Hey guys, here's a new story I thought up last night. It is a pre-Thunderbirds story, and is unrelated to my other stories. This is another Tracy sister story, this time, it's Virgil's twin, Violet Tracy. Scott is 14, John is 13, Virgil and Violet are 12, and Gordon is 11, so they're all in secondary school together, and Alan is 6, just to keep him at a significant age gap

In this story though, Violet is a seriously shy person, who doesn't find it easy to speak to talk to her family. It's not that she hates them, it's that she finds it difficult to talk to them. I also wanted to touch on the topic of bullying in this story, well, not touch. It's one of the main themes. But that doesn't exactly appear until later on.

I also wanted to give Lucille a larger part, and at this point, Violet and Lucy are coming home from an art fair in which they sold some of Lucy's paintings in Scotland, and that is where this starts

But please, tell me what you think of this story :) But no, don't own 'em. Gerry Anderson does. I wish I did though

- Violet -

Violet was 12 years old when it happened. When her and her family's lives would change forever. For the worst. Not the better.

Violet and her mother, Lucille Tracy, were coming back from an art fair in which they sold Lucy's paintings. The mother and daughter were in a minibus which was on a road adjacent to some snow-topped mountains in Scotland, near Ben Nevis, and there was only the driver and the mother and daughter in the vehicle.

"Why don't you just learn to overcome your shyness?" Lucy suggested, as Violet had very reluctantly told her mother about how lonely she feels at school. It was because she was, what her brother's called her anyway, "Shrinking Violet", which her mother told her was a term used when describing someone who is so shy they can barely maintain most dedications. Violet felt this was appropriate - As she was far too nervous to do anything about the fact she had no friends at school. And who needs friends? When you have five brothers and as shy as Violet, all you need is yourself.

"Weell..." She started "I can't think of a way I can, I just can't hold up a conversation with someone... I guess the only person I feel I can talk to is you" She admitted

"Well, there's nothing wrong with that - I'll always be here for you" Violet accepted the embrace her mother offered her.

Violet continued looking at the mountains, it was getting rather dark outside, and she noticed something odd about one of the mountains they were about to pass. It was moving.

"Mother, what's that?" She pointed, but the look of fear her mother gave her supplied her with the answer. It was an avalanche, and they were going to be caught right in the middle of it if they didn't get a very quick move on.

"Driver!" The two called, but he already had his foot on the accelerator.

But it was far too late - The Avalanche came quicker than anticipated.

The next thing Violet knew was her mother throwing her to the ground and laying on top of her.

"Close your eyes, darling!" Lucy cried quickly

"I don't want to close my eyes" She replied quickly

The Avalanche hit the side of the minibus. Violet felt the vehicle overturn and spin several times. The windows smashed. The doors flew off. The roof cut open. Luggage thrown everywhere. And mother and daughter were flying around too.

When Violet rolled over and came to a stop, she opened her eyes to find herself in snow. She felt severe pain in her chest and shoulders, her head felt like it was going to split in two, and when she tried to move her head, more pain hit her, but it wasn't broken. Her heart was pounding, but it ached at the same time.

Violet tried to slowly get up, but the cold was getting to her, however it didn't stop her from standing up slowly.

The van was practically ripped apart, luggage everywhere. Violet didn't know what became of the driver, but she saw blood coming from where the driver should be. She looked around for her mother.

"Mother!" She called out, she heard her voice echo through the area. She stopped.

"V - Violet!" Someone familiar cried back, she saw movement by the van. Violet tried to run to it but her legs gave way

"I'm here, mother!" She cried back

"Come - Come here" She heard Lucy ask

Violet started crawling to the voice.

All this snow isn't helping my case, Violet thought

Violet at last reached her mother.

"Mum!" She cried, using one last burst of energy to reach to her outstretched arm "I'm here!"

"Violet -" Her mother breathed, and Violet saw her point to somewhere close to the two of them. It was her mothers' coat.

"Get... the phone. Call... Your father..." She instructed, pointing at the coat, something was protruding out of the left hand pocket.

"Okay mum" She replied, crawling to the coat, grabbing the phone and crawling back to her mother. She started dialling for her father. Or, in her mother's phone, ICE.

Violet and her brothers had been told by their parents to put a special phone number on their phones, named ICE. Which, according to her father, stood for 'In case of Emergency', so if something happened while they were out and about and if they were unconscious, a passerby would look for the number and inform those on the other end.

Violet put the phone on speaker before putting the phone between her mothers' ears and her own.

"Lucy, that was quick. We weren't expecting you for another -" Jeff started, but Lucy interrupted him

"Jeff - Something's happened" She cried, but Jeff replied

"Tell me what's happened" He asked calmly but urgently

"We think it was an Avalanche, we've been knocked off the road completely" Violet explained, noticing the pain her mother looked to be experiencing

"Are you alright?" Jeff asked

"No" Lucy replied, at the same time Violet said "I don't know"

"What's wrong?"

