Life is never easy
Summary
The Tracy's have been through a lot. And they came out stronger. Nothing can surprise them now. Or so they think. Evie receives some shocking news and doesn't know what to do. Things only get worse when 2 siblings walk into a bank and get caught in a terrible situation. Sequel to 'Thunderbird 1 down' Part of my Evelyn Tracy series.
Ages:
Scott: 27
John: 26
G: 25
Virgil: 24
Evie: 24
Gordon: 22
Alan: 18
Chapter 1
Evie was lying on the sunbed on the pool deck, relaxing the best she could in the morning sun.
"Evie?" She looked up and saw Jeff walking towards her. "How are you doing?"
"I'm fine Dad. I haven't been sick since yesterday." She said, sitting up and adjusting her sunglasses. Evie had been sick for a few days and it was worrying her brothers and father since she seemed to be fine when she wasn't running to the toilet.
"Have you heard from G?" He asked. Evie's husband had gone back to LA for an undercover op, but Evie hadn't been given much detail about it, much to her annoyance.
"No. He's still undercover. I can't contact him unless it's an emergency." She replied, looking at the pool.
"And you don't think you being sick every day for the past 4 days isn't something he needs to know?" Jeff asked, sitting down next to her.
"It doesn't matter what I think he needs to know. It's whether Assistant Director Granger thinks it's worth interrupting his investigation for." She muttered, darkly. She smiled at Onaha who brought out some porridge for the young woman. "Let's hope I can hold this down." She said, quickly eating the food, realising how hungry she was.
"How's the house?" Jeff asked, glancing at the house that he had built on the other side of the pool deck for the newlywed couple. The house was slightly separated from the main villa so the couple could have some privacy and Jeff made sure that there was enough room for houses for all his sons, so they had a place to start their own families.
"It's lovely Dad. It's just a bit lonely at the minute." She replied, looking at the house with a soft smile. She really did love the house, but G had left the Island 2 days after their honeymoon, so they hadn't had the chance to live together as a married couple. The house was big and too quiet for Evie on her own, so she had gotten into the habit of turning the radio on at night to give her some comfort.
"You can always sleep in your room in the villa until G gets back." Jeff said, knowing all too well how lonely it can get.
"Thanks Da-" She cut off suddenly, her face turning a slightly green colour before she jumped up and ran to the toilet just off the bigger living room, just reaching it in time to empty her stomach into the bowl. Jeff followed and held her hair back, rubbing her back as she retched.
"That's it. Virgil's going to check you over. I want to see what's wrong." He said as she rinsed her mouth, still slightly pale.
"It's nothing Dad." She panted, trying to regain her breath.
"It isn't nothing Evelyn." He said, guiding her to the infirmary. "Now stay here while I get Virgil." He got her seated on the bed and walked out the room in search of his son. "Virgil." He said as he saw the son in question in the music room. "I need you in the infirmary."
"What's up?" He asked, getting up and following his Dad down the hall to the infirmary.
"Evie's been ill again. I want to know what's wrong." They entered the infirmary to see Evie retching over a bucket they kept there, nothing left in her stomach to be expelled.
"Well sis, let's see what's going on in your body." Virgil said as he pulled on some gloves and grabbed the needle and vials he needed to do a blood test.
"That sounded sorta dirty." She said with a smirk, as he injected the needle into her arm to draw blood.
"Don't tell your husband." He laughed.
"What about your girlfriend?" She asked, making him freeze as he went to test the blood sample.
"How did you know about that?" He asked, glancing at his twin over his shoulder.
"Oh please. Did you really think I didn't see you and Rachel making out at my wedding?" She asked with a raised eye brow.
"Fair enough." He said, using the computer to quickly analyse the sample, before frowning and running the test again to make sure.
"What is it Virgil?" Jeff asked, holding his only daughter's hand.
"Just needed to make sure this was right." He said, walking over to his sister and putting his hand on her knee. "Evie, when did you last have a period?"
"Just before… The… Wedding." She said slowly, realising that the wedding had been 2 months ago. They had been on a month and a half long honeymoon and G had been undercover for 2 weeks already. "Am I?"
"Evelyn Jane Tracy-Callen. You're having a baby." He said, giving her knee a comforting squeeze.
"Don't tell anyone. I need to tell G first." She said, her brother and Dad nodding in agreement.
