Spring Break | Thunderbirds Are Go | Re-Write

(Re-Write of the Original "Spring Break". Updated in order to fix characterization and other issues. Cross-posted to Fanfiction.Net & Archive of our Own)

Alan Tracy was thoroughly convinced that this was the worst spring break ever.

A 10,000-word essay assigned by a teacher that he knew couldn't care less, due at the end of break? Fine. Brothers making fun of him and brushing him off? Just another Tuesday. Grounded for the entirety of break because he was in Thunderbird One and accidentally started it up? Fine.

Little did he know, that was just the start.
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Alan Tracy was thoroughly convinced that this was the worst spring break ever.

Not just spring break, actually -- any break.

While most teenagers are spending their time surfing, going on dates, and just having fun, Alan was out saving lives. Not at all a bad thing -- But when it's family, anything that's fun about it is gone.

John was in trouble -- his older brother, the man who taught him all he knew about space. John, who was supposed to be safe, was in space, all alone, and dying.
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For both of them, the thought was clear: This week couldn't get any worse.

Could it?