#Ellie Pendergast

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RIP to Emerson, he had an almost nothing presence to him and we’re going to replace him with a cardboard cutout and Cam whenever we take out Odyssey for the remainder of the show

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Which Thunderbirds Are Go episode is better?

Vote on which episode you think is better. Episode synopses below the cut.

Ring of Fire Part 2: Due to The Hood’s seismic destabilisers along the ocean floor, the earthquakes along the tectonic plate known as the ‘Ring of Fire’ have begun to affect countries along the fault line. When a large solar array in Taipei shifts and poses a risk to the city, Scott and Virgil are sent to prevent the city from being set ablaze and rescue trapped workers from inside the building.

Attack of the Reptiles: Buddy and Ellie Pendergast venture into the Mulokamba valley in Africa to search of an elusive creature. When they fail to return, Scott and Gordon fly out in Thunderbird 1 to look for them. After Gordon parachutes down into the valley he finds Ellie and both get chased by giant lizards. They also discover giant fruits and they find Buddy at an abandoned research complex, which had been developing a growth serum. They must now find a way to get out of the valley without getting eaten by the reptiles.

[tracybirds]

friendship is magic and i'm thinking hard about tracy fam and their relationships <3 this is simply a list of possibilities for me to use to pick and choose :D Named characters are background characters, then I'm listing the circles they run in

just some silly fun for a thursday morning, gonna go do dishes and maths now :D

SCOTT

Marion Van Arkel

Kat Cavanaugh

Asher and Finn

Toshi Murakami

tracy industries people

uni friends (the man needs people to geek out about maths with)

personally i don't think he kept in touch with any air force people but i guess there's them too

VIRGIL

Cass McCready

online engineering community (as in Nutty's V.T. Green bc i'm never not obsessed with that fic)

art group

orchestra friends

jazz band buds (Virgil is in a jazz band and they meet up monthly for jazz band shenanigans)

JOHN

Ridley O'Bannon

Tycho Reeves (trust me on this one, I know they didn't really interact but also trust me)

space fam (neighbours group chat but the neighbours are all in space.... they have a chess tournament once a year)

stingray fandom friends

astrophysics nerds

GORDON

Robby Shelby

Buddy and Ellie Pendergast

Scraps

enviro friends (*cough cough* @gumnut-logic's Raoul Island crew)

old swim team

WASP buddies

ALAN

Brandon Barrenger

Conrad

cavern quest / gaming friends

homeschool "pen pals"

Alan needs more friends the poor kid must get lonely :'(

KAYO

Wayne Rigby

Doyle

Andi Houseman

GDF buds that Rigby introduces her to

she has the whole tracy fam so it's a little different for her i think bc she gets to live with her best friends* all the time

BRAINS

Moffie

a select few other science friends

his sister's acting friends that have adopted him (based on the linked headcanon)

GRANDMA TRACY

Kip Harris (get it Grandma!!!)

i like to think she's in an aviation club

also doctor friends :D

give me a stitch and bitch for grandma lol

keeps in touch with all the kansas friends <3

JEFF

Lee Taylor

Colonel Casey

Ned Tedford (once Jeff comes back and they go rescue this hapless man AGAIN, Jeff invites him back for dinner and they become good friends I'm holding onto this one)

air force buddies

rich people pals

Penelope's Dad (Hugh????)

*disclaimer that my personal interpretation of kayo is that she's a good friend who is like a sister and the six of them casually refer to each other as such but isn't actually adopted bc her dad by all accounts is still alive and all that and personally I found the way TAG handled that weird.... but my experience is that I call my two best friends sisters without a trace of irony bc our families were closely intertwined and i've known them since birth and grown up with them. I even lived with them for a time as a child when my parents couldn't look after me. That's what Kayo and the boys feels like to me and is obvs very influenced by my own experience of being sent to live with another family while growing up.

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TAG Ask Game

2: Who is your favourite one-off/minor character?

TAG Ask Game

You want me... to pick one?

First instinct is Ned Tedford and Gladys, because he makes me laugh but also while he's comic relief, once you start to think about him... that man is amazing. He's got the qualifications to be space-rated and work solo in space (and off the top of my head, the only other characters we see in the series that do that are John and Lee, I believe), also got the qualifications to operate machinery deep under water, and obviously manages to get into the Military and be given command of his own outpost. Ned might be a joke-character, but he's competent (barring that one mistake he makes in Undercover).

I also adore Brandon, the Lemaires and the Pendergasts, and Kinnear doesn't deserve all the problems he got involved in!

None of those are one-offs, though, so for a one-off I'm going to go with Road Hog!

[darkestwolfx]

Attack of the Reptiles - Re-Review #43

We’re in the centre of South Africa searching for the great horned ape today! Or rather, two humans?

I actually missed these two (probably not as much as Gordon though)! Buddy and Ellie are two of the good regulars that IR have on the books. But seriously, even Buddy asked;

“What could be worse than that?”

There’s always something to come when you say something like that on this show.

And this place doesn’t look at all creepy.

“These are badlands, very dangerous!”

Hmm... I wouldn’t have guessed.

I like this version better! You know before it became over run by giant reptiles. Even so, maybe this is a message we shouldn’t be messing around with nature.

“I’m not even going to think about how long that’s been there.”

How about all the way back when EOS was pinging Bagels everywhere at the end of ‘EOS’? That would be my best guess because I can’t imagine John as messy besides then. Anyhow, I love how he chucks it out of the way to become all IR business like.

“I checked the camera feed. Look what it’s filming now.”

“They’re either really into dirt or the camera’s been dropped. That’s not a good sign.”

“The guide said you’d have to be crazy to go in after them.”

“Oh, I’ll do it! We can’t let Buddy and Ellie disappear! They haven’t finished filming season 14 yet.”

We all know what that waiting for the next series to air is like.

“Yes! More adventure with the Pendergasts!”

That little dance he does gets me every time! It’s so realistically Gordon and the animation is on point.

“I’m such a huge fan!”

“Really? I never would have guessed.”

I love episodes where we get to see a bit of Scott and Gordon interaction. I mean, Virgil and Gordon, and Gordon and Alan both work great as duos, but there is still so much potential in scenes with these two. And there was a slight amendment to the launch sequence. After all, besides Brains, we’ve always seen Scott travelling alone in Thunderbird One.

“Do you have visual on ground?”

“Not exactly.”

“Then we need someone on the ground.”

“You’re clear. Ready to go into the unknown?”

Did anyone else here this line and instantly think Panic at the Disco? Or was that just me?

Is it a bird?

Is it a plane?

No, it’s a parachuting Tracy!

“Now to make a nice, soft landing. Oh no! Not exactly soft but it could have been worse.”

I’m holding off on commenting for a moment because-

“You just had to say something didn’t you?”

-Gordon said it for me for once!

He did stumble across Ellie though.

“Gordon Tracy!”

“I’m here to rescue you! Could you chuck me a rope?”

One of my favourite starts to a rescue. I’m not sure which is best - Scott and Ned, or Gordon and Ellie.

“We do search and rescue all the time. Couldn’t be simpler! Oops, sorry, did see the hole.”

“Uh, Gordon, that’s a footprint.”

“John, are you getting a life sign nearby?”

“Yeah, but judging by the size it has to be a glitch.”

“Nothing’s wrong with your equipment, John.”

“Are you sure?”

“Trust me.”

I reckon that doesn’t normally happen when Gordon says that, but we’ll go with it for now. All that hushed whispering was great as well. A nice difference to the usual shouting and orders that we get over the comms links.

“Gordon, what’s going on down there?”

“I don’t know!”

Loved that moment.

“My pet store nightmare just came true.”

Giant reptiles? I think that’s a nightmare for many people.

Now, in the original TOS episode ‘Attack of the Alligators’, on which many parts of this one are based, the nightmare was Alan’s, but it completely makes sense to put Gordon in his place and it works really well in my opinion.

“I can’t see anything- woah!”

Yeah, really well done, Scott, nearly smash Thunderbird One to smithereens. Look where you’re going! Talk and look, I believe in you.

And now we move onto one of my definite favourite moments. Although, not quite the size of Thunderbird Four, me thinks.

“Do you seeing what I’m seeing?”

“And peppers.. and cucumbers...”

“This is no ordinary jungle. We’re running through a supersized vegetable garden!”

We could feed the world with vegetables that size! Or we could release and single? Opinions?

I’m still not sure what was up with all the ‘Thunderbirds are Go’ title cuts that ran through this episode. It’s like they thought it would be too short without them, because I know they aired the episodes without advert breaks. Interesting. It happens about 4 times though and it’s actually really irritating.

“We’re safe for the moment.”

“But how? Who sealed the door?”

“That would be me love!”

“Buddy! You’re alive!”

I love how they’ve been running around looking for him, and here Buddy was, sitting pretty the entire time. All’s well and that’s all that matters, right? Right. Also, I still love how there is a character with a disability so openly shown on a program like this. It’s an absolutely brilliant choice.

“Orchard Industries.”

“John, can you check on that?”

“Orchard industries claim that they could greatly increase the size of crops. But they were shut down years ago.”

Yep, in TOS, Professor Orchard created said growth serum with carries this plot.

“Does it say why?

“The GDF found out The Hood was a silent partner. And there were reports of secret facilities in hidden locations. According to my files they were experimenting with a new type of growth serum.”

The Hood didn’t have any involvement in the original story, but the serum did catch eyes and there was an attempt to steal it, potentially with intent to sell it on, so The Hood could always have heard about it and been a perspective buyer.

“Well that explains the humongous plants out front.”

“And if the reptiles ate those serum filled plants, that would explain how they got so big! Scott, please get us out of here.”

Call on big brother for a rescue. Classic.

Gordon sneezing! Brilliant. I can imagine this was a little bit of a dream situation for him for a moment though - you know, taking away the giant reptiles and the allergies and the danger, and... well, maybe everything save Buddy and Ellie.

