Chapter 10:

Penny woke up a few hours later in a hospital room. She looked around and saw nurses passing by her room. A nurse notices that she was awake so she called in the same doctor who helped her earlier. He came into her room. "Finally your awake" he said as he grabbed her chart. "There is a few questions I need to know".

"Your name?"

"Lady Penelope creighton-ward"

"Country?"

"London, England"

Penny answered a few more questions before the doctor explain what happen to her after she collapse in his arms

"You have a few broken ribs, a head concussion, your right whist is broken, and some blood loss"

The doctor continued

"You need to stay here and rest for a few days"

After he left, Penny found the remote to the t.v in front of her. She flipped a few channels and found a interesting program.

She was watching t.v until somebody knocked on her door. She looked at who it was. It was Bernard bosswick, her boss and Samuel Potter. When Samuel saw her alive he smiled "I had a feeling that female burned body we found at the accident scene wasn't really you" He went to her and hugged her "Thanks for saving my life" She smiled. "Looks like your be on sick leave for awhile" said Bernard.

"Yes sir" she said

"Whose else thinks I dead?"

Samuel looked at Bernard and Bernard looks at Penny.

"Jeff Tracy"

"What" she said lying back down on her hospital bed.

"I need to call him and tell him I'm alright" she tried to get out of bed but it took lots of strength and she ended up back in bed.

Look at you, you can't take care of yourself right now," said Bernard

"Alright I stay here until I feel better then I leave "

The doctor came back in saying that Penny needs her rest. So Bernard and Samuel say their good-byes then left.

On Tracy Island

Everybody on the island was mourning the loss of their good friend. Jeff was really taking it hard. He mostly stayed in his office unless International Rescue was called. The same night after Jeff went to bed. Scott, Virgil, Gordon, Alan, Fermat, and Tin-Tin went inside Jeff's office. Scott called John up in Thunderbird 5 so he can listen too.

"Dad is really taking Lady P's death hard" said Scott

"Yes he is, I know he really cared for her but I didn't realized how deeply he felt about her" said John

"Ever since mom died he doesn't get close to any other woman until LadyP joined International Rescue," said Virgil

"Every time she comes around she always made dad happy" said Gordon

"We all like her, she was fun to hang around with, she like a mother figure to me, and always put dad in a good mood every time she visits" said Alan

"Remember dad's reaction when he learned that The Hood kidnapped her" questioned John

"He was so worried about her," said Scott

"What do you think about having her as a stepmother?" questioned Tin-Tin

Scott looked at Virgil, Virgil looked at Gordon, Gordon looked at Alan, and Alan looked at John

"If dad did marry her it would have been great" said Gordon

"I would like her as a stepmother, she'll be truly be a Tracy, she always helping out when needed" said Virgil

"Why are you asking about that Tin-Tin?" questioned Fermat

"While on the plane to Paradise Islands, I was half asleep when your dad brought out a little black box with a ring in it" said Tin-Tin sitting down in the chair in back of Jeff's Desk.

"What" all the Tracy boys' mouths dropped.

"If he founded her alive he would've pop the questioned right then and there" said Tin-Tin

"So that's why dad been hurting so much, he feelssame way when mom died" said Scott

Every body stays quiet for awhile

Then the phone rang on the videophone

"Call me back after you find out who it is" said John as the screen went black

Scott went in front of the screen then pushed a button. On the other side of the screen was Samuel Potter.

"Professor Potter, what are you calling here for?" questioned Alan

"It's about Penny," he said

"What about Penny?" said Jeff's voice as he came into his office.

Everybody was shocked that he was still wake.

"Hello, Mr. Tracy"

To be continued

Thanks for leaving me good reviews. I was thinking after finishing this story I might start a sequel. Who knows. I going to post a few more chapters before I finish this.