The last thing they knew they saw Thomas being taken away from them, and getting caught in a giant steel cage... but they couldn't stop...not yet. They needed to be clear of all the danger before they could even THINK about rescuing Thomas.

Once they all caught their breath after having run for a long time, one of them spoke up; the oldest, "We can't just LEAVE him! That's my dad out there! And there ain't no way I'm giving him up without a fight!" The giant-colored steam engine roared, and Nixie was about to race off into the woods to her father, until she felt a giant pull on her bunker, which prevented her from leaving. Nixie turned around to see Lady using her magic gold dust to hold her in place by her bunker; "Hey! Mom! What gives?!" Nixie shouted angrily as she used all her coal and strength to pull away from her mother's magic, but that only made Lady more impatient and she ended up using a lot more of her gold dust to lift Nixie off the ground and place her directly in front of herself, so that she couldn't leave.

"Listen Nixie," Lady stated matter-of-faclty, "I know that you're tough and brave and are willing to go after your father, but we need to make a plan and think about this first before rushing in with our funnels and not having a plan. For starters, they have a freaking, WAR-TRAINED SENTIENT HELICOPTER on their side who's name happens to be Harold, so go ahead and tell me, just how are planning to deal with him?"

Nixie now felt foolish and realized that they did need a plan, one that required stealth, and skill, in which everyone would have to play a role in. Nixie, utilizing the power of being the oldest, called over her 3 younger siblings to help she and her mom make a plan to rescue their dad.

While the Steam Engines were planning out their attack, Jocelyn was pacing back and forth in an obvious state of stress. The whole family noticed and Lady told Nixie to go cheer her up, Nixie agreed and walked over to Jocelyn.

"Sooo...JJ, ya feeling ok?" (JJ was a nickname Nixie called her.) Jocelyn looked up at the engine with tears in her eyes, "How could I be okay?! They took my engine! I have to get him back somehow-who knows what they could be doing to him at this very second!" She shouted stressfully. Nixie stood a few steps back in understanding.

"Sorry Nixie," Jocelyn stated, "I'm just, really worried for him..." Nixie looked at her in perfect understanding and replied, "I miss him too. He's my father, and ANY good child would always want their parents safe and okay. I know you were really close to him when he was younger and we were just infants."

Nixie then sighed, "Hah...The stories you told us about him when he was younger sounded so cool! He must have had a really good lifestyle," Jocelyn then looked back at Nixie with a smirk; "He still loves you and he always has..Heck, when I first met you guys when you were a few months he growled at me because he never trusted me handling you guys-" But before she could continue, Nixie's 3 siblings had heard Jocelyn telling her a story, and since they loved stories about their fearless father, they all raced next to Nixie and sat down beside her in front of Jocelyn, ushering her to continue.

Jocelyn chuckled and continued the story, "Well, when Thomas was growling at me and protecting you guys, La-" "Ooh I know this one!" Oswald interrupted, "Mom told him to shut up and let you hold us for bandaging dad when he was hurt!" Lady who was also settling down blushed in embarrassment and snickered quietly.

Jocelyn laughed, "You're right Oswald, you guys were so cute as babies! You all wanted me to pet and scratch you, while Thomas was in the corner staring at me, making sure I wasn't going to hurt you guys or try anything funny, like stealing you guys from him. He was a very good dad." All the Steam Engines listened in awe at Thomas's stories, even the little foal that Thomas had "adopted" was listening in wonder.

After the story ended Jocelyn felt a lot better, but was still worried about her tank engine. So, she made a plan.

"I'm going to get him." She stated plainly, and the engines just looked at her in surprise.

"You can't just go-We need to think about this first! There's the guards, the security, the technology, and, Heck! This is the MILITARY we're talking about!" Nixie stated, she wondered if Jocelyn knew what a military was.

Jocelyn reassured her that she did, in fact, know what a military was but would think about the plan while she was on her way since it might take a while. The other engines just looked at her in confusion because when she'll ride them to get to the military base, they would have gotten there in a flash. What did she mean by getting to the military would take, "A while"?

Nixie just shrugged it off thinking she meant nothing and told Jocelyn to hop inside her cab and she would take her there, but was taken aback when she refused.

(A few moments of explaining lator...)

