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'AHHHHHHH!' Virgil screamed, 'Oh my God!' The ocean seemed to explode, as TB1 flew into it at such a great speed. Water and flames shot 50 feet in the air, but that wasn't what horrified Virgil the most. It was the awful stillness of the water after it swallowed up TB1. There wasn't a ripple or a wave, it was like the water in a pond, but on fire.
Scott was grabbing desperately for the transmitter as if his life depended on it.
'ALAN, GORDON!' He shrieked getting a horrible sense of déjà vu.
John was just flying over towards his brothers when TB1 crashed. He saw TB2 and smiled as he started to near it,
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
John almost fell out of his seat, as an explosion sent water and fire flying into the air. 'WHAT THE HELL!' he shouted aloud as he quickly tried to figure out what had happened. Then he realised TB1 was missing and worked out what had happened.
'OH PLEASE NO!' he screamed to nobody.
'NO, NO , NO , NOOOOOOOO!' Scott screamed as he got only static from the radio again. It was as if he crumbled in on himself and he slowly sank to the floor of TB2 and dissolved into floods of tears.
Virgil was horrified,
'SCOTT!' Virgil crouched down and shook his brother's shoulders, panic mirrored in his own eyes,
'YOU HAVE TO PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!'
'What Virg?' Scott pleaded, raising his tear-stained face to his brothers, 'I can't take any more of this, I can't help you all anymore, how can I help them?'
Virgil was lost for words, he didn't know what to do, but seeing Scott like this was killing him, Scott was always so together, he knew what to do. The man in front of him seemed like a stranger.
Over the sound of Scott's wrenching sobs he heard the familiar hum of TB5's thrusters. 'You're too late Johnny' he said to himself, 'you're too late.'
Scott felt utterly wretched, what could he do? There was nothing he could do to save them. His own bloody craft had killed them. How could he ever get over that. He had never felt like this before. Not even when his mother had died, but that hadn't been his fault. He should have tried to land TB1, or gone down with Gordon in the first place then none of this would have happened. There was only one way he could think of that might save them.
Standing so fast that Virgil jumped in surprise, Scott rubbed at his tear- filled eyes and walked straight past his bewildered brother to the hatch.
Alarm bells were going off loudly in Virgil's head,
'What the hell was Scott doing?'
He had never seen such a look on Scotts face, a look of complete desolation and determination.
'Scott?' Virgil said questioningly as his brother headed towards the hatch. His tone suddenly changed as he realised what Scott was doing,
'SCOTT!' he shouted in panic, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?'
Scott didn't answer him. He climbed out of TB2 to Virgil's complete shock and jumped into the flaming water below him.
John saw Scott climb out of the hatch,
'what the hell is he doing' he said quietly and then Scott jumped.
'OH MY GOD!!!!' John shouted and grabbed for the radio.
'VIRG? WHAT THE HELL..'
Virgil, obviously as panicked as John shouted
'QUICK JOHN, SPRAY AROUND HIM!'
John flew as low as he dared and immediately sprayed the water cannons on the area he had last seen his brother, longing for the dark head to re- appear.
But it didn't.
Scott felt the fire singe his back, he couldn't go back up there or he'd die. His back felt unbelievably hot, but all he could think about was finding the boys.
He swam further and further towards the sea-bed, but he knew with a sinking heart that he wouldn't be able to hold his breath long enough to help his brothers.
Alan felt Gordon's weight pinning him down. Coughing, he stammered 'G..G.Gordo, you ok?'
When he got no response Alan tried to move from under his brother but he was wedged tightly. Hauling himself with all his strength from under Gordon, he felt horribly claustrophobic. Alan wasn't a claustrophobic person but the sub had been crushed to about the size of a wardrobe. And he was stuck inside it. He suddenly found it hard to breathe.
'Gordo' he said softly in his brother's ear. Gordon didn't move. His eyes were shut and Alan saw the back of his head was bleeding badly.
'GORDO!' he shouted, panicked. 'COME ON WAKE UP!'
He repeated his earlier procedure and felt for a pulse, only this time it was very weak and barely there.
'Oh Gordo!' Alan cried, 'why'd you push me down, why do you always have to save me?'
