Disclaimer: - I don't own, know or have anything to do whatsoever with the creators of the fabulous Thunderbirds. I just loved the film and vaguely remember the series when I was a small kid.
A/N sorry it's been a while but I have been Mega busy. First there was Collectormania, then my 24th birthday, then Masters of the ring and also my Graduation ceremony. On top of all that the computer broke so have been only able to browse the net and not upload anything I wanted to!
Camp Crisis!
Chapter 2: - Tents and Films
In the middle of the forest.
Alan, Fermat and the other boys in their group were tackling the tents, Fermat and Alan seemed to be ahead of, all of the others and were just finishing their first task of the trip. They turned to Miss Parker, she was sitting in front of her pitched tent and was having a cup of tea, she looked over and smiled before taking a another sip of her warm inviting cup of tea.
"Ok Alan and Fermat you take Giles and Tim with you and get some wood for the campfire." This came from Mr turner who was still trying to put up his tent.
The four went of to get their wood and stuff for the fire and Fermat was not looking too pleased. As they left the area Alan and Fermat glanced over at Miss Parker who lifted up the flap of her bag. Inside the bag Fermat caught site of a bumper size bag of marshmallows, he smiled seeing the enjoyment in their teachers eyes, its not a usual look a teacher has, as most teachers don't know the meaning of fun!
Alan was looking for small thin sticks to put the marshmallows on and Fermat, Tim and Giles were gathering large thick burn-able piles of wood. Alan felt a presence in the forest around him, but he ignored it and continued to pick up the sticks from the floor.
"Alan, do you think we have enough?" Yelled Fermat from the other side of the clearing.
"Probably!" he replied with a chuckle, this was at the fact that the three boys were overloaded with enough would to build their own forest.
As they returned back to the camp, Alan thought that Miss Parker had some similarities to lady P, as she had grace and elegance in her appearance and seemed to handle any situation with out a problem at all. They pilled the logs and sticks next to the tents occupied by the teachers and went and sat down by their own little domains.
Miss Parker smiled and started to dish out the marshmallows to the children gathered around the camp area.
...........In the middle of the night.
Alan turned over for the 5th time in five minutes and Fermat slapped the sleeping bag of his tent mate!
"Owe what was that for?" said Alan.
"How can I s s s sleep, when you keeping moving about?" replied Fermat.
"Sorry Fermat, I'm just restless, I get this bad feeling that some one is watching me!" said Alan in a tired and weary voice.
"Well you do have the watchful eyes of all the insects and creatures in the forest here, as there are approximately 50 d d d different species of insect, mammal and b b b birds in this acre of land alone!" He said knowing it would not really calm Alan down and then added, "not to mention the teachers!"
"Thank you Fermat that helps me relax a lot better now." He replied and rolled on to his side and closed his eyes.
Back on Tracy Island
"Dad, dad come on the film is about to start!" yelled Scott from his place on the sofa.
"Popcorns done!" Virgil came bouncing over from the kitchen with a large bowl of popcorn, and half a handful got shoved into his mouth.
Jeff had reluctantly agreed to watch a film with the boys, Scott had chosen the film and not told anyone what one it was. Virgil bounced onto the sofa next to Scott and his dad, Gordon was sitting on the floor in front of him and John was just walking into the room.
"Where am I supposed to sit then?" said John as he approached the sofa.
"Next to me bro." Said Gordon on the floor.
"Should have got down here a little quicker Johnny boy!" said Virgil
John walked over and sat down next to Gordon, and Scott pressed play on the film, he grinned as the opening credits rolled on, a black background and a skull and cross bone approached the screen.
Back at the camp
Alan felt a chill run down his spine and opened his eyes; he then realised that the tent was not there.
"Fermat where did the tent go?" he asked.
"What do you mea..." started Fermat and then silence fell.
"Fermat the tent is not here open your eyes and look!" He said.
Fermat did not answer as he was staring at a really thick pair of glasses and long golden red hair. He knew exactly who it was; it was not someone from the school or any one from the rescue unit they had, had a talk with on forest and camping safety. He bit his lip and turned on his emergency signal on his watch in the sleeping bag as he stared at the one and only transom.
"Fermat?" said Alan not hearing an answer and then he sat up straight. He looked forward and not to the side where Fermat was lying as he saw the unmistakable face and bald-head of his archenemy 'The hood'.
"Hello Alan, fancy meeting you here!" Said the Hood with a raise of his eyebrows.
"I knew something was wrong in this area, because it smelt really bad and I mean really, really bad." Said Alan knowing the Hood would have been here for a while before he made his move.
The Hood and Transom moved back slightly, Transom knowing her place stood slightly behind the Hood. They stood there while Mullion rounded up the rest of the children in their group and placed them together by Alan and Fermat. In the background Alan spotted Miss Parker who had taken a pole from her tent and smashed it over the head of Transom who fell to the ground. She walked around Transom and then moved in and smashed it over the head of the Hood, who also fell to the ground. She was then confronted face to face with mullion, he had seen her and was ready to do some damage. Mullion was twice the size of her and looked a lot stronger than she was, she stood and gulped but did not run away she would tackle him no matter what the damage.