Chapter 2

The morning after Jen arrived in the new world, she decided to instead of going to that Cisco guy, to just to go to her Uncle Gambi, since there was no way she could justify her paying a visit to Central City without revealing the truth to her parents, since while she was sure that at least her dad would get a mind dump eventually, she did not want to have to deal with her parents overprotectiveness until he remembered. Plus, now she had a chance to grow as a hero without her father or the ASA holding her leash. A chance for her to truly find out what she was truly capable of, since honestly, part of the reason she'd had so much trouble controlling her powers at the beginning the first time was because of the way her parents had chosen to deal with it. They hadn't treated Anissa like that. And while Jen knew that her parents were trying to do what they thought was best for her, in her mind, what they had done was not the right way to approach things. Though she couldn't deny that considering her emotional state when her powers first appeared, she wasn't exactly in the right headspace to act the same way Anissa had when she'd discovered her powers. But now though, not only was Jen aware of her powers, but for the most part, she was in control of them. And now she intended to use them to pick up where her father left off and bring hope back to Freeland.

However, she was driven from her thoughts when she opened the door to her uncle's tailor shop.

"Jen, what brings you here?" Gambi asked, pleasantly surprised to see her.

"There's something we need to talk about and it's something that you can't tell my parents about." Jen said.

"And that would be?" Gambi asked.

"I know dad is Black Lightning." Jen said, shocking Gambi, because of all the things he'd thought she was going to say, that was not it.

"What are you talking about?" Gambi asked.

"Because a few days ago, this started happening." Jen said as she generated a small electrical current.

"You have powers." Gambi said.

"And I know I got them from dad." Jen said and Gambi sighed, knowing he couldn't hide it from her.

"You're right. How'd you piece it together?" Gambi asked.

"Because, after looking at some old photos Black Lightning, I realized that despite the mask, he looked similar to dad. Plus, I remember when I was a kid seeing dad in the bathroom all bloody after a fight. Didn't take long to put it together." Jen said and Gambi chuckled.

"I guess you were going to find out sooner or later." Gambi said.

"So who else knows?" Jen asked, even though she already knew.

"Only us and your mom." Gambi said.

"And for right now, the only people who can know about my powers are you and me." Jen said.

"Jen, you can't ask me to hide this from your parents." Gambi said.

"Uncle Gambi, I need you to do this for me, since mom and dad, they'll just try and restrain me. They won't let me be free and they sure as hell won't let me do what I want to do." Jen said and Gambi was beginning to figure out why Jen had come to him.

"You want to pick up where your dad left off don't you?" Gambi asked.

"I do. Look at Freeland Uncle Gambi, this city is being overrun by the 100 and the cops aren't enough to stop it because the criminals aren't afraid of them. But they are afraid of Black Lightning. Freeland needs someone to give it hope again and since Dad won't do it, someone else does." Jen said and Gambi chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Jen asked him.

"I know now how your parents have felt every time I've tried to get Jefferson to put the suit back on. You're right, but Jen, I'm not sure you know what you'd be getting yourself into." Gambi said.

"I know a lot more than you think I do. I can do this Gambi, I just need someone to have my back." Jen said and Gambi sighed.

"Okay, but only because I know you well enough to know that you'll do this regardless of what I say, so I might as well make sure you have someone to make sure you don't get killed." Gambi said.

"Great and I actually have a few ideas about my suit." Jen said and Gambi chuckled.

"I'm all ears. But remember, the function of the suit is to protect you, not make you look good." Gambi said.

"Well, I'm sure that you'll find a way to make it do both." Jen said, since she loved the suit Gambi made her and honestly, that was another reason why she was going to him instead of that Cisco guy to make her suit.

"I love your confidence in me. Now, I think it's time to show you the Sanctum." Gambi said as he closed the shop before revealing the Sanctum's hidden entrance in the shop and leading Jen down into it.

"It looks like you've been busy." Jen said, referring to the designs for an upgrade to her dad's suit.

"Your father may have decided to abandon Freeland on your mother's behalf, but that doesn't mean I can't hold out hope that he'll come to his senses and suit up. Though he is going to kill me when he finds out about this." Gambi said.

"And I'll protect you from him." Jen said, since she knew that she could drain her father's powers if she wanted too, since unlike Black Lightning, she didn't need to absorb electricity to power up, her body created its own.

"I hope you're right. Now, let's get to work." Gambi said and he had to admit, despite his reservations about this, he was kind of ecstatic that the city was going to get a new protector. Especially since there was a good chance that this would get Jefferson's attention and get him to put his own suit back on.

It had been about a week since Jen had arrived in this world, but so far there had been no sign that her father remembered anything yet, but thankfully, Gambi had finally finished her suit and Jen had to admit, it was just as perfect as she remembered.

"So, what do you think?" Gambi asked when he showed her her new old suit.

"It's perfect. All that's left is to take it for a test run. Any chance you put some of the same toys that are in my dad's suit in mine." Jen asked.

"Of course." Gambi said as Jen went to change.

"One more thing Uncle Gambi." Jen said before she left.

"What?" Gambi asked.

"You should start prepping a suit for Anissa, since if I inherited dad's metagene, there's a good chance she has too. But now, time to go kick some ass." Jen said as she left the Sanctum, leaving Gambi to think about what she'd said, since she did have a point. However, before he made Anissa a suit, he'd need to know what exactly her powers are.

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