So, for those of you who just stumbled upon this story by accident, just so you won't get confused, even though this is a Static Shock fic, this story will be very different from the Static Shock cartoon. This story is actually a spin off to my Spider Man/Supergirl story "Hope and Responsibility" and I highly recommend reading the first twelve chapters of that story before jumping on here. Long story short, this is set in a universe where Spider Man exists in the DC Universe and he's dating Supergirl. Virgil lives in New York instead of Dakota and is attending Midtown High. Almost all of his supporting cast and rouges will be in this fic with the exception of certain characters like Richie and Frieda, since Bombshell from Brian Michael Bendis' Miles Morales/Spider Man comics will be taking the place of both of those characters as both his "sidekick" and confidant/love interest.

Chapter 1

Hawkins Residence, Brooklyn NY

Having slept all night, Virgil finally begins to stir. He sits up, rubs his eyes for a bit and motions himself out of bed. As he tries to climb out, he falls to the ground. He looks behind him and sees the bedsheets clinging to him. The dark haired boy gets up on his feet and the bedsheets were still clinging to him.

"Damn, static electricity," he says as he struggles to remove the sheets from him. He succeeds…only for the sheets to somehow cling towards him again. "Whoa, down boy," Virgil commands as he tries to get them off of him again. He once again was able to do so and he bolts out of his room and shuts the door.

"Don't shut the doors," a deep male voice says from down the stairs.

"Yes sir," Virgil responds.

The young boy takes a deep breath until something else caught his attention.

"Why do my lips taste like strawberries all of a sudden?"

He goes to the bathroom and reaches for the razor that was on the sink. Upon touching it, it activates. Virgil was confused by this because he didn't recall plugging it in and turning it on. Sure enough, he looks down at the cord…it wasn't plugged in.

Virgil was startled by this and drops the razor, "Pops razor. It's gone nuts."

However, he notices purple electric currents flowing through his body. As this is happening the lights in the bathroom are flickering. It took him a moment, but he finally realizes what's going on. The static cling, the razor, the lights…He's the cause of all of this.

"I'm a human fuse box," he exclaims.

Baumgartner Residence, Brooklyn, NY

"Goddammit," Lana says as she walks towards the phone that is now ringing. After everything that happened last night, the brunette girl was hoping she could spend the rest of her Saturday morning in bed. She is clad in a simple pink tank top and black sleep shorts. Her chestnut brown hair is an unruly mess. After rubbing her eyes a bit, she finally picks up the phone.

"Hello?" she asks in an annoyed and tired voice.

"Lana?" a familiar male voice responds.

That made Lana wake up entirely, "Virgil? Oh, thank God you're alright."

"Girl you are gonna trip," says Virgil. "Meet me at the junkyard just north of where you are."

Lana, now wearing a simple black t-shirt, with a pink long sleeve shirt underneath, blue skinny jeans and dark converses, is now walking through the junkyard looking for her friend.

"A junkyard? Seriously Virgil? Why the hell would you want us to meet here?" she mutters to herself.

Suddenly she hears some rumbling. She looks behind her and sees a mountain of car parts now being lifted into the air.

"What. The. FUCK?" she says with a shocked expression.

"Damn girl, I hope you didn't kiss anybody with that potty mouth of yours," says a random voice.

Lana looks behind her to where the voice was coming from and sees Virgil standing on a car, wearing a yellow and red buttoned up t-shirt, jeans and white sneakers, with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face.

Lana sees all the metal orbiting around her friend and she looks dumbfounded, "Virgil? How…What…HUH?"

"That explosion at the Roxxon Chemical Research Facility," Virgil explains with a wide smile. "That gas that I breathed in when I went out there the rescue you…It changed me." He raises a hand and electric currents started to flow through it. "Here check this out." He then zaps the car he is standing on and the vehicle begins to hover in the air. Virgil is now surfing on the car. "So much for taking the bus to school. Ooh, and watch this." He then uses his electric powers to lift a steel bar from the ground and hurls it at a fence. The metal bar then starts to cling to the fence like it's being glued there. "Talk about your static cling."

