A/N: Ok I would like to acknowledge my reviewers!
Lilstories33 I thank you for your review I also thank you for your choice of names for the pups! Thank you so much for your input!
EmayEvans thanks again for your wonderful suggestions! I really did spend a long time debating over the names! They were awesome!
DC JoKeR HS I appreciate your input! I like those names too! And I thought wolves were better than just finding stray dogs. I kind of went Game of Thrones on this one. I remember the episode when they showed the wolves being found.
I'm thanking also QuestRunner for the idea of mixing the pups up and making at least one of them a girl. It's an interesting change and perhaps makes a different and interesting dynamic also.

Disclaimer: I do not own Thunderbirds never have never will.

2nd A/N: NO FLAMES! Not accepted.


Chapter One: The Name Game

Gordon lay on his bed watching as his pup – or at least the one he claimed – sniffed around his room investigating his new surroundings. It was a really cute animal he decided. But Scott had suggested they get really strong sounding names for them. Names the reflected a purpose. But Gordon also wanted to call it something that reflected who he was. Or that told of the dog's personality. It had a dark stripe on its head and when it looked up at him when he moved it trotted over to him and sat watching him. Gordon picked him up and it calmly sat on his bed before curling up and going to sleep.

John had suggested making a short list of names you liked and comparing it to his brothers to make sure they didn't name their dogs the same. He had overheard Virgil and John talking over names to do with Space or music. Comet and Eclipse had come up form John and Allegro was on from Virgil but he quickly quelled that idea as he decided it didn't suit the tiny pup that he carried everywhere with him.

They quickly realized that the injured pup was also the runt of the littler and wold have been abandoned soon anyway. He thought a little more on it and came up with other names more suited. Gordon made his way down to kitchen to listen in and see if any of his brothers had named their pups yet.

"Hey Virgil?" The medic looked up. Gordon paused in the doorway listening but not actively eavesdropping.

"Yeah Allie?" He said.

"I think mine's a girl." Alan ventured holding out the puppy to Virgil.

"What?" He asked.

"Well…I'm pretty sure. I just thought it was a bit smaller than the others – except yours – and she seems to be not as interested in wrestling." Virgil picked up the pup who had white fur on its belly and examined it. Sure enough it was a girl.

"You're right Al. It's a girl. Better choose wisely then." Virgil warned.

"Already picked. I had a name for a boy – it was gonna be Archer, but since it's a girl…how does Luna strike you?" Virgil smiled, he liked that name for the dog.

"Well, Luna welcome to the family." Virgil said letting the pup lick his face before putting her down and watching as she trotted off after Alan. Gordon frowned and went back to his room to check his own. He didn't want to name it something that a boy dog would be more suited with if it was girl! The pup raised its head when he walked in and got up ready to welcome its new friend. Gordon picked up the puppy as if he were picking up a child and looked at its belly, definitely a boy.


"Ok… what to call you?" Scott was sitting on the floor of his room playfully throwing a tennis ball to get the pup to fetch and then bring it back to him. Scott had never thought about having a dog but this puppy had chosen him and Scott could feel himself falling in love with him. Whatever love that Scott gave this puppy would give it back tenfold. Dogs were like this with all their masters and somehow Scott knew that it wouldn't matter if he only showed love to the dog when it did something right the dog wouldn't care it would still love Scott endlessly and without limit. The puppy abandoned the ball when Scott spoke and looked up at him, his eyes wide and seemed to be wagging its tail. He had never seen a wolf wag its tail before.

Scott knew that domestic dogs did this as a sign of submission to their owner and respect. So in this aspect Scott's pup must see Scott as his master. Scott thought back to when he was in the USAF and if they had been dogs he would have had to wag his tail for his superior to know that Scott respected him. He looked down at the puppy again. It seemed to be waiting for a name. Something to answer to, something that let it know it wasn't always going to be boy all the time. Scott saw the hunger to be loved in its eyes. And it would be, but it would also be expected to work. Its brothers would work so he would have to as well.

"I think you look like a Sargent. What do you think?" The puppy yapped (at least it was supposed to be a yap), crawled into Scott's lap and licked at his face. Scott chuckled, "ok, then Sargent you are." He would be interesting to see what his brothers called their pups.


John stared at his puppy. It had to be named something that would stick with it as it grew. No good giving it a 'puppy' name and having it out grow it. It would never work. 'Puppy' names were good for small dogs but these were wolves they were to grow to about the same size as a Husky or a Labrador. 'Puppy' names would not work, that ruled out several names he'd had picked out if he ever got a dog when he was a kid and had found out that he was getting a brother not a puppy. He hated the idea of getting a brother, but he wouldn't change Virgil for a world now.

