All lives are precious, Scott always finds it hard to not argue back when a victim tells him that a criminal isn't worth saving as well as someone innocent but he knows it's partially true, he also finds it particularly pressuring when a life to save is one of someone so young he has minutes to rescue them, but he wouldn't not try for the world. After a train derailment, the team found themselves assisting a tricky evacuation, all hands were covered in blood as injuries from the fast crash differed from minor to severe and Scott was leading the team in helping victims to the assisting rescue team and paramedics, Virgil had stormed his way through corridors with the jaws of life breaking apart chairs and doors to get to as many people as possible and Kayo had followed him to take people outside, part of the train was on fire and Gordon was helping the fire crew to extinguish it. Scott stood on the emergency steps leading up the bank when a small person was handed to him.

"Sir, I know you're here to help, but we need to go back for her parents, could you hold onto her for the meantime?"

"Of course," Scott smiled and before he knew it he was holding a small girl, not even one year old, she looked up at him with big green eyes and parental impulses took over his body, he could see tears forming in her eyes and he began to bounce her gently on his hip before he moved over to sit on the wall and lowered her onto his knee to continue to bounce her, Virgil walked up the steps and smiled lovingly at his brother who was singing and laughing with the little girl who was pulling at his grapple pack, a huge grin reaching from both corners of her mouth.

"You'll make a great dad one day brother."

"I learned from the best, Virgil," Scott tapped his heel on the ground then looked up at his brother who was covered in blood stains, he frowned, "we'll talk at home."

Virgil nodded, "looks like her mum made it."

"Hattie!" A woman limped up the steps and Scott stood up holding the child carefully in his arms, "thank you so much, is she okay?"

Scott handed the child over who buried her face in her mother's neck, "a little shaken up, but she'll be fine."

"Thank you again," the woman cooed to her child then was led over to an ambulance.

Kayo sighed as she untied her hair, "we lost three, Scott."

"Their ages?"

"Young man, an old woman and a middle aged man. The police are handling the situation now."

"Is there anymore we can do?"

Kayo shook her head, "the fires are out, all compartments are checked and cleared and the evacuation is nearly complete. The railway will remain closed until they can move this train."

"Right, let's wrap it up and go home," he opened a channel to the pod, "return to Thunderbird 2 Gordon, we're going home."

"FAB," Gordon's voice was tired and slightly croaky.

Scott arrived on the island first and after kissing Grandma's cheek he walked up to the piano, it was Virgil's main outlet but sometimes the eldest could only find comfort in the keys under his fingers, he could press down gently or hard without hurting the instrument and right now all he wanted to do was to lose himself in music or ideally become the piano itself. Closing his eyes, he ignored the sounds around him and thought of his mother playing the piano with him when he was a child, he would sit in her lap and just watch her fingers dance across the white and black blocks, he jumped slightly as he heard a body slump into one of the chairs next to the piano and he looked over.

"Virgil?"

"That was horrible."

"My playing? That's not very nice."

Virgil smiled slightly, "that wasn't great either, but I meant the rescue."

Scott nodded relieved to see his brother now clean again and not covered in blood, "I hope none of that blood was yours?"

Virgil stretched his legs out in front of him, "no, but some of it was Kayo's."

Scott's eyes widened, "what do you mean?"

"Scott, she's having a shower and I've told her to get some rest, she's alright, it's just a cut on her wrist, I had to apply pressure to stop the bleeding."

Scott sighed and hid his face in his hands before sighing, "that was so tough, but at least that little girl gets to go home tonight."

"I stand by what I said, you would make a great father, you already do in a way."

"Sorry?"

"You've almost been like a father to us after he disappeared, Scott, and you've done an amazing job at it."

"Kayo got hurt today, Gordon almost died a couple of months ago. I'm not like dad, he wouldn't have let any of that happen, ever."

Virgil smiled sympathetically, "none of what happened was your fault, remember our rescues before the Chaos Crew came along? They're the ones who have ruined our lives."

Scott looked back down at the piano keys, "hmm. I guess so."

Virgil leaned forward, "so don't make yourself feel like this, think about the lives you save, big and small."

"Like that child and her mother."

"Exactly," Virgil stood up, "I'm going to check on Kayo, will you be okay?"

"I'll be fine Virgil, thanks," Scott smiled at him as he left the lounge via the back entrance then began to play again with more enthusiasm, unseen by anyone, the Mechanic watched from the entrance to the lounge and couldn't help smiling.