"Gambi, what a pleasant surprise." Lynn said with a smile when she saw him enter her new office at the meta school, since she'd actually been staying there for the past few weeks to oversee the transition for the metas and to make sure that there weren't any additional side effects to the cure they'd been injected with.

"Thank you. You know the girls, Jeff and I all miss you back in Freeland." Gambi said and Lynn smiled.

"I know and I'll be back soon, but right now, these kids need me here more than Freeland needs me there." Lynn said and Gambi smiled.

"I can understand that. Actually, the reason I'm here is to talk with one of the kids here." Gambi said as he pulled out a file and handed it to Lynn.

"Baron. Nicknamed Technocrat by the ASA, ability to communicate with technology." Lynn said.

"I met him in the old universe and he actually helped us against the ASA and I think that with the right influence, he could end up being a great addition to our team." Gambi said.

"Gambi, I'd love to let you meet him, but he's not here." Lynn said.

"What do you mean?" Gambi asked.

"I've met every meta at this school and I've never seen him before." Lynn said.

"He must've escaped when the ASA tried to wake him up." Gambi said.

"Gambi, if that's true, then he's out there somewhere and he's unstable." Lynn said.

"I think I know where to look." Gambi said.

"Okay, I won't ask where you think he is, but before you go, you need to take this with you." Lynn said as she opened the fridge in her office and pulled out a vial of the cure.

"Make sure Baron is injected with this as soon as you find him, since there's a good chance that he's almost out of time." Lynn said and Gambi nodded as he took the cure before heading out.

"Okay so, why are we here?" Anissa asked Gambi as the two of them walked through the abandoned radio tower in Baker Heights.

"Because this is where TC was hiding from the ASA after he escaped from them before and there's a good chance he's hiding here again. I brought you here because he might respond better to someone like you." Gambi said.

"What do you mean black?" Anissa asked.

"Well yes, but also a meta. TC likely won't trust a white man, but he will trust someone like him." Gambi said.

"Plus, I'm the one who's met him before, not that he'd remember that." Anissa said.

"Actually, he will." Gambi said as he pulled out the memory gun.

"How do you know that TC's powers won't stop the gun's effect?" Anissa asked.

"I get the feeling that he can only control technology he understands and this thing is from another planet, so I doubt it speaks english." Gambi said and Anissa nodded.

"That's fair." Anissa said.

"I'm also going to need your help to get out of any kind of trap TC might've set to capture any ASA troops, since I doubt he knows that the ASA is history." Gambi said as they entered the booth and just like before, they found themselves locked in.

"Wow, you called it." Anissa said as she prepared to break the door down.

"Not yet. I want to make sure it's really him." Gambi said as TC stepped out of the shadows.

"Who are you?" TC asked.

"We're friends. My name is Peter Gambi and this is Anissa Pierce. And we know that you're Baron, one of the pod kids." Gambi said.

"You're ASA?" TC asked.

"Okay, I'm gonna try very hard not to be offended by that accusation." Anissa said.

"No Baron, we're not ASA, in fact, the ASA doesn't exist anymore. They were shut down a few months ago." Gambi said.

"Then why are you here?" TC asked.

"We are looking for you, but not because we want to hurt you, we're here to help you." Gambi said.

"Why the hell should I believe you?" TC demanded.

"Show him." Gambi said to Anissa, who nodded and then used her own powers to break the door down.

"Because I'm like you. A metahuman. And I trust this man with my life. He doesn't hurt metas, he helps them." Anissa said, since she did trust TC since she'd met him before.

"You should've led with that." TC said.

"Fair enough. But do you believe us now?" Gambi asked.

"Let's say I do. How can you help me?" TC asked.

"Well for starters, with this." Anissa said as she produced a serum.

"What's that?" TC asked.

"Baron, your powers, while they may be great, they're unstable, that's why the ASA put you in a pod. Honestly, it's a miracle you're still alive right now. But this serum is a cure that will stabilize your DNA. It means you'll never have to go in a pod again." Gambi said.

"Is it safe?" TC asked.

"Yeah, you're probably the last meta in Freeland who needs it. All the other pod kids have been stabilized with it." Anissa said and TC nodded as he held out his arm and allowed Anissa to give him the shot.

"How do you feel?" Gambi asked.

"Better actually." TC said.

"Well, hopefully you'll feel even better after this." Gambi said as he then blasted TC with the memory gun before he could do anything, causing TC to pass out.

"Well, that was unexpected." Anissa said.

"Come on, let's try and get him back to the Sanctum before he wakes up, since it'll be easier and more comfortable to explain everything to him there." Gambi said and Anissa nodded as she helped Gambi carry TC out.