AN: HI! I am soooo sorry this chapter took as long as it did to post. Life really got in the way, then I kind of forgot about the story all together, blah blah blah writers block...

Anyway, I believe I am going to only have a few more chapters before the end of Part 1. I am going to write part two in its entirety before posting it so this doesn't happen again. (I looked it was a year and two days since I've updated... sorry)

So please enjoy and reviews, follows and all that are always welcome!

PW17 3

As Virgil drifted in and out of consciousness, he thought he heard the shattering of glass as well as a loud noise. Finally he though, someone is here. At that point he didn't care who. If it was his captors to end him, fine, if it was the GDF, even better, his brothers, absolutely. His last recollection was a single word, finally.

All Virgil could see now was darkness, the flashlight having died after not turning it off when he fell asleep. But suddenly, a lone light coming from the other side of the room. To far for him to reach, at least he hoped it was a light and not the glooming stare of death's bright light. It hurt for him to move, his legs were useless to him, dead weights that did nothing but cause him pain as he tried to shift his body. He head pounding, his ribs crying at him every time he breathed. He just wished it to be over, either for sleep to consume him or to be found and finally out of this hell hole.

"Tod! I told you to keep an eye on that thing!" A young scrawny boy ran through a wheat field, long denim jeans and short sleeved black shirt dangling off his body. His long brown hair blowing into his eyes.

"Well these things can do 30 kilometers an hour, I am a human, I can not match up to a drone." Tod had stopped running placing his hands on his light grey cargo shorts as he panted. He was wearing a dark blue sweater, spiked blonde hair stiff in the wind. "Where are we anyway?"

"My GPS says we are seven kilometers away from home. In hindsight, bringing the quad with us would have been smart." The other boy said walking up to his exhausted companion.

"Look, Jordy, I'm sorry I lost control ok. Now we are really far from home, and exhausted and I didn't bring my phone."

"Well mom will kill us if we don't come back home with that drone so…" Jordy looked at his GPS, "the haywire tracker has stopped over there." Jordy pointed to the distance where the shape of a farm could be made out. "But it's probably damaged so I have no idea where it is for sure."

"Close enough. But it's getting dark and mom said we have to be home by eight so we better hurry, plus we have never been out this far before, it's creeping me out." With that notion the two boys started of in the direction of the fallen drone. As they neared the sight they could see an old barn, a farmhouse and acres and acres of land. "Jordy, maybe this isn't a good idea. I'm getting a bad feeling about this." Tod stated slowing his pace to a jog.

"Well I have come to trust your judgment so we'll find something to fight with, just in case we run into a rabies-infested chicken or something." Jordy mocked moving his fingers wildly to mock his brother. "The GPS says the drone is in the barn."

"Shut up," Tod started as they neared the side of the barn, "just grab that shovel will ya."

"Fine, but this place is deserted, no one is here. And by the length of the grass, it's been deserted for a while." The two boys neared the barn doors. Tod slowly pulled open the old broken door. Worn down from weather, the door had to be forced open. Once inside the boys waited for their eyes to adjust. It was dark, dusty and like Jordy said, deserted. The only light was where the drone had crashed through the roof.

"Look!" Tod said, "the drone!" As Tod ran over to the drone Jordy followed carefully, shovel in hand. Once he had reached the drone Jordy took it, handing Tod the shovel. It's damaged pretty good. The relays are all severed, the motor is missing and the propellers and crushed. Sorry dude, it's done."

Tod looked saddened. He began to look around the barn, mounds of hay everywhere. A shuffle in one of the mounds caused the boys adrenaline to spike. Tod took the shovel shakily and walked over to the sound, poking the mound. Both boys shrieked when a rat ran out of the mound, squeaking at them before scurried off. "Hey, Jordy, there is something here."

Jordy pushed back the hay to reveal a small latch. "Should we.. um, go in?" The ladder down was lit by a single light. The boys could not see very far into the room below, but their adolescent curiosity got the better of them. Tod shrugged as he threw the shovel into the hole, then followed Jordy into the floorboards. Once down the boys turned and immediately ran into a door. The boys looked at each other in question.

