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Chapter Six- Dr. Adrian Ness
September 4th, 2024

Early the next morning found the inhabitants of Tracy Island, all but John that is, in the hanger of Tracy One, binding Evelyn goodbye and good luck before Jeff flew her to Egypt. Her bags had already been taken into the jet and she, and the rest of the islands inhabitants stood beside the plane. She wore one of the dark blue shirts and a pair of kakis that Lady Penelope and Parker had given her for her birthday. Around her neck, tucked beneath her shirt were the locket that had belonged to her great grandmother, the necklace of Horus John had given her four years prior, and the pendants Gordon had given her for their birthday and on her right hand was the small golden ring that was a set of seven.

Jeff smiled from where he stood beside the stairs up to the small jet, watching as his daughter finished saying goodbye to Tin-Tin, giving the girl instructions on how to look after Nefertiti before giving the younger girl a brief hug and moving over to where her eldest brother stood a few feet away. Scott pulled her to him and hugged her tightly, which she gladly returned. After a few moments, he released her and held her out at arm's length. "Have fun Evie. And be careful."

"I'll be fine Scott," she replied with a small laugh as she looked up at him. "The worst that could possibly happen to me is getting sunburned, and that's why I have plenty of sunscreen in my bag."

Scott shook his head as he released the hold he had one her arms and she moved away from him and over to Virgil beside him, who also pulled her into a tight hug. "Are you sure you have enough sunscreen and Aloe Vera in case you get burned?"

"I packed every single cream and pill you gave me Virge," she laughed. "Which is probably why my bag is so heavy."

"I just wanted you to be prepared," he replied, musing her bangs as he smiled at her.

"I know," she responded, rolling her eyes and shaking her head. "But I'll be fine, I promise."

"Good luck over there Evie," Virgil laughed as Evelyn moved away from him and over to where Alan stood. The two youngest members of the family smiled at each other for a moment before Alan wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly, she doing the same to him.

"Have fun Evie," he commented as he continued to hold her tightly. He then released her, smirking at her as she moved back. "And if you find any mummies, I wanna hear all the details."

"If I find any I will be sure to tell you sprout," she laughed, shaking her head and ruffling his hair. He frowned at her for a moment before laughing as she moved away from him to stand in front of Gordon.

Just as she and Alan had done, the twins stood across from each other for a moment, smiling before Evelyn moved forward and wrapped her arms tightly around her twin. Gordon hugged her just as tightly as she hugged him, if not tighter. "Be careful Evie."

"I'll be fine Gordy," she replied softly as the twins separated. She smiled at him softly before whispering, "Just start planning what we will be doing when I get back."

A smirk appeared on Gordon's face as he nodded. "Oh, I began planning that weeks ago."

Seeing the smirk on their younger brother's face and hearing his reply to whatever Evelyn had said, Virgil whispered to Scott beside him, "Why do I not like the sound of that?"

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Though the flight to Cairo had only taken a few hours, when Tracy One landed Cairo International Airport it was already late evening. The plan was then taxied to one of the small hangers provided for private jets. Once it was stopped inside the hanger, Jeff performed the post flight checks before meeting Evelyn in the cabin of the plane, her bags in hand as he opened the hatch.

As they climbed through the hatch and began to descend the stairs, a man who looked to be a few years older than Scott with lightly tanned skin moved to the bottom of the stairs to greet them. He wore a loose fitting dark brown shirt with dark khaki pants. Hiding his dark brown hair was a small red cap with a black tassel signifying his position as curator. Jeff set a hand on Evelyn's shoulder as he watched the man's dark eyes take in Evelyn as they walked down the stairs.

"Welcome to Cairo Mr. and Ms Tracy," he greeted as father and daughter stepped off the stairs. He extended his hand towards both of them. Evelyn moved forward to shake his hand but was cut off by her father's. Jeff smiled politely at the man as he shook his hand, but there was something about him that the Tracy patriarch did not like.

"I'm guessing that you are Dr. Ness," Evelyn stated as she too shook the man's hand. He nodded before smiling at her. "Yes, and you must be Evelyn Tracy, the student at the University of Massachusetts that George had been raving about. He said you had a natural gift when it comes to reading hieroglyphs."

Evelyn blushed at the comment and looked down at the ground, "I'm not that good at it. And besides, he had only just begun teaching me how to read them a few months before his death."

"George never raved about someone unless they showed true potential," Dr. Ness replied as he looked down at the blushing young women, missing Jeff's brief look of suspicion which turned back into a polite smile as he glanced over at him. "But we best be going. If we leave now we should reach Amarna by late morning tomorrow."

"Where exactly is Amarna?" Jeff asked. Evelyn looked up from the floor at the question and over at her father before looking towards Dr. Ness as he replied, "By car it is about two days south of here but by helijet we should arrive in the late morning, after stopping briefly in a trading post located around halfway between Cairo and Amarna."

"Well," Evelyn began. "I guess we should get going."

"We should," Dr. Ness nodded. He glanced over Evelyn's shoulder at Jeff. "I will give you a few moments to say goodbye."

"Okay," Evelyn answered as Dr. Ness turned around and walked towards the entrance to the hanger. Evelyn turned around, set her bags down on the ground before wrapping her arms around her father. Jeff wrapped his arms around his daughter tightly and held her for a few moments before she began to pull away. Jeff reached up and cupped her cheek as she smiled up at him. "Be careful Evelyn."

"I'll be fine daddy," she replied. Jeff's hand fell back to his side as she chuckled and shook her head."I'll call you guys as soon as I get settled in wherever I'm going to be staying while I'm there."

Jeff watched as she bent down to pick up her bags before standing up and smiling at him. "Everything's going to be fine, so stop worrying before you get any more gray hairs."

Jeff laughed for a moments before stepping forward and wrapping his arms around her, being careful of the bags in her hands. He released her after a moment and kissed the top of her head. "I love you Evelyn."

"Love you too dad," she replied. With a sigh, she turned away from him and walked towards where Dr. Ness was waiting near the entrance to the hanger. Once the two were out of sight, he turned around and walked up the stairs and into Tracy One. After securing the hatch, he went into the cockpit and sat down. Reaching forward to the monitor that had been installed between the seats, he pushed the button that called up the Thunderbird Five. After a few seconds, the face of his second eldest appeared on the screen.

"Hey dad. Already dropped off Evie?" John asked, leaning back in his chair and smiling at his father.

"Yeah, she's on her way to the dig site in Amarna," Jeff replied. "John, I want you to see what you can find on this Adrien Ness."

John sat forward in his chair. "What did he do?"

"Nothing outside of looking at Evelyn. But," Jeff sighed and ran a hand through his hair as he leaned back in the pilot's seat. "There is just something about him that I don't like."

"I'll see what I can find," John replied. "Oh, and Scott told me that Lady Penelope called."

"What about?" Jeff asked.

John shrugged and leaned back in his chair. "Scott said she wanted to talk to all of us at once. Didn't say what about."

"I'll call her when I get back to the island," Jeff replied, sitting up in his chair and preparing Tracy One for takeoff.

"FAB dad, and I'll see what I can find on this Adrien," John leaned forward in his chair and smiled at his father. "Have a safe flight."