John took Alan back to Thunderbird 5 and gave him a cup of water before comforting him, he smiled as his youngest brother tucked his head under his chin.

"Are you alright Ali?"

"I screwed up, I let The Hood take Thunderbird 3 and we don't have control of them."

"It's alright, the others have gone to catch them and take back our ships."

"Is there any way we can help out?"

"We don't let Thunderbird 5 be taken."

Kayo led the way with Thunderbird Shadow and told Gordon to hang back, Virgil stayed high above them all and the two bats followed her lead as she camouflaged her Thunderbird, she looked down on the base and saw Thunderbird 2 parked next to a large hangar, she narrowed her eyes and landed on top of the roof keeping her craft hidden to any spying eyes, Elle and Scott transformed and leapt down to the ground without a sound, Scott ran over to Thunderbird 1 and stood by for Kayo to get inside the base with Elle, Virgil flew down and signalled to Gordon to park down outside the area and go on by foot. Elle and Kayo spotted the two siblings with The Hood, they were going over blueprints and Elle heard Havoc mention London.

"I'll bite them, but this time they won't change, they'll just die."

Kayo nodded, "I'm getting my uncle, once and for all."

The Hood turned quickly and shot them with a tranquilliser gun, "that should keep you quiet, you forget niece, I too have powers."

Elle gasped as her vision got blurry, "what?"

"Don't strain yourself, my dear, we have a job to do. Havoc, have them tied up and make sure they can't get away. Fuse, you and I will prep Thunderbird 2, oh and look out for their friends, I can hear their thoughts."

Kayo tried to get up but her limbs failed her, "uncle, don't do this."

"You and I could've been a great team Tanusha, I made you remember?"

Havoc grinned as she tied the final knot, "sorry to leave like this, but it's only fair."

The Hood smiled as Scott blocked the exit, "ah heroes hour I assume?"

"Let them go Hood."

"Who? Them or your ships?"

"This isn't a two-way choice, you would be crazy to take our ships, all you'll bring is chaos with them."

"I think that's our cue don't you?" The Hood smiled at Fuse and Havoc.

"Right away boss," Havoc fired a line above Scott's head and flew up, he anticipated her move and caught her roughly throwing her to the ground, "you bastard!" she hissed as she tried to move.

"Another vampire, what a day this is turning out to be," The Hood smirked.

Virgil landed at the hangar doors and flapped his wings causing Fuse and The Hood to fall backwards, "give up the birds and let them go."

Fuse roared and charged towards Virgil who smirked, "come here!"

"With pleasure," Virgil's wings protected him and forced Fuse back into the wall smashing bricks around him in the process.

"A fight is what you'll get, but if you recall, I have control over your crafts," The Hood pressed a button and Thunderbird 1 and 2 took off, "I can blow up this whole hangar up with you inside, or you let me pass and no-one dies."

Gordon ran in, "guys, the birds are taking...ohh I guess you knew that."

"And what's your power?"

"Nothing that isn't strong enough to bring you down," Gordon grimaced as he narrowed his eyes at the Hood.

"Blowing up it is then," he threw a smoke bomb down to the ground in front of him and escaped out of the back door amongst the commotion, he pressed the button and a missile fired from Thunderbird 2 blowing up half the hangar next to Kayo and Elle who were still unconscious.

Virgil's eyes widened, "Elle, Kayo!"

Scott ran over to them and untied the knots in a matter of seconds, he took them outside then looked around for Thunderbird 1, "where is she?"

The Hood smirked, "autopilot my friend, I'll see you in London, if you make it out alive."

An explosion made Scott turn round again to see the whole hangar on fire as Thunderbird 2 followed her sister away from the blaze and sped off into the distance, he growled then ran into the smoke looking around for his family, he found Gordon and picked him up as Virgil flew above the hangar blowing the flames out with his wings.

"Gordon? Open your eyes little brother."

