Chapter 1

My name is Madeline Rose Tracy. I'm 11 years old. I have 5 brothers. Scott who is 24 years old, John who is 22 years old, Virgil who is 21 years old, Gordon who is 19 years old and Alan who is 14. My dad is billionaire ex astronaut Jeff Tracy.

My family were out on another mission. Allie was at school with Fermat. I was sitting in the lounge watching the rescue on TV. I was so scared. I saw Thunderbird one plummet to the ground but it managed to get back up again. All I could think about was Scotty. But I knew he was okay. I switched off the TV and made my way into my bedroom. I laid on my bed. I just wanted them to come home. I must have fallen asleep because I woke up to someone knocking on my door.

"Come on in!" I shouted. My dad walked in my room. I shot off my bed and ran and gave him a hug.

"Daddy! I'm so glad you guys are home. Nobody's hurt are they? What about Scotty?" My dad started laughing. I shot him a confused look.

"Easy there, sweetheart. Everyone's okay. No one was hurt. And Alan and Fermat are back as well." I was happy. All we needed was Johnny back from 5 and then the whole family was back together again.

"Come on Maddy, Onaha's got dinner ready." I took my dad's hand and walked into the kitchen. I ran to Scotty and gave him a massive hug.

"Hey baby sis. How are you?"

"I was scared Scotty. Thunderbird one nearly crashed and I thought you were injured." I felt my breathing go fast and I couldn't get my breath back.

"Hey honey its okay. No one got hurt. Just breathe deeply" i nodded.

"I'm okay Scotty. I'm sorry."

"That's okay Maddy. Now let's get some food before Gordon takes it all." I jumped on Scotts back and he gave me a piggy back to the dinner table.

A while later I was in the pool with my brothers playing volleyball. I struggled as I was quite small.

"Come on little one catch the ball" Gordon teased.

"Hey! I'm trying but you guys are chucking it to high for me." I looked at Scott and did my puppy dog eye look. I saw his face crumbled and he passed the ball to me.

"Thank you" I shouted happily.

Then the alarm went off which made me jump out of my skin. As it made me jump, i went under the water but breathed in. The next thing i knew someone dragged me out of the water, but everything was muffled. I started coughing and chucking up water.

"It's okay Maddy, just try and breathe" I couldn't make out who was talking to me. I was just so dazed. Finally everything was focused and I tried to get up, but Virgil was pushing me to stay down.

"Please Virge i want to get up"

"Sorry little sis, you need to lie on your side. Gordo has just gone to get the oxygen for you."

"No really i'm fine. The alarm it just scared me."

"It was just the security alarm. Alan and Fermat have probably done something they shouldn't have. Dad won't be happy" I tried to get up again but the sudden movement made me cough.

"GORDON I NEED THE OXYGEN NOW!" i heard Virge shout. The next thing i knew, i had a mask over my face and the oxygen was really helping.

"Come on Maddy, I'll take you into the infirmary. Get you warmed up a bit." I nodded and Virge picked me up and took me.

Virge did his final checks on me. I kept thinking to myself what a little baby I am, being scared of an alarm.

"Can I go now Virge?" He turned around and smiled at me. He knew that I wasn't a big fan on the infirmary as it scared me.

"Of course. You need to keep this nasal cannula in, until tomorrow morning so your oxygen levels can rise again. But Go to bed. We'll see you in the morning."

"Night Virge. Thank you." I smiled at me. I left the infirmary and said goodnight to my brothers. As I left the lounge something was in my mind. So I went to find dad. He was in his office just finishing a call to John. He disconnected the call to John and I walked in.

"Daddy?" I said quietly.

"Hi sweetheart." He turned and faced me and his face suddenly clouded with worry.

"What's happened? Why are you wearing the nasal cannula?"

"The alarm scared me which made me jump and I swallowed water as i went under and i choked."

"What? Are you okay now?" He said picking me up and putting me on his lap.

"I'm fine daddy. Virge said i need to wear this until tomorrow to get my oxygen levels back to normal."

"That's good then. Now, you wanted to talk to me?"

"Yeah, umm..."

"What's wrong sweetheart?"

"You know mommy? What happened to her?" No one ever told me about mom they only said that she died but didn't tell me why. I looked up at my dad to see he had tears in his eyes.

"Well, you were only 8 months old but we your mom was on the way home from shopping with you when another car crashed into the side of her car making it roll off the road. You had a bleed in the brain but it was stopped and you were absolutely fine within a few weeks where as your mom died in the car."

"Oh okay. Thank you daddy. Goodnight, love you" I kissed my dad goodnight and went to my room. I didn't know what else to say.

I woke up the next morning but i didn't feel like breakfast. I left the nasal cannula and oxygen cylinder outside the infirmary and went down to the kitchen. I just sat at the table and drank orange juice. I didn't talk to anyone.

"Are you okay Maddy?" Scott asked me. I just nodded.

"Where's Alan? Have you seen Alan Maddy?" I shook my head.

"He's probably moaning about yesterday" Gordon said. I got up and left the table and headed for my room.

"Sweetheart please talk to me" I turned and faced my dad. I gave him a weak smile and left.

I was on my laptop but suddenly the emergency alarm went off. I ran into the control room and met up with Scott and Gordon on the way. I stood at the corner of the room.

"How bad brains?" My dad said.

"Thunderbird 5 major damage..." I blanked out. I ran to John's portrait. I went undetected. Brains saw me but i mouthed don't tell them to him. He lowered his head.

"Thunderbirds are go." My dad said and we made our way to thunderbird 3s silo. I put on the uniform that Onaha made for me. I got into thunderbird 3 and my dad noticed me.

"Sweetheart, you shouldn't be here."

"I'm helping dad. I don't care if it's dangerous. I need to help." My dad smiled at me and I sat next to Scotty in the chair. My heart was pounding. I didn't know what to expect.

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