Train Carnage (part 2)
A/N: Here's the exciting conclusion to the hellish train madness. No animals were harmed in the making of this story…except for Toothy; he died horribly.
Lifty, Shifty, and Robbo were all underneath the train cars, traveling by sticking onto the metal with these odd suction cup-like materials. Imagine if they taped the bottom of a plunger to their hands and attached them to their hands and feet. The raccoons made repetitive popping noises as they sucked their hands off the metal. This wasn't the first time they used these suction-like materials before; once they scaled a mountain with them.
Anyway, all three of them were laughing mischievously again as they got close to a trap door which would hopefully lead them to the baggage cart, where they would rob all the loot from every passenger. Of course, a problem always occurred when the raccoons were on their adventures. First off, the Curse Idol was on board the train, which meant bad things were going to happen to everyone on it, including Lifty, Shifty, and Robbo. Second, the flooded bathroom Disco Bear had drowned in was soaking through the weak material…right onto Robbo's suction cups.
"Huh?" he questioned.
Robbo's suction cups were slowly losing their stickiness, and Robbo's right arm was beginning to slip to the rushing train tracks. Should any part of his body land anywhere underneath the rushing train, the massive acceleration would drag him under the wheels and tear him apart. Before this happened, Robbo's right arm was broken in several places as it fell from the metal and was dragged along the tracks. Robbo screamed in massive pain and agony and his arm was hanging from his body, practically torn right off. But that wasn't where the real horror started. The water also began to soak the stickiness off his other suction cup and he slowly began to slip away. Robbo could only scream and yell his cousins' names, hoping they would turn around and try to lend him and hand…or in this case, an arm. But sadly, Robbo's other arm peeled away from the train and he came into contact with the tracks. Imagine if you put a card or a flimsy piece of paper into a fan and watch it flap back and forth, surprised that the blades don't chop it to bits. This is pretty much what happened to Robbo's body, only it was a lot worse. The instant his head hit the wooden tracks, his body bended backwards so quickly that his whole torso ripped open and his spine snapped in half. His intestines and stomach acid flew back into his face, burning him excruciatingly. Amazingly, all of this happened in a second or two. After Robbo's body flickered back and forth for a few seconds, it eventually snapped off the train and he was dragged under the train, inevitably getting crushed by the speeding train wheels.
Lifty and Shifty screamed and began to quickly grunt as they saw the water seeping through the floor above them too. They decided to change their plan and began to climb on the sides of the train, reaching the top after some time. However, the rushing winds were going so fast that they decided to keep the plunger-like item glued onto their feet and hands. Both of them grunted with effort as they ripped their hands and feet off the metal, struggling to get to the train engine. Maybe this whole heist would be easier if it wasn't in motion. After all, they already suffered a casualty. The twin raccoons reached the front car and lurched over, tipping their heads down and looking through the window. Handy and Mime were wearing engineer hats that were striped blue and white, happily stuffing coal into the steaming engine and running the train with no problem at all. Lifty chuckled and took the suction items off of his feet and hands, tossing himself through the window. Handy and Mime (well, just Handy; Mime doesn't talk) screamed and slowly began to back up, trying not to get attacked by the raccoon assailant. Lifty grunted questionably and looked up, wondering where his twin brother was.
Shifty was struggling to get the sticky suction items off his feet. It seems that they had been permanently glued to the top of the train. But, it was okay. As long as Lifty stopped the train, he would return to the roof and figure out a way to rescue his brother. Besides, it not like a tunnel was coming…no, never mind. A tunnel was coming up…a very, very low tunnel. Shifty squealed and tried with all of his might to get the suction cups off or at least find a position to duck beneath the tunnel without dying. But the Curse Idol wouldn't let that happen. Shifty could only scream as he met his doom, getting severed in half as his body collided with the hard concrete tunnel opening. If only the train wasn't moving…then maybe he would've found a way to duck under it in time.