“It’s a hover boat. We have a hover boat!”

“And this canal could take us all the way to the river. If the boat was working that is?”

“I just need a hypo-spanner to fix it.”

“The good news is, I know where you can find one.”

“And the bad news? I had to ask.”

Yes, Gordon, you did.

And so, here we go. The desperate attempt to obtain the hypospanner from within the cluster of giant reptiles which nearly ends early when Buddy let’s the wire slip. And then does nearly end abruptly - after some success - when the clip breaks away.

“I’m not very tasty...”

Says you, Gordon, and I’m kinda hoping that you wouldn’t be certain of that.

“Hey, come and get us you overgrown amphibians.”

“They’re reptiles love.”

“Common mistake.”

Um... no comment.

Look, it’s Gordon of the Jungle! I think he’s been watching too many movies.

“I’ll give up celery crunch bars for a year is you please just start.... Yes!”

I would hold off on the cheering, Gordon. Gosh, think how much money will be saved on the shopping!

This is definitely another brilliant episode though. Very Gordon centric, but giving him a story where he definitely has to work out of his comfort zone of the ocean. Scott has to cope with hovering above doing very little actually - which was probably a struggle for him, and John really needs to clean Thunderbird Five.

“What an adventure!”

“Season 15 is just around the corner!”

“You’re doing another season! Oh, wait till I tell Alan!”

“I just hope we have enough material. Occasionally we’re told our show is too far-fetched.”

“Really? I never would have guessed.”

I love the repetition of certain lines in this episode - it adds to the humour.

“You shouldn’t have. You really, really shouldn’t have”

“Aww, they’re cute.”

Once again, in the original, Tin-Tin bought Alan a Pigmy alligator at the end of the episode as a birthday present, but Buddy and Ellie get Gordon two for saving their lives! That was classic and Gordon’s reaction was perfect. He really must enjoy being their number one fan now! And did Scott actually coo? I think he did.

But, they do look kinda cute...

Cuter than these fella’s were at least;

Sorry this one’s a little short - today is a poor internet day, so I had to take what I could get.

[tsarisfanfiction]

Firelight

Fandom: Thunderbirds Rating: Gen Genre: Romance Characters: Buddy, Ellie

My first contribution to @gumnut-logic‘s #iirelief, using the prompt “couples camping” from @godsliltippy.  I wasn’t planning on doing any romantic fics for this event, but my muse clearly had other ideas!

For Buddy and Ellie, camping is a beautiful way to live.

Somewhere above them, a bird cried.  It was not, regrettably, the mythical phoenix signalling an imminent rebirth in a blaze of fire and ash, but the sound was no less beautiful for it.  The clouds were dyed a deep red, stained by the setting sun and bringing to mind the ancient saying “red sky at night, shepherd’s delight”, which she murmured quietly next to him.  He slung an arm around her shoulders, raising the tin mug of cocoa he’d just served up from the camp fire in front of them.

The mesmerising dance of the flames had never lost its appeal, no matter how many times he’d seen it. Many of their adventures needed more technological gear nowadays, heating cubes rather than a naked flame, thick insulated suits the only barrier between them and death, scanners to detect the smallest of lifeforms in an otherwise abandoned world.  It was nice to return to the basics.  Just them, a canvas slung over a branch for a lean-to, and a hot, flickering fire to welcome in the night.

“It’s beautiful, Buddy,” his wife whispered, quietly reverent of the scene slowly fading into darkness as the sun bid them farewell.

“That it is, Els,” he agreed, tugging her closer.

Not another human in sight, just the way they liked it.  On a planet with such an intense population, these quiet pockets, still largely untouched by man, were an international treasure.  Permits to enter the lands were highly sought after, and difficult to get.  Buddy had hunted one down for the two of them for one very special occasion.

Now, fifteen years later, he’d hunted down another to return to the place of breath-taking beauty that had captivated them so intensely.

Returning to a place they’d already visited was normally not on their agenda.  They were explorers, pioneers in the field of finding the truth behind mythical creatures, and on occasion finding that the creatures weren’t so mythical after all.  The unknown was their destination of choice, always pushing on further and further.

Europa was their next aim, an expedition that would take years to complete and even longer to plan. Tomorrow, they’d return to the hustle of organisation and paperwork and exams to renew their space rated status before they could start on designing and building the ship to get them there.

For now, though, they were content with the peace and quiet of an old haunt.  Buddy tossed another stick onto the fire, a shower of sparks rewarding him before the flames hungrily consumed the latest offering, flaring up brightly.

In the distance, an animal called to its mate, a long, low call full of meaning.  It was answered, the sound identical to human ears.  Buddy knew the creatures in question would have been able to divine an entire conversation from it.  In the sky, the sun bid its final farewell before ducking below the horizon, leaving the deep red sky to darken further to black.  Stars twinkled out from between invisible clouds, and at some point he lay back, Ellie joining him on the ground as she rested her head on his shoulder.

“Happy anniversary, Els,” he murmured, pressing his lips briefly to the top of her head.  He couldn’t see her smile, but he could hear it in her reply as she craned her neck to kiss his jaw lightly.

“Happy anniversary, Buddy.”

[babblebrisk]

[fallenfurther]

Day 26 - Pet

What happened to the lizards, Buddy and Ellie, after ‘Attack of the lizards’.

***

"Good lizards. That's right. You stay still while I … aargh!!!"

Scott walked into Gordon's room to see him with a fistful of dried crickets and a look of absolute fear on his face. Scott couldn't help but laugh as Gordon backed further away from the case as one of the lizards moved.

"It's not funny!" Gordon protested; eyes still glued to the open cage. Scott continued to chuckle as he took the crickets from Gordon's hand, strode over to the lizards and fed them.

"They're harmless Gordon, but if you really don't want them, why don't you give them away? There are plenty of people out there who'll want them, and look after them properly."

Scott topped up the water and checked the humidity and heat settings before stroking Buddy and closing the cage. When the lizards had come, he'd gotten John to put together a guide to their care for Gordon, which he had also read. Gordon relaxed with the lizards safely lock away.

"Because they were a gift from the Pendergasts! They don't give gifts out to anyone, and I don't want to upset them if they find out I've given them away."

Scott shook his head and sighed.

"Then you'd better get over your fear and care for them properly. They'd be more upset if you kept them improperly than if you gave them to someone who would give them the proper care they need."

"Seeing as you think they're cute, why don't you look after them?"

"Gordon!"

"Fine. Fine. I'll look after them."

***

That evening Scott went up to his room only to find two lizards looking at him from his desk. Sighing, he opened the top and stroked the backs of the lizards. Gordon's fear of lizards was legendary among the family, and they all remembered the nightmares he’d had after a trip the pet shop went wrong. Scott went online and started emailing Australian reptile keepers and centres asking if they wanted or needed a couple of lizards.

***

Scott carefully strapped the cage down, double checking the straps to ensure it wouldn't move about during the flight. He'd managed to find a reptile centre which had just lost a lizard and was looking for one to replace it. They had jumped at his offer of Buddy and Ellie, loving how they were named after the extravagant explorers, saying they would be great for the presentations they do for kids. Knowing that they would be bring joy and educating children for the rest of their days, made saying goodbye easier. Scott had to admit that he had grown rather fond of them over the past few weeks, but with callouts coming in at all hours, he couldn't give them the care they deserved. Smiling at the lizards in the cage, Scott checked the power supply on the heat lamp, before heading to the cockpit of Tracy 1 to start pre-flight checks. The centre had given him an open invitation to come visit them, and he was already planning to be there to watch their first educational presentation.

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from Lightning1999

to @plastictuna

I do not own this piece of art/fiction. @lightning1999  is the original creator and has agreed to this being posted on this blog for Secret Santa 2017.

Under the cut for length

Note from @lightning1999  -- This is my first 'completed ' fanfiction in English ever !

_December -2016 was the month when I knew about 'Thunderbirds Are Go 'show.

_'Secret Santa '

I think this is the best apportunity to write something for this Fandom

I haven't written any stories in the past 3 years ,  I think I forgot how to write.but whatever.

_WARNING: This fanfic is long

I advise you to bring anything to eat or drink while reading it.

You will find some mistakes English is not my first language you can point it out to me privately because I actually didn't know how to write it okay?  I will not feel offended,  it's just a step to improve my English.

Waxing Crescent Moon

~ 22nd of December ~

   It was a quite cold evening when Buddy and Ellie had finished editing season 15 episode 25, they covered any unusual stories around the world, the story behind Merlion,  they searched for Aliens who kidnappe people and even an actual living underground dinosaurs,  They barley could make it out of there.

Unfortunately , episode 26 wasn't recorded because of the

'giant lizards '.

They threw their heads back to the couch and gave each other a 'high -five ' for all of their achievement,  they still had to think of something for the 26th episode, it's not a good thing to do to their fans,  Ellie suddenly released a heavy sigh as she sitting down on the chair

" I'm very proud of what we have done, but that Lizard's Valley was a fantastic experience, If only I had recorded it, Buddy " she wilted slightly.

" Don't worry Ellie " said as he leaned forward " there are alot of thing need to be undiscovered, we'll find something for our new adventure " he stood tall " I'm sure of that " he winked at her ,  she smiled with eyes and mouth

" you're right Buddy!  "

~23rd of December ~

It passed midnight,  the sky was dark allowing only the stars to shining bright,  their brightness had overcomed on the waxing crescent moon's light ,  Ellie sat there wrapping arms around herself gazing at the sky searching for the moon,  she found it after examine the sky over and over using her bare eyes.

Now she could see it,  the waxing crescent moon,  she expected a full moon to meet but she was wrong. It doesn't matter what she had in mind,  all she wanted was sharing her thoughts about Christmas and Santa to the moon whatever it looked like.

