A/N: And here, this is where the next chapter goes differently, but with an equally happy ending, not to mention an excerpt of the situation as requested by MisakiAyuzawa234 if anyone asks. Enjoy. :)
Infinity Train: The All-You-Can-Eat Car
Chapter 4: The Engine
Some time later, Tulip noticed a key sign that the group has finally reached their destination.
"There it is. The end of the train.", Tulip spoke.
"Wrong, kitten. The beginning of the train.", the cat corrected before it showed the engine, the very front of the car.
"Ooh, the Engine has a splinter.", Glad One commented before the Ball Pit Car slowed to a stop.
"Amelia's building more train cars?", Tulip puzzled in surprise.
"The train is never finished, kitten.", the cat responded.
"Do we have to go through the new car to get there?", Tulip asked.
"You will have to go through the new car, for this where I bid you adieu.", the cat responded.
"What? No, stay.", Tulip spoke while grinning a bit.
"Tut, tut. I've held up my end of the bargain. I gave you a lift for free, which was very generous of me.", the cat spoke.
"Well, I-I guess goodbye, Cat. Is it 'Cat'?", Tulip puzzled.
"The Cat.", the cat responded.
"Well, thank you for doing the right thing.", Tulip thanked.
"I always do the right thing.", the cat responded before then heading up the car via shuttlecraft and moving backwards.
Then, Tulip turned to Atticus and One-One.
"So..., you wanna hop on?", Tulip asked.
Later, she and the others ventured the new car carefully as Tulip then climbed up the side of the car toward the new car just as her belly growled.
"Oh, man...", Tulip groaned.
"Are you hungry?", Glad One asked.
"What do you think?", Atticus asked.
After a moment, Tulip arrived at the side of the new car before pulling out a bowl of ice cream with 3 scoops inside (1 strawberry, 1 vanilla, and 1 chocolate) before eating them voraciously with her bare hands, although careful not to get a brain freeze, resulting in her getting half as messy as the last couple of times, although she still had to clean up using napkins before she's all finished.
"Phew. Okay. Let's move on.", Tulip suggested before she carefully went down as best she could only to suddenly slide down before perching one top of the side of a tree nearby.
"Okay... Guess going down is out.", Tulip spoke before noticing not only the turtles as leaves on the train, but also seeing the engine, with Amelia at the helm, overhead.
"She was the one who built that weird car with the turtles in it. She must've been trying to recreate her old life.", Tulip spoke.
"But how are we to at least help her see reason about her actions?", Atticus asked.
"Well, she may not have realized yet, but she's afraid like I was. Frankly, I don't mind staying in the train like this, but I still want to at least try and help her.", Tulip responded.
Then, she and the two others carefully slid down the new car and got onboard the engine.
"Amelia.", Tulip spoke up.
"Huh?", Amelia puzzled.
"Hi. It's...me again.", Tulip spoke.
"Get out! You'll damage the new car!", Amelia shouted in slight panic.
"It's okay. I won't damage anything. I just want to talk.", Tulip assured.
"What is there to talk about?", Amelia asked.
"I noticed that you've been trying to make a car out of your old life.", Tulip responded.
"That information was private. But of course I am. I'm just trying to create a car with Alrick in it. What if you could create a car, Tulip? One where your parents are still together.", Amelia responded.
"But...then, they wouldn't be my real parents. It wouldn't be my real life. They weren't...happy together.", Tulip responded to Amelia.
"I can make you a car where they are. I can make a car that's exactly how you want it to be. Just one big happy family.", Amelia responded.
"Actually, the other cars are fine. I just want to help fix the ones that are damaged. You know, make them better.", Tulip offered.
"You say that as if you actually want to stay on this train.", Amelia spoke up.
"Well, not at first. But it started to grow on me ever since I met One-One and Atticus. And it grew on me even more when I first found the All-You-Can-Eat Car, up to a point where I literally grew, which kinda explains why I'm so fat now.", Tulip spoke.
"And do you truly intend to explore the train like that?", Amelia asked.
"Well, yeah. Not entirely sure why, but...yeah. Point is, I know you must've had your reasons for ripping One-One out of the control panel, but you can't keep trying to recreate your old life.", You have to learn how to live in this one.", Tulip responded.
"You mean the way you are? But...I don't want a life without Alrick. There's a great big hole in the universe where he used to be. Why won't the train just let me put him back?", Amelia sighed.
"I'm really sorry about your husband, Amelia. I don't know what it's like to lose someone you love. But...I do know that neither of us can go back to the way things were. We have to adapt to the changes in our lives. And no. I don't mean the way I have so far. It's the only way things can get better.", Tulip spoke before the pod suddenly gave off smoke at the sides and opened up to show Amelia inside wearing a cloak.
