smiles and answers the phone, "Sup?"

"Virgil," says the voice of a young male. "It's Peter, are you busy at the moment?"

"No, Lana and I are just chillin', why?"

"You may want to meet me at the police station. I got a call from Detective Spivot with some REALLY bad news…"

NYPD, Manhattan NY

Static and Bombshell arrive at the rooftop of the police station, where Spider Man, Supergirl and Patty Spivot were waiting for them.

The wall crawler begins with introductions, "Patty, this is Static and Bombshell, the new heroes on the block. Static, Bombshell, this is Patty Spivot, she's the CSI here…and also a friend."

Patty proceeds to shake the two new heroes' hands, "I heard you guys have been keeping the streets of Brooklyn safe. Captain DeWolfe put out a very good word about you two."

After Static shook Patty's hand, he asks, "So what's going on?"

Patty and Spider Man both look at each other and then Patty looks back at Static, "Remember that fire guy you helped take down roughly a week ago? He escaped."

"Oh God, please tell me he didn't barbecue anyone on the way out," Bombshell says with a worried look.

"Don't worry, nobody was hurt. When one of the guards went to check on him in his cell, he was just gone, almost like he teleported out."

"That means someone must've broken him out," says Static. "The question is who?"

"Well in any case, I called you so I can give you a heads up," says Spider Man. "But Supergirl and I will be on the lookout for him as well. Right Supergirl?"

Supergirl was looking to the side with her arms crossed, a somber look plastered on her face.

"Supergirl?" Spider Man asks again. "Are you okay?"

The young Kryptonian looks over at her boyfriend, "Wha…Oh, yeah, yeah I'm fine."

Static looks at her with suspicion. This wasn't the first time Kara had been acting weird. He still remembers that panic attack she had week's prior. He wonders if this was somehow related to that. (A/N)

Local Brooklyn Strip Mall

Ebon looks down at the strip mall down below. He then turns around and looks at the five young metahumans that are standing behind him. Among them was Hotstreak, a female human/bird hybrid, a male with short purple hair, a red jacket with a white shirt underneath, red pants and red shoes, a female with a black and white face, white hair and a black and white jumpsuit and a male human/armadillo hybrid. The remaining four metas were Talon, Shiv, Silver Banshee and Carmen Dillo respectively.

Ebon looks around and notices that Cloak and Dagger were nowhere to be seen, "Hmm, guess we're gonna have to start the party without them. Alright guys and gals, I think it's high time that we make ourselves known to the public. Let's show these fools who REALLY runs this neighborhood."

Inside the mall, everyone is minding their own business and going about their daily lives…At least they were until Ebon and his group of metahumans appear from out of nowhere and start to wreak havoc throughout the strip mall. Hostreak throws fires balls left and right, Talon and Silver Banshee shatter some windows with their sonic screams, Carmen Dillo is eating food in the food court and Shiv is simply hanging out in the arcade playing some of the games in there.

As Ebon continues to watch his team of superpowered misfits run rampant, he hears a young female voice speak to him from behind, "So this is your idea of making a difference?"

He looks behind him and sees Cloak and Dagger with unhappy looks on their faces.

"Nice of you kids to show up," says the shadowy metahuman. "You can join in on the fun if you like."

Cloak starts to look around, "Yeah man, this isn't what I would call fun. You're terrorizing innocent people."

"What, don't tell me you actually care about these people?"

"Do I want these people to accept people like you and me? Sure, but fear is the wrong way to go about it. My grandma always told me that respect is something that needs to be earned."

Ebon nods in understanding, "I take it that's a yes then…Alright, you two wanna be Superman? Fine, ya'll gonna die like him too…and there AIN'T gonna be a resurrection. Meta-Breed, waste these suckas."

The five young metas stop what they were doing and they all begin to crowd around Cloak and Dagger. The two metahumans get into a battle stance, preparing themselves for the fight of their lives.

"Two against six? That doesn't seem fair," says a random male voice. "What do you think Static?"

The Meta-Breed turn around and sees Spider Man hanging upside down from a web-line while Supergirl and Static are hovering in the air. Bombshell is clinging onto Static while standing on his trashcan lid hoverboard.

"I think we should even the odds," Static answers.

Ebon growls then says, "WASTE ALL THEM MOTHAFUCKAS."