Gordon coughed, "we're not going to win this Scott."

"Yes we are, we just have to get to London, and I know who can help us."

Lady Penelope sipped her tea as she read about the fire her friends had put out the day before, she smiled as she skimmed over the words, Parker walked in and she looked up, "there's something suspicious about that fire Parker."

"Deliberate M'Lady?"

"It's possible, it started too quickly and nothing was found regarding evidence. We haven't checked in with the Tracy's for a while, maybe I'll give them a call."

"Begging your pardon M'Lady, but it seems as though they've beaten you to it," Parker pointed to the pug statue which was flashing.

"So they have," she put down her teacup and walked over to the desk, "go ahead John."

"Lady Penelope, we may have an assignment for you. We're in trouble."

"I thought it was a little too peaceful around here, what's happened?"

"The Hood has taken Thunderbirds 1 and 2 and is heading to London, we don't know what he is going to do with them. Scott has Fuse and Havoc under control as far as I know but we have to get the birds back."

Penelope nodded, "of course, we'll meet him in London and call in the GDF, prevent the siblings from getting out."

"Thanks, Penelope, good luck."

Penelope frowned as she turned around, "get FAB1 ready Parker, we need to get to London immediately."

"Yes M'Lady," Parker ran from the room as Penelope hid some weapons under her coat.

Back at the smoking hangar, Virgil had transformed back into his uniform and Havoc was tied up with Fuse.

"What should we do with them?" Virgil asked as Scott paced up and down.

"Kill them."

"Scott?!"

"I'm done with them Virgil, they almost killed our girlfriends."

"Well, wife in my case."

"Yes, exactly. Virgil if we leave them here, they'll escape again and we'll regret it. You know that, please can we kill them?"

"You know, there's a better alternative."

Scott looked at the two siblings who glared back at him, "alright, I'll do it. They'll be in agony long enough for us to sort this all out."

Elle walked in and glared at the siblings, "just let them bleed to death."

"Elle, that's not fair."

Elle shook her head as she squeezed Virgil's hand, "I want them gone, they didn't hesitate to try to kill us. Now it's our turn."

Scott grinned, "I agree."

"What would dad do?"

Scott frowned, "Virgil, dad was a vampire too and I think on this occasion he would do the same as us."

"No, this isn't right, leave them tied up and let's take their cruiser. We need to get to London."

Elle sighed, "alright, but they could escape the ropes."

Scott smiled, "we'll strip them of their weapons."

Virgil looked back at the chaos siblings, "let's do it."

Elle ripped Havoc's gloves and back plate off, "that will stop you escaping and pulling any tricks."

Virgil stepped back from Fuse, "and him. Let's get back our birds."

The three walked out of the hangar and Scott kicked the wall causing it to collapse so that the siblings were well and truly trapped, Elle set fire to their equipment watching it melt before her red eyes before they all headed to the remaining transport. Virgil sat in the co-pilot's seat of the cruiser as Scott took the main seat, and in their jets, Elle looked across at Kayo in Shadow and smiled supportively.

"Ready?"

"I'm ready, let's go," Elle took off in her jet and followed the cruiser which sped off at top speed, "can we keep up?"

Kayo laughed, "we're much faster."

Meanwhile the Hood had reached London, he landed Thunderbird 1 at the docks and autopiloted Thunderbird 2, he laughed to himself as he piloted the green bird towards the bridges and landed her on the middle of Westminster, she stood gleaming in the English sunshine as people around her screamed and fled in terror, cars had screeched to a halt and traffic was at a standstill. The Hood took the AirPod out of Thunderbird 1 and launched Thunderbird 4 automatically down the ramp into the Thames, people ran to the edge of the bridge and looked down to see where it was going. Thunderbird Shadow and Tiger swung to a halt above Westminster bridge as the Chaos Cruiser joined them, people pointed and ran off the bridge as the cruiser lowered and gently touched down on the bridge behind Thunderbird 2.

