ash-rox-Oh? What, the chapter left you speechless? Or should I say typeless? : P
Little Miss Bump-Hey! It's okay that you don't review every chapter. Comp problems? Ouch. You didn't lose anything on it did you? Well, at least it's fixed now. Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Dang! There you go making me blush again! XD I'm glad you enjoyed that part. Of course I'll update soon. XD –blushes again-
err... who am i?-Yep, cutting it off there was the best place. Yep, you just have to wait. Nothing too bad compared to what's coming. Yep, he's soon going to get his own little boo-boo's. He didn't know that Evelyn had a twin, and it's not just him that's going to be useful, they all will be.
Pinkranger888- XD It's happening alright. Don't worry, he's not hurt too badly. Just a bruise or two. Oh, his use will be revealed very soon. That she is, but the anger will defiantly overcome the sadness and the guilt will drive her to go after them. Of course I will. :P
Chapter Fifteen- Lost Signals
The only time that Evelyn left Command and Control after her family left for Egypt was to put the three pints of ice cream in the freezer before they melted and became soup all over her desk and computer. She now stood a few feet away from the desk with Fermat and Tin-Tin in front of her, her eyes closed as she tuned out all sounds in the room and took a deep breath through her nose as she had that morning with Virgil. She then opened her eyes as she released it through her mouth, feeling slightly calmer then she had been feeling moments before. Though the feeling in the pit of her stomach that something horrible was going to happen would not leave her.
"Thunderbird Five to base," John stated, his image appearing on one of the screens after a few seconds. Once more he was extremely pale, a look of panic on his features. Evelyn quickly walked over to the monitor and stood before it, Tin-Tin and Fermat at her shoulders and looked at her brother in concern. "Scott's gone."
"What!" Evelyn cried, her heart beginning to beat wildly in her chest. "What happened?"
"When Thunderbird Two lost contact with him, dad asked me to trace the signal on his pin," John explained. "And his signal is gone." He glanced away from the monitor for a second and Evelyn watched as he lost the little remaining color he had before turning back to the screen. "Now their signals are gone too."
"I-I've l-lost contact with them as well," Brains added from where he sat. The screen that had previously been showing the desert landscape lit by the exterior lights on Thunderbird Two was now nothing but static. Evelyn lost all color as she looked away from the engineer and towards her brother on the screen, both of their expressions pure panic. Behind her, Tin-Tin and Fermat had also gone pale and looked worried for their best friend and his family.
She sucked in a breath and closed her eyes as a familiar feeling washed over her, a feeling that she had never liked and luckily didn't feel it very often. The last time she had felt it had been when Gordon had been in his accident, though she hadn't known what had happened to him until her father called a few minutes later and told her what had happened. She swallowed the lump in her throat as she opened her eyes. The Hood had gotten what he wanted, he now had her family. He had messed with her family for the last time. And Yuja and Saadia knew that she would come for them, which was exactly what they wanted.
"I'm going over there," she stated firmly, her expression changing from panicked to determined. All this was her fault, and it was up to her to fix it. "I'll take Thunderbird Three over there."
Tin-Tin glanced over at Fermat beside her, who nodded. "We're going too. You're going to need a co-pilot and someone to bring One and Two back."
"And you are going to have to stop up here before going there Evelyn," John stated. His expression had also become one of determination. "I'll send out the pre-programmed message that International Rescue has temporarily shut down. None of us are going to be able to concentrate on a rescue with them missing."
"You're right," Evelyn replied with a slight nod. "We're on our way."
"FAB Evie," John stated before cutting the screen went black as he cut the connection.
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Not long after being handcuffed, their headsets and pins taken away and destroyed in front of them, and forced off Thunderbird Two, Jeff, Virgil, Gordon, and Alan found themselves shoved down to the ground beside an unconscious Scott. Two unfamiliar people, a male and a female sat beside the unconscious Tracy son and had been looking at him in concern. Both crawled back when the family was pushed down beside them.
As large guards circled around the group, Jeff immediately went to Scott, whose helmet was long gone and he had a slow bleeding cut just below the hairline on his forehead along with a large, dark bruise. Virgil, Gordon, and Alan knelt behind him as they looked down at their older brother. The women studied them for a few moments before stating, "You're the Thunderbirds. You're Evelyn's family."
Jeff looked away from the face of his eldest son and to the women. "Yes. You must be Kyleigh and Narmer."
"That we are," the man replied. He then looked down at Scott and smiled grimly. "He should be up soon. They tasered him and removed his helmet before smacking him in the face with a shovel."
"That explains the bruise," Virgil muttered, feeling anger bubble up within him at the thought of whoever had done this to his brother and was sure the rest of his family felt the same. Before anymore could be said, Scott shifted and let out a groan. Jeff took his eldest son's hand as Scott grimaced and brushed a few stray hairs away from his forehead.
"Scott? Scott, can you hear me?" he called softly. Slowly the young man's eyes opened and looked groggily up at his father.
"Dad?" he asked, blinking several times as the area around him came into focus.
Jeff smiled fondly down at him, giving him a moment to get his bearings before asking, "How're you feeling?"
