Toby, with Christopher and Sir Brown inside him, started chugging down the long, somewhat rickety bridge that was right next to the Shane Dooiney Mountain. Sir Brown was almost pacing around the inside.
"Don't worry, sir," Christopher said. "We'll find him."
It was right at the moment where the three heard a deep, hollow noise that sounded like Gordon's whistle from the mountain. The vibrations apparently caused two rocks to fall right down, one blowing through a piece of the track in front of the Toby, and the other one crashing through a piece behind him. They were stranded now on the bridge.
"Oh bother! We're stucked!" Toby shouted.
"No….no we can't be!" Sir Brown shouted.
"It looks like we are sir….," Christopher said.
Sir Brown peaked out through one of Toby's doors and saw that they were instead trapped.
"Christopher…..maybe you can….take us out of here. Start driving Toby….," he suggested.
Christopher approached Toby's controls and something dawned on him.
"Well, what are you waiting for?"
"I don't know how to drive a tram sir….," Christopher responded apologetically.
"WHAT?!"
"I never had a chance to learn sir….We're just have to ring Toby's bell," and with that he did just that for a whole minute.
The bell sounded faint against the rocks of the mountain. The wood started to creak their weight. Sir Brown and Christopher sat against the back of Toby.
"Guess we'll just have to wait here…." Christopher said, scared out of his wits. "Hopefully someone will find us before we fall."
And they waited for approximately fifteen minutes and Christopher tried again.
Thomas was chugging nearby with Jane inside.
"I just hope they forgive me….."
"They will, don't worry," Jane comforted him.
The two then heard the sound of a bell, along with similar voices crying for help. They then wasted no time and hurried.
Christopher sat back next to Sir Brown.
"Well, that's that."
"I'm coming, Thomas….." Sir Brown whispered solemnly. Before Christopher could ask him what he meant…
"Thomas! Jane! Over here!" Toby cried out. They both rushed to his side and saw the two of them right in front of him with terrified looks on their face.
"Oh my God! What happened?!" Jane screamed as she ran outside of Thomas.
"We're stuck! Please help us!" Christopher shouted.
"I'm so sorry you two! I should never have said those things! I love you both so much! We'll help you!" Thomas pleaded. He clearly couldn't resist saying these things after seeing them in this position. Sir Brown smiled, relieved that his son didn't actually hate him.
Jane ran back inside Thomas and took out a long cord of rope. She noticed the dilapidated shack nearby and took out two planks of wood. She went over to the hole in front of Toby, placed the boards over the gap, and started tying the rope around one of Toby's buffers.
"Those rope tying lessons did pay off," Sir Brown noted from inside Toby.
Thomas came as close to Toby as he could on the bridge and Jane tied the other end around his buffer and told him to start chugging backwards as slowly and gently as possible, which he did. Eventually, Toby was halfway over the boards, his rear wheels still needing to go over and relief started to grow among everyone. Sir Brown and Christopher stayed as still as they could.
"That's it Thomas….baby crawls….." Jane said softly.
Gordon and Percy were chugging together nearby.
"I should tell all the others I found you….." Gordon said as he started blowing his mighty whistle again.
Just as Toby was as good as free, another rock fell and broke right through the rope, causing yet another hole. He, Sir Brown, and Christopher were trapped yet again.
"Oh no!" cried both Jane and Thomas.
The wood beneath the bridge started to creek even harder than before. Its strength was going down by the second.
Jane was about to go over to get more wood and retie the rope when Gordon and Percy appeared from behind.
"Oh my goodness….." they cried out when they saw Toby perched precariously between two gaps on the bridge
"Percy!" everyone else cried.
"What's going on?" Gordon asked.
"Toby's stuck!"
"There's a giant hole in front of him!"
The wood creaked even louder.
"Oh Gordon….what are we going to do?" Percy fretted. Gordon realized that Percy was on the exact same track as Toby.
"Percy…you have to save him," said Gordon.
"What?"
You're on the same track as he is and you're the perfect weight. You have to push him over the gap. I know you can do it."
"Gordon…."
"GO!"
With that Percy jetted about fifteen feet backwards to get the most moment him could.
"Thomas! Jane! Make way! Percy's gonna push Toby!" Gordon bellowed.
Jane hopped into Thomas as he went backward.
"Christopher! Sir Brown! Hang on to something! It's gonna be a hard bump! Brace yourself Toby!"
The two then placed their backs against Toby's front.
"All right, Percy! It's clear!"
Percy then started speeding like he had never before, the bridge creaking deafeningly under his weight. He flew over the first hole, crashed into Toby's back with a mighty force that would have sent Christopher and Sir Brown flying off if they were not in a safe position. Percy pushed Toby completely over the second hole and perfectly over the third hole with the inertia he gave. The two engines were safe off the bridge which collapsed behind them.
"Oh thank God you're safe!" Jane cried as she ran to her father and Christopher and kissed them all over after they climbed out of Toby. She even climbed onto Percy's buffer to give him some pecks herself, causing him to blush a deep crimson. "Thank you Percy….so much!"
"All in a day's work ma'am," Percy quipped.
"What happened here!" James, Edward, and Henry cried out as they came to the sight. After they were told all that happened, even more cheers for Percy were given. They then saw Gordon smiling on the other side of where the bridge was.
"Still think Percy's worthless!" Edward cried out jokingly.
