Continuing on with the story! :D Please continue to R&R and thanks for all the responses! But enough babbling - on with the story!

Reye sat sobbing in a small corner of Thunderbird 1, clinging to both the towel and a thick pipe and mourned the new loss of her family wretchedly. Realising she had no home was hard enough as it was without her family's deceasing in the way of her thoughts, but then that added on top of everything that had occurred that eventful day, just transformed her into a complete mental wreck.

Scott's jaw slackened as he felt his own heart tearing into two at not just failing to save everyone, but this teenager's broken emotions. Despite being a fully trained Air Force pilot and also the Field Commander of International Rescue, his own emotions and sympathy was getting the better of him as he ascended higher once again – causing his brother Virgil to appear on screen.

"Scoot, what are you doing, this isn't our usual patrol route..." Inquired the brunette.

The eldest Tracy brother didn't respond. He sat in his pilot's seat before letting out a sigh and turned his head to glance at the distressed Nirith. She noticed his movement and met his eyes once again, full to the brim with tears, which she hastily wiped away with a tattered, burnt sleeve.

His ocean blue eyes softened as he witnessed her attempt at bravery – which was failing badly, but she reminded him of Alan, but less hot tempered.

"I know it's hard, I know because well... I lost my mother when I was around your age." He spoke sensitively, breaking the verbal silence that hung in an air of awkwardness between the pair.

Reye nodded miserably before her eyes once again returned to the clouds, widened in terror.

She yelled in horror for him to face the front and focus on the piloting of the great silver rocket, "The controls! Scott, we'll crash!"

Scott shook his head, smiling widely, "No we won't, and we're just slightly above the horizon, so we're actually still ascending. I'm a very experienced pilot, Reye, so there's no need to fret too much." His military history shone through as he spoke, speaking as the older brother, the Field Commander of International Rescue and the Ex-Captain of the Air Force, "ETA to Base, 3.4 minutes."

Reye frowned at his final sentence and wondered who he had been talking to before she angled herself to peek at an older man on the screen, rather grey looking, either from stress or age – or even both from what she was thinking!

"FAB, Scott. You know protocols, so when you've landed, take Reye, I believe it was...?" The blue uniformed pilot nodded at his inquiry, "Yes, take her to the infirmary to have Brains check any other injuries we may have missed and report to me within 10 minutes for the debrief of the rescue. And I would prefer it if you weren't taking Thunderbird 1 to an outer space trip, thank you. John's called in about your sudden increase in altitude, as well as your brother Virgil."

"Right Father." Scott nodded his understanding, watching Mr Tracy depart from the screen before muttering, "Damn it Virge..."

The nineteen year old female laughed slightly, and then gasped feeling her stomach flutter as the altitude of the 'Bird sharply decreased into that of a stoop. She could see the green behemoth of Thunderbird 2 below them growing in size before the first Thunderbird was pulled up agilely – slowing down noisily, whining of the engines increasing as it disagreed with its pilots intentions.

"Come on baby, nice and easy..." The eldest groaned at the stubbornness of the craft, "Don't stall on me now..."

"STALL?!" Came two synchronised squeaks from Virgil and Reye, Virgil appearing on screen, eyes nearly as wide as tea cup dishes and a frown so furrowed his eyes were barely visible.

"Scott, what the hell are you playing at?!"

"How's those hydraulics, eh Virgil?" Scott smirked, knowing an advantage to seize for himself.

The younger brother's face turned a deep shade of crimson, "Scott, I'd rather you didn't mention that to Father in the debrief and reports..." He grunted lowly, breaking the connection again while the Field Commander accelerated hastily.

Reye Nirith grinned at the argument that had been taking place between the two brothers, instantly realising the connection between them. She crawled lithely to the right hand side of the pilot's seat to peer at a quickly approaching island.

"Hold tight, Reye, landing."

"Ugh, my favourite part of a flight." The teen grimaced and shook dampened hair from her face, clutching onto another thick pipe fastened to the wall.

So, hope you liked, wanted to cheer this chapter up slightly. Hope I haven't bored you with it so far, but I feel happy with how this is going.

Anyway, its that time again...

Review Responses!

TheAmazingSpiderPig: Thanks for both compliments and I'll try my best to keep up this time. Where've I been? Well, that's an easy answer - DeviantArt! I'm actually making this story into a manga as well now. Hope you continue to follow this story and as always I hope you enjoy. Chapter 2 has a lot of feels in it - I was crying just trying to type it. You can't save them all can you?

StormoftheDarkDoctor: My many thanks and yes I'm trying. I have a lot of ongoing stories at the moment that I need to finish - which I will I promise. Hope you enjoy!

TB FanService (Guest): Well for starters, thank you for your review, I love to see new faces - even if it the grey anon faces XD Yes, I admit there are a few mistakes I may need to iron out, but thanks so much for your concrit - I appreciate it.

Smexy10: Really? Like a script from the show? No, it couldn't be that good - though I'm not one to question how much of a Fanderson you are! XD As mentioned earlier, I will sort those mistakes out soon and thank you for your input. /flails/ That good? Well most know me to be better at Dramedy. XD

Sephii (Guest): Thanks very much for your contribution, it is greatly appreciated, so thank you a tonne!

CorrosiveDefense (Guest)(Love the name!): Well thank you for that review, I most certainly will write more indeedy!

TheEvilAl: Of course I liked Thunderbirds, with you, Smexy10 and rather a few others from my RL so to speak, I didn't really stand a chance of hating it! You know me too well for my chaos, I need it to live! XD Keep reading on then if you enjoy it that much.

So thank you too all of my reviewers and readers and hope to see you soon!

Oncoming Shadow Storm Out!