"Virgil, this is incredible," Lana says with a look of awe, then she realized something. "Wait, did you say an explosion did this to you?"

The car Virgil is surfing on comes to a complete halt in midair, "Yeah, I think the place where you fought that Power Ranger was where they were keeping that Quantum Juice we read about in those computer files, and when I went out to try and get you to safety, I must have took a whiff of it."

Lana begins to lower her head in remorse, "Then…this was my fault. I'm the reason this happened to you. I'm…I'm so sorry."

Virgil's face also falls and he hops off the car to comfort his friend. He puts one hand on her shoulder and uses the other to lift her chin up so she can look at him, "Hey, it's okay. It's not like the gas did any real harm to me. I feel fine. Don't go beating yourself up over me, okay? I think what happened to me is pretty cool."

Lana looks at her friend for a bit and then smiles softly, "…Okay."

Virgil smiles back and the two continue to gaze at each other longingly until Virgil was the first to snap back to reality.

He clears his throat which made Lana snap out of it as well, "So, uh, now that you have powers, what are you gonna do now?"

The dark haired boy crosses his arms in thought, "Well, I thought about it. I figured, since you decided to become a superhero, why not I give it a shot as well? I mean, seeing you fight that armored guy by yourself and seeing what happened afterwards, I couldn't help but be worried about you. Maybe you could use some help y'know? This neighborhood is nowhere near as bad as Dakota, but it's still pretty bad."

The brunette girl blinks at Virgil's decision and deep down her heart begins to swell when he told her that he worries about her, thus showing how much he cares about her. With that she begins to smile, "Well, I COULD use some backup in case I get jumped by two super people again. But first, you're gonna need a costume."

Back at Virgil's house, Lana is sitting on Virgil's bed waiting for him to come out with a costume he had in mind.

"Okay, I'm ready," he says as he emerges from his closet with a black jumpsuit with lighting patterns all over it. He's wearing a facemask that covers the top half of his face, with sunglasses that covers his eyes and he's wearing black baseball cap with an "X" on it.

Lana takes one good look at his costume and bursts into laughter, "Oh my God, you look SO stupid."

Virgil frowns at his friend's reaction and then he looks in the mirror to see for himself what he was wearing. He then sucks his teeth in disappointment, "Man, I look like Soulja Boy trying to cosplay as Black Lightning."

That statement made Lana laugh even harder.

The electric metahuman looks at his friend and rolls his eyes, "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up."

"I'm sorry," the brunette girl says as her laughter dies down and she wipes a tear from her eye. "Look, if it makes you feel better, how about I make you a costume? I know when I decided to become a superhero I had to make mine."

Virgil perks up a bit, "You'd do that for me?"

Lana gets up from the bed, walks over to Virgil and puts both hands on his shoulders, "You went out of your way to help me uncover the truth about my mom. Now it's my turn to do something for you." Then she smirks. "Besides, if you're gonna fight crime alongside me I don't want you cramping my style with these pajamas you're wearing."

Now it was Virgil's turn to smirk, "Oh is that how it is?"

"That's EXAXCTLY how it is," Lana chuckles.

"Alright, I'm counting on you. Just make sure it's something cool."

"Pfft, you've seen my costume right? It's the very definition of cool."

Hours later, they are now at Lana's house where the brunette girl is now sitting on her bed waiting for her friend to come out of the bathroom. It didn't long for her to actually make a costume for Virgil. All she had to do was get the right measurements and then put her grandmother's sewing machine to work. She also made a quick stop to a nearby discount clothing store, with money she had to borrow from said grandmother, and bought several additions to the costume.

"Are you done yet?" Lana asks. "I wanna see it too you know?"

Virgil chuckles from the bathroom in amusement, "Damn girl hold up, I just need to put on one more…There, I'm ready."

