The Tracy Women Part 4 Talli
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Chapter 21: Pinky 1 and 2
Scott and John glared at their brother's retreating back before turning back to Virgil. He was staring at them angrily. Alan decided to leave them all to it as he wasn't involved.
"Sorry Virge it was just a bit of fun whilst we were in the hospital," began Scott.
"Yeah we were just trying to lighten the mood a little. Everyone was so worried about Gordon although now I'm thinking we shouldn't have worried so much," said John.
"He's dead once we get hold of him," added Scott.
"He won't be the only one," said Virgil vehemently.
"We really are sorry bro," said John.
"Yeah sure. I have to get back to work. Goodnight dad," said Virgil turning his attention back to his father.
"Goodnight son," replied Jeff.
Virgil cancelled the call before Scott and John could say anymore. They slowly turned to look at their father surprised by how angry Virgil had been.
"I think he has had a rough couple of days," commented Jeff.
"I guess he has been a little busy up there," replied Scott. Over the last couple of days they had been on three rescues so they were all a bit tired.
"Yes but unlike John and Alan, Virgil is not as used to being up there. I think he found it hard watching you all go out without him," explained Jeff.
"I can understand that. I hate it too," admitted Scott.
"Yeah Alan probably didn't help when he joked about the dent on the side of Thunderbird 2 either," added John.
"No I don't think he did. He will be ok tomorrow," said Jeff.
Gordon meanwhile had gone to join the girls. Their movie had just finished so they were all chatting happily. They all grinned when he walked in.
"What did you do?" asked Talli as he sat down beside her.
"What makes you think I did anything?" he asked with an innocent look on his face.
"Because it's you Gordy," said Lucie with a grin.
"Exactly, so which one wants to kill you now then?" asked Becca.
"I may have mentioned to Virgil that Scott and John had a bet on him," he explained still smiling innocently.
"Gordon!" exclaimed Maddie with a grin.
"What, they called me soft. I was just proving to them I wasn't," he replied.
"Why would your brothers call you soft?" asked Becca. Alan came strolling in before Gordon could reply.
"You might want to find a better hiding place bro," he commented as he sat down beside Tintin.
"Were they mad?" asked Lucie.
"Lets just say Gordon has one chance of survival," replied Alan reaching over to take Tintin's hand. She smiled shyly at him.
"What's that then?" asked Gordon.
"Your only chance is if Virgil gets to them before they get to you."
"Cool. I will let Virge kill them then," said Gordon standing up.
"I think I better go and have a word with my husband," said Maddie and she left the room.
"I better go to bed before they come after me. You coming baby?" he asked holding out his hand to Talli. Talli hesitated for a second glancing nervously at the others.
"Talli there is no way I am letting you sleep in that guest bed alone not whilst you are still having nightmares," he whispered softly so the others couldn't hear.
"Ok then. Goodnight everyone."
"Night you two," came a chorus of replies.
Virgil jumped off the couch once it had stopped moving and smiled at his father.
"Hey dad."
"Hello son. Did the change over go ok?" he asked moving forward to give his middle child a hug.
"Yeah it's all quiet up there at present so Al may have enough time to unpack before it all starts again."
"It's good to have you back son," said Jeff smiling. He had really missed Virgil playing the piano whilst he was working.
"It's good to be back dad," replied Virgil as Maddie entered the lounge.
"Hey beautiful," he said pulling her into his arms.
"I bet you won't be saying that when I am heavily pregnant and the size of a house," she joked.
"You will always look beautiful to me. So how are my two jelly beans then?"
"They are just fine and not making mommy sick so she is happy," replied Maddie with a smile as he gently patted her expanding bump. He then looked back up and kissed her.
Scott and John came strolling into the lounge and looked uneasily at Virgil. They were both wondering if he was still mad at them. As if reading their thoughts Virgil spoke.
"Yes I am still mad at you," he said and then turned back to his beautiful wife. "Do you know where Gordon and Talli are?" he asked.
"Yeah they are in the pool I believe."
