Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans but I do own The Eight.
"Is there anyone out there?" Robin asked.
See More tried to use his x-ray vision to scan the outside of the tower.
"No," he said, "but I can't see father then the edge of the island. Whatever they're using is jamming my vision too."
"So for all we know they're waiting on a boat in the water." Privet Hive said.
"Vamos a echar un vistazo." Mas Y Menos said as they raise their hands.
"What did they say?" Robin asked.
"They want to go out and take a look." Aqualad answered.
"No." Robin said firmly, "it's too dangerous right now. Wait till we have a plan."
The Hotel
The Eight were nowhere near the Tower.
At first Owl wanted to monitor the tower in shifts, to make sure that no one tried to escape.
But the more he thought about it, the more he realizes that it would be unnecessary.
Even though Steer's jammers had cut off the bug he planted in Bumblebees coat he felt he had heard enough.
And judging by the tone in their voices, he knew they wouldn't run.
But that wasn't all he heard.
He heard names, conversations, plans, and…relationships.
He knew exactly how to get them to come out.
Titans Tower
The day wore on.
Nothing happen.
No attacks were made.
No messages could be sent or received.
No one could go outside.
No one could warn anybody.
Needless to say, the isolation combined with the constant fear that any second The Eight were going to attack started to take its toll on some of the occupants.
It was going to be a long day…and night.
The Hotel
Black Widow was in her room making the gas that Owl requested.
"Gas," she thought, "of all the ways he wanted it and it had to be gas. Why the hell would he want gas to a non-lethal poison anyway?"
As she made the poison her thoughts drifted to what she would do with the money once this job was over.
There were hundreds of things she wanted to buy.
Hundreds of places she wanted to go.
Hundreds of dishes she wanted to eat.
But even with the money she knew for a fact that she didn't want to quit.
Because there were still hundreds of people she wanted to kill.
In another room Boa was shadow boxing.
Her headache still bugged her, but it didn't affect her speed one bit.
She was still as fast and as fluent as ever.
Fox watched her in awe from a seat in the corner.
"You plan on watching me all day?" she asked with an annoyed tone.
Fox grinned as he nodded his head.
"Fox loves to watch Boa." He said, "Boa is fast…very fast."
Boa rolled her eyes.
"Is that the only reason?"
"Fox has other reasons…but Fox does not want to say them."
"Whatever." She said as she continued shadow boxing.
"Boa?"
"What?"
"Will Boa still be part of Eight when job done?"
She didn't even pause with her answer.
"No."
"What will Boa do?"
"I'm going to be a billionaire. I'm going to do whatever the f#$ I want to."
"Fox is going to be a billionaire too. But Fox does not know if Fox will stay or go."
Boa didn't say anything as she started to add kicks to her workout.
"Boa?"
"What."
"Can Fox join Boa…till Fox knows what Fox wants to do?"
Boa stopped her workout.
"You want to join me?" she asked, clearly surprised.
Fox nodded.
"Why?"
"Fox has many reasons…but Fox does not want to say them."
Titans Tower
It was now 5:42 p.m.
Robin did his best to keep anyone from panicking.
He ordered them to do constant patrols, exercises, planning, inspections, and pretty much anything he could think of to keep their minds off what happened this morning.
For the most part in seem to be working…for now.
But he could tell that cracks were starting to show.
If he didn't think of something, someone would eventually snap.
The Hotel
Steer and Barracuda were still playing cards in their bedroom.
This time they were playing poker.
"I'll see your rocket launcher…and raise you…my diamond tip knife." Barracuda said.
"I'll see your knife…and raise you…my anti-tank gun." Steer responded.
Barracuda smiled.
"You got nothing and you know it." She said.
"Really?" he said with a grin.
"Really." She said as she raised him her belt to hold her daggers.
"So," Steer said as he raised his stolen truck, "What do you plan on doing with the money once we're done?"
"Oh no." she said as she raised him her boots with the hidden blades, "I know what you're trying to do. You're trying to get my mind off the game."