The dark haired boy finally emerges from the bathroom and Lana couldn't help but grin widely at what she's seeing.

Virgil is standing before her now with a long black and blue hooded jacket with some yellow on the inside of it and a pair of black gloves. Underneath it was a black sleeveless shirt with a yellow lightning bolt symbol on the front and a black sweatpants complete with black and yellow boots on his feet. On Virgil's face was a white domino mask with some blue goggles attached above it.

The electric metahuman looks at the expression on Lana's face, "Well you ain't laughing. That must be a good sign."

"Well, what are you waiting for? See for yourself."

Virgil chuckles again and he looks in the mirror. He now has a look of astonishment, "Yoooo, Lana this is DOPE."

The brunette girl blushes at her friend's compliment and brushes a lock of her hair behind her ear, "Well…I try."

"And you gave me a jacket just like your costume."

"Well, for you it would make the most sense. The jacket and gloves I bought from the discount store are actually waterproof."

Virgil looks over at Lana in confusion, "Waterproof?"

Lana shrugs, "Well, you have electric powers right? You know what happens to electricity when it gets exposed to water right? Suppose it rains when you're out superheroing? The jacket and gloves will help you prevent that from happening. Well…that and I think jackets are cool."

Virgil smiles, "You thought of everything haven't you? And you say you're not that smart."

Lana blushes again.

"So, I have my costume, now all I need is a name." Virgil thinks for a bit until… "I got it. How about "Lightning Lad"?"

Lana cringes at that, "First off all, that is a lame ass name. Second of all, I can't help but feel that that name is already taken."

"Okay, how about "High Voltage Man"

"Sounds like a mouthful."

"Kilowatt Kid?"

"Too generic."

"Alright then "Bombshell", if you're so good at coming up with superhero names why don't you think of something?"

With that Lana stares up at the ceiling in thought for a good few seconds until finally… "I got it."

"Well, what are you waiting for? Introduce yourself," Bombshell says, with an excited smile on her face, as she points her phone at Virgil.

"Is this really necessary?" Virgil asks with a raised eyebrow.

"You want to put your name out there right?"

"…Yeah?"

"Well, what better way to do it then to livestream your heroics for the world to see?"

"…This can't be how the other superheroes do it. I mean, I know tons of people in Metropolis who catch Steel in action put their videos on World Star but…"

Bombshell rolls her eyes, "Just introduce yourself."

"*sigh* Fine…*ahem*…Sup my peeps, the name's Static. I'm the new hero on the block. Bombshell here thought it would be a good idea to stream my heroics just to get the word out. Trust me, this whole fame and fortune stuff isn't my jam. I'm all about making the world a better place." "God that sounds so cornball…" Bombshell cuts in. Static rolls his eyes, "Ok look, livin' in New York is great and all, but it's not always how Jay-Z would describe it. There can be some pretty scummy people in this neighborhood, and somebody has to step up. I mean, yeah there's other heroes like Spider Man, Supergirl and the JSA, but sometimes they're not always there y'know? Sometimes they're busy fighting bigger threats. Someone has to be there for the little guy so why not have it be me? I know it's something someone really close to me would've done…"

Bombshell couldn't help but smile in admiration at that last statement because she knew he was talking about his late mother.

Suddenly the two teens hear police sirens. Static and Bombshell look down and see police cruisers heading in a certain direction.

Bombshell grins and she points the phone at herself, "Well folks, for those who wanted to see Static in action, you're about to have a front row seat."

"BACK OFF ALL OF YOU. I MEAN IT," Shocker yells at the police who had him cornered near the entrance of a bank.

"Lie down on the ground with your hands over your head or we WILL fire on you," a random police officer yells back.

"I'd like to see you try copper."

"Wow, "copper"? What is this, the 1930s?" asks a random youthful voice.

Shocker looks up in the direction it was coming from and sees Static hovering in the air, with his arms crossed and standing on what looks to be a trashcan lid.

"On top of that, why are you dressed like it's the 1970s? You look like you could be a member of the Bee Gees?"

