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Chapter 2: Deathly Hush.
"Thunderbird 1 from base do you read me, come in Scott, do you copy?"
"Gordon?" Scott stuttered back.
"Yes Scott, it's me. Now listen, is there any other way Virgil could have got out of there?"
"No Gordon," Scott replied, "some firefighters were watching the building at the time and they said he didn't come back out."
"What about the back of the building?" Gordon asked hopefully.
"No back door, there was a window but it was upstairs." Scott responded beginning to cry once more.
Gordon could hear his brother sobbing, he had never heard his brother cry like this. Scott was always the strong one, ever since their mother had passed, he was like a second father to them all… And Virgil, Virgil had been the one who had been there when he was small and had caught a bad cold, had comforted him when he had taken a nasty fall and had wiped away the tears when he had been woken from a bad dream. He couldn't be gone, he just couldn't! Gordon could feel his strength fading rapidly but he knew he had to keep it together. Scott and Virgil had always been there for him and now he was going to make sure he was there for them, especially now when they needed him most! "Scott, listen… Me and Alan are coming out there. If we come in Thunderbird 3 is there a safe place that we can land?"
"Yes," Scott replied, "we were at a metals foundry; you've got some good open spaces here where you can land her."
"Okay, good… We're on our way Scott." Gordon clicked off the receiver and looked towards Alan. "Alan, I need you to try and hold it together for me, just for a short time, we need to get out there and help Scott. Can you do that for me?"
Alan took a deep breath in, wiped his eyes and looked at his brother. "Yes Gordon, I can!"
Gordon smiled at his little brother. "Good lad!" Gordon jumped to his feet. "Right. Kyrano, Tin-Tin. I need you to wake grandma and get her in here."
"Are you sure Gordon?" Tin-Tin asked hesitantly.
"Yes. She needs to know what's happening. It wouldn't be fair to keep her in the dark." Gordon glanced towards his father. "I want you to make sure that she stays with dad... And please, look after them!"
"Of course, Mr Gordon." Kyrano replied.
"Brains, I need you to come with me and Alan, just in case we need any help with first aid for Scott… And... And..." Gordon's voice trailed off. Brains walked over to Gordon, placed a reassuring arm around him and nodded his agreement. Gordon looked towards the image of his brother John, being projected from Thunderbird 5's Space Station. "John, I need you to stay in constant contact with Scott, try and keep him as calm as you can."
"No problem Gordon" John answered.
Gordon looked at both Alan and Brains. "Right let's go."
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The next few hours and days passed by in a blur.
After arriving at the danger zone, they had found Scott slumped on the ground next to the destroyed building, it had started to rain and he was completely soaked through, but he was just sitting there, clutching something tightly in his hands, and crying bitterly. As they approached him, Gordon and Alan could hear John trying desperately to calm their brother down but to no avail. On closer inspection, they had seen straight away why Scott had been so inconsolable. He had been clutching a smashed communicator and remnants of a yellow sash which he had found within the remains of the explosion site.
With the help of Brains, Alan and Gordon had managed to get Scott off the floor and into the medical bay of Thunderbird 2, where Brains gave Scott a sedative to help him sleep for a few hours. While Scott slept, Alan and Gordon had gone to help with safety checks and to search through the destruction and the nearby area for any signs of Virgil. Nothing else was found, and a few hours after Scott had woken they decided it was best to return to base. Scott flying Thunderbird 1 with Brains by his side, Gordon took control of Thunderbird 2 and Alan in Thunderbird 3, with a detour to Thunderbird 5's Space Station to put 5 on automatic and bring John home. On Thunderbird 2's arrival Jeff Tracy had shot out of his seat at the sound of his son's bird arriving back home, but as soon as he had noticed that his middle child was not with them he had sunk back into his chair in despair.
It had now been 72 hours since they had lost Virgil. Brains and Kyrano stood helplessly by, while the 4 boys sat next to their father. Tin-Tin held their grandma in her arms. While Penny, who had arrived on the island a few hours earlier, was being comforted by Parker. No one spoke, not one of them moved, only the occasional sobs could be heard as the deathly hush engulfed their home.
