"What happened?!" Scott demanded, his face set in stone and his voice serious. John looked surprised, his eldest brother had just stepped out of the ground he was standing on!

"umm- well- i." He stuttered. He forgot was he was going to say and came out with what was on his mind instead. "I need to talk to you. Both of you." He said as confidently as he could. Although Scott was below him slightly and John was for the first time, taller than his brother, he still felt smaller than him.

"What happened?!" Scott repeated in the same tone of voice again.

"What? Nothing." Replied John, confused to what Scott was asking about.

"You mean to say that YOU got me out here, worried sick that YOU had had an accident for YOU to say that nothing happened!" Scott exploded. He turned back around and ducked back into the hollow. Then John got it. Scott had been worried about the rescue!

"No Scott! You're mistaken! I just bumped my head! That wasn't the reason I wanted to talk to you though!" John ran down the side of the mound and raised his eyebrows at the hole in it that he saw. He ducked inside to see Scott sat in the corner next to Alan.

The youngest Tracy looked terrified. "No! Scott, make him go away!" he yelled, curling up into Scott's chest and crying.

"John! What are you doing in here?! Get out!" Scott ordered.

"Alan. I'm sorry. I forgot!" John protested as he backed out back into the open. He could hear Scott calming Alan down and reassuring him.

"Allie, it's okay. It's John. Remember what we talked about? Brothers protect each other. It's just John." John heard Scott say. Alan murmured something that John could not hear then his eldest brother appeared in front of him. As he stepped out of the hollow and stood up, he was taller than John now. "Scott, I-"

"Drop it. You forgot Alan was scared of you; that's fine. What do you want if you don't want to give us away?" Scott asked, eyes locked onto his brother's.

"I've changed my mind Scott. I had flashbacks when I was out cold on the rescue. I realised that Alan needed someone and I feel terrible that it wasn't me. "

Scott raised an eyebrow and asked, "So what are you saying?"

John sighed. "I'm basically saying I'm jealous of you bro." John looked embarrassed. "Can we change the subject now?" he begged. Scott laughed and clapped a hand in John's shoulder.

"Sure Johnny-boy. There's someone that wants to see you." He said, guiding John back into the hollow and sitting down next to Alan.

The boy in question was perched cross-legged on top of all the sleeping bags. He gave a weak smile to John. "Sorry about earlier." He murmured.

"That's okay Allie. It was my fault, I forgot you were scared. I am sorry." John said sincerely.

Alan smirked. "Apology accepted John but I was referring to when I pushed you into the stream. I couldn't resist!" Both Scott and Alan began to chuckle as John blushed again as he had done so before.

"So that was what you were laughing about!" He joined in, smiling along with his brothers. "I'm glad you recovering Alan. I am sorry that I was in your dreams in the first place. From now on, you can come to me and I will make sure that you get to know me more so it doesn't happen again. That is, if you're up for it?"

"Definitely!" grinned Alan and John ruffled his hair. "I want this to end. I've only spent a night in the jungle and Scott has already convinced me to give you a chance now. The only thing is, I don't know if I can trust you after a nightmare." Alan looked down, his smile gone. He felt so weak not being able to trust his brothers after a stupid dream!

"Sure you can, Sprout." John said, confused.

"No. My mind gets all jumbled up and…" Alan trailed off.

"It's okay Alan." John sighed as he saw the teen looking distressed. He sensed Alan's sadness. "We'll give it time. If you can trust Scott after a nightmare, I am determined that you should trust me to."

"What are you implying? I'm not capable?" Scott asked with a playful grin.

"No. I'm just the better older brother." John said innocently. They all laughed as Scott pushed John off balance from where he was on his knees in front of Alan. John fell onto his side and lay there, not amused.

"You really need to work on your balance Johnny-boy! That's twice in one day!" Scott jeered. They all laughed again but stopped when they hear John's watch beep.

"John! Where are you? Dad's going nuts!" Gordon's voice echoed through the hollow. John instantly sat up and answered.

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