Title: A Little Chaos
Part 3
Author: Gumnut
May 2019
Fandom: Thunderbirds Are Go 2015/ Thunderbirds TOS
Rating: Teen
Summary: A little conversation in less than optimal conditions.
Word count: 1506
Spoilers & warnings: Virgil/Kayo, Scott/Em.
Timeline: Sometime after 'Gentle Rain'
Author's note: Yeah, I should be writing 'The Bellini Incident', but this was supposed to be a quick fic, but then so was Bellini. This one will not be anywhere near as long and I will be back to Bellini asap.
The prompt: From a series of OC prompts. Kylorr asked for 5. Have they ever cheated on anyone before? And 7. How many partners have they had? I don't know if I'm going to answer either of them, but this is the fic that happened. I hope you enjoy it :D
Disclaimer: Mine? You've got to be kidding. Money? Don't have any, don't bother.
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Wellington Police had the entire block evacuated. The woman in charge did not look impressed as both Scott and Virgil approached.
Scott had nabbed a pod vehicle and flown down. Virgil had his exo-suit on and was seconds away from breaking through the nearest wall. He had piggy-backed the pod on the way down and his expression was fit to melt the visor on his helmet.
"Commander Tracy, this is a unsafe crime scene. I am aware that you have two operatives in the building, but please, you must trust us to defuse the situation."
"Ma'am, we have equipment that can assist." He tried to think over the sound of harsh breathing, a whimper from the woman he loved. A man's voice…
She pinned him with her eyes. "We will follow proven protocol to save lives, Commander. International Rescue has no jurisdiction in this case. Please-"
A gun fired within the building.
And over the comline.
"Kayo!"
Virgil moved and Scott reached out to grab him. "Virgil! No!"
"Kay!"
"Virgil!" Scott dug his fingers into his brother's shoulder and the expression he shot at Scott was one of desperation.
A woman's voice, threatening Em. God.
The sounds of a scuffle.
"You b-" Kayo was cut off as the comms screeched, something hitting it hard, and the line went silent.
But only for a moment.
"Bitch fought like a bloody wildcat."
The shoulder under Scott's fingers heaved.
"What did you expect? You knew what we were going up against." The sound of a flesh hitting flesh."You're an over confident moron."
"God, Lou, I did my best."
"Well, your best wasn't bloody good enough was it? Now she has two holes in her."
"I'm quite happy to give her another one. A more decisive one."
"You've killed enough today, Jerry."
"Never enough, Lou."
"They live, Jer, or we don't get our money. Now, tie up the wildcat and the cripple. Make sure she's not going to bleed out on us. We need to get moving. Her bloody boyfriend is outside with that damn Thunderbird of his. Move your ass or lose it."
Scott was staring at Virgil. The man looked fit to explode. What the hell? This was planned? His teeth clamped together and ground enamel.
"John, give me all the lifesigns in the building."
His brother didn't answer, a hologram appearing over Scott's wrist control without a word. A large proportion of the people in the building were clustered together in the centre on the top floor. Six life signs were off to one side, near the door to the closet the women had been hiding in.
"I like this one. She's pretty."
Scott's skin crawled. Only years of experience kept him rooted to the spot. He bit the inside of his cheek and tasted blood.
Em and Kayo were still quite a distance from the main group. "John, can you detect the weapons in the building?"
A series of red dots appeared beside the life signs. Five beside the large group. Four with Em and Kayo. Out the corner of his eye he noticed the police captain frowning at the hologram.
Scott ignored her.
Virgil turned, his gaze fixing on the display. "John, I need a structural readout."
He definitely wanted to go through a wall. Scott wouldn't mind joining him.
"We have yet to hear their demands." The captain had sidled up to them.
"Oh, I don't think they have any." Scott pressed his lips together. "They've got what they wanted."
She frowned up at him. "How do you know?"
"Thunderbird Five, relay the last section of overheard conversation to Captain Vona." The woman blinked as John connected to her headset without missing a beat. Her eyes widened as she heard the criminals' discussion.
"I need a copy of this for voice recognition analysis."
"Give it to her, John."
Her tablet pinged.