" what is the meaning of Christmas?  I mean......... You know.... Kids wake up in the morning to find gifts that their parents put under the Christmas tree and kids are completely believed it was Santa's doing!  Kids live in illusion, fake world......"

Buddy was walking along the carridor on his way to pay the kitchen his nighty visit .

He stopped when he heard a low voice coming from a room, he kept walking and noticed the door to the room slightly opened.

He walked quality up to the door and listened carefully trying to know to whom Ellie was talking with, no other voices besides Ellie's,  he glanced around the room, no one was there just Ellie was sitting in front of the window, she sighed heavily

" Could I possibly find Santa?  Is he really exist?  when did people know about him?  Had anyone seen him in the past so that's why people knew about him?  like Unicorns? " she waited for a moment staring at the moon like if it would give her answers,  her head bowed then she ran a hand through her hair " why I bother my self in these things? " she said as she headed to the door ,  Buddy immediately ran to hide somewhere before Ellie could see him.

~In the morning ~

Her room was warm,  the dewy drops on her windows glass twinkled as the sun ray had touched them.

That sunray wasn't the reason why she woke up for,  but that noise of things moving around the room, she hadn't opened her eyes to see what was causing it instead,  she toke the pillows and covered her face trying to go back to sleep, then all of a sudden, the movement just stopped, she uncovered her face and glanced around the room 'nothing inside the room?  ' she thought to her self.

She turned her face to the other side of the room  to find Buddy sitting next to bed staring right into her eyes,  she screamed as she jumped to the other end of the bed in fright  

" Ah !  Buddy!" she gasped " You scared the hell out of me!  "

Buddy raised his hands up in defense " Oh! I haven't done that on purpose!  I wanted to surprise you " she leaned back on her hands

" you succeed in doing both " she was shaking with laughter then her expression changed ,  she narrowed her eyes

" were you intending  on going somewhere without me? "

he looked down at himself

" Ha?  " then he shook his head

" No!  We do things together, actually we're going in a new adventure " he said it with unblinking focused eye contact,  

her eyes widened

" REALLY! " then she quickly reached to  Buddy " where is  it this time?  " he put his hands on his hips

" we are going to the North Pole searching for... " then  made a finger gun to Ellie to complete his sentence "..searching for.. You mean... Santa ? " he nodded with a smile

" No way!  Are we going to find him? He's some kind of legend, Buddy "

He wrapped his hand around her shoulder " so as everything we recorded in our videos, Ellie , I believe in Santa and he will never stop in  believing in us,  it's our turn to find out the mystery around Santa's existence for those who don't believe in him or for those who stopped believing in him " said as he looked at her sparkle blue eyes  

' will never stop in believe in us!  ' his voice echoed in her head.

Her eyebrows lowered and her eyes squinted with a quick nod

" I'm with you Buddy!  When to go? "

" that's the spirit" said as he pushed her back  

" We are leaving NOW! " he lead her to the door and ran to

where their plane was prepared for the long flight.

They were flying at high altitude, the clouds seemed to be laying on an invisible floor, they intended to cross through the thick dark clouds before the storm begins ,  they could make through it easily and then fly over the storm to meet a completely different climate,  no clouds. Just them and the sun.

They had been in the sky for ages, that what it felt to them so they tried to cross the time by playing chess or re-watching their show until they reached their destination.

Once the plane had touched the icy solid ground,  Buddy and Ellie stood into their positions,  Ellie toke the camera  " A~nd. Action! " Buddy spun  loosely and looked directly into the camera and began " welcome in into the unknown. Here in the North Pole, we all  know stories about an old man who live here and delivers gifts to kids around the world in just one single night!  How he doing that?   but the most important question in mind. Does he really exist?  Today I'll risk my life to find out.

How does that sound Ellie? " a finger pointed at the camera

" Excellent ,  Buddy " said it with a thumbs up then she giggled

' how can he put his famous line like that. Everywhere!  he's really talented ' she thought to herself as  she followed Buddy outside the plane and walked together towards a special vehicle which designed for such a place. Silver, 6 wheels,  4 doors,  it was really big. They stepped into the car and they began their adventure.

They had been driving for along time until they reached a blizzard,  it was a strong one,  Buddy marked to Ellie to record the event,  he began

" a very strong ice blizzard as you see out  there. What do you think?  Are we going to find out what is behind this blizzard?  Is it a sign for us to stay away? .. "

something had hit the window's glass violently then the car started to drifting to the opposite direction instead of moving forward

" I think we have to move faster, Ellie! " said as he jerked his hands backward to balance his feet

" I'm afraid we can't!  We are at top speed the wind is too strong " Ellie stated with tight voice

" then we have to settle the vehicle down. Activate the grappling hooks " his eyebrows was  down and together,  she did as what he told her then she said " that will keep us on the ground until the blizzard blows away "

Both sighed in relief and sat down looking at the snowflakes covering the glass and waited.

~ 45 minutes later ~

The blizzard was gone leaving behind it that wonderful clear sky full of stars,  a clear view of the Great North Star and shower of meteors every second,  no wind,  no clouds just a peaceful place to stare at the beauty of nature,  luckily people don't like to live in such a cold weather and destroy this place,  the Pendergasts had stepped out the car and enjoyed the view,  they held each other hand and leaned their heads on each other shoulder as the northern green lights began to dance in the sky.

They started wide -eyed as everything just doing it's job,  sparkling,  dancing,  fading and appearing .

" you know what,  Ellie?  We should have seen the aurora of Jupiter that day besides Aliens,  the scene is beautiful on Earth!"

"  I believe that our Earth's aurora is the most beautiful one in the entire universe "

" Are you going to record this? "

They whispered to each other.

Both stood stay still unable to look at anything but the sky,  she whispered " Don't worry,  there is a camera attached to my helmet,  just enjoy the moment in silence "

A moment of silence then something suddenly appeared from the sky,  that thing was long as a train and flying !

" Are you getting that Ellie?!  " she followed his finger

"What is that thing?" her voice quivered.

Buddy put a hand on her shoulder and lowered her then raised a finger to his lips " shh!  Keep an eye on this thing to learn more about it "

Both lie down tracing the thing,  it was coming in this way, they looked around to see if there was a place to hide but nothing.

Both stare with their jaw dropped in surprise then  rubbed their eyes " Buddy?  Are we imagining things? " still looking at the sky

" If you are seeing a flying reindeer as I do then,  NO! . This is real! " their eyes were locked on the reindeer until they had landed softly on the ice,  then a figure had stepped out the sliegh and got inside something invisible and dissappeard!  

They watched carefully then Buddy turned to look at Ellie whispering

" where did he go? " Ellie was still surprised and replied " into an invisible place?  Hey look!" she pointed out " The reindeer still out!  let's sneak up over his reindeer and hide inside the sliegh?  How does that sound Buddy? "

He nodded " right behind you

They approached slowly from behind the reindeer and hide inside the sliegh,  they had covered themselves by a blanket

" who would imagine a blanket in such a place, hehe " Ellie giggled as she covered her mouth.

The reindeer started to move towards the invisible place " here we go Ellie! " he whispered as they successfully entered the place.

They glanced around from under the blanket at the place.

It was a very enormous place where magic happened inside,  Elves were deployed everywhere, working,  making,  wrapping the gifts,  Santa was there surrounded by his Elves who had come to welcome him. Then he walked towards his big Earth hologram that showed yellow dots all around the world,  he was proud of his Elves job and wished he could deliver the suitable gifts at time, this time at least.

He sighed,  last year was rough for him, the waning crescent moon meant to show 14% from it's face and also meant a disaster for Santa,  his magical powers came from that moon,  after all the moon had chosen him 175 years ago,  when the job was too easy,  he delivered gifts for... let's say for 6 billions person in 1890.

This year2060  it's 9 billion person!  

He spun the Earth hologram and studied it carefully, his brows furrowed as he leant forward,  he noticed something odd, then hummed then walked away.

" where is he going? " Ellie whispered

" to check on his Elves's work?  Maybe " his forehead wrinked as he stared , they looked at each other for a moment as the silence grew increasingly awkward.

" why everything is strangely quite, ? " Ellie asked

they felt a cold breeze then looked around to find that Elves were surrounding them

" we've been spotted, Buddy!  " then they could hear a familiar laughing came from over their heads " HO HO HO " they watched the old man flying!  Then he coughed and landed heavily on the ground as Buddy and Ellie watched in surprised.

Ellie caught Buddy from the arm

" this laugh " she raised a finger and pointed it at the old man,

"is that... the real  Santa?  " her eyes widened and continued

" No. WAY!  he can fly! "

" HO HO * coughs*  HO , new ability has been unlocked, you still got your  suspicious!  after you have seen all of that, girl! " he wided his arms and spun around as he said that then one of the Elves brought a file,  Santa toke it and opened it then read loudly

" Ellie Pendergasts, you had stopped in  believing in me when you were 10 years old,  because you realized that I'm not real after you saw your parents putting gifts under the Christmas tree,  you're a good person,  why?  How could you simply disbelieve in me? " he leaned forward and looked down at her,  she looked down and away trying not to look at his eyes,  

Buddy put his hands on Ellie's shoulder and whispered to her ears " he's right in front of you,  Ellie you can ask him for explanations at least" he looked up at Santa " Anyone could be Santa? "

Santa looked up thoughtfully

and played with his beard

for a moment and of course he answered with his 'Ho Ho Ho ' laugh and said " Follow me "as he walked away. Both exchanged a confusion look and followed not far behind him  .

He introduced them to his Elves and showed them the workshop and everything inside his place.

Buddy and Ellie were looking around like they're in a school trip with their Jaws dropped nearly touching the ground, hopeful expression on their faces,  actually alot of feeling were rushing inside but that what appeared outside a mixture .