Scott felt that any minute his lungs would burst. He'd seen no sign of the sub and he had to go back to the surface for air. Resigning himself to his fate, he let himself drift back towards the fiery surface. 'Bye Guys' he thought wearily , 'I love you all, I'm sorry I couldn't help, I failed you!' He saw the fire above him and floated right into it.
Alan grabbed Gordon's wristwatch,
'Come in Guys?' he said desperatley, 'come in'.
'Oh Alan, jesus , thank God!' Alan gave a sigh of relief when he heard Virgil's voice.
'Virg what the hell happened?' he asked
'Alan I haven't got time to explain'. Virgil said swiftly, strain evident in his usually melodic voice. 'Scott just jumped into the water'.
'WHAT?' Alan shrieked, 'HE'LL BURN!'
'I know that Alan' Virgil said snapping. 'Put Gordon on, he might know how long he can last under water.'
'Sorry Virg' Alan said worriedly, 'I can't, he got hurt in that last... What was that?'
'TB1 landed on you!' Virgil pointed out tactfully, then realizing what Alan had said, 'HURT? Is he conscious? What's wrong with him?'
'I don't know Virg but his pulse is pretty weak, and he took quite a knock to the head, it's pretty bad!' Alan's voice was full of fear. Then , 'Whoa! Back up TB1 LANDED on us!'
Keeping an eye on John and looking out for Scott , Virgil tried to reassure Alan,
'Look Al, we can worry about that later, right now concentrate on Gordo, keep him warm, and try and wake him up. You let us worry about Scott and we'll get you out of there as soon as we can. So sit tight ok?'
'OK!'
'Alright, now radio John your co-ordinates.'
'FAB!'
'Hang on kid, we're all gonna be alright!' Virgil's voice spoke with a conviction that he wished he really felt.
When Alan disconnected Virgil saw John immediately fire the water cannons at the ocean.
John spotted Scott's dark head just before he surfaced, and fired the cannons. He watched in delight as Scott's head broke free and he looked up at him.
Alan's voice broke into John's head as he watched Scott look quickly around him at the burning water. Alan read John the co-ordinates and John moved over to above the spot he'd said and sprayed water all over the surface, dousing the fire and leaving the water, the same blue it had always been not the orange it had been a few seconds earlier.
Placing TB5 onto auto-pilot John quickly climbed out of his hatch and stood hanging onto TB5 while leaning over to yell to his brother.
'SCOTT!' he shouted, the dark head glanced up, 'they're directly below you!'
Then flinging his brother 2 oxygen masks, he jumped straight out of the hovering TB5 and into the water to join his brother.
Virgil watched John launch himself into the water, executing a perfect dive. He couldn't help but feel like he should be down there too. Still, he knew that his brother's would need him to winch them all aboard, after they had Alan and Gordon.
He hovered next to the unpiloted TB5 and waited.
Alan had covered Gordon with his International Rescue jacket.
Gordon's eyelids fluttered.
'Gordo?' Alan said softly, 'Look at me!'
Gordon groaned quietly, 'what in flaming hell, was that?' he said in typical Gordon fashion, making everything into a witty comment.
'Lets just say Scott won't be happy!' Alan answered with a small smile.
'Oh I think I'm happy now!' Scott's voice spoke loudly behind him.
Alan turned in complete astonishment.
Scott and John stood soaking wet but grinning from ear to ear underneath the sub hatch.
'But how did, when did. how did?' Alan stammered, 'Oh who cares' he flung himself at his brothers and they quickly grabbed him in a bear hug.
'As much as you irritate me sometimes Al,' Scott said a lump welling dangerously in his throat, 'I couldn't leave Gordo stuck down here with you for eternity , it'd be a fate worse than death for the poor kid!'
'Hey!' Alan laughed.
'Speak for yourself' John said to his elder brother, 'I would happily leave these two down here, it's all part of my master plan to bump you all off and gain all Dad's inheritance!'
Scott and Alan laughed.
'Hi, by the way.' John said to Scott, he hadn't had a chance to talk to him face to face since he'd got back to earth.
'Hi yourself!' Scott replied, grinning.
Then he hurried towards Gordon, the smile replaced with his favourite expression, a worried frown.
'You alright kiddo?' he said kneeling next to Gordon and placing a hand against his face.
'I am now!' Gordon said weakly, but his eyes fluttered shut and he slipped back into unconsciousness.
