Green industry's, ran by that of Derek Green, always dispised that of Anderson tech, in fact, anything to do with Anderson. It's just funny when space freighters blow up and crash unexpectedly in the ocean. Zayne gets dibs on what can be picked up
Warnings: swearing, mild sex joke (literally only one) terrible terrible puns
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Zayne snorted half hearing Brains joke on electrons, it was quite positive, to say the least, as the two engineers nattered together in the Tracy island hanger for the Thunderbirds
Zayne fixing one of URSAs thrusters from a mild damage on a rescue with Thunderbird 2 to aid in a collapsing satellite that helpee with GDF operations
Which lead them to limping URSA back to Tracy island to be patched up
Zayne, sat on top of URSA, on the forward fuselage, with Brian's below him, Virgil getting out of his gear to get snacks and drinks for the engineers
Zayne pushed up the welder mask glancing down at the other engineer below him
"You know, I gotta say thanks for this"
"Pfft, p-please" Brains smiled "You've saved us more then o-once Zayne, i-its only fair to re-repay the favor here and there"
Zayne smiled lowering the welder for Brains to take
"Besides its g-good to have a third e-engineer around, o-one actually with a degree i-in rocket science"
Zayne laughed "don't let Virgil hear you Brians" He grinned
"Hear what?"
He glanced down seeing the flannel wearing Tracy holding a tray of what looks like lemonade, he chuckled watching as Brains try and create a convincing lie to diverge Virgils raised eyebrow
"Don't worry about it too much" Zayne waved his hand, before sliding down the nose of his ship landing with a thud walking over towards the work bench they set up to hold some of Zayne gear and diagnostic gear
His space suit, half undone, the arms tied securely around his waist, his under tunic on show as he leant on the table just as Virgil placed the tray of lemonade
"How is she?" Virgil moved his head to indicate towards URSA, as Zayne picked up one of the glasses, taking a sip
"Well...damage was minor, easily fix, specially with what yall have here"
"W-we still need to run engine diagnostics" Brains reminded Zayne, he nodded in response
"That we will do"
Virgil leant on the table "gonna take long?"
Zayne smirked "plan to get rid of me that quickly Tracy?"
"Oh lord no, just trying to..." He glanced around quickly, before leaninh in closer to the younger man, dripping his voice "get you out before your invited to stay for Grandma's Tracys cooking"
Zayne snorted "Ah...I've heard the horrors from Alan and Joh-"
"International rescue" speaking of the devil as the space dispatchers voice rang through the hanger
Johns hologram appeares up on the work table, all three looked at him
"What's up John?" Virgil raised an eyebrow turning towards his little brother
"More what's coming down, I suddenly got an alert of a Green industry's deep space mining freighter blowing up during reentry, some debris landed in the Pacific, it's easy clean up...but" the dispatcher hesitated a second "I'm getting pings from a beacon"
Zayne raised an eyebrow and huffed placing down his glass
"I'll check it out John, seeing its not a big issue and you know space debris expert" He grinned as Brains chuckled and virgil tried to hide his eye roll with drinking the lemonade
Zayne shrugged on his space suit fastening it
"Oh and tell Derek he can get the thing when I'm done and if he proceeds to be a ass-"
"Tell him your the space chairman, and you can do what you want with what falls out the sky?"
Zayne clicked his fingers at Johns grinning hologram
"Exactly"
Virgil chuckled shakiy his head at Johns and Zaynes interaction
"We'll wait for you Mr sass" virgil sat down on the work bench seat beside Brains
"G-go easy on the t-throttle Zayne"
"Will be Brains! I'm always carful!" He called back as he walked through the loading bay, as URSA turned on the landing pad
He half heard Brains and virgil talk, something along the lines
"What was that about the rocket scientists degree?"
