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| - [Cheng fires two more charges.] [Chuck pushes the right lever, revs up the engine and drives forward into the cut they made through the mountain.] [Cue Drama on the South East Pass theme. Suddenly, masses of rock start falling down just in front of the vehicle.] [Chuck drives the vehicle backwards.] [Scene cuts to an even larger construction vehicle. It is laying down a four-lane road behind it as it moves. A crewman is keeping a look out ahead.] Vehicle Engineer: [into microphone] "Visual check, tree and rock formation, range eight. Repeat: tree and rock formations. Range eight." [Cuts to another crewmember sitting at a control desk.] [Another crewman presses a button. A cannon on top of the vehicle fires, destroying the obstacle ahead. Scene cuts to the explosives vehicle. Mr Cheng spots the road-laying vehicle.] [The road-laying vehicle stops and the entire front opens. The explosives vehicle drives inside it, and the front closes again. Cuts to the Lester in the control room.] [Eddie makes his way to Bob's office.] [Scene cuts to Tracy Island. Tin-Tin is powdering her nose when Grandma comes in, carrying a dress.] [Cuts to Alan's portrait in Jeff's office. It beeps briefly and then changes to map of Tracy Island. Gordon looks at the map.] [Scott and Jeff both get up. Scene cuts to a flying red jet. It approaches the island and turns away.] [Scott is outside now, watching the plane.] [The jet lands. Cuts to show the whole team lounging around, relaxing.] [Kyrano appears at the door.] Cuts to the balcony. It's a moonlit night. The shot pans over to Alan who is sitting at the piano. He's not happy - frown expression on.] Virgil Tracy: [making sure Alan can hear him] "Say, where has Tin-Tin gone to, Gordon? " [Virgil and Gordon laugh.] [Scene cuts to Eddie and Tin-Tin. They're in a speedboat out on the ocean.] [Cuts back to the balcony to show Alan gazing out to sea. It then cuts back to show the speedboat returning to the island.] [Scene cuts to the Road-laying Vehicle. Bob Gray is in his office when there is a knock on the door.] [J.B. Lester enters the room holding a piece of paper.] [They leave the office. Cuts to outside the road-laying vehicle. A helijet is brought up onto its roof by elevator and it flies off towards the mountain. Cuts to show Bob Gray and Lester in the cockpit. After a while, Lester spots a huge rock-fall occuring.] [Scene cuts to inside the Road Constructing Vehicle. Lester and Chuck Taylor are watching the seismograph. Bob is using the radio.] [Scene cuts Eddie entering the Explosives Vehicle.] [Scene cuts to the mountain. Several big explosions go off. The Explosives Tractor is blown sideways by the force. Cuts back to Bob, who's on the radio again.] [Briefly cuts to show the Tractor teetering, then back to Bob on the radio.] [Cuts to John Tracy, aboard Thunderbird 5.] [Cuts back to Bob.] [Exterior shot of the Explosives Vehicle, then of the Helijet landing. Cuts to Eddie Houseman. He stands up very slowly, but this nearly tips the vehicle off the ledge. He sits down again.] [Cuts to Bob Gray. He is talking into the radio.] [Scene cuts to Tracy Island. John is talking to Jeff through his portrait on the wall.] [Scott makes his way to Thunderbird 1 and takes off.] [Cuts back to the mountain. A huge boulder breaks loose and rolls down the mountain side.] Mr. Cheng: "Loose boulder!" [It narrowly misses the Explosives Truck.] THE END.
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