Chapter 9
Lynn was currently in her lab at Bowman College, running tests on Anissa's DNA.
"Well, any luck?" Anissa asked as she entered her mom's lab.
"Well, I've confirmed that you definitely still have the metagene like your father and sister, but I can't figure out the right stimulus to activate it." Lynn said.
"So I still have my powers, they've just been rendered dormant by the aftermath of that crisis dad told us about." Anissa said.
"Yes. It took the adrenaline rush of getting kidnapped by the 100 to activate your powers before, but I'd like to avoid you getting kidnapped this time around. I'm trying to find another to trigger the adrenaline spike without putting you in danger." Anissa said.
"Any ideas on why Jen kept her powers?" Anissa asked.
"Most likely because she was in her safe space during the crisis, so she wasn't affected by it. She's herself from the old universe, not her counterpart from this one who was just given her doppelganger's memories like the rest of us." Lynn said, still trying to wrap her head around all of that.
"Great. Well can you please hurry up and find it. Jen seems to be taking a lot of pleasure in rubbing the fact that she still has her powers while I don't have mine in my face, always flying down the stairs and using her powers to recharge her phone just to annoy me." Anissa said and Lynn chuckled.
"Sounds like Jen alright. We could have her try to trigger your powers with an electrical jolt." Lynn said.
"I'd rather dad did that, since there's a smaller chance of him sending me flying across the room just for fun." Anissa said.
"I want to see if that would work first." Lynn said, right as they both received texts from Gambi that they saw, also went to Jefferson and Jen to get to the Sanctum.
"I wonder what this is about." Anissa asked.
"Only one way to find out." Lynn said as they left to head towards the Sanctum.
"Okay Gambi, why did you want to see us?" Jefferson asked after the whole family had arrived in the Sanctum.
"Well first, because I wanted to give you and Jen these." Gambi said as he handed them watches.
"New watches? You know people use their phones nowadays." Jen said and Gambi smiled.
"Those are state of the art smart watches. In addition to telling time, playing music and the other typical smart watch functions, it also has a communication function right back to the Sanctum, along with monitors to measure your current electrical output and in Jefferson's case, it'll also inform you of when you need to recharge. Plus, they've both got another function." Gambi said.
"Wait Gambi, are you saying?" Jefferson asked and Gambi nodded.
"Tap the buttons on the side of the watches three times." Gambi said Jefferson and Jen both did exactly that and suddenly, their watches released nanites that took the form of their suits.
"Oh I'm liking this." Jen said eagerly as she looked down and saw she was once again dressed in her Lightning suit.
"So am I." Jefferson said.
"Uh Uncle Gambi, where's my suit?" Anissa asked.
"You get it once your powers are activated. Right now your father and sister are properly prepared to get back in the field, you aren't and I don't want you to get any ideas until you're able to be Thunder again." Gambi said.
"So Freeland is only being protected by Black Lightning and Lightning for the moment." Jen said.
"Great. I can't believe I'm saying this, but Jen can you blast me?" Anissa asked.
"Wait what?" Jen asked.
"I need to get my powers back and it sounds like getting blasted by my little sister will provide the adrenaline rush I need to trigger my powers." Anissa said.
"Okay, let's hit the brakes on that. But maybe an electric charge is a good place to start." Gambi said.
"I was researching that when we got your text." Lynn said.
"I might have a lead on someone who can help with that, along with the cure problem." Jefferson said.
"Who?" Lynn asked.
"Someone named Caitlin Snow. She works with the Flash." Jefferson said.
"Wait, you know Dr. Snow?" Lynn asked.
"Not really. Most time I've spent with her was back when we were trying to stop the old multiverse from being completely wiped out. She's a meta with ice powers and Team Flash's biochemist." Jefferson said.
"And more importantly, she's also one of the few biochemists on the planet with the same expertise as myself. If you can get me in touch with her, I'm sure we can find solutions to both those problems." Lynn said.
"I'll call Barry, see if he can set up a meet and greet." Jefferson said and Lynn nodded.
"Great." Lynn said.
"There is one other thing. I've learned the location of a green light meta outside of Freeland." Jefferson said.
"Wait, where?" Lynn asked.
"Star City. It's Oliver Queen's sister. And when I talked to him on the phone, I brought up the serum that Williams used to keep himself stable. He wants it and in exchange, the Green Arrow is willing to offer us help in bringing down the ASA." Jefferson said.
"I know the formula for it. It's part of the basis I used to create the stabilization serum. I'll start producing it now and honestly, I'm kind of surprised that we never thought of that before, since it would buy more time to find a cure." Lynn said.
"Oliver will be very happy about that. He's sending someone to help hack the ASA, so you can just give her the formula." Jefferson said.
"Who?" Gambi asked.
"A woman named Felicity Smoak. I figured if the Green Arrow trusts her and if the experience he told me she has is real, then she could be an asset to helping us take down the ASA. He also said that he'd be talking to other organizations that are a bit more trustworthy to help as well." Jefferson said and they nodded before the team left the sanctum.
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