And brians nearly choking on his drink
URSA heading outwards to the open sky's, the sun glistening off her paint work
He shifted his suit on and gloves, helmet clicking onto his under suit, he flickered switch as the engine ignited, purring in response
The display showing the engine diagnostic and the location he was heading thanks to John information
He tapped the photo on the dash, of his father before his death, before focusing on the job
URSA cleared the hanger bay before he pushing the throttle up
URSA engines roared
Steadily lifting
Zayne let her gain enough height
Before shifting the engine to flight, the two jets tilted horizontal, pushing her forward
Zayne grinned, keeping an eye on URSAs monitors incase she suddenly started beeping warnings at her, but she held together likely with spite
"Atta girl"
"Hot mic" hearing John's smile in his tone, and he couldn't help his own smile coming across his lips
"Yeah yeah, ETA 25 minutes" He pushed the throttle, feeling URSA speed increase, he couldn't help but let a grin pull against his lips
She was no Thunderbird, but she was all his
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He arrived in the crash zone, eyes on the scanner which picked up multiple floating debris on the oceans surface, with some even below the waves as be circled the area, but the beacon sang out loud and clear on the scanners
He switched URSA to hover over the debris field
"Going fishing John, gonna hook me a beacon"
"FAB" John chuckled "hook us a big one"
"Aye aye captain Tracy!" He teased
He made his way into the loading bay, the door opening
The waves bobbed the beacon like a fish caught on the line, just waiting to be reeled in
Zayne hooked the grapple into the back of his belt before leaning out of the cockpit of the hovering URSA before lowering himself down with a grunt
He managed to grab the top of the beacons edge, Halling it out with effort with how heavy it was, it chirped at him almost mocking him in some digital beacon way
"Got myself a beacon!" He grinned before he pressed the winch and he was reeled upwards again, dropping his new chirpy friend to the loading bay floor with a thud, it rolled a little, before Zayne got it tied down, to not provide a hazard when he's flying again
"Zayne your getting company, clean ups here"
He grunted closing the bay doors sliding into the pilot seat
"FAB, clearing out" He shifted the control and was flying away watching as boats pass him below
"Heading back to Tracy island, see what she got in her"
"FAB, meet you there URSA"
Zayne half smiled at John's tone
Zayne held up the beacon above his head with a grin "look at how big she is!"
"A-an amazing catch!" Brains clapped his hands as Zayne waddled out with the ball placing it on the table
Virgil picked up the lemonade as the table jolted with the weight of the beacon
Before the astronaut took off his helmet and gloved grabbing his left drink from virgils hands
"H-hypothisis?" Brains tapped the casing
"it's his 4th wife's hate nudes"
Brains snorted, Virgil laughed shaking his head as Zayne suggestion
"You really hate the man?"
"He hates my guts verge" Zayne shrugged "besides this came from space, can hide a lot of things in space"
"Yeahh..." Virgil hald smiled as Brains worked on cracking the casing open to get to the beacons insides
He took a few sips of the lemonade half smiling, hearing the soft taps of boots behind him, before an arm slung over his shoulder
"You've got me curious now" John pecked Zaynes cheek with a soft kiss "how was fishing?"
He pointed to the beacon "should have seen it, put up a fight"
John chuckled shaking his head
"Bettings?"
"We have Derek's 4th wife nudes." Virgil smirked around his mug "gonna say its gonna be nothing but space noises thats gonna deafen us"
"Ohh, weres your adventure Verge" Zayne teased, before it softened "You John?"
John pulled a face thinking "maybe just the generic beacon gibberish"
"Or a bomb-"
Everyone stopped and looked at EOSs icon on the hologram
"Thank you EOS" John sighed "still as murderous as ever"
"Ah ha!' Brains cried triumphant and the case cracked and Brains lifted the top, at the pretty basic –not a bomb– distress beacon
"Not a bomb EOS" Zayne chuckled hearing the disappointed sigh from the ai, and Brains plugged it into the computer
It booted up steadily before it started to beep in sequence
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Zayne felt his mouth go dry suddenly, as the sequence repeated
He heard a shatter
All eyes on him suddenly
Everything sounded distant
Too far away
His throat tightened
Tears bubbled up as a sobbed wrecked through his chest
He just feld Johns grip his shoulder steering away from the hangers, away from the shattered glass on the floor and the damn beacon
That's-
Hope-
He knew it
It was the original name for Anderson Station, very few people knew of the stations maiden name
-Little bird...? I had planned to tell you but... err with all that happened last night it slipped mine mind. I see Margin has informed you in my place... A child of my own! I can barely stay still without shaking in excitement. The stars are as gorgeous as meine beloved...-
