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Chapter 2

Lady Penelope shook Nicole awake. She sat rubbing her eyes and was stunned to see that the cloudy England sky wasn't there anymore and had been replaced with a clear blue one. She got out of the car and looked around. In front of them was a house that looked massive. A man walked down towards them. He was smiling but seemed to, just like Lady Penelope, radiate a sort of power.

"Hello Penelope and Parker!" he looked at Nicole. "Hello Nicole my name is Jeff Tracy." He held out a hand. She shook it. She hated meeting new people it made her feel small.

"Tracy?" Nicole wondered aloud. Jeff nodded.

"I know that from somewhere." She said.

"Tracy Enterprises?" Jeff asked smiling.

"That's probably it." Nicole said nodding and returning the smile, but it wasn't it. She knew the name Tracy from somewhere else.

"I am sorry but I don't have a clue were the boys are." Pointed at the house. "Want to go and explore?"

Nicole nodded and wondered off. If she saw anyone she would probably avoid saying hello because she hated meeting new people. It was always so uncomfortable. The meeting with Jeff Tracy hadn't been but others could be. As the house got closer she noticed there was a pool. She loved swimming. Two boys were next to it but she made sure she couldn't be seen. The boy who looked the oldest said.

"Hey, look over there!" he pointed to somewhere random in the distance and while his brother was distracted he shoved him in the pool.

"VIRGIL!" yelled the younger boy. So Nicole knew some of the names. Virgil fell about laughing.

"I AM GOING TO KILL YOU! THE POOL IS FREEZING!" yelled the boy in the pool.

Virgil couldn't stop laughing.

"Give me a hand?" asked the boy in the pool. He looked slightly younger than Nicole. Nicole smiled at the boy's tactics. If Virgil gave him a hand the younger boy was going to pull him in. Virgil handed the younger boy his hand.

"Here you go Alan," he said still laughing. Alan pulled the older brother in. The look of shock on Virgil's face was a classic. He went in the pool headfirst. He came up a few seconds later spluttering.

"HEY!" he yelled.

It was Alan's turn to laugh. Nicole laughed too and the boys looked around in surprise. She ducked so they didn't see her. A few minutes later she crawled out and saw the boys plunging each other's heads into the water. Nicole walked off smiling. Maybe this was going to be some fun. She carried on walking, she was looking down at the floor and so she didn't see the other person turn the corner and see her.

"Who are you?" a curious voice asked. Nicole's face shot up. A boy with brown hair was standing in front her of her looking at her surprised.

"Nicole," she said "You?"

"Gordon,"

Nicole nodded even though she didn't need to. He held out a hand and she shook it. Suddenly she saw the boat again. It was on fire and that boy was about to be hit by the beam of fire but then it was gone. She shook her head. What had made her think of that?

"You're Lady Penelope's friend aren't you?" he said.

"Am I? I have only known Lady Penelope for about five hours." Nicole said smiling.

"Well you must have done something really trustworthy then because she doesn't trust many people. What did you do?"

"I just refused a job and quit." Said Nicole shrugging.

Gordon laughed.

"You don't like meeting people do you?" he said smiling again.

Nicole looked up. How did he know that?

"Not exactly. Even though I'm sure there all very nice it's just it's . . . uncomfortable I suppose for me anyway. How did you know?"

"You didn't give much detail in your answers and you kept looking down at the floor and you could do with smiling once in awhile."

It was Nicole's turn to smile.

"There we go." He said laughing." So who else have you met on this island?"

"Mr. Tracy, your dad, and I haven't exactly met anyone else."

"Let me guess you were to scared to go up and say hi"

Nicole nodded. Gordon walked back towards the house and signalled for Nicole to follow. She did.

"Yeah, I've seen Virgil and Alan and that's it."

Gordon nodded.

"Well, Nicole let me tell you that no one in this house is embarrassed of meeting new people and doubt they're embarrassed about anything actually."

"How many exactly are there of you?"

Gordon grinned.

"Well there's dad, Scott, John, Virgil, Alan and me. But that's only the family. John isn't here at the moment though he is up in . . . on holiday with some friends."

Nicole knew it was lie and wondered why Gordon was lying but decided not to ask. Nicole suddenly heard a sort of beeping. It was coming from the watch on Gordon's wrist.

"Err . . . sorry I have to go. Science revision time." He laughed.

Nicole laughed too and watched him run and turn around the corner.

Two Hours Later . . .

