That night, while Ricky del Prado and his entire family were sleeping soundly, he was unaware of what was happening around him. Even their dog was made to sleep soundly because the thieves gave it medicine.
Three men are in the darkness, circling the windmill. They are trying to enter the door of the windmill, but they can't do it. Their faces are covered, so they won't be recognized even if someone sees them.
"Let's destroy it," whispered one.
"It will make a noise if we do that, the master might wake up," the second one said softly.
The third one pointed to the top of the windmill and signaled that they would pass through the window there.
He threw the vine up and pulled it, then he climbed up first. The two followed him.
"What exactly did boss ask us to get?" one of them asked.
"I know, just relax. I'll take care of it," said the third one.
And when they got what they were after, they immediately went out the door and passed by the cornfield.
That night, Cyrus couldn't sleep well. He was thinking about the events of that morning with Andrea, and he felt that he had fallen in love at a young age.
He borrowed a machete from Mang Kiko to cut the tall grass under the mango tree.
And then laid a mat on the grass.
He also gave Andrea a Calachuchi flower, which he even climbed the Calachuchi tree for. Andrea was laughing so hard at him.
He also drew two hearts on the mango tree pierced by a single arrow, a reminder of their past together and friendship. They promised not to forget each other.
Not only that, they also shot birds, and he even taught Andrea how to shoot and aim. They grilled the birds they shot and ate them.
They were like a real married couple, to be honest, and all that was missing was a kiss. It's a pity that Andrea's ride arrived right away, and he was rude to Cyrus.
In his mind, he thought it didn't matter, he still had a week to be with Andrea in their province.
After a while, he heard a loud knock on the door.
"Hey! Cyrus, why are you still awake? Go to sleep already! It's almost dawn and your room light is still on. Staying up late is bad for your health."
That's the voice of his nanny.
He turned off his light without a word.
Suddenly, his phone rang.
It was Andrea who messaged him.
He opened it immediately to read the message.
Sorry if you won't see me again.
Tomorrow morning, I'll be back in Manila. Papa said it's an emergency; he has to meet an important person here in Manila, so I have no choice but to go with him.
Thank you for making me happy earlier.
Cyrus replied.
-It's so sad, we were having so much fun earlier and now you're leaving.
I hope we meet again.
Andrea didn't reply anymore, so Cyrus just went to sleep.
When Ricky woke up, he immediately noticed that something was wrong around him.
The door of the windmill was open, and in a panic, he hurriedly entered. It was already scattered inside; he pressed something, and the floor opened. A small vehicle that served as an elevator down came out. He got on and went inside. A few moments later, he came out again.
Suddenly, he heard a knock.
"Just a moment, I'm looking for something," Ricky said while currently putting on his glasses.
Cyrus didn't stop knocking on the door.
"You're so annoying! I said just a moment!" Ricky said irritably.
"Who is that?" and he opened the door too.
"It's just you, what brings you here?" his uncle asked.
"They're not here anymore, uncle, they left. I don't have anything to do at home, so I'll just stay here for now, uncle," Cyrus replied.
"Did you talk to anyone about what you saw yesterday?" Ricky asked Cyrus.
"Excuse me? None, why?"
"I have a missing masterpiece," Ricky replied.
"Even the blueprint was taken, good thing I managed to hide some climate seeds and the weather cannon. It won't work without the weather cannon. It's the only thing that can revive the weather seeds," Ricky added.
Suddenly, Ricky's phone rang.
"Hello," Ricky replied.
"Sorry, man, I couldn't tell you, I'm already in Manila now because I have something important to take care of."
"Oh man, it's fine, you even took the trouble to call," said Ricky.
"Well, dude, I said I would accompany you in testing your experiment with the seeds, but it turns out I can't do it," said Maxwel.
"That's fine, buddy, your godchild is here, he will be the first to see the success of the results of my experiments. Just, buddy, don't tell anyone about my experiments for now," Ricky said.
"Of course, man, you can trust me," replied Maxwel.
"Alright, man, I have a meeting to attend, bye," he added.
"Ok, bye dude"
"Just stay here, I'll just go see Emelyn. Nothing will be lost if I sleep here. Your aunt kept pestering me, saying she would burn the windmill if I didn't sleep beside her," Ricky said to Cyrus.
"Well, she said, you might as well marry this windmill. You're always here," Cyrus replied.
"Can you believe it, even the windmill is being envied by your aunt," and they both laughed before Ricky hurriedly left.
"¡Emelyn!"
"Emeyn!"
"¡Emelyn!"
"Oh, why are you in such a hurry?" Emelyn asked.
"You're easy, gather our farmers, I lost something important, it was stolen last night. Surely, it was one or a group of our farmers who stole it." Ricky explained.
"Why don't you just report it to the police?" suggested Emelyn.
