Asking for Forgiveness
Disclaimer I do not own Thomas and Friend's. Thank goodness to or the show would be a lot more depressing. LOL
It was another beautiful day on the island of Sodor. The birds were chirping and the engines were puffing along. It had been 2 weeks since Spencer was taken to the Fat Controller for punishment. He was now allowed to go other places besides where he would collect and drop off materials. He had seen Toby during those two weeks a few times and had tried to apologize, but Toby would always run off before he could speak. Spencer was saddened by this he knew he had done wrong and wanted to apologize to the tram. He also had to apologize to Edward who he had not seen during the two weeks surprisingly.
However now that he was not restricted to only the places he had to go. So he decided to go to the Quarry where he had heard Toby would be working at today. He pulled into the quarry and began to look around for the steam tram. He couldn't find him however, but he did see a green and yellow diesel working and so decided to ask him.
"Hello there." He called. The diesel heard him and looked behind himself.
"Oh it's you. What do you want?" The diesel replied rudely.
"I'm looking for Toby or Mavis. Have you seen them?" He asked.
"Yeah I seen them." The diesel answered and Spencer's hopes rose, "But there not here." And Spencer's hopes fell.
"Where are they then?" He asked.
"Why should I tell you?" The diesel asked back.
Spencer took a deep breath not wanting to say something rude back, "I need to speak to them I wish to apologize to Toby for my actions."
The diesel thought for a minute like he was trying to judge Spencer's words, then spoke, "Fine then. They're at the docks and will be back soon."
"Oh thank you." Spencer said.
"Yeah yeah. For giving you that info I want you to help shunt some trucks then." The diesel replied.
Spencer bit back a retort and just nodded, "Ok show me what to do."
Toby and Mavis had just reached the docks when Spencer had gotten to the Quarry. Mavis sighed in delight she had waited 2 weeks for this. It was just her, her Toby and the seaside. She had been robbed of this last time by Spencer, but she was over it now. She looked over to see Toby had come to be beside her after being uncoupled from the cars.
"I'm glad I can share this with you." Mavis said to her boyfriend.
"So am I my dear. I wish I could spend all my time with you." He replied.
Mavis felt her boiler warm greatly at his words, "Oh Toby you're such a charmer. And you may get your wish." She told him.
"What do you mean?" He asked confused.
"Well I heard that you would be with us for the rest of the week!" She exclaimed happily.
"That's great Mavis!" He replied equally happy.
"I'm glad you are that means I have you all to myself." She told him winking, "In more ways than one." She said seductively.
Toby blushed at her statement, "I'll be ready for that time." He told her.
"You better be." She told him.
"Oh will you two get back to work. Your romance stuff is making my gears turn." A voice from above said.
The two lovers looked up to see Cranky looking down at them. "Sorry Cranky." They said as they pulled out of the docks.
As they puffed back to the quarry they talked about their weeks and about what they could do when work was done. As they pulled into the quarry they were greeted by a strange sight: Spencer was helping Bert arrange cars. Mavis saw Toby begin to pull backwards, "Toby don't be afraid. I'm here for you. Let's just see what he wants." Toby smiled at her and nodded.
They pulled forward and Spencer noticed them. He stopped working and waited for the. "Hello Toby. Hello Mavis." He smiled.
"Hello Spencer. Um what brings you here?" Mavis replied.
"I came here looking for you and Toby." He answered.
"And why is that?" She asked puffing ahead of Toby.
Spencer sighed, "I want to apologize to Toby for my actions."
Mavis considered his words, "Toby will you listen to what he has to say?" Toby considered it then nodded.
"Ok speak your peace." She told him.
Spencer smiled in thanks, "Ok I would like to apologize for my actions two weeks ago. I should never have taken my anger out on you Toby. You're not any of the things I called you and you're probably a better engine than I could ever be. I don't expect you to forgive me, but I just wanna let you know I'm sorry." He told them.
Toby listened to Spencer's apology. He seemed truly sorry for his actions, and Toby couldn't find any ill intent in his tone. He decided to forgive the big engine.
"I forgive you Spencer." Toby told him.
Spencer was shocked he never would have thought he would be forgiven. He decided to check though in case he had imagined it. "What?" He asked.
"I said I forgive you." Toby repeated, "Isn't that what you wanted?"
