thomas vs diesel 10 chapter 4
Thomas steamed back to the yard. He spotted Emily getting repairs nearby.
"Oh, hi Thomas." she said.
"Hi Emily."he said back.
Thomas' driver and fireman went inside Sir Topham Hat's office for the plan. While they were in, Thomas and Emily chatted.
"So, how did those cars cause so much damage to you?" asked Thomas.
"I asked them why they were being so rude. They said it was the cause of the leader." Emily answered.
Thomas gasped in his thought. Emily continued.
"I had a thought it was Scruffy, but he was in repairs at the quarry after one of his accidents."
Thomas thought for a second.
"If Scruffy was in the repairs, then it has to be an engine, but who?"
Emily eyed Thomas.
"Are you alright Thomas?" she said.
Thomas motioned his eyes up and down to confirm yes.
"And one more thing." Emily said.
"What?"Thomas asked.
"Take care of my coaches."
Thomas agreed, but he was going to give the job to James. Just then, Stepney puffed into the yards chugging with his own coaches. Thomas was happy to see him.
"Who are you?" asked Emily.
"This is Stepney, my best friend." Thomas answered.
Emily moved her eyes back and fourth from Stepney to Thomas.
"I take it you guys already met?"
"Yes! long ago before you came here."
Thomas' driver and fireman came out from Sir Topham Hat's office.
"Did he agree?" gulped Thomas.
"Yes, because Stepney is here."replied his driver.
Thomas tooted, and they were off. Stepney whistled back for goodbye.
"Well, I better be going off to help Edward and Duck," Stepney smiled, "I heard they needed me bad."
With that, Stepney puffed away. Emily was left alone with nothing but sounds of whistles and wheels turning in the background. Stepney arrived at Edward's station. Edward tooted back at Stepney.
"We're glad you could make it." smiled Edward.
"Oh, yes. My friends from the Bluebell railway say they will miss me again."added Stepney.
After that, the two friends got to work. Stepney enjoyed himself like last time. The dustier he became, the harder he worked. Edward worked by his side. Later, Stepney's boiler was sizzling nicely at Edward's station. Then, Edward came up. He didn't have a good look on his face.
"What's the matter, Edward?" asked Stepney.
Edward let out some steam before answering.
"D199 is coming to this station. Prepare for the worst." Edward said as he dragged his words.
Stepney was horrified. He wanted to know why such a horrible engine came back.
"Why did he come back?"
"Since the cars are acting up, the steam engines have to only take something else other than freight."
Edward explained the rest.
"Hmm," thought Stepney, "then we'll do some tempting things."
Edward stared blankly down the line. He didn't want to go threw all this again.
"Hey Edward." said Stepney.
"Yes?"
"I got a plan."
And the two engines talked it out. Not far down the line, D199 rolled smoothly.
"With my new engine motor, all steam engines will fear!" he though gracefully.
He felt so huge of himself, he missed a signal, and diverted onto the wrong line. That line was old, and no one went down it for a long time. D199 felt suspicious.
"What kind of line is this?"
He looked around wondering where he was. The old line was rusty, cracked, and weak. It couldn't take any engine weight, so D199 was headed for trouble. His driver was smart enough to stop. He inspected all the trees nearby. They were very huge trees which gave him thoughts for a little.
"I don't know if its safe." driver said.
D199 also inspected the line. Finally, they both decided to proceed. D199 bumped, shook, and jumped. The rails were extremely old and rusty. After turning a corner, it happened. BUMP!
"What the!" blurted D199.
He bumped off the rails.
"This is not fit for an engine like me!"
His driver went for help. D199 was stranded in the scary woods. The only company he had was the chirping of birds, the shining sun, and the wind blowing against the trees and bushes. At Edward's station, Stepney and Edward waited for the lost diesel.
"Where could he be?" Stepney asked.
"I don't know."replied Edward.
The two engines waited and waited. No one was to leave. Only when the D199 got here. Then, James came up with some coaches. He was carrying Sir Topham Hat inside. He stepped out onto the platform.
"Edward and Stepney, D199 has been lost, and we need to find him." he said.
The two engines didn't want to go after him. They knew he would cause trouble, but they knew it was for the best. They went to the works to pick up crew man, then headed back down the line to save D199. They came to a signal, but looked around. Trees were every where.
"This is the original line," said Sir Topham Hat, "he has to be around here somewhere."
Just then, Stepney spotted a little opening in some trees. He also saw what might be tracks leading into them.
