Chapter 9: Penny's Dead?

A few minutes after the explosion, the fire department showed up and started fighting the fire. Meanwhile, the tide of the ocean ended Jeff, Alan, Fermat, Tin-Tin, and Samuel on the beach. Waves washing over them. Alan was the first to wake up. He looked at his right side seeing his dad laying still. He moved to his dad's body and tried to wake him up then Jeff opened his eyes seeing Alan next to him. Alan looked all right for somebody survived an explosion. Then he looked at the rest of the group. Fermat was waking up, Samuel was up and coughing. Tin-Tin was the only one not waked yet. Alan notices then rushed over to her body. He notices that she was badly hurt. "Dad Tin-Tin's hurt" Jeff came over and checked Tin-Tin. "She was the nearest to the building when it exploded," he said as he lifted her right arm then heard Tin-Tin groan. "Her right arm maybe broken" Jeff continued checking her. "Alan I want you and Fermat to take Tin-Tin back to the hotel room and stay there until I say so"

"But Dad I want to help with finding Lady P" Jeff looked at his son

"Your be helping me by taking care of Tin-Tin back at the hotel"

So Fermat and Alan helped Tin-Tin getting up and started walking slowly back to the hotel room.

"I'm going with you Mr.Tracy to find Penny," said Samuel

Jeff agreed and both men decided to start looking for her at the abandon hotel. When Samuel and Jeff came to the fire burned hotel. There was nothing left standing. Samuel notices a man zipping a body bag up. There was a body inside. Samuel told Jeff then both men hurriedly went to see what the body looks like. The fireman told them that the body was burned so bad that they couldn't tell who it was. But they knew it was a woman. Jeff's face was drain of all color. He dropped to his knees and started crying "Why her" he screamed. Samuel put his hand on Jeff's shoulder "I'm sorry". About an hour later Jeff headed back to the hotel room to tell the three that Penny died in that explosion. When he got inside the hotel room, he saw Tin-Tin lying on the bed with her hurt arm resting on a pillow. and her left leg on a pillow.

"We did what you said to do," said Alan before noticing his dad's face.

"Oh my gosh what happened Mr. Tracy?" questioned Fermat

"Did you find Penny?" questioned Alan

With tears coming down his eyes he had to say the second hardest thing in his life.

"I'm sorry you guys but Penny didn't make it"

Alan, Fermat and Tin-Tin were shocked about hearing Penny's death. Then a while it hinted them. All of them started crying

Jeff called Thunderbird 5 and told John the bad news. Then John called Tracy Island and told them the bad news. Jeff took Tin-Tin to the nearest hospital; Her left arm was broken and now put in a cast. And also her left leg was cast. Sadly they left Paradise Islands the next day. Nobody talked over the flight. When they got back to the airport in California. Virgil was there to take them back to Tracy Island.

Meanwhile back on Paradise Island

A badly injured woman came into the nearest hospital. Once she got inside. A doctor on break notices the woman and went to help her.

"We need help here people." He said as he tried to get some information from the woman. "What your name miss?" The woman looked up at the doctor and tried to speak "Penny". Then she fainted. With the help of the doctor and a few male nurses. She was put on a wheeler bed and took into emergency care unit.