whoosh
"Late-night robberies sweep Dakota.
Police unable to catch mystery thieves."
Yeah, me neither.
Uh, 'scuse me.
But shouldn't you be home asleep?
- I wish, I could go home. - Hey, no problem.
- I'll give you a lift. - Thanks.
But it's not that simple.
Uh-oh.
Let me guess, the wedding's this morning
and you two waited till the last minute to pick out the rings.
Brickhouse, run!
Leave us alone!
I can't help myself.
You both seem like such fun people to hang with.
zap
That was great.
Lucky for me I didn't wrap her in a truck.
zap
Okay, guys, lighten up.
Nightingale, what're you waiting for?
Hey, what're you..
No! Stop!
♪ Fight the criminals chase the bad guys ♪
♪ Save the world fly to the sky ♪
♪ Half kid half amazing okay ♪
♪ Static Shock who you're facing yeah ♪
♪ One zip then you zap ♪
♪ Good against evil get trapped ♪
♪ Look in my eyes I've got the power ♪
♪ Villains run from static shower ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪
♪ Criminals get twisted ♪
♪ This superhero gifted ♪
♪ The bell rings and I'm back in school ♪
♪ Nobody know what I do okay ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪
♪ One zip then you zap ♪
♪ Good against evil get trapped ♪
♪ Look in my eyes I've got the power ♪
♪ Villains run from static shower ♪
♪ Criminals get twisted ♪
♪ This superhero gifted ♪
♪ The bell rings and I'm back in school ♪
♪ Nobody know what I do okay ♪
♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪
Where is...everything?
Aah!
They're gone!
Good goin', Static, you missed a whole night sleep
just to get your butt whooped.
You cut that too close, girl.
- I didn't want him to get hurt. - Forget him, Nightingale.
It's us you should be worrying about.
Let her go, Fade
I tripped the alarm, so Static was my fault.
What, you wanna fight me?
Pathetic! I leave you infants alone for one night
and ya'll can't behave.
No wonder you need me to run things.
- Get the diamonds? - Yeah.
But we had to tangle with Static.
You swiped the microchips?
You even need to ask?
Now, let's go see if brainboy
really knows how to use this stuff.
Yo, Brick, thanks.
Pssh! Whatever. Just don't push your luck.
The diamonds?
No. No.
Ah, perfect!
See how it refracts the beam? Now, watch.
Tech, is that the stuff?
Yes, dark matter.
No light can pass through it at all.
I already can make that.
But only in limited quantities.
Soon, we'll be able to synthesize much, much more.
We only need one last thing, to put my plan into action.
But we gotta be careful.
Now that Static's on to you
he won't rest until he finds you again.
'Yo, Static!'
Huh! What?
You fell asleep again
just like you did in chemistry class.
- Oh, sorry. - Well..
At least you're not lighting a Bunsen burner this time.
I guess I'm not cut out for these all-nighters.
I dunno how Batman does it.
Eh, in real life, he's probably some rich guy
who get's to sleep all day.
He is, isn't he?
- Come on, you know! - I'm not saying anything.
Uh-oh. It's a Metahuman APB.
Where are they?
'The Dakota nuclear reactor!'
Don't even think about it, you drop from this height
and you really will be a ghost.
Nightingale!
Not this time, girlfriend.
Ohh!
Aah!
Ugh!
- Huh? - Ugh!
Aah! Ugh!
'Step right in.'
Ebon!
How would you two saps like a one-way trip
to the core of this nuclear reactor?
Adios, suckers.
What? No, no!
zap
Nightingale, stop it!
We've got what we need, Ebon.
Just get us out of here.
No, trust me.
You do not want to go in there.
Wherever they went, I wouldn't wanna be in Nightingale's shoes.
Ugh!
Why'd you mess up my chance to finish off those two?
You promised us nobody would get hurt.
They are nobody.
Ebon calls the shots.
He'll decide what we have to do.
Yeah? And what if I warn everybody up above, first?
What are you saying, girl?
I'm not gonna let you harm anyone, anymore.
Stop her!
- 'Where is she?' - 'Where'd she go?'
- 'Somebody get her!' - 'Don't let her get away!'
- 'I can't see anything.' - 'Hey!'
- 'What?' - 'Nightingale?'
Catch her, or she'll ruin everything.
'Nightingale!'
- Gotcha! - Aah!
Let me go!
You got it.
This is for crossing me.
Somebody, help me..
...please!
