Thunderbird 2 landed behind the hospital where Thunderbird 1 had already touched down, and a stretcher was on the grass with doctors standing by ready to hook Lizzie up to a drip. Virgil let the medical team into his bird to transfer Lizzie from the craft to the stretcher, and the air was still again as Elle watched her Dad lead Kate into the medical ward and she looked back at Virgil who was frowning.

"What are her chances, or are we too late?"

Virgil shook his head, "I don't know, it depends on how stable her brain nerves are."

"Can we go back to the chalets?"

"We shouldn't really."

"We could at least go and see if anything has survived, belongings wise?"

Virgil looked around at the empty cockpit, "alright, we have to be quick though. Thunderbird 2 isn't a taxi."

Elle sat down in the co-pilot seat and felt Thunderbird 2 shudder as she took off, "thanks, Virgil."

Virgil smiled, "I'm going to switch to full speed and activate the camouflage. I can't perform a rescue by myself if anyone needs the outfit."

"Camouflage?"

"We'll be invisible to those below us."

Elle looked down below at the water and spotted the cruise liner, "looks like the ship isn't going away anytime soon. Where are you going to land?"

"As close to the chalets as possible. Otherwise, we'll be spotted. Tell me when you recognise them."

"FAB."

Virgil grinned again at her using the abbreviation, "it's like you're a member."

Elle smiled, "it's just a fun way of saying yes. I prefer it actually. Oh, down there Virgil, wow one of them actually survived."

"Yours or Lizzie's?"

"Sadly mine. I mean it's great in the fact I might have some belongings left, not so great for memories for the others."

Virgil smiled sadly at her before taking Thunderbird 2 down a safe distance away from the chalets, "we'll get as much stuff back into the POD then go back to the hospital. If anyone approaches us I'll say I'm rescuing you."

"Virgil, you can't lie."

"It's all I can do sweetheart, there are so many casualties on the island right now and I can't rescue them alone."

"But people could be dying. Leave me here to collect stuff alone and go down to help them."

"Elle, I can't. Please understand that."

Elle frowned, "I don't understand it, you're International Rescue, people's hope. To ignore their calls would be an insult."

Virgil grimaced angrily, "do you think I don't know that? I want to help them so much Elle but I can't do it alone, I don't have the team or anything. I'm only one person, of course I want to help them, but right now I'm helping you and your friend, I may have already failed in not being able to get her to that hospital quickly enough so let me at least help you."

Elle watched as tears fell from Virgil's eyes, "Virgil, I'm sorry."

Virgil came across to her and pulled her into a hug, "I know you are," he kissed her forehead then helped her to her feet, "if I can save your friend and feel like I've done good by getting belongings, then that's a win for me. I can't think about those in town at the moment because it will destroy me," he pressed a button which deactivated the stealth mode, "and I'm sorry too."

Elle took his hand, "I love you."

"I love you too," he walked out of the craft with her and they approached the chalets which now smelt of gas after the hurricane had torn through the mains.

Elle trod carefully into her rented chalet and found her way into the bedroom, some of her belongings were crushed or broken, but the majority of items were fine, she found her luggage bag in one piece and began to pack it with anything worth saving, Virgil joined her and the two managed to clear the first house of everything Elle and her parents had brought with them. Virgil took the stuff back to Thunderbird 2 as Elle entered the other chalet, she gasped as she opened the door revealing only an empty space. The rooms were barely standing and she began to cry not caring who heard her gasps, she entered the room which Rey and Lizzie had taken to share and fell to her knees, barely anything was left. With only hope to go on, she frantically swept away debris and found a photo frame of Lizzie and her parents, and Rey's unpacked bag her cousin had never bothered to finish emptying. Virgil walked in and ran over to Elle hearing her cry, he wrapped his arms around her and stroked her hair gently whispering hushed sounds to try and calm her down.

"I'm sorry Elle, I'm so so sorry."

"This is the only photo of Andrew she'll have left, I can't even begin to feel what she'll feel."

