I do not own thunderbirds...winter is coming meaning I will have more time to write he he he. thank you for all your great reviews. please keep them going.
Scott was running down the dark school hallways. The cold dark school hallways. He reach the door that lead to the classroom.
"Scott! Allie is about to fall!"
He felt his blood run cold. He ran to the window. He held out his hands ready to catch his baby brother. He miss. He watch Alan fall into the darkness.
"ALLIE!"
Scott woke up in a gasp. He could fell the sweat dripping off his face. He took a few deep breaths trying to calm himself. It took him a few minutes to realise he was in his bedroom. He slowly move out of bed only to find his whole body was trembling. He shook off the feeling before heading toward the sink in his bathroom. He cup the cold water in his hands and splash it across his face.
He then decided to check on is younger brothers. He needed reassurance that everyone was ok. (It was a habit he had gotten back into since the Hood attack.) First on his round he went to John's room only to find it empty. Then he when to Virgil's and Gordon's room finding that they too were empty.
He went to the infirmary seeing only their father and Alan where sleeping. He silently went to the cupboard and place a blanket on his father and pull up the blanket on Alan as it somehow move down. He left the infirmary and continue his search for the three missing middle brothers. Then is hit him. Scott could have smack himself on the head.
Where would his brothers gather after they had nightmares?
The kitchen of course.
Virgil had a comforting arm around Gordon who remain quiet while John was preparing four hot chocolates. Virgil frown seeing the four mugs and was about to asked when he saw Scott walking into the kitchen.
John gave their oldest brother a weak smile pasting over two mugs over to him.
"I suppose we didn't get much sleep?" Scott asked with concern.
"Not if seeing Allie falling is a part of your dreams. Then no" Virgil said flatly.
"Or unable to catch him" Gordon whisper as Scott sat down next to him and gave one of the mug to him.
"It seem so real" Virgil said with a blank expression on his face barely noticing that John had place a mug in front of him.
John looked at all he brothers as he sat down. He brush the edge of the mug before speaking "It's worse than the ones we have from really bad rescues. Only because it's one of us…if not worse because it's our baby brother."
"Only because it's our baby brother…it felt like ten years had been taken off my life" Scott said placing his hands around the mug feeling the warmth.
Then is realise he had set himself for Gordon's quick wit and waited for a response. Scott was left highly disappointed. The night mares was effecting Gordon badly. He put a hand on Gordon's back.
Gordon looked up at Scott for a moment before looking down on the hot chocolate before taking a sip. It made him feel a little better. John was right chocolate did made you feel better. The tension in the kitchen seen to fade away.
John smile seeing his brothers relax a little. The last four days had been taxing on his family. He could feel their worries ebb away a little when Alan woke up. The nightmares on the other hand where bad. He knew they all still and nightmares of the avalanche that took their mother's life and would have taken the then three year old Alan's life. The Hood attack and now this was another one to be added to their list of nightmares.
John frown at that thought.
"John?" Scott question.
"We need cake" John said.
"That's all you were thinking?" Virgil asked reaching a hand out to feel John's forehead but John had batted the hand away.
"I'm fine."
"Can we just send John to bed and we eat the cake?" Gordon asked.
"Well you are the youngest one here and we could send you back to bed" Virgil said.
"Or I can sent you all back to bed. I thought I sent you four to bed four hours ago" Jeff said in the standing in the door way. He noted the dark rings under each of his son's eyes.
"We couldn't sleep" Virgil said looking over to their father.
Jeff walked in to the kitchen and notice the coffee tin was missing from the bench.
"You're welcome to join us for some hot chocolate" John said "Onaha has hidden the coffee as we are all band from it until further notice. Brains orders."
Jeff mutter something about who pays for both wages as he go out a bottle of water from the fridge. Causing his sons to smile a little. He looked over to his sons and shook his head. Then his face fill with concern.
"What is the real reason why all of you can't sleep? Nightmares?" Jeff asked sitting down at the table.
He saw Scott, John and Virgil nodded. Gordon on the other hand look like he was going to fall asleep on top of his hot chocolate.
"How about we talk about this more in the lounge room?" Jeff suggested.
"What about Allie?" Virgil asked.
"Your brother is a sleep and I don't think he'll wake up for a while."