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"Raining again?"

Pearl, the Observation Car, was bored again, as she stared outside the window of the station. The dark heavens punished the world again for a third day. Not, it was not constant, but it would rain for the SAME amount of time and the SAME time of day. It was rather annoying, especially for a coach wanting to go out.

The Observation Car sighed, considering herself very lucky that she was not out in that rain.

Unlike the Freights.

"Oi'm soaked!"

"It be rainin' again, mate!"

From around the corner came Bobo. Pearl was rather surprised to see the 120 MPH Sudest there, and the poor French train rolled into the station soaked with two wet and complaining for the first time in their lives aggregates hitched to him.

"Oh Bobo, are you alright?" Pearl asked, seeing the train shiver slightly. He was not used to running in the rain.

Bobo, not used to English sign language, flipped her off, waving the middle finger at her. At the look of Pearl's angry face, Bobo screeched, shaking his fist and turning it into a thumbs up. 'Oh,' Pearl nodded, forgiving him.

Flattop sneered, unloading his bricks and letting the water spill upon the floor with his bricks, making a horrible mess. Pearl quickly ran from the water, hiding behind the Prince of Wales (whom was there the entire time, just was so quite that no one spoke to him), fearing her dress would get wet. "Oy, Oi'm gonna rust for sure now!"

"Aye! Me too!" Dustin peppered, the water leaking from him.

"Hey... where's the Caboose?" The Prince of Wales finally spoke, and he knew that all the Freights (including the Rockies), were suppose to be out doing their duty today. Bobo looked at him weirdly, turn to see that he was missing a freight, and, cursing in French, quickly ran out of the station. "French... Ha!"

Now Pearl felt really sorry for the French train, as he returned with an ultra wet and none too phased Caboose. His blond bangs were in his eyes, but his smile never faded, "Ah... rain... look at the bright side, I am washed!"

That made the aggregates laugh, and Pearl shrugged, "Guess you're right about that..."

Bobo spat, hating the rain and rolling away, muttering something in French to the smiling Royal train as he left. The rain continued outside, the howling wind mixed with a few crashed of thunder and streaks of lightning.

CB, never really liking the silence, looked towards Pearl, smiling widely. She did not return the smile; she remembered his deeds during Race night and had yet to forgive him. "Aw, what's with the long face, Pearl? The rain ain't all that bad!"

"Speak fer yourself!" Flattop growled, grabbing a brick and throwing it at the Red Caboose. CB ducked and ran to hide behind Pearl as Flattop reloaded. "You don't 'ave to worry about getting' stuck!"

"Oh no, Flattop!" CB reared his head from under Pearl's skirt, and he would soon realize that was not the best of places to stay. "Just the bad side of that is that I'm stuck behind the BOTH of you!"

CLING.

It was a double whammy for the poor Caboose, and as a brick met his face, Pearl swerved and kicked him hard in the cod. He bent over in pain and she shouted, going to hit him again. Luckily, the Prince of Wales lifted her up to save him. "PERVERT! DON'T LOOK UNDER THERE!"

"Woi did Pearl kick CB in the cods, Flattop?" Dustin asked, his stupid side getting the best of him.

"Oi dunno... Oi always thought she WANTED trains to look there!"

She suddenly turned on them, and the two bigger freights found themselves trembling under her icy blue eyes. "WHAT WAS THAT?"

The Brick Truck stuttered as Dustin hid behind him. "Oy wos just merely stating that you loike to flirt and show off your ass in the first place, roight?"

No, that made it worse, and the Prince of Wales watched as the VERY angry Observation car chased the two around the station. They weren't moving very fast, so poor Dustin would get a punch or kick before getting up and running some more. But the Prince did not laugh; he was just stone faced, like a soldier.

CB, who was awake now, was on the floor laughing. He had recovered from the attack well, almost too well, and the Prince wondered if the Caboose was really a masochist as some people said he was.

The doors to the station opened, and arriving now the current champ and 'hero' of the tracks. "Oh, look, it's RUSTY..."

CB looked up and grinned, "Ohhhhh.... Flattop and Dustin are gonna crash into Rusty!"

And that they did. Rusty heard them coming and as he looked, the Brick truck tried to jump over the steamer. He failed, smacking into him, and the two were unfortunate enough to be body slammed by a very clumsy Dustin. Luckily, Pearl stopped before joining the wreck, and the coaches screamed, almost getting hit as well but barely missing it.

"See?"

The Prince nodded, wondering if he should run over to help them or not.

"ACH! I'M DYING! I'M DYING!" Rusty wailed, his lungs almost crushing under the combined weight of Flattop and the Big Hopper.

Flattop punched Dustin in the face, "Get offa me, Dustin!"

Dustin couldn't move, and the three coaches tried to calm Pearl down.

"Calm down, Sugar!" Buffy, the kind yet smart mouthed Buffet Car, held Pearl by the shoulders.

"Yeah, let us get IN before we all start to rust!" Dinah the Dining Car pleaded, hating the rain more than anything else in the world.

