When Lisa woke up, she found herself being scanned in Caitlin's lab in Mount Flash.

"What's happening to me?" Lisa asked.

"That's what I'm trying to figure out. Still waiting for the results of your tests." Caitlin said, right as they came in.

"Well, what's the verdict?" Lisa asked.

"Lisa, did you know you had the meta gene?" Caitlin asked.

"What? You're kidding." Lisa said.

"Nope. Not kidding. According to your tests, not only do you have the metagene, but it's recently become activated. I can't figure out exactly when it happened though. When did you first start to feel something off?" Caitlin asked.

"Maybe over the past few weeks. I've been having trouble sleeping and when I do, I always have these weird dreams. Honestly, they kind of sound like how Cisco described his vibes when it first started, but not the same." Lisa said.

"Wait, would you say it started like 3 weeks ago?" Caitlin asked.

"Yeah. Why?" Lisa asked.

"Because it sounds like this all started after we destroyed the amulet of Amenadiel." Caitlin said.

"So?" Lisa asked.

"Ever since then, we've detected an uptick in metahuman activity. Several new ones have appeared, but the thing is, none of them have the same dark matter markers the metas from the particle accelerator explosion had. And your system doesn't show any traces of dark matter in it either." Caitlin said.

"Not to mention I was in Keystone when it happened." Lisa added.

"True. But now that I'm able to run a more in depth analysis on a newly emerged meta's DNA, I can maybe get some answers." Caitlin said.

"So, what did you find?" Lisa asked as Caitlin looked over the results.

"Not finding any trace of dark matter energy in there, but I did find a different kind of energy." Caitlin said.

"What is it?" Lisa asked.

"Not sure exactly, but my initial reports suggest that it's similar to the energy of the amulet, just much weaker. And we have lots of data about that energy from when Gabby was Celestial." Caitlin said.

Caitlin's brow furrowed as she zoomed in on the energy signature, her fingers tapping rapidly across the holographic display.

Lisa watched her, heart thudding. "Caitlin... just say it. Am I dying? Mutating? Turning into a celestial bomb?"

"No," Caitlin said quickly — too quickly. "You're not dying. But your body is... adapting. Or resonating."

"Resonating with what?"

Caitlin turned the screen toward her. A swirling golden waveform pulsed gently, almost like a heartbeat.

"This," Caitlin said softly. "Your cells are emitting a frequency we've only ever seen once before — when the Amulet of Amenadiel was active. But unlike the amulet, your energy isn't external. It's coming from inside you."

Lisa blinked. "So I swallowed a cosmic relic in my sleep?"

"Lisa," Caitlin said, voice gentler now, "I think the amulet didn't just explode. I think it released something. A wave. And you — your metagene — responded to it."

Lisa's stomach dropped. "Responded how?"

Caitlin hesitated. "Your dreams... the gold tint... the way you described the room bending at Jitters... those aren't hallucinations. They're manifestations."

"Manifestations of what, Caitlin?"

Caitlin exhaled. "A higher‑dimensional resonance field. Something that lets you perceive — and maybe interact with — layers of reality most people can't."

Lisa stared at her. "So... I'm not like Cisco."

"No," Caitlin said. "You're not. Cisco's powers let him sense vibrations across space and time. Yours..." She looked back at the golden waveform, awe creeping into her voice. "Yours are tied to something older. Something we barely understand."

Lisa swallowed hard. "Great. Love that for me."

Before Caitlin could respond, the lights flickered — once, twice — and the golden shimmer Lisa saw at Jitters rippled faintly across the lab.

Caitlin's eyes widened. "Lisa... did you feel that?"

Lisa's breath hitched. "I didn't just feel it. I think I caused it."

"That's definitely not how Cisco's powers work. His powers don't cause things like that." Caitlin said.

"Any idea what mine are?" Lisa asked.

"Well, it sounds like they're similar to Cisco's powers, but like I said, older and maybe even more advanced. He vibes the multiverse, you seem to resonate with it." Caitlin said.

"So, what does that mean?" Lisa asked.

"If I knew I'd tell you." Caitlin said, since this was all new to her.

Lisa let out a shaky breath. "Great. So I'm basically a cosmic tuning fork with no instruction manual."

Caitlin gave her a sympathetic look. "Not a tuning fork. More like... a receiver. Something is broadcasting, and your body is picking it up."

Lisa frowned. "Broadcasting from where?"

"That's the part I can't pin down," Caitlin admitted. "It's not coming from this Earth. Or any Earth we've mapped. The frequency is... higher. Like it's layered on top of reality instead of inside it."

Lisa stared at her. "Caitlin, that sounds like something I should be terrified of."

"You're allowed to be," Caitlin said gently. "But you're not in danger. Your vitals are stable. Your cells aren't mutating. They're adapting — like they're learning a new language."

Lisa rubbed her arms, suddenly cold. "And what happens when I start speaking it?"

Before Caitlin could answer, the monitors around them flickered again. This time, the golden shimmer didn't just ripple across the room — it pulsed outward from Lisa like a heartbeat.

Caitlin's eyes widened. "Lisa... that came from your nervous system. Your body reacted to your emotional spike."

Lisa swallowed hard. "So my feelings are... connected to this?"

"Looks like it," Caitlin said, already typing furiously. "Cisco's powers respond to external vibrations. Yours respond to internal resonance. That makes them harder to predict."

Lisa's voice dropped. "And harder to control."

Caitlin paused, meeting her eyes. "Which is why you're not doing this alone. We'll figure it out. But there's one thing I need to do first."

Lisa tensed. "What?"

"I need to call Cisco."

Lisa's heart lurched — not out of fear, but something deeper, more vulnerable. "Why?"

"Because whatever this is," Caitlin said softly, "he's the only person who might understand even a fraction of it. Since your powers aren't the same as his, they're close enough. I'm also going to reach out to some of our magical contacts, since your powers did come from magical energy, so one of them might have some answers about what's happening to you."

"Have any of the other metas you've encountered had powers like this?" Lisa asked.

"No, their powers have been more generic. Your standard stuff. It seems in this city, only the heroes get the complex powers." Caitlin said.