"It doesn't matter. I'll be on the train...forever. Numbers don't just go down. They also go up.", Amelia responded while taking off her glove and then showing her neck to show that her number had gone up by a very wide margin.
"Well, if it's any consolation, my number's at 0 and I'm still here, mainly because I wanted to stay here.", Tulip responded, showing her number, surprising her.
"You're at 0...?", Amelia puzzled.
"Yeah, but... like I said, I want to live on this train, see more of what it has to offer. You can...still try to get your number to 0. No matter how many mistakes you've made.", Tulip assured, not knowing that on a catwalk on the ceiling, a cloaked figure with green eyes in the celling and in the shadows was staring evilly at them before the creature then produced a strange looking device from its pocket and held it like a gun before Amelia's own number went down some as her words gave her some food for thought.
"Well..., if you're that sure...", Amelia spoke before then turning to One-One.
"One?", Amelia spoke.
"Yes?", Glad One asked.
"You can have your old job back. I could use some help with some...remodeling, so to speak.", Amelia spoke.
"Well, since you're modest about it...", Sad One spoke before rolling over to the hole on the control panel before stopping for a moment.
"Mum...", One-One spoke before Amelia turned to Tulip and spoke.
"Oh. I almost forgot. Tulip, you said you want to stay on the train like this?", Amelia asked.
"Well, yeah.", Tulip responded.
"And that you want to help fix any damaged cars on the train as well?", Amelia added.
"Yeah, that, too. Why do you ask?", Tulip asked.
"Because, admittedly, I think we got off on the wrong foot. And if we want to get to know each other better, we'll have to start over and get to know more each other in our own pace. And the best way to do that is to wipe any memory of this day from your minds. Mainly because you looked through my memories on my tape, and it was invasive, not to mention rude.", Amelia spoke.
"Oh. Yeah. Sorry about that.", Tulip apologized.
"Water under the bridge.", Amelia assured.
"Upsy-Daisy.", Glad One spoke before rolling over and then hopping inside the hole.
"Oh, but I must warn you about something else. Before the memory wiping procedure can begin, what's about to happen here may literally shock you. Oh, and it'll definitely hurt a lot.", Amelia warned.
"Wait, what?", Tulip puzzled just before the engine seemingly began to power down one light at a time.
It was right then that the creature pulled the trigger and fired two wires at Tulip and Atticus right before turning up the voltage dial by a trillion and pressed a button, sending out a bright lightning bolt through each wire, making Tulip and Atticus let out a cries of pain due to the electricity going through their bodies as they felt like they eyes were practically about to fall out of their skulls and that their brains were being cooked to a crisp at the same time before the creature finally let up and holstered its weapon, watching with sadistic glee as Tulip and Atticus groaned and tipped to the ground, unconscious. Then, One-One's eyes glowed brightly one eye at a time before a bright glow overcame the engine and dimmed a bit, making the engine brighter than ever before the creature got off the catwalk and then pulled off her cloak, revealing herself to be wearing pink armor with a matching pink belt
"Objective One complete.", the creature known as Delilah, AKA Agent 9L 9L, assured.
"Thank you, Delilah.", Amelia spoke.
"Are they dead?", Sad One asked.
"Nah. They're just unconscious. If it were on any longer, they would be. It's all in the timing.", Delilah smirked.
"Nice.", Sad One responded.
"You sure you don't mind what's happening right now?", Amelia asked.
"As if you needed my permission. Not that I mind, either, though. That was a great ambush.", Sad One complimented.
"Right. Forget I asked that.", Amelia sighed.
Then, that was when the latest passengers walked up near Delilah, revealed to be Twilight Sparkle, Cozy Glow, and most curiously, Starlight Glimmer (known by some as Mayor Marx) and Queen Chrysalis appeared.
"So, not that I mind, but you sure you want it to be done?", Delilah asked.
"Yes. Mainly because looking through my memories is an invasive act. And besides..., it may be the best way to start over. But mainly the looking through my memories thing.", Amelia responded.
"Well, when you put it that way, let the mind-wipe begin.", Delilah spoke with a smirk as she then set the Gun to mind wipe, which is lacking in magical energy.
"You think you girls can help me with this?", Delilah asked.
"That's why we're here.", Starlight assured before she and the other girls then gave off magical energy via horns before Delilah then collected said energy with her Gun, which produced a funnel at the top with which to vacuum the energy in to power on its mind-wipe mode before she set the time frame to the last 24 hours as memories that needed to be erased, aimed and fired it at Tulip and Atticus.