"I think I see an opening." Stepney said.
No one saw it except Stepney, so they were to follow him. At the quarry, Thomas was to help Toby with some dangerous mine cars. They both knew they weren't supposed to be pulling freight, but it was their only choice. They could've gotten Mavis to do it, but she was already gone off somewhere.
"Are you ready Toby?" gulped Thomas.
"When ever you are." Toby replied.
The cars started giggling. The two engines knew they were in for a difficult time. They started off slowly, feeling a slight jerk of the cars. Thomas tried to examine the movement of the cars, but couldn't tell so well. His only choice was to go on slow. They were beginning to pass a pile of rocks, when the cars pushed. Toby got frightened. He wanted to uncouple from the trucks, but didn't want to leave his friend.
"Keep it steady, Toby!" called Thomas.
Toby tried to, but with all the fright made his wheels wobble. The two engines forged ahead. They were relieved they got to their stop safely. Thomas said goodbye to Toby before he left. He could feel something was about to happen pretty soon. Thomas collected Annie and Clarabel and headed down to Tidmouth station. He was waiting for Stepney to arrive with the passengers. Except, Oliver came up with some coaches.
"Sorry Thomas," Oliver said, "Stepney is saving somebody right now. So I have to deliver the passengers."
The passengers boarded Thomas' two coaches. He didn't care if Stepney didn't make it, as long as the passengers were delivered. Thomas tooted his whistle, and off he went. He chugged happily down the line as he whistled to all his friends. Edward and Stepney used the breakdown train to load D199 onto.
"Edward, will you take D199's coaches?" asked Sir Topham hat.
"Of course."replied Edward.
Edward switched lines and buffered up into D199's coaches. The diesel stared with anger. He hated steamies so much, he wished they were scraped. Stepney took the damaged diesel away while Edward took the coaches to the station. Thomas arrived with the passengers ready to take the Sodor tour. Later at the sheds, Sir Topham hat had some news.
"As some of you engines may know, D199 is in the repairs. One engine will have some extra work untill D199 is out." he spoke.
The engines looked back and forth at each other. Sir Topham hat continued.
"Also, the culprit who made the trucks act up is still not caught."
Thomas had a thought it was Diesel 10, but didn't want to accuse someone without knowing it was them. Next day, Emily was back. The cars laughed at her every time she steamed pass.
"Oh look, there's the green piece of scrap!" One car shouted.
"She'll be out of existence when we get done with her!"another called.
Emily couldn't stand it. It was like the Oliver problem back then with Scruffy. Then, it came to her.
"When we get done with you?" she thought.
She soon realized the cars weren't acting up themselves, but someone was making them act up.
"But who?" she pondered.
Diesel 10 was at the scrap yards. He loved the sight of already scraped engines being dumped carelessly into the fire. He was just about to dose of, when a loud horn honked next to them. Diesel 10 woke up with a jump.
"What the...?"
It was Bert.
"Excuse me, but it seems like the steam engines are catching on quickly about the freight cars." Bert said.
"Do you know how they did?" asked Diesel 10.
"Not really, but there are rumors that that Emily engine figured it out."Bert answered.
Diesel 10 thought for a moment. "Looks like we'll take things to the next level." Diesel 10 whispered his plan to Bert. Bert smiled with agreement. He puffed away quickly.
"Ah, now where was I." moaned Diesel 10.
He drifted back to sleep.
Emily was getting her two coaches cleaned up, after that accident earlier today with the cars nearly smashing into her. Percy rolled by looking more frightened than ever.
"Goodness. Percy, you look like you've seen a ghost." Emily joked.
"You wouldn't be saying that after you almost got sent back to the repair yards."shook Percy.
Emily felt a little concerned now. "Yeah, what happened?"
"I was just heading to the station to pick up the daily mail train, when these freight cars on another track came, and-" Percy was interrupted.
"I see Percy. We need to put a stop to this before it gets worse." Emily said.
D199 was watching and listening to the conversation going on. The next day, a new tender engine came to the island. He looked big and strong which made Gordon feel a little jealous.
"Everybody, this is Hank," Sir Topham hat spoke, "he is from the US, so please show him around."
The engines gave Hank a happy greeting by whistling. At Tidmouth station, Hank pulled along side Gordon.
"Tell me where the problem is." Hank said.
"What? You must be talking about the freight problem?"asked Gordon.
"Well of course."
"We're not sure who's doing it." Hank understood what was going on. Later, he spotted Bert near the loading ramp. He went along side to speak to him.