Sorry about the wait! Not been very well so I've not been writing so I made this one a bit longer due to the wait.
Thank you to reviewers. Star*
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His eyes flickered open but they might have well have been closed as he could see nothing but blackness, but when the cold and dampness reached and pimpled his skin so did the pain and ache. "Damn" He swore as he tried to move his ankle and arm which had been badly hurt, as they at the same time the rest of him, had dived under the edge on the cavern to be as sheltered as possible from the pounding of rocks. As this mind began to clear thoughts of what had just happened came flooding back, his brother was nowhere to be seen, panic filled his mind as he reached for his watch to try and contact someone for help.************
"You're really not well enough, please stay here!" John was nearly begging Scott to remain on the surface while he, Brains and Gordon were about to go looking for Alan and Virgil.
"No, ok, I know where they were in the cavern and I am in-charge John so stop telling me what to do." Scott snapped, as his command was slowly been taken over on this mission due to a crack to the head.
"Both of you just stop arguing now or there be no-one to rescue!"
Gordon typically did what he was good at; stopped the heated argument but with a very blunt rudimentary point.
"Gordon! Don't say that, but he's right we got to find them and soon, Scott please stay at mobile control we will work faster without you with us." John stated expressing his worry and care in his words.
"Ok, but I want an open com link I need to know what's going on." Scott unusually backed down due to the desperation in John's voice, not the aching of his head, that Scott knew would mend his brothers might not be as lucky if they weren't found soon.
"Sure, Brains Gordo lets do it." John took charge in a way that surprised both his brothers and Brains, as John had never been in command before and was doing well in the position.
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"What's you're depth?" Scott boomed as loud as he could as getting heard through the sound of the mini moles, smaller drilling equipment designed to be used in the event of the mole being to big, wasn't easy.
"We are nearly at the location of Virgil" John's voice tailed off, "Or where he was"
They had found small potholes had appeared in the existing cavern, sometimes they could go minutes without needing to dig on their hover bikes, but then needing to tunnel for continuous minutes, reducing the amount of air left for both their brothers, if in fact they had survived.
"VIRGIL, VIRGIL YOU OK?" John's usually so quite voice as boomed and echoed off the walls making Gordon jump.
"VIRG, ALAN" Gordon yelled as they were digging through the last of the rocks to where there was a stable life sign behind, but only one.
"Sssttand bacckk JJohn wereee throuughh" Brain's voice was even more shaky as usual.
As the rocks fell away leaving the trails of light beams catching the dust creating look magic as they opened through to reveal a dirty soot covered dark haired young man. Blinking from the light that was flooding into the low slightly covered cavern that had now been opened by the blasted hole that 3 men ran through, at the sight of Virgil half sitting half lying on the rocky cold floor.
"Virgil" John screamed as he ran and hugged his elder brother, as Gordon and Brains followed him soon after.
"OK Johnny not so tight,"
Virgil voice was muffled through Gordon's IR jacket.
"Oh god were through you were dead, and we…where's Alan" John words wandered off.
"Alan, he was down there, he was with a child when the rocks fell, John you got to go get him" Virgil's started to panic and worry as he tried to move towards the hole where Alan lay down below. John also started worrying as he looked over into the black empty hole in which he could see no bottom.
"Calm down Virg, Brains can you get Virgil out of here we need to get Alan fast before the next slide"
"John I'm staying till we get Alan and we don't have that much time so hurry." Virgil said in a firm indisputable tone
"Oh all right but Scott wouldn't like this" It was John's turn to back down.
"NO I don't, but we need to find Alan but please be carefully boys" Scott chimed in and made all 4 jump.
"I'm going down, Brains check out Virgil see how bad he's hurt and Gordo you scan for life signs." John again gave out the orders, at the same time stressing that the rock fall hadn't crushed Alan like a bug.
It was dark and the rocks were uneven and jagged which cut and stabbed at John's hands and his weary body as he reached the bottom of the hole that had been created. The rocks were pilled high covering anyone who had been on the base of the fissure. John just prayed the rocks hadn't squashed his baby brother or the last child survivor and hoped they may have taken some shelter in the sides of the walls, which there was, John thought, very little.
"Where are you Alan?" John breathed.
