Static Shock: Frozen Out

AJ McKenzie

Static helps an ice powered homeless orphan named Permafrost around Christmas  IG: aj_mckenzie416  Twitter: AJMckenzie94847

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00:18Three apartment buyers, two train wrecks, and a cat stuck up in a tree.

00:22Some holiday.

00:24I'm going to be so late.

00:25We don't ever talk to me again.

00:28Oh, no.

00:30Because the lamp stayed lit, not for one day, but for eight days.

00:35This is why we observe Hanukkah, to mark our victory over the invaders.

00:40Anyone notice I was late?

00:41Oh, yeah.

00:44And to celebrate the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem.

00:48That's your cue, Fridala.

00:51Sorry, Grandpa.

00:54Happy Hanukkah.

00:56Oh, happy holiday.

00:58Happy Hanukkah.

00:58Okay, let's eat.

00:59Hey, Monica.

01:00Herjel?

01:01Frida, I want you to meet my son.

01:04Herschel, come here.

01:06Hi.

01:07So, how did your patrol go tonight?

01:09Good.

01:09I've accounted for almost every metahuman in town.

01:12Maybe things will stay quiet.

01:14They better.

01:14I've been invited to a lot of parties, and I'm not going to miss them.

01:17Daisy's having an early Kwanzaa thing.

01:19Omar's doing a Ramadan feast.

01:21Then there's Christmas, New Year's.

01:24What's this?

01:25Hey, Arthur.

01:26Pay the light bill, will you?

01:28Huh.

01:28Oh, my God.

01:31Hey, the whole block's gone dark.

01:34I've got a funny feeling.

01:36Richie, it's just a power failure.

01:38Come on, let's hit the buffet.

01:40How can you think about food?

01:42This could be some kind of crisis.

01:43You know what's a crisis?

01:45We're standing here talking while somebody else is eating Mrs. Gorin's latkes.

01:49Well, you could still check it out, Mr. Radio Wave.

01:52Huh.

01:54Reports from Dakota Hills, where an electric substation lies buried under a mountain of ice.

01:59Dozens of homes are in darkness and without heat on this, the coldest...

02:02Well?

02:03What is Green Lantern doing?

02:05Save me a plate.

02:06On the radio.

02:06Told ya.

02:14What's up, guys?

02:15Can't turn off the snow cone machine?

02:16Yeah, crazy, huh?

02:17You just sprouted up.

02:19Bang.

02:19And unless we get us a sudden heat wave, it's going to take us a week to hack through that

02:22thing.

02:23Stand clear.

02:25Give him room, boys.

02:36You melted all the ice.

02:39Don't believe it.

02:40Way to go, kid.

02:42Stick a fork in me.

02:43I am done.

02:46Hey.

02:50Run, boys.

02:52Gotta be charged somehow.

02:55Ha-ha.

03:05Come on.

03:07Come on.

03:10Come on.

03:11Come on.

03:12Come on.

03:13Come on.

03:16Okay, whoever you are.

03:18Come out where I can see you.

03:22Huh?

03:22Hey.

03:24Got any change?

03:26Well, look.

03:27I'd like to help, but now's not a good time, okay?

03:30Not a good time, no.

03:31Never a good time.

03:33No.

03:34No.

03:37That's the voice of Starfighter.

03:41Ow!

03:42Snowball fight, anyone?

03:44Ask me when I'm awake.

03:46In June.

03:47Well, aren't we a cranky little crime fighter this morning?

03:50Maybe this will perk you up.

03:53Static has agreed to light the 50-foot-tall tree at the Dakota City Media Plaza.

03:58Sounds cool.

03:59Hold on.

04:00How did this happen?

04:01Because I set it up.

04:04Hello, councilman's office.

04:05This is Static's publicist calling.

04:07Publicist?

04:08Fee, get with the times.

04:09You have to promote yourself.

04:11Meet and greet.

04:12Press the flesh.

04:13We're talking about Christmas Eve here, Richie.

04:15I got plans.

04:16Well, that's the price you pay for fame.

04:21Are you serious, brother?

04:24Now, any idea what to get your sister?

04:27Let's check out the pet store.

04:29Maybe they have a sale on muzzles.

04:30Oh, look at that.

04:36She's so young.

04:39Yeah, really sad, isn't it?

04:40How did...

04:41Wait, that girl.

04:48Ah, just remembered, I got a jet.

04:51Where are you going?

04:52The bathroom.

