Here's the 9th chapter! This will probably the part everyone's been waiting for! However, the climax is still coming up.

Edward, Thomas and Percy were working at the docks outside the city. The sun shone and the gulls sang. Big ships with both freight and passengers came in and out again and again. No one though minded that trains were now working and that they had faces for some reason. Probably because they already had the powerful Mew Mew's in their lives.

Thomas and Percy had just finished unloading and shunting a load of strawberries and pudding, when they saw Edward sitting calmly in a siding with his load of lettuce. Thomas and Percy rolled up alongside.

"Something bugging you?" asked Thomas.

"Oh it's rather complicated," said Edward, breaking out of his visions.

"What is it?" asked Percy.

Edward blew his magical whistle as did his two younger companions and turned into their human forms again. Then Edward continued.

"I'm thinking about that girl at Cafe' Mew Mew, Bridget," started Edward, "I'm wondering if she has feelings towards me."

Thomas and Percy tried to look as nonchalant as possible, but Edward noticed.

"You know she likes me?" he asked.

"Well, Zoey told us after our second day here that Bridget started developing a crush on you," explained Thomas.

"I bet by now that crush has developed into love," peeped Percy.

Edward was rather surprised but began to understand.

"I really think she loves you Edward," said Thomas, "Do you love her back?"

Edward thought about, and came back with an upbeat answer.
"I would say yes, I do. I love her" smiled Edward, not feeling the least embarrassed.

"Awwww," cooed Percy.

"Man, do you know how lucky you are?" chuffed Thomas.

"I don't know, you're already Emily's boyfriend," chuckled Edward.

"I'm just saying since I didn't know someone as old as you could get a boyfriend," teased Thomas.

Edward just rolled his eyes and shrugged.

"You should tell her you love her," advised Thomas.

"Don't worry, I will," puffed Edward, and headed back to the cafe.

Meanwhile, back at the cafe.......

"Okay girls, I'm going to tell him!" announced Bridget.

"Good luck," said Corina, calmly sipping her tea.

"I'll tell Westley and Elliot you'll be gone," said Renee' with no emotion in her voice.

"Whoo Hooo!!!! Go Bridget! Confess your love!" cheered Kikki doing numerous flips and dances. This made Bridget extremely embarrassed to say the least.

"I'm really happy for you Bridget," said Zoey kindly, "Be brave and hope for the best."

"Thanks for being such a good friend," said Bridget, hugging her red-headed friend. With that, Bridget was out through the double doors and into the great outdoors.

Edward was already near the butte where he had practiced running and training on hen he saw Bridget running towards him.

"Edward! Edward!" she yelled.

"Be careful, Bridget!" he warned.

As if on cue from karma, Bridget tripped on one of the cracks in the sidewalk and came tumbling down. Thankfully, Edward caught her just about before she hit the ground. Bridget blushed bright red as she was helped to her feet.

"Now what do you want?" asked Edward.

"Wait, let's talk in the trees," she said, leading him to the trio of tall, sideways-shaped trees. Then, she continued.
"I want to tell you something important that I should've told you a long time ago," she said.

"What's that?" asked Edward.

Bridget took her pendent on her necklace, kissed it, and was engulfed in a bright light. Edward could see before his eyes Bridget transforming into something out of this world. The light dimmed.
Edward could see Bridget was no longer in her usual outfit. She had a dark green tank top leotard with fin curves at her waist, braces on her left leg and both arms, and long green boots. Her hair was a brighter green and in a straight ponytail. Her glasses were gone and long string-like appendages came out of her head like ribbons.

"This is my secret," said Bridget quietly, "I'm a super-powered hero of this city."

Bridget waited to hear rejection, but heard something far different.

"You're not alone Bridget," said Edward holding her shoulders, "I also have a secret."

Bridget watched as Edward took out his magical, golden whistle and blew. Gold dust surrounded him like a tornado. When the cloud settled, Bridget saw his locomotive form.

"This is who I really am," said Edward.

"Oh my, that's....amazing," exclaimed Bridget, even though she'd seen him this way before.

"That's not all," said Edward. Blowing a second time, he was surrounded by the sparkles again. This time, he looked human, but he had longer dark-blue hair, a draped blue coat, white shoes, a blue deputy's hat, and his whistle attached to his head. He looked exactly like the hero in her dreams, minus the cape.

"You could say I'm a super-powered being, too," finished Edward.

Bridget was so relieved and so happy she immediately went to admitting her feelings. That's when rain started coming down.

"Oh Edward!" she cried hugging him tightly, "This makes this so much easier. I love you!"

"You do?" he questioned.

"Yes, yes, I wanted to tell you that for the weeks you've been here. You've changed my life for the better. You taught me to be strong, confident, brave, and determined, and you did that without being asked. No one has done that much for me." Bridget released her grip, still expecting the chance of rejection. "If you don't feel the same way, I understand," she said sadly.

Then, it was Edward's turn to hug. "I love you, too, Bridget," he said.

