John smiled as he stepped back onto his satellite, "Hello, EOS,"

"Hello, John, Kayo, Alan," The unit responded, "Shall I call your brothers and tell them you've arrived?"

John smiled and nodded, "Scott will only call us otherwise,"

Alan sighed as he set the boxes he was carrying down on the floor, "EOS, can you reduce the gravity? It'll make these boxes easier to carry."

Kayo laughed at her partner's complaining, having picked up two much lighter boxes than he had. She carried them effortlessly into the gravity ring, "Where do you want them John?"

She smiled as John hung in the airlock, heading back in to grab some more of the boxes, "In the cargo bay, thanks Kayo,"

Kayo smiled and nodded, "I think there was just one left, I brought it up,"

John was in the space between the two airlock doors now, he'd spotted the box as Alan and Kayo headed off to the cargo bay. Alan shook his head and whispered to Kayo, "I don't get why we're keeping it a secret? Why not just tell him?"

Kayo rolled her eyes, "Don't you think he'd like a surprise? Besides, it's kind of romantic,"

Alan frowned and shook his head, "Whatever you say, Kayo."

John set the box down outside the airlock and turned back to close both doors, making sure they were properly shut before lifting his box again. As he straightened up, there was the familiar, ca-clunk and hiss of the airlock door.

"What the-" John frowned as he turned to the reopened airlock door, "EOS, did you open the airlock?"

The camera came up behind him, "Why would I open the airlock John? Everyone is inside putting the supplies away."

John looked to the open doorway again and nodded, "That's what I thought."

Shifting his weight to propel himself forward through the zero gravity and into the airlock, John told the programme, "Check all the electrics again, it might be a fault,"

He was in the centre of the small space now, looking up at the second doorway that lead to Thunderbird Three. From behind him there was a quiet giggle and a murmur of, "Honey, I'm home."

John spun around quickly, finally catching sight of the woman in blue hidden next to the hole of the doorway. She pushed herself through the space, too graceful for it to be her first time in antigravity, while John floated, frozen in shock. She was meant to be on her way to NASA, she hadn't done any training yet.

"Evie?" He stuttered out, "What are you doing here?"

Evie laughed at the mix of confusion and happiness on John's face. She had known the moment Scott had made the suggestion that it would make John happy. She had never realised just how happy though.

She laughed again as she finally landed in his arms, still getting used to propelling herself around the space, "Well, we were all talking," She admitted, "And thought it would be nice if you had some company up here,"

She glanced over her shoulder to the unit that had followed John to her, "I didn't know you already had some though,"

John laughed and kept a hold of her waist, being sure to not let her float away from him, "That's EOS, don't mind her. EOS, you remember me talking about Evie, don't you?"

The camera on the unit moved up and down, Evie wasn't sure if she should take it as a nod or as an inspection. She was relieved, if not a little bashful, when the unit responded, "This is the nice woman that you talked to online."

Evie grinned as Kayo and Alan returned, "Ahh, you found your surprise then, John,"

John finally looked away from Evie and to the younger pair, "You all knew about this?"

Alan shrugged, "Not until this morning, apparently I can't keep a secret,"

John laughed and nodded, knowing that was in fact true. He looked back to Evie and shook his head, "But, training? NASA?"

Kayo laughed, "Who needs NASA training when you've got IR training?"

Evie smiled and looked up to John, "Have you seen Kayo's training regime? It's way more intense than NASA could ever be!"

EOS moved forward, closer to the airlock, not understanding what was going on with the new woman dressed in the same uniform as the others, "Does that mean Evie is staying here with us, John?"

John looked to his girlfriend and raised an eyebrow, checking that she was in fact staying and not paying a visit. Evie smiled to him and then looked up to the unit, "You don't mind, do you EOS?"

"It will be nice to have some more company," EOS confirmed, "Especially if it makes John happy,"

John laughed and kissed Evie's cheek, "And here was me thinking I wasn't going to see you for a month," Again he noticed the blue space suit, familiarly similar to Kayo's uniform, "And what's this?"

"One of mine," Kayo explained as Evie nodded. John smiled, loving how the tight outfit moulded to her body perfectly. He looked forward to getting to spend some real time alone with his girlfriend. Since they had finally met everything had been so hectic, they hadn't actually spent all that much time together as a couple.

"I didn't want to jump the gun," Evie admitted, "Incase you didn't want me up here,"

John frowned, turning her to face him and holding her in place by her shoulders, "What do you mean?" He smiled and shook his head to himself, "You coming up here is brilliant, I couldn't think of anything better, truly."

The two were leaning in to kiss when someone cleared their throat. It wasn't the light, quiet cough of Alan, rather, a more mature sound that only one of John's brothers seemed to have mastered. John looked up to the hologram of his older brother that EOS was projecting, raising an eyebrow in question.

