Brave New World: Black Lightning

Chapter 3

Jen was getting tired, since even though Gambi had made her a suit, he was insisting that she let him train her before he let her go out on the streets, his reason being self preservation, since they both knew that it was only a matter of time until her parents caught on to what she was doing and he wanted to make sure that Jen was as prepared as possible so that Lynn would only want to hurt him, not kill him.

"I have to admit Jen, I'm impressed, not only are your energy readings far more impressive than your father's were, even in his prime, but you're also proving to be remarkably fast learner." Gambi said.

"Yeah, but honestly Uncle Gambi, I think that maybe we should start to switch over from controlling my powers to combat training, since having powers is great, but I think I should know how to throw a punch beyond the self defense lessons dad gave me." Jen said.

"On that we agree. Black Lightning was known as a hero not only for his powers, but also for his combat skills. And I think that you've shown enough mastery with your powers for us to move into combat training." Gambi said, right as they heard the door to the Sanctum open.

"What's this I'm hearing about combat training?" Jefferson Pierce asked as he and Lynn entered the Sanctum.

"Mom, dad, what are you guys doing here?" Jen asked.

"Better question is, how do you even know that this place exists?" Jefferson asked his youngest daughter before looking at Gambi.

"Jen, show them." Gambi said and Jen nodded as she displayed her powers, much to her parent's displeasure.

"Jen, you're." Lynn said.

"A meta yeah. Just like dad." Jen said.

"What do you mean? Jefferson asked.

"I know that you're Black Lightning and before you yell at Uncle Gambi, I figured it out myself." Jen said.

"Jen came to me when her powers first surfaced and asked me to help her learn to control them and then said that she wanted to pick up where you left off Jeff. She wants to be a hero." Gambi said.

"No you don't." Lynn said.

"Don't you tell me what I can and can't do. You lost those privileges regarding my powers when you and dad both decided to keep Anissa and I in the dark about them. I mean, did you even think that it was possible that we could've inherited dad's metagene. Does Anissa even know about any of this?" Jen asked.

"No and she can't. You shouldn't either, but I guess that it's clear that we can't keep you out of the loop anymore and we'll talk more about your desire to wear that suit later." Jefferson said.

"We can talk about it all you want, but you're not going to change my mind. But maybe you should change yours." Jen said.

"What do you mean?" Jefferson asked.

"Become Black Lightning again. This city needs you and before you accuse Uncle Gambi of poisoning my mind, I just agree with his view. I get that you wanted to be there for our family, but dad, Freeland needs Black Lightning just as much as our family needs Jefferson Pierce." Jen said.

"And there is another reason to take it into consideration." Gambi said.

"And that would be?" Lynn asked, desperately hoping that she could keep Jefferson from suiting again, simply because they were finally starting to repair their family and she didn't want to risk ruining that.

"We all know that you two can talk to Jen as much as you want, I can try blocking her out of the Sanctum, but one thing she got from both of you is that when she sets her mind to something, she doesn't let anything stop her. She's going to do this whether we like it or not, so it couldn't hurt to have a more experienced hero out there with her to show her the ropes and make sure she gets back alive." Gambi said.