She stared at him a moment before punching repeatedly at the screen.
Virgil was still staring at the building's structure.
Nine armed personnel of unknown skill. Fifteen hostages plus his girlfriend and his sister.
He eyed the layout of the building.
"I have an idea."
-o-o-o-
Someone was touching her. She frowned and pain shot through her head. She gasped and let out a breath.
"That's it baby. Does that feel good?"
There was a hand on her belly, creeping up towards her bra line.
She opened her eyes to find Greasy Hair leaning over her, his hand up her skirt.
Oh god, no!
She pulled away, fingers automatically darting to her her palm sensors.
They were gone.
Looking down, her hoverscoot was still attached, but the fingers on her belly were undoing the harness.
Panic rose, she tried to roll away, but found her hands tethered to a pipe.
"Oh, I definitely like you. Your skin is so soft." His grin was no longer perfect, a swollen face and broken teeth due to Kayo's fist imprint skewed his expression, making it just that more terrifying as his fingers trailed just under her sports bra. "And you can't run."
A click of buckles and velcro and her 'scoot came away from her body. She couldn't feel his touch on her stumps, but she whimpered anyway.
"Oh, I like the sound of that. Do it again." He reached for her.
The wall beside her exploded into the room. A flash of blue, green and yellow and Greasy Hair was grabbed by a familiar claw and lifted bodily away from her. His squawk of fear was suddenly cut off as the claw squeezed, cutting off the man's breath.
"Em!" And Scott was there. Her Scott. Oh god, her Scott.
His fingers were at her wrists and her hands were free. She grabbed him and clung, her breath coming in short pants.
She discovered she was shaking.
And he was holding her so tight.
Oh god, her Scott.
The room lit up red and it shook her out of her daze for a moment. Virgil, it was Virgil in his exo-suit, had dropped Greasy Man in the corner and was now burning a hole in the wall on the other side of the room.
Beyond the door, there was a sudden roar of VTOL and breaking glass.
Scott untangled himself from her and darted over to secure Greasy Man before he regained his senses.
Virgil kicked the wall in.
A sharp flash of red and someone screamed. A gunshot.
"Virgil!" Scott launched himself towards his brother.
But Virgil did not respond, his step through the hole in the wall, firm and determined. Another bright flash of red and the sound of a something solid hitting the floor. both brothers disappeared through the hole in the wall.
Em inched over to her hoverscoot which lay discarded and now covered in dust. There was no sign of her palm sensors.
Shit.
Screw it. She'd do this the old fashioned way.
Putting one hand in front of the other, she dragged herself across the room. She didn't know where Kayo was, but chances were Virgil did, and last she saw of her friend, she was in need of medical attention.
She couldn't feel the masonry rubble beneath her stumps, but it bit into her hands. She still had her closed-end leggings on. The…bastard…hadn't got far enough to take them off her. Her stomach knotted. She shook herself. Focus now.
Fall apart later.
Peering through the hole Virgil had made, she found Garlic Breath and Weedy Man on the floor. Weedy Man was sporting burns to his hands. The burnt remains of their firearms lay beside them.
Scott and Virgil were on the other side of the larger room. Virgil had shed the arms of his suit in order to gather up an unconscious Kayo. She couldn't quite make out the quiet words his lips were forming.
Em opened her mouth to call out, just as the door to the room flung inwards and open. The blond woman from before charged in.
Her back was to Em, and her gun pointed at the two men on the other side of the room.
She hadn't seen the doctor, and as she aimed, Em took advantage.
Using everything she had, She pushed herself forward with one arm and grabbed the woman about the legs with the other.
They both went down.
"You bitch!"
Em had a split second of barrel in her face before a whirlwind of blue and grey disappeared the gun and grabbed her, pulling her away from the woman on the floor. A snap of bone, a thud and the woman was out cold.
Em's vision was suddenly full of his gorgeous blue eyes. "Are you okay?"
He was holding her so tight, so strong. She allowed herself a second to feel his safety, closed her eyes and took a shaky breath. "I need to see to Kayo."
He swallowed, blinked, and, without a further word, carried her over to his brother and his fiancee. She didn't fail to realise he was shaking almost as much as she.
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