"Alright. I'm going to order you some pre-natal medication, but until that arrives, I want you to take two of these before every meal." He said, handing her a box of tablets. "They should let you keep your food down until the tablets arrive." He gave her a smile. "Is it alright if I tell Onaha? That way she can alter your diet to suit the baby."
"Yeah. Can I go now? I need to call G." He nodded and let her leave the room. Jeff walked her up to his office before leaving so she would have some privacy while she rang NCIS headquarters in LA.
"Hello?" A hesitant voice answered, obviously not recognising the number she forgot to give him.
"Hey Eric. It's Evie." She said, leaning back in the chair.
"Evie? Why are you calling here?" He asked nervously.
"I need to talk to G. Can you give me his undercover number?" She asked, only to be answered by a moment's silence.
"Agent Tracy, I can't let you contact an undercover agent without cause." An unmistakable voice answered, making Evie grind her teeth.
"Assistant Director Granger, I understand that, but I need to talk to my husband now." She said, once again met with silence. "What are you not telling me?"
"There is nothing to tell Agent Tracy. As I said, I can't give you Agent Callen's number at this time." He replied.
"Owen, I suggest you tell Miss Tracy the truth before she flies over here to interrogate you herself." Hetty Lange said to the Assistant Director. Evie could hear the strain of the voices over the phone and felt a tug on her heart.
"What truth?" She asked, getting angry when she was answered with silence again. "WHAT TRUTH?" She yelled, drawing the attention of her Dad who was walking towards the library. He ran into the room to see his daughter standing up a scared and worried look on her face.
"Miss Tracy, we lost contact with special agent Callen. We are trying to reach out to him, but we can't get through at the moment." Hetty answered, making Evie's breath hitch.
"What?" She asked, sitting back down and blindly grabbing the hand that Jeff placed on her shoulder. He looked at her in confusion since he didn't hear the other half of the conversation. "When?"
"3 days ago." Granger answered, making Evie jump up again, tightening her grip on the phone.
"3 days?" She yelled, making Jeff frown. "My husband has been missing for 3 days and no one felt the need to tell me?" Jeff's eyes went wide as he realised what was said to her. He grabbed the phone and put it on loud speaker, helping his daughter back into the chair.
"This is Jeff Tracy. What is G's status?" He asked, running a hand though Evie's hair.
"Mr Tracy. As of now, Agent Callen's status is missing while on a case. This means that if any member of law enforcement sees him, they will discreetly get word to him and tell us." Hetty said.
"Ok. Thank you. And in the future, if my son-in-law's situation changes, you are to call immediately. Not wait until my daughter has to talk to him." He hung up the phone and pulled his weeping daughter close to his chest. "It's going to be alright."
"What if he doesn't come back? I can't do this without him." She cried, gripping his shirt, becoming extremely distressed. He quickly sent a message to Virgil's watch, who ran into the room with a sedative ready to be administered.
"Evelyn, he will come back. I know it." He nodded to Virgil who quickly administered the sedative. He could feel Evie's body relax as she relaxed and allowed the drug to send her unconscious.
"What happened?" Virgil asked as Jeff picked Evie up. He motioned to the door and gently carried his daughter down to her old bedroom, settling her in the bed and making sure she was covered with the duvet, before walking out and being confronted by his 3 Island bound sons.
"Dad, what the hell is going on?" Scott asked. Jeff sighed and looked at the worried faces of his sons.
"My office." He said, leading the way back up to the office before video calling Gordon, who was still doing his rotations on 5, and bringing him into the conversation. "Evie just received some rather distressing news and I had to get Virgil to sedate her so she wouldn't have a panic attack."
"What news?" John asked.
"G went missing 3 days ago." He said, watching his son's reactions. "Evie is upset and she needs to stay calm until he's found. Gordon, can you use 5's systems to try and find him?"
"I can give it a go, but it would mean hacking into NCIS's database." He replied with a wary look. He didn't want to get caught hacking into NCIS. Hetty had scared them all when John tried hacking into their database before.
"Just do your best." Jeff replied before signing off. "The rest of you, make sure Evie doesn't go anywhere alone."
Here you go guys, the first chapter. I promise it will pick up in the next chapter. I don't think this is going to be a very long story, but it will be long enough.
Please review and let me know what you think.
Emma