The whole building shook as the storm raged out side, inside families huddled together. All but one she sat in the basement chained to a brick wall, each time the building shook she whimpered then it happened the wall exploded behind her throwing her across the room to lay out cold. The sound of jet engines boomed across the land as a large green ship landed and two men stepped out both wore blue except for a sash each was a different color. Another red ship landed this one tall and thin where the first was big and low to the ground. These were the thunder birds Thunderbird two flown by Virgil and one, flown by Alan and Scott
" Alan, get those people out of that building." One said the younger of the men who nodded and started to direct the people into the larger ship.
"Scott, I'm still picking up a life sign inside the building , lower down they could be trapped after that last shift." Came John's voice another thunder bird in a space station high above the world.
"F.A.B John" he moved inside and across the main floor finding a small door half hit he pulled it or tried too, but it would not move. " Virgil give me a hand the door's jammed." a second dark haired man walked over and together they forced it open. There in front sat stone steps leading downward into darkness. Both men looked at each other puzzled.
"Why would any one be down here?" the one named Virgil asked the other shrugged.
"Maybe they thought it was safe" Scott said just as the building shook pieces of cocreate fell around them. Once it stopped they carried on.
"Not far now, should be an opening to your left." came Johns voice. As they turned they found rubble and just a small hole big enough for one man to enter.
"Its blocked is there another way in?" Virgil asked and saw John shake his head. " looks like I'm going in" he said and handed the torch he had held to Scott. Getting down on his hands and knees he began to crawl under the large rock and into the room on the other side. " okay, I'm threw" he said then paused as he looked around. "its...Scott, this is a dungeon, chains, the rack and oh my god its horrible, but why would any one be down here?" He said still looking around a second shift caused dust to fall and he glanced at where it fell to see the shape of a person laid not far from him. Diving over he rolled them over to discover a woman her body wrapped in chains that ended at her ankles and wrists.
"Virgil you found the life sign?" Scott's voice came threw his helmet shaking him back to reality.
"Affirmative, its a woman, she's...she's wrapped in chains and barely breathing. " He informed them. Now looking around he saw a crack of light " okay there's a small opening to the west side of the building, Alan use the mole and come get us." He said and heard a chuckle.
"Already on my way." He heard the youngsters voice just as it burst threw the wall beside him. Virgil moved back to the woman, taking a small torch he broke the chains and picked her up in his arms.
"Be careful Alan" he said holding her against him. The hatch closed and the mole started to back out, a soft whimper came from the woman. "Its okay your safe." He spoke softly to her as he brushed her hair off her face he caught the rag she had covering her it slipped down off her shoulder revealing red lines under it. He gasped softly then covered her back up again now determined to find out who had done this to her and why. Reaching Thunderbird 2 he climbed out and moved with her to the medical bay.
"No one goes near her." He said to Alan who stayed with her and the others. Virgil passed two men who glared at where the young woman lay. Soon they took off
"Scene is clear and...its collapsed." John told them, Virgil stayed quiet he couldn't get the image of the woman out of his mind. Dropping off the other survivors he stood by the bed with the woman on his hand quickly took Alan's off it as he was about to push her down the ramp to the waiting ambulance. " she comes back with us, I have a feeling she won't be safe if we left her here." he told Alan his back to the men. Alan looked to his brother then the men and nodded to him when he saw the look on the faces and the anger in their eyes.
"Agreed, I'll let every one else know we have an extra passenger." He told him, his hand moved to the switch to close the ramp leaving Virgil and the woman in the medical pod.
Soon they landed and Virgil pushed the pod to the medical lab where they moved her from the pod to a bed. " what happened to her?" a red haired man asked Virgil shook his head.
"She was like this when we..I found her, wrapped in chains, beaten and by the looks of this" he moved her shirt slightly " whipped." He covered her back up and grabbed a blanket placing it over her. It was now he felt hand on his shoulder and turned to see Scott stood behind him.
" You made the right choice." Scott said and Virgil breathed out. " who is she, do we know?" every one shook there heads. " Okay John start a search, start with finger prints then work on other things." he turned to Virgil and chuckled. " well brother, she's your patient, tend to her" He motioned for the rest to leave.