Back in the engine car, it was pitch black when they entered the tunnel, so Lifty used this to his advantage. He started grunting and fighting with Handy and Mime, not knowing what he was hitting at all. He just hoped that he was attacking some creature that wasn't himself…or something that could cause him harm. After the train exited the tunnel, Lifty realized that he was carrying a flaming piece of charred coal. Lifty screamed loudly and threw the coal at Mime, inadvertently setting him on fire. Mime ran around and rolled on the floor, remembering his methods of extinguishing himself should he catch fire. Mime exhaled inaudibly and wiped his forehead with his arm. Unfortunately, Handy and Lifty were fighting each other and they threw themselves at Mime on accident. Mime was hurled into the furnace full of burning coal and the door shut itself and locked, sealing Mime in his tomb forever. But hey, at least he was powering the train with his burning body.
Handy was about to punch Lifty, but he realized something very important:
HE HAD NO HANDS!
So he grumbled to himself and decided to use the only weapon in his possession: his head. He head butted Lifty so hard that his body flew towards a lever that controls the speed of the train. It tilted backwards a little bit and the train began to slow down. Lifty shouted happily and began to pull the lever as hard as he could. He was about to stop the train and finally rob the passengers. Handy, of course, couldn't let that happen, so he bit down hard on the lever and began to pull his head back, speeding up the train again. Lifty grumbled and yanked it back; Handy grunted and yanked it back. Both of them were yanking the lever like it was a game of tug-a-war. Once again, disaster decided to strike. The lever snapped loudly and the two creatures fell back to the wall, shaking their heads for a moment. Lifty gasped and his eyes widened when he noticed that the broken lever was in his hands. He slowly dropped it and watched it roll on the floor.
"Uh-oh." they both muttered.
The train suddenly skyrocketed and was going a lot faster than it should be going. Which was a bad thing actually, because the train would have to switch tracks soon, and due to how fast it was going, it wouldn't get on the right side of the tracks in time. This wasn't good either, because the other track was unfinished and would lead the train soaring off a cliff into a deadly canyon. Maybe it wouldn't fly off the cliff; maybe it would just derail and every train car would crumble against each other. It really didn't matter though, cause either way, they going to die. Handy and Lifty grabbed each other and screamed.
Meanwhile, Petunia was busy trying to find Stinky, running around the train and screaming out his name. But as always, even something as simply as that ended horribly. Petunia encountered the Curse Idol and tripped over it. As soon as she did, she glanced up to see that several bags and suitcases were raining down from the storage unit above the aisle of chairs. Lucky for Petunia, nothing sharp or heavy was located in any of them, so she wasn't hurt. At least…not until a bag with a bowling ball inside slowly rolled itself out and smashed straight down into Petunia's skull, crushing her brain.
Stinky was also looking for his now late girlfriend Petunia, pushing some of the fleeing animals away. He wasn't even in the same car as the Curse Idol, but that doesn't mean he wasn't going to suffer a different, more merciful fate. As Stinky rested besides a bathroom door to catch his breath, Flaky appeared screaming like crazy and accidentally shoved him out of the way. He shouted when his body flew through the bathroom door and he landed head first in the toilet. Stinky grunted several times and gurgled up a lot of toilet water, struggling to get his head unstuck. However, Stinky began to panic so much that he slammed his arm on the flusher handle and the toilet began to flush. Normally, the water would drain and flow through the pipes, but instead, his whole body began to swirl and spin around, with the acceleration rapidly increasing. Stinky screamed and gurgled as his head began to twist around violently, until it inevitably snapped and his neck broke and his whole head had spun around completely. And if that wasn't enough, the skin and meat began to peel off his head and swirled down the drain, turning the water red and splattering blood all over the bathroom. Stinky had just flushed himself to death.
Elsewhere, Pop had found Cub completely unscathed and crawling through the train corridors. He was panting and running with his son cradled in his arms, making sure that he didn't scamper away again. Pop knew that it was no longer safe for him or his infant son to stay on the train, since it was most likely going to derail, so the safest decision would be to jump off and take minimal damage. Pop opened up a side door and was nearly blasted off his feet when he felt the rushing cold air whiz across his face. Pop gave Cub a set of instructions, telling him to tuck and roll when he hit the ground. But Cub was an infant; he had no idea what his father was saying. Pop knew that they both shouldn't try to roll out the train at the same time, so he stupidly tossed his helpless son out the train car first, watching him soar in the air. He was supposed to toss him left so that the wind would guide him directly next to the train where the hill of soft sand was high, but Pop chucked his son straight forward.
"WHHHEEEEEE!!!" yelled Cub excitedly.
