Thunderbirds: Back to the 20s

Back to the 20s Part 4

Could it be? Alan thought. Could it really be my own family?

The Gordon lookalike stood in front of the trio and said "Hey, my name's Benny Taylor, these are two of my pals Johnny Rundgren and Rocky DeLuca and that's the owner Harold Tracy but everyone calls 'im Mr Tracy. What are your names?"

Alan thought for a while. He couldn't use his real name since his great-great-great gandfather bore a resemblance to his own father now so he chose a different name and said "Uh, my name's Alphonse Pacino but everyone calls me Al and he's my buddy Homer Horton." At this, Alan pointed at Brains remembering two of the FBI agents in the movie The Unpredictibles.

"You know, Al, you look so familiar to me. Do I know your pop?" Johnny, who resembled John, asked.

Alan smiled and said with a chuckle "Yeah, I think maybe you guys do."

Rocky, who resembled Scott, looked at Tin Tin, smiled friendly at her and asked Alan "And who's this broad with yous guys?"

"My name's uh, uh, Marie Parker." Tin Tin said.

"Yeah, my girlfriend." Alan pointed out.

"I guess I've been trying to find a girl like you for my son Frankie who's the band's pianist." said Harold as the door bursted open and a group of gangsters, who Rocky had worked with before he left them, entered and one of them, who resembled Alan's arch rival Victor Gomez, walked over to Tin Tin and leered at her.

"Hey, Dollface, how 'bout I give that pretty boy there a piece of my mind since he's too much of a wimp for you?" the mobster near Tin Tin said as he pointed at Alan.

Alan saw red. He was about to give this mobster a piece of his mind when Rocky spoke up and said "Gino, leave 'im alone. He ain't puny, see? He looks like a pretty good kid to me, see, nah."

Alan was truly shocked. He had expected that a guy like Rocky would laugh along with Gino and his gang but instead, he defended him! This wasn't like a gangster in any of the movies he knew Scott loved at all.

"Don't w-worry about it." Brains said.

"Say, Toots," Gino said to Tin Tin as he put his left hand on her right hand. "You wanna see a movie with me?"

"No, I'm afraid not," Tin Tin said. "I'm watching the band with those two guys there." At that, she pointed at Brains and Alan.

"We won't trouble ya then," Rocky said. "I'm sorry about what happened earlier. I need to get these mugs outta here, see?" Gino and his gang walked out before Rocky could throw them out.

"Can you believe it," Alan said. "A gangster who resembled Scott actually was nice to us!"

"Yes, this is rather s-surprising," Brains said. "Actually, when Benny Taylor p-punched Rocky DeLuca in 1924, he a-actually became nice. That, uh, must explain it."

"Yeah but, Brains," Alan started. "Rocky looks a lot like Scott here. When he came home in a gangster's suit a few mothns ago, Virgil and Gordon didn't recognise him and we called him a butthead. Only when Scott threw his hat back and said 'Watch it, Alan!' to me then he acted nice."

"Still, this is kind of strange." Tin Tin said.

"This, uh, isn't l-like the DeLuca linage a-at all." Brains said.

"Well, it's not Rocky that I didn't like, it's that sleazeball Gino who he was arguing with," Tin Tin said, disgusted. "He tried to make a pass at me!"

"If that son of a jackal lays one finger on your hair..." Alan started, his hands clenched into fists.

"Now, now, there's n-no need for violence," Brains said. "We d-don't want to get into, uh, any fights. It could change history. Let's j-just watch the band."

"Frankie's gig starts in an hour. My God, when's it gonna start?" Alan asked impatiently.

"Relax, Alan, it'll start soon." Tin Tin said, looking nervous.

"Al, is Marie still worried about that idiot Gino?" Harold asked.

"Well, yeah, Mr Tracy. I don't want him to make another pass at me." Tin Tin said.

"Don't w-worry, if we, uh, stick together, we'll b-be fine." Brains said.

"And Rocky, Johnny and Benny might protect us if those guys start something." Alan said.