The day after Anissa returned from Star City, Gambi received an email from Ms. Smoak with numerous attachments. The first one was the data that they'd given her, but it appeared that even though she'd decrypted it, as a safety precaution, Felicity had re encrypted it with codes Gambi had never seen before. The other attachments he'd initially thought were junk mail she'd sent by accident until he realized that she'd actually hidden the decryption key for her code in the other attachments, likely to keep the ASA from realizing what it was. He had to admit, it was genius.

Anyways, after Gambi had decrypted the data, he found that it was exactly what they'd been hoping for. The coordinates of Martin Proctor's base of operations, since he was certain that they'd find something that would allow them to bring down the ASA.

That was why he'd called the Pierces in.

"So, we have the data?" Jefferson asked.

"Everything we need to find Proctor's base of operations." Gambi said and Jefferson nodded.

"Okay, so what's the plan?" Jen asked.

"I've been working on rebuilding my cloaking technology. I've created cloaking devices for Lynn and Anissa to go in." Gambi said.

"Whoa, wouldn't make more sense for dad and I to go in, since we're the ones with powers?" Jen asked and Anissa shot her sister a dirty look at the reminder.

"That's exactly why you can't go. According to the intel we got from that hard drive, all entry points to this ASA base are equipped with detection devices that will go off the moment they detect your activated metahuman gene. Lynn doesn't have the gene and Anissa's has been rendered dormant by the shift in reality, which means that they will be able to get in and out undetected." Gambi said.

"Huh, maybe there's an upside to being stuck as a human again after all." Anissa said and Jefferson sighed, since while he didn't like it, he also knew that it was the best plan.

"Jen and I will be on standby outside the base, ready to jump in at a moment's notice if things go wrong." Jefferson said.

"You're letting me come?" Jen asked.

"You've proved yourself. Besides, if we end up having to face an entire building of ASA commandos, we'll need all the firepower we can get to get out of there." Jefferson said and Jen nodded eagerly.

"When are we going in?" Lynn asked.

"How about tomorrow?" Jen said.

"No. We may have a basic plan, but we're not ready to go in yet. We need more than what we have." Jefferson said.

"What do you mean?" Anissa asked.

"You and your mother cannot just go into a secret government facility that likely should not even exist in the first place as two random people. We need actual ASA agents whose identities Gambi can program into the cloaking devices, along with DNA samples to fool scanners, actual ASA credentials, even code phrases that might be necessary." Jefferson said.

"He's right. We're nowhere near ready to make a move on the ASA yet." Gambi said and the others nodded.

"So, what's the plan for right now?" Lynn asked.

"The plan is that Jen and I are going to go do some recon of the base, see if we can find some agents for you two to impersonate. Once we've secured the remaining variables we need, then we can start coming up with a real infiltration plan." Jefferson said and they all nodded as they began to head their separate ways, Jefferson and Jen heading to recon the facility while Lynn headed home, but Anissa stayed back for a minute.

"What is it Anissa?" Gambi asked.

"My watch. Give it to me." Anissa said.

"No, you know the rules. You'll get your suit when your powers surface." Gambi said.

"Uncle Gambi, if I am going into ASA headquarters, then I need all the protection I can get. Even if I can't be Thunder, my suit will offer more protection." Anissa said and Gambi sighed.

"Fine. But only because I know you well enough to know that you won't take no for an answer on this, but if your powers have not surfaced by the time the mission is over, you'll give it back after the mission until your powers do activate." Gambi said and Anissa nodded.

"Okay." Anissa said as Gambi handed her the watch.

"I'll be telling your parents about this too so they'll know that you're giving it back after the mission so you don't even think about trying to keep it or switching it out for a fake, since I will recognize my own work." Gambi said and Anissa nodded as she placed the watch on her wrist and tried to activate the suit, only to find it wouldn't work.

"What's going on?" Anissa asked.

"The suit won't activate unless your heart rate spikes or it detects your meta gene activating. An added safeguard I threw in case you tried to steal it." Gambi said and Anissa sighed, since her uncle knew her a bit too well.

"Fine." Anissa said angrily.

"Hey, take it easy. I know you aren't happy about being stuck on the sidelines, but you need to be patient. Your powers will return whenever the time is right. You just have to wait until then." Gambi said and Anissa nodded.

"I know, but it isn't easy, watching my father and my sister put themselves at risk knowing that I should be able to be out there with them, but I can't." Anissa said and Gambi nodded.

"You'll get back in the field eventually." Gambi assured her.

"I hope so. Now I should go get some rest." Anissa said as she left the Sanctum.