Chapter One
Virgil Tracy was getting supplies for his next project from the Hendricks, which was the best art supply store in New York. He was ready to pay for what he had gotten, when a young woman caught his eyes. Somehow, she looked familiar. She reminded of him of someone he knew long ago. He saw a boy that looked like he was five-year-old at her side. Therefore, he decided to say hello. He pretended to look at something near by.
"Excuse me," Virgil said reaching for something that was right in front of her. The young woman moved to the side so he could get what he needed. What he could see is that the young woman had a fair complexion with downy lily-white skin. Her long coal black hair was in a neat French braid. Her feline mauve eyes reminded him of a girl he once knew. He quickly looked away. He got the item that he needed.
"Go ahead; I was just deciding what to get for two projects that my son and I are working on together." The young woman said, as she looked at the young man who stood next to her. She was a bit shocked, but she did not show it.
"That's great," Virgil said to her. He put what he decided to use on one of his projects in his pile.
"Mom, can we go please." The young boy said. She looked down to the young boy.
"Gregory, we can go now." The young woman started. She looked over at Virgil. "It's nice meeting you."
"Mom my name is not Gregory," The young boy started, as he saw the look that his mother was giving him. Last time she gave him that look he didn't listen to her, in the end he had to eat food he didn't like at dinnertime with no dessert. He shut his mouth and didn't say anything more. He looked at the ground as if it was the most interested thing in the store. At that moment the young woman and her son left, leaving Virgil a bit confused. Virgil decided to leave it alone. He went and paid for his supplies and then he went to meet the rest of his group so they could head back to Tracy Island.
Tintin was waiting for him outside the art store; with her father by their side was a cart full of grocery.
"So did you get all that you needed?" Tintin asked Virgil. Virgil looked at her.
"Yes, I got everything. Let's get everyone else's things and then we can head back home." Virgil said. Tintin and Virgil picked up the rest of the things on the list that the others have given them. They picked up a few plane magazines for Scott at the bookstore, candy from the supermarket for Alan, swimming shorts for Gordon from the sport stores and writing journals for John. Soon Kyrano, Tintin and Virgil were on their way back to Tracy Island.
Jeff met Kyrano,Virgil and Tintin when they got back. Jeff looked at his son; he could tell that something was bothering him.
"Virgil is there anything wrong?" Jeff asked his son. Virgil looked at his father. His father could tell that Virgil was worried about something.
"No, I will be fine. I have to talk to John." Virgil said, as he walked to his room.
"Okay, you go call your brother and Tintin and I will take care of giving the others what you got for them from the mainland." Jeff said, as he hoped that he would get what was bothering him taken care of.
"Thanks dad." Virgil said, as he went to his room and he rang John who was in Thunderbird Five.
John had just sat down with a hot cup of hot chocolate, when he saw that someone was calling from home. He hit the button to pick up the vidphone. He saw his younger brother's face appeared with a bothering look.
"Hey Virgil what can I do for you?" John asked.
"Can you look up some information for me?" Virgil asked, as he ran his left hand through his hair.
"Sure, is there anyone in particular you want me to look up?"
"Yes, can you look up Megan Katinka "Cheri" Kwan?" Virgil asked his older brother. John looked at Virgil with a surprise look on his face. That name he had not heard from Virgil's mouth since Virgil was seventeen.
"Sure, I will call you back and give you all the information that I got on her." John said giving his brother a smile. Virgil retuned the smile and then they hung up.
Scott, Gordon, Alan and Fermat were in the pool playing water Volleyball. So far, Alan and Fermat were winning. Tintin sat down on a beach chair near the pool. She watched the boy's plays. She kept an eye on Alan the man that she loved. Of course, she was not going to tell him that. In their line of business, she did not want to risk it at this time. Maybe one day she would tell him that she loves him, but it was not the right time now, not since he and Fermat found out that she had the same powers as her uncle The Hood had. Jeff also knew about her powers. The others did not. Since then Alan and Fermat have been acting differently around her. She did not say anything. She just gave them time to adjust to her newfound powers. Her parents had been helping her control her power. She was glad that she had her parents with her during this ordeal.
"Watch out, Tintin." Alan yelled. Tintin did not look up; she knew the volleyball was coming right at her. Therefore, she stopped it with her power. She grabbed the ball from mid air. She saw Alan and Fermat looking at her and Scott and Gordon with there mouths agape.
"Tintin did you just do what I think you did?" Virgil asked. Tintin looked over to where Virgil was standing; she did not see Virgil come out of the house to the pool area.
"Yes." Tintin said, as she saw the look that the boys gave her. She realized then that they were scared of her. She didn't want to stay there any longer. So she ran to her room. Virgil was the first one to recovery. He went after Tintin.
Scott and Gordon looked at Alan and Fermat. Alan and Fermat got out of the pool.
"We better make sure that Tintin is okay." Alan said, as he headed to the house. Fermat followed but he went to find his dad. Scott and Gordon just looked at each other.
"Okay that was a bit weird, but did you sees what Tintin did?" Gordon asked Scott.
