DRABBLE TRIO by ALTERNATE REALITY1 RATED FRPT

These drabbles were written in response to the 2006 Tracy Island Writers Forum's Drabble Challenge. The challenge was as follows:

Choose three of the following six topics and write one drabble for each of the topics you chose. You will wind up with three 100-word drabbles on whichever three topics you chose. Here are your choices:

A) Scott during a rescue (could be his thoughts, someone observing him, something he's actually doing, etc.).
B) Virgil while playing the piano (again, could be his thoughts, someone observing/listening, etc.).
C) Gordon's and Alan's relationship as brothers (one or both of them thinking about it, one of them thinking about the other, someone else ruminating on their relationship, etc.).
D) Lady Penelope (either her thoughts or someone else's about her/what she does, etc.).
E) The Thunderbirds (perhaps the ship's actual POV or someone's thoughts about one or all of them, etc.).
F) Parody drabble (anything goes, parody style).

Drabble One

A) Scott during a rescue (could be his thoughts, someone observing him, something he's actually doing, etc.).

I watch as the flames engulf the building. Dense, grey smoke chokes the atmosphere, coughing out ash and dirt everywhere. White-hot flames rage on, the heat deadly. Hovering above the catastrophe I breathe a sigh of relief. It was close this time, but with determination (and some of Lady Luck's blessing) we made it out safely.

Through Thunderbird One's hatch I scan across the blue ocean of sky at my brother's ship. Though I can't see him, I know Virgil is watching the same scene with relief. I smile to myself – another success for International Rescue, and the Tracy family.

Drabble Two

B) Virgil while playing the piano (again, could be his thoughts, someone observing/listening , etc.).

"Al, you're not supposed to do that!"

"What? I only tightened one of the strings."

"Yeah, but now you've thrown all the tuning out!"

"But I loosened it again. It sounds right to – "

"Quick! He's coming! Hide!"

A pause. A soft, light melody begins to play.

"Sounds like Beethoven."

"Gords, does that particular piece use middle C?"

Plonk!

"Ouch! I guess it does."

"Gordon! Alan!"

"Why's it always my name shouted first?"

"Because it's usually your idea! Run for it!"

"You know something, Al? I never knew Beethoven's 'Pathétique' had lyrics."

"I didn't know Virgil knew such bad language!" 

Drabble Three

C) Gordon's and Alan's relationship as brothers (one or both of them thinking about it, one of them thinking about the other, someone else ruminating on their relationship, etc.).

My brother, Gordon Tracy. What can I say about him?

He dyed my hair blue, the night before my high school prom.

He put glue on my cell phone.

He switched my toothpaste for hand cream.

He put a goldfish in Scott's bathtub (that was a good prank).

He wrote "Fragile: This Way Up" on the side of Thunderbird Three.

In pink.

In permanent marker.

He sent me a Father's Day card, pretending it was from one of my old girlfriends.

What can I say? Gordon is the biggest jackass this side of the planet.

But he's my brother.