"Cool," he said taking her hand and leading her away before Scott and John could say anything else.
"You do realize that he is going to speak to Gordon don't you," commented Lucie.
"Yeah and?" queried John. Scott suddenly realized what she was getting at.
"We're in trouble aren't we?" he said looking over at his wife and sister in law. Both just grinned and nodded.
"Just be grateful Alan isn't here to help too," said Becca.
Virgil and Maddie sat down beside Talli watching as Gordon finished swimming his daily laps. He was soon done and climbing out of the pool.
"When did you get back bro?" he asked walking over.
"A few minutes ago."
"Cool. Scott and John apologised yet?" he asked sitting down beside Talli and wrapping his wet arm around her.
"Hey," she complained pushing him off. Gordon just grinned at her.
"Nope didn't give them a chance. I need your help Gords."
"Anything bro."
"I want revenge," he said with an evil grin that made Maddie giggle.
"I'm sure we can come up with something," replied Gordon with a matching grin. He sat thinking for a few seconds and then his grin got bigger.
"Uh oh," said Talli grinning.
"I was thinking about some hair dye perhaps in a nice green shade. Let them know they shouldn't mess with the pilot of Thunderbird 2," replied Gordon. It would be easy to get them both as they went for a run together each morning and then had a shower before breakfast.
"You know, you could always try pink. That would be a lot more embarrassing," said Talli.
"Yeah that would be funny seeing International Rescue's field commander with pink hair," laughed Virgil.
"That's settled then. I better go call a few friends of mine," said Gordon standing up. Talli stood up beside him.
"Thanks bro," said Virgil.
As they walked past the pool. Talli moved close to Gordon and then pushed him into it. He surfaced spluttering and glared at her.
"What was that for?"
"What was what for?" she asked innocently.
"Oh we're playing that game are we," he said edging closer to where she was standing.
"Bye," she said and quickly ran off. Gordon laughed and jumped out of the pool. He grinned at his brother before heading off after Talli.
Jeff sat at his desk the following morning chatting to Alan.
"Well it's all still quiet here and Virgil never found John's secret stash of chocolate so I'm happy," said Alan as he munched on a bar of said secret chocolate. Jeff just grinned at his youngest.
Suddenly there was a commotion and noise coming from nearby. Jeff turned round to see his two oldest standing before him. They were both absolutely furious and as Jeff caught sight of their hair he realized why and had to fight back the laughter. Alan on the other hand almost fell off his chair when he saw his two big brothers standing there with pink hair. He couldn't fight back the laughter and slumped against the console.
"You couldn't be happy with three sons. You had to have two more," said Scott angrily. Jeff again fought down the urge to laugh.
"Hey I had nothing to do with this," said Alan managing to halt the laughter for a few minutes.
Scott just ignored him. At that moment Lucie and Becca strolled in. They both started laughing too. It was a really comical sight. Lucie leant over to Becca.
"Hey Bex which one is yours. It's kind of hard to tell since they have the same colour hair," she said.
"Good question I have no idea," replied Becca and they started laughing again. Scott and John just glared at their wives.
"It's not funny," said Scott grumpily.
"It is pretty funny," said Virgil from the doorway. Scott turned and glared at him which started Virgil laughing again.
"Sorry bro can't take you seriously like that," he said. Gordon and Talli then strolled in with Brains, who promptly burst out laughing. Gordon walked up to his father's desk.
"Hey dad why do Scott and John look like flamingos?" he asked seriously.
"That's what they remind me of, flamingos," said Alan. At that comment they all began laughing again. Even Jeff couldn't stop it this time. John walked over to Scott and placed his hand on his arm.
"We did kind of deserve it," he said.
"Yeah and I guess it could have been worse," replied Scott and they both smiled.
"Hey Lucie was right. How are we going to tell them apart," laughed Alan.
"We will just have to call them Pinky 1 and Pinky 2," replied Gordon.
"Alright that's enough you lot. Lets go and get some breakfast," said Jeff before things escalated.
"Catch you later guys. Bye Pinky 1 and 2," called Alan from Thunderbird 5 and then he signed off still laughing.