"Memory erase sequence initiated.", the gun spoke in a male voice before it showed the completion dial filling up at a moderate pace.
"25% complete.", the voice spoke as Amelia looked on.
Later afterwards, after her belly growled, Tulip yawned before then rolling herself onto the floor and pressing her arms on the ground and lift with both her arms and legs for support before moving her feet up and stepping on the ground before the girl then got herself back up, although her body jiggled all over for a second.
"Well, guess this is my first day living on the train, especially in a blobby body like this.", Tulip spoke before realizing something.
"Shoot! Atticus and One-One might be awake by now. I'd better head back.", Tulip realized before her belly growled.
"Right after I get some breakfast with me to go.", Tulip spoke before she then went over to the bar.
When she did, she then noticed an array of desserts fit for a queen like her. Of course, she wasn't sure what the plan was for those, so she decided to check back with someone.
"Uh..., do I have to pay for those to take them to-go?", Tulip asked to the guard.
"Not if you're the V.I.P.", the guard responded before Tulip sighed in relief.
"That's a relief.", Tulip grinned before she then started grabbing as many sweets as possible with a volcano-shaped chocolate cake suddenly disappearing in her fat folds, puzzling her before Tulip lifted the fold on her left side to notice the cake inside, astonishing her.
"Whoa. I did not know I can do this. Or did I...? Either way, at least those fat folds are good for something.", Tulip grinned as she lifted and dropped the fat fold on her right side.
"Hey! Don't forget to take the napkins with that cake.", the guard responded.
"Oh. Okay. Thanks.", Tulip grinned before she took the guard's advice, opened the exit door, and then headed out only to get stuck on her way out again the similar way she got stuck the first time and looked back toward her gigantic rump and shook it with a sly smirk.
"Oh, I'm definitely loving this.", Tulip grinned.
Moments later, Tulip arrived back at the business graph car as the entry door opened with Tulip getting stuck again.
"Mmm. Feels good every time. And this time, for good reason. They still aren't awake yet. That should leave me just enough time to eat some breakfast.", Tulip grinned before she gently squeezed herself into the car before then sitting down and getting out a big, molten lava chocolate cake.
"Wait. I feel like I've done this before... Oh, well.", Tulip responded before she then ate her chocolate cake.
Play Chrome Canyon Music: "The New Apex"
A few minutes later, Tulip, Atticus, and One-One arrived at the ruined ball Pit car just in time to see the steward and Amelia (back in the robot suit) making steady repairs to the playground area.
"That's the monster!", Atticus spoke.
"Yeah, but...why is it repairing the place?", Tulip pondered.
"Maybe because it felt guilty?", Sad One asked.
"That much is true, One.", Amelia concurred before Tulip then noticed her and gasped in slight realization.
"Wait a minute. You're that passenger in the robot suit that the guard mentioned in the All-You-Can-Eat car.", Tulip spoke.
"Indeed. And there is another reason I'm repairing this car as the first of many.", Amelia responded as repairs to the car were just finished.
"And what reason is that?", Tulip asked before the pod let out a hiss as clouds of smoke emanated from it before it opened with the smoke fading to show not just Amelia, but also Amelia from back when she first boarded the car 33 years ago as she now has shorter hair, a light green shirt, and pants.
"I want to make amends. And the reason why is because someone like you wanted to explore the train and fix any damages that any car may have. That said, will you and your friends help me make it happen?", Amelia asked.
After some thinking, Tulip gave a smile filled with determination.
"I thought you'd never ask.", Tulip grinned.
"Come on, then. There's much work to be done.", Amelia spoke before she and the steward went out toward the exit.
"Care to do the honors, One?", Amelia asked.
"Of course. It'd be rude not to.", Glad One responded before giving a similar, but faster, more natural beep, causing the steward to grab Tulip, One-One, Atticus, and Amelia before heading out the exit of the car.
"Look at how…big you've gotten. Just how hungry were you?", Amelia asked.
"First off, hungry enough to eat as much as I want. And secondly, I'll take that as a compliment.", Tulip replied back with a smirk as Khaki Bottoms noticed nearby.
"Rewards await adventurers who are bold…", Khaki spoke in wistful awe as he shed a small tear, streaming down one of his eyes before doing a fist pump with one arm.
End Chrome Canyon Music: "The New Apex"
A/N: So, what'd you think? Pretty great, huh? Also, just so you know, Corey Burton voiced the male voice of the gun in mind wipe mode the way he did for the memory eraser in "Phineas and Ferb". Gotta love his voice, though, huh? Either way, I'm sure things will get even more interesting from here on out. Until next time. :)
