Leanna reversed the Firefly into Pod 2 once Beth and Adrienne had driven the digger-pods inside. As the door closed, Thunderbird 2 came down and lowered its big legs. It was then lowered down onto the pod and locked into place before lifting off again. Laura had also returned to Thunderbird 1 and was taking-off as well. The crowd cheered and waved as the two Thunderbirds flew away and the beach was now re-opened.

"Aww!" moaned Paul. "I never got their autographs!"

James laughed. "Son, I'm afraid that International Rescue don't do that sort of thing I'm afraid. They like to stay out of the public limelight as best they can."

Paul watched in disappointment as Thunderbirds 1 and 2 disappeared into the distance.


As they headed back towards Tracy Island, Laura had a sudden thought. "Dad, should I go after Wizzy and see how she's getting on?" she asked.

"No, Laura, if her theory is right and there really is a whaling ship near the family of whales your presence might scare them off."

"I wonder how she is doing?" said Katie. "We haven't heard from her for a while now."

"Let's leave her be for the time being," said Daniel. "Let her contact us when she's ready. Kerry, I presume you're tracking Thunderbird 4?"

"Yes, Daniel," Kerry answered. "She and the whale are approximately thirty miles to the north-west of Hawaii. And my scanners are detecting movement of other creatures in the area. Looks like she may be getting close."


Kerry was right, Wizzy was indeed getting close. The whale was calling out in its language, but not to her. As Wizzy listened, she heard the sound of another whale calling back.

"Guys, I think I may have something," Wizzy said into her radio. "The whale is communicating with another. And my scanners are detecting two others nearby."

"I see them too, Wizzy," said Kerry. "One's very large, almost double the size of the one you're following and the other is about the same size as Thunderbird 4."

Wizzy's eyes lit up gave a gasp of joy. "I can see them!" she cried excitedly. "Awwwww! It's a mum and a baby!"

The male whale continued to communicate with the female as they came up to each other. The female was staying very close to the baby whale. As Thunderbird 4 got closer, Wizzy's excitement changed to confusion.

"That's strange," said Wizzy. "They all seem perfectly fine to me."

" No sign of any whale-hunters in the area?" asked Daniel.

"Negative," said Kerry. "There is a surface vessel but its heading east. It must be a cargo ship."

"Well, Wizzy, I think your job's done," said Daniel. "You can stay with them if you'd like until we come for you. We're almost back at the island."

"F-A-B, Dad," said Wizzy. "I intend to make the most of…" She broke off very suddenly as something caught her eye. The two big whales were now looking at her. And the female suddenly began talking in their language. The words appeared on the screen in Thunderbird 4's cockpit. "Save baby?"

"Beg your pardon, Wizzy?" said Daniel.

"The female whale," said Wizzy. "It just said 'Save baby' to me."

"Why?" asked Laura. "Is the baby whale hurt?"

Wizzy looked at the baby whale. "Looks okay to me," she said. "It's just been swimming round in circles." But then, as the baby whale turned, Wizzy gasped out loud. "Oh, my God! There's a harpoon in its side!"

The others exchanged alarmed looks. Daniel gritted his teeth. "That explains it," he said. "There were whale-hunters after the family."

"I'm going to see if I can get it out of him," said Wizzy. She then spoke to the two adult whales. "I'm going to try and remove the harpoon from your baby. I give you my word that I won't hurt him."

The whales whistled in response and Wizzy put on her helmet. Luckily they were near to the surface so Wizzy could easily swim out of Thunderbird 4 and up to the baby whale. Upon closer examination, the harpoon wasn't too deep into its side, but it still looked to be in some discomfort.

"Easy, little one," said Wizzy as she patted it lovingly on the side. "I'm here to help you."

The whale let out a slight whimpering sound as Wizzy carefully began to ease the harpoon out of its side. The adults swam in circles around them for protection. Luckily, it didn't take long for Wizzy to remove the harpoon from the baby's side. It still had an entry wound but it wasn't too deep meaning that it would heal pretty soon.

"There you go," said Wizzy. "You'll be okay now."

The baby whale whistled in gratitude and swam over to its parents. They then whistled to Wizzy showing their own gratitude and began to swim away. Wizzy waved even though they didn't wave back.

"How's it going, Wizzy?" Daniel asked over the radio.

"It's done, Dad," said Wizzy. "I removed the harpoon. They're on their way now."