Why can't you ever stay out of my business?
Sorry, it's a superhero thing.
Stop them. Get the girl!
Hold on.
Don't have time to play now, Static.
But when Dakota's mine, you'll pay for this.
Either your friends are part cockroach
or they really don't like light.
That's because to us, light is poison.
Here, Nightingale.
Thanks. Just call me Gail.
That's my real name.
So, Gail, how did a nice girl like you, end up so, uh..
Metahuman?
I guess just like everyone else.
I was down at the docks, the night the police
tried to stop the gang war.
Nobody realized the kind of chemicals
they were storing down there.
And then it happened.
The big bang.
Not only were we all changed
but some of us got a really bad surprise, the next morning.
The sun had turned deadly for us.
It could reduce us to ashes.
We ran for any dark place we could find.
That's how we met each other.
Brickhouse, Fade, Tech and me.
And we weren't the only ones.
At night, when we tried to get help
people were frightened.
All they had to do, was see our eyes and they knew.
The more the above-grounders feared us
the more we didn't trust them.
So we kept to ourselves and became a family.
We called ourselves, The Nightbreed.
We started to steal to stay alive.
That's how we met Ebon.
He was real interested in my power.
He said it gave him ideas.
So we had Tech analyze it.
The big bang had turned Tech
into the smartest person in Dakota.
Well, Gear might disagree.
But should never have helped Ebon. He's crazy!
Well, it doesn't take brains to figure that out.
What's he up to this time?
He wants to block out the sun.
We've been stealing parts for a machine that Tech is building.
He calls it, the Blackout Box.
Ebon wants to set it off where no one will see it.
Once that happens
it'll spread dark matter all over the sky
and make Dakota dark, forever.
Then, Ebon wants all of the Nightbreed
to take over the city..
...with him in control.
As what? Mayor Ebon?
More like, King Ebon.
He calls us his army of darkness.
Stay sharp. Ebon will be waiting for us.
They're gone.
They're probably setting up the box.
- But where? - 'Afraid, you'll never know.'
Payback time, Static.
Always knew I'd put you six feet under
one way or another.
whirr
This way!
zap
Can't keep this up much longer!
Follow me.
'The exit's straight ahead.'
I don't get it. Why'd you save us?
'Nightingale and I never trusted Ebon.'
So we made a deal to watch each other's backs.
She and I have been best friends since way before the big bang.
After Dakota goes dark, we will take care of Ebon.
No, we can't let Dakota go dark.
Ebon's crazy plan won't solve anything.
Everybody normal will leave.
We'll be left alone in the dark again.
'Is that what you want?'
Do you know where he's planning to put the box?
Yes, in the exact center of the city.
Gear?
Dude, you'll never guess where that is.
Put the box over there, near that old gas station.
'We could hook it up to the pump's power lines.'
Our own headquarters?
We should've gotten a big guard dog to watch it.
Or at least a Chihuahua with some attitude.
Unit activated.
Countdown, T-minus 60 seconds.
I don't think so.
Get him!
Stop!
Aah!
Whoa!
Aah!
He's out. Hurry!
Gear, you've got ten seconds!
- Maybe I can-- - Aah!
Too late, suckers. I win!
Dakota is mine!
Get away from there!
Nightingale, can you absorb all that?
I...I don't know.
But I can try!
It's working! Gear can you stop that machine?
I'm on it.
No! If you do the wrong thing, it might explode.
Then, maybe you don't wanna distract me.
Done!
How did you manage to reverse it?
Hey, you're not the only one here with bang baby smarts.
zap
Anybody touches her, they deal with me.
The sun.
Quick, I'll take you underground.
Wait! You work for me!
Come back!
We could've had Dakota again.
Slept in our own cribs.
Wrong, Fade, it's like Nightingale said before.
We'd have traded one dark world for another.
Maybe we can find some way to get you all back to normal.
Yeah, if Tech and I both put our minds to it.
No, I'll never trust the above-grounders.
We Nightbreed have to solve our problems by ourselves.
He's right.
I should've been working on a cure all along.
I'll start now, and I will find one.
Wait! People will help if you give 'em a chance.
Sorry, Static. It's human nature to be afraid of the dark.
And we are the dark.
But how will you survive?
We'll find a way.
And remember. You have friends in the shadows of the night.
- Doh! - What's wrong?
I forgot to ask Tech
where he got his fusion power couplers.
Come on. Sun's up.
Time for us, to get some sleep.