"What now?" Alan asked.
"I don't know."Virgil whispered.
The three brothers looked at Brains.
"Perhaps I can m..m..move the camera of the monitor."He said. "That way we can t..try to locate them."
The professor pushed some buttons while Gordon, Alan and Virgil were crossing their fingers. Suddenly they saw a body floating.
"That's John!"Gordon said.
Brains took the microphone.
"John, can you hear me?" He asked.
There was no reaction.
"John wake up!" Alan shouted through the microphone.
Virgil heard his heart going faster and faster while they waited for response. He watched Alan shout through the microphone over and over again.
So this is what he felt when we were all trapped on Thunderbird 5? Virgil thought.
Suddenly they heard someone else through the microphone.
"Alan, is that you?" Jeff asked.
Their fathers face appeared on the screen. He looked very worried.
"Yes dad, it's me!" Alan said.
"Dad are you alright?" Gordon asked.
"I felt better." Jeff said. "Scott and John are still unconscious, we're almost out of air."
"Mister Tracy, someone has to accept the program to get you back online."Brains said.
"John is the only one who knows how."Jeff said.
"I can't ch..change the air circulation without getting Thunderbird 5 online mister Tracy."Brains said.
"Try to wake John, dad."Gordon said.
They saw how their father floated towards John.
Thunderbird 5
Jeff carefully grabbed John and pulled his son to him.
"John, can you hear me?" He asked.
Johns eyes stayed closed. There was a small, shallow breathing coming out of his mouth.
"Come on, wake up!" Jeff muttered. "You're our only chance."
Jeff looked at Scott who was just a meter away of them. He managed to grab Scotts arm and pulled Scott to him as well. This sudden movement made Scott open his eyes.
"D…dad?"He asked.
"Easy, you passed out."Jeff said.
It took Scott a minute to remember what happened.
"Brains can help us but we need to accept the program."Jeff said.
"Only John can do that." Scott muttered.
"I know, but he won't wake up."Jeff said.
Scott turned towards John and slapped him a bit against his cheek.
"Wake up John."He said.
Suddenly John opened his eyes and started to cough badly.
"John, listen to me."Jeff said. "We don't have much time left, you have to accept the program."
As like Scott, it took John some time to get his mind straight.
"All right."John sighed as he got himself to the monitors. "I need someone to lean on me so that I can reach the control panel."
Scott gently hovered above John and pushed him down. Now John could just reach the buttons. A few minutes of silence followed.
"Brains should be able to get us back online now."John said.
Jeff turned back to the monitor. "What do you think Brains, can you get us back?"
The screen showed how Brains was busy typing on the computer. Suddenly gravity came back. Jeff easily fell on his feet, but Scott fell right on top of John.
"Next time, consider giving a warning."The blonde said when Scott stood up and apologized.
"Air circulation is back to normal mister T..Tracy."Brains said through the microphone.
That wasn't necessary to say; Jeff had felt the clean air fill his lungs almost immediately.
"Dad, the door works!" He heard Scott yell from the other side of the monitor room.
"Brains, we're coming back to earth."Jeff said through the microphone.
He could hear the cheering from his three youngest sons. Jeff turned around and ran to the door. John and Scott already took their seats.
"Ready to get home boys?"Jeff asked with a smile when he took the center chair.
"Never more dad."Scott said.
He looked to the left at his younger brother. John had closed his eyes.
"Is he past out?"Jeff asked worried.
Suddenly they heard a loud snoring.
"Nope, just fell asleep."Scott said with a little smile.
"Well he's been through a lot more then us, let him sleep 'till we're home."Jeff said. "Now let's get out of here."
And with that he started Thunderbird Three's engines. Finally they got lose from Thunderbird Five and went into the dark space. They were going home.
The End
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