Clark959- Thank you for you critiques- I thought Tracy was a weird name for Spanish/Greek to (too?) but I couldn't think of any other way to get them talking! Argh! And as for Penny, she confuses me. Hers is the only picture of an operative on the wall who isn't family, so I always figured she would have to be either a family friend or a love interest. So I wrote her as a family friend and hoped I was right. As for the to' and too' business, well, all can say is my grammar sucks. I've never been able to figure out when you need to use which and usually just stick with to' all the way through what Im writing. (And yet I got an A in my GCSE English! Makes you wonder)
Angelina- Thank you to (or too) I loved your reviews, you are so kind!!!!
If you do get to play water volley ball, be sure to aim for Alan's
head wont you? It's double points!
Everyone who reviewed- THANK YOU!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!
(Much easier!)


Disclaimer- I don't own them, I never have, I never will. I wouldn't mind though.

Is it worth it?



Oh God, it's here. THE day. I'm sure you know what I mean. All the machines are ready, all their pilots, all my sons, are fully trained and could operate them in their sleep. Still, I can't decide if I really should go through with it or not.

I've got no reason to doubt it'll work. Since the conversation that started it all, the ideas, building etc. have come along splendidly.

Everything has fallen in to place so well. Launching Thunderbird 5, the hardest part to do in secret, went without a hitch thanks to my contacts. Alan ferried John up for his first tour of duty in Thunderbird 3 just a few days later. There were no problems with either craft.

Thunderbirds 1 and 2 out performed themselves in their testing, they even surprised Brains! Thunderbird 4 was just as good, surpassing the limits of depth and speed Brains had estimated without any signs of stress.

Yet, I wonder. We all decided this organisation should be secret, that we couldn't afford the wrong type of people to have access to our machines. But how are we going to manage to hide this island? If someone comes calling, and decides to take a look around, is it reasonable to think we can hide the Thunderbirds?

Actually, yes. The boys and Brains were involved in the building of the docking and launching bays, I was kept carefully pout of it. Once they were built, I walked around the island and spotted nothing. I know this island better than any one else, and yet, I didn't spot a thing. Until I was showed them. But even now it's not all that obvious.

Maybe this will work. Or maybe not. Hiding the machines away is all very well, but we've had no chance to test the locker Brains has constructed. We wont know if it works until someone with a radar has had a chance to track us. By then, I imagine it will be too late to hide away. A through search will reveal the buttons on my desk and a simple push will reveal what they hide.

Can this really work? Yes. I think it can. Oh well, two more days will tell. That's when it all goes on line. I feel sick with anticipation when I think of it. If anything goes wrong, it wont just be nameless people dying, my sons could be taken away from me as well.

I wont know for sure until we have our first mission of course, but I can't help but wonder, is it worth it?



Yes, I do know it's terribly short, but I couldn't help it. What did you think? Daft, insightful, weird? Let me know, my ego needs all the fuel it can get. However my BBQ doesn't so please keep all flames to yourself.