"It's not possible, it's too early for them to know about this," said Ricky.
"What are you doing? Oh my, I'm your wife but I don't know anything about what you're doing," the wife complained.
"Come on, hurry up, just do what I told you," Ricky urged.
Emelyn saw Caloy as one of their workers.
"Caloy!" called Emelyn.
"Why, ma'am?" he asked.
"Tell the other workers to come here because your boss is calling them, you're easy," Emelyn ordered.
"Yes ma'am, I'll follow," Caloy replied and then started to move.
Immediately, all their workers gathered in their yard. Emelyn was preparing snacks for them, and Ricky started to give a sermon.
"All of you, I have placed great trust in you, so I hope you do not waste it. Once trust is lost, it is difficult to regain. I have something missing. It was stolen last night. I hope none of you here in front of me are involved in the theft of that item. Once I prove that any of you are involved in the disappearance of that important item, one of my inventions, I will make him pay more than his life if he does not return what he took from me." Ricky's words are shallow though he is suppressing his anger.
All the workers exchanged glances.
"I wonder who that person is?" some asked.
"Those people have no gratitude, after we gave them jobs, this is how they repay us," reacted others.
"Whoever that is, they're really terrible," said some, while others remained silent.
"I will also find out who stole my masterpiece," Ricky said again.
"Alright, dispersed!" he ordered loudly.
Emelyn first gave them a snack before sending them back to their tasks.
There are more than 30 people in total.
Ricky has returned to Windmill.
"You really are an obedient child," he said to Cyrus.
"Come here, I have something to show you," he invited Cyrus.
"Just promise me that you won't tell anyone what I'm going to show you," Ricky added.
He pressed a button and the elevator came out, then the two of them got on it.
"Wow, that's cool! Awesome!" commented Cyrus.
They stopped at an underground laboratory.
"This is my lab, this is where I create my inventions," Ricky explained.
"Actually, this is a project of me and your dad. He is the one buying the materials I will need. Just look, I have all the equipment. Elements, chemicals, lasers, and so on," Ricky continued.
He pressed something and a drawer came down from above, just like an elevator.
He opened it and showed Cyrus the contents.
"What are those?" she asked even though she knew it was the thing she saw when she found Ricky hiding something under the floor. It turned out to be a small elevator for his uncle's masterpieces.
"These are my masterpieces, my own invention. Do you know what it can do? Do you know what it can do?" Said his uncle.
"Ah, maybe, like the other day when you tried the yellow ball," Cyrus replied.
"My nephew is really smart."
"It's you are the true genius eh." replied Cyrus.
"You're still trying to fool me, kid. Your mom and dad are smart too," Ricky said.
"Come upstairs, help me test these if they are perfect, and if not, I will try again and find out where I went wrong and what is needed to make my desired invention perfect."
When Cyrus stepped out of the elevator, he was amazed because they were already on the island. The island in front of his room that he always sees when he wakes up.
"We're on an island," Cyrus exclaimed in amazement.
"Yes Cyrus, kuya and I did this." His uncle gold him with pride.
"Your father? Why did you make a tunnel to this island?" Curious Cyrus asked.
"For security purposes, Cyrus. We both know that if the wrong people find out about our invention, we could be in danger, including your lives," Ricky replied.
Cyrus just nodded. He didn't know what to say.
"One of my works is gone, and I'm sure the person who took it had bad intentions. They also took the blueprint, so they can reproduce something like that seed, the thunderstorm seed that has the ability to create a thunderstorm once activated using my weather cannon. Thankfully, they didn't get the weather cannon from me, at least not the blueprint." Ricky narrated. What he didn't know was that the thieves only took a copy of the weather cannon's blueprint to hide their true motive for the theft.
"Do you see, they have different colors?" Ricky said again, referring to the climate seeds.
"Yes," agreed Cyrus.
"This red one, this is the heat seed, it can release hot temperatures when activated in the air. It will disperse the clouds in the sky even during a storm. It has been tested and proven effective, all I need to do now is produce more of it."his uncle explained.
"This blue color, this is the rain seed, it should produce heavy rain but since I haven't done it correctly yet, it only creates drizzle or clouds.
This white color is the snow seed." He added.
"Wow, I like that snow.!" Cyrus said with amazement.
"We have already tried this with my brother in the mountains of Japan. It wasn't winter, but it suddenly snowed. There was so much snow that the Japanese were surprised and puzzled." Ricky paused for a while and then take some breath then he speak again.
"This crystal-colored one, this is what I'm afraid to try. "This is the most intense of all, because it's air and it can create a storm," Ricky explained.
"I don't like that either, I just want the snow," suggested Cyrus.
"That's not possible, the news will spread if it suddenly snows here and many will be interested in the inventions your dad and I made," Ricky replied.