Title: Relief
Rating: K
Summary: Kayo and Alan, after Legacy ***SPOILER WARNING***
Notes: I have always thought that the Tracy brother that Kayo was closest to was Alan. Do I see them as being more than 'just friends' at this stage in the TAG timeline, no. Alan still has some growing up to do, and Kayo has issues she needs to work through before she can even think about beginning a serious romantic relationship – but the seeds are there they just need a little bit more time to grow ;)
Disclaimer: I don't own it, I'm just playing with some ideas the show inspired.
Relief
It was over, the Hood was behind bars – where he belonged.
Their home was secure and all of her brothers were safe and sound.
So why did it feel as if this was only the beginning?
She looked across the room at Alan, who was reading something of a data pad, if her plan to protect the island had failed he would have been the first one to die. Her uncle would have killed her best friend and there would have been nothing she could do about it.
John would have been next, with no way to get onto Thunderbird Five his pod then his suit would have run out of air.
Gordon would have been a bit of a wild card, if he could get to the surface before his air ran out, then managed to hang on until he got rescued, he would have had a chance – but if he failed to get to the surface he would have died before John.
Scott and Virgil would only need to be rescued before they ran out of water and GDF would have been capable of that, but she would have still lost them. Alan's and John's (and maybe Gordon's) deaths would have destroyed them.
Her uncle would have not lived long enough to enjoy the craft he bought with the Tracy's blood, if that had happened, forget bringing him to justice – she would have killed him outright, then and there or died trying, because she would have had nothing to lose.
Alan looked up and met her gaze, and then he got up and walked over to her, "What's wrong?" he asked as he sat down beside her.
"I don't know, just thinking about everything that has happened today?"
"The fact that we now know the Hood is your Uncle or the fact that if things went completely wrong today John and I, maybe even Gordy, would be dead."
Kayo looked at Alan in surprise, "Maybe a bit of both." She agreed.
"Firstly, we don't hold the fact the Hood is your uncle against you, to do so would be like blaming Uncle Lee and Pipe for Hella." *Helen 'Hella' Taylor was Lee Taylor's wayward sister, the last time the Tracy's had seen or heard from her she had made a pass at Scott, much to her daughter Piper's (Pipe) embarrassment. "Which," Alan continued. "Goes to show you can't choose your genetics, but you can choose the people you care about."
Alan looked at the family's portraits, "As for what could have happened today, you're not the only person thinking about it." he continued, "Virgil is currently dealing with Scott's latest meltdown, while Gordon is arguing with John over the damage done to the waters around the islands, thanks to the number that they did to the Hoods ship – which was pretty cool by the way." Alan sighed, " We are all on edge at the moment, the Hood may be in custody at the moment, but he may still have people in the GDF that would be willing to break him out and if that happens we would be back at square one – and the Hood knows where we are which makes it worse."
Kayo nodded in agreement, "That's not the only thing I'm worried about," she added quietly. "My uncle may not be the only danger we have to face, and we are still no closer to finding your father."
"Yeah, I was kind of hoping that we would have some answers about dad when the Hood was brought in, but it's looking more like the Hood had nothing to do with what happened to him."
"I wouldn't count my uncle out just yet, if your father is still alive, he may have still had a hand in what happened to him." Kayo looked down at her hands, "He called himself Agent 79 when I gave him temporary control of International Rescue."
"Agent 79!?" Alan looked alarmed, "But that suggests that he was working for someone other than himself!"
"Which means there could be someone else out there that wants to take down International Rescue, someone who we know nothing about."
"Someone who may have dad, if he is still alive."
"But until these people show themselves we have no proof or leads to help find them."
"And in the meantime they can come up with a plan to kill us." Alan put his head in his hands, "It's really not over yet, is it?"
"As long as International Rescue is running it may never be, there will always someone that will object to what we do, but guess it's the way things go."
Alan leaned back into the couch pulling Kayo into a hug as he did so, "Doesn't mean we have to like it." He replied.
Kayo playfully swotted Alan's chest, as she rested her head on his shoulder, glad to still have him and the rest of her family.
Notes: *Hella and Pipe Taylor are OC's that come from the Head Canon that I have built around this series, and may be mentioned again.