"I don't see The Hood anywhere, let's get to Thunderbird 2 and take her," Virgil stood up eagerly as his eyes laid on his ship.

Elle jumped down to the ground from her Thunderbird and locked the hatch tightly, "Virgil, come in?"

"I'm here sweetheart, we're coming down."

"I have Havoc's gloves, I'm going to regain control of the birds. What's the plan to get Thunderbird 4 back?"

Gordon smirked, "I'm way ahead of you," he ran down the ramp of the cruiser and jumped off the bridge into the Thames, spectators on the road screamed as they watched the boy disappear into the water.

The Skypod appeared and the Hood grimaced as he looked down on the cruiser and the Tracys walking out of it, he pulled the pod away and raced off to Bank station before they saw him, Scott ran down to the bridge with Virgil and joined Elle who was typing in various codes into Thunderbird 2.

"This is so hard, Havoc has used every hack in the book, I don't know how long this will take."

Virgil kissed her cheek, "just keep trying, we need to find The Hood."

"Virgil, Elle, stay here and get Thunderbird 2 working. Kayo and I will go after the Hood. Elle, can I use your jet?"

Virgil frowned, "why not use the cruiser?"

"It's too big."

Kayo laughed, "you just hate flying it. It has a better weapons system. I'll follow you in Shadow."

"FAB, let's get out of here."

Virgil watched them leave then turned back to Elle, "how's it coming along?"

"If I have to answer any passwords to get into this craft, I will kill you," she smirked as she broke the next code, "I would just smash a window to get us in but then you'd kill me."

"I would yes, I love you but she is my baby."

"She's ours I think you'll find," Elle laughed, "we have to stop the Hood, I just wonder what he's up to."

The Hood checked Thunderbird 4's progress and took the pod down, he got out and changed his appearance, he walked past the security guards of the bank and showed a fake ID to get down to the vaults, he opened an escape hatch in the floor and took out a hand drill to get into the main safes. Gordon hacked into Thunderbird 4 and regained control quickly with a frown, he turned her around and called John up in Thunderbird 5.

"John, I've got Thunderbird 4 back, have you found the Hood?"

"He's in the Bank of England, I don't know what he's trying to do. Scott and Kayo have just got there."

"FAB, I'm going to go back to Virgil and Elle, let's hope they've got her back."

"We managed to send Thunderbird 3 home, Brains is adding some security hacks to her, we don't want this happening again."

"Thanks, John. Thunderbird 4 out."

Elle cheered as the final code broke, "I'm in Virgil!"

"That's my girl, well done Elle," Virgil kissed her forehead, "we need to pick up Gordon."

"FAB."

Thunderbird 2 rose up off the bridge and hovered over the river as Thunderbird 4 surfaced, Virgil dropped the module and waited for Gordon to reverse, he then fired the grabs and the aquanaut walked into the cockpit.

"Hey guys, thanks for picking me up."

Elle frowned at him, "and you're welcome for me hacking back into Thunderbird 2."

"That too," Gordon winked, "where are Scott and Kayo?"

"At the bank, there's been a security breach, three guesses to that being the Hood."

"No need for three guesses," Gordon smirked, "step on it Virgil, we need to stop the Hood once and for all."

"Hold on tight."

Scott and Kayo approached the bank and spotted FAB1 down on the ground parked outside much to their surprise, they landed and ran inside ignoring security shouting after them.

"We need to find Penelope, she might know not what's going on," Scott skidded on the corner as Kayo followed him.

"I think she's well aware Scott, it's us who should be on the lookout."

Penelope walked down to the main vaults and took a breath before opening the door, she spotted a security guard tucking money into a case and cleared her throat, "oh officer thank heavens, I need to get into my vault but the bank says they're under a security breach. Can you help me?"

The Hood raised an eyebrow suspiciously, "of course your ladyship, let me just get..."

