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I'm BAAAAAACK! Sorry I made you wait '_'
The boys split to their respective duties. Wind whipped stray snowflakes around their heads as they hurried to rescue the stranded people.
"Virgil be careful. If you stray a bit too close to these snow buildups, you'll cause the mountain to fall down on us." Scott cheerfully reminded his younger brother.
"No problem, Scott. No need to worry about that. Believe it or not, I can fly my own 'Bird." Virgil retorted with a bit of a bite to his voice.
"Look boys, we're on shortwave radio for now so Virgil and Gordon may be on the fringe of the range as they watch the red zones. " Jeff Tracy reminded his boys. "Don't make stupid choices."
"Thanks, Dad" they all chorused as Virgil and Gordon took off in Two.
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Ash pushed away her project with an annoyed sigh. "Darn weather won't let me concentrate."
Wind pushed stray debris against the windows and lightning flashed overhead. Rain smashed against the roof and made an incessant noise deafened only slightly by layers of insulation. The house was quiet, other than that-which was eerie enough as it was. Kyrano and his family had gone to visit their family, she recalled. With everyone else gone, she was strangely alone and the dang weather wouldn't let her enjoy it.
She stood up and entered the hallway. The lights were set on dim setting; the brightest lights came from the control center. She grinned to herself. Maybe this time she would actually find out what her brother's were up to. Maybe this time she could do something.
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John sat at the controls of Three, waiting for the systems pre-flight check to finish its run through. He anxiously fiddled with the settings and screens. "Brains" he questioned, "Who's going to go do the landing from the ground?" Usually no one would need to be at the ground control for a landing, but there was a storm cell in the vicinity of the Island and ground control would give him the visuals he needed to help him land safely.
Brains froze at the question. "If w-w-we could contact y-y-Miss. Tracy, she could t-t-convey to us what we w-w-wanted." He suggested hesitantly.
John frowned. "Ash has no idea what we need. If we can even contact her…"
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The command control screens were filled with error messages and flashing red lights. "Awww snap!" Aislynn groaned when she saw it. Despite her inexperience, she knew enough about how things worked to perhaps sort out some of the problems. "Besides" she muttered as she ran her fingers over a keyboard, "it's not like there's anyone else here to do it."
She frowned. The screen she was focused on had a simple connection error; one that even she should be able to fix. All it needed was the correct configuration of the satellite number that could relay up-to-date information. Her father had made sure they all knew such numbers in case they ever needed them.
She entered the code and scowled when the error message came up…again. A stray branch crashed against the window. Ash jumped and groaned as a solution came to her mind. "The antenna must be damaged if it can't receive the signal. All I have to do now is fix it." She said sarcastically. Her brothers would need this information though; if she didn't get they could die.
With a resigned sigh, she headed to the mudroom to pull on her raingear. Suddenly the lights around her flickered. That wasn't uncommon in such a strong storm; they had backup generators to keep everything up and running. But the lights flicked off and didn't come back. "Oh lovely" she muttered to the pitch black room
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Thank you for being so patient =) I had troubles updating and, as it is, this –admittedly-isn't my best work. I apologize and hopefully I can go back and rewrite this sometime. Again my thanks for bearing with me =) Reviews would be much appreciated!