Flashbacks and Memories (Part 2)
By Jenny Taylor
Silence filled the room for a few minutes, until it broke by the voice of the oldest person in the room. "You okay Sprout, Fish?" The said persons looked up towards the owner of the quiet question.
"Just about." Gordon replied quietly whereas Alan replied with a sniffle and leaned into the side of Scott, seeking comfort from his hero. Scott wrapped his arms around the baby of the brothers, rubbing circles into his back.
Silence descends into the room, no-one dared to speak nor wanting to break it. Several minutes later, Scott breaks the silence again with a question, but not to his brothers.
"Kayo?" The said person looks up at him, her white-knuckle fists on her knees, her face reddened with anger and disgust, her amber eyes screams murder and worry. His tone sounded with a mixture of a warning, disappointment, worry and curiosity.
"What did you do when you arrived at the scene, apart from that fact that you disobeyed orders again?"
Kayo looked down and sighed.
She couldn't lie to Scott nor the others, not this time, especially when her kindest 'brother' is now in a life-threatening condition, caused by her only, living blood-relative, The Hood. She took a deep breath, looks up to face four brothers and begins her tale.
On-Board Thunderbird Shadow…
Kayo was flying her 'Bird' towards The Hood's ship where her 'brother' Virgil was held prisoner, flying it as low and as close to the ocean's surface as possible, without getting her 'Bird' wet. She was angry with the villain and threatened to do something bad to him.
When she saw the ship, she slowed down to take a closer at it and to find the Tracy brother in the ocean blue, but in doing so, something had caught her eye. It looked like a cable 'hanging' down from the ship and it was this unusual act from the villain which rose the curiosity of International Rescue's Head of Security.
But then, that's when the horror of horrors broke the heart of one of the hardest women on the planet. The slack cable suddenly became taut and moving violently from below. She followed the cable down towards a scene that places her heart into her mouth and sends her into a world of emotions as she watches helplessly at the horrifying action below her.
After a few tense moments, which felt like hours, she noticed that the Hood had dropped the cable and was making a run for it. Kayo was torn between trying to help her helpless and injured 'brother' and catching the evil-mastermind.
However, whether it was God or fate that made her decision as she saw underneath the ocean waves is the bright, yellow submarine of Thunderbird 4, rammed itself into the creature that attacked Virgil.
It was clear to her that Gordon had got everything under control in the rescue, which left her with her favourite option, confronting the world's most wanted criminal. And this time she will be the one asking the questions and get her revenge on him.
She turned the sleek, black reconnaissance stealth craft towards the direction of the fleeing ship. It didn't take her long to catch up and within a few seconds, she turned Thunderbird Shadow upside down and had it docked underneath the villain's ship.
She made her way underneath the ship, upside down, towards the side of the ship. When she made her way to the side of the ship, she used her scanners in her helmet to find a side entrance, which she did find about 10 yards towards the rear of the ship from where she's holding.
Once she'd got to the door and cut her way through it, she was inside the ship. However, cutting the door had set the alarms off and is sending the minions towards her. She used her martial arts skills to knock down her opponents as she made her way towards the Hood.
Then she bumped into another minion and she demanded him to give her the location of his master. Half smiling at this vital information, she knocked him out cold and went down the corridor, using her scanners to look for the ventilation shaft that led to the room containing her wanted man.
She crawled along the shaft until it reached a junction, she didn't know which way to go until she heard a familiar voice, echoing down one side shafts. She turned awkwardly towards the chosen shaft and shuffled towards the noise, which is growing louder until some light is starting to filter through. She got closer to the source until she got to a grate which gave her a birds-eye view of her destination.
The Hood was in his spacious office, standing in front of his desk hammering down his fists, yelling. It is clear to her that he was angry, well… angry was an understatement… he was furious and upset. She was smiling, thinking that International Rescue had foiled his plans to kill Virgil which has got him angry, but what she is about to hear has shocked her to the core.
"That shark! That damn, bloody shark had to ruin my plan to fake that Tracy's death so I can use him as my obedient, cyborg slave!"
Kayo shook her head, wide-eyed and open-mouthed in shock and disbelief! Did she hear him right? He can't be serious in what he's saying, is he? He planned to fake Virgil's death so that Virgil ends up becoming a slave to this monster behind the Tracy family's back? Questions filled her mind and she wanted answers now!
She moved around in the tight space so she's in the position to make her entrance. With one kick the grate fell and hit the ground with a muffled crash (since the floor of the room was covered in carpet). The Hood spun on the spot, clearly startled at the noise and what cause it, he didn't have to wait long for the answer as Kayo dropped down and landed safely into the room in front of him.