"Hold it right there," Penelope aimed a handgun at him, "it's probably best to do this face to face, Hood."

The Hood smirked as he removed his camouflage, "Lady Penelope," he chuckled, "if you're here to stop me then you're too late."

"I don't think I am in the slightest."

Colonel Casey stepped into the room with Parker and two officers, "The Hood, we meet again, and right now your chaos duo are going to jail, it appears they've been disarmed too."

The Hood snarled, "and where are your International Rescue friends?"

Scott gasped, "how did you get here before us?"

"Ah right on cue, good to see you again Scott Tracy."

Kayo grimaced and she turned blue with her anger, "uncle, this time you're not going anywhere but jail."

"Tanusha, you're looking lovely as yourself."

Casey gasped, "what on Earth?"

Kayo's eyes filled with tears and she hastily wiped them away, "it's nothing. You did this to me uncle, I want to be the one who locks you away for good."

Scott smiled, "but first I would like my ship back, where is she?"

The Hood let two officers handcuff him, "the Docklands, your pod or whatever you call it is parked outside."

"I think we first need to do some medical reviews don't you think?" Kayo snarled, "an eye for an eye."

The Hood narrowed his eyes, "don't you dare."

"Hold him still," Kayo demanded as she approached her uncle, she grabbed the cyber eye out of his head and crushed it under her foot, "that's enough mind control."

Parker stared at her, "mind control?"

"How else do you think he's been able to read our thoughts and trick us?"

Scott watched blood trickle out of the Hood's empty socket, "get him out of here, I think I'd like to go home."

Colonel Casey waved her hand, "he won't escape this time, they'll be locked away in a prison so deep and so protected, daylight will become a stranger to them."

Penelope smiled, "thank you," she sighed as she was left with the two pilots, "I think a stop off at my place is in order, and we need a chat Kayo."

Kayo morphed back into her IR uniform, "I know."

The recovered birds left London in the distance and touched down at Lady Penelope's mansion, they sat in the large lounge in their civilian clothing and called John and Alan on the holoprojector, Kayo sat next to Scott who had his arm around her as the others faced her.

"I guess you're all surprised at my form?" Kayo looked down into her lap.

Penelope smiled, "well I certainly am, I didn't even know you had a power Kayo."

"My ability isn't a natural one, my uncle injected the genes into me."

Virgil gasped in shock, "he experimented on you?"

"I guess you could say that. I was made to do some pretty horrific things that I could be arrested for even now."

"We wouldn't let that happen Kayo," John smiled, "they would have to get through us first."

Kayo smiled back at him, "thanks John, I'm sorry I've never shown you my true form before, but I didn't know how you would react."

Alan scratched the back of his neck and cleared his throat quietly, "can we see the real you?"

Kayo nodded, "it seems only fair," she closed her eyes and blue scales wound their way up her body taking away her clothing over her and she sighed as she re-opened her eyes now yellow from the transformation, "this is me."

Gordon raised his eyebrows, "that's pretty awesome Kayo."

"Thanks."

"Why would you think we would disapprove of you Kayo?" Virgil asked as he eyed her from top to bottom.

"Because others have always feared me, I could transform into any animal and I can take on anyone's appearance, I don't like using that skill too much because it reminds me of my uncle's power."

"So if you wanted, you could look like any of us?"

Kayo nodded, "easily," she shapeshifted into Penelope and took her voice, "see any differences?"

Gordon looked between Penelope and the other sitting opposite him, "not one. That's incredible."

Kayo shifted back, "can you see how I could be used for crime now? I was my uncle's secret weapon until about the age of fifteen."

Scott took her hand in his, "you can forget about him now."

Kayo shook her head, "no I can't, I can't escape this power he gave me."

"Kayo, you never have to fear to be yourself around us again," Virgil said gently, "we were all terrified when we first got our powers, and so were the public when we first began rescuing them. In fact, they're still uneasy about some of us," he looked at Elle next to him who nodded.

