1 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,768 whoosh 2 00:00:20,605 --> 00:00:22,857 "Late-night robberies sweep Dakota. 3 00:00:22,857 --> 00:00:25,860 Police unable to catch mystery thieves." 4 00:00:25,860 --> 00:00:27,862 Yeah, me neither. 5 00:00:34,410 --> 00:00:35,787 Uh, 'scuse me. 6 00:00:35,787 --> 00:00:38,122 But shouldn't you be home asleep? 7 00:00:38,206 --> 00:00:40,500 - I wish, I could go home. - Hey, no problem. 8 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:42,627 - I'll give you a lift. - Thanks. 9 00:00:42,627 --> 00:00:44,045 But it's not that simple. 10 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,134 Uh-oh. 11 00:00:50,218 --> 00:00:52,011 Let me guess, the wedding's this morning 12 00:00:52,011 --> 00:00:55,014 and you two waited till the last minute to pick out the rings. 13 00:00:55,014 --> 00:00:56,265 Brickhouse, run! 14 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:08,528 Leave us alone! 15 00:01:08,528 --> 00:01:09,862 I can't help myself. 16 00:01:09,946 --> 00:01:12,406 You both seem like such fun people to hang with. 17 00:01:15,743 --> 00:01:16,911 zap 18 00:01:32,218 --> 00:01:33,719 That was great. 19 00:01:33,803 --> 00:01:36,138 Lucky for me I didn't wrap her in a truck. 20 00:01:38,099 --> 00:01:39,267 zap 21 00:01:39,267 --> 00:01:41,143 Okay, guys, lighten up. 22 00:01:41,227 --> 00:01:43,229 Nightingale, what're you waiting for? 23 00:01:46,148 --> 00:01:47,483 Hey, what're you.. 24 00:01:47,567 --> 00:01:48,776 No! Stop! 25 00:01:54,991 --> 00:01:56,784 ♪ Fight the criminals chase the bad guys ♪ 26 00:01:56,868 --> 00:01:58,452 ♪ Save the world fly to the sky ♪ 27 00:01:58,536 --> 00:02:00,329 ♪ Half kid half amazing okay ♪ 28 00:02:00,413 --> 00:02:02,164 ♪ Static Shock who you're facing yeah ♪ 29 00:02:02,248 --> 00:02:03,583 ♪ One zip then you zap ♪ 30 00:02:03,583 --> 00:02:05,459 ♪ Good against evil get trapped ♪ 31 00:02:05,543 --> 00:02:07,336 ♪ Look in my eyes I've got the power ♪ 32 00:02:07,420 --> 00:02:09,297 ♪ Villains run from static shower ♪ 33 00:02:09,297 --> 00:02:16,262 ♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪ 34 00:02:16,262 --> 00:02:18,139 ♪ Criminals get twisted ♪ 35 00:02:18,139 --> 00:02:19,765 ♪ This superhero gifted ♪ 36 00:02:19,849 --> 00:02:21,559 ♪ The bell rings and I'm back in school ♪ 37 00:02:21,559 --> 00:02:23,769 ♪ Nobody know what I do okay ♪ 38 00:02:23,853 --> 00:02:27,231 ♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪ 39 00:02:27,315 --> 00:02:30,776 ♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪ 40 00:02:30,860 --> 00:02:34,071 ♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪ 41 00:02:34,155 --> 00:02:35,615 ♪ One zip then you zap ♪ 42 00:02:35,615 --> 00:02:37,325 ♪ Good against evil get trapped ♪ 43 00:02:37,325 --> 00:02:39,201 ♪ Look in my eyes I've got the power ♪ 44 00:02:39,285 --> 00:02:41,204 ♪ Villains run from static shower ♪ 45 00:02:41,204 --> 00:02:43,122 ♪ Criminals get twisted ♪ 46 00:02:43,122 --> 00:02:44,624 ♪ This superhero gifted ♪ 47 00:02:44,624 --> 00:02:46,292 ♪ The bell rings and I'm back in school ♪ 48 00:02:46,292 --> 00:02:48,461 ♪ Nobody know what I do okay ♪ 49 00:02:48,461 --> 00:02:51,130 ♪ Superhero Static Shock ♪ 50 00:02:57,970 --> 00:02:59,972 Where is...everything? 