"Good job," said Daniel. "I hope they said thank you."

Wizzy smiled. "They did," she said. "I'm returning to…" She was cut off yet again. She could hear a strange sound coming from behind her. "Hold on, I can hear something," she said.

Then Kerry revealed the very news she didn't want to hear. "Wizzy, you know that ship I mentioned? It's changed course. It's heading straight for you and the whales!"

Wizzy turned round and looked up to see the bottom of a large ship sailing above her. Then a harpoon entered the water and headed straight for the whales. Luckily it missed, but they became aware of the ship's presence and scattered in panic. Wizzy hastily swam back to Thunderbird 4.

"Wizzy, come in!" said Daniel urgently. "What's happening?"

"It's a whaling-ship!" Wizzy cried. "It's attacking the family!"

"Shit!" Daniel said. "Try and get them away if you can. We've just launched again and will be with you ASAP!"

Wizzy re-entered the cockpit of Thunderbird 4 and began heading towards the whaling ship. She wanted to disable it by firing a torpedo, but knew that Daniel wouldn't be too happy with her if she did. she then had an idea. She sent out a false radar echo from Thunderbird 4 mimicking the whale sounds. She hoped that this might draw the attention of the whaling-ship's crew.

"Captain!" shouted one of the crew on the bridge. "There's another one – ten metres off the port beam!"

The Captain peered over the side of the ship. "Get after it!" he ordered.

The ship's crew began firing a salvo of harpoons down into the water at what they believed was a whale. But it was in fact Thunderbird 4. Wizzy quickly moved out of the way, dodging and diving. Some of the harpoons hit the hull but easily bounced off again.

"It's getting away from us, sir!" the man watching the radar scope called.

"Oh, no, it's not!" growled the Captain. "Launch the grapples!"

Two cables were fired from a crane overhanging the side of the whaling-ship which then wrapped themselves around Thunderbird 4's turbine thrusters.

"What the…?!" exclaimed Wizzy. "Dad, I've got a problem! They've caught me!"

"What?!" exclaimed Daniel. "How?!"

"They've grappled onto my thrusters!" Wizzy cried. "They're reeling me in!"

"Get out of there, now!" Daniel ordered.

Wizzy pushed Thunderbird 4 to the limit. It slowed the pull on the grapple winches but not by much.

The whalers were surprised. "Damn, this is a heavy one!" remarked the crane operator.

Daniel and Katie were pushing Thunderbird 2 to its limits. They had to get to Wizzy's location as quickly as possible.

"Kerry, can you hack into the whaling-ship's systems and kill the power?" Daniel asked.

"I'm trying to access it," Kerry replied. "But it's a hell of a tough one. I may not make it in time."

"Keep trying!" Daniel said. "We can't let Wizzy or Thunderbird 4 fall into their hands!"

Wizzy tried her best, but it was to no avail. The crane was too powerful and Thunderbird 4's turbines were beginning to overheat. "Thunderbird 2, I hope you're nearby," Wizzy said. "I'm almost at the surface."

"Wizzy, don't let them take you!" Daniel said. "I'm not losing you and we can't let them take control of Thunderbird 4. Use the laser to cut yourself free if you get the chance. We're about four minutes away!"

Wizzy shivered. "I don't have four minutes!" she cried.

At that moment, Thunderbird 4 began to emerge back-end first from beneath the surface. The crew of the whaling-ship stared in disbelief at what they'd caught.

"Are you kidding me?!" exclaimed the Captain. "What the hell is that doing here?"

"That's a Thunderbird craft!" exclaimed the First Officer. "CUT IT DOWN!" He shouted to the crane operator.

"NO, BELAY THAT!" roared the Captain. "Load it aboard! We can use this to our advantage."

The crew complied and the crane began to swing round moving Thunderbird 4 closer to the deck.

Wizzy was very rarely afraid, but she felt rather scared at this point. She looked around anxiously for any sign of Thunderbird 2, but the great green leviathan was nowhere to be seen. "Help!" Wizzy cried desperately.

The Captain was grinning with delight as Thunderbird got closer to the ship's deck. But suddenly, one of the whales jumped out from beneath the surface and crashed down onto the bow of the ship. The impact shook the entire ship knocking everyone off their feet. It also dislodged the crane causing Thunderbird 4 to fall back into the water. the cables also untangled themselves from the turbines allowing Thunderbird 4 to escape.

