~Disclaimer: I don't own Thunderbirds nor own the songs that you will soon
to read in this story. ~
**Thunderbirds: A Musical
Chapter 2
The Inspectors
A jet streaked across the sky Virgil turned to his father and smiled. His father straightened his tie and looked at Gordon whose tie didn't match his suit. His suit was gray with lighter gray strips on it. His tie was pock dotted. His father groaned and looked at his other sons who seemed at least half way decent. Alan was missing though; He walked in tying his pink tie together to match his suit.
"Father. Kyrano said that Tin Tin didn't call in last night. Did she call you?" Jeff shook his head and Kyrano walked into the lounge introducing the inspectors by names they must have told him upon entry of the Villa.
"Ms. Christy Prescott, Mr. Eugene Bryce, Mrs. Lynne Bryce, Ms. Dena Hugs- bee, and Ms. Donna Zaine." Kyrano bowed and went to fetch tea. The five Inspectors looked around to the four boys and nodded not speaking a word. Jeff was getting uneasy at these five, especially the way the red head was looking at his eldest. What was worse...the look he was giving back.
"As you know Mr. Tracy we have no reason to doubt that your highest engineer is up to standards. It is our job to make sure that he is higher in standards then when he had began." Mr. Bryce said walking up to Jeff and shook his hand. Jeff was glad Mr. Bryce broke the silence; his sons stood stone still their father took care of business. Jeff pointed out his sons to the Inspectors.
"These are my sons Scott my eldest, Virgil, Gordon, and my youngest Alan. My middle son is on vacation this week with a few of his old college buddies in Paris. My luck trying to find a woman." The inspectors smiled and looked at one another. Clearly they were really good friends.
"Now Mr. Tracy...we would like to meet this engineer of yours. As well as his mechanic we've heard so much about." Ms. Zaine said, her hair was blonde and down to her butt. She wore it in a tight braid. Her make up was caked on in a beautiful way. Her business suit seemed to stick to her as if it were wet.
"Oh yes. My sons who will show you around the villa and then to your quarters will accompany each of you. After that I'll have my engineer bring his mechanic up to your quarters one by one to make your inspection. After that...you can give me your analysis." Jeff was walking around the room with his back straight and hands behind his back. The inspectors could tell that he was a once in army man. With the look of his sons they were also looked after in a streaked way even as children.
"If you'll follow me Ms. Zaine I'll show you around." Alan said bowing in front of her. Scott leaned into Virgil and chuckled.
"Leave it to shorty there to go after the crazily beautiful ones." Virgil scuffed trying to hold back his laughter.
*****
Brains knocked on the door to Veda's lab and smiled as he seen her playing around with shoulder length black hair. Brains didn't really wear to much of a formal suit just an shirt and tie. He didn't want his cloths to get to messy. Brains walked in closing the door as quietly as possible. Veda had in an tight skirt, white blouse and an matching jacket. She looked up and unbelievably began to sing.
~*~M2M
Mirror Mirror
Mirror mirror lie to me
Show me what I wanna see
Mirror mirror lie to me
Why don't I like the girl I see
The one who's standing right in front of me
Why don't I think before I speak
I should have listened to that voice inside me
I must be stupid, must be crazy, must be out of my mind
To say the kind of things I want to say. ~`*~
Veda sighed and just put her hair up into a tight bun and turned around gasping at the sight of Brains.
"W-What are you doing here?" Brains pointed to his watch and Veda looked at the clock on her wall and sighed.
"S-Sorry I didn't mean to be late. I just well..." Veda turned around to look at the pile of makeup in front of her and groaned.
"Stuff gives people bad skin." Veda shoved it all into the trash and turned around again for once she smiled at Brains.
"So shall we?" Brains laughed and put his arm around hers, and smiled.
"We shall." They began to walk out the door toward the Inspectors quarters. Veda's hand began to sweat under Brains palm; he looked up at her and smiled.
"Ready?"
"Ready as I'll ever be." Brains knocked on the door and heard someone say come in. Brains cracked open the door, the blonde stood inside putting make up on in the mirror.
"So you must be Mr. Hackenbacker, and Lady Veda La`Sorna?" Veda winched at the title. It had been true, she was brought to International Rescue two weeks ago by Lady Penelope who said that she was her cousin and she could fix anything. She was great with her hands, and quick at it too. She had fixed Lady P's Microwave in 8 minutes flat.
"Yes a-and you must uh be...Ms. Zaine? I uh read your book." The woman blinked at him and smiled.
"Oh really now?" The woman asked sizing up Veda, and then looked at Brains.