Bridget gasped with tears in her eyes.

"You're the best thing to ever happen to me," confessed Edward,"No other girl has been such a friend or even hero to me. You are an amazing girl with one of a kind traits and an unbeatable heart. Bridget Verdant, I love you."

Then Edward did the thing that Bridget waited her whole life for. He kissed her. Bridget had only kissed Elliot once to save his life. Now she was kissing the boy she NOW loved. She felt like the happiest girl in the solar system. At last, Edward broke the kiss and embraced her again.

"I promise I love you," he said quietly.

Bridget buried her head in his chest and cried tears of joy as the rain continued coming down.

The rainy night had passed after Edward and Bridget had made it to her house that unforgettable night. The night that both Bridget and Edward had exchanged their most precious secrets, and admitted their love. The two had a long, peaceful sleep each that night despite the pouring rain.

For the next few weeks, the two would go out, do their jobs, and have fun in so many ways.

On Friday morning, 3 weeks after she had confessed her love, Bridget woke to find her parents and her brother waiting for her for breakfast.

"Good morning dear," greeted her mother.

"Good morning," she replied. She sat down next to her mother to eat her blueberry pancakes. Then she noticed something. "Where's Edward?" she asked.

"Oh, he said he'd meet you at the cafe. He had some important work to do down at the harbor," explained her father.
Bridget then decided to tell her family the news.

"I wish to tell you all something important," she started.

"Is it something to do with those Mew Mew girls?" asked her father, still knowing nothing about her as a Mew Mew, as did the rest of her family.

"No, I wanted to tell you something about Edward," said Bridget.

"What's that?" questioned her mother.

Bridget braved herself for the worst, but told the truth. "I'm in love with him and we just confessed our love to each other last night," she finally stated.
Bridget's brother spit his morning tea like a garden hose after hearing that, let alone having the same reaction as the parents: shock. However, for her mother, that shock turned into joy.

"Oh I'm so happy for you!" she cried, hugging her daughter.

Then it was her father's turn to comfort her. "My little girl's growing up so fast," he said feeling great pride, and patting his daughter on the back.

Even her little brother gave compassion. "Congratulations sister," smiled Richard.

"You're not mad?" she asked.

"Not at all," said her mother sweetly, "We know you're old enough for this. We also know that Edward is a boy we can trust with you. You're in good hands my dear. Edward seems to be the right guy at the right time for you. Live your life to the best and be happy."

"Thank you, mother," smiled Bridget.

After breakfast was over, Bridget headed for the cafe' She knew the other girls would be waiting for her. Unfortunately, Bridget forgot to look at a clock before running all the way from home to the cafe'. She arrived one hour early before it opened!
'Oh that's right. I'm early!' she thought to herself.

Just then Edward rolled up in his regular locomotive form.

"Hello, you're early!" whistled Edward cheerfully, changing into his human form. Bridget could see he was in a good mood as well.

"Morning to you too," she giggled, giving her boyfriend an early kiss. Edward chuckled and smiled his blissful smile.

"I was kind of expecting to run through the doors and get pummeled by questions from the others of what happened with us," Bridget joked.

"Can't blame 'em really," put in Edward.

"Well, what should I do for the next 59 minutes?" she asked herself aloud.

Edward thought of something, thought it over, and then spoke. "Want to go for a ride?" he asked.

Bridget was rather surprised by Edward's idea. "A ride?" she repeated.

"Yeah, just wondering if you'd like to take a ride on the rails. I have to go deliver this load of lettuce to the other side of town anyways," chuffed Edward.

"I...I'd love to," said Bridget.

"Really?"

"Yes, I've never been on a train before, especially a steam train."

"Then you're going to also be able to operate me, too," added Edward, turning back into his normal form and turning off his autopilot (Yeah, I just thought of it). "Be careful, operating me is like operating a bomb on wheels."

"If you trust me, then nothing will go wrong," smiled Bridget, climbing on board.

"The throttle to control the speed is the long lever on the top of the right side," explained Edward,"The brakes are the small turn handle on the right middle. Make sure to shovel in coal and keep water pumping in the boiler, not to mention checking pressure and heat. Last, but not least, chain cord on top is the whistle."

Bridget wisely wrote all this down on a sticky note. "Okay I've got it," she said. Then she decided to do something she really wanted to do the most. "May I blow the whistle?" she asked.

"Let 'er rip!" shouted Edward.

Bridget took a good grip on the chain, pulled down, and the whistle emitted a loud, unique, and memorable sound.
"I've wanted to that my whole life!" cried Bridget.

With that, Bridget shut the firebox doors, turned the throttle, blew the whistle twice, and with the distinct 'chug chug' sound, the heavy freight train was fired up and started down the narrow ribbons of steel.

Well, I'm really proud of doing this chapter, despite things being a little too sudden. Hope you like it. BTW, there's a running gag about what the engines carry that ties into the TMM characters XD.