Static Shock Fan Fiction ❯ The GEARs of Love ❯ Mysteries… ( Chapter 4 )

The GEARs of Love

Disclaimer: I don't own the series but I do own Alex… and soon Gear shall be MINE! MUAHAHAH-Cough …. I'm working on it…

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A/N: First of all let me say how sorry I am for being so indecent with the start of this fic… I really didn't mean to offend anyone I was just frustrated, I know that's not an excuse but please forgive me.

 

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Chapter Four: Mysteries…

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Ebon tapped his fingers impatiently on his chair. “That girl… that girl is the key for more power but how do I get to her without alerting bolt-boy and his side-kick?” He though aloud. Ebon rose from his chair and studied the old, empty bottle on the table near by. “If this was liquid when it fell on her then it must have blended with her blood… I've got to find a way to get her blood…” he finished his thought and gazed at the door that opened. Hot-streak entered and glared at Ebon.

 

“Because of you I lost the girl and got beat by that kid!” He said angrily. Ebon shot his fist at him and glared right back.

 

“If you weren't so careless they wouldn't have found us to begin with! Now shut up and listen. If we want more power we have to take it from that girl's blood…” he explained, Hot-streak's eyes widened.

 

“H-Her blood?!” He was shocked, sure he wanted to get back at her and the two that was like thorns to his side but kill the girl for her blood? This was getting way out of hand. “No way man. If that's how it's gotta be then I'm outta here.” He said and turned his back at him. He stopped in his tracks when he heard a sinister laugh and knew it couldn't be good.

 

“If you won't help… then I'll start collecting more power… with YOUR blood!” He finished. Hot-streak whirled around ready to attack. His eyes widened as a dark shadow hovered over him, ready to pull him under…

 

“NOOOOOO!!!”

 

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Richie glanced at his bag as their teacher went on and on, on the math problem of the day. `I should return it to her… but… I want, no, I need to know more… If I want to help her I need to know what's wrong.' He reasoned and with that thought he set his eyes on the front board, determined and willing now o stick with his idea. `I should tell Virgil soon too.” He thought. `Two heads are better then one.'

 

“Richie? Rich? Hey Richie you there man?” Virgil asked as he nudged his best friend's shin with his foot.

 

“Ow! Yeah I'm here what?” Richie asked and reached down to rub his sore shin.

 

“The teacher just asked you a question man…” he explained. Richie looked up to the impatient teacher and didn't miss Alex trying to hide a laugh. He blushed and playfully glared at her before turning back and focusing on the problem.

 

“43 cubed…” he said after about five seconds and leaned back with a satisfied smile.

 

“Wrong, if you paid clos-” the teacher was once again astonished. He worked this problem out specifically from a grad-school level book. He checked the problem and did his own calculations. A few minutes later he looked up and smiled. “Right once again Mr. Foley!” He said happily. Richie nodded and ignored the puzzled and amused looks around him.

 

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Later that day as Richie and Virgil walked down the hall they saw Alex rush out of the school. “What's with her?” Virgil pondered and Richie shrugged.

 

“Dunno… hey, that reminds me, meet me at HQ after you have dinner, say around seven thirty-ish? I have something I gotta show you…” he said in a mysterious way only he could make. Virgil scratched the back of his head as he watched his friend run off.

 

“How's he know when I'll finish eating? Is he psychic now?” Virgil thought and shrugged, stuffed his hands in his pocket and made his way home.

 

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Richie grabbed his stuff from his room and jumped on the tree near his bedroom window to avoid his parents and he went to the head-quarters. He skated as fast as he could; avoiding every shadow like it was the plague. It wasn't as if he was afraid of Ebon anymore or anything it was just he didn't want to take any unnecessary risks. Ebon knew he was linked to Static some how and he didn't want him finding out how.

 

Richie reached the old gas station and headed in. He looked around and thought for a moment. “It'd be cool if this place had a secret cave like batman and the only way to reach it was a retinal scan…” he muttered and made his way to his work-shop. He sat down and dug in his bag for The Book. He pulled it out and flipped through the pages.

 

Alex was hiding a huge secret, either as big or bigger then his and Virgil's. “What is she hiding… what could get her so riled up about herself that she would deny it?” he thought and another thought occurred to him. “Could she have been the one to jail those thugs?” he thought and flipped through to the first pages. Something caught his eye…

 

“Uncle Jeff's been messing with a chemical that would allow a person higher mental functions, right, like telekinesis is possible!”

 

“So that's the guy's name, huh, telekinesis… wait a minute, Jeff? Jeffery McCoy? The missing molecular-genius? That could explain a lot of things… Telekinesis… the glass, the thugs, it was all cleaned up… could she have… it has to be her! Then that means she must not know how to control her powers, is that what she's afraid of?” he thought long and hard, studying the book and reading the head-lines in the news paper determined now more then ever to help her.

 

“Virgil better get here quick… hmm, in the mean time!” Richie pulled out his suit, his gear, and his tools. “Time for another upgrade!” he exclaimed and grinned.

 

To Be Continued…

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End A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update… so what did you think? The upgrade he's talking about is changing his suit to fit what the future gear would be wearing, I have a link to a picture I drew of it in the first chapter, if you missed it here it is again:

 

http://bloodwolfgurl(DOT)deviantart(DOT)com/art/Future-Gear -53642864

 

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