"There's something you need to know Scott."
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Scott was about to question her, but seeing the distress in her eyes, simply smiled instead, "Kayo, you don't have to tell me now, not if you don't want to."
Kayo's heart settled inside and she decided to lie, "The thing is, I've loved you since I first met you. You weren't just a brother to me, you were and have always been like a soul mate to me."
Scott smiled and hugged her again, "I've felt the same Kayo, and now it feels so right."
Brains called through to Scott, "Guys, we have a situation at home which means I can't get out there until tomorrow."
"What about Shadow Brains?"
"I guess you'll have to leave her overnight and come home."
"Not possible, I can't come home, so I'm staying here with Kayo, and Thunderbird 1."
"But Scott, we might need you." Virgil appeared on the hologram.
"I'm not leaving Kayo out here alone, I'll be staying with her tonight." Scott answered sternly.
"FAB brother," Virgil looked down and closed the comms down.
Kayo's eyes widened, "You went against your own orders?"
Scott turned to her and blinked slowly with a smile, "For you, I make exceptions. We should make a campfire don't you think?"
Kayo looked around at the now dying flames around the broken fuel tanks, "We could just use the flames of fuel tanks which are burning at the moment?"
Scott draped his arm around her, "Real flames? Kayo, that's not what we use, it damages the planet."
Kayo rolled her eyes, "But it's necessary sometimes." She gave up at Scott's expression, "Oh alright, we'll use the tent."
Scott smiled and closed the cockpit to Shadow, "I'll get it out."
Kayo waited and checked an invoice on her communicator, the face of her uncle stared back at her, "What does he want?"
His voice sounded through the recorded message, "Just because I saved you once Tanusha, it does not mean I will do it again or stop trying to get you to join me. I can give you so much more than they can. Think about it."
Kayo scowled at the message then quickly hid it as Scott returned holding a box, she raised an eyebrow, "It's tiny."
"Believe me, it's not tiny. Stand back." He pressed a button and the tent sprang out and heated up, "See?"
Kayo smiled, "Wow, looks cosy."
"Want to, I don't know, go inside?"
"Sure."
Scott opened the tent zip and held the door open for Kayo to go inside, "In you go, I mean, make yourself comfortable."
Kayo walked in and hung her helmet up, "Wow, it's snug in here. Nice and warm too."
Scott smiled and zipped the tent up, "It's better than sleeping outside, and Thunderbird 1 even for that matter."
Kayo sat down on one of the warm blocks, "Could do with some music in here, or marshmallows?"
Scott smiled, "Good thing I brought this from 1 then," He picked up a guitar from the doorway, "Want a song?"
"Please, but first, can I ask you something?"
Scott sat down on the block next to her, "Of course."
Kayo sighed, "What would happen if something broke up the family, or rather betrayed the family?"
Scott frowned, "What are you talking about?"
Kayo shook her head, "I don't know really, I'm thinking about my father I guess. We were betrayed a long time ago."
Scott held her hand and stroked it tenderly, "We know Kayo, but there is no-one in this family who will betray, we wouldn't betray anyone." His blue eyes glittered and Kayo couldn't look away.
Kayo nodded, "No, of course we wouldn't."
Scott smiled, "I'm here for you. C'mon, we should get some sleep," He kissed her quickly on her cheek then picked up the guitar.
Kayo smiled back as Scott began to play the guitar, she curled up on the block to sleep when Scott cleared his throat, "What is it?"
"Move closer Kayo, I don't bite." Scott smiled and held his hand out to her, Kayo moved and Scott wrapped his arm around her before continuing the piece, "Better?"
"Much, thanks Scott." Kayo rested her cheek against Scott's chest and smiled with the rhythmic vibrations from his singing, she swayed gently with him and eventually fell asleep with the lullaby.
Scott stopped playing and curled up with Kayo on the warm block, "Goodnight my dark haired beauty. Sleep well."
Kayo murmured happily and whispered, "Goodnight." She felt a kiss being placed on her forehead and she snuggled into his suit more.
During the night Kayo had a dream, of a vivid vision of her uncle, he asked her again to join her whilst holding her the Tracys under torture, she looked at each of her brothers and her heart ripped; Scott had a cut across his eyebrow and his gaze was looking across at another, Virgil's lip was bleeding heavily, John seemed to be unconscious as his eyes were closed and he wasn't moving, Gordon was buckled over clutching his wrist and Alan was sitting on the floor crying whilst Scott was trying to reach out to him. Kayo pleaded to the Hood to let them go but his force on the torture continued, words echoed around her head in the dream, "Join me or they die, join me or they dieā¦"
Kayo woke up with a start, "No Uncle!"
TO BE CONTINUED!
