Chapter 12: Lovers Quarrel

After Christine's punch to his ribs, Scott knew that the fight was over. He hit the ground gasping for air from the fight and the pain in his ribs. He heard the Hood command Christine to finish him off. She pulled out her pistol and pointed it at him. Scott thought he could try one more thing before he died, so he looked in her empty eyes and said "I love you, Christine." He closed his eyes and heard the gun go off.

The funny thing was that he thought dying from a bullet would be painful, but he felt nothing. Scott opened his eyes to see that the gun wasn't pointed at him anymore but towards Thunderbird 2. He turned to see the Hood getting up from the ground clutching his shoulder and struggling to get up Thunderbird 2. Scott got up shaking and looked at Christine.

Christine had at last broken the Hood's control over her and was looking at the Hood with eyes that were a blaze of fury than the blank stare just moments before. She was so mad at the Hood and herself for letting him take control of her that she was crying. Her pistol was still pointed at him and she was getting ready to pull the trigger again. Then she threw it to the ground looking at it like it just scalded her hand. She knew that if she killed him she would be no better than him. Christine looked up for the Hood, but he vanished.

The Hood ran up the ramp to the cockpit of Thunderbird 2. "Transom get this thing off the ground now!" he commanded.

"Yes sir" she answered taking a glance at his bleeding shoulder.

"Mullion, get Thunderbird 1 in the air now" the Hood ordered.

"Yes sir" he said and Thunderbirds 1 and 2 lifted off.

Jeff and the boys ran over to Scott and Christine, who were exhausted, bruised and bleeding, but relieved that the Hood was gone for the moment.

"Are you two okay?" asked Virgil.

"Yeah we're fine" said Scott taking a glance at Christine, who was just staring at Thunderbird 2 leaving.

"We have to go after them" said Gordon.

"Will you two be able to after the Hood?" Jeff asked Scott and Christine.

"Yeah" they said unanimously.

"Well let's move out" Jeff ordered. Everyone boarded Thunderbird 3, but Jeff stopped Christine before she could get on. He motioned for the rest to go on. "I want you to take Thunderbird 6. When you start pre-flight there will be a command that you have to get through in order to activate Thunderbird 6."

"Will I know it?" she asked.

"You're the only one who will know it" he grinned.

Christine smiled back and ran over to Thunderbird 6. She started pre-flight and a the command came up on one of the screens 'How many times do I have to ask you to call me Jeff?'

"At least one more time, sir" she answered and the lights went on in the cockpit "Sweet" she exclaimed.

The hangar door for Thunderbird 6 opened up and the floor of the room started moving towards the door. Christine started the turbines of Thunderbird 6 and they were music to her ears. She hadn't realized until that moment how much she missed flying helicopters, those being her specialty of course. The floor of the hangar slid outside so she can make a vertical lift-off and landing. Then she was gone.

"Thunderbird 6 to Thunderbird 3, I'm in the air. The Hood seems to be heading towards London." she reported.

"FAB" answered Gordon.

"What does the Hood have with London anyways? Couldn't he try another place?" asked Alan.

Ignoring Alan's question Christine asked "What was in Thunderbird 2's pod?"

There was a brief silence, the Virgil spoke up seriously "the Thunderizer."

Christine sighed in irritation, 'so the Hood's probably going to take the front door approach and use the Thunderizer on the safe door.' She decided to push Thunderbird 6 to the limit and get there as fast as she could.

(TBC)

Author's Notes

Sorry about this being a short chapter I couldn't think of anything else :)