Notes: Any mistakes in this are strictly mine.
Disclaimer: I don't have Thunderbirds Are Go or characters.
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Characters: Kayo, Gordon, the Hood, Virgil, John…
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"Scott!… Gordon!… Kay!… …Alan?" He screamed desperately from his comm.
"Virg-… an you hear-…"
"John? What the hell is going on?! John?!"
And now he was here in a hospital. He was at a GDF Hospital… With only two siblings…
He left the cave for only a minute, didn't know what was there, but the result was Gordon and Kayo missing. Because of you! You fool, you shouldn't have left Alan alone- no! you should have sent it instead of yourself! Outside the cave is always clearly safer, you stupid! If he was in the cave, maybe Gordon or Kayo would be safe, maybe both. His brother and Kay- no, his siblings… Kay was his sister, but she's very- …no! His priority should have been to find them. Kayo was their sister for a long time, He shouldn't see her any other way…
Okay, his priority should be finding them, but where would he start? The only exit in the damn cave was in the same place as the entrance! John had checked and told him before he got into the danger zone.
"Virgil…"
Coffee appeared in a large paper cup in front of him and looked at the person who offered it… "John…"
Eyes of color that he still can't describe. It was obvious that he was depleted by gravity and the intense efforts to get to the hospital quickly. He accepted the coffee in his hand with a small grunt.
"What are we gonna do?"
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Darkness… Why was it dark? She tried to think, tried to remember … God, she had a headache … Was she hearing a voice now?
"I wish… you could be defeated as easily as him, Tanusha…" It was a vauge but indeed a memory . The Hood. Her uncle. No! The little girl Kayo buried deep within herself was Tanusha's uncle. The Hood had Gordon, Gordon was unconscious…
"Gor-dn…"
"Oh God, Tin, you finally woke up, I was worried about you…"
Of course he was worried about her, the last thing he remembered was the sudden pain in his neck, he guessed it was a syringe. When he looked at Kayo's scar on her forehead she clearly resisted but failed. Although Gordon didn't know how long they had been here, he had been awake for at least forty minutes, while his sister lay unconscious.
"Are you… Are you okay?" When she finally opened her eyes she tried to focus. She looked left and right, she was supposed to see Gordon… It wasn't enough to hear. But the pain in her head was like a knife stuck in her, tried to put his hands on his head but her hands… her hands were tied. Okay, she should have assessed the situation. Her hands were tied behind her back, her feet too. Where was she tied to? She turned her head to look but immediately regretted, a sharp headache showed it self and grimaced. But her hands were tied to the wall, it was chained with a different handcuff and the chain was going to the ceiling. And they were sitting on a chair. She slowly looked at Gordon, who was chained and sitting on a chair as she was, he was quite far for her liking. "Wha-?!"
"Tin…, maybe-"
"No," Inoring her nausea, she swallowed and continued, "Are you okay?" And tried wiggling her wrists, it only caused wounds. Tried to hide her face from pain.
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine, but you are not. You probably got a- damn Tin, don't move!"
"We have to get out of here, how do you plan to get out if you stay here like this!" She closed her eyes and took a breath. "Gordon, listen. We gotta get out of here, this… this is the Hood. He brought us here and we both know what he wants… and he can do anything to get what he wants. I don't know what he's going to do and I don't want to learn…" As she spoke her last sentence, she looked away from Gordon and bowed her head.
"The- the Hood…?" When Kayo gathered her courage and looked at him, Gordon certainly saw worry in her eyes. He doubted she was worried about herself, she always thought of others, almost everyone but herself. But now when he looks deeper, her red eyes, which she tries not to cry, and her protective body language, despite her limited range of motion… Kayo was scared… for both herself and her brother, from the man who once was her uncle. From the man who once was her uncle.
"They won't give him Thunderbirds or our island, anything… But they're looking for us, I'm sure they're trying to find us right now." She sniffed, took a short breath and continued. "But this is the Hood, everything is expected of him, so they might not find us, so…-so we can might be alone, it can only be the two of us to get out of here."
"How do we get out of here?"
A few tears fell from her red eyes and she sniffed. "This shouldn't have happened - I should have protected you, I should have done my job… Then it wouldn't be a problem, I would be the only one here and-"
"And let's leave you here and move on as if nothing happened? Are yo-"
"Gordon-" She grimaced as she breathed. "I-"
"No! You always blame yourself, Tin, doing this will get you nowhere!" He took a deep breath and continued. "You're hurt, I can see that, let me help you…" She always hated looking weak and vulnerable. He reminded himself that Kayo could seek medical attention if they got out of here. "He could be your uncle but that doesn't change any-"
"Ahh… What an emotional conversation but I'll have to interrupt," His grinning facial expression suddenly became serious. "Because you didn't say the things I wanted!"