"Yes I did. I just never thought you would." Spencer told him.
"I never did either, but I think that everyone deserves a second chance." Toby told him.
"Thank you Toby. I promise to be nice for now on." Spencer told him gratefully.
"You're welcome." He replied.
"Well I have to go do some more work then go find Edward." Spencer said.
"Going to apologize to him as well?" Mavis asked.
"Yes I haven't seen him all week." Spencer replied.
"Well that's no surprise. He's gone to the mainland to get some supplies with Erna." Mavis told him.
"Oh well I hope I only run into Edward." He gulped worriedly.
"Why Erna is so nice?" Toby asked.
"Well um I kind of got on her bad side." Spencer said.
"Ouch. I wish you good luck. She's very nice, but you never want to get her mad. James learned that the hard way." Toby said understanding.
"Wait what happened to James?" Spencer asked.
Toby and Mavis chuckled and cringed at the memory, "Let's just say he had to get his back buffers removed and replaced, because his old one's were jammed into him."
Spencer was horrified. "Yah he screamed like a human baby. You could hear him here all the way from the steam works. Lucky they were taken out quickly and he forgave her." Toby said.
"What did he do?" Spencer asked.
"You don't wanna know." Mavis said as she went to go get their trucks.
"Ok well I'll see you later I guess?" Spencer said blowing his whistle and puffing out of the quarry.
"Maybe see you Spencer." Toby replied ringing his bell.
The next day Spencer was looking for Edward. He had finished his work for the time being and had decided to look for him. He found him at the Tidmouth Sheds, but he wasn't the only one there. Next to the blue engine was the big black engine. He gulped and went up to the two.
Edward was looking around the yard and was enjoying the day. Erna and he had just gotten back from the mainland with lots of supplies. He was very tired from taking all that weight, but was nowhere near as tired as Erna was. He looked over at his sleeping girlfriend she had taken over twice as much as he had. She may not have been as fast as Spencer, Caitlin or Conner, but she was a lot stronger. He was glad that she didn't work herself to sleep like she used too. Then he heard some chugging coming toward them. He looked up and to his surprise he saw Spencer.
"Hello Spencer." Edward greeted softly
"Hello Edward. Hello Erna." The silver engine replied a bit louder and Erna snorted in her sleep. This caused Spencer to jump.
"Lower your voice she's sleeping." Edward told him and Spencer nodded.
"So what brings you here?" Edward asked.
"I came to apologize." Spencer answered.
"I think she would like to hear you say it." Edward said going to wake her up.
Spencer's fear grew and he shook, "Please don't. She scares the heck out of me." He pleaded.
Edward looked at him strangely, then he remembered what Erna had told him about what she, Mavis, and Molly had done. "Ok." He nodded.
"Thanks." Spencer said calming down.
"So you were saying?" Edward asked.
"Oh yes. I came to apologize for my horrible actions some time ago. I shouldn't have bumped you, gotten angry at you or called you those names. I am very sorry about what I did." Spencer told him.
Edward listened to Spencer's apology and he thought it sounded sincere. "I think I can forgive you Spencer. As long as this is just a onetime thing." He told him.
"Of course." Spencer told him.
"Then let's just forget about it." Edward told him.
"Ok thank you Edward." Spencer said.
"No problem." He replied.
"Umm what about her?" He asked very quietly.
"Oh her? I'll just tell her later. It's up to her though if she forgives you, but I'm sure she will since I have." Edward said chuckling.
"Ok then. Well I got to go. Bye Edward." Spencer replied reversing.
"Bye." He said back as Spencer disappeared.
"Glad that's over with." A voice said scaring Edward who quickly he looked to his side.
"You scared the heck out of me." He told her.
"Sorry." She replied.
"It's ok." He responded then a thought came into his head, "Wait a minute did you hear any of that conversation?" He asked.
"Any? Try all." She told him.
"But we whispered how did you wake up?" He asked her.
"I'm a very light sleeper remember? Besides you're right next to me how could I not hear you?" She told him yawning.
"So will you forgive him?" He asked.
"Probably. But I won't forgive you if you don't keep your promise." She told him with a fake glare as she settled back into her birth.
"Alright I'm coming dear." He told her backing up next to her.
"Night Eddie." She told him before falling asleep again.
"Night Erna." He replied before also falling into slumber.
