Brooke slowly opened her eyes as she heard a girl cry out in pain. Her eyes snapped open as she saw the rest of her family start to wake up. She then saw Kristi in the middle of the circle dungeon they had all been placed in. She was laying on the ground holding her stomach in pain.
"Kristi!" Brooke yelled.
"Brooke…Help me." Kristi begged in a defeated tone.
"Kristi!" Rachel screamed out as Kristi was thrown across the floor.
"No." Brooke muttered.
"Brooke are you ok?" Scott's voice came.
"Yeah dad how about you?" Brooke looked at him.
"A headache but I'm fine." Scott said.
"Come here!" The Hoods voice yelled.
"Tell me the secret about your family and I won't kill them." The Hood then laughed.
"Stop it!" Brooke screamed at him.
"You can die with her too." The Hood then nodded to one of the guards to let Brooke down.
"Brooke no." Scott and Kelly said looking at there daughter.
"Let her go!" Brooke then growled.
"Not till I get my information." The Hood said slapping Brooke across the face.
Brooke swung her arm at him but it was stopped. She felt the anger in her body coming from her into that punch. Brooke had to admit it felt good to go after the man that had killed her cousin.
"What do you want?" Brooke said now standing straight.
"I want all the blue prints for the Thunderbirds." The Hood spoke as though this was the biggest thing on planet earth.
"Take me instead and I'll get you what you need." Brooke said.
"Brooke No." Scott yelled. Jeff looked at his eldest grandchild with a confused look. Nothing made sense now.
"How exactly do I know that your telling the truth." The Hood asked.
"You'll have to put your trust in me." Brooke said.
"Ok I'll try it what could it hurt I mean if you lie to me your whole family is dead anyways." The Hood snickered.
"Kristi are you ok?" Brooke said turning her back on The Hood to check on her cousin.
"Yeah." Kristi said weakly.
"One thing before I go with you though." Brooke said walking over to The Hood.
"What?" His words just wanted to make her punch him.
"Brooke don't go with him!" Kelly yelled to her.
Brooke turned to look at her mother the tears came to her eyes but she pushed them back knowing what she had to do.
"Let them all down don't chain them." Brooke turned back to the Hood.
"Fine whatever it takes." The Hood said then nodded to one of the guards.
"Wait till after I'm gone." Brooke said looking at her family.
Brooke made her way over to her parents. Knowing exactly what she would say.
"Brooke what are you doing?" Kelly asked the tears falling from her eyes. "Don't worry about me. Whatever happens do what you must to get away from here. I'll hold them off as long as I can." Brooke looked hard at both of them. "Brooke no it's to dangerous let them take me." Scott ordered.
"No. I have to do this." Brooke forcefully said.
"Whatever happens know that I love you all." Brooke said she then walked over to John's worried face.
"Brooke don't do this let us help." John said trying to break free of the chains.
Brooke placed her hand on his cheek. When John's eyes met Brooke's she smiled.
"Brooke please don't do this." John begged.
"David's with me." Brooke said. Behind her she could hear Rachel sob.
Brooke turned to her uncle and aunt.
"Let's hurry this up please!" The Hood growled.
"Take care of Kristi she is a lot like David." Brooke said quietly.
Brooke turned and walked back to the Hood and looked him square in the eye.
"Don't let them down till I'm gone got it." Her voice was a loud order.
"Ah I do love a women who knows what she wants." the Hood said rubbing Brooke's cheek with his fingers.
Brooke held her actions dieing inside at his touch.
"DON'T TOUCH HER!" Jeff screamed.
"Do as the girl says and follow behind as soon as you do." The Hood said turning to follow Brooke out of the room.
The men let the family down and quickly made their way out of the dark room. Kelly dropped to the floor in tears Scott at her side. Jeff and the rest of the boys began banging against the doors and screaming Brooke's name. Rachel made her way to Kristi's side, "Kristi are you ok?" Rachel said turning her child over on her back.
"I'm alright mom." Kristi said looking up at her father who now knelt beside her.
"Are you sure?" Virgil frowned at her knowing that Kristi always seemed to fake begin fine.
"I'm fine now can I please get up." Kristi said pushing herself up. Rachel hugged Kristi tight and then looked around at the rest of the family. Scott was sitting next to Kelly, Kelly's eyes were red from the tears.
"Scott we have to get her back." Kelly whimpered.
"I know we will know shush it will be ok." Scott repeated trying to keep his wife calm.
"God Dammit we need to get out of here!" Jeff yelled banging his hands against the wall.
Jeff was furious why would Brooke do this to him to the family. Why? The question kept popping into his head.
"Come on guys we are thunderbirds for god sakes. We have gotten out of harder things then this." Scott said picking Kelly up from the ground she came but not quickly. Her face now held the hurt and pain of losing a child but the hope and faith of getting her child back.
Virgil looked at Rachel then at Kristi who had now started patting the walls.
"What are you doing?" Virgil had to ask.
"I can get us out." Kristi said. Now everyone looked at her in wonder as she pushed on a brick which opened the dungeon door.
"Good going Kristi." The everyone yelled as they ran from the room.
Kristi limped out and fell to the ground in a coughing fit. Virgil and the rest of the group stood in the shock as they saw blood on there loved ones tiny fingers.
"Kristi baby." Rachel said huddled around her now.
"It's nothing forget it we need to get to Brooke and quick." Kristi said now wiping the blood from her lips and getting up. Virgil frowned at her and Rachel cried out for her daughter.
"Mom, Dad let's go!" Kristi yelled as she made her way down the dark path.
"Why would you being so smart and beautiful stay with the Thunderbirds?" The Hood asked then spoke again, "Come to my side and you could rule. We could rule."
"You know that's not such a bad idea."Brooke said and turned to the Hood.
"Really you have thought about it." The Hood had a shocked look on his face.
"Yeah I have but then I said to myself why would I work with a man like you when I could rule the world by myself." Brooke got a gleam in her eye and she walked over to the Hood running her finger under his chin.
The Hood leaned into the touch and looked at Brooke with a longing in his eyes. The knife was held tightly behind her back as she made her way around the Hood. As she made her final cricle around him she pulled the knife out and placed it on his throat.
"You know what have always wanted?" Brooke whispered in his ear.
"What." The Hood said in a calm voice.
"To spill your blood." Brooke whispered into his ear.
"BROOKE!" Scott's voice came.
Brooke turned looking at him. "Dad?" Her voice was now just above a whisper. The clank of the knife was heard behind her.
"Brooke baby." Kelly said as she saw her daughter standing there.
"How did you get here so fast?" Brooke asked.
"We followed your wrist watch and Kristi is really good at her following skills." John said with a grin.
Kristi was looking very proud of herself to and then her eyes became big.
That's when Brooke felt The Hoods cold arm slip around her neck and the cold metal of the knife come to her neck.