Disclaimer: I do not own the Thunderbirds. However, the plot line and non-canon characters are mine.

I finally have put this up! Hopefully the pressure of putting up more chapters for you guys will help me finish it. I apologize ahead of time for any big lapses between chapters because I have to finish the darn thing! Anyhoo, enjoy it for now. Also, all of the chapters will be pretty short, which I'm sorry for, but those happen to be the best places to break it.

Chapter One

Scott POV

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­It all started one warm day on Tracy Island. Everyone was relaxing. Gordon was swimming lengths in the pool. Virgil was painting a mural on the wall next to the pool and Scott was quietly reading a book. John was not with them. He was up on Thunderbird 5 doing his shift; monitoring Earth. That's when they heard it.

"You will go and that's FINAL!" yelled their father's voice.

The next thing they knew, they saw a very stormy Alan come bursting from Jeff Tracy's office. He was muttering incoherently and his hands were balled into fists. Alan, in the midst of his anger, did not see Gordon's towel on the ground and tripped over it, which sent him sprawling on the floor. This prompted more muttering, which Scott took to be curse words in Spanish. His gaze shifted to Gordon. I wonder who taught him that, Scott thought sarcastically. He changed his opinion as he also heard some Russian and German thrown in. Nope, must have been John.

"Hey Sprout, what's up? What happened in there?" he asked, pointing to their father's office.

It was obviously the wrong thing to ask. Alan looked at Scott with a fixed glare. "What's up? I'll tell you what's up. I have to go with you," here he jabbed a finger in Scott's direction, "to New York for a week. That's 'what's up'!"

Scott was getting kind of annoyed at this point, but not with Alan. He was mostly annoyed with his father. He knew that he almost always agreed with his dad, but right now Scott knew that Alan was genuinely frustrated and didn't blame him.

It had only been a couple of months since the Hood's attack. Alan had come home for the summer and had immediately started taking up his responsibility as a Thunderbird. Everyone was still recovering from the incident of the Hood, but the one who was taking it the hardest was Alan. His father had told them, with Alan out of earshot, what had happened at the Bank of London. He knew that it had cost his father to relive his baby boy almost choking to death in front of him, but he had done it so that his sons would know what caused Alan so much unease.

Flashback

Scott walked into his father's office and found Gordon, Virgil, and his dad waiting for him. He also noticed John was there via video-link. He joined his brothers on the couch and waited for Jeff to speak.

"I gathered all of you here because.." his voice faltered. He took a deep breath. "I want to tell you what happened at the Bank of London while you guys were clearing the accident scene," he managed to get out. All of them looked surprised, but gave him nods.

"When we arrived at the bank, I told Alan and the others to stay with Parker so I could go find Penny. When I found her the Hood showed up behind me and forced me into the cage Penny was in. By this time Alan had appeared and tried to attack him but the Hood threw him against the wall." Scott's breath hitched. "I told Alan to stay back but he got up and came towards the Hood again. That's when..." Jeff took another breath and said in a hoarse whisper, "The Hood picked Alan up with his powers and started choking him to death."

At this statement there came an angry growl from Scott. He wanted nothing more than to hurt the man who hurt his little brother. He looked at the others. His father's eyes were brimming with tears; Gordon sat rigidly with pain and rage radiating from his eyes. Virgil looked frozen in shock and John also had tears in his eyes.

"The Hood finally let go and…well, some other stuff happened, but it was Tin-Tin who saved him. She used her powers to take the Hood down, but it was Alan who saved the Hood."

Shocked silence met their dad but slowly pride crept over their faces. Their little brother had saved his worst enemy. He had done his job.

"Thanks for letting us know," Scott said.

End Flashback

Ever since the attack, Jeff had done everything to make sure his sons did stuff with each other. Like now, this didn't always go over well. Scott knew that Alan had made plans with Tin-Tin and Fermat that week and their dad had shot them down so Alan could be with Scott. Scott didn't really mind but he knew Alan was ticked. He tried to calm his raging brother.

"Um, Alan, I know that you had plans but, well, we both know your not getting out of this and I think dad really just doesn't want me going alone. Not after everything that's happened. I really wouldn't mind you coming along," he said, hoping it would help.

Just like that, Alan sat down on the chair next to Scott with a sigh. "I know Scott, and I'm sorry I blew up at you. I'm just so frustrated! I just…" his voice trailed off. "Never mind. I have stuff I've got to do. I'll see you guys later." And with that, he was gone.

"Well, that certainly went well didn't it?" said Gordon as he climbed out of the pool.

"Yeah, quite well. Gosh, does anyone know what goes on in the mind of Alan Tracy?" That was Virgil. He had set down his paint and taken up the spot his brother recently vacated. That set them all laughing, lifting the tension.

"No, Virge," said Scott, "I don't think anyone could ever understand Alan's mind. That's why he's always so full of surprises. I mean, well, he's changed. One minute he's his old self, being mad and obnoxious, but the next… it's like he's got an alter ego. He becomes totally mature and focused. It's so weird to see him like that."

The two others nodded their heads. "Let's just hope it only gets better," Gordon said.

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