"I can. She'll feel devastated, but we'll tell her he died saving her."

"How do you know that?"

"Because it's happened to me, with both parents more or less."

"Oh honey," Elle held him close, "I can't find anything else of Lizzie's."

Virgil stood up, "I'll go to the other bedrooms and see if I can find anything."

"Thanks," Elle searched around the remains of beds and found a teddy bear, she smiled at the name Lizzie and held it to her heart, "we'll save you, Lizzie, I promise."

"Elle, I've found something," Virgil called.

Elle left the bedroom with as much as she could carry and found Virgil, "what is that?"

"It's a goodbye letter, from Andrew."

"But how did he know he was going to die?"

Virgil sat up on the coffee table and read it, "My dearest wife and gorgeous daughter, my time is running out. I should've told you months ago but I didn't know how to tell you, the lump got bigger and they couldn't find a cure. I guess I've only lived by your never ending love by my side. So whilst we're here on this beautiful island, I am going to end it for the best and to end my pain, it will be hard for you but I can see the fear I put you two through. Lizzie, follow your dreams and don't give up on being an astronomer, I know you can do it. Kate, look after our girl for me, and don't be ashamed to cry. I will love you forever, goodbye my angels. Andrew."

Elle gasped, "he was on a suicide voyage. But the hurricane took him anyway."

"Maybe he threw himself into the hurricane, the others survived?"

"But Lizzie is unconscious."

Virgil shook his head as he folded the letter to tuck into his sash, "maybe she just got caught on something. Did you find enough stuff?"

"The stuff that survived, yes. Let's go."

Virgil wrapped his arms around Elle's shoulders as they walked back into Thunderbird 2, then he activated the stealth mode again, Elle looked back at all the salvaged stuff behind them in bags and sighed.

"We'll go back to the ship once Lizzie is stable, we may have to blow our cover but all of our stuff is there."

Elle nodded, "I guess so. At least I found Lizzie's teddy bear."

Virgil smiled, "she'll really appreciate that. I've got the letter to give to Kate, it might help them get through the pain."

Elle brushed away tears on her sleeve as she turned her head away from her boyfriend, "what an ending to a perfect cruise. At least I made up with Lizzie before all of this."

Virgil reached out and patted her leg, "hey, it'll be ok, trust me."

Elle looked back at him, his warm eyes pierced her ,and she felt her heart flutter slightly, "promise?"

"I would never lie to you," Virgil held her gaze never breaking eye contact.

"I know you wouldn't."

Thunderbird 2 landed back at the hospital and the couple made their way to Lizzie's ward with the letter and some belongings, Elle went to sit next to Kate and gave her the letter, "Kate, Virgil and I found this from Andrew. You might want to read it."

Kate lifted her head and took it from Elle, "I'll read it outside, thank you."

Zack stood with a young doctor looking over Lizzie, "what are her chances?"

"She's stable but still in a deep coma, but her head seems to be healing. There's no bleeding on the brain."

Virgil closed his eyes in relief, "that's something."

The doctor looked round at the boys in uniform, "may I ask how all of you came in contact with her family?"

Scott smiled, "we were on a cruise, you know we're normal people under these uniforms. We were on holiday."

"Thank you for not telling everyone who International Rescue really are Dr Swift," Zack crossed his arms.

"It's my pleasure, they've done so much in the world. It wouldn't be right of me to blow their cover. I must ask that you don't stay here much longer though, Lizzie is in good hands here."

Grandma nodded, "boys, all of our stuff is back on the ship. And so are Rey and her parents, we should go back. Virgil, is the ship still docked?"

"Yes. But they'll probably be on their way to the States by now."

John activated a map onto his wrist controller and located the ship, "exactly right, they're heading up the coast towards Florida."

Grandma formed her lips together in a hard line, "right let's get back there. Boys, Kayo?"

The room emptied until just Virgil, Scott and Kayo remained.

"Elle, do you want to come with us? I can take your stuff back to the island otherwise and pick you up later?"