Scott smiled at the hologram he was receiving from Thunderbird Five, unable to not be happy for his brother and his girlfriend. Even he couldn't deny that the woman had picked up everything incredibly quickly, she was eager to learn and help. He didn't doubt that she would make a perfect member of the team. In the corner of his eye he saw Kayo's hologram nod slightly, signalling that the announcement was to be made.

"Well then, Evie," Scott looked from John to the redhaired woman, "Welcome to International Rescue."

He laughed as the couple's faces dropped in shock before Evie gasped and squealed.

"Just don't let it distract you," Scott warned with a smirk, "Alan, Kayo, do you want me to pick you up chinese on my way back,"

Kayo nodded, "Yeah," She glanced to the lovebirds, "We'll head back once we've finished unloading,"

"Hey, Scott?" John called as the older brother reached out to cut off the call, "Thanks,"

Scott smiled, "It's what big brothers are for Johnny."

Once Alan and Kayo were safely on their way home, John sat in the lounge with Evie, "So everyone knew?"

Evie smiled and nodded, curling into his side as they watched the stars, "Even EOS."

John shook his head in disbelief, amazed that they had managed to slip something so big past him. It would be strange at first, adjusting to having somebody else permanently on board. As he had confessed earlier though, he wouldn't have it any differently. Evie coming up here was like a dream. Although he sometimes pined for human company, he was always quick to grow tired of life on earth. She had made it bearable though, and if he didn't have a duty to International Rescue he certainly would have stayed earth side longer thanks to her.

"Calling International Rescue! Please, come in!" John was up and off of the couch before Evie had even registered the call. She was quick to follow him into the control room, where John was already answering the distress call. Not wanting to get in the way, Evie hung back a little, listening to what John was saying, "We have a team on their way to you, don't wory, we'll get you off of that boat!"

John glanced over his shoulder and smiled warmly to Evie, hanging back. He held an arm out to her, inviting her over to see what was happening. Looking back to the comms as Virgil's hologram came up, John smiled, "Nice and easy one for you guys,"

Gordon laughed, "Sure, because everything always goes to plan for us."

"What's the situation, John?"

John swiped up the hologram with his hand and pinpointed the problem on the cargo ship, "A cargo ship heading from Australia to New Zealand, they're not sure how but there's a fire on board,"

Evie frowned and looked up to him, John felt her eyes on him as she asked, "What will they do about the cargo?"

John pointed to the ship, circling the area already engulfed by the fire, "Most of it has already been lost, but it's our job to get the crew off of there," He turned his attention to his brothers, marking the top deck, "They're all assembled on the top deck, fifteen of them in total,"

"I've got the ship in sight now," Virgil told them, "They'll be out of there in no time,"

John nodded, "I'll tell them to be ready,"

"F-A-B."

John smiled to Evie as he brought up the comm link, "Want a go?"

She pursed her lips and shook her head, "I don't know what to say,"

John laughed softly, "It's easy," He opened the link and announced, "This is International Rescue to Pioneer three. Our team has reached you and will be bringing a rescue platform down to you imminently. Please be ready for evacuation."

It only took a moment for someone to reply, "This is Pioneer Three to International Rescue, we are ready for evacuation and would like to thank you for your assistance."

"We're just doing our job Pioneer Three," John grinned, "I'll hand you over to my colleagues now,"

Gordon nodded on the hologram, "We'll take it from here."

"F-A-B."

John closed the link and looked to EOS' unit, "Can you keep an eye on that until they've got to safety EOS?"

"Of course, John. Is there anything else you'd like?" The child like voice responded, it's camera looking between the pair, "Is there anything I can get you, Evie?"

John smiled as the woman next to him blushed and covered a quiet gurgle of her stomach with her hands. He took her hand and pushed off in the low gravity, "Let's get something to eat,"

Evie pulled a face, "You mean cardboard space food?"

John shook his head, with a smile, so grateful that he got the commodities that other astronauts didn't, "Nope, we've got all the home comforts up here."

Evie frowned at him in confusion, "How come?"

John smiled as the gravity of the lounge took over and he landed gracefully on the floor. He had to fight a laugh as Evie stumbled a little at the sudden change of mass, "Sorry, I should have warned you, the others insist I keep normal gravity in some parts of the 'bird,"

Evie laughed with him, "Well, I suppose it's easier when you're eating,"

John nodded, "That's for sure," he reached over to a button, "But the systems let me turn it off whenever I want."

Evie shook her head, "And you're not selling this technology to the world because...?"

John turned out to look at the stars, facing away from earth. It was so dark and empty, so peaceful. He wrapped an arm around Evie's waist as she looked out with him, her eyes wide in wonder at the sight he knew she had never seen before.

"Because it would make space very popular," John murmured, "And I think that only people that can truly appreciate the peace should be allowed up here to enjoy it."

Evie smiled and leant into his side, resting her head on his shoulder as they watched the darkness. Her voice was quiet and gentle as she replied, "You know what John? I couldn't agree more."