Disclaimer - If Thunderbirds was mine then the movie would have actually been about the Thunderbirds instead of three kids. But as you can see that isn't the case sighs
Author note - I was reading a lot of Thunderbirds fanfics on this site and was inspired to write this. It's set sixth months after the movie. Thunderbird 5 has been repaired. In the movie I loved the line "...but who will rescue the rescuers?" so my fic is based on that. But I'm not going to give the whole story away right now :-) Please read and review!
Extra a/n - it's focused on the five boys as a team but particularly Scott because he's my favourite thunderbird!
Nothing about this seemed right. The keen instinct at the back of his mind kept telling him that this was too sudden and unusual to be a natural occurrence. The landslide had already destroyed some buildings and had left others in very unstable conditions. The local fire and rescue services had managed to get some out but many people were still trapped inside, having been caught completely unprepared.
"Ok, I've arrived at the danger zone but I'm struggling to find a good place to land: the landscape is a complete mess" Scott reported through his communicator "Virgil, what's your ETA?" he asked his younger brother.
"Seventeen minutes" the Thunderbird 2 pilot immediately replied "how bad is it?" Virgil knew without even arriving yet that the sheer force of the landslide would be devastating.
"It's bad, some small buildings have already been completely destroyed and many of the larger ones have suffered severe structural damage" he quickly relayed his assessment of the situation "I've contacted the guy organising the rescue services - he says they need help evacuating people from the upper levels and there are still a few people left unaccounted for in the underground levels" Scott knew this would be their biggest mission since Thunderbird 5 was attacked six months ago. He just hoped his brothers were up to it.
"What's the plan?" Virgil asked after a few moments.
"I don't know yet" Scott admitted "I'm gonna try and find somewhere to land and then hopefully set up Mobile Control"
"FAB" Virgil closed the line. Scott still couldn't shake the feeling that something was very wrong. He felt eyes watching him but he had no idea where from.
"John?" he opened a new line of contact with his brother up on the newly rebuilt Thunderbird 5.
"Yeah Scott? How's the situation down there?" the second eldest immediately responded.
"Not good, listen, can you tell me anything about what caused the landslide? Was it erosion? Or lightning strike?" John immediately began checking his various computers and recording systems on the satellite. Scott gave him a little while to check it out while he unloaded his Mobile Control unit. He looked up and could see Thunderbird 2 steadily approaching in the distance. He wasn't sure why but, seeing the great machine, he felt overwhelmingly protective of his three youngest brothers.
"Scott?" he lifted his communicator.
"John, what did you find?"
"Well, geographical tests and reviews were carried out in the area over the last few weeks and none of them suggest erosion could have caused the landslide, also I checked out the local weather reports and turns out it couldn't have been lightning either" Scott could hear the concern in his brother's voice.
"What are you thinking?" he had to ask him loudly over the noise of Thunderbird 2 landing.
"I don't think the cause of the landslide was natural but I'm not exactly sure what else it was either" he replied slowly.
"You think someone did this?"
"Possibly…but I can't confirm that yet" John quickly added "Scott, I know you guys always are but…especially this time…be careful"
"FAB" Scott confirmed and closed the line before the others reached him. Virgil immediately saw the concern on his eldest brother's face.
"Scott? What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just think we should be extra careful today" he was speaking to them all but facing Virgil "I spoke to John and he says he can't confirm what caused the landslide, only that it wasn't weather or erosion" Gordon and Alan looked slightly confused but Virgil nodded.
"Ok, it's gonna take all of us to do this, we'll split into two teams: Gordon and Alan, you'll take the Thunderizer and help the rescue services evacuate the upper levels of the stable buildings" he didn't say it but he wanted to keep them out of harm's way and knew the two youngest would look out for each other "Virgil and I will take the Mole down to the underground levels of the other buildings to see if there are any people left down there" They all nodded their agreement and headed to the two vehicles. Gordon and Alan set off first towards one of the large buildings while the other two took the Mole to open ground where they could start digging. Soon the huge drill had started and was slowly but steadily making its way through the surface. Once they had broken through and were on their way down Virgil turned to face Scott.
"Scott, tell me what's wrong, you've seemed on edge since you got here" Knowing that there was no point in trying to hide his fears from the brother he was closest to, he turned to face him.
"I don't know…I just…feel like something's wrong, like this shouldn't be happening" he looked up at Virgil and was relieved to find understanding in his face. If it was Gordon or Alan they would have shrugged it off as him being too paranoid but Virgil wasn't like that. He had great belief in his older brother and knew that his instincts were usually right on target.
You still want to do this?" Scott nodded "ok, we'll be hitting the basement section in twenty seconds and so far I haven't detected anyone down here but for some reason there are some areas the computer can't scan"
"Can't scan?" Scott felt his concern grow.
"Yeah, I don't know why but if there's any people left down here then that's the only place they could be" Scott felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. Something was wrong. Something was very wrong. But he knew he couldn't risk leaving people down here. Although did he want to risk Virgil's safety either?
As soon as the Mole stopped they headed out into a hallway filled with darkness that was immediately warned back by the light from their torches. They didn't find anyone in the main areas and strangely it seemed as if they're had never been people down here. Scott instinctively checked the door that lead to the upper levels: locked. But then why did the rescue supervisor tell them that there were people down here?
Scott felt the eyes on him again. His head told him to follow his instincts. So he did.
"Virg…get back to the Mole" he whispered to his brother "there's something wrong, I don't know what but we need to get out of here, quick" Virgil didn't question his brother's judgement and immediately started heading back to the drill that had got them in there. But suddenly a deafening crash behind them stopped him dead in his tracks.
They spun round and saw four men. Four very well built men dressed completely in black who obviously weren't there to be rescued. One of them had a gun strapped to his belt. Scott knew he had to get Virgil out of there…fast!
He whispered so that only his brother could hear him "Virgil, when I say 'go' you run to the Mole and get the hell out of here! Don't stop, don't look back and don't worry about me, just run!" Virgil looked at his brother like he was about to argue but one look from Scott told him that he was dead serious and would not back down. Both took a deep breath and Virgil waited for the signal to run, which came swiftly.
"GO!" Virgil turned and ran. The four men moved to stop him but Scott desperately held them back. Virgil did as his brother said. He didn't stop, he didn't look back, he just ran. But when he finally reached the Mole his heart seemed to shatter at the sound of a gunshot.
"SCOTT!!!"
"Run Virgil! Get out of here!" his brother yelled back, pain evident in his voice. Virgil reluctantly boarded the craft and retreated, all the while telling himself that…somehow…his big brother would be ok………
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