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A\N: Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter. At the end will be a preview of chapter 4.
Tracy Island,
The alarm rung out; the boys rushed into Command Control for their briefing.
Jeff rushed into the room. "Where to, John?" he asked, addressing the screen where John was shown, sitting in Thunderbird Five.
"A fireworks factory in England; there are people are trapped," John said.
Jeff rushed into his lift. "Thunderbirds are go."
Wharton,
Alan, Fermat, Tin-Tin and Melinda were sitting in the main hall, talking about their class schedules and what extra-circular activities they would be taking, when Rob came over.
"Hey Rob," Alan greeted him cheerfully.
"Hi everyone" Rob said softly with his gaze lingering on Melinda.
"Hey Rob," Fermat stuttered.
"Hey," Tin-Tin said with a smile.
"Hi," Melinda said not very sure of herself.
Suddenly somebody shouted.
"The Thunderbirds!"
A hush fell across the room as everyone turned their attention to the T.V.
"Lisa Lowe is reporting live from the firework factory," the newsreader said. "Lisa, over to you."
"Thanks Chuck," Lisa said appearing on the screen. "I'm reporting live from the Clark Firework factory in England, where a huge blaze has broken out. A couple people are caught on one of the towers. An emergency call went out to the Thunderbirds, a few moments ago, as they are the only one's who have the equipment to save those people and extinguish the fire. They should be arriving any time soon… here they are!"
Thunderbird one and two flew onto the screen and everybody in the hall cheered.
"Excuse me," Melinda said pushing past a boy and out of the door.
Rob glanced at the T.V and then followed after Melinda.
Clark's Firework Factory,
"Scott, do you have visual on the people?" Jeff asked into the radio.
"Yes," Scott replied. "I have visual."
"Dropping the rescue platform, as we speak," Gordon said pressing a button.
The bottom of Thunderbird two opened up with the rescue platform coming down and Virgil was standing on it in protective gear.
"Firing emergency rescue lines."
Four emergency rescue lines were fired from Thunderbird one and the people stuck them onto themselves.
"Virgil, have you got the lines attached?" Jeff asked.
"Yes," Virgil said. "Hold on guys!" he shouted as the rescue platform began moving back up to Thunderbird two with the people holding onto the rope as they were led to safety.
"Scott, commence knock down procedure.
"Will do," Scott said pressing a button. A rocket left Thunderbird one and hit the firework factory where the fire was distinguished.
"Bulls eye!" Jeff shouted. "All right boys, let's take these birds home."
"FAB!" Scott shouted.
Wharton,
"As you can see," Lisa Lowe said. "The rocket fired from Thunderbird one has completely deprived the fire of the oxygen that it needed to burn. Once again, the Thunderbirds have done it. Back to you Chuck."
The T.V went off and everyone returned to what they were doing.
"I can't wait until I finish school," Alan said. "Melinda is so lucky; she can join them in a couple of months."
"Where is Melinda?" Tin-Tin asked.
"She went off with Rob," Fermat stuttered.
"No!" Alan shouted.
"What's wrong?" Tin-Tin asked.
"Gordon and I have this bet going. He believes that Rob and Melinda will get together and I disagree. Now, I'm losing the bet." Alan grumpily said.
"How much?" Fermat stuttered.
"Fifty dollars," Alan said.
"Come on, let's go get something to eat," Tin-Tin said walking off followed by Alan and Fermat.
A\N: I hope you all liked and here is a preview of chapter 4.
"Why do you rush out of the room when the Thunderbirds are on?" Rob asked.
"You want to know why?" Melinda asked staring at her feet.
"Yes," Rob said staring at Melinda.
"Keep this to yourself, but I don't want to be a Thunderbird," Melinda quietly said.
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