"A man asked me the other day if I was going to hurt him, he didn't trust me. It's never easy facing someone as a vampire."

Kayo sighed, "there's nothing positive about me."

"I'm sure that's not true," John sat back in his chair, "you've just demonstrated you can be anyone, and they don't have to be criminals."

Kayo rounded on him, "I never took on forms of criminals John, I took on the forms of innocent people to get into vaults and secure offices to steal. I was and still am a monster," she felt her eyes fill with tears and stood up, "I should've kept this a secret from you."

Gordon bowed his head then stood up, he walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her, "we're sorry Kayo."

Kayo's shoulders sank as she surrendered, "thank you."

"Sorry Kayo, I didn't mean what I said," John said quietly as Alan looked at him angrily.

"I know you didn't," Kayo wiped her eyes and shifted back into her usual appearance, "I'm just sensitive about how I look."

Penelope smiled around at the group, "you should all be proud of your powers, I think you're all incredible."

John looked at the time, "are you guys heading back home today?"

Scott nodded, "we should, we need to check our ships."

"We'll call in later then, come on Alan, let's get you home."

Virgil stood up with Elle, "we'll get Thunderbird 2 prepped."

Penelope brushed her hand against Gordon's arm to stop him leaving, "one second."

Gordon smiled at her, "I'll catch you guys up."

Scott kissed Kayo's cheek then smiled at Penelope, "thanks for letting us stop by Penny."

"My pleasure, the house is always open to you," Penelope waited for the group to leave then turned to Gordon, "are you alright?"

"I'm fine, but we won't forget today for a while. That was the first time I thought we wouldn't get the birds back."

Penelope stroked his cheek, "I heard you dived into the Thames from the bridge?"

"I had no choice, I needed to save Thunderbird 4."

"Don't take foolish risks however amazing your powers are my love, you're still a mortal under your scales."

Gordon smiled against her hand, "I have someone to live for, I'll never risk my life, I promise Penny."

"You had better not, I don't know how I would cope without you around to bring sunshine into my life," she smiled lovingly at him as he ran his fingers through her hair, "call me when you get home."

"FAB, I better go or Virgil will start getting impatient. I love you."

"I know you do, and I love you," Penelope kissed his lips tenderly then her breath caught as he took it away as he held her tightly, they parted and she giggled, "until next time my merman."

Gordon winked, "you know it."

Elle fired up Tiger's engines and hovered above Thunderbird 2 as Gordon went aboard, "hurry up slowcoaches."

Virgil laughed, "Gordon is here Elle, ready to take off, I would gain height if I were you."

Elle pulled up as Thunderbird 2 took off, "race ya."

Kayo flew alongside Thunderbird 1, she called across to the pilot on a private channel and he smiled back at her, "hey Scott."

"Are you ok?"

"No, I'm not, I'm really not."

"Are you sure you want to discuss it on the way home?"

Kayo sighed, "I just want your opinion."

"On what sweetheart?"

"Do you think I was too hasty in showing them my true self?"

Scott shook his head, "no, that was the right time to do it. I told you not to worry and we all accept you for who you are."

"John didn't look happy about my form."

"You just surprised him, I wouldn't worry about him."

"Should I shapeshift more often so that everyone gets used to me?"

"It's up to you, but I wouldn't go around taking on our forms," Scott laughed.

"That thought never crossed my mind, I hate turning into other people."

"Sorry, I was just teasing you."

Kayo shrugged, "I know," she morphed into her blue self and stretched, "I don't want to hide."

Scott smiled, "then don't, I love you for who you are and that's not going to change."

Later that evening the birds were all back in their hangars and Brains had added extra security to their override systems to prevent them from being stolen again, Virgil sat at the piano playing gently as the others listened from the ring and around the lounge, Kayo sat up on the veranda looking down on everyone in her shifted self and caught Elle watching her, the vampire jumped up from the floor to the balcony and grinned.

