April 5th 2060 - 07:27 BST

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard! Please take note of our safety instructions..." says the passenger announcement.

Kayo was at London Heathrow Airport, Terminal 6, after taking a week break from International Rescue, at Alan and Scott's request. While she was there, she went against orders and managed to get in contact with the GDF base at RAF North Weald in search for more leads on The Hood. Her return flight was on Fireflash, where Brains had helped design new engines to reduce the travel time between London and Sydney, while making sure it was environmentally friendly.

Kayo gets annoyed with the guy who was sitting next to her, trying to flirt with her, "I will not repeat myself. Fuck off, I'm not interested in you, I've got eyes for someone else."

"Erm, Sorry Miss..." the guy replies.

Then, Kayo's wrist com starts beeping, as she was getting a call and answers, after turning her chair, "Kayo here. Hello, Alan," Kayo says.

"Yo, how does it feel, travailing home with the general public?" Alan asks.

"I wish Brains would hurry up and finish his upgrades to Thunderbird S," Kayo replies.

"Well, at least you'll be able to check out his upgrade to Fireflash while you're on it," Scott says, walking into the mission control room with Marion.

"I can hardly wait," Kayo says sarcastically, "Hello Marion."

"Evening, or should I say morning," replies Marion.

"How's your training?" Kayo asks.

"Well Scott says I'm doing well," replies Marion.

"Good to hear. I'm guessing combat training next?" Kayo asks, and receives a nod from Marion.

"Also Kayo, as much as we can't wait to see you I uh... wouldn't rush, Grandma Tracy baked you a cake," Alan says.

"When will she learn," Kayo says with a look of disgust, "Just thinking about it is making me sick."

Then there was an announcement to say that the plane would be taking off, as it was taxied to runway 3.

Fireflash takes off but then London Tower looses contact with the plane over Romania, International Rescue is called.

5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Thunderbirds are Go!

"Fireflash has disappeared," the controller at London Tower says.

April 5th 2060 - 18:42 NZST

"London Control, this is International Rescue. I picked up your alert about Fireflash. Please confirm," John says.

"International Rescue. Yes, it's vanished... into thin air," the controller replies.

"Satellite imaging confirms no wreckage, so they haven't crashed," John says, "Don't worry we'll find it," and he calls Tracy Island.

"Guys, it's John," says John appearing on the hologram seeing Scott, Marion, Alan and Virgil sitting down, "Kayo's plane has gone missing."

"What do you mean?" panics Alan.

"We've just talked to her," Scott says.

"It's literally disappeared. We can't find it. There's no indication it crashed, so no need to panic," John says looking directly at Alan.

"Have you ever seen me panic Thunderbird 5?" asks Scott.

"When Dad went missing," mutters Alan.

"Figure of speech. I'm trying her communicator now," John says.

April 5th 2060 - 09:51 AST (Iraq sky's)

"So, then, Miss..." the guy says attempting conversation.

"Kyrano," Kayo replies, not interested and felt like punching the man.

"Kyrano? You probably don't know this but, uh, from what I hear, this new hypersonic engine..." the guy says, but Kayo gets distracted by the change in direction of the sunlight coming in from the window.

"That's odd," Kayo says, and sees the co-pilot walking down the plane towards them, "Pardon me, but why are we changing course?" Kayo asks the co-pilot.

"I'm sorry?" questions the co-pilot.

"The sunlight coming into the cabin is shifting, indicating we're changing course from southeast to east. Why's that?" Kayo asks the co-pilot.

"Uh... Will you excuse me?" the co-pilot replies and walks back to the cockpit, while Kayo went to check in with John on her communicator.

"John, it's Kayo. Can you do me a favour and check Fireflash's flight path?" Kayo asks but she receives static meaning, "No signal."

Not a minute later a disturbing message (to Kayo) is said, saying that everyone needs to put on a rebreather mask, due to a depressurisation in the cabin. Kayo doesn't touch the rebreather as she knew there isn't a problem. But everyone else did and passes out. She then hears someone walking towards her. Taking a deep breath she put her rebreather mask on and held her breath and pretended to sleep. After the person walks past she takes it off. Quickly, Kayo heads to the cockpit and sees the,

"Co-pilot out cold and the captain up to no good," Kayo says, and takes a look around, "This isn't exactly normal..." She then sees a signal hammer under the control desk, "...and neither is this thing," and rips it off disconnecting it and the contacts John.

