Chapter Three
Disclaimer: I do not own Thunderbirds
Gordon's POV
When we got into the makeshift cave, it was dark but with the Mole's headlights we saw Alan. He was leaning against the back wall of the cave with his legs sticking straight out and you could obviously see which leg was injured. His right leg was covered in rips in his suit and covered in blood, and there was a cut near his left eyebrow which blood was running down his face.
"We've found Alan." I said as Virgil and I raced up to our baby brother.
"Ali, are you alright?" Virgil asked. I knew from the looks of his leg that he was in quite some pain. Scott was defiantly going to live up to his nick name of smother hen; John might even become one too. After all John hated himself for sending Alan and Kayo up to that asteroid and almost never made it back to earth.
"My leg hurts really bad Virg." Alan said in pain. It hurt us all to see him like this. We all know Alan is strong, but sometimes we all forget Alan is just a kid.
I got lost in thought as I watched Virgil carefully lift Alan up in his arms as he use to do when they were younger when Alan fell asleep and we would carry him to bed. I watched as the movement of Virgil moving Alan's legs made him hiss in pain. I then quickly hopped into the pilot seat of the Mole ready to bring us back to the other side of the rocks and bring Alan to Thunderbird 2.
Tracy Island
Alan's POV
I remember falling asleep in Thunderbird 2 from exhaustion and no doubt the pain. When I woke up I was laying in my bed and my right leg felt a little heavier than usual and then seeing a cast on my leg , but then I felt a sharp jolt of pain lace through my leg.
"Ow, oh yea. Crushed leg, now I remember." I hissed in pain to myself. Virgil always does a good job; I was for sure that I completely shattered my leg. Lucky me I guess. I looked around my room and found a chair was placed next to my bed, no doubt my brothers taking turns watching over me, and then I found a set of crutches leaning next to the chair beside my bed.
"Yay, crutches." I whispered sarcastically to myself. Then I heard people talking in the living room, they weren't trying to be quiet at all or if they were trying they sucked at it. I grabbed my crutches and surprisingly I managed to walk with them pretty well, I decided to find out what they were talking about.
I managed to walk down the hallway enough that I could hear what they were talking about and they didn't see me. It was all four of my older brothers arguing, what are they arguing about this time?
"Virgil you mean that?" Gordon said in a shocked tone.
"I do Gordon; I wish it was me who got hurt instead of Alan!" Virgil shouted.
"Virgil!" Scott and John said with shock.
"Virgil you can't blame yourself." John said after recovering from what Virgil said.
"Shut up John! It's your fault for sending Alan out there!" Virgil snapped. I've never seen Virgil snap like that before to anyone. I gazed at my other brothers faces of shock and concern. I didn't realize that I was starting to cry until I felt the tears run down my face.
"Virgil you need to calm down." I heard Scott say.
"Just leave me alone!" Virgil shouted again. I couldn't take it anymore. I walked out of my hiding spot with my crutches and then all my brothers turned and looked at me. I looked at Virgil whose face went from anger to shock because he knew I heard everything.
"Alan! Are you alright?" Scott said as he ran over to me. I tried to back away from them, I was the reason they started fighting, but Scott wrapped his arms around me in a bear hug.
"Please stop fighting." I said loud enough for everyone to hear. I buried my head into Scott's shoulder as I continued to cry.
"It's going to be alright Sprout." Scott said as he tried to calm me down. Then the rest of my brothers gathered around and hugged us. I never want my brothers to fight like that again. Then we broke away from our hug but Scott was still there helping me stand up.
"I'll help bring him back to his room to rest." Gordon said as he helped take the weight of my right side and led me back to my room. I knew Scott was going to have a talk with John and Virgil as soon as I was back in my room.
No one's POV
Scott waited for Gordon and Alan to leave then turned and faced his younger brothers who still remained.
"I'm not angry with you Virgil, but what's wrong? What made you act like this?" Scott asked worriedly.
"I understand that we had to finish the mission, but it was worse when I stitched up his leg. Luckily I had the equipment to mend the broken bone, but I was working on my baby brother. I'm sorry John, I just lost it." Virgil said as he looked down at the floor in shame and sadness remembering fixing up his brother.
John then walked over and hugged Virgil. "It's alright Virgil, I understand. I didn't like it when I saw Alan's locator fly across my screen when the strong wind picked him up. As soon as that mission was over I left EOS in charge of Thunderbird 5 because I didn't want to leave my youngest brother alone like that." John said.
Virgil didn't know that he was holding back tears until he realized he was crying into John's shoulder.
Scott was watching his brothers apologize when Gordon came up beside him.
"They made up?" Gordon asked.
"Yes, just a lot of emotions from today's mission. I can take the first watch over Alan." Scott said.
"Absolutely not big brother, you were with him right after Virgil fixed his leg. I'll watch over him while you get some sleep." Gordon said.
"Alright, I'll make sure that these two get some sleep as well." Scott said not bothering to argue with Gordon.
Gordon nodded and headed back towards Alan's room and sat back in the chair beside Alan's bed, where Alan instantly fell back asleep from exhaustion. And Scott walked over to the two brothers apologizing telling them to head to bed.
"Gordon's taking the first watch. And that means we are going to bed and getting some rest." Scott said and was little surprised that Virgil and John weren't arguing about going to bed.
Well I think I'm about finished with this story. It's not one of my best stories, but I'm thinking of making it a small series that leads up to something big and of course that is still a work in progress. And thank you for those who followed and made this story one of your favorites I appreciate it. And trust if you do intend on reading my other stories I am going to try my hardest update those as fast as possible because I am indeed a terrible person for making people wait 2 years for an update.