They all entered the kitchen and sat down. Grandma took one look at them and shook her head.
"I don't want to know," she said and walked away hiding the huge grin on her face.
A few days later and Gordon awoke to the sounds of Talli stirring in her sleep. He could tell instantly that she was having a nightmare.
"No get off me. Please don't hurt me," she called out in her sleep.
"It's ok honey. No one is going to hurt you," he said edging closer to her.
"No, please no. No," her shouting got louder and Gordon was worried she would wake up the others.
"It's just a nightmare baby. Time to wake up for me," he said gently running his fingers through her hair. She began to stir and finally opened her eyes.
"Are you ok baby?" he asked.
"Yeah I think so. I guess I'm more scared about tomorrow then I realized," she admitted sitting up.
"You have nothing to be scared about."
"I think I'm going to make some hot chocolate. You want one?" she asked. Gordon nodded and smiled as she pulled on her jeans and then his shirt.
She wandered into the little kitchenette. They were staying at a hotel close to the court house as Jamie was being sentenced tomorrow. Luckily he had pleaded guilty so they hadn't needed to attend any of the earlier parts of the case. Tintin soon joined her.
"Are you ok Talli. I heard you yelling out."
"Yeah just had a bad dream. Sorry if I woke you," she replied.
"It's ok I was already awake. I always have trouble sleeping in strange beds."
"Yeah I know what you mean. Do you want a hot chocolate?" asked Talli.
"Yes please."
"Talls will you make Alan one as well please?" called Gordon from the lounge area. Jeff had rented suites for them all. Talli and Gordon were sharing with Alan and Tintin who had separate rooms.
The two girls strolled into the lounge area and joined their boyfriends.
"Did I wake you as well Alan?" asked Talli as she sat down beside Gordon.
"Yeah but it doesn't matter. How long have you been having nightmares?" he asked pulling Tintin down beside him.
"Ever since I got out of the hospital but they had eased off, well until tonight anyway."
"It's probably the stress of tomorrow making it worse," commented Tintin.
"I'm hoping once tomorrow is over that they will stop altogether," she said snuggling closer into Gordon's arms.
"So when did you give Scott and John the special shampoo to turn their hair back?" asked Alan changing the subject.
"That night. Virgil wouldn't let me do it any earlier. He really surprised me when he asked about the revenge," replied Gordon.
"Yeah he and Scott never prank each other," said Alan.
"I think he was just having a bad day and they were the final straw," said Tintin.
"It was really funny and I'm guessing it was all your idea Gords," said Alan.
"Well I came up with the idea but someone else came up with the colour," replied Gordon pointing at Talli who just grinned.
They carried on chatting and enjoying their drinks. Before the long the two young couples had fallen asleep on the sofas.
The family all stood up and thanked the lawyer for all his work.
"Twenty years is that all. The guy should have gone to prison for life," said Alan angrily.
"Alan," warned Jeff.
"He has a point Dad. Jamie murdered a woman, kidnapped and beat Talli and then shot me. He should have got longer," said Gordon.
"Gords, he's out of our lives that's all that matters," said Talli touching his arm.
"Yeah I guess so," he replied and hugged her. Jamie watched them in anger. Alan caught his look and glared back at him.
Talli was the last one of the group to leave her seat. Just as she began to walk away something made me her turn back. The others had continued not noticing she had stopped. She looked over at where Jamie was being led off by the officers. He turned and glared at her. His lawyer strolled over and handed him something. Talli just turned round and moved off towards the family.
Suddenly she was grabbed from behind and felt a blade being pressed to her neck. She knew instinctively who had grabbed her. She screamed and the Tracy family all stared in horror to see that Jamie had grabbed Talli and was holding a knife to her throat.
"Hello Nat," he said sinisterly. The others edged closer.
"Anyone moves and I slit her throat," said Jamie menacingly. He pressed the knife tighter and a small trickle of blood ran down her neck.
Authors Note: So can the boys save Talli from Jamie's clutches once more or will he finally succeed in killing her?