The Firetruck Bros

The Second Rescue

The fact his brother wasn't moving or answering his yelling terrified him. Thomas grunts trying to pull Roy back but it does nothing with the waves pushing him away

"Come on!" Thomas yells using his back wheels. He was so close to falling with Roy's weight but the hook was keeping him on the platform. Another wave pushed him forward and he heard a snap. Looking back he noticed the fence holding him had cracked.

"That.. is not good." He tries to unhook it but it almost gets him launched into the ocean. He can't change the fence. He shoots his own hook aiming for another  fence but it immediately snaps. Another one was grabbed in but it breaks as well

"Don't break!" Thomas begged, moving back as best as he could. "Please!!" He continued to hear the snapping continue,

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Poli moved as best as he could in the weather. In just a short time it has gotten worse and he looked back at the helicopter behind him. Helly was behind, struggling along the wind and him holding the rescue line wasn't helping.

"Helly, I need you to go back right now. It's too dangerous for you to be around here now that the weather is bad."

"I can handle it, Poli!" He protests and tries to fly quickly but gets pushed back. Poli looks at him serious about his decision.

"Get to land and call me when you are."

"But-."

"Helly, this is for your own good. We need you to be safe."

Knowing he can't change his leader's mind, Helly begrudgingly flies back. Poli sighs and continues the search.

"This sucks." Helly muttered. It's a been a day since they've last seen them. Who knows what has happened to them.

"Please!" Helly stops and he looks around. He heard something.

"Help!"

"I'll do anything!"

Helly follows the voice quickly and there's a shed of hope that it was who he thinks it was.

"I'm coming! Hold on!" Helly said flying as fast as he can.

—-

"Please! Help! I'll do anything! Just don't let us fall in!" Thomas cried. The fence continues to break and Thomas knows that he's just a few inches away from hitting the water. No one is saving them..

"I'm Roy.. ". "I'm not a rescuer.. I'll never be like you. I failed you.. and dad.... Mom is going to be so sad.. I'm so stupid.."

It cracks, and he feels himself going overboard. Thomas closes his eyes waiting to be swallowed up. Waiting for the coldness and the darkness.

But it doesn't come. He opens his eyes and widens that he's barely above it. He looks behind him and relief spreads. Helly was holding onto him by the back pulling him back. Slowly but surely all four wheels were on the platform and Helly flies downs

"Oh my gosh. I found you! I-." Helly looks like he was about to cry and then looks around. "What happened to Roy?"

"I'm attached to him! He's in the ocean! I don't know what to- AUGH!" Thomas is almost knocked by a wave and Helly grabs him. Immediately his transmitter is brought out.

—-

Poli heard the beeping and answered it. To his surprise, Amber and the Mountain Rescue Team were in the call too

"Did you land?" He asked.

"No!" Poli was about to scold Helly when he continued. "I found them! Thomas is on a wooden platform and Roy is in the water! I'm sending you the location! Please hurry! I'm not sure how much longer I can do this myself!"

All of them were relieved at the news. They rushed to where Helly had sent the location.

"Hang in tight! We'll be there!"

—-
"Get Roy out." Thomas said as Helly almost attached him to the platform. The helicopter turns to him, shaking his head as he held the rescue line

"You're going to fall off if I don't do this."

"But Roy has been in the water too long! The waves are going to push him farther and farther away! My line is breaking!"

Helly looked at the line that Thomas was using to hold Roy's hand. It did look like it was going to break. But he couldn't just leave the younger Firetruck like this.

"Please Helly!" Thomas begged, tears coming out. "Save my brother!"

He didn't like the tears and fear. He didn't want to lose Roy. Immediately he throws the line and it grabs into Roy's arm. Helly starts pulling up grunting with effort.

"Roy! Roy!Wake up! " Helly yelled. No answer was said and Helly feared the inevitable had happened. But he kept being Roy up until he saw his face. It was very scratched up and blue but he could see faint breathing.

"What do we do now...? Thomas looked at him terrifieds as the waves moved harshly. Helly didn't know what to do.

"Helly!" His name was said above and he looked up. Carry was moving down with his door opening. Mark and Bucky peek out in their transformed mode.

"We're here! Help us get Roy inside and then go to Thomas." Mark responded. Helly nods and Bucky launches a rescue line to Roy's shoulder. He pulls back and Mark shoots his own line onto the other shoulder. Helly helps lifts Roy up to the door, slowly his whole body is taken out of the water and he's laying on Carry's door. However, one of the lines broke. Thomas's line.

Helly looks back and Thomas looks terrified as the waves rise and lowers. And then a big wave comes and pushes Thomas far from Carry. Helly tries to get over there and a wave comes from under the platform and it sends the little Firetruck into the air.

"Ahhh!" Thomas screamed. He closed his eyes bracing for impact when he landed on something plush. Opening his eyes, Poli was in front of him riding a waterjet. He was on a life raft of some sort. Amber was next to him on her jet lookup worried

"You're safe now Thomas. We're going to get you to HQ." She said. Thomas takes a deep breath and smiles weakly. They were safe... finally. He collapses on the life raft and tears come out. They were safe, they were safe.. his eyes were closing and he was so tired..

—-

"He's asleep Poli." Amber said. Poli nods and moves to Carry. One look at Roy made him freeze.

"Amber.. Can you take a look?" Helly asked. She nods and scans over the firetruck's body. He was shivering and coughing harshly. His face was scratched up and there were some dents in him.

"We need to get to headquarters quickly. This is a very serious condition." Amber states. Everyone nods and Poli starts his jet and it stops.

"Huh..?" He looks down and notices all the power is gone. Amber looks down at her jet and it also was out of power.

"I forget we didn't charge them last night! Ah! We were too distracted!" Poli said. Mark and Bucky looked at each other before nodding.

"You guys can get into Carry. It'll be a tight squeeze but I think all of you will fit. We can put the little guy in the extra room." Mark suggested. "We can tie the jets on Carry."

"That sounds like a good idea. Helly, Amber get Thomas and Roy inside and safe. I'll get the jets settle in."

"Alright!"