"Y-Yes ma`ma, about the distance the universe really goes." The woman smiled acting as if she just realized what book he was talking about.
"And Lady La`Sorna...have you read the book?" Veda looked at Ms. Zaine and nodded.
"I've read it. I strongly disagree however; I believe there's a huge neon sign that says End of the Universe would you like to try again? Please put quarter here." The woman's face turned red and she wrote something down on her clip board and then looked at Brains.
"Now this creation of yours? Braman? Inspirations?" Brains smiled and pushed a button on a remote he pulled from his pocket. Braman walked in a few minutes later with a tray of tea.
"My inspiration was work habits. Lets face it we all don't like to work at night. Less sleep less time to do things. Or kids interrupt your working if you work at home. So I invented Braman to do such things for an human during the night, or day if you so desire." The woman smiled as Brains lied through his teeth. The woman looked at Brains, and smiled.
"Did it make this by itself?" Brains nodded, and looked at Braman.
"Tea Braman." Braman pored the tea with expert handling of the teapot. He handed the cup with saucer to Ms. Zaine and smiled. Ms. Zaine sipped the tea and smiled brighter.
"Incredible. Wonderful." The woman put the cup back down onto the saucer and put the lot back down onto the tray and thanked Braman. He answered back with your welcome in the monotone voice he usually had.
"And it talks too. Brilliant." Ms. Zaine looked at Veda and scowled.
"And what about you. What have you got to show?" Veda fished around in her pocket for a second and pulled out an small orb and tossed it to Ms. Zaine who seemed a bit aggravated that she had something tossed to her in the first place. The orb began to warm in her hand and then it opened up twisted and sat flat in the palm of Ms. Zaines hand. She jumped back as the object fell to the ground still flat. Stars and planets exploded into an holographic map of the known universe. Ms. Zaine sat on the floor with her mouth open wide.
"How did you do this?" Veda smiled and crossed her arms.
"Assorted crystals, and bright fiber optic lights. Old school is new school." Veda said helping Ms. Zaine up off the floor as she looked around the room at the various starts as she circled around them. Veda stood by Brains who was almost as aw struck as Ms. Zaine.
"There's a sector over there that shouldn't be there. How did you get it?" Veda winked at Brains and smiled.
"Not telling Brains...that would be cheating." Ms. Zaine turned and picked up the object and turned it off.
"Alright...you may leave now." To both Brains and Veda she was being sure pushy and very blunt.
"Okay." Brains pushed Veda from the room as she snatched the object from Ms. Zaines hand.
"What a bitch..." Veda exclaimed. Brains looked at the object. Veda sighed and handed it to him.
"Keep it. It took 3 minutes to make." Brains pocketed it.
"I donno she seemed like an very nice person." Veda stopped right there as Brains walked on to his next room. Veda sighed and walked back toward her workshop to tinker with her stuff. And think.
Veda walked into her room, which was strone with objects, gadgets, and gizmos. So much that Grandma, and Kyrano won't even clean it. Oil stains all over the floor. Veda sighed and looked up at the diploma on the wall and ran her hand over the roughness of the crest of a tiger. She turned around and once again...began to sing.
~*~Mariah Carey
Close my eyes
I was wayward child
with the weight of the world
that I held deep inside
Life was a winding road
and I learned many things
Little ones shouldn't know
Chorus
But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And though time's rolled by
Still feel like that child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon
Funny how one can learn
To grow numb to the madness
And block it away
I left the worst unsaid
Let it all dissipate
And I try to forget
Chorus
But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And though time's rolled by
Still feel like that child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon
Bridge
Nearing the edge
Obvious I almost
Fell right over A part of me
Will never be quite able
To feel stable
That woman-child falling inside
Was on the verge of fading
Thankfully I
Woke up in time Guardian angel I
Sail away on an ocean
With you by my side
Orange clouds roll by
They burn into your image
And you're still alive
Chorus
But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raise my head to the sky
And though time's rolls by
Still feel like that child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon ~*~
Veda stood there huffing and puffing from the dancing. She groaned and pulled off her high heal shoes and lay back on her bed and breathed in the fresh sent of motor oil wafting around her room. She didn't like Ms. Zaine...or how Brains treated her.
*****
The Hood towered over Tin Tin and smiled.
"My agent has successfully infiltrated Tracy's island. Gained the trust of their engineer. Yet this Veda character has seen through her. I must eliminate her before she tells Tracy about her. I must worry about the other Inspectors as well." Tin Tin shook her head and looked at her Uncle and tried to plead with him. He stuffed a piece of wool into her mouth and laughed.
