"It was raining, and the power was out."
Power Girl said this, and although the outage did not affect her night vision, the others on the team still depended on nighttime lighting.
Jay and the others, who had gone out to investigate the case, were actually the first to notice it. At the very least, the garage with its doors wide open was more ventilated than the Hall of Justice. When the distinct damp scent of rain drifted into their nostrils, they did not think much of it at first.
Belfast was also located in the mountains, and even the roads visibly rose and fell. In the states near the United States' East Coast, rain in the mountains was nothing unusual.
But soon, as the rain fell, the entire town sank into darkness. The streetlights that had been diligently working all went out at the same time. The lights in the garage that had illuminated the poetry on the floor vanished as well, leaving only faint, drifting starlight.
"I'll check the transformers and see whether the rain caused a short circuit." It was a fairly common problem, though it generally happened during thunderstorms. This kind of misty rain should not have been enough to damage a transformer.
Still, it would not take Jay much time to check.
Lightning wrapped around him, illuminating the garage for an instant. The next second, he was back where he had started, without so much as a drop of rain on him.
The old man took a deep breath, then shook his head and explained to everyone.
"I checked the transformer station outside town. Nothing was wrong. Then I followed the high-voltage lines to the power plant and found that all the equipment there had stopped too. Everywhere I passed was completely dark."
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