" so.... How do you deliver all of these gifts in one night?  Is the secret related to your reindeer? " Ellie asked as she tilted her head,  

he stopped to tell them " Time Travel " said as he spun around quickly ' not bad for an old man ' Buddy said to himself

" this is crazy!  can you stop the time so you do your job?" Buddy said in an enthusiasm tone as Ellie nodded vigorously at the question " HO HO Time travel is one of the associations that I can access at my current level

' Master Level ' I am capable of teleporting on a plentary scale,  I mean I can go to anywhere further than the distance between Continents,  it's a new ability and I still hadn't tested it out  yet,  175 years of evolution to finally reach this Level.. Why do I have to go to the closet satellite such as the moon while it's easy to do my job here on Earth,  every one likes to celebrate Christmas in their houses on Earth ,  Am I right? "

Ellie exchanged glances with Buddy then both nodded.

Ellie started " So you're telling me that you have this ability and you don't want to use it?  I can't believe that... " Buddy add " what an awesome ability!  unfortunately,  we will not see you doing that in front of our eyes " said sadly and both sighed.

Santa shrugged ' what's going on? Are they trying to make me doing that? really! ' he thought to himself,   they still staring at the ground in disappointing,  

then sighed in defent

' they have to believe in me anyway to make my job easier ' he though to himself again. then he toke few steps towards Ellie as he put his hand on her shoulder leading  her to the hologram

" HO HO HO Okay Ellie!  pick anything from the Earth's orbit,  point it out to me on the hologram"

She giggled as they ran to where the hologram and looked at it.

" come on!  pick something Ellie " Buddy said as he jammed himself between her and Santa.

She spun the hologram 3 times as she covered her eyes with her hands to pick something randomly,  Santa rubbed his hands together then he gasped as Ellie said " there! "

Santa gathered around to take a closer look, he blinked rapidly then stroked his fingers through his white bread and hummed

" Thunderbird Five! "  

Ellie looked at Buddy with opened mouth to find him as shocked as she was

'this is insane,  this is insane ! ' they whispered to each other

Santa closed his eyes tightly and said " Thunderbird 5. One person Inboard,  this is going to be easy "

He opened his eyes and looked at them then another file had flown

to Santa's hand " John Tracy... Hmmm he's a good guy,  he doesn't believe in my 100% but 0.000000000000000001% is a good percentage for me to do my job " he then opened the first page of John's file and prayed

' at least be a simple order. please be a simple wish ' he thought to himself as he started to read the first page. He froze in shock in his place for a moment and swallowed difficulty,  Buddy and Ellie shoot him a glance ' what? '

he cleared his throat "Ehm..." he said nervously " I think I can't fulfill his wish,  I'm sorry "

" WHAT!? " Buddy and Ellie rushed to take the file from Santa's hand and they read it together what was written

"I tried everything and I mean everything   to find my dad and I need a miracle.

Damn you Santa,  wherever you are hidden in the North Pole,  tell me where is Jeff Tracy ( my dad)  or I'll completely disbelief in you,  I want to sleep safe and sound without thinking about my Damn dad every day and avoiding my brothers asks about him "

they looked up at him

" Oh!  So....Okay,  Do you have a plan B for such a situation? " Ellie asked as she handed the file back to Santa he was nervous

" we're here when you need us " Buddy said

Santa shrugged " yeah,  my plan B,  surely he wanted something any time during this year besides that wish " he looked for anything not about (finding Jeff)

' I can't believe that he wanted that so badly!  where I supposed to find him,  his father is out of my reach ' he thought to himself then

he found something " this! "  then he walked away as the folder faded from his hand,  Buddy raised one eyebrow " where are you going?  You don't want to take us with you? "

Ellie folded her arms to her chest " yeah how are we going to know that you go to Thunderbird 5?  " Santa stopped and turn his face to them " it's dangerous and I'm testing out  my new ability " he straightened his back up

" watch the magic happens " then a very bright light appeared which made Buddy and Ellie covered their eyes, when they opened their eyes again to find that

Santa was gone.

" I think he forgot the ' light ' part when he told us to  ' watch ' " Buddy said as he rolled his eyes.

Ellie watched the Earth's hologram carefully " so the red dot is Santa and the gray dote is John "

" woow!  He's actually inside Thunderbird Five!  "

they jumped in the air and did the high five.

~ Inside Thunderbird Five ~

Lights were off,  gravity was on,  John was sleeping and EOS was monitoring things instead,  it's the 24th of December it was a quiet night,  no rescues no monitoring things for the others, no anything ' when it's my turn to monitor,  nothing happens,  when it's John's turn all disasters show up!  Is that how someone treated for trying to help out  ' she thought to herself as she was looking at the hologram. She got outta of that big room and went to the gravity ring and she saw a dark figure, she made a quick scan but that strange thing which she was looking at hadn't appeared in her scans,  she hurried to tell John,  no ship in any kind was docking to TB5  ' Is that possible! ' she whispered " John.. John "

' If only I had arms ' she thought to herself,  this time she called a bit louder " John!  There is something Inboard Thunderbirds five and it hasn't shown  on my scans,  no ships are docked either... Is it a... " John shot

out of bed his eyebrows made a bridge as his shoulder hunched

" No!...  it can't be... EOS.. " he said with eyebrows raised and pulled together

" it's a joke right?  " EOS shook her camera " John This is real. Follow me I know where is that thing and then you teach me about it " John suited up and put his helmet on and brought with him a plastic bag,  he followed her ' gravity is not my thing,  an actual people not my thing now ghosts  oh god! '

EOS cut his thoughts

" there!  behind this door..."

the figure was kneeling, she asked " but why the plastic bag?  I can open the airlock and throw the thing away,  you know?"  John put his hand inside the bag and took out a rotten bagel " I've saved it for emergencies,  luckily I'm wearing my helmet this time , EOS open the door " the door was opened,  the dark figure stood up in fright then John threw the rotten bagle at the figure then closed the door,  the rotten bagle made a dusty cloud as it bursted then suddenly a bright light had came leaving an empty room behind but with only one thing on its floor.

John looked through the door's glass to find a wrapped package on the floor " definitely this wasn't a ghost  EOS "

he sighed in relief as he glared at the package " I can't believe what I am going to say but....... " he giggled " huh it was that Damn Santa! He was really here!  " he quickly ran towards the package with a hopeful expressions on his face

' maybe a sign,  a clue or better a location! ' he thought to himself,  he caught the wrapped package and shook it slightly,  then he slowly opened it,  once he looked at what was inside,  he froze unable to move and fixed his gaze on what was inside the package then he clenched his fists on the box then threw it away, but EOS inactivated the gravity ring so the box hadn't hit the wall,  then John was floating heading back to his room,  EOS didn't understood what had just happened

'what made John shows such a behavior? it's just a gift!

she followed him

" JOHN?  "  but he shut the door behind him locking her outside ,  she returned to see what was inside the wrapped package,  she got inside the room to find a cheese burger floating in the room.

~ At The North Pole ~

Santa's dot spent 1 minute inside TB5. 3 minutes inside all space stations  in orbit.

then his dot dissappeard from space and a familiar light had suddenly showed up from behind the Pendergasts,  this time they didn't turn around to blind their eyes,  then the light died releasing a very exhausted Santa on the floor,  Buddy and Ellie rushed immediately to catch him as well as Elves.

"what happened? " her eyebrows raised and pulled together as she asked,  Santa slouched and moved his head slowly he tried to make his lips say something

" I..uhh.. ..I.. "

Buddy anxiously voice raised then he shook Santa's shoulders  

" you don't dare dying in front of us! Hold on I'll bring you some cookies and milk! "

Buddy hurried to find cookies.

Then Santa could make out what he was trying to say " I really wish I could do it this year" he said in a weak voice as he stared into the voide,  Ellie bit on her lower lip and her eyes turned glossy with tears " Don't say that.. " her voice shuttered " please.. "

" I'm sorry"

then a tear fell on the floor as he closed his eyes .

Buddy had returned then stood staring at him in shock,  he shut his eyes and walked to reached Ellie, she buried her face with her hands and cried,  Buddy wrapped his hands around Ellie then she hugged him as he closed his eyes,  she said in a heavy voice

" How?!... He's.. some kind of... immortal!  He... He can’t simply die... like that " tears still running down her cheeks,  Buddy was still shutting his eyes and spoke

" we made him doing that. It's our fault,  we have to do something,  this is not over yet " he opened his eyes to find more Elves coming for Santa then they lifted him up and walked ,  He shook her shoulder gently to make her see what was happening,  she lifted her head up and whipped her tears away.

one of the Elves marked to them to come over with them ,  they exchanged a worried look as they stood up to follow the crowd.

they walked in a long carrador until reached an enormous gate ,  Elves could open the gate with the helping of  each others.

The gate slowly opened and showed that enormous chamber 3 walls out of 4 were a magical glass they could see what was behind the glass but nothing possibly could see through to see what was iniside  the room but the moonlight could.

All Elves hurried to sit Santa on the chair near the light of the moon,  Buddy and Ellie narrowed their eyes as they watched them doing that " why you have put him on a chair?  " Buddy's eyebrows narrowed " Hey Buddy!  Look! " Ellie was standing in front of that one solid wall of the room,  a wall engraved with pictures and symbols  all over the wall,  Buddy spun around at the voice

" what have you found? " he quickly walked towards her " it's a hidden message as I expect " she pointed her fingers at something

" this thing seems to be the moon!"

He stepped closer to have a better look " Is that why Elves had put Santa on the chair? To be closer to the moon? " he said as he looked up at the moon and back down at the chair then he turned to face the wall again " it's not just for him to be closer,  look! their is another sign here " Ellie leaned forward to see,  he explained " this one looks like Santa and the moonlight hits him then look here " he pointed his finger to another symbol

" he got his powers!  " Ellie's eyes widened,  Buddy continued

" and that means... "

" that means I can recharge my powers from the moon "

Both spun around quickly at the voice and both said in a surprised tone

"SANTA!"

they smile with eyes and mouth and ran towards Santa with opened arms and hugged himtightly,  Buddy broke the huge and stepped back " you scared us to death,  why was all the drama!"