'Damn it!' John cursed, 'Come on you two, we've got to get him some help. Now!'
Grabbing one of Gordon's arms each Scott and John attached the oxygen masks to Alan's , Gordon's and then their own faces before pulling themselves out of the hatch. Holding hands tightly they drifted up to the surface that John had put out. Together.
Virgil grinned in delight as he saw four heads break through the surface.
'YES!!!' he shouted and quickly lowered the winch.
Scott and John put Gordon in first and Virgil pulled him up and into TB2. He looked at Gordo in concern as he lay him on TB2's seat and then helped Alan, then John and finally Scott aboard.
Scott and Alan went quickly to Gordon's side, he was conscious again , though he was still pale and John looked at Virgil,
'I don't know how I'm going to get back onto TB5.' He said a contemplative frown on his face, as he watched the craft hovering next to TB2.
No sooner had he said the words when another burst of explosive fire plumed into the air. Virgil moved quick as a flash and flung the thrusters down, pulling TB2 away from the explosion.
TB5 was not so lucky.
John watched in utter dismay as years of his work , engulfed in flames fell wildly into the ocean. He stared mouth hanging open in disbelief as Virgil moved them a safe distance away from the danger zone.
Scott couldn't help himself, he felt the hysteria burst inside him and he burst into laughter. His face became redder and redder and he was practically crying with laughter. It was a case of if he didn't laugh he'd cry. The others looked at him as if he was crazy and John looked furious. But Gordon soon joined in his laughter, the mirth glistening in his twinkling green eyes.
'Why are you laughing?' John asked angrily as Virgil and Alan joined in. He did not see the funny side, the last two years of his work and his craft had just been destroyed and all his idiot brothers could do was laugh!
Gordon struggled with his composure , still weak from his experience, 'Oh John' he said tears of laughter running down his cheeks.
'You've just got to see the funny side!'
John felt the uncontrollable urge to laugh build up inside him, 'well I hope she landed on TB4!' he said before collapsing into laughter.
Now it was Gordon's turn to look annoyed.
It wasn't long before all five Tracy boys were clutching their sides, laughing so hard that it hurt.
As usual it was Alan who brought them back to earth.
'Hey guys' he said questioningly, 'I hate to be a kiljoy, but what the hell are we going to say to dad?'
The other four Tracys looked at each other until Scott announced, 'sorry Dad, I flew mine into a fireball!'
Laughter errupted again.
'And an oil-rig landed on mine!' Gordon chimed in, bringing more laughter.
'And I abandoned mine and left it to be blown up!' John siad, unable to resist joining in the banter.
'Gee this is one time I'm glad I left TB3 at home!' Alan announced.
'ALAAAAAN!' was the joint response, before he was pelted with various coloured IR sashes from all four of his brothers.
'You pick on me!' Alan announced and proceeded to sulk all the way home.
SO NEXT CHAPTER'S THE FINAL ONE, HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED THE STORY.
WILL ALAN STOP SULKING?
WILL TB2 MEET A FIERY END LIKE IT'S FELLOW CRAFTS?
HOW WILL JEFF REACT TO THE SMALL FACT THAT THREE OF HIS CRAFT ARE DESTROYED?
WILL THE TRACYS LEARN FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
FIND OUT IN THE FINAL CHAPTER OF 'THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRACYS' , COMING SOON!
The final preview, collective 'ahhhhhhh' please!
'Scott why isn't TB1 in the hangar?' Jeff asked with a glance at his eldest son. 'Come to think of it', he said glancing at John, 'I haven't seen TB5 either!'
Gordon had never been a good liar, he coughed obviously from the couch. 'And where's TB4 Gordon?' Jeff demanded, frowning.
Virgil and Alan grinned from the armchairs,
'You can check TB2 and 3 father!' Virgil said smugly earning him disgusted glances from his other brothers and a laugh from Alan.
Jeff looked confused, 'So boys' he said to his three sons, 'do you want to tell me what's going on?'
'No' Scott replied
'Not really' John put in
'I always thought you were better off not knowing some things' Gordon agreed.
'I don't agree' Alan said, teasing, 'this is one story dad would love to hear, don't you agree Virg?'
'Oh absolutely Alan.'
'Go ahead then boys.' Jeff said.
Check back for the final chapter guys. Thanks for all your reviews and keep RRing.