"Thunderbird 5, it's Fireflash. You there?" asks Kayo.

"There you are," exclaims John.

"We have a situation aboard the plane," Kayo explains.

"You've been invisible for the last half hour," John says.

"Invisible?" asks Kayo.

"You're back on visual and radar now. You had us worried," John replies.

"It must be some kind of cloaking device," Kayo says, and takes another look at the co-pilot, "Listen, this is weird, but Hanson has hijacked his own plane. He used the oxygen masks to knock everyone out," Kayo says.

"It's not Captain Hanson. They found the real Captain Hanson just a few minutes ago, tied up in a crew locker," Scott tells Kayo.

"Well, if it's not Hanson, then who is it?" asks Kayo.

"Someone in disguise steals a hi-tech plane. Who do you think?" asks Alan.

"The Hood," Kayo says.

"Kayo, get out of there now," Virgil says.

"Easier said than done," Kayo says as she sees The Hood walking back towards the cockpit.

April 5th 2060 - 19:26 NZST

"You found Kayo's plane?" Gordon asks walking in after doing a rescue in Thunderbird 4.

"Yeah, but she's in trouble. The Hood is in there," Alan says, clearly worried.

"Me and Marion will go and intercept in Thunderbird 1. The rest of you wait here until we pinpoint their destination. We don't want you on a wild goose chase," Scott says.

"No. We'll follow you and bring module 2. If I'm right by the time you'll get there it'll be too late to launch Thunderbird 2," Alan says, and before anyone could say anything he rushes off to the module bay.

"FAB, little bro," Scott mumbles, "Virgil let's go."

5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Thunderbirds are Go!

April 5th 2060 - 15:36 CST (China sky's)

"Come out, come out, wherever you are. If you surrender now, I won't hurt you... too badly," says The Hood.

While The Hood was trying to find Kayo in the belly of the plane, Scott attempts to call Kayo, as he is trying to find Fireflash (he's currently over India), "Come on Kayo pick up," Scott sighs annoyed.

"Your timing is terrible. You'll lead The Hood right to me. Give me 15 seconds and call back," Kayo whispers, hanging up and smirks. 15 seconds later Scott calls again and this distracts The Hood long enough for Kayo to lay her first punch on him, breaking a rib.

"Why am I not surprised it's you?" The Hood asks.

"Ruining your fucking plans is the best part of my job," Kayo replies and throws a large fuel canister at The Hood, breaking several ribs.

"Ow," cries The Hood.

"Oh, shit? Did that hurt? Want some more? We'll try eating this shit," Kayo says, and continues the fighting.

"Why does everyone else get to have the best toys?" The Hood asks.

"You're after the new engines," Kayo says.

"Rather than go through a bunch of tiresome corporate espionage, I just decided to take the whole plane," The Hood says.

"That's not gonna happen," replies Kayo, as The Hood goes to punch her, but she dodges it and subsequently he hits the fuel storage controls.

"Warning! Fuel leak detected! Warning!" a computer ordinated voice says.

"Quite a chip off the old block," The Hood says.

"You leave my family out of this, you bitch," Kayo says.

"Don't you mean 'our' family?" The Hood asks, "Its 'bout time you stopped this hero shit and come work for me!"

"Not now, not ever; your cloaking devise is shot, everyone knows we're we are, International Rescue is on their way and when we land, the Global Defence Force will be waiting for you with handcuffs."

"Well, that's certainly not gonna happen. And who's gonna land this thing? You?" asks The Hood.

"Yes, me," replies Kayo, throwing a punch.

"With damaged avionics and a leaking fuel line?" The Hood asks, punching Kayo in the chest knocking her to the ground.

He then makes a run for the escape pod. Kayo eventually gets up and runs to see The Hood entering the pod.

