So now Hotstreak is back which means more trouble for Static and Gear, but what happens when Hotstreak takes a joke too seriously and Virgil stumbles onto a dark past. I don't own Static Shock just my characters and ideas. Enjoy and please read and review.
"Wow it got quiet all of a sudden… what didn't expect to see me again? I thought I would come back and see what has become of this school" Hotstreak said then looked at the girls. "Well aren't you the cutest thing" he said leaning over toward her while Nichole leaned away in fright and disgust. Hotstreak straightened up and laughed, "My bark is worse than my bite sweetie, of course you can fill free to find that out anytime." Hotstreak said winking then looked back to Virgil and Richie, "I'll see you two later."
"Who was that?" Nichole asked angrily when he was gone.
Virgil and Richie didn't answer at first because they were still in shock.
Virgil was the first to recover from his shock, "His name is Francis, but most people call him Hotstreak, he is a meda-human."
Richie noticed that the girls exchanged glances with each other at that last word.
"He seems to come on a bit strong" Jamie said.
"You get use to it after a while" Virgil said.
After school Richie found Virgil at his locker.
"V you were right man I can't believe he is back and so soon" Richie said coming up to Virgil lowering his voice.
"Yeah I know I wonder how they got separated so fast" Virgil said looking at Richie with a worried expression.
The two friends were just starting to walk home when they saw smoke raising over the buildings that was from somewhere downtown.
"And that would be our cue" Virgil said running into the closest ally with Richie at his side.
"But V you heard what your dad said" Richie said as Virgil slipped on his mask.
"Yeah I know Rich, but this isn't technically school hours is it?" Virgil said smiling at Richie behind his Static mask.
Soon both heroes were suited up and ready to go. When they got to the place the smoke was coming from it was no surprise that Hotstreak was the one causing it.
"Hotstreak? How are you back?" Static asked acting surprised.
"Simple hero once we fell into the water we broke apart and washed up on a beach not too far away" said yet another familiar voice. Shadows swirled near Hot Streak and Ebon's figure formed.
"Yeah and now that I'm back I can do this" Hotstreak said as he launched two fire balls at the heroes forcing them to split apart for a moment before they came back together.
"You take Ebon I'll handle hot head" Static said and Gear nodded.
Hotstreak meanwhile was throwing fireball after fireball all slightly off on aim up at the hovering heroes.
"Those are so off in aim it's like a drunk trying to hit a small circle" Static teased down to the flaming villain.
"Don't even go there" Hotstreak growled making a huge jump up to Static grabbing his ankle and started to heat his hand. Static cried out in pain and both of them came crashing to the ground. When Static looked up again Hotstreak and Ebon were gone and Gear ran toward him.
"Static are you ok? You took a pretty hard fall there" Gear asked.
"Yeah I'm ok where did they go?" Static asked sitting up on his elbows.
"Ran off, I couldn't catch them in time" Gear said.
"Huh, well there's something up with Hotstreak" Static said.
"There's always something up with him" Gear said.
"Yeah but this was different. I've never seen him get some offensive before"
"I'm just as clueless as you bro, but I can do some research on the web if that will help. What did you say to him anyways?"
"I just made a comparison of his aim to a drunk. I was just teasing like always"
"Hum… well I'll look and tell you what I find. Now come on we should head home" he said holding out hand to Static.
Static took it and stood up but his leg protested. Static yelped in pain and fell back down again. When he rolled up pant leg there was a huge burn on his ankle.
"Yikes that doesn't look good we got to get you home" Gear said bringing Static's arm around his shoulder and flew off. Soon the two were back at Virgil's house. Richie helped Virgil in and they were just about to go upstairs when Mr. Hawkins walked in the room.
"Virgil… what happened?" Mr. Hawkins asked with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Nothing pops just twisted my ankle" Virgil said looking at his father hoping his face looked normal.
Mr. Hawkins walked over and threw back his son's cape to reveal the burn.
"Pops I can explain" Virgil started.
"No Virgil you have done enough. You disobeyed me and now look what happened to you" Mr. Hawkins said.
"Yeah, but pops…."
"No, go to your room now. We will talk about this later" Mr. Hawkins said firmly.
Richie helped Virgil get up the stairs and got him some ice.
Virgil hissed a little in pain as Richie set the icepack on his ankle, "I can't believe this! He doesn't let me do this after school either! Sometimes I wish he had never found out."
"Don't say that V he means well, he just wants you to be safe. Now I better go, my folks are probably worried about me" Richie said heading out of Virgil's room.
Later that same evening Virgil was just doing his homework on his bed when his father walked in and sat down on the bed so they were face to face.
"You disobeyed me Virgil. I told you no hero stuff today" Mr. Hawkins said with an unreadable expression on his face.
"But it wasn't during school. I saw the fire after school and you told me not during school. Pops… I know you don't like me doing this, but you said yourself I was given these powers for a reason. You've got to trust that I can take care of myself when there is trouble" Virgil said locking eyes with his father.
Mr. Hawkins sighed looking away from his son as he said, "I just don't want to loss you like I did your…"
"I know pops. I realize the danger ever time I put this on, but maybe that's why I continue to do it. Mom knew the same thing, but she was helping people and if there were no super heroes the city would be in the control of the other meta-humans. Like the night of the gang fights"
"Yes I know that. I just don't want to see you suffer. I don't want to loose you too"
"Don't worry about me I'll be fine. You and mom taught me to be strong. But Pops there is one thing I want to tell you."
"I'm listening"
"The reason my ankle is like this is because I said a comment to Hotstreak and he got really mad and burned my ankle. I don't understand why he responded like that. He never cared about my remarks before, but this time he…he seemed different"
"I think that is because you may have stumbled onto something painful in his past and he is used to reacting with anger. Many people are very protective of their pasts"
"Richie was going to do some research. I'll tell you if he finds anything out"
"Alright I would like to know too. He seems like a troubled kid who is running away from his past" Mr. Hawkins said walking out of Virgil's room deep in thought.
Not more than one hour later Virgil heard Richie's voice coming from the shock box, "Static you there?"
Virgil reached over and picked it up, "Static here what did you find out?"
"Dude your not going to believe this. I'm going to come over be there in five, too much to tell you over radio."
Richie got there pretty fast and soon he was in Virgil's room with Mr. Hawkins right behind him.
"So I was looking up drunks when this news article came up, it's a little shocking, but it doesn't give the full details" Richie said opening his laptop and brought up the article, "Horrific accident on highway. At nine o'clock Friday evening a family of five were heading home from a fun day at the amusement park when the unexpected happens. A drunk driver rams their car hard on the left side. When police arrived they reported that both parents died on impact and the two girls died shortly after, only the boy survived, a terrible end to this once happy family."
So Hotstreak has a tragedy in his past which explains why he behaves the way he does, but how much will Hotstreak actually tell himself? To be continued….