"Like Thunderbird Two just landed on me multiple times," he mumbled in reply. Jeff smiled down at his eldest son as his brother's behind him chuckled. A familiar chuckle, one that they certainty did not like joined theirs. The family glanced up to see the Hood chuckling as he walked towards them Yuja and Saadia a few steps behind him. "I see sleeping beauty has awoken."
As Jeff stood up, Virgil took his place by Scott and helped his older brother sit up to see what was happening. The Hood stepped past the circle of guards around the group and smirked at the glaring Tracy patriarch. "Hello again Jeff."
Jeff growled and stepped towards the Hood. "Why you good for nothing, son of a-"
Saadia smirked as she stepped around the Hood, her dark eyes flickering to Jeff's shocked sons behind him before resting on Jeff. "I would not do that Mr. Tracy," she stated smoothly. He stopped misstep and looked towards her, still glaring. Her eyes then flickered to the guard nearest his sons. Following her gaze, Jeff's eyes landed on the knife that the man was pulling out of his belt as he stepped towards Scott and Virgil. Saadia's smirk turned into a smile as the glare disappeared and he lost all color at the sight of the knife.
She snapped her fingers and the guard stopped and returned to knife to his belt, backing up to where he had been standing moments before. Jeff slowly turned around to face her. Saadia continued to smile at him. "You see Mr. Tracy, we may be keeping you alive right now, but alive and unharmed are two different things. And I have no problem ordering the guards to harm you and your sons if you don't learn your place."
Jeff stepped back, away from the Hood and Saadia. Saadia's smiled widened and she looked towards the guard that stood closest to Gordon. She caught his eye and gave him a small nod. As he stepped towards Gordon, Saadia gaze returned to Jeff. "And just to give you a taste of what may come should you not cooperate."
She smiled as the man kicked the twin of her reincarnated enemy in the side, causing him to grunt in pain and wrap his arms around his abdomen. The eyes of his family widened. "And that was mild compared to what could happen if you don't learn your place."
Scott pushed himself away from Virgil and crawled over to where Gordon lay and helped him sit up, glaring over his younger brothers head at the man who at hurt him, but knowing that if he did anything to retaliate it would only cause his family pain. They were trapped, with no way to fight back.
"My lord!"
With one last smirk in Jeff's direction, Saadia and the Hood walked back past the guards to where Yuja stood waiting for the running messenger to arrive a few yards away. The young man stopped a few feet away from him and leaned forward on his knees to catch his breath. "My lord, we have just received word that the Medjai and riding our way. They are roughly an two hours east of here."
Yuja growled, clenching his fists. "Prepare to leave."
As soon as Saadia and the Hood had left the vicinity of his family, Jeff walked back and collapsed into the sand beside his sons, his breathing ragged and his heart pounding in his chest. Alan, who was closest to where Jeff now sat, moved over and wrapped his arm around his father as he looked at him in concern. Jeff smiled gratefully at his youngest son and wrapped an arm around his shoulder's, looking towards Gordon as he leaned against Scott, who in turn was leaning against Virgil. "Are you alright?"
"I've had worse," he panted. He then closed his eyes and leaned his head on Scott's shoulder as he panted.
A few feet away, Kyleigh smiled sadly at the family of the young women she had begun to call her friend within the short time she had known her. They way that the family had been threatened was sickening. She then looked to Narmer beside her and saw him looking towards where the Hood, Saadia, and Yuja stood talking to the messenger in Egyptian, his eyebrows furrowed in concentration. She gently took his hand in hers as she looked up at him curiously. "Narmer?"
"Help is coming," he whispered, glancing away from where their oppressors stood and towards Kyleigh A gentle smile graced his features as he looked at her, tucking a piece of her strawberry blond hair behind her ear. "Medjai are roughly an two hours east of here."
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"W-w-we're locked on," Fermat stated, her and Tin-Tin staying in their seats as Evelyn undid the fastens of the safety harness. As Evelyn stood from the seat and headed towards the hatch, Tin-Tin glanced over at the older girl from where she still sat in her seat before looking towards Fermat. The two friends smiled sadly at each other.
Evelyn entered the access code and the hatch opened with a click. She looked back towards Tin-Tin and Fermat and gave them a small smile. "I'll be back in a minute."
Not waiting for an answer, Evelyn stepped through the hatch and secured it closed behind her. She then quickly walked down the docking tunnel towards the access panel to open the hatch to Thunderbird Five. Before she could enter the code, the hatch connecting the tunnel to space station opened with an 'hiss' and swung open to reveal John standing there waiting for her with his bag in hand.
Once the hatch was close behind him, he set bag down on the floor and pulled his sister into a tight embrace. Evelyn quickly returned it, closing her eyes as she buried her face in his shoulder. John rested his chin on top of her head and closed his eyes while her rubbed soothing circles on her back. At the moment, the gesture helped him as much as it helped her.
"We'll find them Evie," he said softly, opening his eyes and looking down at his sister. She removed her face from his shoulder and looked up at him, her eyes showing the fear that they both felt for their family.
"I know," she replied with a slight nod. The fear disappeared from her eyes and was replaced with determination. "They are going to be sorry they ever messed with the Tracy family."