"Be quiet my dear...and maybe I will let you live, for now."
to read in this story. ~
**Thunderbirds: A Musical
Chapter 2
The Inspectors
A jet streaked across the sky Virgil turned to his father and smiled. His father straightened his tie and looked at Gordon whose tie didn't match his suit. His suit was gray with lighter gray strips on it. His tie was pock dotted. His father groaned and looked at his other sons who seemed at least half way decent. Alan was missing though; He walked in tying his pink tie together to match his suit.
"Father. Kyrano said that Tin Tin didn't call in last night. Did she call you?" Jeff shook his head and Kyrano walked into the lounge introducing the inspectors by names they must have told him upon entry of the Villa.
"Ms. Christy Prescott, Mr. Eugene Bryce, Mrs. Lynne Bryce, Ms. Dena Hugs- bee, and Ms. Donna Zaine." Kyrano bowed and went to fetch tea. The five Inspectors looked around to the four boys and nodded not speaking a word. Jeff was getting uneasy at these five, especially the way the red head was looking at his eldest. What was worse...the look he was giving back.
"As you know Mr. Tracy we have no reason to doubt that your highest engineer is up to standards. It is our job to make sure that he is higher in standards then when he had began." Mr. Bryce said walking up to Jeff and shook his hand. Jeff was glad Mr. Bryce broke the silence; his sons stood stone still their father took care of business. Jeff pointed out his sons to the Inspectors.
"These are my sons Scott my eldest, Virgil, Gordon, and my youngest Alan. My middle son is on vacation this week with a few of his old college buddies in Paris. My luck trying to find a woman." The inspectors smiled and looked at one another. Clearly they were really good friends.
"Now Mr. Tracy...we would like to meet this engineer of yours. As well as his mechanic we've heard so much about." Ms. Zaine said, her hair was blonde and down to her butt. She wore it in a tight braid. Her make up was caked on in a beautiful way. Her business suit seemed to stick to her as if it were wet.
"Oh yes. My sons who will show you around the villa and then to your quarters will accompany each of you. After that I'll have my engineer bring his mechanic up to your quarters one by one to make your inspection. After that...you can give me your analysis." Jeff was walking around the room with his back straight and hands behind his back. The inspectors could tell that he was a once in army man. With the look of his sons they were also looked after in a streaked way even as children.
"If you'll follow me Ms. Zaine I'll show you around." Alan said bowing in front of her. Scott leaned into Virgil and chuckled.
"Leave it to shorty there to go after the crazily beautiful ones." Virgil scuffed trying to hold back his laughter.
*****
Brains knocked on the door to Veda's lab and smiled as he seen her playing around with shoulder length black hair. Brains didn't really wear to much of a formal suit just an shirt and tie. He didn't want his cloths to get to messy. Brains walked in closing the door as quietly as possible. Veda had in an tight skirt, white blouse and an matching jacket. She looked up and unbelievably began to sing.
~*~M2M
Mirror Mirror
Mirror mirror lie to me
Show me what I wanna see
Mirror mirror lie to me
Why don't I like the girl I see
The one who's standing right in front of me
Why don't I think before I speak
I should have listened to that voice inside me
I must be stupid, must be crazy, must be out of my mind
To say the kind of things I want to say. ~`*~
Veda sighed and just put her hair up into a tight bun and turned around gasping at the sight of Brains.
"W-What are you doing here?" Brains pointed to his watch and Veda looked at the clock on her wall and sighed.
"S-Sorry I didn't mean to be late. I just well..." Veda turned around to look at the pile of makeup in front of her and groaned.
"Stuff gives people bad skin." Veda shoved it all into the trash and turned around again for once she smiled at Brains.
"So shall we?" Brains laughed and put his arm around hers, and smiled.
"We shall." They began to walk out the door toward the Inspectors quarters. Veda's hand began to sweat under Brains palm; he looked up at her and smiled.
"Ready?"
"Ready as I'll ever be." Brains knocked on the door and heard someone say come in. Brains cracked open the door, the blonde stood inside putting make up on in the mirror.
"So you must be Mr. Hackenbacker, and Lady Veda La`Sorna?" Veda winched at the title. It had been true, she was brought to International Rescue two weeks ago by Lady Penelope who said that she was her cousin and she could fix anything. She was great with her hands, and quick at it too. She had fixed Lady P's Microwave in 8 minutes flat.
"Yes a-and you must uh be...Ms. Zaine? I uh read your book." The woman blinked at him and smiled.
"Oh really now?" The woman asked sizing up Veda, and then looked at Brains.