"I may have lost the plane. But International Rescue is gonna loose so much more!" The Hood cries, "Good luck with the landing," and with that detaches the escape pod and flies away.

Kayo narrows her eyes as she contacts John, "Thunderbird 5, you there? I have a situation," Kayo says.

"Satellite readings indicate you're still at Mach 5 headed east, much further north than you should be," explains John, "Thunderbird 1, I'm sending you her position and projected rout."

"On an intercept course now," Scott replies, "What about The Hood?"

"He got away," says Kayo.

"I'll alert the GDF to his last known position," John says.

"What's the status of the passengers?" asks Scott.

"Oxygen's now feeding the emergency masks. Passengers should be waking up soon," explains Kayo.

"Fireflash, I suggest you adjust your course back south," John says.

"Negative. I'm leaking fuel and need to put this thing on the ground," Kayo explains.

"We need to find you a landing strip long enough to handle Fireflash to see if we can land it before Thunderbird 2 arrives," says Scott.

"Got one. It's a decommissioned space port in the Gobi Desert," John says.

"I see it. I'm disabling autopilot and dropping down to subsonic speed," Kayo says.

"Good luck," says John.

"Fireflash is cruising at 10,000 feet, air speed of 300 knots," Kayo explains.

"Thunderbird 1 is over the Gobi," says Marion.

"On my scopes, 1. You should have visual contact with Fireflash in 5... 4..." John starts but Scott interrupts him.

April 5th 2060 - 15:52 CST

(China-Mongolia Boarder Sky's)

"Contact," Scott says, "We're gonna perform a fly-by to make sure there's no visible external damage." He then proceeds to move Thunderbird 1 around Fireflash, looking for any damage.

"Everything looks okay," Marion says.

"You should be coming up to that landing strip," John says.

"FAB," replies Kayo.

"Looking good Fireflash," says Scott.

"Deploying landing gear," Kayo announces and puts the wheels down, or was meant to as only one came down. No-one realizes until Kayo moves into land.

"Kayo! Only one wheel came down!" cries Marion, "If you land like that, the plane could pinwheel and disintegrate! Pull up, abort the landing!"

"Few," breaths Kayo.

"Kayo, I'm sorry. I should have had you check the landing gear first," Scott apologies.

"It was my responsibility," Kayo says with a sigh.

"Can you lower the landing gear manually?" John asks.

"Afraid not, the co-pilot is still out cold after his encounter with The Hood. I'm the only person on the plane awake," Kayo explains.

"Ooh, never mind," replies John.

"Uh guys? Not so good news. My fuel tanks are really low, maybe 10 minutes left," Kayo says.

"Could you put her down without landing gear?" asks John, "Empty the fuel tanks to make the plane lighter. There might be relatively little collateral damage."

"The Hood punctured a fuel tank in the cargo hold. All that fuel's in the belly of the plane. A spark there could turn Fireflash into Fireball," Kayo explains.

"Shit. Where's Thunderbird 2? We need them here now," Scott says.

"Actually, we're right here," Virgil says.

"Sorry for the wait Thunderbird 1," says Gordon.

"That's okay, now we don't have a moment to spare," says Scott, "Virgil, Gordon, go and configure a couple of pods as landing gear, and bring 2 remote ones with you just in case. Alan take over mission control. I'll observe from above."

"FAB!" The 3 said in unison and Virgil and Gordon go through the back door to the module and rig up 4 pods. They enter the front 2 and Virgil remotely controls the back 2.

"Ground-based landing gear is ready to roll," Gordon says.

"FAB," replies Alan, "Setting the module down now. Standby for touchdown," and sets Thunderbird 2 down before rising on the legs so Virgil and Gordon can exit.

"FAB," says Gordon.

"Pods deployed!" Virgil says.

"We're ready for you, Kayo," Gordon says.

"I'm on approach now," Kayo says.

"I'll take off just in case the backup needs backup," says Alan and launches Thunderbird 2.

"Alright," Virgil says, and looks out the wing mirrors, "You're coming in way too hot. Try to slow down to just above stall speed."

