Chapter 8
Gary started dancing around Benjamin. "I've done it! I've done it! I've found the golden engine!" he shouted in joy. Buck grinned. "Hey, congrats there, Gary!" Buck called to him. Gary climbed into the cab of Benjamin. "So...how's this stupid thing start...?" he asked. Buck frowned. "Uh, got me!"
Gary stepped out of the cab and looked around. "Maybe it's just like a normal engine..." he said to himself. So he picked up a shovel, released the brakes and began to start Benjamin up. But Buck was concerned about something.
"You know, there's only one track leading in here." he noted to Gary. Gary rolled his eyes, annoyed. "Point being...?" he replied. "How are we going to get out? I mean, you can't drive both of us!" Gary walked over to Buck, took him off the rails and turned him around so he was facing the opposited direction. Then he went into the cab, inserted the keys and hit the 'auto-pilot' button.
"You're on your own. I'll catch up wid'cha later." Gary called as Buck 'drove' off. Gary then walked over to Benjamin. "So how do I turn you around-" he started, but stopped when he saw his answer. "A turntable! This is too easy." he mused. Gary managed to get Benjamin onto the turntable and turned him around. "Finally. I can see how good you go...!" Gary laughed. He started Benjamin up and put him in full speed. Then he pulled out a small, red remote. "And this will help me...take over Sodor..."
"Any moment now we'll be on the 'mountain-line'." Sir Topham Hatt told the Thin Controller. The Thin Controller nodded in agreement. It was now about 8:00 in the morning. Thomas had had a rest and was now ready to go. Then suddenly, they saw something up ahead.
"What's that?" asked Thomas' driver. Sir Topham Hatt, Theodore, and The Thin Controller looked out the cab window. "It's a..." Theodore started. "Truck!" The Thin Controller cut in. It was Buck, coming right at them!
"Stop Thomas!" Sir Topham Hatt called. But it was too late. Thomas hit Buck, throwing him right off the line, into a ditch. Thomas stopped shortly after.
"Buck!" Thomas shouted. "What are you doing!" Buck was dazed and confused after being hit. "Where's Gary...?" he asked, in a somewhat puzzled voice. Theodore and Sir Topham Hatt stepped out of the cab and examined Buck. Theodore looked at the silly truck. "I'll take care of the truck. You guys, go on..." Theodore told them. Thomas then puffed off with the rest of the crew.
"So you're partners with that Gary person?" Theodore asked Buck. Buck frowned. "Well, we were partners..."
Gary was now speeding through the mountain tunnel with Benjamin. "This is all too easy!" he exclaimed. They exited the tunnel, went on the 'mountain-line' and were on the main line.
Finally, Gary heard a "What?" come from the front of the engine. "Where am I?" the voice asked. Gary looked out of the cab. "You're now in my clutches!" Gary shouted to Benjamin. Benjamin was shocked. "Who are you?" he asked, worried. Gary laughed. "I'm Gary! And I'm leading you to doom!"
Thomas was about a mile from the 'mountain-line'. Suddenly, he heard a loud whistle, but not any whistle he recognized. Thomas stopped. "What's going on?" asked Thomas' fireman. Sir Topham Hatt got out and looked down the opposite track. "It looks like...an engine..." he said quietly. But as the whistle got louder, the engine got closer, revealing a great golden engine.
"It can't be..." Sir Topham Hatt told himself. Benjamin flew by, with Gary laughing wildly. "I found it! And you can't stop me !" he shouted. Sir Topham Hatt was in shock. "We uh, have to turn around!" he called. "But we can't!" Theodore replied. "Thomas, go in reverse!" Sir Topham Hatt called. So Thomas reversed, taking up a chase.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Benjamin asked. Gary looked at the engine. "You want to know? You want to KNOW!" he thundered. Benjamin replied with a simple, "Yes." Gary told him how his great, great, great, grandfather had worked on Sodor and how he had lost his job. "And that's why I'm going to use your power to take over Sodor!" he finished. Benjamin was baffled. "How?" he asked. Gary smiled. "I'm glad you asked."
"First, we get onto the track that leads to the viaduct. Then, as we approach, I use this nice little remote and..." Gary trailed off. "WHAT!" Benjamin ordered. "...I use it to activate the bombs I planted on the viaduct. Then you fall off, you're destroyed and I use my new power-sucking machine thingy, and I take your power, and take over Sodor!" Gary finished, laughing evily. "You wouldn't!" Benjamin called. Gary narrowed his eyes. "Oh, but I am!"
"The golden engine is on the main line, the track that leads to the viaduct!" Sir Topham Hatt called, after talking to a signal-man on his cell phone. Thomas grinned. "That's the line we're on!" he called back. Thomas' driver increased his speed. He was now going about 90 MPH. "I don't think I can go much faster without de-railing...!" Thomas shouted. Sir Topham Hatt looked towards Thomas. "Then hold on, cause we have to get that engine..."