His joyful shout was immediately cut off when he was impaled by a cactus, thanks to Pop. Pop screamed and shouted out Cub's name, blaming himself for once again sending his own son to his death.
Throughout all of the chaos, Flippy was still sleeping with his headphones latched onto his ears. He had fallen asleep listening to a song called Clocks by a band named Coldplay and suddenly woke up when the train began to screech and it jolted violently. The second he woke up and saw all of the animals screaming and hollering, it reminded him of the war. Once, Flippy was sent to some village when it was bombed out of nowhere and he was forced to hear the horrible screams of the dead and dying…just like now. Flippy growled several times and his eyes turned green and his teeth became sharp. Then he yelled ferociously and charged towards Sniffles, who was trying to escape the train via window.
Flippy grabbed the intelligent anteater and threw him outside. Well, not exactly; he was still holding on to his long snout. Sniffles began to whine and shout at Flippy, pleading for him to have mercy. Flippy responded by slamming the window shut on his snout and locking it, watching as Sniffles was hanging outside the train with no control. Sniffles continued to scream loudly…until he was impaled by a telephone pole and his snout was ripped off. Flippy laughed evilly and slowly began to walk over to Flaky, who was cowering behind a set of chairs. Flaky screamed just as Flippy was about to kill her.
But that's when all hell broke loose. The train hit the forked tracks before they switched and derailed. A loud metallic screech was heard and half of the train instantly broke apart: The front half went on the left track and the other half began to crash and roll around all over the place. Flaky, Flippy, and Cuddles and many other HTF friends were on the back end of the train. Flippy was thrown out the train along with Flaky, rolling around the sand and trying to avoid the train wreckage. Flippy stood up and gasped when he saw a mangled car headed straight for him. Unfortunately, Flippy wasn't tall, so the ripped metal on the bottom of the car slammed into Flippy, severing his head and crushing his body. Flaky was also very unlucky; she was crushed when she tried to avoid a rolling train car, only to get flattened like a pancake when it rolled right on top of her.
Cuddles was still inside of the train when it derailed, and he could only scream and clutch a set of chairs as tightly as he could to avoid flying out the car. The train suddenly screeched horribly and turned sideways, flipping over onto its side. Cuddles fell down and he was impaled by a window that was sliding across the sand. Cuddles' ears got caught between the train car and the sand and he was slowly getting sucked under. Cuddles screamed horribly and he was sucked through the window onto the ground, where the train glided right over him and crushed him, spreading his blood everywhere.
Now there were only a couple of survivors left on the front half of the train, which was quickly speeding its way to the dead end, which would hurl them off of the cliff. Everyone didn't know what to do besides cry and pray they would survive. Lifty and Handy were still holding each other and had begun to cry, not caring if anyone was trying to rob anyone anymore. All of them just wanted to go back home at this point. They didn't even care about their errands they had to do in the city. Anyway, the train reached its final destination and slammed through the Caution: Bridge Not Complete! sign. The train soared into the air and was flying momentarily, giving the HTF friends a nice view of the cit they were supposed to be going to. But sadly, after seeing the brightly lit city, the train began to fall due to gravity kicking in, leading the train down a canyon full of rocks. Everyone screamed before the train collided with the rocks and made a thunderous crashing noise. A giant cloud of smoke appeared and covered the wreckage of the maimed metal train, which was now on fire. When the smoke cleared, it revealed a horrible aftermath.
Lifty's body was impaled through the top of the metal train; his head had been crushed and he instantly died due to massive brain and skull trauma. Handy had been thrown through a window and landed on the pointy rocks, which impaled him in the eyes and pelvic region. Giggles died instantly when the train was crushed, getting smashed between the floor and ceiling. Everyone was dead. Everyone…except for Pop. He miraculously survived the horrible carnage and crawled out of the train with dozens of scratches on his head and arms and legs, bleeding from various areas. He weakly dusted himself off and began to walk away, hoping to find some help in the city.
It was at this time when he tripped over the idol, which had survived the train derailment as well. Pop then looked up and saw a detached wheel falling right towards him, and his leg was stuck in between some rocks. Pop didn't even have time to scream before the wheel fell right on top of his back, crushing his chest and shooting his heart through his mouth. The Curse Idol then did something it never had done before.
It smiled.
The end.