Do I own a pair of black suspenders? Is that relevant right now? No, it's not. ASK me in 10 minutes, I have to go change...

I, ElwynClark, own Elwyn, Jade, and Agent Drew. That's it.

September 3, 1980

Dwight Correctional Center

"Jade and me called them the shadow boys." Elwyn said in conclusion with a small smile. Agent Drew nodded his head.

"Unlock her hands." Agent Drew said into a small intercom near the recorder on the table. The door they both came I before opened and a male guard appeared. Elwyn looked down at her hands and smirked, and then she placed them on the table. The guard closed the door then walked over the Elwyn and unlocked the handcuffs. Elwyn took them off herself and handed them to the guard. The guard took them without a word and left the room closing the door again behind him.

"What do you want to know now?" Elwyn asked as she rubbed her now free wrists.

"Did you ever meet them during the daytime?" Agent Drew asked.

"Lots of times afterwards." She said and thought for a minute. "The penguins punished Jade and Me for leaving in the middle of the night by making us wash lots of dishes. It was not fun."

"What did you do the next time you saw them?"

June 2, 1961

The Orphanages

"Jadie, it's them!" Elwyn said as she nudged her sister Jade. They were both sitting outside on the front steps of Our Lady, in direct sunlight which they both avoided at all costs usually. The penguins made everyone go outside though and there wasn't a spot of shade anywhere. The last time they saw the shadow boys was last October. And they still only knew that the taller boy was the one in charge and did most of the speaking and the shorter skinner boy was quiet, and named Elwood.

"Hey!" Jade yelled loudly and she stood up from the step she was sitting on. She leaned against the railing next to her and looked at the boys. They were sitting on the steps, just like Jade and Elwyn were. The taller boy, the leader, turned his head and noticed them. He whipped his head back around and said something to the other boy. Jade turned to say something to Elwyn but she was gone.

"Hi Elwood." Elwyn said as she stood in front of the steps of St. Helen's. Jade saw her sister standing in front of the boys and smirked. Jade started walking over to them. Elwood looked up at Elwyn through his sunglasses and smiled a little bit then the other boy whacked him on the arm.

"Ow?" Elwood asked quietly as he held onto his arm and the other boy's eyebrows went up and down. Elwyn thought he rolled his eyes too but she couldn't see through his sunglasses.

"Who are you?" The same boy asked. Jade slid next to Elwyn just in time.

"Well, who are you?" Jade asked. The boys looked at each other and Elwood shrugged.

"He's Elwood Delaney, I'm Jake Papageorge. But we're brothers." The boy named Jake said. Jade looked at Elwyn and Elwyn nodded slowly.

"I'm Jade Ocean and she's Elwyn Cohen. We're sisters." Jade concluded.

"How are you sisters?" Jake asked doubtfully.

"How are you brothers?" Jade shot back quickly and Elwyn smirked.

"We declared it, that's how." Jake said with confidence.

"So did we." Jade added.

Jake and Elwood looked at the two girls in front of them. They had similar names to the both of them and they acted the same way. It's weird, Jake thought to himself.

"Thank you for giving me back my flashlight." Elwyn said quietly. She talked softly, just like Elwood. Jade was louder and obviously the authority of the two like Jake.

"Your welcome." Elwood said.

"Why are you guys wearing ties?" Jade asked. The two boys were both wearing black pants, white short sleeve collared shirts, black shoes, black ties, and sunglasses. The other boys nearby were wearing t-shirts and blue jeans.

"It's what we do." Jake said. Jade shrugged and looked at her sister.

"Where'd you boys get your sunglasses?" Elwyn asked in her quiet voice and Elwood opened his mouth to say something then he noticed Jake was shaking his head no.

"I can't tell you." Elwood responded finally.

"That's ok." Elwyn said with a shrug. Jake thought to himself, I want to like these girls. They seem like nice people.

"Do you want to come with us to listen to music someday?" Jake asked the two girls standing there. The skinny one, Elwyn, had a gray skirt with a navy blue blouse on and she had a pair of white knee socks on and a pair of black sneakers. One of her socks was falling down. The taller girl, Jade, was wearing a dark brown skirt, a light blue blouse, and some sneakers that looked greenish.

"Like records?" Jade asked and the boys nodded eagerly.

"OK!" Elwyn responded quickly. Jade gave her a look that read, I didn't say yes.

"We'll come. What kind of music do you listen to?" Jade asked.

"Mostly the blues." Elwood responded. Elwyn smiled. Jade and Elwyn shared a glance.

"What day?" Jade asked.

"How about now?" Jake asked and he stood up. He decided that he like the two girls, a lot. Jade nodded and Elwyn smiled again. "Come on." Jake started up the rest of the stairs to the doorway and Jade followed him, then they both disappeared inside. Elwood watched the two of them go inside. Elwyn stood by at the bottom of the steps still.

"How come you never talk during Sunday School?" Elwyn asked and Elwood shrugged. He had seen Elwyn during Sunday School at St. Knock, because they're in the same class. But her never mustered up enough courage to go talk to her.

"You don't talk that much either though." Elwood responded. Elwyn blushed and looked down.

"I know." She said and Elwood scooted over on the steps to make room for her. She sat down next to him. "Where'd they go to?"

"Probably went to see Curtis." He responded.

"Who's Curtis?" Elwyn asked as she pulled up the knee sock that was falling down before. She hit Elwood's arm by accident with her elbow. He pulled his arm away and looked away. "I'm sorry."

"He's the janitor." Elwood said and he looked back at her.

"Who?" Elwyn asked and he just shrugged. "Oh right, Curtis. But if he's the janitor, why did they go there?"

"He teaches music too. He has a ton of great records. I'm learning how to blow harp."

"Excuse me?" Elwood put his hand into his pocket of his shirt and produced a piece of metal.

"Blow harp." He said again and showed her the metal piece. Elwyn stared at the strange metal thing in his hand. "It's a harmonica." He offered after she stared at it for awhile.

"Oh, so that's what it looks like?" Elwyn asked and he nodded. "I get it now." He held it in his hands and blew into it and a few notes passed through that didn't sound the best. "How long have you been playing?"

"A few days." HE said and shrugged. "Curtis gave it to me last week and I started trying a little bit." He stuck it into his pocket and stood up.

"Where are you going?" Elwyn ask and she looked up at him. He stood on the step with his hands in his pockets and shrugged.

"I don't know." He said. Elwyn stood up on the step. Elwood noticed that they were both very skinny, and about the same height, he was a little taller. He noticed that she was looking at him like she was trying to decode something. "Let's go find Jake and Jade." He said breaking the silence finally. He started walking up the stairs expecting her to follow him.

"Have you ever thought f wearing a hat?" Elwyn asked as she stood on the bottom of the stairs. Elwood was on the top step near the door and he stopped then turned around.

"Well, no. I haven't really." He responded and started walking back down the stairs and she met him halfway up.

"I think it would be nice." Elwood shrugged then smiled.

"Really?" She nodded. "Come on." Elwood gently grabbed her left hand and walked next to her up the rest of the steps.

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