Codename: Nightmare
Chapter Two
"Thunderbird One to base, flying over the danger zone now Dad but I can't see anyone anywhere!"Scott reported to Jeff back on Tracy Island.
"That is odd Scott, what about the factory? Is the fires out?" Jeff asked knowing that Virgil and the others would be listening in on Thunderbird Two.
Scott moved Thunderbird One over to where the factory rested, or what was left of it looking burnt out but amazingly still standing strong though all around were signs of destruction and chaos. What happened here? He thought to himself ignoring the cold shudder he got from the area.
"The fire is out Dad but the rescue call didn't come from there… I'm going to land and wait for Thunderbird Two to arrive! Something just doesn't feel right about this whole situation" Scott reported as he focused on finding a big enough area for both Thunderbirds One and Two to land in safely.
"What do you mean Scott?" John's voice asked across the radio from his place as co-pilot of Thunderbird Two.
"I'm not sure Johnny, just looking at the factory just give me a bad feeling and that this is no normal rescue like we've dealt before" Scott answered his younger brother as he continued to navigate around the danger zone below.
"If things are as bad as you say they are son, then wait for your brothers before you land" Jeff ordered his eldest son.
"F-A-B Dad" Scott replied and tightened his grip on the flight controls of Thunderbird One as he continued to look down at the chaos below him.
"Hang in there Scott! We're ten minutes behind you!" Virgil spoke up before the radio went silent.
Scott rolled his shoulders as he held Thunderbird One steady over the town's central car park, This is going to be a long ten minutes He thought to himself going over what could have happened to the town to make it look like what it is now.
Looking down at the town Scott's back shivered making him sink back into his chair wondering what could have happened to the town to make it look and feel like it does now.
Using his scanners Scott tried to get information on the town in hope to pick up any life readings but came up blank, Damn it… why couldn't this be a simple fire! He thought to himself with a groan.
Flying a few passes over the town centre hoping to stir something down there by making some noise and to try and settle his nerves that were jitterier than a stretched rubberband.
"Thunderbird Two to Thunderbird One, come in" Virgil's voice called along the radio making Scott jump out of his skin, making his 'bird buckle from where Scott's hands slipped on the controls.
"Go ahead Virg" Scott said sounding light in breath.
"You ok Scott? Something wrong with Thunderbird One?" John asked sounding straight faced safely away from Scott inside Thunderbird Two.
"Yeah" Scott coughed, "Yeah I'm fine" He said going over the area with the scanners to come up with blank once again. "Are your scanners working?" Scott asked as he pulled Thunderbird One up near Thunderbird Two.
"Yeah they are" Virgil's voice came back with a questioned tone.
"Mine keeps coming up blank… think its best that you try yours then we can land on top of that multi-story car park" Scott said as he wanted to keep the birds somewhere high up having a strong doubt that they will need any heavy rescue equipment.
"Are you sure Scott? Isn't it best that we lend somewhere else?" Virgil asked keeping Thunderbird Two back while his brother landed his own sleeker and mobile Thunderbird first.
"I'm sure Virg remember that earthquake in San Andreas? That one of the buildings left standing was a car park like this one" Scott said as he locked Thunderbird One down securely once he had landed.
"Ok bro, if she gets scratched then you're helping me paint her!" Virgil threatened down next to Thunderbird One.
A young man ran up a flight of stairs occasionally glancing back behind his shoulder to hear the moans of the creatures that were following, all with glazed hungry eyes. His companion had slowed them down briefly by when she fell and gotten bitten in the leg by one of the creatures.
The young man bit back the bile that was threatening to come out as it rose along the back of his throat as he continued to run up the stairs.
Coming up to an electronic lock that kept people off from the roof of the fire department, he tried to get his breath back after the run up the stairs he heard the door lock behind him as the back up power kicked in.
Looking around the roof he could see something glistening on the rooftops a block away, running across the roof the young man saw that it was the Thunderbird rescue machines just landing nearby.
"T-thunderbirds!" He gasped before yelling and waving his arms, "Thunderbirds! Over here!" He yelled jumping up and down slightly to get more attention.
Something ran through the shadows of the long sealed tower before leaping down and ripped up the young man, who let out a blood curdling scream before his throat was torn away by the monster leaving him to bleed to death on the rooftop.
Scott had just climbed out of Thunderbird One and thought he heard someone calling them before there was a loud scream making his insides churn and his face pale, he climbed back into his bird and retrieved his rescue pack feeling that he will need it.
Just what the devil is going on here? Scott thought to himself as he retrieved the gun he kept stored under the pilot seat hoping that he wouldn't need it but stuffed it into his pack.
They all carried tranquilizer guns with them but he felt that he would need something else but couldn't ignore the deep down feeling that something more, something life changing was happening in this town.
"Scott, the scanners blipped but then nothing… I double checked them" John's voice came from along the radio.
"Ok John, I thought I heard something so we better pack our rescue packs and anything else we might need but keep it light" Scott informed his brothers on Thunderbird Two as he looked around for anything else he thought they might need.
John looked over at Virgil then at Gordon, "Ok Scott, meet us in Thunderbird Two's pod bay… we'll suit up in there" John said before closing the radio channel.
"What do you think is happening here? He sounded stressed…" Gordon said as he unbuckled from his seat while Virgil locked his craft down.
"I don't know Gordo, but let's head down to the pod bay and start seeing what we might need… first aid packs are going to be a must, but seeing that chaos out there" John shivered having never seen or read anything like this before.
"If Scott is worried, then we got every right to be… I'll call Dad to let him know our situation before meeting you down there" Virgil said from his place in the pilot's seat as John freed himself from the co-pilot seat.
