'It is important to plan for the future."

"This is a serious topic boys, when I'm gone are you going to continue the organisation?"

Scott nodded, "of course dad, until we're too old to run it mind you."

"And what about your children? It's important to plan for the future."

Gordon blushed, "children?"

Virgil smirked, "and how are you going to propose that to Penelope then?"

Jeff frowned, "you can tease each other later, for now, what are you going to do. Remain a family business as you get older or split apart?"

"Why would we split up?" Scott's eyes widened in shock.

"I took you away from the careers you all may have wanted to do."

"We love being International Rescue dad," Virgil smiled, "I don't know if I could be without Thunderbird 2."

Scott grinned, "what if you had a family?"

"I'd still want thunderbird 2 in my care."

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Ten years later

Kayo kissed Virgil's cheek as she sat down on the sofa beside him as their ten year old daughter ran into the lounge, "how is she our kid when she acts like your brother?"

Scott smirked from the desk, "think she'll make a good Thunderbird 1 pilot?"

"Ha! She's taking Thunderbird 2 not your ship."

"Uncle Scott, will you teach me to fly?"

"When you're older, Tara."

"International Rescue, we have a situation," John appeared above the table smiling.

Kayo wrapped her arms around her daughter as she looked up at John, "what's happened?"

"I've just been on a call with the Californian fire department, they need some help with a tower block fire."

"Can I go dad, please?" Tara begged as Virgil stood up from the sofa.

"Not on this one sweetheart, stay here with your grandad," he wrapped his arms around her as Scott ran over to the lamps, "we'll be back later. Kayo?"

"Coming."

Jeff walked into the room, "rescue boys?"

"Yep. Dad, could you look after Tara please?"

"Of course."

Gordon, who was now twenty eight, skipped down the steps, "John filled me in, I'm coming too. I've told Alan to tag along."

Virgil smiled, "the more the merrier."

The ships took off and set course for California, Scott called in everyone on board Thunderbird 2 and Kayo in Shadow and they smiled back at him.

"Just the top floor, think you can handle it, Virgil?"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well I sometimes worry about you, being a dad and all."

Kayo coughed loudly, "ahem and I'm a mother, who is still fully capable of evacuating a whole building I might add. Gordon is a dad too."

Gordon grinned, "certainly am, I just wish I could see my daughter more often."

"How did you both manage to get girls? I still can't get my head around it."

Kayo smiled, "I'm glad I did, I'm teaching her everything. So when we retire she'll be the one flying Thunderbird Shadow."

"Why not Thunderbird 2?" Virgil asked ignoring his brothers' sniggers.

"It'll be her choice but that's my preference."

"Scott, you're awfully quiet, what's up?" Gordon asked.

Alan raised an eyebrow, "I know that look, spit it out."

"I'll tell you after the mission, okay?"

"We could always have another kid and they can take Thunderbird 2?" Kayo suggested.

"There'd be quite an age gap between them."

Alan smiled, "there are nine years between Scott and me."

"And three brothers between in the meantime!" Gordon grinned at him, "we had to go first."

Virgil smiled as he felt Thunderbird 2 purr, "I'm just not ready to give her up, even to my own child."

Gordon looked over at him, "you'll know when it's the right time. Step on it, or Scott will get all the action."

"Firing afterburners, now."

The mission went smoothly and minus a few cuts and ash on faces everyone was okay, Scott called in after cleaning himself up as best he could and smiled at Virgil.

"I'm stopping off at home."

"Home?"

"My non-island home. I've been keeping this a secret for the past five years and don't ask me why. It was for protection mainly."

Kayo sighed, "Scott, what is it?"

"I need to see my daughters."

"Daughter-s?" Gordon choked, "more than one!?"

Scott nodded, "twins."

Virgil smiled, "congratulations big brother, but we're going with you and taking you back to see dad, this news may just make him cry."

"Hang on then," Gordon pulled the second wheel down and plotted in a course, "Sorry Virgil but in that case, we're picking up Penelope and Violet."

"Fine but give me back control," Virgil ordered and his brother reluctantly slid the wheel back, "thank you."

Scott smiled, "I'll meet up again soon, see you at the ranch."

"Not that ranch of course," Kayo smirked, "see you later."

"Wow, he's had kids for five years and didn't tell us," Alan shook his head, "surely he's visited?"

"I'm sure he has, but to keep it secret all these years, I don't understand."

Kayo brought shadow up alongside Thunderbird 2, "protection, like he said, we still have people after our organisation and ships. The best thing we, who are as parents, is to keep our families safe," she smiled across at Virgil who caught her eye, "I'll see you guys at home."

"Kiss Tara for me."

"FAB."

Scott landed at a cottage on the Devonshire coast and two girls ran over to the ship, one had hair as brown as his and the other jet black like his brother's, he leapt down to the ground and wrapped his arms around them as they knocked the air out of him, "whoa, hey girls."

"You brought her!" The black haired girl grinned up at Thunderbird 1.

"Well she's better than your mum isn't she?" Scott smirked as his wife joined them, "hey Nina."

"Scott, you look like hell, another mission?"

"And I love you too."

"Dad we made cookies!"

"Well, how about you make your poor father a coffee Hayley, and I'll have one of those cookies, Raven."

"Okay daddy!"

Scott watched them run back to the house as he locked up Thunderbird 1, "they know how to make coffee, right?"

