WIERD question concerning LINKED

[Brutal]

A character has an Elemental Control with a linked slot in it.
And as the FRED rules book states, two powers that are linked must be in the same slot.

Ok, lets say a character has an Energy Blast and a flash (where the EB is the "larger" power and flash the "smaller" one, so flash gets the linked limitation).
Lets say the character got the charges limitation (8 charges each or whatever) with both those powers. If the EB runs out of charges, can he still use the smaller power (which in this case is the flash)?

[Derek Hiemforth]

No. If he doesn't use the EB, then he can't use the Flash. Doesn't matter why he doesn't use the EB. :)

[Monolith]

As Derek stated, the Linked power can only be used when the power it is Linked to is used. So even if the Flash has Charges left, they are lost.

You can put a Linked Limitation on both powers, and when you do that they can only be used together. The primary power loses its ability to be used by itself. Something like that would take care of your Charges problem. :)