Elle nodded, "could I stay here with my dad and Lizzie, please? It's the least I can do."

Virgil nodded, "alright love," he kissed her head then paused as Elle took his hand.

"Keys, for my room. Just pile everything up, don't worry about folding anything."

Virgil smiled and put the key into his pocket, "I'll see you later."

Elle kissed him from the chair she was sitting in then looked back at Lizzie, "yes."

Virgil walked out, "come on Scott, Kayo."

Kayo paused by the door, "she'll be ok Elle, trust me."

"Thanks, Kayo."

Scott walked past Kate who was clutching the letter to her heart, Virgil pushed him forwards and laid a hand on her shoulder.

"I am so sorry Kate, I just thought you had to have it. So you knew."

"Thank you, Virgil, thank you for getting it. My darling husband," she sniffed, "I can't believe he didn't tell me."

"Maybe he thought it would be easier that way."

Kate shrugged, "to be honest, I don't know if this makes me feel better or worse knowing he was going to die on this holiday regardless of the hurricane."

"I understand, we'll come back at a later date. Elle and Zack are staying," Virgil smiled as she looked back at the room.

"Thank you for going back," Kate gave Virgil a hug, "and you rescued my daughter, I will always remember that."

"That's our job, Kate, rescuing those in need. We'll pick up the rest of your stuff on the boat, I'm sure Rey will help us."

Kate thanked him again, then walked back into the room tearfully, "goodbye."

Virgil made his way into Thunderbird 2 with his family and took off behind the head of the fleet, Gordon looked across at him sadly.

"Is Elle not joining us?"

"She's decided to stay and look after Lizzie, I don't know how we're going to get onto the ship with Thunderbird 2."

Gordon smirked, "what a joy it is to have Thunderbird 4 with us then?"

"What's your plan exactly?"

"Simple. Land in Florida if the ship isn't there and lock Thunderbird 4 to the cruise liner."

"And what if you forget to unlock her when we arrive at Florida, and she gets crushed?"

Gordon paled, "oh yeah, that could happen. John?"

John looked up, "yes?"

"Where's the boat now?"

John brought up the hologram again, "about ten miles from Florida's dock."

"We may as well land in Florida and wait for the ship to arrive then. Scott could probably land Thunderbird 1 on the deck," Virgil stretched in his seat, "what a day. What I would give to be home right now."

Grandma smiled, "soon Virgil. We'll get our stuff and go from there."

"What about Lizzie?" Brains asked.

"She'll be well taken care of, that doctor knew what he was doing. We'll go home tonight then visit tomorrow and take the jet instead."

Brains nodded, "good idea."

Up ahead, Scott landed Thunderbird 1 onboard the cruise ship and lowered the ladder for Alan and Kayo to climb down, people stared in shock as the pilots came out and a crewman came forward.

"International Rescue thank god, but you're going the wrong way. The accident happened on the coast."

"We know, a group we knew passed away, and we're here to get their belongings then go."

"But?"

Kayo smiled as Scott turned away from her, "we'll help in any way, but for now, we have a job to do."

Alan followed his sister and brother to the corridor they had been staying in and they quickly got to work at packing their stuff back into their suitcases, he looked out of the window in his ensuite and spotted Thunderbird 2 speeding overhead.

"They'll be in Florida in five minutes, we'll land and wait for them," Virgil looked down at the cruise liner below them.

"FAB Virgil, shall we go in uniform?"

"Yes, we don't want to blow our cover. I'm sure Scott has come up with a back story."

The boat pulled into port and the group in Thunderbird 2 came out to join the others in packing. As they walked, people stared in both shock and awe but said nothing, Virgil went to his room after giving the key for Elle's room to Rey, and packed all of his stuff up, it wasn't long before he had a pile by his door ready to take back to his ship, he opened the door and spotted Kayo sitting on Scott's bed opposite.

"Are you ok Kayo?"

Kayo looked over at him tearfully, "yeah, I'm ok."