Nina laughed, "they're almost six, yes," she wrapped her arm around his waist, "you're in uniform and covered in dust which suggests you're not staying for long."

"Your powers of deduction amaze me. Get packing, I'm taking you guys to meet my brothers and my dad."

Nina stopped, "really?"

"Yes, our girls have cousins and they deserve to meet them. I'll get cleaned up."

Nina ran after him, "okay we'll get packing."

Gordon ran over to the mansion and a girl with blonde hair as bright as Penelope's ran down the steps, "there she is."

Virgil smiled as his brother lifted the girl into his arms, "she's grown."

Penelope walked down the steps, "Gordon," she hugged him then looked round to Alan and Virgil, "and we have brothers."

"Uncle Virgil!" Violet squeaked happily as she threw her arms around him, "did you bring me sweets?"

Virgil grinned at her as he knelt down, "in Thunderbird 2."

Penelope smiled at her daughter as she walked back to her, "this is an unexpected visit, what are you guys doing here?"

"Taking you to the island," Gordon smiled.

"Really?"

"Yep, Scott has a surprise, so you guys ready?"

"The island?" Violet asked, "can I go swimming?"

"Not in the sea, but there's a pool," Gordon pinched her cheek gently.

Violet laughed, "daddy, get off."

Alan smirked at Virgil, "I can't believe Gordon has a child."

"I know, come on let's get the ship ready," Virgil squeezed Alan's shoulder, "hey guys, half an hour then we're out of here!"

Jeff stood up from the desk where he had been playing chequers with Tara and watched Thunderbird 1 land, Kayo walked into the lounge and caught her daughter in her arms.

"How was the mission Kayo?"

"It was fine, a little smokey but no-one is hurt," she placed a kiss on Tara's head, "how far away is Thunderbird 2?"

John smiled as he stood up from the armchair he had been lounging in behind Jeff's desk, "she's ten minutes away."

"John! Ha, I didn't see you there, sorry."

John smirked, "no offence taken."

"Let's get some snacks while we wait for your father," Kayo pushed her daughter towards the stairs gently, "I'll join you in a bit, and..." a jet black haired girl ran into the room followed by a girl with chestnut coloured hair, "and who is this?"

Scott walked into the room, "hey Kayo."

"Scott, are these your children?" Jeff asked as the girls clutched his jacket as they hung back.

"And meet my wife, Nina," Scott smiled as a woman took his hand, "sorry we kept them secret. This is Raven and Hayley."

Jeff smiled friendlily, "more grandchildren."

Scott rested his head against his wife's, "it was for protection."

"Let's go down to the kitchen and make drinks as we wait for Virgil to return," he offered his hand to Nina, "Jeff Tracy."

"Nina Gilbert, of course now it's Tracy, pleased to meet you."

Thunderbird 2 landed and the remaining members of the family met up in the kitchen, Virgil looked out at the pool where his daughter was playing in the water with Scott's twins and Gordon's daughter, "how old are they?"

Scott smiled as he held a mug of coffee in his hands, "six next week, secrecy was the best option with the Hood still at large."

Kayo nodded as Virgil sat down beside her, "and he was right to."

Nina frowned, "are they safe now?"

Jeff cleared his throat, "I won't let anything happen to my children or their children."

"Can you promise that dad?" Scott asked.

"You've never doubted me Scott."

Penelope rested her hand on Gordon's, "when they're all old enough they'll take the business on."

Scott frowned, "they'll fight over Thunderbird 1."

"They're not related, what do we do about that?" Alan asked immediately earning glares from the parents in the room.

"That wasn't kind," Virgil narrowed his eyes as he spotted Scott's wife tense, "none of them are even ten yet, we've still got another five or so years to run the business ourselves and that's the way it's going to be."

Nina nodded, "Scott has told me everything to know about this business, the kids will choose whether or not they become International Rescue."

Penelope looked around as their daughter ran into the kitchen followed by Virgil's, "had fun did we? Sweetheart, you're getting water all over the floor."

"Sorry mummy."

Gordon smiled broadly, "water doesn't harm floors. I think it's time for a game of water Marco Polo."

Jeff stacked the mugs up into the dishwasher with Scott's help as he looked out to the pool where some of his family were gathered, the sound of the piano accompanied the laughter and he smiled at Scott, "do you think they all will join the business?"

Scott shrugged, "I want Raven to, but I think Nina wants Hayley to go into a different line of business, she has a flair for creativity."

"Like Virgil?"

"No, more like John, an author."

Jeff turned to walk up to the lounge, "five years Scott, and you didn't ever think to tell your own father you had twins."

"I was so worried about secrecy, I want to keep them safe at least until they're a little older."

Jeff rounded the corner into the lounge casting an eye over to the piano where Virgil was playing for his daughter sat on his knee, "I know I pressured you all into becoming International Rescue, I want this to be your choice, all of you. Think about the future, if your girls want to be something else let them be, I still feel guilty that Virgil never became a concert pianist."

Scott smiled, "he loves Thunderbird 2, dad, he doesn't want to give her up not even to Tara," he looked over at the piano where Tara was pressing notes down for Virgil, "don't worry about us, I'll make it work, I promise," he held his father's arm in a reassuring grip then smiled, "do we have enough rooms for us all to stay the night?"

Jeff chuckled, "let's go and see shall we?"