"Gordon, any…"John paused as he moved some rocks so very carefully to see if they were people under them, and tried again.
"Gordo any…any life signs." John said with a shake in his voice expressing his worry.
It took Gordo a lot of courage to lift his red hair to look and reveal if his brother was in fact alive.
"Oh god, John there 2, but both weak, one very weak" Gordon's sentence created a look of dread on Virgil's grime covered face.
"About a metre below you maybe more" Gordo's voice expressed is relieve that this brothers were alive; there was something just not right about this mission.
"Ouch, that bloody killed" Virgil breathed as he was moved onto a stretcher as blood dripped down is tanned face and round his brown eyes.
"Ssorryy Virgill" Brain's was worried about his patient as Virgil was losing his colour, fast.
Ten more painful minutes passed in which Gordon and Brains got Virgil onto a stretcher while John lifted and shifted rocks that covered this brother.
"Virgil I'm taking you out of here you're not well, and no arguments" Gordon was taking after John as he picked up his brother and helped carry his out into the safe outside.
"Scott" Gordon yelled to his brother creating a smile on this elder brothers face as he saw Virgil next to him as they reached the sun dripped mountains and as the wind brushed through Gordon's ginger hair.
"Oh Virg" Scott hugged a now deathly pale Virgil and voiced his worry.
"We got to get you to a hospital, you're really sick" he said placing his hand on Virgil's head. Taking back charge Scott dished out the orders.
"Brain's, get Virgil to the sick area in Tb2 and start her up. Me and Gordo are going to help John, lets do it, because I want to go home." Scott's voice had regained its steel and power.
"We all do" Gordon seconded Scott's thoughts.
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As John had now got help from Scott together they had cleared a small section of the rocks, but both stopped when they found a section on blue material poking through, Alan's top. Scott quickly but clearly moved the rocks over his baby brother in his mind thinking prayers that his family would be safe.
"Oh god please be breathing" Scott reached for Alan's pulse as now they could clearly see Alan's flaxen hair but his irresistible dimples and cerulean eyes were not to be seen. The child was not badly hurt as Alan had covered her with himself to save her from harm.
"She alive Scott, just unconscious, John prayed the same would be for a much worse off looking Alan, who had colourful bruised covered his body already and blood dripped down one total side of his face. As Scott confirmed Alan was alive for now, he gentle scooped him up into his strong muscular arms, noticing he felt so light and life less.
"John we got to get Alan to a hospital he's breathing unsteady and he's got a bad head injury." Scott's voice shuddered with concern for Alan's position. John had climbed to the top of the hole with the child and shouted back to Scott.
"I'm coming back down to help you," John handed the child to Gordon and ordered him out of the cavern as the whole place trembled.
"Scott there going to be another slide" John yelled down to his brother.
"Stay there John, I'm bringing both me and Alan up on my harness because they no time" Scott didn't know if the harness and the rocks would hold but had no choice as the mountain vibrated again.
"Scott hurry" John's voice was scared and small and he covered his head as the ground moved below him.
As Scott's hand appeared on the edge of the hole, Scott passed a very lifeless Alan to him while he pulled himself up and clear.
"Lets go" Scott yelled at John as he carried his baby brother in his arms and both ran to the safety of outside as around them rocks began to fall.
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"Where are they? There's about to be another rockslide." Gordon shouted into TB2's radio as Brain's had been forced to take Thunderbird 1 up into the air as her base was crumbling around here.
"Gordon get TB2 up before the ground collapses," Brains informed him from above him.
"No Scott, John and Alan aren't here they be killed if I left now I'd never be able to land in time to get them"
Gordon was in two minds if he left now he the child and Virgil not to mention TB2 would be safe but if he stayed all of them may be crushed by the next slide, but he would leave his brother to be buried by the rocks. He didn't know whether to stay landed to provide a rescue and take the risk of losing everyone or be safe himself. He had to decide and quickly as rocks began to slide down the slopes from above his position on the mountain.
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Will Gordon stay? Will Alan, Scott and Virgil and John be ok? Or will ALL TB 3 pilots met an early rocky death, leaving no one to fly her? Is Brain's only looking out for himself and is jealous of the Tracy boys? I don't know!!
PLEASE R+R,