Bombshell giggles at Static's remarks. She's recording everything on her phone from behind a parked car in the distance. She figures she'll let her friend handle this clown, and if there's any trouble, she'll jump right in.

As Static lands jumps off the trashcan lid and lands on the ground in front of Shocker, the gauntlet wearing villain takes a good look at who he's dealing with. "And who the hell are you supposed to be?"

"I'm Static, I put a shock to your system."

"Okay, that was a cool line," Bombshell says quietly.

"Funny," says Shocker. "Shocking people is what I do, and you're about to witness it firsthand."

Shocker fires his gauntlets at Static…to which they have no effect.

The electric superhero just yawns and says, "Let me guess, those brass knuckles of yours are made out of electricity. You see this lighting bolt symbol on my chest? I eat electricity for breakfast. So the real question is, can you?"

Static then zaps at Shockers gauntlets, which short circuits them and electrocutes the criminal.

Shocker screams in pain and eventually falls over, losing consciousness.

The people who were witnessing the whole thing now begins to cheer the new hero in town. Bombshell then emerges from her hiding spot and approaches her friend.

"Everybody give it up for the new kid on the block, Static," she says, eliciting louder cheers.

"Yeah Static."

"We love you Static."

"Thanks for the help Static," a random police officer says as he arrests Shocker.

"Happy to help officer," Static replies with a smile. The electric metahuman then looks around at the people cheering him and he starts to smile widely. "I can get used to this."

Hours later, the two teens are now eating at Romita's Pizza celebrating a job well done. Lana is looking at her phone, checking the news feed.

"Oh my God, Virgil you're all over the news, and look, you're even trending."

Virgil look at his friend's phone, "Huh, #StaticShock."

"So, not bad for your first day huh?"

"I'll admit, being a superhero isn't too shabby. It's nice being able to help people, especially being a kid who came from a rough neighborhood…I know it's something my moms would've wanted."

Lana puts her hand over Virgil's for comfort, "I'm sure she would be proud of you."

Virgil smiles, "Yeah, maybe you're right." He then raises his cup of soda. "Here's to more superheroing."

"Hell yeah," Lana says as she raises her cup and gives Virgil a toast.

NYC Health + Hospitals, Brooklyn, NY

"It's no good Doctor, they keep mutating," says a random nurse.

Two patients that are in hospital beds start to convulse and are now undergoing some bizarre changes. One patient was melting and turning into purple goo, and the other was having his skin turn purple with light purple spots all over him. These two men are of the many patients the doctors had taken in from last night. Oddly enough, almost all of these patients were in the vicinity of the Roxxon Chemical Research Facility where a huge explosion occurred. After hearing what went down in that organization on the news, the doctors could only guess that the explosion must have unleashed something that effected innocent bystanders.

"Sir, get in here, QUICK," another nurse yells out from a nearby room. "He's burning up."

The male doctor and the nurse who was with him rush into the room and finds a young teenage boy with red hair and yellow streaks convulsing on the hospital bed. His body starts smoking until suddenly, he stops. His eyes open and are now glowing yellow. The young boy gets up from the hospital bed and takes a good look at himself. His entire body is glowing like it's on fire and he starts to smile to himself.

"I don't know what the hell's happening to me, but I like it," he says.

He then creates an explosion that blew a hole in the wall. He then jumps out of the hospital and onto the street.

"Time for me to have a little fun," the boy says with a wicked smile on his face.

And that concludes the first chapter, but the story isn't over yet. Static may have had an easy time with Shocker, but now he has to face an even bigger challenge in the form of Hotstreak, as well as a few other Bang Babies in the near future.

For those who are curious, Static's costume will be his costume from Season 3/4 of the show. The costume he wore before Lana made him the costume he has on now was an homage to his costume from the original Milestone comics. Just Google Static #1 and you'll see what I mean.

Be sure to leave a comment regarding your thoughts on this new story.

Until next time...