A sneaky way of getting Alan up to TB5 without him knowing

(In Virgil's point a view)

So it was now night time and all of us had an early night. But during the night John called to say he was ill. Which he didn't tell us about before he went up to Thunderbird 5 about 2 weeks ago. When John had called he didn't sound to good to me. He came out and asked me and Scott if Alan could do his turn 4 weeks early. We had a hard time of trying to get Alan up. I went to Gordon's bedroom and knocked on the door.

"Gordon, we need your help."

"What kind of help?" asked Gordon because i knew that we would need his help after Gordon isn't the king of Jokes for nothing.

"We need to get Alan up out of his bed because John has turned ill and needs to come home."

"Just give me a sec to get something on" replied Gordon

"Ok Gordon "I replied.

It took Gordon 5 minutes to come to our rescue but he came up with an idea that was out of this world.

"Ok, here's the plan, we'll move Alan into Thunderbird 3 when he is sleeping, then we get Scott to ship him up to Thunderbird 5 but it will take two people to lift Alan and take him aboard Thunderbird 5," said Gordon "So who wants to go with Scott?" he finished.

"I don't mind so I'll go with Scott for this" I replied.

Then Scott came walking into Alan's bed room.

"So how are we going to get kiddo out of here? If he is asleep?"

"Already got it worked out big brother" I said as I rubbed my hands together. Its the very first time that we have had to take Alan up to Thunderbird 5 without him knowing about it. I had to share a very evil smile with both Gordon and Scott. I am amazed the Scott wanted to do this because he tends to take after dad, so it was so good to have Scott on our side here for once.

"So what's the plan?"Scott asked Gordon.

"Virg will explain it to you once we have Alan in Thunderbird 3!"

So Scott and I took Alan aboard Thunderbird 3.

"Virgil what are you and Gordon up to?" asked Scott.

"Well here is the plan, Scott. You know Alan is asleep and we had a hard time waking him up so we got Gordon to investigate and such? Gordon told us to take Alan up to Thunderbird 5 when he is sleeping but it will take two people to carry Alan into Thunderbird 5,"

"Trust Gordon to think of a sneaky way to get Alan up to Thunderbird 5!"

"Then let's get him up there before he wakes up!

"Ok Thunderbird 3 calling TB5!"

"Go ahead Scott!"

"Am I clear for takeoff?" asked Scott.

"You are clear for takeoff Thunderbird 3!"

"FAB" said Scott. While giving us a small laugh as i don't think that he knew that he would be taking part in this. We had to get Alan up some how and if we said something to him about it. I think that he would come up with something to try and get out of it.

So we were on ourway up to leave Alan in TB5, it didn't take us long to get there but when we were close. I said to Scott.

"Scott, remember you will need to call John and let him know that we are almost there" i said to him as we were near Thunderbird 5.

"Ok, Thunderbird 3 calling Thunderbird 5"

"Go ahead Scott, yahoo!"

"We will be with you in ten minutes!" i said to John, but part of me is still laughing because we are about to pull a really good trick on Alan and we have Gordon to thank for it.

"Ok see you in ten minutes then" replied John. Who by this time sounded really bad. I could tell from the sound of his voice.

So ten minutes later we docked Thunderbird 3.

"John, we need a hand in here, Alan is asleep. I have Virgil here with me but you are going to have to give Virgil a hand with Alan!"

"Can I guess whose idea was this one because it is a good one to pull on your younger brother?"

"Do you really have to ask that Johnny?" I asked with a laugh.

"Try Gordon, John, the only joker in our family come on let's get Alan in here and you down home" said Scott.

"Sure guys!"

So we put Alan in Thunderbird 5. It took us both a while to carry Alan into Thunderbird 5. But when we did we got him into the bedroom. Once we got Alan settled we headed into Thunderbird 3.

"Hi there John you look awful!"

"I will be glad to get to my own bed for a few days!"

"Not to mention getting Grandma's attendant," replied Scott with a laugh.

"Shut up Scott," John replied.

"Thunderbird 3 to base,"

"Go ahead Scott!"

"Dad we are a good 20 minutes away from home!"

"Ok son, see you all soon. Was Alan ok about going up to Thunderbird 5?"asked father

"Yeah fine dad!" Scott said with a really cheeky smile on his face. I know from the past that Scott could tell dad anything and he would believe it.

"Ok base out!"

"Good lie Scott," said John.

"Yes, a very good lie Scott! Goes to show we can always depend on the older one of us to lie for us" I said with a laugh as I gave John a high five.