Well, another chappie :P Hope you guys like what I did :D

Damn test week :o I should be studying.. Why do I always get inspiration when I'm supposed to be studying?!

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Jeff tugged on his oldest son's wrist and made him retreat a few steps.

"Always thought you were the sensible one.." Jeff muttered. He reached out, and put his arms around Scott. "Don't you realize, that if you had told us right away, we wouldn't be so hurt now?" He felt Scott tremble slightly..

"You lied Scott.." Jeff continued. "I didn't expect that from you... Also, I wouldn't have declared you crazy if you could've proven you were a vampire.. Sure it sounds strange, but what you just showed me looks like proper evidence.."

Scott leaned his head on his father's shoulder, but left his arms hanging at his sides. He had been an idiot indeed. He had only tried to protect the others, but in the process, he hurt them even more..

"It's okay, Scott. Just..." Jeff sighed, and felt his own heart beat against his oldest son's still chest. It was an odd sensation, one he would probably never get used to.

"Don't fool us like that again..." He finished, and felt Scott nod against his neck...

That night, Alan and Gordon were unable to fall asleep. The entire family was probably still up, save for Scott, who had nearly fallen over when Jeff had released him.

Jeff had quickly caught his son when he was threatening to keel over and had directed him to the couch on the far side of the room, where Scott promptly had fallen asleep. Jeff had taken Virgil aside then and left the rest of the family staring at the dead Thomas on the ground, and the sleeping Scott on the couch. Penny and Parker had shortly come into action to take care of Thomas.

Alan and Gordon couldn't quite believe what had happened. Lots of questions were circling in their heads, like why had Lady Penelope and Parker immediately taken care of Thomas? Did they know more about it? There had been something off about Penny the entire time. Not that the situation had been normal.. Far from.. It just seemed that Lady Penelope was that more unsettled then the others, and at the same time wasn't, while Parker had looked on acting surprised. Too bad for Parker though, he was a lousy actor. Or Alan was imagining things..

Alan glanced over at Gordon and John, who were sitting opposite him in the lounge, and found the both of them looking just as confused. The three youngest Tracy brothers looked completely put off, and the two youngest not just because they had been torn away from their presents..

"What the hell just happened?" Gordon asked.

"You know, I have no idea..." John answered for Gordon. "Why'd you reckon Lady Penelope seemed so unsettled though?"

"I wouldn't know, I didn't really look at her.. Did she?" Gordon asked. He had only looked back from Scott to Thomas, uttering his last breaths, leaning against the wall, his eyes filled with disbelief and hurt staring over at Scott. How could they have missed Thomas was up to something? And why had he looked so surprised? Why did their father stumble back from Scott the way he did when the eldest had held his hand against his chest? Until Scott was awake, or Virgil came back, all those questions would remain unanswered, but whatever it was, Scott wouldn't have killed Thomas for nothing..

"Yeah, she..." Alan wanted to explain how Penelope had looked, but Virgil chose that moment to step out of his father's office. His stance showed he was pretty frustrated, but his brown eyes seemed to say he was disappointed.

"Virg?" Gordon called out. He stood up, and Virgil walked over, only to slump onto the couch like his legs were too tired to carry him any longer.

"In a minute.." Virgil answered. John, who sat closest to him, put his hand on his brother's shoulder. Virgil looked like he was blaming himself for something, and ten minutes later, the boys would understand why.

Virgil took his time getting his wits back. When he did, he said softly:" I want you guys to come with me, to Scott in his office. You won't believe what I'm going to tell you otherwise, okay?"

Virgil stood up and looked down on his brothers. All three of them looked at each other, and then at Virgil. Alan jumped up first.

"I'm curious, what the heck is going on around here?" John muttered. He stood up as well, and finally Gordon followed.

Virgil said nothing. He merely walked away and the boys followed.

Scott was pretty much comatose after feeding. He had never drunk so much from a cup, let alone from a human being. He still didn't feel guilty for what he did.. Maybe it was his vampire nature, before when he had killed because he needed to, -which had been in the war the last time he did-, he still felt guilty. Though he did feel full for the first time since becoming a vampire. The bloodthirst was gone. He didn't expect it to be gone for long, but for now, it was no where in sight!

Stretching, his arms bumped something fleshy that said, 'Ow!'.

The oldest Tracy brother opened his eyes, and in a row there were four blurry figures. Two pairs of honey brown eyes and two pairs of blue eyes the only thing standing out clearly. Slightly detached, he watched as the youngest blue-eyed creature moved his hand, and poked him.

"I said put your hand on his chest, not stab him with your finger!" One of the brown-eyed creatures grumbled. Scott watched as the blue-eyed creature sighed, mumbled something under his breath that sounded like 'Don't get your knickers in a twist..', and then put his palm flat on his chest.