And the last car, Ashley, sighed, lifting her hands in the air, as if to look up at the lord and ask, 'Why me?'

With a single push, the train was in, and only Ashley stood as Buffy, Dinah, and Pearl joined into the small fray. It was utter chaos, and the Prince and CB could not control their laughter. It was just too humorous to watch, and Belle, awakened from her nap, entered to watch the scene.

"Ach! Get offa me!"

"I'M GOING TO GET YOU FOR THAT!"

"Rusty, your face is changing colors!"

"Ahhhhh, are you looking up my dress?"

"Oh, my food is on fire!"

"Let me up! Oi didn't do anything!"

And Ashley, looking at her distinguished cigarette, sighed and entered the station, completely and utterly soaked. She left the others to settle their quarreling to themselves, and she greeted Belle, CB, and the Prince. "Things never seem to change around here, does it?"

CB was looking up at her and he beamed. "Wipe that grin off your face and stop their fighting, okay?"

"The Red Caboose, would like to be of use..."

With that, the Caboose got to his feet and skated over to the intercom. Clearing his throat, he turned a few knobs on his communicator, and he braced himself for the screech. It was MUCH louder and far more annoying that he would have expected, and soon all the trains were on the floor, twitching from the HORRIBLE and excruciating NOISE that echoed around the entire station.

"AHHHH! SHUT IT OFF!" Belle cried, grasping her sensitive ears.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" CB asked, looking at her.

"SHUT IT OFF!" They all shouted in unison, and CB punched the intercom, smashing it to pieces. That silenced the noise, and everyone was relieved. CB laughed, trying to ignoring the ring to his ears. "Well... at least it shut you all up!"

It settled the matter, and eventually, Flattop and Dustin removed themselves from poor Rusty, whom, as you might have already guessed, was far beyond unconsciousness by now. Pearl went to check on him when Buffy growled, "You know... you are FAR too optimistic for your own good, CB."

"I am to please!" CB proclaimed.

"So what's going on here?" Buffy asked, turning her attention away from the smiling Caboose.

Dustin spurt, "I don't know!"

Sighing, Ashley turned to the Prince, "Where's Bobo? I have some little issues to speak about with him."

The Prince gave her such a look at echoed around the station, and she asked, "What?"

"Didn't you know?" Belle looked at her, and getting a shake, she answered. "He has a new flame now."

"Really?!" Ashley sounded a bit disappointed, and going to take a smoke (and realizing how useless her wet cigarette was), she asked. "Who is it THIS time?"

The name echoed around, and it seemed that the only ones who didn't know were Flattop, Dustin, and Ashley. "Espresso..."

The face she made was hilarious, and she threw the old cigarette away and lit a new one. "Go figure..."

BANG BANG BANG

They were all quiet.

Rusty woke up now, "What is that?"

BANG BANG BANG

"I dunno... someone's banging on the wall..." Dinah proclaimed

Then they heard voices.

"Ow! Don't push!"

"HURRY UP, MAN! I'M GETTING WET!"

"DUDE!"

"DUDE!"

"DUUUUUUUDE!"

"The Rockies..." they said, then CB was kind enough to open the doors to let the three boxcars came tumbling into the station. By the look on their faces, you could instantly tell something was wrong, and Bobo and Espresso rolled in just as Rusty asked, a little bit of concern in his voice. "Rockies! What's wrong?"

All three of them broke off, and no one, not even CB, could make out what they were saying. Poor Rocky III was trembling far too much to speak. Immediately, Dinah and Buffy went to help them, getting them some towels and helping them to sit down. Finally, Rocky found his words and got his brothers to shut up. "We f-f-found Joule and Krupp dead at the bridge!"

Silence, then everyone shouting. "What?!"

Rocky nodded, hating the gazes. "Greaseball was taking us to some station to drop off some supplies, and we found Joule! Dead as a doornail!"

"She's dead?" Dinah gasped. "And Krupp too?"

"Someone... I dunno... but GB told me to get the marshals!"

Rusty got to his feet. "But they're miles away! Where's Greaseball now?"

Rocky II answered, "He's with the dead bodies..."

"At the bridge!" Rocky III finished, shivering.

At the mention of her engine, Dinah clung to Rusty. "Please! We must go there! Greaseball might be in trouble!"

How could he turn down such a face, and so Rusty nodded. He looked at Bobo, the obvious faster of the Nationalities there. "Bobo, go get the marshals. Tell them to get to the bridge immediately!"

Bobo, after looking towards Espresso and the Prince of Wales, nodded, and the three National engines took off, gone in a heart beat. Rusty went to leave, only to find his train was growing. Pearl gently pushed Dinah behind her, claiming Rusty to be HER engine, and Buffy took her place behind Dinah, and Ashley behind Buffy, then the Rockies, Flattop, Dustin, Belle, and lastly, CB. Oh well, Rusty thought, and he started towards the bridge, going as fast as he possibly could with the eleven cars behind him.