"Heya sis."

"Hey, Elle."

"You look a little blue."

"If you're going to take the piss then leave me alone."

"Hey relax I was only teasing you, you know what I meant. You look unhappy."

"That wasn't clever, and yes I'm unhappy. I'm conflicted is a better word," she sighed as she listened to the music coming from the piano, "should I hide around the family or be myself?"

"Kayo, I can hide my fangs or have them out but nothing can change the temperature of my skin or my eye colour to take away the fact that I am a vampire. I can't age and only two things can kill me."

"Two?"

"Yes. My heart gets broken or I'm obliterated."

Kayo's eyes darted to Virgil, "he would never break your heart."

Elle smiled at the pianist who winked at her, "no he wouldn't, but it doesn't necessarily have to be him. It could be anyone."

Kayo nodded as she took in what Elle was saying, "are you saying I should just be comfortable in my own body?"

"Of course I am, I always have to remember that Virgil is ageing and I'm not, it's hard but I just go each day loving him more and using my abilities to help others. Just because you've used yours in the past for your uncle doesn't mean you have to repeat that, you can use them for good this time," she offered her hand to the blue girl, "don't sit up here alone, come on."

Kayo stood up, "thanks, Elle."

They jumped down onto the lounge floor together and Elle sat down next to Gordon as he filled in his mission report, she looked across to Alan who was asleep on the sofa as a golden retriever.

"Still weird isn't it?" Gordon smirked as he followed her gaze.

"Yes but I think it suits him, more than the rest of us. I can't see any of us being a dog."

Gordon laughed, "you sound almost relieved sis."

"Maybe a little," Elle grinned back at him, "how did you get Thunderbird 4 back by the way? The last thing we saw was you diving into the Thames," she heard a quiet thud as the pedal was released and Virgil walked down into the ring and seated himself down on one of the adjacent sofas.

"It was hard but I basically had to find the override code the long way."

Virgil nodded, "you and us both, it took ages to get back into Thunderbird 2, but we all had a good laugh watching Scot take back Thunderbird 1."

Scott scowled from across the room, "yeah, really funny."

"Well, it was," Virgil grinned, "I really hope we won't see those criminals again, we melted their weapons."

"Not to mention took out The Hood's eye," Kayo smirked, "I felt so much joy seeing that happen."

Elle shivered, "even as a vampire I don't think I could've handled seeing that, it's too gross."

Gordon laughed then spotted an icon flashing on his screen, "excuse me guys, I have a private call to make," he stood up as Scott laughed, "what?"

"You're not going to let us listen in then?"

"Of course not, although with your supersonic hearing there's no stopping you."

"I have better things to listen to," Scott smiled as he looked over in Kayo's direction.

"Whatever, see you later."

Virgil took Gordon's vacant space next to Elle and slipped his hand around her waist smiling when she leant back against his arm, "what a day huh?"

"You said it, Virgil," Scott moved down into the ring and collapsed into one of the chairs.

"Do you think we're safe from The Hood, and the crew?" Elle asked as she saw Kayo's eyebrows twitch in amusement.

"Knowing my uncle, I don't think we're ever safe from him. Regarding the Chaos Crew, he won't want anything more to do with them since they failed their mission. Their ship and equipment has been impounded too so they can't use that either."

"You seem very optimistic," Scott smirked at her, "did you sabotage their ships or something?"

"I wish. No, I just know my uncle's minions too well. At least we can have a few months of peace from criminals."

Virgil sighed, "let's hope, it would be nice to spend some leisure time with loved ones," he laid his hand over Elle's.

"And be ourselves."

"You've got that right, unless you're Alan of course who needs to love being a dog more than himself," Scott looked over at the dog stretched out on the couch, "I think it's time for a game of fetch."

Alan opened an eye sleepily and transformed into himself, "I might be sleeping but I can hear you, and I'm not playing fetch Scott. I'm not a domestic dog."