"Yes, but we have to remember that Tintin isn't like the Hood, she is like our sister and we should care if she has powers or no powers, we should treat her no differently." Scott said, as he went to check on Tintin. He paused at the door and looked back at Gordon.
"Are you coming?" Scott asked, with a questionable look on his face.
"No, I am going to swim some laps." Gordon told Scott, as he avoided Scott eyes as he pushed off from the side of the pool. Then Gordon started on his laps. Scott shook his head and started to Tintin room, but then he decided to let her calm down, so he went to his room to check on some information on his computer.
Virgil knocked on Tintin door; he didn't know why she didn't tell them that she had the same powers of the hood. This wasn't fair. He wasn't happy that Tintin was hiding her powers. He wanted some answers and Tintin were going to give them to him. Hold on, Tintin is the sister that he never had, what right he had to act as if she was a criminal. She was not. Virgil took a deep breath and counted to twenty. Then he knocked on Tintin door.
"Tintin, open the door please." Virgil softly asked. It was a couple of moments then the door open. The sight of seeing Tintin with tearstained face made him feel guilty. He never should have judged her on what The Hood has done.
"I am sorry Tintin. I was just surprise to see that you have the same ability as your uncle. I know now that you are nothing like him and I am here for you." Virgil told her, Tintin smiled through her tears. Tintin was happy, at least on of them were on her side. Tintin gave Virgil a kiss on the cheek and then gave him a hug. Alan reached Tintin room to see Virgil there. He saw Tintin giving him a kiss on the cheek and then a hug. Alan didn't believe his eyes. Tintin liked Virgil now. Alan turned right around and went to his room.
"Thanks Virgil." Tintin said, as he pulled away from her. Virgil gave her a smile.
"Well I am going to go start on the project now." Virgil said, as he headed to his room to work on his projects.
"Okay." Tintin said with a smile on her face as she watched him leave.
A man boarded a plane; he had a briefcase in his hand. He held it tight, once he found his seat he sat down. In the case was a laptop, which was already turned on. Symbols rolled across the screen. Of course, if someone looked at the screen it would just look like gibberish. He knew what it said, he pushed enter on his laptop. A box appeared and a timer was set. It was counting down. The man shut the computer down and it was still counting down when the laptop was turned off.
A young boy sat down in his seat. On the plane. His mother sat next to him. He was glad that they decided to go on this vacation. They had planned this for a very long time. He was happy. He didn't get to spend a lot of time with his mother because of her job. Soon the plane took off.
A flight attendant came by and stopped beside them.
"Are you Megan Katinka Kwan?" A young woman flight attendant inquirer. Megan Katinka looked up from the book that her son and herself were looking at.
"Yes, I am." Megan Katinka told her. The flight attendant handed her a letter. Megan Katinka looked at her with a surprised looked on her face. The flight attendant smiled. Then she moved on. Megan Katinka saw that her son has gone back to reading the book. Her son was smart for someone his age. She was shocked to run into the man that she loves at the art store. At least she knew where her son got the creative side. She didn't want to have Virgil find out that it was her and that he had a son, it has been to long.
The letter that she had in her hand she started to open it. It was then that she got the sense that there was danger on the way. After she opened the letter, which she didn't read, she got her purse from underneath the seat, got out a watch, and put it on her right wrist. The watch fix perfectly. She smiled, this was a birthday present that Virgil has given her. It had a button to push if she was in in danger. Virgil made it for her to make sure that he would be able to get to her if she was in danger and was able to let him know. After she was sure that, it was secure on her wrist then she sat back. Her son watched her.
"Mom, where did you get that from?" Her son asked her.
"Virgil, it's from a very good friend." Megan Katinka told her son, as Virgil took the letter from her lap. Megan Katinka was surprised at how quickly Virgil got the letter from her lap.
"Hey, your getting pretty quick." Megan Katinka said. Virgil opened the letter and he took out what was in there. It was a newspaper clip of The Tracy family. He could tell that there was a pencil surrounds the third youngest son. The second paper that was with it was a yellow sticky with four words on it.
I KNOW YOUR SECRET!
Virgil looked over at his mother and saw that her face was white as a ghost. The flight attendant that gave her the note stopped in front of her.
"Is there anything wrong?" The Stewardess asked.
"Who gave you this?" Megan Katinka asked. The Stewardess looked at her.
"A young man at the gate told me to give it to you. Sorry that I can not tell you exactly what he looked like because we were rushing to get the plane off on time." The Stewardess said.
"Thank you." Megan Katinka said, as she took the clip and the paper away from Virgil. Virgil watched her mother put the clip and paper in her purse and put her purse underneath the seat in front of her. Virgil noticed the boy that was sitting across from him was watching him.
"Hello, my name is Edward, what's yours?" Edward asked.
"My name is Virgil. Everyone calls me Virg for short." Virgil was about to say something when there was an explosion. The plan shook violently. Virgil was almost thrown from his seat if not for his mother clutched on him. The plane was going down and the people were screaming. Megan Katinka knew that they might not make it out alive. She buckled her son in his seat. It wasn't going to be much time before they crashed. Megan Katinka pushed the emergency button on her watch, before her vision went black.