51 00:03:00,056 --> 00:03:02,058 Aah! 52 00:03:05,019 --> 00:03:06,812 They're gone! 53 00:03:10,066 --> 00:03:12,652 Good goin', Static, you missed a whole night sleep 54 00:03:12,652 --> 00:03:15,029 just to get your butt whooped. 55 00:03:21,243 --> 00:03:22,995 You cut that too close, girl. 56 00:03:23,079 --> 00:03:26,582 - I didn't want him to get hurt. - Forget him, Nightingale. 57 00:03:26,666 --> 00:03:28,501 It's us you should be worrying about. 58 00:03:28,501 --> 00:03:30,211 Let her go, Fade 59 00:03:30,211 --> 00:03:33,130 I tripped the alarm, so Static was my fault. 60 00:03:33,214 --> 00:03:34,799 What, you wanna fight me? 61 00:03:34,799 --> 00:03:38,678 Pathetic! I leave you infants alone for one night 62 00:03:38,678 --> 00:03:40,805 and ya'll can't behave. 63 00:03:40,805 --> 00:03:43,599 No wonder you need me to run things. 64 00:03:43,683 --> 00:03:44,892 - Get the diamonds? - Yeah. 65 00:03:44,976 --> 00:03:46,519 But we had to tangle with Static. 66 00:03:46,519 --> 00:03:48,145 You swiped the microchips? 67 00:03:48,229 --> 00:03:49,855 You even need to ask? 68 00:03:49,939 --> 00:03:51,607 Now, let's go see if brainboy 69 00:03:51,691 --> 00:03:53,859 really knows how to use this stuff. 70 00:03:55,987 --> 00:03:57,697 Yo, Brick, thanks. 71 00:03:57,697 --> 00:04:01,075 Pssh! Whatever. Just don't push your luck. 72 00:04:15,798 --> 00:04:17,174 The diamonds? 73 00:04:19,176 --> 00:04:21,178 No. No. 74 00:04:21,262 --> 00:04:23,180 Ah, perfect! 75 00:04:25,808 --> 00:04:28,769 See how it refracts the beam? Now, watch. 76 00:04:30,187 --> 00:04:32,064 Tech, is that the stuff? 77 00:04:32,148 --> 00:04:34,608 Yes, dark matter. 78 00:04:34,692 --> 00:04:37,236 No light can pass through it at all. 79 00:04:37,236 --> 00:04:39,822 I already can make that. 80 00:04:39,822 --> 00:04:42,074 But only in limited quantities. 81 00:04:42,158 --> 00:04:45,411 Soon, we'll be able to synthesize much, much more. 82 00:04:45,411 --> 00:04:49,081 We only need one last thing, to put my plan into action. 83 00:04:49,165 --> 00:04:50,750 But we gotta be careful. 84 00:04:50,750 --> 00:04:52,084 Now that Static's on to you 85 00:04:52,168 --> 00:04:54,837 he won't rest until he finds you again. 86 00:04:58,174 --> 00:04:59,592 'Yo, Static!' 87 00:04:59,592 --> 00:05:00,885 Huh! What? 88 00:05:00,885 --> 00:05:02,178 You fell asleep again 89 00:05:02,178 --> 00:05:04,096 just like you did in chemistry class. 90 00:05:04,180 --> 00:05:06,140 - Oh, sorry. - Well.. 91 00:05:06,140 --> 00:05:08,309 At least you're not lighting a Bunsen burner this time. 92 00:05:08,309 --> 00:05:11,687 I guess I'm not cut out for these all-nighters. 93 00:05:11,771 --> 00:05:13,314 I dunno how Batman does it. 94 00:05:13,314 --> 00:05:15,983 Eh, in real life, he's probably some rich guy 95 00:05:16,067 --> 00:05:17,276 who get's to sleep all day. 96 00:05:17,276 --> 00:05:19,528 He is, isn't he? 97 00:05:19,612 --> 00:05:22,239 - Come on, you know! - I'm not saying anything. 