Wizzy was gasping, trying to get her breath back. As Thunderbird 4 levelled out, she looked around. The three whales had come back. The male had been the one that had attacked the ship and had caused a massive amount of damage to the bow. To her relief, it appeared to be unharmed.

The crew of the whaling-ship were just as stunned as Wizzy was. The Captain looked down at the partially destroyed bow. Then he got an urgent call from below decks.

"Captain, we've been holed!" yelled the Chief Engineer. "That whale almost severed the entire bow! We're taking on water!"

"Get the pumps going!" ordered the Captain. "We...AAARRGGH!"

Wizzy watched in astonishment as the female whale charged at the ship. Its great size and weight slammed into the port-side of the vessel piercing a huge hole in it. Even more water flooded in and as the whale pulled itself free, the ship began to list over onto its side.

The crew were panicking. Nobody waited for the Captain to give the order to abandon ship, they did it anyway.

"COME BACK, YOU IDIOTS!" yelled the Captain. "I NEVER GAVE THE ORDER!"

Nobody listened and they continued to jump overboard. Wizzy brought Thunderbird 4 to the surface and watched as the whaling -ships turned completely on its side and began to sink by the bow.

Thunderbird 2 arrived just in time to see the vessel as it disappeared beneath the surface. Daniel and Katie could see Thunderbird 4 and the whales swimming nearby.

"Wizzy…what's happened?" Daniel asked. "What did you do?"

"They saved me!" Wizzy gasped. "The whales attacked the ship, Dad. But how did they know?" At that moment, the whistling sound from the two adult whales started again. Wizzy was stunned when the translated words appeared on her screen. "You said, help."

"Wait, you mean they heard you call for help?" asked Katie, aghast.

"It…would seem so," said Wizzy, who was also as stunned.


The crew of the whaling-ship splashed about in the water amongst the debris whilst the whales began to circle them. Thunderbird 2 dropped Pod 4 into the water so that Thunderbird 4 could be winched aboard. Then the cables were dropped so that the pod could be picked up again.

"What about the crew?" asked Katie.

"The GDF have been alerted and are on their way to apprehend them," said Kerry over the radio. "If need be we can send video evidence from Thunderbird 4 to bring them to justice."

Wizzy entered the cockpit of Thunderbird 2 after exiting Thunderbird 4. She gazed down at the whales as they continued to circle around the crew.

"Don't worry, Wizzy – they'll face justice," said Daniel.

Wizzy nodded. "Thanks, Dad. I guess I owe them one now."

"Oh, come now, Wizzy, who could they do that?" asked Katie. "It's not like you can exchange mobile numbers with them."

Wizzy sat into the chair behind Daniel. She felt a bit sad but knew that Katie was right. "Goodbye, whales," she said tearfully as Thunderbird 2 turned to fly away. "Please, stay safe."

Thunderbird 2 left the scene leaving the two whales to guard the crew of the sunken ship until the Global Defence Force arrived to take them away.


Sionis was not a man who liked to get his hands dirty, which was why he hired people to do it for him. Once he'd realised that despite the heavy numbers, his men were being defeated one at a time by Penelope, Parker and Karolina, he grabbed some suitcases that were already packed with money stolen from the banks and ran out of the office towards a waiting car.

"We've been compromised!" Sionis said to the driver once he'd got in. "Get me out of here!"

The car set off, just as Karolina appeared at the door. "He's getting away, Lady Penelope!" she shouted.

"Then get after him!" ordered Penelope as knocked down another of Sionis's men.

Karolina grappled up to the roof of the building and ran along the top as fast as she could. Penelope and Parker finished taking down the last of the henchmen and set off in pursuit as well.

The Waste Plant complex was a maze of twists and turns through the various buildings. Karolina was fortunate as she could run along in a straight line and jump from rooftop to rooftop whereas the car with Sionis in couldn't go in a straight line. This enabled her to get to the exit point that he was heading towards first. It was located near an open grassy area close to a nearby cliff that led down into a valley.

As the car turned the last corner before the gate, Karolina jumped down and stood on the road. She took out her stun-gun and aimed it at the car.

"RUN HER DOWN!" bellowed Sionis.

The driver sped the car up, but Karolina fired two shots. One that smashed through the windscreen and the other to knock-out the driver. The car veered off to the left and crashed through the wall before skidding across the grass and coming to rest with its two left wheels hanging over the side.