The Meta-Breed and the heroes engage each other.

Shiv creates a purple light construct of a blade and swipes at Spider Man. The wall crawler effortlessly dodges.

"Hey buddy, Star Sapphire called, she wants her powers back," Spider Man quips.

This angers the purple haired meta even further and he turns his blade into a hammer, continuing to swipe at Spider Man.

"Oh great, first Sandman now you. What is it with supervillains and their fixation on hammers?" the spider hero quips again. "Luckily, I've got some old tricks of my own."

He then proceeds to shoot webbing at Shiv's eyes, blinding him, and then he finishes him off with a simple punch and kick combo.

"Haha, what's with the dark getup?" asks Carmen Dillo. "What are you, some discount Batman or something?"

"This coming from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Armadillo," Cloak says back.

This angers the human/animal hybrid, he rolls into a ball and charges at Cloak.

The other metahuman smirks at this and opens up his cloak sucking Carmen Dillo in.

Outside of the strip mall, Detective Ellen Yin emerges from her police cruiser and meets up with a bunch of other police officers and the SWAT team as they escort the people out of the strip mall.

She turns to Captain Jean DeWolfe, "What do you want us to do captain?"

Before the police captain could say anything, Carmen Dillo drops from the sky and lands on Yin's police cruiser.

"Wh…WHAT THE HELL?" she angrily asks.

Captain DeWolfe just shrugs, "I guess we can start by arresting this freakshow."

Hotstreak throws fireballs at Dagger, to which the glowing meta gracefully dodges. She then proceeds to throw a light Dagger at Hotstreak and it misses.

"Ha, THAT'S your power?" the flaming metahuman mocks. "You throw little knives?"

"Wait for it," Dagger says with a smirk.

The light dagger that misses Hotstreak turns back around and it stabs him in the leg, making him scream in pain.

"AAAH, YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT YOU BI…Whoa, I don't feel so good."

Hotstreak starts to get woozy until he eventually falls to the ground, losing consciousness. The light dagger then disappears.

Meanwhile, Static is chasing Talon in the sky. The electric meta shoots a couple of bolts at the human/bird hybrid, to which she gracefully dodges.

"You're gonna have to do better than that Sparky," she remarks.

"I'm not trying to hit you Big Bird," says Static. "I'm trying to distract you."

Talon starts to look confused until suddenly she flies into a thick wall of ice, courtesy of Supergirl's freeze breath. Static proceeds to catch Talon as she falls and they both land on the ground safely.

He puts the human/bird hybrid over his shoulder and gives the Girl of Steel a thumbs up, "Way to let it go Elsa."

Supergirl just smiles proudly.

The two heroes were then bombarded by Silver Banshee's sonic scream.

Static and Supergirl cover their ears and wince in pain, until the black and white meta was blown away by a shockwave from Bombshell.

"I hope you don't try to pursue a singing career," says the brunette girl. "Mariah Carey you are not."

Supergirl was the first to recover, "Thanks."

Bombshell nods, "We still have one more baddie to deal with." All of the heroes now confront Ebon.

"You just HAD to go and ruin it didn't you?" He asks Cloak and Dagger. "We could've ruled this neighborhood, maybe even the entire city."

"Yeah, well, Dagger and I are perfectly fine with this neighborhood being the way it is," says Cloak.

"And we're gonna make sure creeps like you aren't running it," says Dagger.

"So you must be the head Bang Baby of this little group," says Static. "And I'm also gonna take a wild guess and say you must've been the one who busted out Hotstreak."

Ebon looks over at Static, "Ya damn right, and you must be the new hero in town. To think I was about to ask you to join my Meta Breed."

"It's a good thing you didn't, otherwise I would've sent your pitch black ass to jail much sooner, and what's this about "ruling this neighborhood?" Look dawg if you wanted to make a statement and start some kind of movement, just do what Dr. Dre did and pursue a gangsta rap career."

"You better watch your back "hero", you just made the top of my shit list." Ebon then looks over at Spider Man. "And you better watch your back too. The Big Man didn't appreciate you taking his city away from him. He's been looking to get back at you ever since. He's coming for your wall crawling ass when you least expect it."

With that, Ebon phases through the floor. Supergirl tries to pursue him, but he was already gone.

The heroes watch the police and SWAT apprehend the remaining metas from below. Cloak and Dagger turn to the other four teens.

