Chapter 13: The Final Battle
Christine landed Thunderbird 6 to see the Thunderizer unloading from Thunderbird 2's pod. She grabbed one of the tranquilizer guns and rushed out of Thunderbird 6. Mullion and the Hood were in the Thunderizer and Transom was guiding them off the ramp. Christine lined Transom up in her sights and fired. The dart hit her right in the neck and she collapsed. Christine chuckled "Sweet dreams."
The Hood and Mullion saw Transom collapse and swung the Thunderizer around so it was targeting the London Eye (the world's biggest Ferris wheel). Then the Hood fired taking down two of the support struts of the London Eye and proceeded to the bank.
The Tracys were exiting Thunderbird 3 just as the London Eye was fired upon. They heard Christine over the comlink "Guys get Thunderbird 2 in the air ASAP. I have a plan."
They boarded Thunderbird 2 and it was in the air in no time. Thunderbirds 2 and 6 made it over to the London Eye just as it was starting to tip over. Christine fired four support cables from Thunderbird 6 to prevent the London Eye from falling on the pedestrians screaming below.
"Thunderbird 2 to base, are you sure that Thunderbird 6 can hold that?" asked Alan.
"D…d…no need to worry Alan, it was designed to be able to lift Thunderbird 2" assured Brains which made everyone's eyebrows shoot up in amazement followed by Gordon whistling his.
"Okay guys, I want you to use the rescue platform to evacuate the civilians that are on the London Eye. When that's done I'll lower the London Eye slowly and then we can go after the Hood" Christine ordered.
"Yes ma'am" they said smiling at her taking command so suddenly.
The rescue went very smoothly and before they knew it they were finished. Thunderbirds 2 and 6 landed down gracefully again and everybody ran into the bank of London.
The bank was already empty, due to the Thunderizer in the middle of the building tunneling right through the safe door. Mullion was watching guard as the Hood was manipulating the controls of the Thunderizer. Mullion smiled thinking what he was going to spend his millions on when he was rudely interrupted by five Tracys jumping him.
While the boys were trying to restrain Mullion, Christine snuck over to the Thunderizer. She pulled out the tranquilizer gun she still had and aimed it mere inches from the Hood's head. "Stop what you're doing now" she commanded.
"Well, Hello there Lt. Carter. It's nice to see that you're awake and in full control again" teased the Hood his eyes changing red.
Christine shook her head for a second fighting off the Hood's control "You're not going to do that again to me" she said "You are going to be stopped for good this time"
The Hood stepped out of the Thunderizer "on the contrary my dear" he said taking off his jacket to show C4 strapped all over a vest. The Hood activated a timer counting down from ten minutes "If you do try to stop me this bomb will go off" showing her a protected detonation switch on the vest too.
"You wouldn't be stupid enough to blow yourself up. This is a lose-lose situation for you" she retorted.
"Actually, no. If I detonate the bomb the Tracys will die and my revenge is complete. If you let me go free I still win."
Seeing that Christine wasn't backing down he sighed "I guess we're going to have to do this the hard way" with on quick swipe he knocked the gun out of her hands. "You have no idea who you are messing with"
"Neither do you" she smiled and attacked the Hood.
Mullion was finally restrained and the Tracys stood there catching their breath. They heard fighting and turned to see the Hood and Christine in hand to hand combat. Christine was driving the Hood back towards the safe. The Hood seemed to be having difficulty blocking most of the blows she was inflicting. When Christine got more confidence and thought she was winning, the Hood attacked with vengeance.
Christine was barely able to block all of the attacks and she was beginning to weary. She glanced to see the Tracys hurrying to assist her "Get out of here now!" she screamed "he has C4…he's going to blow up the building in ten minutes!"
Scott stopped them "Evacuate the area and stay away. I'll go help Christine and get her out of here. That's an order." He looked at his brothers knowing that they didn't want to leave him, but they nodded and left following which was probably his last orders. He watched them leave hoping that he will see them again after all of this.
