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Sorry I haven't updated in a while, just been dealing with a hell of lot of personal stuff and I haven't been able to get this chapter right with what I have planned for the virals, so I sincerely apologize and thank you for not ranting at me =)

If there is anything you would like to see in the story let me know =) (and yes Ben and Tory will have a moment, or two, later on in the story = O )

Only in dreams

We see what it means.

Reach out our hands.

Hold onto hers.

But when we wake

It's all been erased,

And so it seems

Only in dreams.

Ben looked back at Morris Island as he drove back to Charleston and sighed, feeling both exhilarated and depressed. It was great that Tor was talking to him again but he missed what it was before the gamemaster, before she found out. In the last three days they had been cautious of the other person, with Tory only talking to him if she had to. Ben knew that was an improvement but he still felt depressed about not having what they use to have.

He shook his head as he drove. Those thoughts aren't going to be good for anyone, he told himself.

Yes but you know the reason your think this, you love her and are hurt.

Not as hurt as she is.

Only you can fix that Benny boy.

How? And why am I arguing with myself. Tor doesn't like me like that. I hurt her and yet she protected me because I'm pack.

Maybe she protected you because you're something more than pack.

I'm deluding myself. She doesn't like me and she isn't going to forgive me.

Ben drove home quietly after that and snuck upstairs, avoiding his mother. He didn't feel like talking to her or anyone that wasn't Tory, Hi or Shelton. He laid down on his bed and feel straight asleep.

Ben ran and ran, he wasn't sure were to but he knew he had to get there, he could sense other people running but he wasn't sure who. He heard a shuffling sound to his left and he start to run faster. He could sense four presences running to where he was running to but before he could think they all collided.

"Ben!"

"Hi!"

"Tory!"

"Shelton!"

"WOOF!"

"What are you doing in my dream?" They asked at the same time. Tory automatically took a step towards Ben, while Cooper moved closer to her and the Shelton and Hi moved to stand next to each other.

"What the hell is going on?" Tory asked, looking around them, at the fog that surrounded them.

Ben looked at the five of them, noticing a gold light, the exact colour their eyes go when they flare, joining them together.

Ben tapped Tory's shoulder and pointed to the line.

"That's why we are here!" she exclaimed, she grabbed Ben's hand, then grabbed Hi's. "Look it's more intense now."

"Why are our powers getting more intense?" Shelton asked, pulling at his ear, after Tory let them all stand back, no longer holding hands.

They had no idea how long they stayed like this, in this shared dream, but when Ben woke up he rushed to his computer, and went on chat.

Almost straight way all four corners were filled.

Hi and Shelton started firing questions, with Ben occasionally asking one, until Tory held up her hand.

"Whoa boys, settle down," She said, smiling at them. She understood their excitement, they might finally figure out what made them virals, finally.

She held up the usb stick. "I think it's time we had a look at this."

"When?" Ben asked getting straight to the point which Tory was thankful for and she knew that he knew that she was.

"School holidays begin end of next week, we start then," she replied, looking at him.

"I'll make sure I'm at Dad's for the holidays."

"Do we seriously have to wait?" Hi whined, as Shelton pulled his ear.

"Yes," Tory replied, her tone leaving no room for argument.

"What if we meet at that coffee place this afternoon that Shelton likes? We could talk there together, and it's halfway between Ben's school and ours," Hi suggested.

Tory looked at Shelton and Ben. "Is that ok with you guys?"

Both of them nodded.

"Ok we meet there at two thirty," Tory looked at the boys and nodded before she signed off. Once she did she lightly touched her hand that had held hands with Ben (does that make sense at all?). It still tingled.

Unknown to Tory Ben was doing the exact same thing and his hand still tingled as well.

Song – only in dreams by weezer