Hey everyone! This is based after the clue hunt. Reagan and Ted are ALREADY together. After dating and living normal lives Ted had a strange dream...

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Chapter 1

Shadows

By: KayeLuv

~0~Ted~0~

There was an explosion right before my eyes.

I saw myself, Ned and Sinead on the floor badly injured. I wanted to scream, I'm over here! But nothing came out of my mouth. Then something caught my eye, shadows. I saw shadows, like they were running away. I tried to chase the shadows but my feet were too heavy that I couldn't move, even a single step. I was sinking lower and lower…

Then I woke up. Perspiring.

I was in my room. Beige walls, king-sized bed, blueprints of machines I never even started and my precious laptop. I got out of bed went to the bathroom. Took a bath, brushed my teeth and a change of clothes.

When I got out of the bathroom. I felt refreshed and comfortable, wearing a bright yellow shirt (you know for being an Ekat and all, besides I like yellow) with jeans and black sneakers.

I went down for breakfast.

There was nobody there except Chef Gaston putting my breakfast on the table.

"Umm… Chef Gaston, do you know where Ned and Sinead are?" I asked.

"I believe Master Ned is still sleeping. And Mistress Sinead went shopping with Miss Natalie Kabra." He replied.

Those two are shopping machines. Is the mall even open in this time? Well maybe for them paying the… Never mind that!

"Thanks Chef!" I said.

I sat down and ate my eggs and bacon peacefully.

My dream, I thought. It was back in The Benjamin Franklin Museum. Shadows. Sinead and Ned injured. Me, sinking. I would really want to know who did it. Who exploded it, and injured me and my siblings.

The shadows. The shadows were the ones who did it. That's so obvious. What's happening to me? Why didn't I discover this earlier? Am I losing my touch as an Ekat? Of course not. Blame it all to the explosion. Who else would it be, the ones who exploded the museum? Me? Not a chance. But I have to find out who were the shadows. They will pay for what has happened. Ned with constant headaches, Sinead with lots of bruises and scars, and me, I was the blind one, the most unlikely thing I ever expected in my life. I went to surgery because of it and got my vision back.

After suffering, not inventing stuff and doing complicated Algebra equations. After nearly ten years of darkness and not seeing of sunshine. After many Ekaterina doctors wasting blood and sweat. (I'm not so sure of the blood part) It took all that trouble just to get me healed from blindness.

I have one thing to say to those shadows: They'll pay.

Well, I have to move that thought aside and get ready for my date with Reagan. We're going to the park this afternoon, she has something to tell me. But I don't know what. She said it was important.

~0~Reagan~0~

I'm now in the park. I can't specify where, it's top secret but it's where sunshine shines, where grass grows and unfortunately, other people in it.

I'm waiting for Ted for our date. I know I'm a bit too early for our date. I'm feeling a little bit uncomfortable even if I'm wearing a simple purple t-shirt, jeans and Skechers (that's purple of course). But the real reason is, I need some time to think. I'm not so sure if I'm ready to confess to him of what I did before. Maybe I should leave it aside… No! I can't, we promised each other before we started our relationship to tell everything, no secrets to hide. It's not that difficult anymore, since the clue hunt finished ten years ago.

That's when I helped Ted in drawing when he was blind. That's when we started to actually talk, that's also when I knew we had a lot in common. We both like walking outside, eating fries with ketchup and surprisingly playing basketball…

"Hey Reagan!" Someone interrupted.

I looked up to see Ted smiling down at me like an angel.

"Umm… Hi Ted." I said trying to be cheerful.

"Hey what's wrong?" Ted asked concerned.

"Er, nothing."

"C'mon! Let it out."

"Umm… Why don't we take a walk?"

"Sure, why not."

So we walked in silence. Walked and walked and walked and finally…

"I have something to tell you!" We both said in unison.

"You first!" I said.

"No, you first!" Ted replied.

"No, really it's fine. You go first." I said with a smile.

"Umm… okay. I had this weird dream last night. It was about the clue hunt when you know the museum got exploded… Nah, you wouldn't know about that cause you weren't there to witness it. " Ted said.

I flinched.

"Hahaha… Continue." I laughed nervously.

"Well there were shadows. I think those shadows were the ones that exploded it and I have to find out who they are," Ted said. "But anyways, what were you about to say?"

"Umm… uh…" I stuttered.

I'm just scared to tell him about what I'm about to say. This is crazy behavior for a Tomas. But I have to do it now!

"Umm… Ted?"

"Yeah…?"

" I… I mean we… " I said while crying.

"Hey, what's happening? Just let it all out." Ted said while patting my back.

"My family was the one who exploded the museum." I said quickly with tears falling in my cheeks.

Ted looked at me with open jaws.

Here it comes the yelling, the shouting and worst of all the breakup…

Cliff hanger! I left you with a cliffie! Sorry about that. You will see Ted's reaction in the next chapter.

Will they still be together? Or will they breakup they're long relationship?

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