Thunder Birds

You Mean Everything

Author's note: this is my first real chapterthunder birds fan fic so please don't be to harsh.

Summary: When one of his brothers is trapped in an old well after a rescue Scott realizes just how much his brothers mean to him.

Chapter one

A rescue goes wrong

"Thunder bird 2, this is thunder bird one, it looks like the kids fell down an old well, we are going to have to do this rescue on foot, I'm landing now," Scott Tracy said landing thunder bird 1 on the side of a meadow.

"Copy thunder bird 1, thunder bird 2 ETA 2 minutes," Scott's younger brother Gordon's voice cracked over Scott's headset.

"F.A.B thunder bird 2," Scott said as he made his way to the door.

Scott grabbed as many of the rescue lines as he could; he knew that Gordon and Virgil would bring everything they could from thunder bird two.

"Thunder bird 2 touching down now," this time it was Virgil's voice that cracked over the headset.

"Ok I'll meet you two in the middle," Scott said as he made his way down out of his bird, their meeting point was right in between the two thunder birds.

Scott stood to the side as he watched thunder bird two touch down, and then walked to the middle to wait for his younger brothers. Virgil was the first to reach him, he had all the rescue gear he could carry, Gordon was right behind him, he had as much gear as Virgil.

"Ok lets get over there, Gordon, do you have the communicator? We are going to need John's help to get those kids out of there," Scott said as they headed in the direction of were they saw the opening of the well.

"I've got it Scott, connecting to thunder bird five now," said Gordon.

Scott went up to a middle aged man that stood on the edge of the meadow and said, "We are from international Rescue, do you know how many children are stuck down there?"

"There a least seven I know about maybe more," the man said with worry as he added, "Please, my son is down there, he's all I have, please you have to help him!"

"That's what we're here for sir, we will do all we can to help your son and the other's, do you have any idea how far down they are?" Scott asked.

"We could still hear them about fifteen ago but then the talking stopped, we don't know if they fell to far down the shaft so they can't hear us calling to them, or they just can't answer anymore," the man said.

"Scott, I'm connected to John, he's searching the well now," Gordon said handing the communicator to his brother.

"John, you got anything?" Scott asked as his brother appeared on the screen again.

"Yeah, I got at least nine readings Scott," John said looking to his brother with a knowing look.

"There's no way we can get down there with the mole, the sides are two weak, it would cave in on them before we could get to them," Gordon said.

"Gordon's right Scott, the only way you're going to get them out is by one of you going in after them yourself.

Scott nodded, and looked at the opening of the well; they were going have to have room to pull the children up by a second rescue line, without having to pull them both up every time one was found. Scott saw how small the opening was; Scott knew that only one of them was small enough to fit.

Scott sighed and turned back to his brother's saying, "Well Virg, you up for some well diving?"

"You bet," Virgil said as he readied the rescue lines.

Scott helped Virgil tie off his safety line on his harness, making sure it was long enough so both he and Gordon could grip it.

"Ok, you have your communicator right?" Scott asked as he handed the other rescue line to his younger brother.

The twenty year old nodded and said, "Alright, I'm going in head first it will be easier for me to see were I'm going, and you and John to see were I'm at," Virgil said as he prepared to take the dive.

"Hey bro," Gordon said as he picked up the safely line from the other end.

"Yeah?" Virgil looked back to his brother's.

"Be careful!" Scott and Gordon said with a smile.

"You got it," Virgil said as he disappeared from view.

A few minutes pass with no words passing between the four brothers, Scott and Gordon watched as the camera in their brother's helmet moved slowly down the well, both of them held the safety line in death grips. John watched from thunder bird five, feeding his brother information as he got it. After about ten minutes of nail biting silence Virgil's voice broke though.

"I can see them, hold it there," Virgil voice was cracking through the communicator.

"Can you get the rescue line to them?" Scott asked his voice cracking a little too.

"Yeah," Virgil said.

It was quiet for a few minutes and then Virgil's voice come over the communicator again, "Ok, pull her up!"

This went on for an hour until they had eight children out and with medical help. Virgil's voice cracked again, "John are you sure there is one more down here?"

"Yes Virg-there's one more down there," John said trying to fix his connection to his brother's camera.

"How close am I?" Virgil asked looking around.

"Scott and Gordon, lower him some more," John said.

Scott and Gordon lowered their brother further down. Another five minutes and Virgil called to them, "Ok there he is, his legs are stuck under a plank from the well, Gordon lower the pry bar to me."

Virgil turned back to the boy and said, "I'm from International Rescue, I'm here to help you ok?"

The little boy nodded.

"My name is Virgil, can you tell me your name?" Virgil asked trying to get the boy to talk.

"Scottie," the boy answered.

"Really, that's my big brother's name," Virgil said as he waited for his brother get the bar.

"Ok, here it comes Virg," Gordon said as he slowly lowered the pry bar.

"Heads up little brother," Scott called through the communicator.

Virgil grabbed the bar as it came down, he turned back to the boy that was in front of him and said, "Ok Scottie, I'm going to put this bar under this beam and lift if off of you and when I do, I want you to put this line over your head and under your arms; when you've done that tell me and I'll tell my brothers to pull you out alright?"

"What about you?" Scottie asked looking worried.

"I'm going to hold the beam up until you out then my brothers will pull me up too, don't worry alright?" Virgil said with a small smile but with the bad light Virgil doubted that Scottie could see it.

"Alright, here we go," Virgil said as he wedged the bar under the beam.

Virgil lifted the beam, the beam was wedge against the wall and every inch Virgil moved it more of the wall fell in.

"You might want to hurry Scottie," Virgil said.

Within a minute Scottie told him he was ready.

"Ok Scott, pull him up!" Virgil called wincing a little, the beam was heaver then he thought it would be.

Scott pulled the boy up automatically by the pulley from thunder bird while holding onto Virgil's rope with the other hand.

Soon the boy had been pulled up and Scott turned to Gordon and said "think you can hold Virg alone for a minute?"

Virgil nodded and took a better hold on the rope; Scott reached down the well to lift the little boy out. The boy looked at him and said, "Are you Scottie?"

"Well I was, people call me Scott now," Scott said with a smile.

"Oh," the little boy said.

"Why-?" Scott started but didn't get to finish what he was saying.

"Scott get back here, his rope is slipping, there's something wrong!" Gordon shouted.

Scott put the boy down and ran back to his brother, and grabbed the rope, it wasn't them though, something was happening below, and to Scott and Gordon's horror the rope went slack. Dust came up from the well as Scott, Gordon and John watched the cave in, they could not believe what just happened, the well walls had caved in from to much movement. Virgil was trapped.