'AHHHHHHH!' Virgil screamed, 'Oh my God!' The ocean seemed to explode, as TB1 flew into it at such a great speed. Water and flames shot 50 feet in the air, but that wasn't what horrified Virgil the most. It was the awful stillness of the water after it swallowed up TB1. There wasn't a ripple or a wave, it was like the water in a pond, but on fire.
Scott was grabbing desperately for the transmitter as if his life depended on it.
'ALAN, GORDON!' He shrieked getting a horrible sense of déjà vu.
John was just flying over towards his brothers when TB1 crashed. He saw TB2 and smiled as he started to near it,
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
John almost fell out of his seat, as an explosion sent water and fire flying into the air. 'WHAT THE HELL!' he shouted aloud as he quickly tried to figure out what had happened. Then he realised TB1 was missing and worked out what had happened.
'OH PLEASE NO!' he screamed to nobody.
'NO, NO , NO , NOOOOOOOO!' Scott screamed as he got only static from the radio again. It was as if he crumbled in on himself and he slowly sank to the floor of TB2 and dissolved into floods of tears.
Virgil was horrified,
'SCOTT!' Virgil crouched down and shook his brother's shoulders, panic mirrored in his own eyes,
'YOU HAVE TO PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!'
'What Virg?' Scott pleaded, raising his tear-stained face to his brothers, 'I can't take any more of this, I can't help you all anymore, how can I help them?'
Virgil was lost for words, he didn't know what to do, but seeing Scott like this was killing him, Scott was always so together, he knew what to do. The man in front of him seemed like a stranger.
Over the sound of Scott's wrenching sobs he heard the familiar hum of TB5's thrusters. 'You're too late Johnny' he said to himself, 'you're too late.'
Scott felt utterly wretched, what could he do? There was nothing he could do to save them. His own bloody craft had killed them. How could he ever get over that. He had never felt like this before. Not even when his mother had died, but that hadn't been his fault. He should have tried to land TB1, or gone down with Gordon in the first place then none of this would have happened. There was only one way he could think of that might save them.
Standing so fast that Virgil jumped in surprise, Scott rubbed at his tear- filled eyes and walked straight past his bewildered brother to the hatch.
Alarm bells were going off loudly in Virgil's head,
'What the hell was Scott doing?'
He had never seen such a look on Scotts face, a look of complete desolation and determination.
'Scott?' Virgil said questioningly as his brother headed towards the hatch. His tone suddenly changed as he realised what Scott was doing,
'SCOTT!' he shouted in panic, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?'
Scott didn't answer him. He climbed out of TB2 to Virgil's complete shock and jumped into the flaming water below him.
John saw Scott climb out of the hatch,
'what the hell is he doing' he said quietly and then Scott jumped.
'OH MY GOD!!!!' John shouted and grabbed for the radio.
'VIRG? WHAT THE HELL..'
Virgil, obviously as panicked as John shouted
'QUICK JOHN, SPRAY AROUND HIM!'
John flew as low as he dared and immediately sprayed the water cannons on the area he had last seen his brother, longing for the dark head to re- appear.
But it didn't.
Scott felt the fire singe his back, he couldn't go back up there or he'd die. His back felt unbelievably hot, but all he could think about was finding the boys.
He swam further and further towards the sea-bed, but he knew with a sinking heart that he wouldn't be able to hold his breath long enough to help his brothers.
Alan felt Gordon's weight pinning him down. Coughing, he stammered 'G..G.Gordo, you ok?'
When he got no response Alan tried to move from under his brother but he was wedged tightly. Hauling himself with all his strength from under Gordon, he felt horribly claustrophobic. Alan wasn't a claustrophobic person but the sub had been crushed to about the size of a wardrobe. And he was stuck inside it. He suddenly found it hard to breathe.
'Gordo' he said softly in his brother's ear. Gordon didn't move. His eyes were shut and Alan saw the back of his head was bleeding badly.
'GORDO!' he shouted, panicked. 'COME ON WAKE UP!'
He repeated his earlier procedure and felt for a pulse, only this time it was very weak and barely there.
'Oh Gordo!' Alan cried, 'why'd you push me down, why do you always have to save me?'