That night Spencer pulled into his special shed at the duke and duchesses summer house. He sighed happily he had just dropped off the man the fat controller had watch him. He was happy because it was the last time he had to have a third crew member. That however wasn't the only reason why he was happy he had successfully apologized to Toby and Edward. He also had avoided Erna killing him, so that was also good. He wished he had never gotten in trouble and never used the fat controllers words against the other engines it was foolish of him. He hoped others would be nice to him on their own after he had apologized to them over the two weeks he was serving his punishment. He soon fell asleep with happy thoughts.
The next day he was back to work helping with the boat house, which was almost done. He was stopped at a signal and was waiting for it to change. While he was waiting he saw Henry pull up next to him, "Hello Spencer." He whistled.
"Hello Henry." He whistled back.
"Beautiful day isn't it?" Henry asked.
"Yes very." Spencer said, "How have you been?"
"I've been fine no more spilled milk for me." Henry chuckled and Spencer joined in.
"I'm very sorry still for scaring you Henry." Spencer said.
"That's ok I still forgive you." Henry replied.
"Thanks again." He said.
"No problem. You know what my favorite part of days like these are?" Henry told him.
"No what?" Spencer asked.
"I love the cool breeze and the peace and quiet." Henry said.
Spencer was going to reply when they heard an angry yell. "GET BACK HERE YOU THREE! WHEN I CATCH YOU I'LL MAKE YOU WISH YOU WERE STEAMIES WHEN I'M THROUGH WITH YOU! I'LL MAKE YOU LOVE YOUR BERTHS MORE THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE!" A voice yelled angrily down the track in front of them. Then they saw Diesel fly past them, then Arry', then Bert all with very scared expressions. Spencer and Henry looked at each other wondering what they were scared of. Then they saw Erna fly by so fast that she caused them to shake. Spencer's signal also turned green, but he didn't notice.
"What was that about?" Henry asked.
"I don't know, but I'm just glad I'm not on her bad side." Spencer replied.
"Yeah she can be very scary when angry." Henry said shuttering at the idea of the enraged Bavarian S 3/6.
"Yeah I have had personal experience. I wish them luck in evading her." Spencer said also shuttering.
"Yes I just hope she doesn't repeat what she did to James." Henry said cringing.
"Yeah." Spencer agreed.
Just then Henry's signal turned green and he puffed away, "Bye Spencer nice talking to you." He whistled.
"Bye Henry." Spencer whistled back.
After a few minutes Spencer's signal changed green and he was off. He was happy that he had been able to make amends with Henry. Then he passed through Maron Station he saw the clock and was shocked. My goodness I'm going to be late. My signal must have changed when Erna and the Diesels blew past Henry and I he thought. He didn't want be late so he picked up speed to make up time. He went down the line like a bullet and the next time he saw a clock he noticed that he was making up time. Seeing this he puffed harder he rocketed on the rails going up and down hills within seconds. Then up ahead after coming around a bend he saw a signal turning red. He slammed on his breaks to avoid running it and his flatbeds slammed into his back. He slowed down quickly throwing rocks and dust everywhere. He finally slowed down and barely missed running the signal. When the dust cleared he sighed in relief.
"Ahem." A stern voice coughed.
Spencer grimaced as he recognized the voice, "Hello sir." He said.
"Hello. You were going quite fast Spencer." The fat controller told him.
"Yes sir sorry sir I was running late." Spencer explained.
"I understand you don't want to be late Spencer, but you must remember safety comes first on my railway." He told him sternly.
"Y-yes sir. I'll more careful." Spencer sputtered.
The fat controller gave him a stern look then nodded, "Very good then glad we got that taken care of." Then he walked to his car and waved goodbye as he took off.
Spencer sighed in relief then his signal went green and he took off slowly. He had just avoided disaster.
Undenounced to anyone the wire that connected the signal and the signal box had been hit by one of the sharp rocks blown of the track. It had a nice clean cut that revealed the silver wire underneath the cover.
Whew this one took me a little longer then the last one and it's my first cliffhanger. Don't be to mad next chapter should be up in less than a week. Please review and again please tell me what you think of Erna since I will be doing her backstory after this story and some of it will be explained in this story albeit briefly hopefully. Also if you wish to see a character that is more of a background character like Molly appear in this story please tell me. Thx and again please review.