The driver was unconscious, but Sionis wasn't. he angrily tried to get from the seat he was in to the right-side rear passenger door only for the car to shift slightly.

"Must…get out…" Sionis said to himself. But then Karolina appeared at the window with Penelope and Parker.

"You're done, Sionis," said Penelope. "The Police are on their way."

"How dare you interfere with my operations!" thundered Sionis. "You will all DIE!" He then pulled out a pistol and was about to fire when the ground under the car then suddenly gave way and it toppled over the side of the cliff. "Nononononono! AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!" screamed Sionis as the car plummeted over the edge to the horror of the other three. They peered over to see the car rolling down the cliff before landing on its roof at the bottom.

There was a short pause.

"Oops," said Karolina. "I…didn't mean for that to happen!"

"Come on, we need to find out if they're still alive," said Penelope.

Luckily, there was a footpath nearby that led them down the cliff to where the car had landed. Sionis and the driver had both been thrown out of the vehicle. The black mask that Sionis had been wearing was shattered so they could now see his face. Both men had severe cuts and bruises, but incredibly they were still alive.

"Well, Karolina," said Penelope. "Looks like you didn't make a big mistake after all." She smiled, and that made Karolina smile too.

Parker then cleared his throat. "Excuse me, m'lady? Miss Kyrano? I think I can 'ear sirens," he said.

"Then we'd better get out of here," said Penelope. "Call the car, Parker."

Parker used his keys to call FAB1 remotely to their location whilst Karolina used her watch to remotely call Thunderbird 7 down from the side of the building. Once it was hovering overhead, she grappled up to the cockpit and quickly flew away. At the same time, FAB1 arrived and Parker opened the door for Penelope before jumping in himself. They quickly left the scene as well, just moments before a large group of Police Cars arrived on the scene.

The Police were very baffled by what they'd found. Huge amounts of stolen money, over fifty men in black suits and masks who were all lying unconscious and most of all, the man behind it all at the bottom of a nearby cliff having miraculously survived falling thirty feet in a rolling car. And what was even more confusing to them was that all security feeds had been cut. There were no fingerprints or clues anywhere to who had taken them all down. But that was the International Rescue's way of dealing with covert operations – leave no clues behind.


As FAB1 and Thunderbird 7 headed away from the scene, all three felt great satisfaction for what they'd done that night.

"Thank you for your help, Karolina," said Penelope. "Have a safe flight back home."

"F-A-B, Lady Penelope," Karolina replied. "You too."

Penelope watched as Thunderbird 7 raced off into the distance disappearing against the bridge white light of the Moon.

"Quite the h'agent, isn't she, m'lady?" said Parker.

"Indeed she is, Parker," agreed Penelope. "Although some of her methods do leave quite a bit to be desired."

"Perhaps she takes h'after 'er h'uncle?" asked Parker.

"She certainly does not!" spluttered Penelope. "She really detests him with a passion! Too many times he's gotten away and each time it just fuels her hatred for him."

Parker felt a bit silly. "Yes, h'of course. Sorry, m'lady," he said. "'ome, m'lady?"

"Home, Parker," agreed Penelope.

FAB1 drove off into the night, heading back towards Creighton Manor. It had been a long and tiring mission for them all. It would be good to get a good night's' sleep.

Wizzy still couldn't work out how the whales had been able to come to her rescue. They had been swimming to get away from the whaling-ship. It made no sense to her why they should suddenly return the way they had done.

"I just don't get it," Wizzy told the others. "It was like they knew."

Jodie had got the answer. "I was giving Thunderbird 4 a check-over and I think I know how," she said. "You left the translator on, Wizzy. When you were telling Thunderbird 2 about your situation, they must have heard you say 'help' and came rushing to your aid."

"Seriously?" asked Adrienne. "But whales aren't that intelligent, are they?"

"It would seem they are," said Daniel. "Guessing they wanted to repay you for helping save their baby, Wizzy."

Wizzy considered the matter. "I guess so, Dad," she said. "And I got my wish as well."

"Yes, that's the quickest I've ever known a wish to come true," Daniel said.

"So what now, Wizzy?" asked Laura. "Now that you've seen some whales, what's next on your list?"

Wizzy laughed. "Nothing that I can think of, Laura," she said. "Seeing those whales was the best thing that I've ever seen. I really don't think that anything could ever beat that."