98 00:05:23,741 --> 00:05:26,327 Uh-oh. It's a Metahuman APB. 99 00:05:26,327 --> 00:05:27,536 Where are they? 100 00:05:32,541 --> 00:05:34,752 'The Dakota nuclear reactor!' 101 00:05:47,890 --> 00:05:49,809 Don't even think about it, you drop from this height 102 00:05:49,809 --> 00:05:51,352 and you really will be a ghost. 103 00:05:51,352 --> 00:05:52,436 Nightingale! 104 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,064 Not this time, girlfriend. 105 00:05:55,064 --> 00:05:56,315 Ohh! 106 00:06:03,531 --> 00:06:04,698 Aah! 107 00:06:04,782 --> 00:06:05,741 Ugh! 108 00:06:10,663 --> 00:06:12,289 - Huh? - Ugh! 109 00:06:13,207 --> 00:06:16,335 Aah! Ugh! 110 00:06:16,335 --> 00:06:18,671 'Step right in.' 111 00:06:22,842 --> 00:06:24,009 Ebon! 112 00:06:24,093 --> 00:06:27,221 How would you two saps like a one-way trip 113 00:06:27,221 --> 00:06:30,641 to the core of this nuclear reactor? 114 00:06:40,651 --> 00:06:42,903 Adios, suckers. 115 00:06:42,987 --> 00:06:44,989 What? No, no! 116 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:50,327 zap 117 00:06:59,211 --> 00:07:00,713 Nightingale, stop it! 118 00:07:00,713 --> 00:07:02,214 We've got what we need, Ebon. 119 00:07:02,298 --> 00:07:04,008 Just get us out of here. 120 00:07:09,096 --> 00:07:10,681 No, trust me. 121 00:07:10,681 --> 00:07:12,600 You do not want to go in there. 122 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,811 Wherever they went, I wouldn't wanna be in Nightingale's shoes. 123 00:07:20,566 --> 00:07:22,443 Ugh! 124 00:07:24,028 --> 00:07:27,072 Why'd you mess up my chance to finish off those two? 125 00:07:27,156 --> 00:07:29,491 You promised us nobody would get hurt. 126 00:07:29,575 --> 00:07:31,744 They are nobody. 127 00:07:33,871 --> 00:07:35,164 Ebon calls the shots. 128 00:07:35,164 --> 00:07:36,957 He'll decide what we have to do. 129 00:07:37,041 --> 00:07:40,002 Yeah? And what if I warn everybody up above, first? 130 00:07:40,002 --> 00:07:41,712 What are you saying, girl? 131 00:07:41,712 --> 00:07:45,424 I'm not gonna let you harm anyone, anymore. 132 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,595 Stop her! 133 00:07:49,595 --> 00:07:51,222 - 'Where is she?' - 'Where'd she go?' 134 00:07:51,222 --> 00:07:52,640 - 'Somebody get her!' - 'Don't let her get away!' 135 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:54,016 - 'I can't see anything.' - 'Hey!' 136 00:07:54,016 --> 00:07:55,559 - 'What?' - 'Nightingale?' 137 00:07:57,686 --> 00:07:59,688 Catch her, or she'll ruin everything. 138 00:08:02,191 --> 00:08:03,859 'Nightingale!' 139 00:08:23,087 --> 00:08:24,797 - Gotcha! - Aah! 140 00:08:25,631 --> 00:08:27,591 Let me go! 141 00:08:27,675 --> 00:08:28,926 You got it. 142 00:08:45,901 --> 00:08:47,695 This is for crossing me. 143 00:08:47,695 --> 00:08:50,072 Somebody, help me.. 144 00:08:50,072 --> 00:08:51,740 ...please! 145 00:08:59,081 --> 00:09:02,376 Why can't you ever stay out of my business? 146 00:09:03,669 --> 00:09:06,255 Sorry, it's a superhero thing. 147 00:09:14,638 --> 00:09:17,141 Stop them. Get the girl! 148 00:09:27,568 --> 00:09:28,736 Hold on. 149 00:09:51,634 --> 00:09:53,969 Don't have time to play now, Static. 