BIG NOTE: Some of you may have noticed the title change; the old one had a major spoiler, due to the fact that my story started heading in one direction, then just sorta switched on me. I apologize to all the people who had this story spoiled for them.
Note: Although I wouldn't mind owning Reed, I sadly do not. Nor do I own any of the other characters/settings. Only the character of Anna Macedon and the plot line are my own.
P.S. Please review, I am new and naïve and am in desperate need of advice…but this is my first fic; be nice.
Chapter I
Present Day
Reed squinted through his magnifier, using tweezers to manipulate the minute wiring in his new contraption. The laboratory around him, and the entire apartment, for that matter, was dark and silent. All of his fellow team members were sound asleep, while once again, sleep itself had deserted him.
Extending his arm to an inhuman length, he pulled his tool kit over to him. But as he powered up the soldering iron to close up the back panel of his invention, he wondered if this whole thing was necessary. This pause was only momentary, however; he decided that finishing the job was in the best interest of the entire group, and the psychic herself. Upon completing the task, he lifted the delicate silver ringlet, which was of a size and shape to rest comfortably on one's head, out of the work area.
Seeming to be in a reflective mood, his mind wandered back to how the fifth member of their group had come to join them in the first place.