Jeff Tracy sat struggling against the ropes binding his hands to a
chair, he had no idea where he was, only that the Hood wanted him out of
the way and he had to get back to his sons. Jeff was very confused. He'd
been in the lounge earlier waiting for Scott to have a word with Gordon
when he decided to get his son an asprin, he was hunting in the kitchen,
when a cloth had been clamped over his mouth with the distinct smell of
chloroform, knocking him out.
He'd awoken in this dark room, 40 minutes earlier, it seemed like some abandoned warehouse. His confusion disappeared though when through the door had walked his nemesis. The Hood.
'What the hell are you doing?' Jeff had asked
'Finding a way to destroy your family.' had come the ominous reply.
'You hurt them, any of them.....' Jeff had growled ferociously, 'I will hunt you down and kill you myself and it won't be painless.'
The Hood had leant down then to look into Jeff's eyes, 'oh but Jeff...' he'd said evily, 'it's not going to be me that's going to hurt them it's going to be you!'
As Jeff stared in horror, the Hood waved a hand in front of his face and Jeff found himself staring back at , himself. It could have been his identical twin.
'what...how...' Jeff stammered, curious but horrified at the same time.
'It's amazing what you can accomplish with 25 years of vengeance in your heart.' The Hood replied criptically in Jeff's voice.
'Now if you'll excuse me Jeff, I haven't got time to talk......' he said as he walked towards the door, 'I have to pay a visit to my children.'
'NOOOOOOOOO!' Jeff had found himself shouting as the door was locked from the outside. He looked down to find his communicator gone. Jeff had no idea what the Hood was planning, but it was definatley not good.
Snapping back to the present Jeff struggled unsuccessfully with the ropes, he had to save his boys, who knew what was going on at his house right now!
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The Hood, grinned to himself as he paced in the entrance to the cave. It had all been so easy, almost too easy. It had been so simple to pull it all off. When he'd grabbed the Gordon in the alley, he'd simply planted memories in his mind, that hadn't been there. He took specific care over the false memory of Jeff's liason with his seceratary. It was brilliant. Gordon had totally believed his own mind. No-body could argue with memories, could they?
Planting the seeds of Jeff's 'betrayal' , in the mind of one of his sons, had been a joy to do. Which of the boys wouldn't believe their brother, and just to be sure, the Hood had stumbled on the second part of his plan, by accident, it was pure genius.
He grabbed Jeff and morphed himself into his exact double. Then he had returned to the house to hear the accusation and look guilty. The Hood cackled to himself, 'oh he knew that the perfect Jeff Tracy would never cheat on his darling Lucille, but it was brilliant that his sons now thought he had.
The part about Jeff, lying about Lucille's death was insurance. The Hood had no idea how much gordon remembered about the death of his mother, but the Hood didn't want to know. He had stalked Jeff and his family long enough to know that you never under-estimated the Tracys. He had wiped the two youngest's memories at the scene of their mother's death, but he knew if they ever remembered, the war with the Tracys would be a completely different ball-game. He knew they'd never let it go, not if they knew the truth, that it was him, that he was the one who murdered their precious Lucille.
Gordon was the danger here, he had been when he was four and he was now. The kid had ran at him kicking and screaming, trying to defend his mother when the Hood had knocked her out and put her back at the wheel. Then pushed the car into a tree. Gordon had seen it all, Alan had been too young, but the Hood had gone to the car afterwards and wiped both of their memories, just to be sure. Yet one thing about that murder stuck with him, it was the look, that Gordon gave him before he wiped his memory, a look which he had seen on his father's face many years before, a look that said, 'it's not over', a look which the Hood had never forgotton.
He knew that Gordon didn't remember what had happened else he'd have told the other Tracys, yet he always felt, every time he saw Jeff's second youngest, that it was their, just below the surface, the memory that it had been the Hood who'd killed his mother and that was something which made the Hood a man who was fearless, more than a little afraid.
He'd tried to get at Gordon in the past, to wipe him out, so the memories would be gone too, but he'd always had one of those irritatingly, brave, clever older brothers with him. The Hood cursed Jeff for not having stupid children. He thought he'd succeeded in destroying Gordon in the Hydrofoil crash, he'd rigged the engine and when it had flipped over so many times, the Hood, watching from a nearby cliff, had been sure that the only person other than his father to ever frighten him, was dead. But no, luck was always on the side of the Tracys and he'd pulled through.
Well now he could destroy all of Jeff's beloved children, he had started with his wife and he was going to work his way through all of them. Now they thought he was their father, he could get at them in a way he could never get at them before, from the inside of the family.He knew they hated their father, but that helped, it meant he could turn them against Jeff and when he finally struck, they'd never suspect, it would be their own father that would eventually kill them. Gordon was in his control, he could help him carry out his plan, and then the Hood would destroy him once and for all!
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COME ON. DID YOU REALLY THINK I COULD LET JEFF BE AN ADULTERER, ANY MORE THAN THE REST OF YOU! Thanks for the reviews by the way, that's exactly what I wanted, a reaction, Jeff could never cheat on Lucille, but it's fun letting you guys think he could.
NOW.............
WILL THE HOOD GET INSIDE TRACY VILLA?
HOW WILL JOHN REACT TO THE NEWS OF HIS FATHER'S AFFAIR?
WILL THE REAL JEFF MANAGE TO ESCAPE?
WILL HE ESCAPE IN TIME TO SAVE HIS BOYS?
