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Psychotic

Waves

Jay stood in her customary position, staring out at the stars on the main deck of the Tower control room. It was the day after the night she'd been personally responsible for taking out Dr Destiny- and the crash after the adrenaline rush had been hard and painful. She'd stayed on an unnatural high for a good six hours after she beamed back up to the watchtower. Batman had even given her a nod of approval. Well, with a small stretch of the imagination, it could be called a nod. Really, his head only moved about a millimeter.

She hadn't been able to sleep. They'd arrived back at what would've been four in the morning according to the Watchtower clocks, and she'd been the only one to arrive on the platform. It seemed the Flash and Batman got transported right back to wherever it was they called home. So she'd been wide awake and on her own. She'd wandered the Watchtower for hours before making her way back to her favourite spot- standing on the control room deck, as close to the view as she could get without going through the wall.

She'd done nothing but think ever since. The Watchtower was just starting to come alive for the day- at eight in the morning. Jay ignored the emerging bustle around her. Something wasn't right. She couldn't really put her finger on what it was, so Jay did what she did best. She let her minds wander.

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Don't you think it's about time we head for bed?

What do you care? It's not like you're in charge of the body or anything. You can go to sleep whenever you want.

You're not fooling me. I felt the fear behind that suggestion. You don't want to be alone again so soon.

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Jay focused on the glittering panorama in front of her, trying to ignore the fear that jolted through her at the thought of not hearing her other self. It was a physical sensation: her stomach dropped, her heartbeat quickened and her jaw clenched as she tried to fight her own reaction down. She had to stay in control. She didn't spare a thought to the people starting their day around her.

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It's the jolt! That's it!

What's it?

That's what was wrong! Remember how I told you there's a jolt every time you see the Flash?

Yes.

There hasn't been one. Not a single one, the whole time we were down there with him.

Isn't that good?

Yes. No. I don't know.

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Jay shook her head, a feeling of uneasiness replacing the fear that had been coursing through her barely a minute ago. At the edges of her consciousness she registered the called helloes of the Tower staff, and the tapping of keys as Mr. Terrific started up the main computers to scan through the world events that had happened while he'd been asleep. All perfectly normal noises, but Jay didn't feel normal. She didn't know which part of her the uneasiness came from- both of her seemed to be restless, suddenly. It felt like something was about to go really, horribly wrong.

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You're feeling a lot more than you normally do.

What?

Fear. Uneasiness. Since when do you have emotions? Let alone emotions so strong you're getting a physical reaction from them?

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"Shut up." Jay mumbled, her knees going so weak she stumbled. She didn't like what she was hearing.

See what I mean? Are you sure you're in control?

"I have to be!" Jay answered, nausea rising in her throat. "I can't lose control!"

So get a hold of yourself!

"I can't!" Jay's voice began to rise as she tottered back another step, her hands beginning to shake and her breath speeding up. The few people on the control room deck looked at her curiously, but Jay didn't even notice their attention. "What's happening? I can't control this! I'm shaking!"

Let me take over! Why are you stopping me taking over?

"I'm not!" Jay screamed, the panic vibrating through her voice. Above her, Mr. Terrific leaned over the computers on the upper deck and called out to her. Jay ignored it. "Take over! Help me!"

I can't! I can't take over!

"I can't control this!"

Oh shit.

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You know how I mentioned about those Jolts? It seems like they learnt a new trick: the trick of absorbing all the jolts that should have been happening in the last twenty four hours, and making one big strong Jolt with them.

Strike that. There's two new tricks. Whatever it is has also learnt how to hide from me.

Well, I say hide. A better way of putting it would be to say that it's learnt to stand behind me, where I can't see it. It's screwing with my mind, trying to figure out where it could possibly have been. Hello, we're in the same head! I see everything that goes on in this head! That's my job!

Apparently, I suck at my job. Which means we are all in a lot of trouble, because I bet you also remember what I said about what happens when the Jolt gets out? It goes ballistic. And right now, it's a very big Jolt. You know how it feels to have this huge, tremendous tidal wave build up behind you silently, so you don't notice, and then suddenly everything goes dark and you turn around and behind you is this great towering wall of natural disaster?

Well, now I do.

And all that fear that Dr Destiny inspired in the sensible me? The one who's supposed to always stay in control and never feel any emotion? It seems her fear opened a door that this Jolt is more than happy to use. It seems like we're about to find out what happens when the sensible me finds her emotions…