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"Hey, Scott," Virgil said as he entered the control room of the simulator. "Preparing for your flight instruction students?"

"Yeah," Scott said, not looking up as he tapped out the simulator program. Checking the monitor, he saw the holographic cockpit of Thunderbird Two fade from view, to be replaced with the cockpit of Tin-Tin's Ladybird. "I hope they do better today. Especially Kat."

Virgil leaned on the doorway and watched him work for a moment, then asked, "Have you picked out your codename yet?"

Scott let out a long huff. He turned to look at Virgil. "No, I haven't. Have you?"

Virgil shook his head. "Nope. I can't think of one that fits.
I've even looked at musicians and painters and none seem to strike me as... me."

"I know what you mean," Scott said. "Most of the ones I think of sound conceited." His eyebrow rose and the edges of his mouth quirked upward as a thought occurred to him. "Hey, why don't we each choose one for the other?"

Virgil's face took on a look of disbelief and consternation. "Pardon me?" he asked.

"Yeah! You let me choose yours and I'll let you choose mine." Scott glanced at Virgil's face and rolled his eyes. "C'mon. You and I trust each other with our lives every day. Surely we can trust each other with code names."

"Ooookay. I'll bite. Who goes first?" Virgil asked.

"Both of us. I'll write my choice for you down, and you write your choice for me and then we'll call Dad and tell him what we're doing," Scott explained. "The catch is, we have to stick to whatever the other chooses for at least a month."

Virgil sighed. "Okay, I'm game. Let's do it." He took out his PDA, and stylus.

The two brothers regarded each other for several long minutes, then Scott entered a name in his PDA. Virgil did the same a moment later.

"Okay," Scott said. He took a deep breath. "Let's call Dad." He lifted his telecomm watch. "Scott to Dad."

Jeff's image, with his office as background, came up immediately. "This is Jeff. What do you need, Scott?"

"Uh, Dad. Virgil and I have chosen our code names... well, actually, we've chosen each other's. We reserve the right to change them after a month if we really despise them."

Jeff frowned. "Where did you come up with this scheme?"

Virgil came and looked at the screen over Scott's shoulder. "It was Scott's idea, not mine! But I'm going along with it."

"Okay, son," Jeff sighed. "I'm ready."

"All right, Dad," Scott said, taking another deep breath. "Virgil's code name is... Van Gogh."

"Van Gogh?" Virgil protested, slapping Scott's shoulder with the back of his hand. "Where'd you get that one?"

"Van Gogh... Virgil Grissom... both painters, both VG," Scott said with a grin.

Virgil rolled his eyes and shook his head. "I reserve the right to change that, Dad."

"I heard Scott the first time, Virgil," Jeff said, wearily. "Now, what have you chosen for Scott?"

"For Scott? Uh... Maverick."

"Maverick? Where the hell did that come from?" Scott asked, turning to his brother in disbelief.

"From that old movie, Top Gun. The lead pilot was called Maverick," Virgil explained.

"Dad, I have the right...." Scott began.

Jeff cut him off. "Yes, yes, you can change it later. But for now, Virgil is Van Gogh and Scott is Maverick. Who knows? Maybe in a month you'll be so used to them that you'll keep them. Is that all?"

"Yes, Dad," Scott said. "That's all."

"Then, Jeff out." The screen went dark.

"Maverick?" Scott asked, looking askance at Virgil.

"Not as bad as Van Gogh!" Virgil replied sarcastically. He turned and left the room, Scott shaking his head as he left, and both of them thinking, Last time I let you choose a code name for me!

Post by Tikatu on 19/01/2005

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