150 00:09:54,053 --> 00:09:57,097 But when Dakota's mine, you'll pay for this. 151 00:10:04,646 --> 00:10:06,398 Either your friends are part cockroach 152 00:10:06,482 --> 00:10:08,567 or they really don't like light. 153 00:10:08,567 --> 00:10:11,362 That's because to us, light is poison. 154 00:10:24,041 --> 00:10:25,834 Here, Nightingale. 155 00:10:25,918 --> 00:10:27,669 Thanks. Just call me Gail. 156 00:10:27,753 --> 00:10:29,505 That's my real name. 157 00:10:29,505 --> 00:10:33,258 So, Gail, how did a nice girl like you, end up so, uh.. 158 00:10:33,342 --> 00:10:34,593 Metahuman? 159 00:10:36,762 --> 00:10:38,931 I guess just like everyone else. 160 00:10:38,931 --> 00:10:40,933 I was down at the docks, the night the police 161 00:10:40,933 --> 00:10:42,643 tried to stop the gang war. 162 00:10:42,643 --> 00:10:44,603 Nobody realized the kind of chemicals 163 00:10:44,687 --> 00:10:46,772 they were storing down there. 164 00:10:46,772 --> 00:10:47,940 And then it happened. 165 00:10:50,359 --> 00:10:51,819 The big bang. 166 00:10:55,364 --> 00:10:57,825 Not only were we all changed 167 00:10:57,825 --> 00:11:01,286 but some of us got a really bad surprise, the next morning. 168 00:11:01,370 --> 00:11:03,497 The sun had turned deadly for us. 169 00:11:03,497 --> 00:11:06,125 It could reduce us to ashes. 170 00:11:11,839 --> 00:11:14,425 We ran for any dark place we could find. 171 00:11:24,143 --> 00:11:25,978 That's how we met each other. 172 00:11:25,978 --> 00:11:28,147 Brickhouse, Fade, Tech and me. 173 00:11:28,147 --> 00:11:30,274 And we weren't the only ones. 174 00:11:35,612 --> 00:11:37,448 At night, when we tried to get help 175 00:11:37,448 --> 00:11:38,991 people were frightened. 176 00:11:38,991 --> 00:11:42,578 All they had to do, was see our eyes and they knew. 177 00:11:45,247 --> 00:11:47,499 The more the above-grounders feared us 178 00:11:47,583 --> 00:11:49,334 the more we didn't trust them. 179 00:11:55,090 --> 00:11:57,509 So we kept to ourselves and became a family. 180 00:11:57,593 --> 00:11:59,928 We called ourselves, The Nightbreed. 181 00:12:13,817 --> 00:12:16,195 We started to steal to stay alive. 182 00:12:19,615 --> 00:12:22,284 That's how we met Ebon. 183 00:12:24,786 --> 00:12:26,663 He was real interested in my power. 184 00:12:28,832 --> 00:12:31,376 He said it gave him ideas. 185 00:12:31,460 --> 00:12:33,962 So we had Tech analyze it. 186 00:12:36,173 --> 00:12:37,424 The big bang had turned Tech 187 00:12:37,508 --> 00:12:39,384 into the smartest person in Dakota. 188 00:12:39,468 --> 00:12:41,887 Well, Gear might disagree. 189 00:12:41,887 --> 00:12:44,640 But should never have helped Ebon. He's crazy! 190 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,226 Well, it doesn't take brains to figure that out. 191 00:12:47,226 --> 00:12:48,685 What's he up to this time? 192 00:12:48,769 --> 00:12:51,230 He wants to block out the sun. 193 00:12:57,569 --> 00:13:00,489 We've been stealing parts for a machine that Tech is building. 