At some type of train station; Mayor Kronk was on a stage.
"As mayor of this great city, it gives me great pleasure to welcome everyone to this brand new train station which has a train route that leads to Bygone Island." said Kronk, "I call it, the Bygone Express."
Everyone started cheering.
Sonic and Lori who were in the audience were unhappy.
"We paid five dollars for a train route to an island that's five hundred miles off shore?" said Sonic.
"I paid ten." said Lori.
Sonic was shocked by that.
"Seriously?" said Sonic.
Lori raised her shoulders in confusion.
Kronk pulled out a pair of scissors.
"I declare this railroad, open." Kronk said before snipping a red ribbon.
Everyone cheered.
Later; Sonic, Lori, Marco, Jackie, Gwen, Luna, Meek, Lincoln, Lisa, Ray, and Globox were in the train and checking out a cart.
"Hmm, pretty roomy for a train." said Globox.
"Yes it is." said Meek.
Lisa was currently reading 'Murder on the Orient Express'.
Meek saw this.
"Literature, I've read that book just last month and know how it all goes." said Meek.
"No spoilers." said Lisa.
Meek nodded.
"Understood Lisa." said Meek.
Then a tan man in a blue business suit carrying a briefcase walked by the group, shocking Marco and Jackie.
"Is that-"Jackie said before being interrupted by the man.
"Yep." the man said sounding like Greg Cripes.
He left the cart.
"I don't believe it." said Marco, "That was Kirb Thompson."
The others became confused.
"Who?" said Lincoln.
"Kirb Thompson, professional businessman. He got his name in Echo Creek by starting a business selling skateboards and skateboard supplies." said Jackie.
Sonic scoffed.
"Please, I've got a hoverboard." Sonic said while pulling out his hoverboard, "Ain't no way it'll get better then this."
Jackie glared at Sonic.
"He got his name by selling everything skateboard related." said Jackie.
Sonic shook his head.
"I'm going to check out the dining cart." said Globox.
He walked off.
Sonic sighed.
"I just hope there's something of interest in this train." said Sonic.
Later; the train was going down it's track.
Meek and Luna were at the caboose looking at the train leaving the mainland.
"Amazing." Said Meek.
"Oh yeah, that's a nice site." said Luna.
Meek chuckled.
"Makes you wonder of all the wonders of the world." said Meek.
He pulled out his smart phone and took a picture.
Luna smiled.
"Very nice." said Luna, "Doubt you ever got a view like that on the moon you were on."
"Nope, but I did see a ton of stars." said Meek.
Inside the train; Globox was eating tons of food.
He has: a whole turkey, a whole chicken, fries of all kind, burgers, mashed potatoes, potato salad, macaroni salad, peaches, gravy, toast, eggs, marmalade, grilled cheeses bagles, pizzas, mexican pizzas, crazy fries, and fruit salad.
"Eating like a king, I love it." said Globox.
He continued devouering the food as Kirb Thompson sat down at a table and looked at a waiter.
"I'll take the lasagna." Kirb said.
"Excellent choice sir." said the waiter.
The man walked off as Jackie and Marco appeared and looked at the man.
"Kirb Thompson, it's a pleasure to meet you." said Jackie.
"Same here." said Marco.
Kirb looked at the two.
"And you are?" said Kirb.
Marco and Jackie smiled.
"Big fans." the two said.
"Yeah I've been getting that a lot lately." said Kirb.
"So what's it like in your line of work?" said Marco.
"It's exciting, the executive meetings, owning your own business, and the excessive partying, it's all heaven kid." said Kirb.
Marco nodded and pulled a pen and note pad out from no where and wrote stuff down.
"Good, good, this is good." said Marco.
"Yeah, it is. Now if you'll excuse me, my lasagna is coming." said Kirb.
Marco and Jackie walked off.
"That was Kirb Thompson, we just talked with Kirb Thompson." said Jackie.
"Yeah, we just did." said Marco.
With Ray and Lisa; the two were at a table and Ray was streaming movies while Lisa was still reading Murder on the Orient Express.
"The train is on a trip to Yugoslavia? Interesting." said Lisa.
"Yeah? But we're heading for an island full of Mobians that's five hundred miles away from America." said Ray.
"I know." said Lisa.
Lincoln, Lori, Sonic, and Gwen were sitting at a table eating some food.
Sonic was eating some chili dogs, Gwen was eating spaghetti and meatballs, Lincoln was eating pizza, and Lori was eating a salad.
Sonic smiled.
"Loving these train chili dogs." said Sonic.
His stomach started rumbling, shocking him.
"But my stomach doesn't." Sonic said before running off.
Gwen smiled at her boyfriend.
"That's Sonic for you, eating chili dogs without knowing what could happen." said Gwen.
The lights then went off, confusing everyone.
"Hey, what's going on here?" Lincoln said.
"No idea." said Lori.
A screaming was heard followed by a gunshot.
"OH GOD, THE MAFIA IS HERE!" yelled Lori.
The lights then came on and everyone was confused.
"What just happened?" said Marco.
Meek and Luna entered the cart.
"I heard a gunshot, is everyone alright?" said Meek.
Gwen looked at Meek.