Scott felt that any minute his lungs would burst. He'd seen no sign of the sub and he had to go back to the surface for air. Resigning himself to his fate, he let himself drift back towards the fiery surface. 'Bye Guys' he thought wearily , 'I love you all, I'm sorry I couldn't help, I failed you!' He saw the fire above him and floated right into it.
Alan grabbed Gordon's wristwatch,
'Come in Guys?' he said desperatley, 'come in'.
'Oh Alan, jesus , thank God!' Alan gave a sigh of relief when he heard Virgil's voice.
'Virg what the hell happened?' he asked
'Alan I haven't got time to explain'. Virgil said swiftly, strain evident in his usually melodic voice. 'Scott just jumped into the water'.
'WHAT?' Alan shrieked, 'HE'LL BURN!'
'I know that Alan' Virgil said snapping. 'Put Gordon on, he might know how long he can last under water.'
'Sorry Virg' Alan said worriedly, 'I can't, he got hurt in that last... What was that?'
'TB1 landed on you!' Virgil pointed out tactfully, then realizing what Alan had said, 'HURT? Is he conscious? What's wrong with him?'
'I don't know Virg but his pulse is pretty weak, and he took quite a knock to the head, it's pretty bad!' Alan's voice was full of fear. Then , 'Whoa! Back up TB1 LANDED on us!'
Keeping an eye on John and looking out for Scott , Virgil tried to reassure Alan,
'Look Al, we can worry about that later, right now concentrate on Gordo, keep him warm, and try and wake him up. You let us worry about Scott and we'll get you out of there as soon as we can. So sit tight ok?'
'OK!'
'Alright, now radio John your co-ordinates.'
'FAB!'
'Hang on kid, we're all gonna be alright!' Virgil's voice spoke with a conviction that he wished he really felt.
When Alan disconnected Virgil saw John immediately fire the water cannons at the ocean.
John spotted Scott's dark head just before he surfaced, and fired the cannons. He watched in delight as Scott's head broke free and he looked up at him.
Alan's voice broke into John's head as he watched Scott look quickly around him at the burning water. Alan read John the co-ordinates and John moved over to above the spot he'd said and sprayed water all over the surface, dousing the fire and leaving the water, the same blue it had always been not the orange it had been a few seconds earlier.
Placing TB5 onto auto-pilot John quickly climbed out of his hatch and stood hanging onto TB5 while leaning over to yell to his brother.
'SCOTT!' he shouted, the dark head glanced up, 'they're directly below you!'
Then flinging his brother 2 oxygen masks, he jumped straight out of the hovering TB5 and into the water to join his brother.
Virgil watched John launch himself into the water, executing a perfect dive. He couldn't help but feel like he should be down there too. Still, he knew that his brother's would need him to winch them all aboard, after they had Alan and Gordon.
He hovered next to the unpiloted TB5 and waited.
Alan had covered Gordon with his International Rescue jacket.
Gordon's eyelids fluttered.
'Gordo?' Alan said softly, 'Look at me!'
Gordon groaned quietly, 'what in flaming hell, was that?' he said in typical Gordon fashion, making everything into a witty comment.
'Lets just say Scott won't be happy!' Alan answered with a small smile.
'Oh I think I'm happy now!' Scott's voice spoke loudly behind him.
Alan turned in complete astonishment.
Scott and John stood soaking wet but grinning from ear to ear underneath the sub hatch.
'But how did, when did. how did?' Alan stammered, 'Oh who cares' he flung himself at his brothers and they quickly grabbed him in a bear hug.
'As much as you irritate me sometimes Al,' Scott said a lump welling dangerously in his throat, 'I couldn't leave Gordo stuck down here with you for eternity , it'd be a fate worse than death for the poor kid!'
'Hey!' Alan laughed.
'Speak for yourself' John said to his elder brother, 'I would happily leave these two down here, it's all part of my master plan to bump you all off and gain all Dad's inheritance!'
Scott and Alan laughed.
'Hi, by the way.' John said to Scott, he hadn't had a chance to talk to him face to face since he'd got back to earth.
'Hi yourself!' Scott replied, grinning.
Then he hurried towards Gordon, the smile replaced with his favourite expression, a worried frown.
'You alright kiddo?' he said kneeling next to Gordon and placing a hand against his face.
'I am now!' Gordon said weakly, but his eyes fluttered shut and he slipped back into unconsciousness.
