Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans but I do own The Eight
Jessica counted the ticks on the clock in the office.
Tick…tock…tick…tock.
The office had one huge clock hanging above the door; it was one of the loudest clocks she had ever heard.
It had been 143 seconds since she sat down and still no one had come in to check on her.
The desk in front of her had her file on it. It was about an inch thick, and none of it was good news.
She thought about making a run for it, but her arms and legs were handcuffed.
"Come on its time to go." Steer said as he picks up Barracuda.
"Damn," Eel said as she rubs her ears, "could your gun be any louder? I thought my ears were going to bleed."
Barracuda nodded, her ears were still ringing.
"You said to bring the biggest gun I got." Steer said with a smile.
After 345 seconds the doctor finally entered the office.
"Alright," he said as he sat down at his desk across form her and open the file, "Jessica Albee, do you know why you're here?"
"I was found guilty." She answered.
The doctor shook his head.
"Technically no, you were found innocent by reason of insanity."
"I'm handcuffed from head to toe," she said in a dry tone, "I don't call that innocent."
"Fair enough." He said as he sips his coffee, "Do you remember why you went to court in the first place."
She didn't answer.
The doctor turned the pages in the file till he got to the police report.
"You stab one of your classmates in the back with the scalpel use in biology class. When the teacher attempted to stop you, you gouge out his eye with the same scalpel. Luckily no one was killed or you would probably be in a jail or worse" he said as he pulled out a small blade and pointed to his head, "lobotomize."
Jessica continued to stay silent.
"Why did you do it?" the doctor asked.
Jessica raised her head, "Bitch took my watch."
The doctor nodded and scribble in his note book.
"It says here that your mother died from a seizer. Is the watch all you have left of her?"
Jessica shook her head.
"It says that your father has gone missing ever since your mother died. Is the watch from him?"
Jessica shook her head again, "I bought the watch a week before it happen."
"Then why stab someone over it?"
"I like the sound it makes."
"Explain."
"When I hear it tick I can tell a second passed without looking at it."
"So you like the sound of the watch's ticking?"
"No…I like to make sure that a second has passed."
Steer carried Barracuda to an old pickup truck that had his huge gun in the back.
"Where did you get the truck?" Barracuda asked.
"Stole it," Steer said casually, "you seriously think I'm going to carry that thing around."
Barracuda was about to laugh when a thought hit her.
"Boa…where's Boa?" she asked.
"Don't worry, I got her." Eel said as she ran down the street to where Boa was laying.
As Steer placed her in the truck he gave her a little grin.
"Still think that my weapons are big, clumsy, unreliable, and take forever to put together?" he asked.
Barracuda just stared at him.
"You had to steal a truck just to move it…so yes."
Steer laugh, "Good point."
The doctor turned on his tape recorder
"Patient Jessica Albee suffers from an interesting form of OCD. She must at all-time know was time it is. She becomes increasingly violent when she doesn't have a watch or a clock next to her. While this does form problems for the staff and other patents it does have its benefits. Because of her condition she is never late to anything whether it is group counseling, medication time, or mealtime. She even knows how long it takes me to walk up from my office to the bathroom."
The doctor made a grin.
"She will be an excellent test subject."
"What time is it?" Barracuda asked.
The four of them were snugged tightly in the truck driving back to the hotel with a tarp covering the back.
"What happen to your watch?" Eel asked.
"I broke it when I landed on the lawn." She replied.
Eel looked at her watch, "It is 11:37am."
"Thanks," she smile.
Jessica looked at the front door, it was electronically locked, and the only way to open it was for the secretary to push a button at her desk. The secretary was in a lock room so there was no way a patient could push it. There were also two guards at the door who would give the signal to the secretary. When the door opens it would remain open for 3.8 seconds.
Jessica then started a fight with another patient. It took the guards from the door 18 seconds to get up from their posts and stop the fight. It would have taken longer if she had been farther from the door.
Jessica also notices that her doctor always came in on 5:30, on the dot.
Steer parked the car a few blocks away from the hotel.
"Ok, Eel you got Barracuda, I'll get Boa," He said, "and remember to act drunk."
The four of them walk into the lobby of the hotel. Boa was still passed out in Steers arms, while Barracuda had to lean against Eel.
"How many times do I have to tell you two?" Steer yelled, "No booze till AFTER five o'clock."
The hotel manager saw the four with a suspicious look.
"Sorry about this," Steer said to the man, "these two just don't know when to say 'when'."
The manager glared at them.
"Whhheens hhhhappy hour…*hic*?" Barracuda slurred.
The manager shook his head in disgust, "Make sure it doesn't happen again."
"Yes sir." Steer said as they headed for the elevator.
Jessica looked at the clock.
5:29
She had a rolled up piece of paper in her hand as she stood near the door but not too near that the guards would get suspicious.
Twenty seconds before 5:30 she threw the piece of paper at a patient that she knew had violent tendencies.
The paper hit the patient in the back of the head; the patient then lost it temper and punches the nearest person. A fight broke out.
One of the guards left his post to stop the fight.
At 5:30 the doctor appeared at the door.
This time there was only one guard to signal the secretary.
As the door open Jessica made a run for it.
She quickly pushed the guard and doctor out of the way and managed to squeeze through the door before it closed.
Now the hard part.
Jessica had no idea what outside looked like, all she knew was that she could outrun the guards by 5 second.
However she wasn't counting on there being a fence.
"Dammit!" she yelled.
She tried to climb the fence but in doing so wasted enough time for the guards to catch up with her.
The dragged her to the ground, but she wasn't going back without a fight.
She bit, scratch, kicked, and pretty much anything she could do.
"Why did you run?" the doctor asked.
Jessica didn't say anything.
He then reach into his pocket and pulled out a needle.
"Now this will calm you down, please hold still."
Somehow Jessica manages to free one of her arms, and grabbed the blade form the doctor's pockets.
He never stood a chance as she stabbed him in the head.
As he fell to the ground the guards jump on her trying to restrain her.
Right when it looked like they finally had her, a shot rang out and one of the guards fell to the ground.
Before anyone could react a few more shots rang out and the rest of the guards fell.
Jessica on the other hand was left untouched.
She didn't try to finger out what happen she just jump the fence and headed for the road.
After about 10 minutes of running Jessica fell on the side of the road exhausted.
"Very impressive." a voice said.
Jessica turned her head and saw a man walking towards her.
"That doctor you kill was doing illegal lobotomies on some of the patients in there. A parent of one of the victims hired me to kill him."
Jessica was too out of breath to say anything.
The man knelt down and helped her up.
"I could use someone like you."
As Barracuda and the rest exited the elevator she accidentally bumped into a bellboy.
"I'm sorry, miss…"
"Albee…Jessica Albee," she said.
"Ok, sorry miss Albee."
Barracuda smiled.
Jessica died the day she tried to escape that hospital.
And Barracuda was born when Owl help her escape.