Ellie got her self free and said

" you're alive!  we're sorry,  we made you doing all that,  we're really sorry " her shoulders slumped down " I'm so sorry too " Buddy bowed his head as he approached him and put his hand on Santa's shoulder "how could we fix things for you?  we told you we are going to help you when you need us "

Santa looked at them " at my current condition I think I need help " said with a worried look on his face

" luckily you're her at least I knew what is the purpose of your appearance,  the moon had chosen both of you to help me this time " Buddy shot him a questioned look " this time? "

Ellie looked in furrowed brows

" what do you mean? "

Santa aimed his gaze at the wall

" I was a normal human before the moon had chosen me 175 years ago,  but at nights like this" he stared up at the waxing crescent moon

"It chooses normal people to help me out" he stopped for a second to take a break then he sighed

"for giving you an answer to your first question you asked me when we first met,  Ellie . The moon chose your parents to help me when you were 10 years,  they hadn't fooled you,  they were doing their job " Ellie's eyes widened in shock

"and for answering your question, Buddy,  yeah anyone could become a Santa,  but temporary "  

Ellie still stood frozen in her place with wide eyes and raised eyebrows and said with a stuttered voice " they..... I.... I can't believe " Santa put a hand on her shoulder " you both are going to be Santa for.... " Buddy pumped fist  in air

" yes! We're the Santas of the year, Ellie!  " said as Santa looked at his watch ".. For 3 hours before the nearest sunrise "

She stood up quickly " We don't have much time!  How are we going to this ! " said with a worried tone,  Santa had successfully raised out from his chair at least the moon had charged him to give him the strength to do this,  then he walked towards the wall and pressed something on it  and the whole wall opened like a door !  both kept their eyes locked at the it's opened

" woow" they said with a sparkling eyes.

blue and white lights shined as it opened and then they could see Santa's suits hanging from the ceiling,  Santa got inside the room and said

" you need to wear these Suits and they shall give you abilities" both nodded with approval then Santa aimed his finger at the suit which where on his left " this suit shall give who wears it the power of ' Remote Teleportation '...... "

" I'll take it! " Ellie jumped,  Santa blinked " oh!  Okay " said as handed it to her " you can by wearing it teleport others or anything away even your self but it requires physical contact " Ellie had worn the oversized suit then it suddenly seized it's self to fit Ellies's  size , her eyes widened "woow! How do I look , Buddy? " she asked as she spun around to show off

" Fascinating!"  he winked at her then turned to face Santa

" So what about me? "

Santa gave him the remained suit " Now,  this one is different , it allows you to summoning things from a far  place to another or create a barrier that teleports anything you want,  in another word your ability is not for short distance "

Buddy toke it and wore it immediately.

" so it's like incomplete ability? "

Santa shot them a serious look

" sort of,  Now you have got 2 hours and half left before the nearest sunrise,  I have delivered half of the presents,  so this job would be easy for you ,  you can take my reindeer  "

Buddy looked at him with a wide smile "  No need"

Santa looked surprised,  Buddy continued " I'll create a barrier to teleport us through it to the cities"

he exchanged glances with Ellie, she nodded  " yeah!  And I get inside houses and put the gifts under the Christmas trees " she said with a smile

" couldn't be simpler! Just Show me where do you put your finished gifts " Buddy asked,  Santa gazed at them in disbelief

' how I haven't thought of that! Next time I will do that ' he thought to himself then replied

" my Elves will guide you to there,  I barely can stand, so  I'll back to rest and charge my powers " he turned back to where the chair had been as Elves guided them to the door and left Santa there then once they had left the chamber the gate closed leaving Santa alone with some cookies and milk inside.

They reached the room where the finished works were waiting for delivering,  everything was sorted in sections: this for Asia, Australia, Africa and America... Every continent section had it's presents under it's name.   

" this is a way easier than what I expected! " said Buddy with a wide smile as he fooled his arms around his chest " so first we have to go to Asia" he walked to where Asia section was,  there was a huge mountain of wrapped packages  he stood and released his arms on his sides in surprise

" How are you going to teleport these? " Ellie asked with widened eyes,  Buddy shrugged " uh..I .. We.. We don't have to take them all at once.....let me create that barrier which Santa has told us about "

he moved his arms around in circles as some crinkles appeared around his eyes and nose then did some jumping and Kong fo kicking in the air then he landed on the floor and knelt down

" what are you doing? " she shoot him a look with one eyebrow raised " We don't have time for your dancing skills " Ellie lowered her eyebrows

" I'm trying to create that teleportation tunnel! " he said with a clenched teeth " or whatever it's name "

she shaked her head as she rolled her eyes and grabbed him from the arm " you will figure out how to do that later "  then she toke a big bag then they disappeared.

~ somewhere in Earth ~

A bright light had appeared then Ellie and Buddy showed up.

They looked around to find an unusual quite city with all lights went off,  snow was everywhere on the street lights on the building's roofs,  streets and that huge lighted Christmas tree,  a few cars had passed by.

Buddy rubbed his eyes " woow!  How did you do that? " she started to walk then Buddy toke the bag and followed her " I imagined ourselves in a place then closed my eyes then with a flinch of an eye boom we are here! " said with a smile

as they reached a building,  Ellie looked up as Buddy blinked at what she had just said " so.. it was... that easy.. after all? " he put a hand behind his head

"When did you learn that? " he said as they suddenly were on the top of the building,  Buddy was still walking his legs leading him forward but his gaze locked on her " maybe my suit is ruined... "  

he didn't noticed the change of place as he slowly approaching the end of the roof,  Ellie warned him " Buddy!  Stop! " he continued

" or maybe my suit is dependents on the moo..wooaaaaww! "

 Buddy hunched his shoulders and held his breath when he saw how far the ground was

Ellie immediately ran to  caught him from  the arm and pulled him toward her before he stepped another step to his death

" I think you have to focus on your surroundings Buddy " said said as Buddy let his breath out

" have I told you how I am lucky to have you by my side" he said as he released his breath

" Buddy I need you to focus,  all you have to do is imagining the tunnel or a barrier  "

" HO. Kay "

Buddy furrowed his brows and concentrate on imagine that barrier then a second later

a hole started to appear in the ground showing what was in the other side,  Ellie's face lighted up with happiness " Buddy you were right about your suit!  " Ellie said with an opened mouth " I knew it "

"you could create a hole here,  it's a short distance! "

Buddy opened his eyes " what!"

She knelt and looked through it as Buddy did the same

" and it's still opened!  so here's the plan: you're going to enter the hole to the room and put the gifts then you separate the tunnel to get in every house in this city or whatever you want to do "

" and you will teleport yourself " he gave her the gifts bag

" you need it,  if you runs out of gifts you can tell me to summon more gifts for you"  Buddy said,  she toke it with a nod

" I'll meet you in Santa's place after saving this Christmas "

He nodded with approval and stood up " time to get to work! "

She said as a bright light had come and then she disappeared,  he did what he supposed to do.

They travelled  around the world delivering the gifts.

~ meanwhile in Tracy island ~

This year It's not Scott's responsibility to decorate the house for Christmas and it's not Virgil duty to buy gifts,  this year it's Gordon and Alan turn to do this job even if it was hot here in this tropical island.

Alan and Gordon had just finished decorating the house and everything but they didn't bring a Christmas tree,  Virgil didn't allowed them to take her to the mainland after Alan had  burned her face.

" what's the point of doing that,  again? " Alan rolled his eyes " we can't bring a Christmas tree and Both of us are not allowed to pilot Thunderbird two,  this is useless "

" we are not allowed to pilot her but that doesn't mean we can't be around her,  you know " Gordon turned away to the stairs that leads to Thunderbird Two hanger

" why are you going on that way?" Alan furrowed his brows then Gordon turned his face to show Alan his evil grin,  with that light lighting that surrounded them Gordon eyes were really really red like the last time when they were together with the Pendergasts on Jupiter's frozen moon ' Oh god be with me. why I am the only one who sees this demonic eyes!  why! This is gonna be my last night on this life Virgil the gorilla will kill me ' he prayed internally " okay I'm with you... Ughh"

Alan followed Gordon as he holding his tablet and recording his last words

' Cool!  I'm walking right to the place where it shall be my grave wearing Santa's outfit as well as Gordon they think that Gordon is babysitting me but actually I'm his babysitter,  he dragged me to my Destiny by the name of responsibility,  I'm writing my last words to warn you,  DO NOT LOOK INTO HIS EYES '

Alan didn't see Gordon stopped so he hit his face at Gordon head from behind " ouch! Watch it little Santa " as he put his hand on his head

" oh sorry,  so what is your plan? "

Gordon started to explain,  Alan toke his tablet again and spoke ' I asked him about his plan. He wants to.... Wants to ' Alan turned around in shock and yelled

" WHAT?!  NO NO VIRGIL IS 1000000% IS GOING TO KILL US!  NO WAY GORDON I'M LEAVING " Gordon caught from the arm and pulled him back and looked at him ' I'm not gonna look at that Damn eyes,  I'm not gonna.. '

" Alan this is our apportunity to pay back he had drawn a third eye to your painting you looked awful don't you want to do that?" Alan opened his eyes and looked right into his red eyes ' how his eyes are red what is the explanation! '

Gordon put his hands on Alan's shoulders staring at him intensely

"Alan.. I'll take all of the blame if you want,  I promise I'm not gonna tell anyone but please help me with this,  deal? "

