Chapter 13
Anissa had spent the past few days doing a lot of thinking. Ever since she'd had her memories restored by that J'onn J'onzz guy, she'd been feeling something she hadn't felt before. She felt useless, since she couldn't help the city as Thunder or Blackbird, not that she'd want to be Blackbird, since looking back on it, her parents were right, that persona was a bad influence on her and it had caused her to abandon her little sister at a time when she needed her, but she also felt useless as Anissa Pierce, since she didn't think that participating in the same protests she'd used too before she got her powers would be a good way to earn her parents' trust back, so she felt like she couldn't do anything.
Or well, almost useless. She was still working at Freeland Hospital, but it just wasn't as satisfying as it used to be. She didn't even have Grace. Honestly, Anissa felt like she'd lost everything in this new timeline and she wasn't sure where to start getting it back.
Anyways, right now, Anissa was currently in her room at the Pierce house, talking on the phone to an old friend of hers from medical school, Dr. Caitlin Snow.
"So, you're not really feeling fulfilled by work in a regular hospital anymore?" Caitlin asked her.
"Not really. I just wish I could figure out what would make me happy now." Anissa said.
"Well, you could always come work with me in Central City." Caitlin said.
"No offense Caitlin, but if I wanted to work for some big corporate lab, I'd be working with my mom right now." Anissa said, thinking that Caitlin still worked for Star Labs.
"Did you not hear that Star Labs was shut down after the accelerator explosion?" Caitlin asked.
"I did, but I figured you went to work for another big lab like them." Anissa said.
"Actually, while I had an offer from Mercury Labs, I decided to go a different route." Caitlin said.
"How so?" Anissa asked, curious.
"Since metahumans have started emerging in Central City since the accelerator explosion, I noticed that a lot of them are discriminated against and not given basic human rights like access to decent medical care, so I decided that instead of working at another lab, I opened up a medical clinic in Central City that's meant solely for the use of Central City's metahumans and also the more underprivileged citizens of Central City who can't afford to go to a real hospital. My clinic is funded by Mercury Labs, but that's just because one of my first patients was Christina McGee's stepson." Caitlin said and Anissa was honestly impressed, since honestly, if the ASA hadn't been a concern in the old reality, she might've thought of doing something like that herself.
"I have to admit, that is impressive. And it's working?" Anissa asked.
"With complete support from the CCPD, since if they come across injured metahumans, they usually bring them to me instead of to a hospital. I think that this clinic is the first step to establishing actual human rights for metas." Caitlin said.
"Wow, I bet you never imagined your life would be that back when we were in med school?" Anissa asked her.
"No, but I'm glad it did. Especially since the reason I started my clinic was a personal one." Caitlin said.
"Really, why?" Anissa asked.
"My first patient was a little girl who was abandoned by her parents after they discovered she was a metahuman. And that girl is now my daughter." Caitlin said.
"Oh my god. Please tell me those parents are in jail?" Anissa asked, since that sounded very similar to how metas in Freeland were treated.
"Oh yeah. And my fiance and I both adore our new daughter." Caitlin said.
"Right, looking forward to the wedding." Anissa said, since she'd been invited.
"You still haven't told us if you're bringing a plus one and we need to know soon." Caitlin said.
"I'll let you know soon Caitlin. Thanks for the talk. It really did help." Anissa said with a smile, since now she actually had some idea of what she wanted to do with her life.
"You're welcome, but remember Anissa, the sooner you get back to me, the better." Caitlin said as she hung up and Anissa smiled, since now she just needed to figure out how to convince her parents to support her new passion, though she didn't think that would be too hard.
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