'Damn it!' John cursed, 'Come on you two, we've got to get him some help. Now!'
Grabbing one of Gordon's arms each Scott and John attached the oxygen masks to Alan's , Gordon's and then their own faces before pulling themselves out of the hatch. Holding hands tightly they drifted up to the surface that John had put out. Together.
Virgil grinned in delight as he saw four heads break through the surface.
'YES!!!' he shouted and quickly lowered the winch.
Scott and John put Gordon in first and Virgil pulled him up and into TB2. He looked at Gordo in concern as he lay him on TB2's seat and then helped Alan, then John and finally Scott aboard.
Scott and Alan went quickly to Gordon's side, he was conscious again , though he was still pale and John looked at Virgil,
'I don't know how I'm going to get back onto TB5.' He said a contemplative frown on his face, as he watched the craft hovering next to TB2.
No sooner had he said the words when another burst of explosive fire plumed into the air. Virgil moved quick as a flash and flung the thrusters down, pulling TB2 away from the explosion.
TB5 was not so lucky.
John watched in utter dismay as years of his work , engulfed in flames fell wildly into the ocean. He stared mouth hanging open in disbelief as Virgil moved them a safe distance away from the danger zone.
Scott couldn't help himself, he felt the hysteria burst inside him and he burst into laughter. His face became redder and redder and he was practically crying with laughter. It was a case of if he didn't laugh he'd cry. The others looked at him as if he was crazy and John looked furious. But Gordon soon joined in his laughter, the mirth glistening in his twinkling green eyes.
'Why are you laughing?' John asked angrily as Virgil and Alan joined in. He did not see the funny side, the last two years of his work and his craft had just been destroyed and all his idiot brothers could do was laugh!
Gordon struggled with his composure , still weak from his experience, 'Oh John' he said tears of laughter running down his cheeks.
'You've just got to see the funny side!'
John felt the uncontrollable urge to laugh build up inside him, 'well I hope she landed on TB4!' he said before collapsing into laughter.
Now it was Gordon's turn to look annoyed.
It wasn't long before all five Tracy boys were clutching their sides, laughing so hard that it hurt.
As usual it was Alan who brought them back to earth.
'Hey guys' he said questioningly, 'I hate to be a kiljoy, but what the hell are we going to say to dad?'
The other four Tracys looked at each other until Scott announced, 'sorry Dad, I flew mine into a fireball!'
Laughter errupted again.
'And an oil-rig landed on mine!' Gordon chimed in, bringing more laughter.
'And I abandoned mine and left it to be blown up!' John siad, unable to resist joining in the banter.
'Gee this is one time I'm glad I left TB3 at home!' Alan announced.
'ALAAAAAN!' was the joint response, before he was pelted with various coloured IR sashes from all four of his brothers.
'You pick on me!' Alan announced and proceeded to sulk all the way home.
SO NEXT CHAPTER'S THE FINAL ONE, HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED THE STORY.
WILL ALAN STOP SULKING?
WILL TB2 MEET A FIERY END LIKE IT'S FELLOW CRAFTS?
HOW WILL JEFF REACT TO THE SMALL FACT THAT THREE OF HIS CRAFT ARE DESTROYED?
WILL THE TRACYS LEARN FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
FIND OUT IN THE FINAL CHAPTER OF 'THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRACYS' , COMING SOON!
The final preview, collective 'ahhhhhhh' please!
'Scott why isn't TB1 in the hangar?' Jeff asked with a glance at his eldest son. 'Come to think of it', he said glancing at John, 'I haven't seen TB5 either!'
Gordon had never been a good liar, he coughed obviously from the couch. 'And where's TB4 Gordon?' Jeff demanded, frowning.
Virgil and Alan grinned from the armchairs,
'You can check TB2 and 3 father!' Virgil said smugly earning him disgusted glances from his other brothers and a laugh from Alan.
Jeff looked confused, 'So boys' he said to his three sons, 'do you want to tell me what's going on?'
'No' Scott replied
'Not really' John put in
'I always thought you were better off not knowing some things' Gordon agreed.
'I don't agree' Alan said, teasing, 'this is one story dad would love to hear, don't you agree Virg?'
'Oh absolutely Alan.'
'Go ahead then boys.' Jeff said.
Check back for the final chapter guys. Thanks for all your reviews and keep RRing.