Alan lifted his chin up " not gonna happen unless you.. " he lifted his hand and counted " 1 clean my room. 2 clean my bird. 3 lift me up when I don't want to walk. 4 be my loyal Waiter. 5 eat the cookies that grandma services to me. You will do that for 2 weeks " Gordon eyes widened in shock " this is away to much,  do you want to kill me I barely survive after drinking her juice!  " Alan turned around and walked away and threw a dismissive hand waving " then there's No deal " Gordon clenched his jaw and stared at Alan's back as his footsteps echoed as he walked away ' I'm now laying pressure on him to let him  fulfill my wishes haha he thinks he will run away from me,  oh I'm a devil too hehe.. '  

" Hey Alan!  " Gordon's voice echoed through Thunderbird two's  hanger walls  " I'll tell Virgil what you have done to his valuable painting which he spent 72 hours painting it " Alan froze at his place in awe and slowly swallowed

' how did he know about that!'

then turned around with his hands up to Gordon who was standing under the only Illuminated

area in the hanger

"Okay!  okay!  No need to mention that,  got it... Okay Deal... where to start? "

Gordon clenched hands above his head as he lead the way then he stopped " over here Take this,  this paint will make TB2 glowing,  we have our reason after all "

He handed the paint to Alan " so TB2 is our Christmas tree?  but why don't we just decorat it with LED lights?  This way is simpler"

Gordon made his way to one of these Preparing Arms " Painting her is the easiest way,  where will we find LED rope to decorate her?  We just will put this glowing green paint on the capacitors and the arms will do the job while we sit down and watching " Alan nodded " okay point taken "

They put the glowing paint in the arms and it started to spraying the paint on Thunderbird Two hull then a tiny painting drop landed exactly on the center of Gordon’s eye when he was watching,  he roured like a dragon

" AAAAAAAH! Paint IN my Eyes !  Aaah " Alan fall his back laughing at Gordon " that's why artists call it PAIN-ting Gordo! " he ran to the kitchen and Alan followed him to continue laughing at him.

As they reached the kitchen a bright light had appeared suddenly " Great! . Now I'm blind like Gordon! " said as he caught Gordon to dock behind the kitchen bar " what is it Alan? "

Alan glanced from behind the kitchen bar to find something walking slowly inside the house

" remember when I told you I fought an alien once? " he whispered,  Gordon nodded in agreement,  he continued

" I think I will do this again but this time together! "

Gordon cleaned his eye from the paint then they exchanged

' the slayer look '

Both stood up and said at the same time

" I'll bring the salt "said Alan

" I'll bring water " said Gordon

Both looked at each other

" Both?"

"both "

" okay a salty water then  " Gordon said then Alan mixed them together. They turned around to throw it at the alien but it wasn't there " to the lounge!"

They slowly headed to the stairs before they approached the final steps Gordon said

" I'll distract it and you throw this at it " Alan stood up

" or I just throw it without that first part " said as he threw the salty water at the alien,  the mixture hit the back of the alien head " ouch! "

" Aliens don't say 'ouch' " Gordon said

" I'm going to... " Alan's jaw dropped when he saw something appearing from the thin air next to the first alien " what? " Gordon lifted his head higher to see " oh it brought a back-up!  " the aliens started to walk to where Gordon and Alan were hiding. Gordon toke Alan's arm and ran,  the aliens asked

" where is your Christmas tree?"

Gordon stopped immediately at the voice then turned around to see " Buddy?  Ellie?  " Alan tried to break Gordon's grab " they're trying to.... "

" Gordon! and Alan!  "

Gordon glared at them in disbelief then turned to see Alan

"see! they're the real Pendergasts!"

" tell us where is your Xmas tree quickly we don't have much time!" Ellie's said  with increase pitch in voice

"It's... "  Alan stepped on Gordon's foot and shot him the look ' are you serious!' Gordon cleared his throat " we don't have one, sorry" then he glanced Alan by the corner of his eyes ' satisfied?'  

Buddy summoned the remained gifts packages and put them on the floor " our job here is done"

Gordon toke a few steps towards them " wait!  What!?  Where are you going?  How did you do that!"  

Ellie put her hand on Buddy's shoulder as both of them waved to Gordon and Alan and said

" Merry Christmas to you " and dissappeard.

" Definitely Aliens I told you" Alan pushed his chest out and looked at Gordon who was his back shaking " Gordon?  Are you okay?" he slowly walked to check on Gordon " Gordon? " he put his hand on him then Gordon stood up with a laugh then danced " they said merry Christmas to me! this is the best thing ever happened to me " then he shaked Alan from the shoulders "ever ever ever... "

Alan pushed Gordon away " this is the last time I be Santa with YOU" he walked away and headed to his room then the sun raised leaving Gordon in the lounge.

Buddy and Ellie had reached the North Pole just in time as their suits gave a bright light then dissappeard,  they wiped away the sweat from there foreheads with heavy breathing and sat down on the floor " we made it?" Buddy  asked still not believe and looked at Ellie,  she glanced around the empty storing room with opened mouth " huh we made it Buddy!  We MADE IT!! " they hugged each other and laughed then lay down on the floor staring at the high ceiling and breathed,  Ellie said still staring at the ceiling " what made you think of searching for Santa? It is a brilliant idea, Buddy "

" it was your idea , Ellie. You are the brilliant one here " he replied sweetly as he reached out his finger to gave her a little peck on her nose. She blushed brightly

" thank you Buddy you're the best"  he put his arm behind her head and hugged her " haha I know " they stayed like that for a moment then Ellie suddenly jerked out from his arm and stood up " Santa!  We have to go and tell him we have done this job!"

" Don't worry he's already here" he pointed his finger at Santa who was walking towards them with opened arms " HO HO HO " they ran to him " you did a great job at delivering all gifts to the world how was it? "

" it was tough even with the suits"

Ellie answered while playing with her hair " we were two to do the job and you're just a single one to deliver all of these mountains to people around the world you're.. "

Santa shook his head with a knowing smile, Buddy completed Ellie's sentence " you're a legend "

They remained at Santa's place and enjoyed the Christmas day with him.

~ Back to Tracy Island ~

Gordon left the gifts at the lounge room and went to sleep ' all the fun begin at night hehe ' thought to himself as he lay on the bed.

everyone woke up and started the day strangely without a day rescues until the night had fallen.

" now it's time to open the gifts " Gordon opened the bag and took his gift he opened it quickly

" what is your present,  Gordon? "

He looked at it then answered" not gonna tell you it's special" Virgil looked from behind Gordon's shoulder " huh it's really special " he giggled,  all of them rushed to see it Scott toke it from Gordon's arms and read loudly

" 'how to make Lady Penelope notice me '?! " he looked down at Gordon his face turned extremely red like a tomato then he handed it back to him.

" okay Gordon read to us to us the first page " Virgil looked at him with a half smile

" shut up Virgil! " he opened the book to find just one single page, he blinked " what is written on it?"

They asked,  he replied slowly

" DO. NOT. TRY. TO. MAKE. HER. NOTICE. YOU. BE. YOUR. SELF "

They all laughed at it

then Alan turned to call John

" hey John!  What was your Christmas present? "

Johh rolled his eyes and ended the call.

~ few seconds later ~

John's hologram appeared again

" guys we have a situation, it requires Thunderbird One and Two.  I'll tell you the details while you are in the air "

" FAB" Virgil and Scott said at the same time headed to suit up while Alan and Gordon sitting down on the couch watching them until they go.

Alan turned to look at Gordon with his hands clenched behind his head " So... it was nice to meet you Gordon "

Gordon ran to see the Lighted

pool while it was moving under the house " it was nice to meet you too Alan " then Thunderbird One appeared from under the pool and straight to the dark sky " at least I got to see this before Virgil kills me " he sighed

"Thunderbird Are... " Scott said as he straightened his bird next to Virgil's " GLOW! "

" nice Christmas joke Scott" Virgil said as he rolled his eyes,  Scott hadn't commented so he looked out his window to see a green glowing reflected on Thunderbird One silver hull and screamed

"GORDON "

Gordon and Alan kept watching as the glowing green turtle sank into a tiny dot on the horizon then Vanished.

[thunderbirds-showdown]

Which Thunderbirds Are Go episode is better?

Vote on which episode you think is better. Episode synopses below the cut.

Lost Kingdom: After a seaquake near the coast of Greece reveals the lost city of Atlantis, Francois Lemaire ignores International Rescue's warning about aftershocks and with his wife, Madeline, venture below the depths to explore the area. When their submarine becomes stuck, Virgil and Gordon are called to assist. Brains and MAX go with them so that they could see the Solar Kythera, an ancient device used to view the stars.

Attack of the Reptiles: Buddy and Ellie Pendergast venture into the Mulokamba valley in Africa to search of an elusive creature. When they fail to return, Scott and Gordon fly out in Thunderbird 1 to look for them. After Gordon parachutes down into the valley he finds Ellie and both get chased by giant lizards. They also discover giant fruits and they find Buddy at an abandoned research complex, which had been developing a growth serum. They must now find a way to get out of the valley without getting eaten by the reptiles.

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Little Gifts

Attack of the Reptiles post episode fic. CONTAINS SPOILERS.

Gordon grinned, sitting back on his bed,

“Good evening Lady Penelope,” He greeted, “How can I help?”

Her smile was genuine,

“Good morning, Gordon, I was just chatting to John and he was telling me you’ve been at the heroics again?”

He shrugged at her, gaze wandering as he spoke,

“Just doing my job saving the day,” He winked, “It’s nice to be appreciated by those you’re helping you know?”

He knew her shock was feigned as she rolled her eyes,

“I hope you’re not insinuating what I think you’re insinuating.”

Shaking his head he leant forward,

“You’re not the only one to try and kiss me in thanks.”

Her eyes widened, her mouth dropping open as she tried to find a response… any response. Heart thunder in her ears, she could only shake her head back at him, swallowing to compose herself, she looked up to him. Heat had risen up her neck and she had to look away from his cocky grin as something flared.