"Yeah, we're fine." said Gwen.
Sonic then entered the cart.
"Whoo, last time I eat chili dogs made from expired pigeon meat." said Sonic.
"SERIOUSLY!?" yelled a voice.
Sonic walked past a table and stopped in his tracks before looking at the table to see a dead Kirb Thompson with stab wounds and a bullet in his shoulder.
"Guys, we've got a problem." said Sonic.
Everyone looked at what Sonic was looking at and became shocked.
"Kirb Thompson?" said Jackie, "Is he alright?"
Sonic placed a finger on the man's neck to check for a pulse.
"Nope, he's been fitted for a halo." said Sonic.
Everyone gasped.
"This is just like in Murder on the Orient Express. The lights went out and when they came back on, there was a dead body in the room." said Lisa.
Meek gulped .
"Who could have murdered him and why?" asked Gwen.
"I don't know, but we need to get to the bottom of this." said Marco.
Then a conductor entered the room.
"Is everyone alright?" said the conductor.
"We're good." Sonic said before pointing to Kirb, "But he's not."
The conductor is confused.
"He's dead Jim." said Ray.
The conductor became shocked.
"Good god, who did such a thing? Also my name isn't Jim." said the conductor.
"We don't know, that's what we're going to find out." said Lincoln.
"You're in luck, for there is a detective on this very train, it's none other then-"The conductor said before being interrupted by a door being slammed open onto him, sending the conductor falling into the water, and Vector the Crocodile was on the other side.
Sonic became shocked.
"Vector?" said Sonic.
The crocodile smirked.
"The one and only." said Vector.
"You know each other?" said Lincoln.
"Let's just say we're old aquaintances." said Sonic.
Lisa gasped.
"Just like in Orient Express; the murder happened on a train that a great detective was on." said Lisa.
"Yeah but did the door hit the conductor and send him falling out of the train and into the water?" Asked Globox.
"Nope." said Lisa.
"Anyways, I need some info on the case of the Murder on the Bygone Express. Anyone with a motive? Are there any other passengers?" said Vector.
Meek who was now armored up had his helmet goggles appear before some computer hacking happened.
"Kirb did have some business with someone on this train a while back before the train was complete, some duck named Flintheart Glomgold." said Meek.
The group became confused.
"Glomgold, why would a guy like that have business with Kirb?" said Gwen.
"A few days ago the two were having a meeting where Glomgold proposed a deadly skateboard idea which Kirb refused." said Meek.
"Anything on who's on the train?" said Vector.
Meek's armor then did some more hacking.
"There are three passengers plus Glomgold on this train who're connected with Kirb in some way." said Meek.
"Alright we'd better split up, Meek; you, Luna, and Lisa help the workers to fix this train if anything did happen, Vector; you, Lori, Lincoln, Marco, and Jackie ask around, Gwen, Ray, Globox, and I will inspect the body and try and find evidence." said Sonic.
"Um not to be rude but I have a question." said Lincoln. "WHOS DRIVING THIS TRAIN SINCE THE CONDUCTOR FELL OUT AND INTO THE WATER!"
Sonic became shocked.
"RUNAWAY TRAIN!" yelled Sonic.
He then realized something.
"Wait a minute, conductor's don't drive trains." said Sonic.
Lincoln became confused.
"They don't?" said Lincoln.
"No dude, that's train enginers. Conductors are just responsible for operational and safety duties that do not involve actual operation of the train. In other words, they only punch tickets and make sure the train is on schedule." said Sonic.
"Oh." said Lincoln.
The conductor who was now wet entered the cart.
"It's very cold in the water." said the conductor.
"Who all knew that conductors didn't drive trains?" said Lincoln.
Lori, Gwen, Marco, Jackie, Ray, Lisa, Meek, Luna, Vector, Sonic, and the conductor raised their hands.
Globox who was eating a Japanese pizza also raised his hands.
"I maybe a gluttonous meathead, but I do know certain things." said Globox.
He then smirked.
"Just like how those train drivers tasted good." said the toad.
Now everyone screamed.
"RUNAWAY TRAIN!" everyone yelled.
"Hang on, hang on." said Sonic.
He ran off.
The group became confused.
"Where's he going?" said Vector.
Then a screeching sound was heard and everyone fell over onto the ground before the screeching stopped.
"Ladies and gentlemen the train has been held over due to a crime scene in the dining cart which has a dead body inside of it." Sonic said on the PA.
Tons of screaming sounds were heard.
"But don't worry, there is a detective on this train who just might be able to solve this mystery, so you're going to have to stay where you are until we can get statements out of you, and I'll only get the train moving again once we find out who the killer is." Sonic continued on the PA.
Sonic was sitting in the train engine with the PA microphone in his hands.
"By the way you should get some better ingredients for the chilidogs, I was dropping a huge one in the bathroom when it happened in the dining cart." said Sonic.
"I don't think any of us needed to hear that. Especially since we're now in the middle of the ocean." said Meek.
Sonic screamed.
Meek became confused.
"How did he even hear that? We're fifteen carts away from the engine." said Meek.
"Sorry I just realized we are now in the middle of the Ocean." said Sonic through the PA.
The group shook their heads.