Chapter 6: Revenge is so sweet

Christine was standing in a dark room and she was knee deep in fog. "Hello? Is anybody here?" she called, no one answered. After awhile a figured emerged from the darkness.

"Hello there, Miss…ahhh Lt. Carter. I took the liberty to scan your memories so I knew what to call you." said the Hood. "What Jeff and his pathetic Thunderbirds don't know is that my mind is more powerful than before and I don't get weakened anymore, so they're going to be a little bit surprised for what I have in store for them" he laughed.

"What are you going to do with me then?" she demanded.

"Well I was going to do this to Alan, but you'll have to suffice…you're going to kill the Thunderbirds, my dear" grinned the Hood.

It was turn for her to laugh now "You're crazy…I would never harm them. They're family to me"

"They may be, but you won't know that they are by the time I'm done with you. All I need is a couple of hours in your mind and you'll be under my command. I've tried this on the most powerful minds I could find and it didn't take long to break them" he laughed and vanished…Then the nightmares began.

Brains was sitting on the floor struggling with his bindings when he heard someone groan. He turned around to see Christine beginning to stir.

Christine bolted up regretting it instantly, her hand shooting to her head grimacing. "How long was I out?" she asked.

"About a ff...ff…ff couple of hours" answered a very relieved Brains. "Are you alright?"

Christine appeared pale, exhausted and very jumpy. "I…I'm fine. What happened while I was out?" she asked looking to see where the Hood was.

"When you were knocked ou…ou…unconscious the Hood went to go to meditate while Transom was wor…wor…wor…tinkering with the new defense system" informed Brains. "She unfortunately hacked in and it's now online. The Tracy's won't be able to get on the island"

"Shit…oh sorry"

"Oh no, sh…sh…shit indeed." Even in the situation that they were in, she couldn't help but smile at his comment. Then the Hood entered the room.

"Ahhh…I can see that Lt. Carter has woken up from her little nap. Let's see how far we have progressed with your…training" smiled the Hood.

"What's he talking about?" asked Brains with a perplexed look at Christine.

"Whatever I do Brains, it's not the real me" she said as two guards grabbed her and injected her in the arm with a needle. She noticed she was starting to get sluggish while trying to fight off the guards.

"You are quite right Lt. Carter" said the Hood "but the Tracy's won't know that." Then his eyes changed to the familiar cat slit red, Christine was barely conscious and clutched her head, then she slumped to the floor. When she awoke she looked at Brains with cloudy empty eyes and walked over to stand beside the Hood. "Don't worry Professor Hackenbacker she's still in there…barely" laughed the Hood.

"Wh...wh…what have you done to her?" demanded Brains.

"Why I just used her fears against her and the little sedative I gave her helped me use them more effectively. You didn't know professor, but little Miss Lieutenant here has blamed herself for the death of Mrs. Tracy and fears that the Tracy's would turn on her one day" explained the Hood

"The Tracy's would ne…ne…never do that" argued Brains.

"Yes, I know" said the Hood disgusted at the Tracy's loyalty. "Even Lt. Carter knows that too, but somehow this fear is still deep inside her." The Hood laughed and walked out of the control room with Christine trailing behind. Right at that moment Brains knew that the situation has gone from bad to worse.

(TBC)