Chapter 6;
Lady in danger
John's point of view.
It's in days like that that I cant' wait until the 25th of the month. That's when Alan comes to remplace me aboard the space station. For a few seconds, I thought that he played another prank on me by cutting the gravity generator, but then I realized that if he wanted to play that kind of prank on me, he would have hidden a bag of flour somewhere ( If you don't' get it, just think about that classic series, The Simpsons, in the episode where Homer goes in space with a bag of chips).
Some small debris must have hit Thunderbird 5. It has not made much damage, but the gravity generator is out of order. Result; everything –including me- is floating all over the place. I'll have to go fix it outside.
-"Calling International Rescue, calling International Rescue!"
I floated my way to the radio to take the call.
-"International Rescue here, What is it?"
-"This is Atlantic airlines flight 634 L.A.- London here. We crashed in the ocean, just outside of New-York. Believe it or not, the fuselage of the plane is still intact under the sea. You got to get us out of there. We have not much oxygen left.
-We'll take care of that!"
I cant quite put my finger on who it is , but I think somebody I know was supposed to fly L.A.-London today. Anyway, I have to call dad.
As soon as dad says that usual " Go ahead, John." , I heard Alan and Gordon laugh like they heard the best damn joke in the world.
-"Okay, okay, I know, I'm upside down! The gravity generator is broken. Why? I don't' know. That's not what im calling for. I just had an emergency call about a plane at crashed in the Atlantic ocean. Atlantic Airlines, flight 634, Los Angeles- London."
When I said the flight number, Gordon just popped out of his chair and said;
-"That's Molly's flight!"
-"Well, grab Thunderbird 4 and go save your lady in peril, kiddo!"
-"FAB!"
Like everyone, I knew all along that Gordie had a crush on Molly. Now, he has to go save her. It's not often you can say this about a rescue mission but it's kind of cute, and romantic! I' ve got a feeling that we're going to remember this one for a very, very long time.
Gordon's point of view.
-Let's do this thing! Come on, Virg! TB2 , pod 4!
-"Scott," Said dad, "take TB one"
I almost run to the passenger elevator. This rescue is a special one. I never had such an adrenaline rush. Hold on, Molly! We'll get ya out of there!
The big green bug takes off seconds after. For the first time, I wish I had to drive! I needed some way to get all that energy out of me. I even think I would make a few loopings!
We finally get to New York. Scott had all the time to install mobile control at the airport. TB2 hovers over danger zone and I've been ready in Thunderbird 4 for extra long minutes and that big brother of mine takes forever to launch to pod. I just cant' stand it and yell at him;
-Virg, will you finally drop that damn pod or what?
A second after, I feel the impact of the sea under the pod.
-"Let's go, Gordie!" I yell, with all the determination I can possibly have. As soon as I get in the water, I hear a woman's scared voice on TB4 radio.
-"Gordon! Where are you?"
-"I'm already in the water, Molly. Not far away from where you are."
- "Gordie, I'm scared!" As she says it, she is almost crying. That makes a tear roll down my face. More than ever, TB 4 goes just too slow for me. Way too slow.
-I already see the plane, I'll get you out of there in minutes. There's no reason to be scared! Am I trying to reassure me or her? We can't talk much longer.
-"F.A.B."
After that, I try to concentrate on the work. My heart is racing and I have droplets of sweat all over my forehead. I grab the controls and drive my little yellow sub near the wings of the huge commercial aircraft.
Now, calm down and concentrate, Gordon!
I take the controls of the laser cutters and start to cut down the wings and the motors of the plane to make it float. Slowly but surely, the laser cut through the steel of the wing. That was quite an easy task for Thunderbird 4.
The first wing falls, raising mud from the sea bed. With a wing missing, the plane looses its balance and collapses on its other side
Sorry to shake you guys, but that's part of the rescue.
I went on the other side and done the same thing with the other wing. Soon, the fuselage of the plane is free of the tremendous weight of the two reactors and begins to float. I followed it. When it's on the surface, I push it to the nearby shore and laser-cut a hole in the passenger's compartment, allowing fresh air to get in.
As some of the rescued look out that hole to see me, I 'm already out of their sight, deep in the water and on my way to get back in the pod
-Thunderbird 2 from Thunderbird 4, mission successfully completed. Returning to pod.
ON THE NEXT CHAPTER;
DON'T THINK THAT BECAUSE THE RESCUE IS OVER, THERE'S NO DANGER!
THERE'S A MOLE IN INTERNATIONAL RESCUE AND WE FIND OUT WHO IT IS.