04:54All that hot chocolate just, you know, woo-hoo.

04:56Well, gotta go.

04:56Bye.

04:57That's more than I wanted to know.

05:03Whoa, chicky.

05:07Please don't touch.

05:09It's so beautiful.

05:11It certainly is.

05:13Now, run along.

05:13I don't think you belong here.

05:16Ah!

05:18No, no, no, I don't.

05:20I don't, I don't, I don't belong.

05:21I don't belong anywhere.

05:23Oh, no.

05:24Ho, ho!

05:24Ho!

05:31Ho, ho.

05:33Ho, ho, ho!

05:38Ho, ho!

05:43Ho, ho, ho!

05:43Ho, ho!

05:45Ho, ho!

05:46No, Daisy.

05:48Ha.

05:48Lo.

05:48My mistake.

05:49You'll be safer.

05:50Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Don't tear the gear!

06:03Microwave mode!

06:10I won't go. I can't. I won't. Mommy? What's gonna happen?

06:17We'll be okay, honey. I won't let anything hurt you.

07:09Mama!

07:11Mama!

07:12Mama!

07:13Mama!

07:17I'm with child services you have to come with me

07:44first floor dated fashions overpriced jewelry everybody out no sign of that

07:49bang baby next time I'm doing my shopping online so what did old blue

08:00cheeks take that's the weird part she didn't take a thing just freaked out

08:04trashed them all and took off you know the lifting would go faster with a

08:11little magnetic boost rich we're in a gymnasium full of people somebody might

08:17notice no sweat I'll create a distraction when my arms fall off hey I'm tired too

08:23okay this holiday is a total drag between the shopping and the family stuff not to

08:28mention the ice princess V you're a superhero you work 24 7 not 9 to 5 you

08:34have to be vigilant tireless dedicated you're right and on that note I'm out of

08:41here what happened to tireless and dedicated I wasn't talking about me I'm

08:48glad the church and community center could get together on this homeless project

08:51well since the politicians have decided it's not their problem I guess it's up

08:55to us hello Virgil hi Reverend Anderson pops can I go home now I suppose so

09:01thanks I'm getting poop for moving all this stuff Virgil this stuff is the only way

09:07some poor families can get through the holidays that's right the government says there are more

09:12than seven million homeless people in this country maybe a half a million of them are

09:16kids your age or younger out on the street totally alone how does that happen any one

09:22of a thousand ways long-term unemployment a marriage gone bad a runaway child man that's

09:28hardcore yes it is if you'd like we can talk more about it sometime time oh boy Daisy's Kwanzaa

09:36party I'm gonna be later no no no definitely no I know Richie I'm late same here my folks were

09:55driving me to Daisy's party with BAM this big Hawkins snowstorm hits I don't see a storm

10:01leaving out where you are a little miss frosty pants snowed in the turnpike for miles

10:08that girl is seriously cutting into my personal time

10:18not my fault no no not my fault okay uh you got a name the voices in the dark they

10:27call me

10:28something permafrost right permafrost I don't know what your problem is what you're doing has got to

10:35stop you have to come with me now you have to come with me

10:41no

10:46hey

10:51wait

11:04no

11:08no

11:09no

11:10wait

11:19you

11:23no

11:26no

11:27no

11:28no

11:37This is some weather we're having.

11:41Hmm.

11:43She was heading down there.

11:45Dakota City Cable Car Company.

11:47Repair Depot.

11:53This place has seen better days.

11:56I'll take you on the video.

11:58Go away, do whatever you want to make.

12:02Throw away.

12:03Leave me alone.

12:04It's all right, man.

12:05I'm not going to hurt you.

12:06I'm looking for somebody.

12:08Everybody here keeps to himself.

12:10Yeah.

12:11Leave us alone.

12:12Get out.

12:13I can't trust nobody.

12:15Don't want any trouble.

12:17Relax.

12:18I'm trying to find a girl.

12:20She calls herself permafrost.

12:22About this tall, light blue skin.

12:24Come on.

12:25It's not the kind of thing you wouldn't notice.

12:27I know her.

12:29Follow me.

12:32She's not bad, you know.

12:34She just has problems.

12:36Up here.

12:41Oh, my God.

13:10I know this face.

13:12Maureen Connor.

13:13She used to come to the church for meals, but I haven't seen her in more than a year.

13:17Right after the Big Bang happened.

13:18What do you know about her?

13:20Her mother died a few years ago.

13:22Her stepfather wanted nothing to do with her.