194 00:13:00,489 --> 00:13:03,200 He calls it, the Blackout Box. 195 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,911 Ebon wants to set it off where no one will see it. 196 00:13:05,911 --> 00:13:07,371 Once that happens 197 00:13:07,371 --> 00:13:10,082 it'll spread dark matter all over the sky 198 00:13:10,082 --> 00:13:12,251 and make Dakota dark, forever. 199 00:13:27,766 --> 00:13:30,227 Then, Ebon wants all of the Nightbreed 200 00:13:30,227 --> 00:13:32,396 to take over the city.. 201 00:13:32,396 --> 00:13:34,147 ...with him in control. 202 00:13:36,108 --> 00:13:38,569 As what? Mayor Ebon? 203 00:13:38,569 --> 00:13:40,612 More like, King Ebon. 204 00:13:40,696 --> 00:13:43,073 He calls us his army of darkness. 205 00:13:47,244 --> 00:13:50,080 Stay sharp. Ebon will be waiting for us. 206 00:13:54,459 --> 00:13:55,586 They're gone. 207 00:13:55,586 --> 00:13:57,629 They're probably setting up the box. 208 00:13:57,713 --> 00:14:00,507 - But where? - 'Afraid, you'll never know.' 209 00:14:00,591 --> 00:14:02,301 Payback time, Static. 210 00:14:02,301 --> 00:14:04,803 Always knew I'd put you six feet under 211 00:14:04,803 --> 00:14:06,930 one way or another. 212 00:14:07,014 --> 00:14:08,223 whirr 213 00:14:43,425 --> 00:14:44,593 This way! 214 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:50,474 zap 215 00:14:56,813 --> 00:14:59,358 Can't keep this up much longer! 216 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:05,489 Follow me. 217 00:15:14,039 --> 00:15:15,916 'The exit's straight ahead.' 218 00:15:22,798 --> 00:15:24,675 I don't get it. Why'd you save us? 219 00:15:24,675 --> 00:15:27,302 'Nightingale and I never trusted Ebon.' 220 00:15:27,386 --> 00:15:29,930 So we made a deal to watch each other's backs. 221 00:15:29,930 --> 00:15:32,766 She and I have been best friends since way before the big bang. 222 00:15:32,766 --> 00:15:36,853 After Dakota goes dark, we will take care of Ebon. 223 00:15:36,937 --> 00:15:39,189 No, we can't let Dakota go dark. 224 00:15:39,189 --> 00:15:41,566 Ebon's crazy plan won't solve anything. 225 00:15:41,650 --> 00:15:43,235 Everybody normal will leave. 226 00:15:43,235 --> 00:15:45,404 We'll be left alone in the dark again. 227 00:15:45,404 --> 00:15:47,239 'Is that what you want?' 228 00:15:47,239 --> 00:15:49,491 Do you know where he's planning to put the box? 229 00:15:49,491 --> 00:15:53,036 Yes, in the exact center of the city. 230 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:54,705 Gear? 231 00:15:54,705 --> 00:15:57,124 Dude, you'll never guess where that is. 232 00:16:02,671 --> 00:16:05,882 Put the box over there, near that old gas station. 233 00:16:05,966 --> 00:16:08,301 'We could hook it up to the pump's power lines.' 234 00:16:09,678 --> 00:16:11,430 Our own headquarters? 235 00:16:11,430 --> 00:16:13,515 We should've gotten a big guard dog to watch it. 236 00:16:13,515 --> 00:16:15,684 Or at least a Chihuahua with some attitude. 237 00:16:19,271 --> 00:16:21,440 Unit activated. 238 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,609 Countdown, T-minus 60 seconds. 