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Virgil's POV:

I was still in the corridor leading to the cockpit when Thunderbird 2 was shaken from something outside knocking both Alan and I to the deck.

"What was that?" Alan asked.

"I don't know," I replied getting to my feet, not telling him the whole truth. It had sounded like another air craft crashing nearby. Which air craft though I had no idea. "Fermat go see if you can give your father a hand with finishing those repairs," I ordered as I headed for the cockpit to find out what was going on. I didn't even wait for his reply although I was sure he would comply.

Coming into the cockpit of Thunderbird 2 I looked out the windows, looking for the downed aircraft. I saw it out to my right about 500 meters. I let out a sigh of relief to see that it was the Hood's craft.

"Thunderbird 2 come in," I heard my Dad say over the radio. He sounded a bit panicked.

"Thunderbird 2 here," I said sitting down in the pilot's seat.

"Thank God," Dad said relief evident in his voice. "You guys okay."

"Yeah, the Hood's craft going down shook us up a little bit, but we're okay. Brains and Fermat are back trying to patch up one of the engines so we can get this 'bird home," I told him.

"Okay. I want you all to stay inside. I'm landing Thunderbird 1 now and the remaining Air Force planes are landing too. We'll handle the Hood."

"FAB Dad," I said just a little bit worried. I'd rather be with him than sitting on Thunderbird 2 but I understood where my Dad was coming from. He was trying to protect Alan and me from the Hood.

"I'm here too Jeff," Lady P's voice said over the radio. "Parker is landing FAB 1 now."

"Great timing as always Lady P. Thunderbird 1 out."

"We need to do something to help," Alan said.

"You heard Dad, Alan. We stay put," I told him.

"I'm not staying," Alan said, starting to leave the cockpit.

I sprang out of my chair and went after him. I caught hold of the collar of his shirt before he got too far.

"Let me go," Alan said.

"No. You wanted to be a Thunderbird, well part of that is learning to follow orders whether you like them or not," I told him, grabbing his arm and turning him to face me.

"But we could help."

"Maybe but we'd also be two more targets for the Hood. Dad already had to watch helplessly as the Hood hurt John. You go rushing in over there and you're going to give the Hood a chance to put Dad through that again. Is that what you really want?"

"No."

"Then we do what Dad told us to do. We stay here," I told him. "Let's go see how Brains and Fermat are making out."

Putting an arm across Alan's shoulders, I started leading him back toward the engine compartment. I knew I had to keep a close eye on my younger brother. I had a feeling that he would try to make a slip at any opportunity that he got as there was a lot of Scott in him. Like Scott, Alan wanted to be a part of the action, not sitting and waiting to see how things unfolded.

Jeff's POV:

As Tin-tin and I descended from Thunderbird 1, I saw the Air Force Personnel gathering behind one of the Air Force jets. Motioning for Tin-Tin to go ahead of me, we headed over to them. As we joined the group, I saw Penny and Parker coming from the direction of FAB 1.

"What's the girl doing here?" one of the Air Force guys asked, clearly not thrilled to see her. Whether it was because she was female or because of her age, I wasn't sure. Nor did I have time to dwell on it.

"We're going to need her," I told them confidently.

"She's just a kid."

"This kid is the only one that is any match for the Hood should he chose to use his powers," I told him, remembering how she had saved Alan's life the last time we had gone up against the Hood.

"Johnson, that's enough," another Air Force guy said sternly. To my relief, Johnson did as he was told. At least he could follow orders. "I'm Captain John Shettfield," he said turning to me. "We're very grateful for your help."

"Its just part of the job," I told him. " A job that we need to finish."

Shettfield nodded.

"We don't plan on letting the Hood escape," he said confidently.

"Yeah, well how do you plan on getting him out of his aircraft?" Penelope challenged.

"That's what we're trying to figure out," Shettfield told her. "If you have anything constructive to say, I'd be happy to hear it, otherwise don't get in the way."

I knew Penny got the implication in his voice just as I did. This guy clearly didn't think Penny could be any help just like Tin-Tin. Little did he know, Penny could probably take him down in hand to hand combat.

I reached out a hand and rested it on her arm. The last thing I needed to deal with is her going off on the guy.

"Any ideas on how to proceed?" I asked Shettfield.

"We were thinking about just storming the air craft. Take him by surprise."

"That will get a lot of your people hurt if not killed," I warned him. There was no doubt in my mind that the Hood and his two comrades would be armed and wouldn't hesitate to use those weapons.

"Letting him escape could get a lot more innocent people killed," Shettfield fired back.

He had a point. We had to end this here and now and not just for the sake of my family. The Hood wouldn't care who got in the way of getting his revenge. We had just been lucky so far that no innocent lives had been lost.

"He's after me, so let me lure him out."

I jumped at the sound of Alan's voice beside me.

"Sorry," Virgil said coming up behind Alan. " He snuck out on me."

I sighed. The easy thing to do would be to have Virgil drag Alan back to Thunderbird 2. Of course then I would have a very angry son to deal with later on. Plus, Alan did have a point. If the Hood knew Alan was out here, he would be more likely to come out of hiding.

"Brains and Fermat."

"Still onboard Thunderbird 2 working on repairs," Virgil told me.

"What's the kid talking about?" Shettfield ask. "Could the Hood really be lured out using him as bait."

"We are not using my son as bait," I told him.

"Jeff, it might be the only way," Penny said softly. I looked at her. I couldn't believe she was even suggesting it. " I know its not a risk you want to take, but we need to get the Hood out of that air craft. Right now, we come out of cover and he and his goons can sit there and pick us off one by one. If Alan can get him to come out, then we have a chance of getting to him."

"As long as Alan doesn't go any further than about half the distance I can block the Hood's powers," Tin-tin said.

"Are you sure?" Alan asked.

"Positive," she replied confidently.

Despite her confidence I still had my reservation. My goal had been to protect Alan from the Hood. Using him to lure The Hood out into the open just didn't seem right. Still I couldn't see any other way.

Scott's POV:

I rushed over to John's side. His eyes were open but he didn't seem to be focusing on anything at all. Another scream rang out. I grabbed a hold of one of his hands, not at all sure if he knew I was there or not. I was aware of Gordon hovering beside me. I looked from my brother to Mark.

I could see the worry on his face. I had never seen him anything but confident. Now I saw the confusion and worry on his face. Like he was in over his head. I knew then the situation was grave.

I wanted to yell at him to do something. To make this situation better like he always had before. I knew that wouldn't be productive though. That Mark was doing everything he could. Unfortunately it didn't seem like it was going to be enough this time.

"I can't wait any longer," Mark finally said. "I'm putting him into a coma," he said reaching for some equipment.

I kept a hold of John's hand, wanting him to know I was there for him. His eyes remained unfocused though. I wasn't sure he knew where he was or who was with him.

"Keep fighting John," I said my words barely a whisper.