Virgil laughed, "as opposed to?"

"I'm wild bro."

"You transformed into a retriever Alan, that's hardly wild."

"I doubt you can be wild," Scott raised an eyebrow at him.

"That's not true, I can," Alan transformed into a timber wolf and growled at his eldest brother who stood his ground.

Scott bared his fangs, "come at me, little brother."

Elle bit her lip, "Scott, I wouldn't do this if I were you."

"He can't hurt me."

The three watched in disbelief as Alan attacked Scott at full speed and the eldest was knocked out of the lounge down to the ground below, the wolf followed barking loudly which sounded like laughter and the two were heard squabbling outside the kitchen, Kayo ran down the stairs as Virgil and Elle jumped down to watch the ongoing fight. The wolf suddenly howled and transformed into Alan who crouched over sobbing as he clutched his neck, Virgil scowled at Scott as Elle ran to Alan's aid.

"You bit me Scott, you actually bit me," Alan sobbed as blood dripped down under his hand.

"Alan, I am so sorry, I lost control," Scott stepped back in horror, his blue eyes now red from the change.

"Elle, work your magic," Virgil kissed her cheek.

"This is going to feel really weird Ali, but trust me on this," Elle said gently as she took his hand away from his neck, she held her breath as the scent of blood filled her nose, "hold still," she bit into the same teeth marks and Kayo watched with fascination as the mark began to heal, "there."

"Thanks, Elle," Alan wiped his tears away as Virgil gave him a tissue to mop the blood away, "it still hurts."

"It will for a bit, I suggest you get some rest," Elle looked around for Scott but the eldest had gone, "I'll find him."

Kayo frowned, "wouldn't it be better if I went?"

"Any other occasion Kayo, yes, but right now, I know how he's feeling," she ignored her sister's continued glare and turned to Virgil instead, "I'll see you later, look after Alan."

Virgil stroked her cheek, "FAB."

Elle stood back and transformed into a bat, using her telepathy she heard Scott's thoughts and tracked him to the other side of the island in the family cave, she landed as herself and looked up at the entrance where the eldest was sitting, "hey."

Scott sniffed, "hi Elle."

"He's going to be ok, he knows you didn't mean it."

"That's not the point, I bit him Elle, my own brother. It was like I had become someone else, had I bitten him again that would've been it, I couldn't save him."

"I would've done, we were watching the fight."

"Why didn't any of you intervene?" Scott frowned at her, "you know what could've happened."

Elle jogged up the slope and sat down beside him, "it wasn't a fight, and you intimidated him to attack you."

Scott sighed in defeat, "I didn't know he was going to take it that seriously."

"He's fifteen, of course, he was," Elle smiled then nudged his knee with hers, "but you were stupid to pick a fight with a wolf."

Scott nodded then moved closer to his sister as he watched the last light of the sun disappear below the horizon, "I promised myself and my parents I would never hurt any of my family, and I've broken that today," he turned his face away from Elle's as tears filled his natural blue eyes, "I can't believe I bit him."

"Scott, it was an accident and it's sorted, he'll be absolutely fine. Look at me, you haven't broken any promises," she smiled at her tearful brother then wrapped her arms around him feeling his chin rest on her shoulder, "we have a power which isn't perfect but we can do so much with it too. We can heal people and run faster than a cheetah which is great when rescuing people on the ground."

Scott sighed as he held Elle tightly, "I guess so."

"You better get back to the house, I think Kayo is annoyed with me."

"Why?" Scott asked as he sat back on the slope.

"Because I'm here alone with you."

"She's had a tough day, I'm not surprised if she's on the edge. I think I'm going to hit the hay if I'm honest. Want to run back with me?"

"I'd love to," Elle stood up then looked down at her heeled boots, "making me run in heels? You're cruel."

"You agreed, it's too late."

Elle scowled at him, "you owe me, Scotty."