"Ok Virgil, see you in a minute" Gordon said as John joined him then led the way down to the pod bay.
Got a bad feeling about this… Virgil thought to himself.
"Thunderbird Two to Tracy Island, come in" He called into the radio to report into their father as he would want updates as often as possible from them.
Scott jumped down and locked Thunderbird One by the hidden controls on one of her legs before running over to Thunderbird Two and into the pod section that had just been opened.
"Do you guys hear that?" He asked as he met up with his brothers who were packing their rescue gear that was neatly piled up near their open bags.
"Nothing, I hear nothing…" John said with a slight worry as he checked his torch but threw in a couple of spare batteries in just incase they died even though they were full.
"What do you think happened out there Scott?" Virgil asked as he joined them in the pod bay.
"I don't know Virgil, but let's just get out there find the survivors from whatever happened in this town!" Scott said adjusting his pack that rested on his back.
Virgil, John and Gordon looked at each other then listened to the silence that filled what must have been once a busy fishing town.
"Ok, we're almost ready to go then we can start by looking for survivors close by" John said as he checked over a few more pieces of equipment that he wanted to carry just incase.
"Gordon, better get the survival packs out just incase" Scott said to Gordon, who was getting spare first aid packs out of one of the containers.
"Ok Scott, but we got a lot in there already…" Gordon said fetching down more emergency food packs down as well as first aid packs.
"Right, I think its best that we split into two teams… John, have you been able to pull a map up of the town?" Scott asked taking his role as field commander.
"I have, though most of the detail is vague" John said pulling his laptop out and loaded up the map he had got from Thunderbird Five's computer.
"Right, so where's the best place to meet up once we've searched around?" Scott asked only to look up to see Virgil with his arms crossed against his chest.
"We're not splitting up Scott; I don't know what is out there! But I think that we should stick together until we know what is out there!" Virgil said with his green eyes looking stubborn along with his arms crossed tightly against his chest.
Scott looked over at Gordon and John to see the worry of a brother fight starting, "I agree with Virgil on this one Scott" Gordon spoke up as John worked on pulling up Newbay's map.
"John?" Scott asked wondering if he was going to have backup from his brother.
"Sorry Scott; got to agree with the guys on this one… something is wrong out there and you know it!" John said looking up at Scott before looking back down at the map.
Scott sighed and ran a hand through his hair, "Ok let's lock down Thunderbird Two then get going" He said seeing that everyone had almost finished packing their bags.
"Right Scott" Virgil and Gordon said as John sent the map to print out on the printer nearby in the pod bay before packing his laptop away back in his bag then retrieved the printout.
"Ok, here's the printout of the town incase we get separated" John said as he handed the map to each of his brothers.
"Thanks John, now are we ready to head out?" Scott asked as he looked over the map before folding it and put it into his pocket for easy access.
John rose his flashlight up to look around a room that he found in the old shop that they were looking around for survivors hoping to find at least someone alive in the shop that looked like to be a normal grocery shop.
Scott was searching around the cold storage systems while Virgil and Gordon were searching the tills and the storage out at the back of the shop. Nothing here… just food that seems ok! But I don't trust it Scott thought to himself.
"John, any luck?" Scott called out to his brother in the office.
"No nothing, just paperwork of running the stall… no diary or anything like that to say that anything happened here" John said coming out of the office before walking over to where Scott was.
"Ok, let's see if Virgil and Gordon have had any luck" Scott said before leading to the back of the store.
"Virgil, Gordon?" John called shinning his torch around to penetrate the growing darkness as they soon discovered that power was missing from half of the town.
"We're here!" Gordon's voice called out from the loading bay.
Scott smiled at John then led the way to the loading bays, "Did you find anything?" He asked his brother finding him searching the back of a truck parked there.
"Nothing" Gordon said with a sigh before he jumped down out of the back of the truck.
"Virgil? What about you?" John called trying to find Virgil.
"I'm here but I can't get into this truck… someone give me a hand" Virgil said with a sigh and waved his torch to be welcomed by a moan.
"What was that?" Gordon said retrieving his torch and joined John to search the area, trying to find the source of the moan.
"Wasn't your stomach was it Gordo?" Virgil joked lightly with a dry laugh.
"No it wasn't… hello? Is anyone out there?" Gordon called as the moan filled the air again.
Scott listened, "It sounds like its coming from the back of that truck" He said pointing at the locked truck that Virgil had tried to get into.
"Well John, have you been practising?" Gordon asked with a grin.
"Not lately but I'm sure it shouldn't be too hard" John said pulling out a small black wallet out of his back pocket of his uniform before climbing up onto the back of the truck.
A few minutes silence the lock finally unlocked, "Ok maybe I am a little rusty" John said with a sigh flexing his hands tiredly after jumping down from the back of the truck.
"Ok, ready?" Virgil asked as he moved to the door, holding onto it ready to pull it open.
"We're ready" Scott said receiving nods from his brothers.
Virgil pulled open to be knocked down by a body that had been bashing at the door for the last minute, it groaned as it recovered from falling out of the truck while Virgil fought to get free from the man.
Scott leaped forward and pulled Virgil up onto his feet, "Are you ok Virg?" He asked as John shone the torch down at the body.
"Guys, something's off with him" John said as the man moaned and fought to get up but his arms gave way, he backed off pulling Gordon away with him.
"It's just one of the survivors Johnny" Scott said with a sigh and moved closer to the man to turn him over.
The boys gasped and pulled away from the man.
A/N:
Am I evil? But then I guess you Resident Evil fans out there know what our boys have found or what they could be install for next!
Sorry this took so long but other projects got in the way!
R&R!