Chapter 2: The other railway
The next morning, Thomas was having one last wash down before he leaves Sodor and go to the other railway. He stopped by at the sheds and he gave one big whistle, but no one replied because they were still sleeping. He puffed away from the sheds, past the station, and through the tunnel that leads him to the other railway.
When he got to the other railway, there was nobody there. Not even a sound of an engine doing work. "Where is everyone?" asked Thomas.
"Eh, I don't know." Said his driver "But I'm sure we're at the right place." Just then a man in a business suit came to see him. "Oh hello, you must be Thomas. I've been waiting for you."
Thomas looked down at the man in the business suit, he wasn't really sure what to think of him at the moment. All he can say was "Where are the other engines?" "They're doing their jobs right now, you'll get to meet them at the sheds tonight. But right now, I want you to shunt some trucks in the yard." So Thomas did.
He had given a nice wash-down, and he started to shunt some trucks so they can be sent to a different railway. And the engines from a different railway takes them away. Thomas was enjoying shunting, but he was still upset about being sent away and not seeing his friends again. He was finally done with the shunting that night, and puffed to the sheds. When he did arrived, there were two engines, one was a green engine who kind of looks like the Green Arrow himself but wasn't the Green Arrow, the other engine looks just like either James or the Hogwarts Express but with darker red paint
"Hey Frank," said the green engine to the red engine "Looks like we got a new guy."
"What?" The red engine asked from his beauty sleep before he noticed the blue tank engine. "Oh, who are you?"
"Why I'm Thomas, I'm the new engine on this railway." Answered Thomas trying to sound happy, but what he got as a reply was not what he expected.
"Oh no! Not another one!" Shouted the red engine. "What? What do you mean?" asked Thomas
"What he means to say is that your in danger now, you won't be getting out of here for the rest of your life. I mean do you even know how long it's been since our last repair?" Asked the green engine.
"How long?" "About five years ago." "WHAT"?!" Thomas couldn't believe what he'd just heard, before he could say anything else, the red engine started talking.
"Oh yes, I've been falling apart for the last three years! I need new buffers and a new dome." And Thomas looked up to see a rusty old dome from the green engine. Then the red engine told Thomas what his problem is, "Meanwhile, I need a new tender and a new whistle." And Thomas looked at an old rusty whistle from the red engine.
He was still confused on why this was happening to them. "Well, why don't you just ask the controller a for a new repair? I'm sure he'll give you both one."
"Pah! Are you crazy? The controller of this railway doesn't even know how to control this railway." Snorted the red engine "He was chosen to be the controller because he was a 'hard worker', so the previous controller choose him to be in charge of this railway.
"That's weird, he seems like a nice guy." "HA! That's what he wants you to believe," Laughed the green engine "I used to think of the same thing, but after a while I found out that he was trouble." "Well, why don't you just escape?" Asked Thomas "We tried to do that, but we were always caught us. Than punish us for days, or even weeks." The red engine answered "So whatever you do, try not to end up like us for the next five years."
Thomas didn't like what he was hearing, he was starting to believe them and knew that he had to do something. "Don't worry guys, I'll think of a way to get us out of here before things gets even worse."
"Pff, good luck with that." Snorted the green engine "We should get some sleep, we don't want to get in trouble from sleeping on the job tomorrow." "I agree." Said the red engine, than the two engines close their eyes. But Thomas stayed up, thinking of what to do.
"How am I going to get out of here now?"