The sun was shining through the windows of the living room. John was sitting in the chair, reading one of his old books. After a few minutes he looked around him. Usually his few stays on the island were filled with the chaos made by his brothers. This quietness was a bit…frightening. Like someone was watching him. He stood up and walked to the kitchen. It was also deserted.
Maybe they're on a mission. John thought. No, I would have heard that…
John decided he better take this strange opportunity to finish his book. He walked back to the chair and started to read again. But after a few minutes, his curiosity got the best of him. He walked to the pool and looked around. Suddenly something banged against his back and he fell in the water. John came up and spit a bit of water out of his mouth. Stings of pain went through his back; the fire wounds of The Hoods attack weren't healed yet.
He saw all his brothers standing in front of him, laughing out loud.
"You are so predictable John"! Virgill said.
He helped John out of the pool. John managed to not groan out of pain.
"I could have known you were up to something". John said.
"Sorry John, but since you're only here once a month, we can't let any opportunity go". Gordon said.
The Tracy brothers went inside.
"Ah there you are". Jeff said while he walked to them. "John, next time you want to swim, consider swimming pants".
John laughed. "I'm going to get some dry clothes".
He walked to his bedroom and grabbed new clothes. After checking if the bathroom was free, he slipped in and locked the door. After changing his pants, he took his shirt off and tried to look at his back in the mirror. The wounds were still very big and was bleeding at the place where Scott must have pushed him.
"John, we've got a mission, hurry up"! He heard Alan scream from below.
John quickly dived into his new shirt and ran downstairs. The rest of his family was already in the office.
"There's a typhoon in the Caribbean". Jeff said when John ran to his tunnel.
Brains activated the tunnels and the six Tracy's were send to the silo's.
"Scott, John, Gordon, you're in Thunderbird 1, Alan, Virgill, you come with me in Thunderbird 2". Jeff said when they gathered in the middle.
After five FAB's, they split up.
Scott and Gordon took the front seats and John took the one behind Gordon. He was pretty nervous, it had been for a while he flew in Thunderbird 1. He heard how Gordon counted and saw Scott press the buttons and finally pushed the lever forwards. John sighed deeply when his back was pushed into the seat.
"You're okay space guy"? Gordon asked looking behind his back.
"I'm fine". John lied.
The three of them looked to the right when they saw Thunderbird 2 flying next to them.
After fifteen minutes they flew into the storm. Thunderbird 1 was shaking heavily and they could barely see a thing.
"It's been a while since I've seen such a heavy one"! Scott screamed over the noise of the thunder and rain.
"Not too tough for you, space guy"? Gordon asked with a huge smile on his face.
John didn't respond. He had closed his eyes, doing his best to not scream out of pain.
A sudden airflow made the Thunderbird 1 fly out of direction.
"Hold on"! Scott said loudly.
The Thunderbird 1 was spinning around and now the three brothers couldn't see anything. Suddenly a huge rock appeared in front of him. Scott tried to maneuver around it, but the wind was too strong. With a huge bang the red nose of the rocket hit the rock. They could hear how the engines stopped working and they were falling down.
"Thunderbird 1 for Thunderbird 2, we're crashing!"Gordon shouted into the microphone.
" The microphone's broke". John said when he looked at the missing blue light.
With a huge bang the rocket fell into the sea. The water surrounded them quickly.
"What must we do"? Gordon screamed.
"We have to get out of here". Scott said. He kicked against the front window. "Come on, help me"!
John and Gordon began to kick as well. Water was coming through the cracks. The three brothers kicked one more time and took a deep breath when the window collapsed. One by one they swam out of the cockpit.
Gordon was the first to get above. Scott appeared several seconds later, followed by John.
"We have to get to land"! John shouted.
That was easy to say. The Tracy's were all good swimmers, but swimming in the middle of a typhoon was a whole new thing. The waves were crushing down on them. Suddenly Scott realized he was missing someone.
"John, where's Gordon"? He screamed.
John looked around him, searching for his younger brother. He couldn't see him anywhere. Scott and John both dived into the dark water. John looked beneath and around him. From the corner from his eye, he saw Scott going down at high speed. John swam to the place where Scott disappeared. There was a strong current and John felt how he too sank down.
The current became stronger and stronger and John could see he was dragged to what seemed an underwater cave. He was almost sure he could see Scott going inside the cave. Darkness surrounded him when he also entered the cave. His legs and arms were hit by sharp rocks and John was sure he was going to drown if he didn't get air soon.