John had heard that Alan's puppy was a girl, he knew Luna was its name and silently congratulated Alan on a clever name for the pup. He'd also seen the puppy trailing Alan…she adored her master.

John had thought to go with something to do with space. But nothing seemed to fit. Comet didn't feel right and Eclipse just felt wrong. As this puppy was neither. If it had been pure white maybe Comet would have worked and it would have been eclipse if maybe it was black or dark brown, as it was they had discovered Grey Wolves. But that didn't matter all that much they were still really cute animals.

He began to play with the puppy to see if it had any personality traits he could tie a name with. It liked to have its belly rubbed and seriously nothing could be named for that. It enjoyed playing with his hands, nipping at his fingers and licking his hands. John watched him carefully, the puppy often favoured its left paw a lot. Like it was left-handed (Left-pawed?). John smiled perfect!

"You know, I think I've got the perfect name for you." He said, the puppy flipped itself on to its belly and looked up at him, "How does Southpaw grab you?" He asked, the puppy simply wagged its tail and yapped at him. Chuckling John leaned over to pet it.


Virgil was stuck for a name. He knew the other names were good ones. He had no idea how John had come upon Southpaw but it was a good name, unusual and no one else would have thought of it. He chewed on his lip as he sat at piano. Musical names came to him but none seemed to work. He was going to be struggling to choose this name for the puppy. He looked up when he heard a yap. And found the little puppy sitting at his feet.

"Well hello there. Did you miss me?" He asked hoisting the puppy up onto his lap. He manoeuvred the puppy to have a look at its leg, the puppy that had the gash on its leg had attached itself to Virgil. He had no idea why but he didn't mind really. He knew this puppy, the smallest of the litter, loved him beyond reason. Dogs were known for their very affectionate nature. To dogs when they had a master they would do anything for them, whether that master was the head of the pack or a human. They didn't care as long as they were loved beyond compare. Virgil had suspicion that it didn't matter if they loved these puppies unconditionally or not. The dogs would love them just as much.

This puppy loved sitting on Virgil's knee, it's was its favourite place to be. Virgil thought over the names again as he looked down at the puppy. A memory came to him of and old animated movie he'd watched once while baby-sitting Alan. It was called 'Balto'. And as Virgil looked down at the wolf pup curling up on his knees, he thought of how alike this pup was in colouring to Balto. That was perfect.

"That's settled. I'm going to call you Balto." The pup yawned in response and fell asleep. Yep, Virgil would take that as a yes.


Gordon was yet to name his puppy. He sat out by the pool the puppy next to him. He reclined back on the deck, the puppy crawled over and reached over the edge of the pool to dip a paw in. It nearly fell in if Gordon hadn't caught him. He chuckled as he put the pup down on its feet back from the edge. The last thing he wanted was to be fishing his puppy out of the pool.

There was something…otherworldly about this particular dog, and Gordon had stewed all day over what to call it. He had no idea of personality traits or movies about dogs or whatever. He wasn't good at this. Maybe he should ask Virgil if there were any other movies about dogs, or maybe ask Alan if he minded him taking 'Archer'. But they didn't suit this dog.

No Gordon's dog would have an awesome name and it would suit it down to the ground. Gordon watched as the pup trotted around smelling things on the pool deck. It didn't stray too far though, it wanted to be close to Gordon at all times. Such was its adoration for the Aquanaut.

"Sometime I really wish you dogs could talk. Like Cosmo in those Marvel comic books my friends at school used to read." The puppy yapped and trotted back to Gordon, "What? You like the name Cosmo?" The puppy yapped again. Gordon was surprised, but Cosmo was a cool name and this dog did seem almost otherworldly. Yes, Cosmo was the perfect name for this puppy and he could grow with it. So Gordon, thought as he reclined yet again on the pool deck, the puppy curling up tight to his side, all the puppies had names. Sargent, Southpaw, Balto, Cosmo and Luna – this would be an awesome International Rescue K-9 unit. A new era of International Rescue was about to come and their success rate would increase tenfold. Gordon was sure of it.


So the puppies are as stands:

Alan and Luna

Scott and Sargent

John and Southpaw

Virgil and Balto

Gordon and Cosmo

To everyone who helped by suggesting names and voting – I know that Cosmo for Gordon's was not voted for but when I looked over the names it won out for me. So thank-you again to everyone who suggested and voted on names for the dogs. I think reading how they were chosen they were the right choices.