"What could it hurt?" Todd asked. With that notion he began to turn the door handle. Locked. "Hit it with the shovel?"Jordy simply nodded and hit the handle a few times until the door opened slightly. Jordy armed and ready with his mighty shovel began to push the door open further. The door opened with a squeal, the boys looked at each other once more before entering the dark, dank and dingy room. It was just that, they couldn't see a thing. The boys felt around for a light switch. The cement wall was cold to the touch, sending chills down the boys' spines. Jordy's hand hit something plastic.

"I think I got it." He stated, flipping the switch to reveal one single light above their heads. The light was near useless but it did provide more detail to the room.

Now they could see a little more as their eyes adjusted. Some shiny tools on the floor, a metal table, and paint tubes?

A weary voice spoke from the darkness, "he…hel"

"What the hell was that!?" Tod asked as he gripped his brothers are for dear life.

"I need help…"

"Jordy can we leave please!"

"Not yet, I have a feeling…"

"What if it is someone here to kill us?"

"Why would someone wait, in a barn, in the middle of nowhere, hoping on the chance someone would go into the barn, down to the second level clearly hidden?"

"Maybe they hacked our drone and led us here?"

"Or maybe next time don't buy a drone from a street vendor for $25."

"Fair…"

"Ummm, hello?" Jordy proceeded as he went deeper into the room. Suddenly a small light emitted from the far corner of the room. "Can we help you?"

Tod mocked "can we help you?"

"Shut up!"

"I'm with…" Virgil took in a deep breath, it was hard to talk, so instead he ripped his Thunderbird 2 badge, or what was left of it, off his shoulder and tossed it in the boys' general direction.

"Holy shit!"

"Jordy, mom said not to swear…"

"Well take this to mom, run, we need help!"

"But why?" Tod asked as he was handed the badge, "never mind" he exclaimed as he ran out of the room and up the ladder.

"HURRY!" Jordy called after his brother. In a sudden movement he turned and ran towards the light in the corner, there a man around 25 years old, black hair smooched against his face lay still slumped in the corner, eyes struggling to stay open. "My brother went to go get help, you are going to be ok" he began to say once he reached Virgil. "I'm Jordy, what's your name?"

"Vir...gil…"

"Just rest here Virgil, help will be here soon!"

Running through the vast open fields, Tod gripped the badge for dear life. Not his life, but the life of someone else. His short, brown hair stuck to his forehead as sweat beaded down his face. Every breath pounding in his head as he ran the whole way not wanting to let a single step be wasted. Soon Tod could see a grouping of lights in the distance as the sun faded behind the near mountains. Home. Mom, he thought. He ran all the way to the front doors, tripping on the stairs on the way up.

"Tod Andrew Mclean! Where have you been? Where is your brother?" A tall brunette woman called as she swung the barn door open. Not even waiting for an answer she grabbed the boy by the forearm and dragged him inside.

"Mom you have to listen to me!" Tod cried pulling against his mother.

"You were supposed to be home an hour ago, I have Sheriff Thompson out looking for you and your brother, now where is he?" She said and she opened the door to the boys' combined room.

"He's helping this man," Tod stated, still out of breath as he held up Virgil's patch.

"Helping?" His mother asked as she grabbed the patch and examined it, recognizing the aircraft from a book her brother had gotten the boys. "This is an International Rescue badge, where did you get this?"

"I crashed the drone near an old barn past Mr. Ferguson's place, when Jordy and I went into the barn to look for the drone we found this guy beat up and hurt and he had this on his suit."

"Are you sure?"

"Jordy stayed with him and told me to come here. Mom, he needs our help."

The mother smiled at her boy and ruffled his hair, "you are so much like your father" she said as she reached for a phone. "Sheriff Thompson, yes, yes I found them. But I need your help with something else…"