“They even got me a present,” Gordon continued, shifting away from the hologram before reappearing, “Meet Buddy and Elly,”

He was still grinning as he held up the tank containing two Bearded Dragons, wittering on to her about how the Pendergasts had officially named him their number one fan. The lizards were apparently a gift was all she really caught onto as he spoke, for saving their lives… again.

“I thought you didn’t like Lizards… after a certain incident when you were six?”

His wittering stopped mid stream his face falling as he looked to her again ablaze with scandal. She was the one that could grin then, raising an eyebrow at him across the camera,

“Oh, was John not meant to tell me about that?”

If she had have gotten him a gift, at least it would have been something he would have liked.

“Well…” He started, mouth gaping like a fish as he desperately tried to come up with some response, “... it’s the thought that counts!”

Her shoulders fell again, her triumph short lived as his grin returned, more certain as he added,

“No other rescuee’s ever got me a present.”

She stood, knowing that he had won the war of words and it was better to walk away whilst she could,

“It’s time for Sherberts morning walk.”

He waved as the comm cut out, setting the tank of lizards at the opposite end of his bed as he grinned to himself.

It’s purely coincidence that a week later he receives a soft Panda toy with a handwritten cursive note stating,

I thought you may appreciate this more than a Lizard toy.  From a friend at London Zoo.

[faeknife]

welcome baby eleanor (ellie) pendergast!! the first baby of this legacy!!

maple: um, excuse me, clearly i am baby too!!?!

[misssquidtracy]

Supporting Character TAG Game

So we all have our favourite main Thunderbirds character(s), but I think it’s high time some of the supporting characters got a little bit of recognition.

I have never come across a series that has so many amazing background characters. I especially love how several women are shown holding high-powered scientific and government jobs. Casting a working mum as the combined leader of the Mars mission and primary pilot of the Helius in Colony was an excellent choice in my opinion.

Anyway, I thought I’d throw together a quick tag game to get people’s brains working, because who doesn’t love a tag game?

Supporting characters can be reoccurring (Ned Tedford, Cass McCready, Kinnear, Buddy & Ellie etc), or one-offs (Professor Questa, Great Aunt Sylvia, Conrad, Helen Shelby etc). Goodies, baddies, robots, and animals are all welcome.

TAG themed for now. TOS to follow at a later date.

Favourite S1 background character: Professor Moffat. Female scientist, and a physicist to boot! Women have historically always been strongly underrepresented in maths and physics, so she’s an instant win in my book.

Favourite S2 background character: I can’t pick just one here. Kate from Grandma Tourismo is my all-time fav, but I also adore Blue Watch, Dr. Travers, and the Pendergasts...probably in that order. Again, female representation in science for Kate. Successful working (and presumably single) parent for Dr. Travers. Tracy-level bravery for Blue Watch, and the Pendergasts because they’re cool and ma boi likes ‘em 😁💛

Favourite S3 background character: Andi Houseman, Sophie, and Scraps (I’m failing miserably at my own game here). Female mechanic/engineer, female lorry driver, and female urban explorer respectively, all of which are industries that again don’t get much female representation (at least currently). 

Overall favourite background character: Kate. A young scientist/entrepreneur operating out of what can only be described as a fairly hostile environment, presumably on her own. She’s awesome! 

Tagging the last 7 people in my notifs. No pressure, of course 😊

 @realbumblecrumble, @loopstagirl, @willow-salix, @olliepig, @sugar-fiend, @janetm74, @liseylou, and everyone and anyone else who fancies a go 💛

[miss-smrxtiee]

-Don’t Wake Up-

Beckett Harrington x MC.F!

The Elementalists.

QUICK EXPLANATION!: in this story, Beckett never broke through the wards at the their Theif game after Ellie’s disappearance and she was never found. They don’t know if she is dead of alive and this is Beckett’s experience dealing with it.

Warnings: tinyyy angst, mention of death, kidnapping.

A/N: This was super fun!! It’s not as dark as it looks I promise.

Masterlist

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Beckett’s usual stoic self was a crumbling mess. The pain that took over his heart was always too much, the thought of her smile, her laugh, and just her being taken away from him forever nearly broke him into a million peices.

He arrives home after another class without her and just stares at himself in the mirror. Running a hand through his hair he looks down at the Pend Pals bracelet their friend group wore. He remembers her putting it on for him because he slipped up doing it the first time but she didn’t seem to mind at all.

He sits down unbuttoning his shirt and kicking off his shoes before laying face up on his bed with his hands laying softly on his chest. His eyes flutter close from exhaustion and black surrounds his gaze while his shoulders relax more and more...

And then suddenly...

The sound of birds chirping fills Beckett’s ears and the smell of a fresh breeze hits his nostrils as that familiar feeling of peace and comfort eases its way through him. The grass around him flows with the wind ushering all his stress away. He had felt all this before.

This feeling never lasted to long. He used to hate it, it made him feel out of control which was something he wasn’t used to. All this peace and love that filled him by being there was her.

He squeezes his eyes shut not wanting it to end but feels a soft, delicate hand run through his hair and his eyes flew open locking his smoky eyes with her emerald green ones and she greets him with a warm smile.

“Wh-E- Ellie?” He choked out just staring up at her in disbelief. She chuckles before speaking.

“Hi nerd, how’s it hanging?” She laughed at his expression.

That smile... he thought as he continued to stare at her.

“Wait, Ellie, are you okay? Where are you?! a-are you...?” He didn’t need to finish the last part as she shook her head.

“I’m not dead Beck, I’m inside your head right now. This is a dream.” She assured him.

“Wait, a dream? How are you inside my dream? I didn’t think you could do that.” He asked sitting up and resting his back on the tree they where under. She lets out a sigh. “I’m using my presence to call out to you. I’m not sure how long it will last.” She quickly explained before resting her head on his shoulder.

“Are you okay?!” Beckett asked looking down at her.

Ellie sighed and it took a few seconds for her to reply. “Yes, and no.” She finally said.

“What do you mean yes and no? That’s not a clear answer!” His voice was laced with concern.

“I’m not quite sure where I am, all I know is that nobody is consistently hurting me. I do have a gash on my leg and a few scrapes but those were from Mr. Handlebar Mustache.”

“Kane?!”

“Are you really that surprised?” She said quirking an eyebrow at him.

Beckett just stared at her, unsure of how he was talking to her and if she was alright. She doesn’t seem worried. And her telling him she’s alive and not hurt felt like a heavy concern lifting off his shoulders. After he got back he would have to tell the others, this would get them a step closer to finding her and getting his ray of sunshine back.

After a couple more seconds of looking down at her he raps his arms around her and kisses the top of her head with a sigh. I miss this.

“As long as your safe, Atlas and Swan are trying their hardest to find a connection that will hopefully find you. I wish I could do more to help but I can’t think of anything...” he admits.

“It’s alright, I’ve been practicing my presence while I’m stuck but it’s a lot harder now that I’m so far away from you all. Kane said I was ‘far from Pendergast’ but I just don’t know how far that is...”

A bird chirps in the distance as Ellie melts into Beckett, reminding herself of his warmth and appreciating it while she still can.

She had no idea where she was, and that scared her. She wished she even had the smallest idea as to what was happening. Beckett’s arms made her feel safe and... loved.

“I miss this.” She says with a sigh following after. Beckett hugs her tighter into his side.

“Me too.” He smiled down at her.

I love this girl so much. I’ll do everything I can to find her even if it kills me.

His own thoughts consumed him immediately.

I love her...

He continues to stare down at her and she lifts her head from his shoulder to look at him.

“Everything ok? You look a bit shocked there Beckett.” Her voice was laced with confusion as he shook his head to snap out of it.

He feels tired, like the dream would be ending.

When will I see her again? If at all...

That crushing feeling of pain and guilt washed over him once again.

He cupped her cheek, pressing her forehead against his softly. He stares into her eyes and she smiles which gives him butterflies. She runs a hand through his hair and that tired feeling from before grew.

“Do you have to leave?” She asks softly noticing his droopy eyes.

“I-I think.” He raps his arms around her waist and she frowns.

“Beckett.”

“..yes?”

“Don’t Wake Up.” Her eyes looked desperate as she spoke. Beckett knew he had to tell her what had been weighing on his mind for as long as last year.

“I- Ellie, I uhm.. I love-“ he begins but Ellie fades away in an instance.

“What? Ellie? Where are you!” He looks around and finds his own visions darkening, making everything around him blurry.

