"You sure this is the place?" Anissa asked over the comms as she and Grace arrived at what looked like a run down house.

"Don't let appearances fool you. The basement of that house is a safe house like the Sanctum under my shop. All the information Eve has on Tobias should be in there somewhere." Gambi said over the comms.

"Copy that. But how do we know that Tobias doesn't have this place under surveillance?" Grace asked.

"Every ASA agent has off the books safe houses that no one knows about. Only way to know about it is to be personally told by Eve herself." Gambi explained.

"Okay then, don't suppose Lady Eve gave us a way in?" Anissa asked as they cautiously approached the front door.

"Try the front door." Gambi said.

"Remind me again why I'm not going in as Thunder? The suit would provide me with some protection." Anissa said.

"Because any trace of your powers could tip Tobias off that Black Lightning isn't the only meta vigilante in Freeland. That means no Thunder and no shapeshifting." Gambi said.

"Is he always like this?" Grace asked.

"Yes, but this time he has a point. I hate to admit it, but my dad's plan is a good one. Tobias can only prepare for what he knows about and we are not at my dad's level combat training wise, so this way, we can buy time to prepare. So, we do things old school." Anissa said.

"Besides, I'm in position, I'll have your backs." Black Lightning said from his position.

"Tell me again why you decided to tag along at the last minute?" Anissa asked, a bit annoyed.

"Because I don't completely trust Lady Eve and in the event that this is a trap, it's better to have some back up, since while I know you two have your powers, I don't want to risk you exposing your identities to hired thugs." Black Lightning said.

"Okay, I guess that makes sense." Anissa admitted as she kicked the door in as she and Grace entered the building, only to find themselves faced by about a dozen shooters.

"And you were right. We've been played." Anissa said as she and Grace raised their hands to their ears.

"Wait, what?" Gambi asked.

"What I mean is that there are about a dozen shooters aiming guns at us. Screw this, I'm powering up." Anissa said.

However, before she could, suddenly, Black Lightning dropped through the ceiling and blasted the guns out of all 12 hitters at once.

"So, are these guys Tobias's hitmen?" Grace asked as they looked at them.

"No, these look like ASA hitmen. Gambi, see if Lightning will be willing to talk to Lady Eve about that." Black Lightning said.

"She's already suiting up to do just that." Gambi said.

"You two head back and Anissa, see if you can keep Lightning from killing Lady Eve. I'm gonna see if there's any real data around here." Black Lightning and Anissa and Grace nodded as they walked out of the house.

As soon as the door closed, the room began to be filled with gas.

"Gambi, it's a trap. They're flooding the place with knockout gas." Black Lightning said as he coughed, but got only static in response before he blacked out from the gas.

Lady Eve was trying to make her way out of Gambi's Tailor Shop, hoping that Odell would keep his word in providing her with protection, since for making this deal, she'd not only have Tobias on her ass, but Gambi as well and honestly, of the two of them she was more scared of Gambi, since while he may be an older man and may not look dangerous, Eve knew better. She knew exactly what Gambi was capable of since he had taught her everything she knew and she also knew that he would not be happy with her for double crossing him.

However, just as she reached the door, she was blasted with electricity from behind. Painful electricity and she turned to see a black teenage girl dressed in some kind of black, gold and silver suit blasting her with electricity.

"What the?" Lady Eve asked.

"Did you really think that you'd be able to get out of here before we discovered what you did?" Lightning asked as she trapped Lady Eve with a rope of electricity.

"So, you work for Gambi." Lady Eve said.

"Not exactly." Gambi said as he joined them, holding up a gun as he did.

"I should've known better than to think I could escape without you noticing." Eve said and Gambi nodded.

"Smartest thing you've said all day. Now why don't you tell me what's really going on here and then I'll decide whether or not to let you live. You didn't come to me first when Tobias put a hit out on you." Gambi said.

"Very smart. Of course I didn't. I went to the ASA and Odell agreed on one condition." Lady Eve said.

"What did he want from you?" Gambi asked, though he had an idea.

"Black Lightning. He knew that you knew how to get to him and that I knew where to find you without arousing suspicion, since we both know that you'd shoot him the second he walked in here." Lady Eve said.

"Without hesitation or a second thought. So you played us to set up a trap for Black Lightning and we played right into it." Gambi said.

"What do you mean?" Lightning asked.

"Black Lightning's comms are down, I'm not getting any heat signatures from the house and the deadlock function on his suit has been activated." Gambi said.

"The what?" Lightning asked.

"It's a new defense feature that activates if the suit detects his vitals drop like he's been knocked unconscious to render all parts of it being incapable of being removed to protect his identity." Gambi explained.

"Useful feature." Lightning admitted and Gambi nodded before turning to Lady Eve.

"I know that he's likely been moved away from the site, so there's no point in checking there for him, so instead, why don't we see if you're willing to divulge that information." Gambi said to Lady Eve.

"Where is he?" Lightning demanded.

"You really think I'd tell you that?" Eve asked, only to have Lightning, slam her up against the door.

"Lightning, stand down." Gambi said.

"You can't be serious." Lightning said.

"She could still have her uses. Besides, we need to focus on finding Black Lightning before Odell figures out who he is." Gambi said.

"Fine." Lightning said before proceeding to knock Lady Eve unconscious before walking away and Gambi didn't say a word before restraining Lady Eve and following Lightning into the Sanctum.