13:24Before long, she ended up on the street.

13:26That's got to mess with her.

13:28I'm afraid it has.

13:29And sorry to say, she's fairly typical.

13:32Nearly half of all homeless people suffer from some type of mental illness.

13:35I'm not a social worker.

13:37How can I help someone like that?

13:40When you find her, try to remember this.

13:42She's not some faceless category.

13:44The homeless.

13:46She's a person like you and me.

13:47A person in pain.

13:49Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to preparing for Christmas Eve.

13:52We're having an interfaith service this year.

13:55You're welcome to join us.

13:56Hey, I wouldn't miss it for the...

13:58I forgot I have this other thing.

14:00A tree lighting ceremony.

14:03Church service.

14:04Pops will slaughter me if I don't show up.

14:07You ever have one of those days?

14:09Right.

14:10Of course you have.

14:14Particularly in this festive season,

14:16which is so filled with promise, laughter, joy, and hope.

14:20A season for families to come together.

14:22It's going to be New Year's by the time this guy stops talking.

14:25Now it is my great pleasure to introduce

14:27one of Dakota's most illustrious citizens.

14:30Hi!

14:31Thanks, Councilman.

14:32Well, let's light this baby, huh?

14:35Care to say a few words?

14:37Actually, I'm in kind of a rush.

14:39Some kind of emergency, is it?

14:41Yeah.

14:42I'm going to be grounded until I'm 90 if I don't hurry.

14:46Okay, here you go.

14:48Oh!

14:50Oh!

14:52Oh!

14:53Oh!

14:54Oh!

14:55Oh!

14:57Oh!

14:59Oh!

15:00Oh!

15:01Oh!

15:03Oh!

15:07Oh!

15:15Oh!

15:18Oh!

15:20Oh!

15:21Oh!

15:22Oh!

15:23Oh!

15:24Oh!

15:26Oh!

15:27Oh!

15:34Look, can we just talk for a sec?

15:37No! Give it back! It's mine!

15:40Give one back!

15:43Wait, is this about that photo?

15:45Hey, you can have it back!

15:48Come on, Marine, chill out!

15:52You know my name?

15:54I found out from some people.

15:56People who care about you.

15:58Nobody cares about me!

16:00Whoa, come on, slow down!

16:01I care! And I want to help you!

16:05I know what you've gone through.

16:07How could you know?

16:10Because I lost my mom, too.

16:16I know how hard it is.

16:18How the pain never really goes away.

16:23Is that why you did what you did at the mall and the power station?

16:26Those families, all happy and warm in their homes.

16:31They have no idea how it is out here.

16:34When you're homeless, people look right through you.

16:38It's like you're not even there.

16:39Yeah, I've been guilty of that.

16:42I thought when I got these powers, things would get better for me.

16:45They didn't.

16:48I'm more alone now than ever.

17:13I'm more alone now than ever.

17:17I know this place.

17:19It feels safe.

17:20It is safe.

17:21Looks like she's normal.

17:22Now listen carefully, Maureen.

17:24We want to help, but we can't make you do anything you don't want to.

17:29You have to choose.

17:30I want to get better.

17:34We want that, too.

17:36Now, Joanna here runs our homeless program.

17:38She'll get you some warm clothes.

17:39It's been pretty cold out there.

17:41Yes, it has.

17:49Will she be all right?

17:50I don't know.

17:52But as we say in my business, you have to have faith.

17:58I'm glad to see so many familiar faces tonight.

18:02And even happier to see lots of new faces, too.

18:06Now, maybe some of you haven't been to our church before.

18:09You belong to other faiths.

18:11But I want to tell you that despite our differences, we all have in common certain basic beliefs.

18:17Whether you are a disciple of Mohammed, a child of Abraham, or a member of the body of Christ,

18:24you know that you are called upon to care for the needy and the poor.

18:29That's right.

18:30Absolutely.

18:32Yes, Lord.

18:33This great country of ours is so very blessed, yet for some, the blessings are out of reach.

18:42Therefore, it is our duty to offer these people safe conduct through life's difficult journey,

18:48to be their ambassadors of compassion.

18:58You, uh, get something in your eye?

19:00No.

19:00I'm just starting to see what the holidays are really about.

19:05Merry Christmas, V.

19:06Back at you, bro.

19:08Oh, yeah.

19:09Oh, yeah.

19:10Oh, yeah.

19:11Oh, yeah.

19:12Oh, yeah.

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