"Hurt. Can't move. I can move my right arm, no blood on my clothes. But Violet got the phone for me" She explained

"Bleeding?"

"Internally maybe, something feels funny"

"Violet?"

"My chest and shoulders hurt, and I have a pain in my head" Violet explained

"Can you move?"

"Sort of, my legs gave way when I tried to walk, but I've been crawling"

"Don't move for a while, stay where you are" Jeff said, and the two of them heard what Jeff was saying at the other end "John, get onto the emergency services in Scotland, tell them to track your mothers' GPS" Jeff said, but Lucy, again, intervened

"I need to talk to John!" She cried

A pause indicated John was being passed the phone.

"Mum?" He asked

"John, I know you well enough to look after the others, but don't let anyone tell you what to do about your future" Lucy said

Violet struck this as odd. This was the first time she had said something like this to any of her children, it was like she knew she was never going to see her family again...

No. She can't die...

"I know mum"

"I love you John"

"I love you too, mum"

They heard Jeff whisper "Go, John. Hurry"

"Now listen to me angel - You're gonna be alright, someone will be there soon" Jeff said, trying to keep her talking

"I need to talk to the boys!" She cried

Another pause, Scott answered

"Mum?"

"Scott - You tell your father that, if you still want to go into the RAF, I said it's okay"

"I will mum - Just come home"

"I love you Scott"

"I love you too" Violet heard Scott cry, it's like her entire family thought she was gonna die. She can't die, Violet needed her...

"Mum?" She heard Virgil answer

"Virgil - If you want to be an astronaut like your father when you're older, don't be afraid to be like Scott"

Virgil seemed to freeze, but they heard Scott breathe "Virgil!"

Virgil replied nervously "Okay, mum"

"I love you, Virgil"

"I love you too mum" He cried

Another small pause

"Mother?" Gordon cried

"Gordon, if you want to join the Navy or the Aquanauts straight out of school instead of college, don't let anyone force you to do anything"

"I promise, mum"

"I love you Gordon"

"I love you too, mum"

Violet heard another pause, she knew that only Alan was left. She hoped that her mother wasn't going to die, but by the look of the position she was in, if help didn't come quickly, she probably would die.

No, Violet, don't think like that, Mother's not gonna die, she's too strong

"Mummy, are you there?" Alan said, through what sounded like cries. Wow... Even at 6 he had an idea of what was going on

"Yes, darling, I'm here"

"Come home mummy!" He cried

"You look after yourself, Alan"

"I will mummy!"

"I love you Alan"

"I love you very, very much mummy!" Alan said

Before Lucy could allow Jeff to speak, since she had gone through all of her children at home, she started taking to Violet

"Vi, I want you to promise me something" She cried

"What is it, mum?" Violet replied tearfully

"I want you to look after your brothers, and make sure you don't feel inferior. You're special and worth a lot to someone - If you ever feel inferior, don't. Because you're not" Lucy cried, stroking her face where a scar she knew was there from an incident a few years ago was

"I will mum"

"You promise?"

"I cross my heart and hope to die"

Violet only realised afterwards what a bad choice of words that was, she heard John at the other end say "They're on their way, father" Jeff started talking.

"Angel, I need to know where you are - Are you in the van or outside?"

"Outside in the snow..." Lucy breathed

"Mum, you've got to stay with it!" Violet said, realising she Was, in fact, dying.

"I... I am..." She breathed again

"You've got to keep talking!" Jeff inputted

A small groan from Lucy

"I... I love you... Vi" She breathed

"I love you mum!" She cried

"I... I love you Jeff... Look after the children for me..."

"I love you too, angel" Jeff replied

Violet nudged her mother a little bit. Lucy looked at her, smiled, and took a last breath. Her eyes slowly closed

"Mum?" Violet asked, crying. No response

"Lucy?" Jeff asked

Violet heard something in the distance, sirens. The emergency services!

"I - I can hear them, father!"

"Violet, is your mother okay?" He asked urgently

"I don't know, I think she's unconscious!" She replied

Violet tried to stand up again, so she could get the attention of the emergency services, but she couldn't. The freezing winds began taking their toll on her, she couldn't walk. So instead she used the light of the phone screen to wave above her head, while shouting "Over here!" repeatedly, it must've worked.

She heard fast approaching footsteps and voices.

"Over... Over..." She said deliriously

"Violet, stay with me!" Her father shouted

"Yes... Got to... Got to..." She said. The world around her was going black, feeling that going to sleep would be the better option, but she knew if she fell asleep she might not wake up again

"We've got two females, mother and daughter by the look of it, looking in a bad way. Get me two back boards and neck braces!" Someone ordered

She saw someone look over her, a paramedic by the look of it, he shined a bright light into her eyes.