"It's a good thing you guys showed up with you did," says Dagger. "I thought Ty and I were toast for sure."

"Nothing bad will ever happen to you guys on our watch," says Supergirl.

Cloak turns to Static, "So you're Static huh? Nice to finally meet Brooklyn's local hero."

"And you guys must be Cloak and Dagger," Static says as he shakes Cloak's hand. "I heard you and Bombshell got off on the wrong foot."

Cloak nervously rubs the back of his neck, "Yeah, it was a huge misunderstanding. Still, your girl put up one hell of a fight."

Static's eyes widened when Cloak called Bombshell "his girl". He looks over at the brunette girl, whose face is beet red, "Um…*ahem* So, uh, this Ebon guy. I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of him."

Spider Man looks down and narrows his eyes, "Yeah, and it looks like Tombstone is up to no good again. I guess with Captain Stacy gone the police are no longer breathing down his neck."

"Well, if either of them ever show their faces again, we'll be ready," says Supergirl. Everyone else nod in agreement.

After everyone says their goodbyes, Static and Bombshell finally have some time to themselves.

The electric superhero was the first to speak, "Well that was…eventful."

The former criminal chuckles, "Yeah."

The two teens are now staring at each other.

There was some awkward silence until Static speaks again, "So uh, a couple days ago you were talking about the conversation we had. You know…the one that my dad interrupted."

Bombshell begins to blush, "Oh, that. Yeah it's just that…You and I have been hanging out quite a lot. We've gotten to know each other really well and became really good friends. We have each other's backs and we really care about each other…more often than any normal friend should."

"…Yeah you could say that."

"So…I was wondering…maybe be you and could…I mean we should probably…*sigh* fuck it."

Bombshell then proceeds to grab Static by his jacket, pulls him close to her and presses her lips onto his. The electric metahuman was caught by surprise at the sudden action, but then he closes his eyes and returns the kiss. While they are kissing, he says in his head,

"Well, that explains the strawberry taste." After a few seconds the two teens break apart, both of them panting.

After several seconds of silence Static chuckles, "Damn girl, I hope you didn't kiss anybody else with that potty mouth of yours."

Bombshell shakes her head, "You're the only one in the universe who deserves this mouth. Now shut the fuck up and keep kissing me you asshole."

She then yanks Static back to her and the two start kissing again.

OSCORP

Alistair Smythe is in his lab pacing back and forth, a look of anxiety plastered on his face. The door opens and two doctors, along with Harry Osborn, walk inside with a stretcher that has Silver Banshee laying on it.

"My God," Smythe says in a devastated tone.

"She was under lock and key at Rikers," says Harry. "Had to bail her out first."

Smythe walks over to the unconscious young metahuman. He caresses her face and then lowers his head in shame. "I need to be alone now," he says in a defeated tone.

Harry nods and he motions his employees out the door.

Once they were gone Silver Banshee begins to wake, "D…Dad?"

Smythe pipes up, "Siobhan, sweetheart."

"W…Where am I?"

"At OSCORP. You were sent to Rikers and Mr. Osborn had to bail you out. My beautiful baby girl, what happened to you?"

"I…I was walking home from a friend's house after studying with her. There was this explosion and when I woke up…Oh dad, I didn't want you to see me like this *sobs*"

"Oh, sweetie," Smythe says, with tears in his eyes, as he tries to comfort his daughter. "Despite the change in appearance, you are still my little girl. I will do everything in my power to fix you, I promise."

"*Sniff* I love you dad."

"I love you too."

(A/N) For those of you waiting for the next update to Hope and Responsibility, let this be a small hint as to what the next arc is going to be...

On that note, this chapter comes to a close.

I know, making Silver Banshee Alistair Smythe's daughter is very on the nose, but I couldn't resist, and yes, she will show up at some point in Hope and Responsibility and cause some trouble for both Spider Man and Supergirl, so be on the lookout for her.

Static has finally met Cloak and Dagger, believe me you are going to see them a lot in both stories. In fact, they might show up to help Spidey and Supergirl in the next arc of H&R.

Now that Virgil and Lana have finally admit their feelings for each other, what's next for them? You'll have to find out in the chapters to come.

Be sure to leave a comment with your thoughts on the story so far. Until next time...