"Y-Yes ma`ma, about the distance the universe really goes." The woman smiled acting as if she just realized what book he was talking about.
"And Lady La`Sorna...have you read the book?" Veda looked at Ms. Zaine and nodded.
"I've read it. I strongly disagree however; I believe there's a huge neon sign that says End of the Universe would you like to try again? Please put quarter here." The woman's face turned red and she wrote something down on her clip board and then looked at Brains.
"Now this creation of yours? Braman? Inspirations?" Brains smiled and pushed a button on a remote he pulled from his pocket. Braman walked in a few minutes later with a tray of tea.
"My inspiration was work habits. Lets face it we all don't like to work at night. Less sleep less time to do things. Or kids interrupt your working if you work at home. So I invented Braman to do such things for an human during the night, or day if you so desire." The woman smiled as Brains lied through his teeth. The woman looked at Brains, and smiled.
"Did it make this by itself?" Brains nodded, and looked at Braman.
"Tea Braman." Braman pored the tea with expert handling of the teapot. He handed the cup with saucer to Ms. Zaine and smiled. Ms. Zaine sipped the tea and smiled brighter.
"Incredible. Wonderful." The woman put the cup back down onto the saucer and put the lot back down onto the tray and thanked Braman. He answered back with your welcome in the monotone voice he usually had.
"And it talks too. Brilliant." Ms. Zaine looked at Veda and scowled.
"And what about you. What have you got to show?" Veda fished around in her pocket for a second and pulled out an small orb and tossed it to Ms. Zaine who seemed a bit aggravated that she had something tossed to her in the first place. The orb began to warm in her hand and then it opened up twisted and sat flat in the palm of Ms. Zaines hand. She jumped back as the object fell to the ground still flat. Stars and planets exploded into an holographic map of the known universe. Ms. Zaine sat on the floor with her mouth open wide.
"How did you do this?" Veda smiled and crossed her arms.
"Assorted crystals, and bright fiber optic lights. Old school is new school." Veda said helping Ms. Zaine up off the floor as she looked around the room at the various starts as she circled around them. Veda stood by Brains who was almost as aw struck as Ms. Zaine.
"There's a sector over there that shouldn't be there. How did you get it?" Veda winked at Brains and smiled.
"Not telling Brains...that would be cheating." Ms. Zaine turned and picked up the object and turned it off.
"Alright...you may leave now." To both Brains and Veda she was being sure pushy and very blunt.
"Okay." Brains pushed Veda from the room as she snatched the object from Ms. Zaines hand.
"What a bitch..." Veda exclaimed. Brains looked at the object. Veda sighed and handed it to him.
"Keep it. It took 3 minutes to make." Brains pocketed it.
"I donno she seemed like an very nice person." Veda stopped right there as Brains walked on to his next room. Veda sighed and walked back toward her workshop to tinker with her stuff. And think.
Veda walked into her room, which was strone with objects, gadgets, and gizmos. So much that Grandma, and Kyrano won't even clean it. Oil stains all over the floor. Veda sighed and looked up at the diploma on the wall and ran her hand over the roughness of the crest of a tiger. She turned around and once again...began to sing.
~*~Mariah Carey
Close my eyes
I was wayward child
with the weight of the world
that I held deep inside
Life was a winding road
and I learned many things
Little ones shouldn't know
Chorus
But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And though time's rolled by
Still feel like that child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon
Funny how one can learn
To grow numb to the madness
And block it away
I left the worst unsaid
Let it all dissipate
And I try to forget
Chorus
But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And though time's rolled by
Still feel like that child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon
Bridge
Nearing the edge
Obvious I almost
Fell right over A part of me
Will never be quite able
To feel stable
That woman-child falling inside
Was on the verge of fading
Thankfully I
Woke up in time Guardian angel I
Sail away on an ocean
With you by my side
Orange clouds roll by
They burn into your image
And you're still alive
Chorus
But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raise my head to the sky
And though time's rolls by
Still feel like that child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon ~*~
Veda stood there huffing and puffing from the dancing. She groaned and pulled off her high heal shoes and lay back on her bed and breathed in the fresh sent of motor oil wafting around her room. She didn't like Ms. Zaine...or how Brains treated her.
*****
The Hood towered over Tin Tin and smiled.
"My agent has successfully infiltrated Tracy's island. Gained the trust of their engineer. Yet this Veda character has seen through her. I must eliminate her before she tells Tracy about her. I must worry about the other Inspectors as well." Tin Tin shook her head and looked at her Uncle and tried to plead with him. He stuffed a piece of wool into her mouth and laughed.
"Be quiet my dear...and maybe I will let you live, for now."