They didn't even hear the door open. After hearing the voice, she closed her eyes, breathed and opened resolutely. "Hah! Did you really think we'd be so stupid? Really uncle?" Her sarcastic speech caused a kick in the stomach, and then another.
Kayo tried to muffle her screams in great pain. She had to endure it to not to worry Gordon more. And she didn't resist, resisting meant Gordon trying to stop Hood and that meant Gordon being center of the attention. "Ignhh…" A bitter groan came out of her that she didn't want.
Kayo didn't resist and he kicked her again, Gordon was watching in horror. "Stop! Stop please!.."
He seemed to stop… Until he raised one of his fist to Kayo's face.
"Don't! God, stop please!"
"No! Gordon don't-"
"I'll stop and you will cooperate to give me Thunderbirds and your island, or I can continue with this?"
"Gordon no! Say nothing- Aghh…!" He threw a punch and another and another. God, she couldn't breathe… She closed her eyes because of the pain, she was already crying…
"Shut up!"
"You sick bastard! She's your niece! Drop it!"
"Maybe I should use you against my niece, huh? She cares more about you than herself." He turned to Kayo and continued, "Or you cooperate with me and you both get out of here?"
He pressed one of his feet against her ribs… Her little body was shaking. "Hıhh-" Her face wrinkled with pain.
"Won't you beg me to stop, dear?" He pressed more on her ribs.
She could barely breath.
"Like you used to do."
Gordon froze with these words. Kayo looked at him in fear then in the Hood. The Hood stopped suddenly and looked at him, and then turned back to Kayo like he understood something.
"Hah, you still keep your secrets right? Do you want him to suffer like you?"
Kayo was breathing hard but still spoke. "Don'-t… -hurt… haghh!-"
"Forget it, use me, I'm here. Don't hurt her any more." They must protect each other. Kayo had sufficiently guarded him by now, now it's his turn. Secrets? It was no more important than Kayo. And Gordon thought he knew what Kayo was hiding.
The pressure on Kayo's ribs eased. But he didn't take his feet from her. Even though she was aching all over, she was still worried about her brother. "Noo! …Don't… hmm-" But he pressed it again. The taste of blood in her mouth increased her stomach nausea.
"Your last chance to cooperate with me."
"Tin, I'll be fine. Don't tell him anything!" Kayo was not in good shape and was still trying to protect him no matter what. "She won't tell you anything. Drop it!" He was supposed to let her go, God, she couldn't breathe. Kayo's eyes were closed, trembling. And suddenly awareness hit him. "God, to hurt her? Maybe but trying to kill her? It's no use, you need her alive. She knows more than any of us! Leave her!"
And he left Kayo. His sister was coughing in pain and trying to breathe. Her right eye was starting to turn purple. As she set her breath in order, he noticed the blood on her lip. He didn't know if it was because of coughing or biting. But something else caught his attention. The Hood was walking towards him.
"Your time is up."
Gordon braced himself for any kick or punch. But the Hood grabbed his throat instead, it made it hard to breathe.
"Well, will you beg me to stop?" He said with a grin on his face.
Couldn't breathe, God… and a little growl. "…-nghh…" And then a pain in his cheek, then in his stomach. Another kick in the stomach. "Huuhg-"
"Gord-n…" He heard Kayo's worried voice. And he heard a retching… There was nothing in their stomach. They didn't even have breakfast in the morning…He looked at his sister anxiously for a few seconds when she was the focus of the Hood. There was vomit and blood on the floor. And she was coughing blood. "Augh…"
But then there was a punch in his face. His face was hurting but Kayo was still coughing. She couldn't breathe. But Gordon could hardly breathe too. Ok, he had to evaluate himself. His throat was dry and he was sweating. It just couldn't be because they were beaten, right?
" Argh- …What's -going… -on…"
"What did you do, what's wrong with us?"
"Ahh, yes, a virus that only attacks your lungs and prevents you from breathing." Kayo's coughs were getting worse. "Well, it's normal for her to react sooner given her injuries."
Gordon's eyes widened with fear. "Then help her, you won't kill her!"
The Hood looked towards the man at the door and shook his head. The man put on an oxygen mask on Kayo. The mask was unusually large, but what Gordon cared about was that she was breathing again. The man also wore a mask on Gordon.
"Get some rest now, you'll need this."
"No, no, no! Wait! What's that? Stop…!" And then he realized why the masks were big. So they could talk. He looked at Kayo. She clearly had a concussion, and that worried Gordon. Her breath was shallow and she was grimacing. He was in a better shape than Kayo. He should have protected his sister.
…TBC…