WILL GORDON EVER GET OUT OF THE HOOD'S CONTROL?
FIND OUT IN THE NEXT PART OF 'IT'S ALL IN THE MIND'.
He'd awoken in this dark room, 40 minutes earlier, it seemed like some abandoned warehouse. His confusion disappeared though when through the door had walked his nemesis. The Hood.
'What the hell are you doing?' Jeff had asked
'Finding a way to destroy your family.' had come the ominous reply.
'You hurt them, any of them.....' Jeff had growled ferociously, 'I will hunt you down and kill you myself and it won't be painless.'
The Hood had leant down then to look into Jeff's eyes, 'oh but Jeff...' he'd said evily, 'it's not going to be me that's going to hurt them it's going to be you!'
As Jeff stared in horror, the Hood waved a hand in front of his face and Jeff found himself staring back at , himself. It could have been his identical twin.
'what...how...' Jeff stammered, curious but horrified at the same time.
'It's amazing what you can accomplish with 25 years of vengeance in your heart.' The Hood replied criptically in Jeff's voice.
'Now if you'll excuse me Jeff, I haven't got time to talk......' he said as he walked towards the door, 'I have to pay a visit to my children.'
'NOOOOOOOOO!' Jeff had found himself shouting as the door was locked from the outside. He looked down to find his communicator gone. Jeff had no idea what the Hood was planning, but it was definatley not good.
Snapping back to the present Jeff struggled unsuccessfully with the ropes, he had to save his boys, who knew what was going on at his house right now!
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The Hood, grinned to himself as he paced in the entrance to the cave. It had all been so easy, almost too easy. It had been so simple to pull it all off. When he'd grabbed the Gordon in the alley, he'd simply planted memories in his mind, that hadn't been there. He took specific care over the false memory of Jeff's liason with his seceratary. It was brilliant. Gordon had totally believed his own mind. No-body could argue with memories, could they?
Planting the seeds of Jeff's 'betrayal' , in the mind of one of his sons, had been a joy to do. Which of the boys wouldn't believe their brother, and just to be sure, the Hood had stumbled on the second part of his plan, by accident, it was pure genius.
He grabbed Jeff and morphed himself into his exact double. Then he had returned to the house to hear the accusation and look guilty. The Hood cackled to himself, 'oh he knew that the perfect Jeff Tracy would never cheat on his darling Lucille, but it was brilliant that his sons now thought he had.
The part about Jeff, lying about Lucille's death was insurance. The Hood had no idea how much gordon remembered about the death of his mother, but the Hood didn't want to know. He had stalked Jeff and his family long enough to know that you never under-estimated the Tracys. He had wiped the two youngest's memories at the scene of their mother's death, but he knew if they ever remembered, the war with the Tracys would be a completely different ball-game. He knew they'd never let it go, not if they knew the truth, that it was him, that he was the one who murdered their precious Lucille.
Gordon was the danger here, he had been when he was four and he was now. The kid had ran at him kicking and screaming, trying to defend his mother when the Hood had knocked her out and put her back at the wheel. Then pushed the car into a tree. Gordon had seen it all, Alan had been too young, but the Hood had gone to the car afterwards and wiped both of their memories, just to be sure. Yet one thing about that murder stuck with him, it was the look, that Gordon gave him before he wiped his memory, a look which he had seen on his father's face many years before, a look that said, 'it's not over', a look which the Hood had never forgotton.
He knew that Gordon didn't remember what had happened else he'd have told the other Tracys, yet he always felt, every time he saw Jeff's second youngest, that it was their, just below the surface, the memory that it had been the Hood who'd killed his mother and that was something which made the Hood a man who was fearless, more than a little afraid.
He'd tried to get at Gordon in the past, to wipe him out, so the memories would be gone too, but he'd always had one of those irritatingly, brave, clever older brothers with him. The Hood cursed Jeff for not having stupid children. He thought he'd succeeded in destroying Gordon in the Hydrofoil crash, he'd rigged the engine and when it had flipped over so many times, the Hood, watching from a nearby cliff, had been sure that the only person other than his father to ever frighten him, was dead. But no, luck was always on the side of the Tracys and he'd pulled through.
Well now he could destroy all of Jeff's beloved children, he had started with his wife and he was going to work his way through all of them. Now they thought he was their father, he could get at them in a way he could never get at them before, from the inside of the family.He knew they hated their father, but that helped, it meant he could turn them against Jeff and when he finally struck, they'd never suspect, it would be their own father that would eventually kill them. Gordon was in his control, he could help him carry out his plan, and then the Hood would destroy him once and for all!
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COME ON. DID YOU REALLY THINK I COULD LET JEFF BE AN ADULTERER, ANY MORE THAN THE REST OF YOU! Thanks for the reviews by the way, that's exactly what I wanted, a reaction, Jeff could never cheat on Lucille, but it's fun letting you guys think he could.
NOW.............
WILL THE HOOD GET INSIDE TRACY VILLA?
HOW WILL JOHN REACT TO THE NEWS OF HIS FATHER'S AFFAIR?
WILL THE REAL JEFF MANAGE TO ESCAPE?
WILL HE ESCAPE IN TIME TO SAVE HIS BOYS?
WILL GORDON EVER GET OUT OF THE HOOD'S CONTROL?
FIND OUT IN THE NEXT PART OF 'IT'S ALL IN THE MIND'.