"Yeah. These pods aren't exactly built for racing. We're not even sure if it can match your speed," Gordon says.

"Remote ones coming in from behind," says Virgil.

"Work on your confidence building skills boys," jokes Kayo.

"Raise the pads," says Alan.

"Virgil, move 2 meters to your right," Marion says and Virgil does so, "And bring pod C, 6 meters behind you."

"Gordon you need to gain four meters on Virgil, with pod D, 7 meters behind," Alan explains as Gordon speeds up.

"Easy," says Gordon.

"Easy," says Virgil.

"Kayo, cut your speed a few more knots," Alan says, just as Fireflash makes contact with the 4 pods and start to slow down.

"It worked!" cries Gordon.

"Sure did," says Virgil.

"Good work," Alan says, as he observes Fireflash slowing down on the runway.

Gordon then sees a problem, "Shit! Guys... little help."

"What's wrong?" Marion and Scott ask together.

"The planes to heavy," Alan cries as he also notices the back pods get squished as well.

"This isn't good," Virgil says.

"Hang on, I'm going up again," Kayo says.

"Fireflash, a plane full of passengers is depending on you," John says.

"So, are Virgil and Gordon!" Kayo exclaims. She takes Fireflash back up and the four pods flip and go crashing into the sand, breaking apart.

After a few more rolls the bodies finally come to a stop and Virgil and Gordon get out, "We're okay!" cries Gordon.

"John we need another plan. Now," demands Scott.

"There's no time. I don't even have enough fuel to make another attempt at the runway," Kayo explains.

"Oh no," whispers Alan.

"I'm going to try to ditch it in the desert at least you guys won't get hurt," Kayo says.

"What about the fuel in the belly of the plane?" John asks.

"I know. Look, if I don't make it..." Kayo says.

"Kayo!" yells Alan.

"No way," Scott says.

"No happening," says Marion

"No, Kayo!" says Gordon and Virgil.

"Quite down! Anyway, if I don't make it, I just want you to know I appreciate you all coming to my rescue. I may not have started life with 5 brothers, but..." Kayo says starting to tear up.

"Fuck this Kayo, you're gonna hold onto something," Alan says.

"No Alan! Maybe the deserts sand will stop the sparks," Kayo says.

Alan then flies Thunderbird 2 over Fireflash, "Alan, what are you doing?" asks Scott.

"Kayo! I'm fucking serious, hold onto something," Alan tells down the coms, scaring everyone. Alan then fires the metal grapples and they link underneath Fireflash, "Got you, you piece of shit."

Alan then uses Thunderbird 2's reverse thrusters to put Fireflash in a bum dive (with the nose pointing upwards) and using all of the crafts strength, safely lands the plane.

"Now why didn't I think of that," Virgil says.

"It worked!" cries Gordon and Marion.

"Well done," Scott and John say together.

"Awesome!" Alan remarks at his own work, as Scott and Marion land Thunderbird 1, next to Fireflash and meets; Alan, Kayo, Virgil and Gordon on the tarmac. Alan and Kayo exchange a smile and a hug.

"Great job everyone," Scott says to the group before turning to Kayo, "Kayo those people, owe you their lives."

"What about The Hood? He got away again," Kayo explains.

"He'll get what's coming to him. Besides, you stopped his plot to steal the plane and we did save all the passengers," Marion replies.

"Sounds like a win to me," Alan says.

"Well, I know one thing. I'm never flying commercial again," Kayo says.

"I second that," says Alan.

"Yeah," says Gordon, "But of course we still have a problem. How is Virgil going to get Fireflash back to London?"

"Seriously? How are you gonna get it back?" asks Scott.

"Uh... a really big rope," Virgil says.

"Yeah, good luck with that," Kayo says and the group laughs and walk off while Virgil takes another look at Fireflash and scratches his head.

As the group walk away, Alan pulls Kayo aside, "And wasn't it you who said to me not long ago not to do anything stupid on missions," says Alan. Kayo sighs but lets out a light chuckle.

"I believe a few words were exchanged yes," replies Kayo which causes Alan to shake his head a return a smile as the pair walk into Thunderbird 2.