Nicole was sitting by the pool. Her feet were making patterns and ripples in the water. She was turning the pages of one of her favourite books. She loved reading. Her face was full of concentration as she read. Her hair was coming out of its smooth ponytail but she ignored it, she was completely out of tune from the world until her book suddenly slammed shut. A wind had picked up. All the palm trees around the pool were swaying backwards and forwards. Nicole stood up, alarmed. There was still not a cloud in the sky but everything was moving. She looked up at the sky and that's when she saw it. Thunderbird 2 was flying low towards the island. She grinned and now fully appreciated she had turned down Mr Smith's offer for trying to spy on them. She threw her right hand in the air and started waving. She knew the Thunderbird's would not see her but she waved all the same. And that's when she nearly dropped her book in the pool because she saw a hand waving back. Her mouth fell open a few centimetres as she saw the hand waving back and then because of Thunderbirds 2's amazing speed it was gone. The trees stop swaying and the wind stopped. She sat down on the floor grinning like mad.

"Enjoying yourself?" asked a voice behind her.

Nicole turned around a saw Lady Penelope. Nicole felt like she was a balloon because she didn't feel like anything was holding her back and right now she was on the nicest island with the nicest people.

"I am loving it thanks." She smiled.

She got up and went inside. She went into the Tracy's Lounge smiling. No one was in there. She looked around a saw a picture frame. She walked up to it. Nicole immediately recognised Jeff. He was on a boat along with a very pretty lady and his five sons. They all were laughing. She recognised Alan, Gordon and Virgil. There was a family next to them. They were smiling broadly, a young girl and her parents. She lent forward so she could see the picture better. She lent a hand forward to touch the frame when the picture vanished.

"What the?" Whispered Nicole. She stepped backwards nearly tripping onto the sofa but it vanished too. Nicole felt like screaming but she couldn't find her voice. Slowly everything in the room started to vanish. She looked down at the floor, petrified it would vanish too and she would fall. It did. Nicole yelled out. She closed her eyes and opened them again. She couldn't see a thing. It was like a black cloth had been tied around her eyes and she didn't know what to do. She seemed to be being dragged down and the air around her felt thick and cold. She tried to make herself not panic by breathing in and out and that's when she realised she couldn't breath. She was drowning. She was surrounded by water and it was slowly dragging her to the bottom of the sea. She yelled out kicking and screaming but the result was just making her feel tired. It had to be a dream.

"Wake me up." She whispered crossing her fingers.

She slowly felt her body completely shut down. She started to sink and the air was being squashed out of her lungs. She kicked uselessly trying to wake herself up.

"NICOLE!" yelled a voice in the distance.

"WAKE UP!" yelled the voice again. Nicole looked around and saw nothing still. The water was swirling around her and she closed her eyes.

"No," she whispered "I can't fall asleep!".

But it was no use until . . . her body started moving on its own accord. She was being shaken. She woke up and took in the nicest breath she had ever taken. She shivered uncontrollably. She realised she was on the floor of the Tracy's Lounge. Gordon was on his knees next to her and a boy she didn't know next to him. He looked older so she presumed if John was away on holiday, this was Scott. She realised tears were running down her cheeks and she wiped them away with the back of her hand.

"So . . . what happened with you?" Gordon asked curiously.

"I don't know I was looking at a picture of you all on a boat with another family and then it all seemed to vanish. And I found myself drowning in water and I really couldn't breath it wasn't like a nightmare I just couldn't breath.

"What picture of a boat?" asked Scott.

She pointed at the one on the table and she realised it wasn't there. She stood up confused.

"But it was . . . " Nicole said.

Gordon stood up behind her.

"Well it isn't now." He said, "Nicole before when we shook hands did you see a boat then too?"

Nicole whipped around.

"You saw it too?"

"Na . . . I just guessed! Of course I saw it!" Gordon said seriously.

"But where is it from?" asked Nicole.

"I don't know. You?"

Nicole looked at her hands. She had just met these people she didn't want them to think she was mad just yet.

"No, I don't know either." Nicole said.

Scott looked at her.

"You're lying." He said simply.

"What?" asked Nicole.

"You don't know where it is from but it is for another reason and that picture also is another reason than a bad dream isn't it?"

Nicole looked at him. She could read people but she couldn't read them as well as Scott could.

"I am not," She said. She was still shaking from the dream. "Thanks for waking me up." She was trying to get them off the subject.

"It is hard to not if someone is kicking and screaming on the floor."

He smiled.

"But tell us the truth please. I always see that boat, all the time in my dreams. Please tell me why you can't remember it or if you can."

He watched her carefully to see if she was lying.

"I don't know," Nicole said.

She walked away but she heard them both follow her.

"Dad never tells me about the boat he says it will hurt. Please tell me!" Gordon's voice got louder.

"No," she said quietly," Maybe you should listen to him."

Gordon and Scott both grabbed her.

"WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT!" she yelled. Her face was red and she was shaking uncontrollable. She didn't want these people to become her enemies.

"Because it matters to me! Why do we see the boat?" Gordon said.

Scott nodded.

"And I'm backing up my bro."

Nicole tried to get free from them but they wouldn't let go until finally she threw her arms down and thought she had, had enough.

"FINE! I'll tell you! I can't remember because I lost my memory when I was ten. GO AHEAD LAUGH ALL YOU LIKE! I AM USED TO IT BY NOW!"

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