"Hey Elle, thanks for making me feel better about what just happened."

"You're still wondering how I do it aren't you?"

"What do you mean?"

"I can change your mood in a blink of an eye. If you're feeling upset then suddenly fine, it's because I've probably eased your mind. I do it to Virgil a lot when he's panicking."

"You what?"

"Scott, you have that power too. I'm always trying to remind you," she sighed, "skip the run, we're walking back and you need to learn about this."

Kayo watched the clouds darken and walked back into the lounge up to the portraits, "when Scott gets back, tell him I've gone to bed Virgil."

Virgil looked up at her from the piano, "are you sure you're ok?"

"I'm fine, today has all been a bit of a mess, I want to sleep it off."

"If you're sure you're ok then I'll see you tomorrow, but I'm always here to talk Kayo."

Kayo smiled, "thanks, that means a lot to me."

"Sleep well Kayo, and thanks for showing us who you are earlier."

"You're definitely ok with it?"

Virgil held the pedal down, "I turn into a bird as a power Kayo, I can handle anyone's transformation, I turn as blue as you do and covered in feathers," he laughed as Kayo rubbed her arms, "your appearance is completely normal in my opinion."

"Do you mean that?"

"Of course I do," Virgil smiled as Kayo ran over and hugged him, he tightened his grip around her slightly, "if you're worried about John's opinion of you I'll talk to him."

"How do you know?"

"He's the one who upset you, I'll talk him around, I promise."

Kayo hugged him again then sighed, "thank you. See you tomorrow, hopefully, we get a full sleep tonight."

"Fingers crossed," Virgil watched her leave then resumed playing in the empty room, the main lights were off leaving him to play in a spotlight.

Elle flew up to the lounge with Scott and said goodnight to each other at the entrance, she walked silently over to her husband and wrapped her arms around his neck smirking when he jumped in fright at being startled.

"Caught off guard again Virgil?"

"You always do that."

"You just never hear me coming," she slid around him so that she was sitting on his lap facing him, "finally, some private time together."

Virgil continued to play despite her distractions, "is Scott ok?"

"He's fine, now relax."

"Elle, don't play your mind tricks on me, is Scott really ok?" Virgil frowned as his eyes looked into hers.

Elle stopped controlling his mood and nodded, "he was upset but I told him that Alan was ok and he accepted his apology, then I taught him about mood controlling."

Virgil nodded, "I guess it's hard being a vampire sometimes."

"It is, you have no idea how difficult it is."

Virgil raised an eyebrow, "and being a bird is just as bad."

"Yeah, although at least you can deal with blood and not worry about what can kill you."

"What?" Virgil's fingers jarred on the keys startling Elle as she lost her balance on his knee.

"Hey watch it," Elle grimaced as she hopped up onto the lid, "I'm being serious. There aren't many ways to kill a vampire, but the way to kill me or Scott is either breaking our hearts or obliterating us."

Virgil looked up at her horrified, "I would never break your heart, never. Nor can I imagine someone destroying you, I wouldn't let them."

"I would kill myself if something happened to you," Elle whispered sorrowfully and Virgil offered his hand to her to take.

"Feel here," he placed his hand over his heart, "this is where your heart is, someone would have to break me to get it."

Elle smiled as she felt it thump under her hand in his, "I wouldn't want my heart with anyone else but you."

Virgil lifted her from the piano lid into his arms and kissed her, she wrapped her ankles around his waist and pressed her lips harder against his own as they walked to their room not pausing the make out as they stumbled along the corridor, he kicked the door open for them both and they collapsed onto the bed hearing the door swing shut in a pleasing manner, Virgil flipped her onto her back as he kissed her and his wings unfolded out of his now bareback, they draped down on both sides of the bed as his hands caressed her body up and down as she responded equally as energised. The sky finally turned dark and all the house lights turned off leaving only a couple of bedroom lights to glow out of the cliff indicating not all residents were yet asleep.