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I apologize for the long wait. I've been busy with assignments and also tiny bit of writer's block.
I'm glad those of you who reviewed are enjoying this fic so far. I'll try to get this updated quicker, but culminating assignments are starting to come up in school, so it might get pushed back at times.
Chapter Two
Exiting the earth's atmosphere layers, Alan was met with the change from blue sky to black abyss with the stars all around in the distance. He was mesmerized for a few minutes, as this was still new territory to Alan despite his previous few journeys into space. Turning his attention back to the control panel, he went through his procedures.
"Thunderbird 3 to Thunderbird 5, do you copy?" Alan asked, waiting for John's answer. It took a few seconds longer then usual, but John's reply came through.
"Hey Alan." John said visual screen in front of Alan flickering on. "Well it looks like communications are slightly improved. How far are you from docking?" John asked.
"Are the tracking systems not working?" Alan asked wondering why John was asking him this. John shrugged his shoulders and scratched the back of his head.
"Well it was, but with long range radar out, it decided to take a nap too." John said leaning back in his chair. Alan shook his head and scanned the panel in front of him.
"I'm about 5 minutes from destination. The readings are saying that Thunderbird 5's docking locks are down too." Alan said looking up at John. John raised an eyebrow and leaned to his left to look at a screen.
"And that's left as well. Well manual docking then I guess. I'm starting to think you should have brought Brains with you." John said, focus back on Alan.
"Seems so. I'm just approaching now. I'll switch to manual, and then override the door when I get there." Alan said.
"F.A.B. Alan. See you in a few." John said before switching off. Alan switched to manual and took control of Thunderbird 3. Gently maneuvering the ship, he brought it up along Thunderbird 5 and eased it on its side to connect it with Thunderbird 5. Quickly locking the dock locks between the two ships, Alan then inputted the override system to airlock the doors. Making a final check over the control panel, Alan got up and made his way to the airlock room.
Over on Thunderbird 5 John sat in his seat, slightly swaying the seat as he patiently waited. The control panel behind him started blinking, letting John know that Alan was boarding. Pressing a few buttons, John pushed himself out of the chair and made his way over to the door. Waiting for the secure lights to flash on saying that it was safe to open the door, he saw the green and yellow light flicker on, and opened the door. Walking along the air duct chamber, John walked over to Thunderbird's 3 doors where Alan was unloading the cargo onto a trolley. Alan looked over his shoulder and upon seeing John, smiled and turned around to welcome John's embrace. John ruffled Alan's hair before letting Alan go.
"Hey Alan."
"Hey John. I got something for you." Alan said smiling up at John. John raised a brow and looked down at Alan.
"What is it this time? A ferret?" Alan shook his head and walked back into Thunderbird 3. Curious, John followed only to have a box suddenly pushed into his arms.
"I'm guessing this is it?" John said, looking at the box not liking the fact that it was only spare parts needed for Thunderbird 5. Alan grinned carrying over another box and loading it on the trolley, leaving no room for John to put his down.
"Yeah, and if you're good I'll give you the rest." Alan said before pushing the trolley over into Thunderbird 5.
"Maybe I got lucky and got a working coffee machine." John muttered to himself before following Alan. Walking into the space station John set the box down on a work bench before making his way over to the computers. Bringing up the connection system, he patched a call home. The screen was slightly static and unresponsive for a few seconds before it came to life, his father's face replacing the blank screen.
"Hey John. I'm guessing Alan's there now." Jeff said.
"What a mess. Did you finally get fed up and start fighting back against the computers?" Alan's voice filtered through the room causing Jeff to smile and John to smile and look over his shoulder.
"I'll take that as a yes." Jeff said. "How are things going up there?"
"Well we found out the automatic docking locks aren't working either now." John said letting his dad know the bad news. Jeff sighed and brought a hand to his temple.
"I'm guessing this will delay things a bit?" Jeff asked, not liking the sound of things.
"Only by a little I hope." John said. Jeff seemed to be thinking something over.
"Well you're first to get the communications and main power running. That's our main problem at the moment." Jeff said.
"F.A.B. I'll report back once we've cleared that up." John said smiling at his dad. Jeff gave a nod.
"F.A.B. John, say hello to Alan for me."
"Will do." John said before switching off the communications. Turning his chair around he got up and went to find Alan. Walking back to Thunderbird 3, John saw Alan with the last crate of supplies.
"All done Alan?"
"Yep. It sure looks like a lot more than what you asked for." Alan said scrunching his face up.
"Yeah, but I'm sure every piece will be put to good use." John said, taking the crate from Alan. They both made their way back onto Thunderbird 5. After sorting out the supplies John and Alan stood in front of the main computers checking over systems.
"I think we're going to have to replace some of the wires that were fried in the storm. That'll take some time up." John told Alan. Both moved behind the control panels and slowly took it apart revealing the nerve systems. A few sparks few out at Alan making him jump back a bit.
"Careful. You don't want to singe your hair off." John cautioned Alan. Alan shook his head and moved back over.
"Kinda late notice, huh?" John shook his head at the remark.
"We'll finish this and then move onto something else." John said before putting gloves on and checking the wiring through the system.
Well there's the next chapter. Hopefully I'll get the next one up soon, as well as Inevitable.
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