-Ruddy hell! I just found out Sophia Myles (Lady Penelope in the movie for who doesn't know :P) got to kiss David Tennant in Doctor Who! Coolies :D (on a sidenote, I'm kinda pissed the BBC makes Who fans wait two weeks for the next episode (especially because the trailer looked bloody great! Much Who-whumping :D) :'(

-Oh, I decided to post three little chapters instead of two medium sized :P This one is just a quick little step-up to the next one, but important 'cause you get some answers on Penny ;)

-I can't do Cockney accent am I'm not gonna try, so try to imagine that while I write full normal English for Parker, he has his accent, kay:P

-I totally forgot about Kyrano and Tin-Tin, and I didn't exactly involve Brains all that much either... Dear me... //goes to hide in a corner and takes Virgil fans with her..//

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After the most horrible christmas in years, things hardly settled back to normal. Lady Penelope and Parker stayed, which was strange in itself, and Alan and Gordon avoided Scott as much as they could. Even Jeff was a tad on the safe side when it came to Scott. He did not avoid his son, but it was clear that Jeff didn't always know what to do with Scott. Only Virgil truly knew what to do with Scott, and he was trying to get his family to know as well, but not all of them were really getting it. It was a shame John was back up in Thunderbird 5..

Scott hardly showed his face anymore after all that had been said and done.. At rescues, he was just who he was needed to be, the coordinator of the rescue, the teamleader in the field. Outside of that, he was silent, drawn back into his own mind. It was almost like who he used to be when he was hiding something and he was struggling with it, only this time, the problem was pretty clear, and no solutions in sight..

"Scott?" Virgil ventured. He peeked past the door into Scott's room, and saw his brother sitting at his desk. The vampire looked up, and Virgil noticed his blue eyes were flat in color. That had never happened before... Before, Scott's eyes had always preserved that little bit of life he had left. Now, even that was gone.

"Lady P wants to talk to you.." Virgil said carefully, worried. Scott merely nodded and stood up to leave. As he passed, Virgil ran a hand past his shoulder as a sign of support. Maybe Lady Penelope would be able to get him out of his dark mood. Or whatever she wanted to talk to him about...

Lady Penelope was silently writing when Scott was on his way. She could tell he was coming. She felt him coming. She stood up when she felt he was near and opened the door to find him right behind it, startled that she knew.

"Come on in, Scott." Lady Penelope said, ignoring Scott's shock. He was going to get a hell of a lot more shocked in oh say, ten minutes or so..

Sitting opposite Scott, she asked Parker for tea, and waited patiently for him to get it. Scott only stared down on the ground. Frankly, Lady Penelope felt a little worried about the young man. Clearly he had taken Alan and Gordon's fear to heart and was pretty depressed about it. Not that she could blame him.. She wasn't particularly looking forward to the day she would be forced to tell Jeff why she wasn't getting any older..

"Scott.." Parker acknowledged the young man as he walked in with a tray with cups, tea and biscuits. "Milady.." He added.

"Parker.." Lady Penelope looked at Parker, and sighed when for the thousandth time that week, the butler scratched himself behind his ears, roughly. Not again.. She thought..

"Parker.." She said again, her tone warning. "I do hope you have not managed to get fleas twice in one year..."

Scott glanced up, shock clear on his face.. What the hell was going on? Parker and fleas?

"I'm sorry milady.." Parker merely said, honestly ashamed, and kept on scratching...

"No matter.. But please do something about it.." Lady Penelope said, and sighed. The butler vanished to the kitchen, and Lady Penelope poured herself and Scott some tea.

"Excuse me.." Scott said softly, just a tad impatient.."But what the hell is going on?!"

Lady Penelope looked at him, and smiled. "You're not the only one, Scott." She picked up the teacup, placed a biscuit on the rim of the dish underneath it and set it beside Scott on the table. He stared at her, fumbling with his words, and finally stuttered:" You... You're.. a vampire too?"

"Yes." Lady Penelope answered. She patted his hand that was lying limply on the table beside his tea and smiled.. "Close your mouth, dear.. " She said, and suppressed a laugh when Scott did so with a snap.

"You... What about Parker?" Scott asked. If he thought he was shocked before, he was shocked for sure now.. He was looking at Lady Penelope with wide blue eyes, listening closely to her.

"Parker is a were-wolf.." Lady Penelope said, and took a sip of her tea. "Got himself bitten just five years ago.."

Scott shook his head, slightly in denial.. "So, you're a vampire too, and Parker's a werewolf.. How long have you been a vampire? You seem to be okay with it.. I still can't cope and I've been a vampire for nearly five months now.."

Lady Penelope answered with slight delay, nearly having forgotten when she was turned.. It had been a while.. "Nearly ten years or so.. It's still nothing on a vampire's life, but well, in that period you tend to learn to live with what you are.."

"I'll bet.." Scott muttered. So he wasn't the only one.. He might be able to learn more from Lady Penelope. How to control himself when he felt the vampire pushing it's way up, when it threatened to overwhelm him.. Lady Penelope might know, might teach him how to push the vampire aside and take control of the process himself, so he won't endanger his family again, even Gordon and Alan might come back if they realised he wasn't dangerous!

"Oh dear," Lady Penelope said, as she watched Scott's watch flash on the edges." I think you're needed."

Scott smiled at Lady Penelope in thanks, "We should talk some more when I get back!" He shouted as he ran off.

I'll try to get another chappie in tomorrow, no promises though ;)

-I hope you guys like what I've done to Lady Penelope and Parker :P Lady Penelope being a vamp was all Phoenix Sparrow's idea, she told me that Sophia Myles played a vampire in Underworld, and let me tell you, she looks great :D Parker was my own idea, I kinda liked the idea of him being a were-wolf, that he has fleas or something like that.. I don't know.. --' //runs off//

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