Chapter 19

After Wally had left with Victor and Gambi, Felicity couldn't help but notice how withdrawn Jen had become.

"Hey Jen, everything okay?" Felicity asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Jen said.

"Okay, you wanna try that again, this time either with the truth or being more convincing with the lie?" Felicity asked, since if there was one thing all her time with Oliver had taught her, it was how to tell when someone was lying.

"It's about my family." Jen said.

"Jen, we're gonna get them back." Felicity said.

"I know, that's not what I'm worried about." Jen said.

"Then what are you worried about?" Felicity asked.

"How I'm going to tell them that I want to stay here in Keystone with you and Wally and the rest of the team even after we take down the ASA." Jen said.

"Wait, what?" Felicity asked.

"Don't get me wrong, I love my family, but honestly, after my powers arrived, things changed and not exactly for the better. Mom and dad kept me cooped up inside the house all day, they never really let me use my powers, they made me feel like I was some kind of freak that my powers were something to be scared of and for so long I was. But then I came here and you and Wally, you taught me that my powers aren't a curse, but a gift. You actually let me use my powers and you're actually teaching me how to control them, not repress them. I don't want to go back to having to repress my powers or being treated like I'm still a little kid." Jen said and Felicity smiled.

"I get it, but you have to remember, to them, you still are a kid." Felicity said.

"I know, but even though I'm still a teenager, you and Wally and the rest of the team still let me be me. You let me use my powers. Mom and dad don't do that." Jen said.

"Have you tried talking to them about this?" Felicity asked her.

"Yeah, but they still don't listen. And honestly, I have to admit, even before I got my powers, my biggest desire in life was to get out of Freeland. I love the town, but it's too small for me." Jen said and Felicity smiled.

"I get it. I'm guessing Keystone is more your speed?" Felicity asked and Jen nodded.

"Yeah, plus, there's real action here in Keystone. Real opportunities for me to use my powers." Jen said and Felicity nodded.

"I get it, but you should still talk to your parents about this after we get them back, because we will. And before we do anything, we need them to agree to it." Felicity said and Jen nodded, right as they heard a gust of wind and saw that Wally, Victor and Gambi had returned.

"So, are we up and running?" Felicity asked.

"Yep, we've established an uplink between the ASA's system and ours through the connection in the Sanctum." Wally said.

"Perfect, time to wake up the program and use the ASA's system against them." Felicity said.

"Actually, I have a different job for you." Wally said, confusing Felicity.

"What do you mean, I thought that was my job?" Felicity asked.

"And it is, but in this case, I have a more important job for you." Wally said.

"I'm listening." Felicity said.

"I want you to go through all the data in the ASA's system for anything incriminating, since right now, us attacking a legitimate government agency won't exactly be approved of. We'll need hard evidence to convince the government that our actions were justified and to get the ASA officially shut down." Wally said and Felicity nodded.

"I'm guessing that Victor will be the one doing the onsite hacking?" Felicity asked and Victor nodded.

"Once I get on that base, I can tap activate the uplink and take full control of the Pit's system, so that not only do their power dampeners fail, but I can also turn their defenses on them." Victor said.

"Do you think you could disable whatever it is that's controlling my sister?" Jen asked.

"Not unless I know what I'm looking for and I'm going through the data we stole now, but no luck yet. I'd likely need to scan your sister to determine what it is the ASA is using to control her before I can disable it." Victor said and Jen nodded.

"So, what's the plan?" Felicity asked.

"We're gonna start off with an old classic. A little something called the Wookie Gambit." Wally said.

"What?" Jen asked.

"I'm sorry, have you not seen Star Wars?" Curtis asked, since he, Eddie and Linda were also in the room.

"Of course I have no self respecting American makes it to my age without seeing that movie, I'm just confused by what Wally means?" Jen asked, though she was a bit offended that he'd imply that she didn't know anything about Star Wars.

"Gambi's already established a cover as an ASA agent and we'll repurpose Victor's image inducer to make him look like an ASA agent. The two of them will go in and make it look like they captured Jen, when in reality, it's a cover to get Victor onto the base and wake up the uplink we put into their system, shutting down the power dampeners and letting Linda and I into the facility." Wally said.

"Wait, me?" Linda asked, since she didn't have any field experience yet.

"I know it's risky, but we need every super powered asset we have in this fight since General Stewart cannot get involved unless we have solid proof that US military action is needed. Besides, we shut down the dampeners, we also bring Black Lightning back into play." Wally said.

"Still, Wally, are you sure she's ready?" Eddie asked.

"She's been doing very well in her training and the best training she can get is in the field. I wouldn't be putting you in play if I didn't think you were ready. But, I'm not gonna force you to. It's your call Linda." Wally said as Linda thought about it.

"You promise you'll have my back?" Linda asked and Wally nodded.

"Then I'm in. But I get a costume right?" Linda asked.

"Curtis?" Wally asked with a grin as he turned towards their resident engineer.

"I've been waiting for this moment ever since Linda came to us." Curtis said with a grin as he led them to his workshop, where he revealed a brand new bright white and gold suit.

"I created this baby to help control Linda's light beams, plus, since your powers could theoretically, allow you to turn invisible, so the suit should be able to turn invisible too." Curtis said.

"Nice." Wally said.

"I like it. Very flashy." Linda said approvingly.

"Glad you like it." Curtis said, very happy.

"Okay then, suit up." Wally said as he and Jen went to suit up as well while the others left Linda alone to put on her suit for the first time.

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