"What the..." It said, as it's eyes grew wide. Still, Scott looked on, too tired still to go over into action. He was pretty sure they were harmless anyway. He was too tired to find out..

"You two as well.." The brown-eyed creature said to the two other creatures standing beside him. Both did as they were told, and the same reaction came.

"What did you feel?" The brown eyed creature asked.

"Nothing.." The second blue-eyed creature said. He seemed stunned. "He's so pale... And his heart isn't beating... I'm afraid to ask what happened to Thomas.."

"I'm surprised you guys didn't know Scott changed." The brown-eyed creature said, "I knew for a while why, because he came to me first. The reason he didn't tell you guys was because you were frightened enough as it was, and both of us weren't exactly waiting to be declared crazy.. I'm telling you guys now, Scott bit Thomas. Fed on him, drank his blood.. Boys, this is why I wanted you to feel first. That way you'll believe me, when I say that Scott is a true vampire.."

Scott's brow furrowed when the youngest blue-eyed creature started laughing. "That was great, Virgil, you really had us going there!" He hooted. The name Virgil sparked a memory in Scott's brain, and he looked up, to see the brown-eyed creature, his brother Virgil, wasn't laughing. He shook his head and looked down on Scott.

"Hiya, Scott. How are you feeling?" He asked gently, realizing the vampire was awake. Virg looked saddened for some reason. Maybe it was because the youngest blue-eyed creature was laughing still, thinking it was all a joke.

"Okay.." Scott said, his voice cracking a little. "Bloodthirst is gone.."

"That's good." Virgil said, smiling. Then pointing at the blue-eyed creature he added:" Is this the reaction you were afraid of?"

Scott looked at the laughing creature and nodded. That had been exactly what he had been afraid of. He scrubbed his face with his hands and muttered trough his fingers:" Where did Thomas go?"

Virgil squatted down beside the couch and put his hand on his brother's arm. "Lady Penelope is taking care of him. She tried resuscitating him but it didn't work. He was a goner anyway. I don't know where she took him.."

"Since when did Lady P. become the family's coroner?" Scott muttered out loud. He sat up, yawned, blinked a few times, and finally straightened out his blurry sight.. Before him stood Virgil, John, Gordon and Alan. The latter was blue-eyes, and he was still laughing, albeit a little hysterical by now.

"Might as well get used to this.." Scott mumbled, and grabbed Alan's' wrists.

"Scott, what..?!" The hysterical laughing ceased, and Scott sighed thankfully.

"This isn't a joke.." Scott said, and the words were enough to throw the Tracy world upside down. He could see the wheels turning in Alan's blue eyes.

"You're a freaking vampire?!" Gordon exclaimed. "Tell me this is just you guys getting back at us for pranking you two for so long in the past.." Gordon pleaded. "Please!"

"Nope.." Scott said, shaking his head. "No joke.." He bared his teeth to translate the message even further, and again, he saw a Tracy shoot back in horror. Well, two Tracy's even. If his heart would've still beaten in his chest, it would've skipped a few painful beats every time someone backed up in horror. It hurt to see his loved ones stumble back like that, like he was some kind of monster.. Well maybe he was, but he still was Scott, still their brother!

What puzzled Scott though, was that John.. He seemed strangely at ease..

"What? You're not scared of me?" Scott muttered, slightly put off by the other brothers' reaction.

"Maybe a little.." John said, but sat down beside his brother anyway. "But you're our big brother, or big bother." He said, laughing softly. Scott managed a laugh too, his teeth glinting a little. He saw John look at them, but not for long. "Nice accessories." The oldest blond said.

"Nice huh? Beats all those chains and rings any day." Scott bantered. John laughed and lightly punched his brother on the arm.

"But why aren't you scared?" Scott asked. "Gordon and Alan are apparently..". The two of them were sitting on the floor, and looking at Scott with eyes the size of fine china, as if he was going to attack them.

"Like I said, you're still our big brother." John said, and added honestly:" I know you won't hurt us, you love us no matter who or what you are..."

Scott didn't speak, he just threw his arm around John and laughed.

So what's up with Penny huh? I'll let you know in the next chappie ;) Hope that creature business wasn't too confusing, I can change it if so :O Isn't John just the sweetest here? I tried to draw him into the story a bit more cause he's always being forgotten :) Let's just pretend they automated Thunderbird 5 for the moment. :p

Any other ideas by the way? I'll keep the idea of Scotty biting someone in the back of my head, maybe it doesn't have to be like that, maybe someone gets sick and he has to bite that someone so that someone will get better, how bout that one? (weird sentence huh:O) :P Let me know ;)

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