"I'm serious." Steer said as he places his cards down, "What are you going to do with your share of the money?"
"Well," she said as she placed her cards down as well, "Let me think a bit. What about you?"
Steer smiled, "I'm going to buy a huge chunk of land in the middle of a nice forest. Then I'm going to build a ranch there and breed horses."
"Wow," Barracuda said, "that sounds so…boring."
Steer laughed, "It may sound boring to you but not to me. So what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to buy Big Ben." She said with a grin.
"Seriously?"
"No…what I really want. I want to travel the world."
"We do that already."
"I know, but every time we're in a new city there is never enough time to see all the places and do all the things that you can do. We're always in and out. I want to enjoy the places we go."
"That sounds nice."
"It does, does it?"
"So this means you'll quit."
"I guess so, but you're quitting to."
"Maybe," Steer said with a shrug, "if everyone else quits then I'll defiantly quit."
"What if one person decides to stay?"
"Then I'll stay. After all, someone has to save them from gigantic robots."
"Haha…very funny." She said as she picks up her cards again.
Steer pick up his cards and looked her in the eye.
"I raise…my watch." He said, "Now you have to put your watch in the pot if you want to stay in."
Barracuda shot daggers out of her eyes, "How dare you."
Steer smiled, "What…if you think you have a better hand then me then there is nothing for you to worry about."
Barracuda grunted, "I fold…so what hand did you have?"
"Nothing," Steer said laughing.
"You bastard."
"Hey, you can have all of your weapons back. What am I going to do with boots that don't fit me in the first place?"
Titans Tower
It was 8:53 p.m. and everyone was going to bed.
Raven on the other hand was heading to the living room with high hopes.
The Hotel
Wolf sat at the bar looking at a drink that he would be unable to taste or get drunk from.
"Soon," he thought.
He knew exactly what he was going to do with his money.
He would find a way to feel, eat, and smell again.
And he would kill anyone who got in his way.
Titans Tower
Raven entered the living room.
She headed for the kitchen to make some tea.
As the water was boiling she stared at the door.
Any second Robin would come through that door and for the third night in a row they would share a cup of tea together.
After waiting for a few minutes Raven pored herself some tea and sat down and the table.
Any second Robin would come.
Raven sat a few more minutes staring at the door.
Any second now.
A few more minutes passed.
Robin didn't come.
Slowly the high hopes that Raven started out with drained from her body.
Her head drops as she dumps the rest of the tea.
"What was I thinking?" she asked herself as she walks out of the room.
As she walked pass the sick bay she peeks inside.
Beast Boy and Kid Flash were sound asleep (and in the case of Kid Flash alone) on their beds.
As Raven went up to Beast Boy's bed to make sure that he had a water bottle she notices something on the ground.
It was the pictures of Terra and Beast Boy.
"It must have fell off." She thought.
As she picks up the pictures, a sudden wave of emotion went through her.
Part of her wanted to rip the photos to pieces.
Part of her wanted to burn them.
And part of her wanted to just crumple them in her hand and throw them in the trash where they belong.
But she didn't.
She didn't because she knew what the pictures meant to Beast Boy.
So she just calmly placed them back on the table next to his bed and left the room.
When she entered her room she meditated for at least an hour before going to bed.
It was the only thing she could do to keep herself from crying.
The Hotel
Eel lay on her bed staring at the ceiling thinking about what she would do with the money when this was all over.
"My own beach," she thought, "with a beautiful beach house. It has to be in tropical waters. So the water will always be nice and warm."
As Owl walked in she sat up straight.
"Um…Owl?" she asked.
"Yeah."
"I was wondering…will the Eight disband after this job?"
"What makes you think that?"
"Well…twenty billion is a lot of money. With that much we wouldn't have to do this anymore. We could…I don't know…retire?"
"It's too soon to be thinking about that." Owl said, "All that matters is the job now."
"You're right." She said as she lay back in her bed.
As she slowed drifted into sleep she dreamed of her beach house.
With Owl walking with her, holding her hand.
She would do anything and kill anyone to make that dream come true.