She ripped off her helmet and threw to the ground, her face turned red in anger, her eyes filled with hatred as she stared towards the bald-headed villain, her body is so tense that it screamed murder. The Hood stood there for a few seconds in shock and surprise, and then regained his composure a little as he faces the Head of International Rescue's Security.
"Why I'm not surprised it's you!" He snorted in disgust at the unwelcomed sight. Kayo was too angry to reply to that remark, but instead she demanded answers to her questions about him and Virgil.
"What's this about faking Virgil's death? I thought that you want him dead because we refused to hand you over the Thunderbirds!" Her voice filled with anger and disgust as both her and the villain circled each other.
"The reasons WHY I want Virgil ALIVE is NONE of your business!"
"Lier! You want to use him as your slave! How dare you do this to my family?" The villain smirked.
"That's only part of my plans for him!" Kayo was slightly taken aback at that remark.
"And what does that supposed to mean?"
"I mean what I said Kayo… I have bigger plans for him, but that's between me and him only!" He said seriously and menacingly, before he continued with his own question to the said person. "Enough said…How on Earth did you manage to find me and organise a rescue operation to rescue Virgil Tracy?"
This time Kayo smirked. "I was wandering that myself when the boys made the plan." The villain looked confused for a moment before speaking.
"Are you trying to say that when the Tracys came up with the plan, it turns out that they were using someone else's plan and adapt to fit their needs?" Kayo didn't answer to that, because although she knew that what the villain was saying is correct, but she didn't know who gave them the idea.
And that's when she makes a mistake, by standing a second too long in thought, the Hood lunges at her and punched her to the ground, almost knocking her out cold as her head hit the floor hard. The Hood called for his minions to collect her on the intercom.
Kayo then realised that she's going to get caught if she didn't get out, now she has some information on the Hood's plan for Virgil. She jumped back onto her feet, swiftly tripped him which led him to falling flat onto his face as she made a run towards the double doors.
But her pathway was blocked as 3 henchmen came rushing in through the doors. She stopped and turned her head to face the criminal who had just got up onto his feet. He menacingly walked towards her, his face showed a mixture of anger and disappointment.
"Do you think that will let you go, now that you know some of my plans for Virgil Tracy?"
"You'll have to do better than that to catch me!" She half shouted. But before she can make a more, another henchman called out over the intercom.
"Boss! The GDF! They're catching us up fast! And they've threatened to shoot us down!"
The men were stunned at the news and spoke to each other in confusion. Seeing the opportunity, Kayo knocked the minions to the ground in a few swift movements, ran to pick up her helmet and then ran towards the open doors.
"AFTER HER!" The Hood yelled at his men as Kayo bolted down the corridors towards the entrance she made earlier. Kayo was nearing the exit when she received a call from John.
"Kayo..."
"Kind of busy here John." She barked hurriedly.
"Drop whatever you are doing Kayo and pick me up from Tracy Island and take me to Sydney Hospital… NOW!" The once quiet and calm John had now become fearful and anger as his voice came through her comms.
Kayo had noticed from experience that an angry and frightened John is a John who is not to be messed with as it takes a lot to make John angry and from the tone of voice he used earlier indicated that John has info about Virgil and not the good kind either.
"I'll be with you within 15 minutes John." She replied calmly and then switched off her comms. Her heart was racing. She can feel the hurt coming from John and this can only mean that Virgil is injured so badly that he needed specialist treatment from a mainland hospital.
And within a few minutes she reached the exit, climbed down towards her stealth craft, got in, started the engines, detached her craft from the villain's and turned Thunderbird S towards the direction of home and took-off at top speed.
As soon as she arrived at the island, she met John in the hanger and they both made their way to Thunderbird 1. John had told her that Scott instructed for Kayo to fly One, which she nodded in acceptance.
They both strapped into the sleek, silver rocket's cockpit, with Kayo in the pilot's seat as Thunderbird One is carried up towards the launch platform underneath the swimming pool, which at the same time, it is retracting back to allow the fastest aircraft of the International Rescue fleet, to launch.
After a few seconds Kayo pushed down on the controls and the thrusters erupted into life, sending the silver rocket up into the air and leaving its home behind. After a further few seconds, Kayo switched Thunderbird one from vertical to horizontal flight and then pushed it to its top speed of 15,000 miles an hour towards Australia.
Within a few minutes, Thunderbird One had landed next to its sister ship in Sydney Airport. When Kayo had finished the post-flight checks, she joined John outside and they followed the airport staff and AFP to the same Heli-jet that Alan and Scott flew in an hour earlier.
The four Tracy brothers looked up at her in shock and disbelief. They couldn't believe that their mortal enemy wanted Virgil alive and behind their backs, to be used as the villain's slave! All five of them sat back in the couches and gave out a loud sigh, turning to look at the closed doors where the doctors are doing their best to save the biggest and kindest Tracy brother of all, Virgil.