"Oh sis, what's the matter?" He crossed the corridor and into Scott's room just at the same time Scott came out of his ensuite.

Scott joined her, "are you ok?"

"Elle's cousin is heartbroken and our new friend is unconscious in a hospital. Why do these things happen?"

Virgil wrapped his arms around her in a hug, "it's ok. Lizzie will pull through, and Rey will be ok too. At least she's in a hospital."

"She's going to wake up from that coma and find out she no longer has a dad. She didn't even get to say goodbye, the same way I didn't."

Scott looked up at Virgil with surprise, "what do you mean honey?"

"He was just killed, and my uncle took me under his wing just like that. The worst part, he was the one who killed my father, his own brother."

Virgil held her tighter and pressed a kiss to her forehead, "you can forget about him now, because we love you, and dad loved you too as if you were his own daughter. You don't need your uncle."

Kayo nodded as tears fell down her cheeks, "I keep telling myself that."

Scott brushed her tears away with his fingers and offered her a tissue, "we'll go home and escape this trip for a day or so. Hot chocolate and music sound good?"

Kayo looked up at Virgil, "music absolutely, but my musical boys, I'd rather hear a duet."

Virgil smiled, "I'm sure that can be arranged, right Scott?"

Scott stiffened, "a duet? Umm sure, I mean I won that talent show I guess."

Gordon walked past, "come on guys, the boat won't stay here forever. Virg, I need you to unlock Thunderbird 2 so I can get my stuff onboard."

Virgil rolled his eyes, "gotta go, my master needs me. Coming you pet squid," he winked at Kayo then left the room to grab his stuff and join Gordon.

Scott tapped her leg, "come on baby, let's get back to Thunderbird 1 with our stuff then find Rey. We should drop them off at the hospital where Lizzie is."

Kayo nodded, "I'm all packed, more or less."

Alan was following the rest of the family into Thunderbird 2 when Theo spotted him.

"Alan!"

Alan groaned before turning around, "oh hey Theo."

"So you are a member? Oh my god this is huge! Chris and I guessed, but then we didn't see you again for the whole trip, where did you go?"

"I didn't want you to find out."

Theo frowned, "well I have now, man I am putting this on Facebook."

"No, you can't Theo please, you'd be risking my family's safety," Alan's voice rose slightly in panic and John walked up beside him.

"Theo, if you do post that on Facebook, my buddy on Thunderbird 5 will track it down and delete it so don't try anything."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yes, go on," John glared at Theo with a smile and the young teenager backed down, "there."

"Sorry. But it is cool though, why didn't you trust us?"

Alan almost laughed, "for that exact reason, you would happily blow our cover. That's why I stopped hanging out with you. Sorry, now I have to go."

John took Alan's bags from him, "see you on the ship. Everyone's waiting."

Rey walked past with her parents and Elle's Mum, "hey Alan."

"Hey Rey, we'll be leaving soon. Just saying goodbye to Theo here," Alan frowned at his friend, "please don't blow my secret."

"Alright alright fine, I don't care to be honest. It was nice to meet you," Theo turned on his heel and strode off towards the dock entrance.

Alan followed Rey on board and heard the POD door close behind him before he made his way to the cockpit, he slumped down in a chair by the wall and gave Virgil a small smile, "ready Virg."

"Alright. Back to the mainland hospital."

Grandma smiled, "has everyone got everything? Absolutely everything?" A chorus of yes went round the cockpit and she nodded, "good."

"Rey, did you pack Elle's stuff?" Virgil asked.

"Yes I did, and the remainder of Lizzie's things. My parents and Elle's Mum sorted the rest."

"Great, we're all set to go."

Thunderbird 2 flew swiftly and it wasn't long before Thunderbird 1 was alongside her, Scott looked across to his brother's ship and matched her speed.

"Virgil? Kayo and I are going to head home if we're not needed at the hospital."

"FAB, that's fine. See you there."

Scott nodded, "see you."