It was supposed to be a simple mission. Key word being 'simple'. He and Gordon had been called out to rescue a fishing trawler that had taken on water and the crew needed a lift back to the mainland. While he was expecting some of the men to be reluctant to leave the boat, what he had not expected was to be thrown overboard by the frantic captain who had refused to leave so Scott decided to sedate him to transport him easier, however the man had put up a struggle and had thrown him off the boat. As he sank deeper into the water and his vision blurred his mind wondered to his brothers and hoped that they were safe and when he suddenly felt someone pushing his stomach trying to get the water out.
"…damn it! ...ott wake up!" Gordon's voice sounded so far away, Scott briefly wondered if he was yelling from the other end of a football field when his mind suddenly lurched, Gordon never yelled unless he was in trouble. Was Gordon in trouble?! He quickly sat up but that proved to be a mistake as his world began to spin.
"hey, Scotty. You with me?" came Gordon relieved voice, Scott turned and saw that they were on Thunderbird 1's emergency platform still in the middle of the sea.
"wha-what happened?" Scott asked his little brother frowning at how weak his voice sounded
"you nearly drowned that's what, but don't worry squid man's got you covered" came the cherry reply as the platform slowly rose up.
"drowned?" Scott asked still confused and Gordon frowned at him in concern
"you don't remember?"
"not really" he mumbled rubbing his head, trying to clear his thoughts
"well, we should ask Virgil to take a look at you, he should be back from his rescue with Alan by the time we get back." Gordon reassured him as he carefully locked the platform back and lay Scott down on a stretcher.
"hey, what are you doing?" Scott demanded as Gordon locked him in
"strapping you down, Virgil would kill me if he found out that I let you fly after your near death experience"
"there's no way…I'm…letting you fly…" Scott trailed off as his eye lids refused to keep open
"sorry Scottie, but it's for the best" Gordon said before walking into the cockpit, Scott watched him as his thunderbird's engines slowly drifted him to sleep.