Chapter Three: Confrontation.
There was another knock at the door, this time it was Jeff's hand and Brains' door.
"C...come in," Brains stuttered, and Jeff entered.
"Just me Brains," smiled Jeff and made his way over to Brains' little working area in the silo of Thunderbird 2.
"Oh, Mr. Tracy. N...nothing wrong I hope," Brains had a tendency to worry about the littlest things. Mostly about things concerning his only son Fermat, who was best friends with Jeff's youngest son Alan, who pretty much, asked for trouble every where he went.
"No, nothing like that," Jeff placed the name tag on the table in front of Brains, who stopped what he was doing and just looked at it.
"It's this," Brains didn't reply, he just kept staring at the photo. After a very long and uncomfortable pause, Brains spoke.
"Where did you get this?" his eyes transfixed on the name tag.
"Virgil, Scott and John rescued her, don't worry she's ok, but Virgil thinks he knows who she is,"
"Thanks Mr. Tracy, is that all?" Brains smiled at Jeff.
"No, don't you think it6's time you told Fermat? I mean he treats the boys and TinTin like siblings, but don't you think it would be nice if you told him he has a real sister?" Brains looked at Jeff and for the first time Jeff was saying something that made sense.
"Brains, I don't want to be harsh, but look, you have a lovely son and a beautiful smart daughter, and wouldn't it be nice to be a family again?"
"I know," smiled Brains as he had an image in his head of Ava, Fermat and Jeff's boys all playing round the pool, then all three staying up late to fiddle around with mechanics and stuff.
"Can you help me?" Jeff smiled and put his hand on his friend's shoulder.
"Of course,"
"Brains' daughter!?!" Scott's reaction was more of an 'oh' than a 'what'.
"Yeah, look I know you are both a little over whelmed but there's something I need you to do for me," John looked at Scott then at his father. Brains had done a lot for them, and now it was time to repay him.