Christine was finished, she hit the ground exhausted knowing that she couldn't get back up. Then the Hood pushed his foot to her throat, choking her. He grinned in triumph but stopped and looked up to see Scott rushing towards them. The Hood noticed the tranquilizer gun just two feet from Christine's hand. Christine went for it, but the Hood's eyes changed and the gun flew to his hand before she could grab it. He fired it at Scott and the dart hit him right in the shoulder, but Scott was close enough that he was able to tackle the Hood off Christine before falling unconscious.
The Hood pushed Scott's limp form off of him and got up to finish Christine off, but she was gone. The Hood looked around everywhere to see where she was hiding but she seemed to have vanished. "Ohhh Christine…Where are you?" he called. There was no answer. Then the Hood pulled out a gun from an ankle holster and pointed it at Scott. "If you don't come out and surrender I'm going to kill him!"
Christine stood up from her hiding place from the Thunderizer and walked towards the Hood with her hands in the air. The Hood smiled and pointed the gun at her chest and fired. She dodged, but the bullet was faster and it hit her upper left arm. Christine hit the ground hissing in pain watching helplessly as the Hood pointed the gun at Scott.
The Hood cocked the gun "Say good bye to your boyfriend"
Letting her fear and rage engulf every fiber of her being Christine got up and attacked the Hood with renewed strength. She knocked the gun out of his hand which skidded away and elbowed him right in the nose. The Hood stumbled clutching his nose while his eyes watered, but Christine gave him no reprieve and continued her assault.
The Hood hit the ground clutching his already injured shoulder that Christine punched. He was tired and had no strength to get back up. He saw the glint of his gun and went for it, but Christine was faster this time and she was standing over him with the gun in her hand. She looked at the timer on the vest and saw that they had four minutes left.
"Now my dear" she said mocking the Hood "you're going to deactivate the bomb or I'm going to put a bullet in your skull!"
The Hood laughed and then smashed the protective cover over the detonation switch which triggered the bomb. The timer counted down twice as fast. Christine looked around and noticed a room not too far away hoping there was still a chance of survival. She ran as fast as she could to Scott and dragged him to the room, the whole time hearing the Hood laughing hysterically.
"You're never going to live through this!" he yelled "This bomb is going to flatten half of the building and you along with it!"
At that comment Christine shut the door. She flipped a table on its side and dragged Scott behind it. She shielded Scott as much as she could with her body then she heard an explosion and the walls started rumbling. The door ripped off the wall and that was the last thing she saw before being consumed by darkness.
John, Virgil, Gordon, and Alan were outside when the bomb blew. They turned t see half of the building collapsing. It didn't take to long for the dust to settle. When it did Alan activated his wrist comlink "Scott are you there? Scott can you here me?" There was no answer. "Damnit Scott quit dicking around!" pleaded Alan.
John snapped in commander mode "Virgil, you and I will take Thunderbirds 2 and 6 and start removing the large pieces of rubble. Alan and Gordon you guys coordinate the ground recovery. Let's go!" and off they went.
After an hour of searching, their hope was starting to wear thin. Alan refused to give up but the rest knew that the chances of finding Scott and Christine alive were becoming hopeless.
Two hours later, Alan's voice was getting hoarse from calling Scott and Christine. He stopped digging and started to cry from exhaustion and his vanishing hope. Now he knew they were just searching to find their bodies.
Gordon saw Alan and came over to give him a hug shedding silent tears of his own. "It's okay sprout. We'll find them."
"No it's not okay, even if we find them they're going to be dead" he sobbed.
"Don't you ever think that Alan. They're going to be alive and we will find them. I promise" he reassured his little brother.
Just when they were about to go back to work they heard knocking and a muffled voice coming from underneath. Gordon and Alan looked at each other with renewed hope and started digging.
Fifteen minutes later they saw an opening. Alan squeezed in and looked up at Gordon with a giant smile on his face "They're here and they're alive!"
(TBC)
Author's NotesSorry it's been so long since I've updated. I'll just blame it on Mid-terms. Hope you enjoyed the chapter the others will follow soon :)