"What do you mean I'm too big?" Nixie stated, Jocelyn replied, "The security cameras may catch a large movement in the bushes while we are trying to sneak in if you come with me, I'm sorry but you're not such a small baby anymore." She hoped Nixie would understand.

She did. But she still had one question;

"Then how are you gonna get there? The military base is more than an acre away and if you go walking you'll take forever!" She declared, but Jocelyn replied, "Oh I'm not going walking." Then she looked at the foal, and then everyone looked at him.

The foal has gotten stronger ever since Thomas taught him to eat meat, the thing grew bulkier every single day the more it ate, and pretty soon it was strong enough to carry an adult, but Jocelyn was lighter than that.

The only thing the foal hasn't lost was its fear. Sure he had determination and could now somewhat hunt down other deer, but it still quivered in fear of the steam engines, knowing what they could do to him if he ever turned his back, and the family decided to keep it that way.

Jocelyn went up to the foal but it backed away in fear. She shushed it down and calmly reassured him that she was no danger to him, and eventually, he calmed down and trusted her. She then asked the foal if he could support her weight and if she could get on his back (she was pretty skinny.) The foal hesitated, but seeing that Jocelyn was not a bloodthirsty engine, he let her climb onto his back.

"Nature is the only way I can reach the military base without getting caught. Besides, this foal is still small enough to hide from the security cameras, dodge them, and who says a human can't ride a deer-c'mon guys I've seen people do this on YouTube for pete's sake." Jocelyn stated, and the engines had to agree with her on that.

The engine family then bid her goodbye and with a mild kick, Jocelyn got the foal racing off with her on his back.

40 minutes later...

"IIII'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILWAY, AAAALL THE LIVE LONG DAY-" Jocelyn chuckled as she sang loud and proud on the running foal's back, it was a song she enjoyed that Diesel 10 had taught her, but she quickly shut up when she noticed that the foal had made an abrupt stop.

Jocelyn had finally arrived at the military base with the foal and found it very easy to sneak in since it wasn't a large engine trainsporting her (*PUN INTENDED), but she soon found out the reason the army men weren't guarding the entrance; they were all examining a giant hole in the side of the base's concrete wall that was clearly exploded by dynamite, but what made her even more confused was that the men started talking about Thomas's disappearance from their almost-impossible-to-escape cell, and that they needed to get him back locked up before he causes even more havoc to the Mainland and Sodor.

The foal looked up at Jocelyn in confusion, she looked back down and then sighed. Thomas was really gone, but he couldn't have escaped, the cell walls were too thicc-(SORRY! OHMYGOSH OKAY I'LL STOP...) to escape, so there could have only been one other reason...He was trainnapped.

But after envisioning and pondering about that situation, Jocelyn came to a conclusion, "No, that can't be possible," she said to no one in particular, "I mean who would want to steal an engine?"

After thinking even more, she said to the foal, "Someone truly evil must have done this. Only someone who has studied Thomas so long knowing he is the alpha warrior and leader of the Steam Team, could have trainnapped him. If one takes away the ruler of an island...," she gasped in realization as she suddenly figured everything out, "...then they can become the new ruler and gain power that way." She finally understood the reasons of the missing people on Sodor, the deaths of the innocent, and of Thomas eating human organs, disappearing for full days and becoming the most wanted outlaw for reasons that had NOTHING to do with him; Someone had been trapping and baiting him so that the Island would lose trust in him to the point where they will hunt him down and get a new leader.

Jocelyn saw one of the military soldiers with their flashlights overhear her conversation with an animal, and turned around to see what it was. Jocelyn and the foal quickly hid stealthily behind a bush and closed their eyes, (another engine taught them that if they had done this, they would become invisible) and when the soldier saw nothing, he shrugged it off and went back to the others.

Jocelyn and the foal peeped open their eyes and let out a very relieved sigh when they figured out that they hadn't been caught. While she was wiping the sweat off her forehead, Jocelyn noticed a light trail of coal leading off into the woods behind the military base, she and the foal stared wide-eyed and then felt relieved that it was evidence that Thomas was still okay, (she had studied his coal long enough to memorize which type he used; Alpha engines need Alpha coal), but she knew she didn't have any time to waste. She ordered the foal to sniff out Thomas's coal and see where it led and hopefully, straight to him. She whooped in joy as they left the military base and darted into the woods again.