239 00:16:26,570 --> 00:16:28,363 I don't think so. 240 00:16:28,447 --> 00:16:29,823 Get him! 241 00:16:40,041 --> 00:16:41,626 Stop! 242 00:16:41,710 --> 00:16:42,753 Aah! 243 00:16:44,045 --> 00:16:45,255 Whoa! 244 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:01,021 Aah! 245 00:17:04,983 --> 00:17:06,610 He's out. Hurry! 246 00:17:10,405 --> 00:17:12,699 Gear, you've got ten seconds! 247 00:17:12,783 --> 00:17:15,535 - Maybe I can-- - Aah! 248 00:17:26,254 --> 00:17:28,673 Too late, suckers. I win! 249 00:17:28,757 --> 00:17:30,550 Dakota is mine! 250 00:17:32,093 --> 00:17:34,304 Get away from there! 251 00:17:39,434 --> 00:17:42,145 Nightingale, can you absorb all that? 252 00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:46,233 I...I don't know. 253 00:17:47,484 --> 00:17:48,860 But I can try! 254 00:17:57,244 --> 00:17:59,871 It's working! Gear can you stop that machine? 255 00:17:59,955 --> 00:18:01,081 I'm on it. 256 00:18:01,081 --> 00:18:04,709 No! If you do the wrong thing, it might explode. 257 00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:07,337 Then, maybe you don't wanna distract me. 258 00:18:20,475 --> 00:18:21,476 Done! 259 00:18:22,686 --> 00:18:25,564 How did you manage to reverse it? 260 00:18:25,564 --> 00:18:29,568 Hey, you're not the only one here with bang baby smarts. 261 00:18:35,323 --> 00:18:36,449 zap 262 00:18:36,533 --> 00:18:39,244 Anybody touches her, they deal with me. 263 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:54,467 The sun. 264 00:18:56,553 --> 00:18:58,638 Quick, I'll take you underground. 265 00:19:05,687 --> 00:19:07,939 Wait! You work for me! 266 00:19:08,023 --> 00:19:09,316 Come back! 267 00:19:10,984 --> 00:19:13,153 We could've had Dakota again. 268 00:19:13,153 --> 00:19:14,738 Slept in our own cribs. 269 00:19:14,738 --> 00:19:18,033 Wrong, Fade, it's like Nightingale said before. 270 00:19:18,033 --> 00:19:21,244 We'd have traded one dark world for another. 271 00:19:21,328 --> 00:19:23,872 Maybe we can find some way to get you all back to normal. 272 00:19:23,872 --> 00:19:26,458 Yeah, if Tech and I both put our minds to it. 273 00:19:26,458 --> 00:19:29,544 No, I'll never trust the above-grounders. 274 00:19:29,628 --> 00:19:33,632 We Nightbreed have to solve our problems by ourselves. 275 00:19:36,301 --> 00:19:37,636 He's right. 276 00:19:37,636 --> 00:19:40,430 I should've been working on a cure all along. 277 00:19:40,430 --> 00:19:43,183 I'll start now, and I will find one. 278 00:19:48,396 --> 00:19:51,524 Wait! People will help if you give 'em a chance. 279 00:19:51,608 --> 00:19:55,320 Sorry, Static. It's human nature to be afraid of the dark. 280 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:56,821 And we are the dark. 281 00:19:56,905 --> 00:19:58,531 But how will you survive? 282 00:19:58,615 --> 00:20:00,158 We'll find a way. 283 00:20:00,158 --> 00:20:03,870 And remember. You have friends in the shadows of the night. 284 00:20:10,961 --> 00:20:13,088 - Doh! - What's wrong? 285 00:20:13,088 --> 00:20:14,631 I forgot to ask Tech 286 00:20:14,631 --> 00:20:17,634 where he got his fusion power couplers. 287 00:20:17,634 --> 00:20:19,844 Come on. Sun's up. 288 00:20:19,928 --> 00:20:21,930 Time for us, to get some sleep.