"We've got an adolescent, she's going into shock, probable Hypothermia" He said, his voice reminded her of Virgil - He sounded like this when it came to illnesses.

"Help me..." She breathed

"We're going to help you, we're taking you to hospital" He said

She heard another paramedic say "We've got a female, probably around her 30s, she's unconscious and unresponsive, she's not breathing and she has no pulse..." The paramedic only had to say these words and she was awake suddenly

"Mum! Mum!" She cried

"She'll be fine, we'll get you both to hospital, just stay still for me" The paramedic said "Can you tell me your name, please?"

"My name is Violet Anne Tracy, I am 12 years old, I have five brothers named Scott, John, Virgil, Gordon and Alan, my father is Jeff Tracy of Tracy Enterprises, my mother is an artist named Lucille Tracy, formerly Taylor, my twin brother is Virgil Tracy, we were born on 12th July 2038 in Airedale General Hospital, North Yorkshire, we live on Beechwood Avenue in West Yorkshire" She recited nervously

"Okay then, Violet, we're just going to give you an anaesthesia - You will feel slightly drowsy but you won't feel any pain, just make sure you try not to pass out, we're going to get you to the Hospital"

Violet understood what they were talking about when they injected the anaesthesia - She also found it difficult to stay awake once they had injected it.

Violet felt several blankets be thrown over her, and she felt herself be moved to an ambulance, the doors slam shut and the vehicle drive away quickly.

"Where's my mother?" She asked drowsily

"She's on her way to the hospital too" The paramedic explained

Violet wasn't completely comforted by this - Normally someone involved in an accident would have a member of their family beside them. She didn't have anyone, if Lucy was the one uninjured, she would be beside Violet. If Violet was the one uninjured, she would be beside Lucy.

Violet realised only then that her mother laid on top of her to protect her in the minibus.

Damn, why did she have to do that?

If her mother was dying back there it'll be all her fault, how could she face her father and brothers'? They would be devastated - and Violet bitterly wished She would die too.

Violet opened her eyes and she was not in the ambulance anymore, she was laid in bed in a Scottish hospital. Voices rang through her head, they sourced from patients and doctors alike. Violet realised that there was only a nurse stood over her in this private room, she tried to sit up before nervously questioning the nurse.

"Where's my mother?" She asked as the nurse started to press her down again "Is she alright?"

"We're waiting for your father's arrival before we're permitted to say anything" She said

"Are they on their way?"

"When we called to inform them to say you were in hospital, they said they would be leaving soon, we called about two and a half hours ago" The nurse explained

"Are you at liberty to say what my injuries are?" Violet asked

"One moment please" The nurse took her clipboard, walked out and bumped into the doctor in charge on the other side of the wall. A few moments passed until the nurse brought the doctor in.

"Violet Tracy? My name is Dr Sam - Me and Nurse April have been treating you" He explained

"What's wrong with me?" She asked quietly and nervously

"The avalanche caused you to suffer a concussion, which was probably caused by all the debris and the fact your mother was laid on top of you to protect you. You suffered three broken ribs and you pulled a muscle in your shoulder. We think that the injuries that caused you to not be able to walk properly were just some effects of Hypothermia" He explained, and although Violet was listening carefully, some of it went in through one ear and out of the other "We... Also picked up something wrong with your heart"

Violet felt her eyes open wide in shock

Wait - What?

"W-what...?" She stammered

"The avalanche and debris caused your broken ribs, and your heart was weakened by small fragments of bone that ended up in it"

Violet was trying to process what he was saying - She had a... Heart problem?

"So... What happened?" She murmured

"We managed to successfully remove the bone, but your heart is still weak" He relieved slowly "Your heart won't be able to heal. I'm sorry"

Violet was now close to tears, as if a familiar world had shattered around her. Violet placed her gentle hand over her heart area and thought - Her life is now restricted. She can't do some things anymore. Those things... Lost in an instant. But could she ride Spirit again? Her beloved Strawberry Roan horse? She rather hoped she would

Goddammit!

She tried to change the subject

"Why can't you tell me what's wrong with my mother?"

"You're a minor, no? You still need a legal guardian before we can tell you"

"Okay, can you tell me if she's alive or not?" Violet asked quietly, the doctor looked uneasy

"No, sorry" He replied

Violet thought - If he can't answer me that question, then she probably is dead. All thanks to Violet

Well? What do you think?

Please review, as I want to know what you think.

I am not exactly a medical person, so I aren't too sure whether the entire weakened heart thing would actually be a thing. But let's just say it happens.

Please review, as I said, I want to know. Please :)