Before he knew it, black had surrounded his vision and he heard a strange noise.

~~~~

“Harrington!!!” Atlas was banging on his door.

He jolted awake at the intrusion and felt a pain in his chest. I didn’t tell her.

“Helllooo?!” The banging continued and Beckett through on some sweatpants and a shirt, still dizzy and confused.

He walks up to the door and opens it to find the Pend Pals and the Dean standing outside his door.

“Get dressed.”

“Why? What’s happening?”

“We found Ellie.”

This has been in my drafts since October... oops!

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[tsarinatorment]

For the ask meme, TAG!

Send me a fandom and I will tell you my:

Favourite character:Scott!!!!

Least Favourite character:Kayo.  I know she’s popular in the fandom but I just… the more I see of her the less I like her, and I didn’t like her much first time I saw Ring of Fire.

5 Favourite ships (canon or non-canon):If we’re specifying romantic ships:

Penelope/Gordon is good.  Caught me out initially, because where did that come from - no basis in TOS - but it’s cute enough.

Buddy and Ellie are brilliant, enough said.

There’s something quite satisfying about Madeleine and Francois Lemaire, honestly.

That’s… basically it for me and romantic ships in TAG.  But platonic ships are way more my bread and butter, especially in this fandom, and for those I have many!  If I had to pick two to make the five, though…

John and Ned.  I’ve seen nothing for this in the fandom but these two would be such good friends, especially after Growing Pains.  Change my mind (you won’t).

John and Penelope.  I just… anyone who can get John down from TB5 for a function and not have him immediately bail is clearly very special to him, and it’s such an odd friendship at face value but it works.

Character I find most attractive:Scott.  I can’t not pick him…

Character I would marry:So following the pattern, Scott should logically be my answer, but while I adore him I think he’d drive me utterly bonkers if I actually had to live with him.  John might be aro/ace, but I think we’d be less likely to drive each other insane, and he is my second favourite after Scott…

Character I would be best friends with:Judging by my taste in friends, probably someone like Conrad?  I’d say John but I could never compete with Penelope there.

a random thought:Random how?  I’m not good with coming up with random on request (when not requested, though… looks at piles of wips about throwing characters into weird and wonderful situations - what would it be like if Scott suddenly got deaged into a kid and his little brothers ended up his big brothers?  Bonus points if Scott still has all his memories, but has the emotional restraint of his body’s new physical age.)

An unpopular opinion:In an otherwise amazing revamp of TOS, they completely screwed over Tin-Tin.  And, uhh… rant incoming.  If you like Kayo and don’t want to read about why I absolutely do not, feel free to skip to the next question.  I won’t be offended, I promise (I won’t even know unless you go out of your way to tell me, so…).

Kayo’s punch first ask questions later does not fit with the otherwise saving people feel of the show, she’s a badly-developed character who is stated to be their adoptive sister but has all of maybe three scenes where it feels like she might actually be part of the family and generally seems incredibly shallow and single-faceted.  Where is my beautiful, glamorous, fully qualified engineer who is as much at home in gorgeous dresses and high class functions (on spy duty for Lady P or otherwise) as deep in the bowels of Thunderbird One covered in engine grease?  And can also pilot/co-pilot any of the Thunderbirds.  Why has she been replaced by a trigger-happy fighter and a robot (although MAX is awesome and I would have been delighted to see him and Tin-Tin together)?  In general the female characters were less well-handled than TOS (which is honestly ridiculous considering TOS was written in the sexist era of the 60s, but I think it’s the attempt to modernise them that’s backfired for me, personally), but Lady Penelope I am willing to mostly let slide.  Tin-Tin, however, I just can’t let go.

Yes, I have a lot of feelings about this, sorry to all the people who adore her - if she’s your kinda character and you disagree with me, that’s fine.  I’m not in the business of ragging on people who have different tastes to me.  I haven’t tagged this post with her out of courtesy because people don’t go into character tags looking for negative things about those characters, as far as I know.

Other thing I’m not sure if it’s ‘unpopular’ or just an even split in the fandom - but to me Tracy age order is Scott, John, Virgil, Gordon, Alan.  Idk, John’s always given me an older vibe (when I first watched TOS as a kid, I thought he was the oldest, until I think it was my parents who corrected me and pointed out that it was Scott.  Also, middle child always seems to fit Virgil better in my head).

My Canon OTP:Buddy and Ellie, gotta be.  Gordon and Penelope are cute, but Buddy and Ellie are, quite frankly, relationship goals.

My Non-canon OTP:I don’t ship in TAG, outside of already canon ships.  Scott and free time, maybe

Most Badass Character:You ask me this in a series where every character is badass?  Cruel, cruel, question.  Probably (yup, again) Scott, if only because that time he was gonna punch Professor Harold (as an archaeologist that man offended me on so many levels)?  Beautiful.  Thank you for stopping him so he didn’t get in trouble, Virgil, but… why did you stop him, the rat-faced weasel deserved that and more.

Most Epic Villain:It’s Thunderbirds.  Gotta be the Hood.

Pairing I am not a fan of:If it’s not canon, I probably don’t like it.  Particular offenders, however, are:

Kayo/any Tracy - not because of my dislike for Kayo in this case, but because if she’s their adopted sister then in my mind that’s an incest ship

John/Ridley - After Ghost Ship?  I could probably see it, even though aro/ace John is my headcanon.  After Impact?  I lost all respect for the woman and if she’s going to manipulate John like that then I don’t want them in the same space station together, let alone a relationship.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another):I’ve given my Tin-Tin/Kayo rant.  Barring her, probably EOS.  I loved the finale but they could really have done with including EOS in at least some capacity.  And no, John’s throwaway comment in Part 1 doesn’t count.

Favourite Friendship:It’s a beautiful series with many beautiful friendships, but if I had to pick just one, it would probably be the best one in terms of development throughout the series - Parker and Sherbet!

Character I most identify with:John.  I wish I could be 22500 miles away from humanity, too.

Character I wish I could be:Honestly, I have a deep respect for all the Tracy boys, but if I had to actually pick one, it would be Virgil.  Which feels weird to say, because while Virgil is great (all the boys are), he’s actually my second-least favourite if I had to rank them, mainly because I personally can’t relate to him - hence why his PoV has yet to appear in anything I’ve posted, and wips that are from his PoV are sat gathering proverbial dust on my hard drive.  But I do admire his cool head, his deep empathy, his ability to control the madness that is Scott, and his artistic/musical skills.  So yeah, Virgil.

Although, Lady Penelope?  Goals.

[darkestwolfx]

Deep Search - Re-Review #29

Short-ish one today I’m afraid, but let’s see how much we can get through!

Firstly, meet Buddy and Ellie Pendergast (probably also soon to be series regulars, let’s be honest) who once again have a camera and film their adventures! Hell, it’s like Francios Lemaire all over again... although these two at least have some sense and skill. Oh, and Gordon loves them, so they’re instantly better than Mr F. Lemaire.

“Buddy and Ellie Pendergast are missing? That’s terrible!”

“They do have a flair for the dramatic!”

“Then what are we waiting for? We gotta rescue them!”

“This is no ordinary rescue, Gordon. They’re on Europa. It’s the sixth closest moon to Jupiter.”

“For starters we should take Thunderbird Four. That means you’ll go Gordon.”

“Yes! Maybe I can get their autographs?”

“Oh man! Why does Gordon get all the good missions?”

Um, Alan, I wouldn’t say Gordon necessarily gets all the good missions. I mean, he gets trapped in sea caves, nearly knocked unconscious, nearly breaks his back, nearly gets squished by a plane (thank you @psychoseal for the reminder) gets trapped in an ancient tomb, nearly falls into a pressure high sea trench, goes potentially life-threatening fishing inside a gravity well, nearly gets blown up... let me know if I’ve missed anything there anyone - please feel free, @psychoseal, yes I’m looking at you!

“He won’t be going in alone. Europa isn’t exactly next door. You’ll be in command from Thunderbird Three.”

“Command from? You mean..?”

Uhh... Scott? Are you sure about that? Oh, too late, he’s said it now, watch as the power goes to Alan’s head;

“We’d like you to take the lead on this mission Alan. You’ll be in charge.”

“Don’t worry, Scott! I won’t let you down!”

“Really?”

Although I must admit, I’m still kinda with Gordon on this one.

“Alan’s our best deep space pilot and I want him to get more decision making experience under his belt. You think he can handle it?”

“I’ll keep an eye on him.”

In fairness, that would never have happened in Series 1. Back then it was all, keep Alan at home, and make sure he studies, and don’t let the youngest near the danger unless we must. It does show that the family are seeing his growth and that they are taking it seriously. It’s a nice little thread of development.

Anyhow, it could only ever be these two for this rescue. If it had been anyone else in place of one or either of them, then the episode would be half the length, because we all know Scott and Virgil would have turned around sooner.

And as much as these two love each other and play off each other, it was nice to see them genuinely annoying each other at points. After all, it’s only natural that it would happen, and the two of them have completely opposite specialties: space and water are two very different things.

“Oh, how many of these do you have?”

“Only twelve seasons! They haven’t released the thirteenth yet.”

Yeah... definitely missed the point there, Gordon, top marks, well done.

Oopps... just realised I spent so much time watching the episode that I haven’t written much... oh dear.

Um, basically, it’s ice, they drill beneath it, they find Buddy and Ellie and launch a rescue attempt! Oh, and they only have 10 minutes until their way out freezes back over leaving them trapped and likely to die. Did I forget to mention that bit?

It’s nice to see Thunderbirds Three and Four out on the same mission though.

“Scott put me in charge, it’s my call.”

Yeah, there we go, went straight to his head. Wait for it;

“Of course you could try and talk me out of it!”

“It’s all on you little brother.”

Of course it is, because there is no way Gordon is letting Alan pilot Four.

“We could be the first human beings to see something extraordinary.”

What? You mean beside like the whole International Rescue, special equipment and mass mission set extraordinary that you already see and do every day? I mean, really Gordon, you want more? Hes’s like Oliver.

“Do you want to spend the rest of your life wondering what you’ve missed?”

“Scott would never consider risking our lives for something crazy like this.”

“But you’re not Scott. He put you in charge! This is your decision, Alan.”

Yeah, nicely done there, Gordon. He really is the master of exploitation.

Their faces at the alien life... it looked like fish to me...

Haha, Gordon’s eyes looks red at one point in this episode.

And... the way out is gone... Of course it is. Although that was the shortest three minutes of my life, I will be honest.

“This is all my fault. I shouldn’t have let us get sidetracked!”

“I would have done the same thing, Alan. We all would.”

“Look, if anyone’s to blame, it’s us.”

Oh hoorah! Look, they know how to accept blame as well, unlike a certain other member of the regular rescue club, not naming names. *Lemaire*. Did someone say something? No? Good, let’s go on.

“We just sort of got swept up in the moment.”

“Swept up..? That’s it. Gordon, steer the ship back into the current. The strongest current you can find.”

“I think I know what you’re thinking, and I like it.”

Of course Gordon does. He loves a thrill. Still, nice thinking though on Alan’s part really. He is capable of being in charge, even if he is still young. In fact, this is the sort of experience he needs to be gaining, and I think it’s great that the writers - his brothers have managed to realise that now. It’s a good call, even if it could come with some risks.

I have a feeling this photo is probably in Gordon’s bedroom, and that he probably got a copy signed at some point.