Chapter 7: The Plan
When the Hood cut off the transmission Jeff was fuming, he turned to Virgil who seemed to be reflecting on the turn of events. "Virgil, I want you to pack up the Mole. We're meeting Scott, Gordon, and Alan ASAP"
"FAB" said Virgil and left to go pack up.
When they arrived at the rendezvous point Scott, Gordon, and Alan were already out of Thunderbird 1 discussing their plan of action. Jeff climbed out of Thunderbird 2 with Virgil not far behind and came face to face with a very angry and stressed Scott.
"We have to go home now. The Hood won't be so lenient this time. He's probably going to kill them" rambled Scott.
Jeff wasn't surprised this time at Scott's anxiety. He could tell that Scott was worried about Brains and Fermat, but most of his worry was for Christine. "Don't worry, we're going to stop him for good this time" Jeff said reassuring his eldest son. Before anybody could say anything, there was a call.
"Thunderbird 5 to Thunderbird 2" said John
"We're here, what's going on son?" replied Jeff
"It's good to here your voice" said John. "Fermat just arrived in Thunderbird 3. He filled me in on what happened down there and…he might even have a plan to get you guys back on the island" he said the later with a smile.
"That's great!" said Scott.
"So what's the plan Fermat?" asked Virgil.
"When Dad and I were on Thunderbird 5 a ff…few weeks ago. We put in a new system. This system is able to track all of the mm…movement in the house if it ever was compromised again" informed Fermat.
"You're the man, Fermat" said Alan.
"Also, my dad was able to make a back door just incc…case the security system was activated and we were locked out. The back door is a tr…trapdoor in the reef that is a mile north of the lagoon, jj…just out of range of the security net. The door leads to a tt…tunnel that will take you right into the lagoon and th…then your in the clear" said Fermat.
"Dad and I should bring in Thunderbirds 1 and 2 because the Hood would be expecting us to show up" said Scott
"Your right" said Jeff. "Virgil, I want you, Gordon and Alan to take Thunderbird 4 to the backdoor. There, Alan and Gordon will dive down and enter it" said Jeff "John, I want you and Fermat to monitor the movement in the house and guide them to the den so they can turn off the defense net for Virgil to enter the lagoon in Thunderbird 4."
"Then after all of that, we can get the house back by taking down the guards one at a time and then eventually get the Hood" said Alan.
"Wow, Alan you are smarter than you look, despite what everyone's says" smiled Gordon. Alan shot him a look that could turn anyone's blood cold.
"Alright you two" said Jeff "let's get going our hour is almost up" Scott ran for Thunderbird 1 and the rest boarded Thunderbird 2 to turn their plan into action.
In the mean time, Brains was trying to formulate his own plan of escape. His train of thought was interrupted when the Hood returned with Christine in tow. Christine had a different outfit on this time. She was wearing combat boots, black fatigue pants and a black tank top (like the rest of the Hood's henchmen) and was armed with a pistol.
Brains wasn't surprised to see how Scott was attracted to her even though he has denied it several times. In addition to her being really smart, she's beautiful and in very, very good shape. Brains thought she could probably beat Scott if they ever had a sparring match.
"Now that Lt. Carter is in her proper attire…the Tracy's will be totally convinced that she works for me now" grinned the Hood.
"You'll ne..never get away with this" said Brains "they'll see right through this li…li…façade of yours and know that she's being con…co…manipulated by you"
"Oh we'll see professor" said the Hood.
"Sir, Thunderbirds 1 and 2 are heading towards us. Their ETA will be 10 minutes" interrupted Transom.
"Thank you Transom. Well professor this has been a lovely chat, but I have some banks to go rob" said the Hood and he left the room with Christine following closely behind.
(TBC)