Virgil sat frozen behind the wheel still shocked at what he had just seen, Gordon looked round at their passengers and cleared his throat in his brother's direction.

"Umm Virgil?"

Virgil blinked hard, "what?"

"Our passengers? We should probably get them to safer ground don't you think?"

"Oh, yeah. Sorry."

Sontag looked between the two boys sorrowfully, "we're so sorry for you guys losing that plane, we had no idea who we were working for."

Clarke nodded, "how can we make it up to you."

Gordon smiled as Virgil plotted a course for their passengers' base, "it's not your fault. There was a bigger scheme going on here, and you're not to blame."

"Thank you for rescuing us, we would've died if you hadn't come down to get us. Sorry about your craft being destroyed."

Gordon felt his heart break again, "that's no-one's fault either, I got too close and he got defensive."

Virgil looked across at him, "we'll go back for her, I promise."

Back on Tracy Island, Scott was still fuming whilst Kayo was re-encrypting the island's commutation system, Grandma Tracy was trying to calm her eldest grandson down.

"Scott, this wasn't your fault, Gordon isn't injured."

"Thunderbird 4 has been destroyed Grandma, and I wasn't there to save Gordon."

"Virgil was son, those two are like cheese and crackers."

Kayo smiled slightly at the analogy, "that's true. Ok, we have a new system up and running. Perhaps The Hood got hold of it when he was on the island that time."

Scott frowned, "you think so?"

"It's just a thought, I mean The Mechanic knows Brains, perhaps he knows The Hood too? It's just a theory."

Scott looked out at the sky, "I'm going after the TV21."

"What?" Grandma Tracy raised her eyebrows, "it's not worth it son."

"It belonged to Dad grandma which means it belongs to us. It won't take me long to catch up with it, the Mechanic's ship isn't fast."

Kayo bit her lip, "I don't like this Scott. I'm all for taking down the mechanic like you, but that's dangerous. You saw what he did to Thunderbird 4, and 2 for that matter."

"Kayo, this is one of the only things we have leading us to Dad. I can't let it get away," he sat down next to her and held her hands in his, "I have to do this."

"I agree with Kayo bro, you should wait until Virgil is back with Gordon and we discuss this as a family."

Scott shook his head, "I can't wait, Alan, this is too important. The longer I wait, the further away the TV21 gets from us."

Virgil called in, interrupting the group, "pilots Sontag and Clarke have been dropped off. Just going to pick up Thunderbird 4 and we'll be on our way home."

"FAB," Scott crossed his arms, "I'm going to take off now, I'll call John and ask where the mechanic is heading."

"Please Scott, wait until tomorrow," Grandma begged.

"I'm sorry, but this can't wait."

Kayo sighed, "don't endanger yourself."

Scott kissed her cheek, "I won't," he ran to the lamps and turned from the lounge.

Meanwhile, Virgil was lowering the grabs to retrieve Thunderbird 4 with Gordon's help, but his mind was distracted by the events of the day. He had almost lost a brother, failed a mission and now had lost his father's own plane, as he thought about this tears came into his eyes and he thanked the stars Gordon wasn't in the cockpit with him at that moment.

"Line secure Virgil, pull her up but be careful."

Virgil cleared his throat, "not much more damage can be done to her Gordon, the pod is open. Be careful with the wiring."

"FAB. You ok big guy? You sound, well, you don't sound yourself."

"I'm fine. Hurry this up, we want to start repairs as soon as possible don't we?"

"Alright, in two pieces she's not that easy to manoeuvre," Gordon tutted and prepared the POD for a wounded Thunderbird 4 to slide into, "this is going to take a lot of work old girl, and it's all my fault," he winced as the first half came up to the surface and he pulled her into the pod using the towline, the second half followed and he locked the pod up, "Virgil, Thunderbird 4 is onboard, load the pod."

"FAB," Virgil fired the clamps and lifted the POD back into Thunderbird 2, "let's get home."

Gordon came up from the POD and rested his hand on Virgil's shoulder gently, "it's ok."

"I let you down bro, and I'm sorry. I should've fired something at the arms of that ship, maybe Thunderbird 4 would've been ok."

Gordon sat down in the co-pilot seat, "it's fine Virgil."

Virgil sighed, "I'll never forgive myself."

Gordon leant on his elbow watching the water below them shimmer, "we'll get working as soon as we get home."

Thunderbird 2 landed and the two boys headed to the lounge where Alan, Kayo and Grandma were standing by Jeff's desk.

"Virgil, Gordon. Thank God you're ok," Grandma walked down to them and pulled them into hugs, "oh Gordon, don't scare your grandma like that again."

Gordon smiled weakly, "I'm sorry, I wanted to get away but he got me."

Grandma stroked his head, "it's ok honey. Do you want anything to eat?"

"No, I'm ok thank you."

Grandma smiled, "you call me sweetie."

Kayo wrapped her arms around Virgil in a hug, "are you ok?"

"Yes, thanks, Kayo."

Alan hugged Gordon, "I thought I was going to lose you, brother."

"Never Ali. Virgil, shall we get going on Thunderbird 2?"

Virgil looked round, "yeah. First though, where's Scott?"

"He's gone off to find The Mechanic and bring back the TV21."

"What?" Virgil frowned, "is he crazy?"

Kayo nodded, "we couldn't stop him."

Virgil rubbed Kayo's shoulder, "just keep an eye on him, I've got a ship to fix."