Time for chapter 5, hope you enjoy it.
Chapter 5
Later that night, Thomas, Mr. C, and the others were at Tidmouth sheds. Since Thomas and his friends sometimes worked late, they each had their own little space to sleep at the sheds. They were like little apartments that were located above where they parked their engines. Everyone had a little space, except for Mr. C. He had to sleep down with the engines. His space was right next to a big hole in the side of the sheds that was currently under repair.
Right now, Mr. C was reading a book about famous railways. "The Great Western Railway, I'll have to show this part to Duck later" said Mr. C, but only Thomas' engine heard him. He then put the book down and went over to a table near his bed. It had hot chocolate ingredients and Mr. C was now making some. But he didn't hear something approaching the sheds. It was a huge diesel engine with a big mechanical claw attached to it. Then D10 walked out of the cab and over to the supports that were near the hole in the sheds. "Time to wake up the losers" said D10 with a smile. Then he pushed a button on the control panel that was on his metal arm. When he did this, the claw on his diesel sprang into life. He pushed a few more buttons then stepped back. The claw moved left and got very close to the construction frames that were near the hole.
"Aw, this is good coco" said Mr. C. Suddenly, one of the construction frames fell to the ground with a rumble. "Whoa" said Mr. C. as the ground shook beneath him. Thomas and the others ran down the stair from their quarters. "What was that" asked Thomas as he reached the bottom. "What's happening" asked Gordon. Outside the sheds, D10's engine's claw was knocking down the construction frames. D10 laughed and pressed another button on his arm. The claw then swung and knocked over the last frame.
Thomas looked at the big hole and saw D10 standing on top of his diesel with a smug look. "Cinders and Ashes, its D10" said Thomas. "What, what's he doing here" asked Toby. D10 laughed and looked at Mr. C. "Hello twinkle toes: I got a plan, and you're not in it" said D10 with an evil smile. "You can't catch me D10" and Mr. C blew his whistle, but only a soft note came out. He tried again, but the same thing happened. D10 laughed "losing your sparkle hu, what perfect timing. Now, tell me everything you know about the lost lady" said D10. "You won't get any info out of us, I will stop you" said Mr. C. "Right" said the others. "Oh please: you're not clever enough to stop me" said D10. "Oh, yes I am" said Mr. C. "No you're not" said D10 angrily. But then Mr. C took a small remote with a button on it out of his pocket. He pressed it, and suddenly D10 was shocked. He fell to his knees in pain. Mr. C took his finger off of the button, and D10 stood up. "What, was, that" said a weak D10. "A remote that STH gave me that the police gave him. This will keep you under control if you do something like this again" said Mr. C. D10 glared at him, then he pressed a button on his metal arm and his diesel started to roll back. "Make the most of tonight twinkle toes, because you won't like tomorrow. Neither will you little steamie friends" said D10, and soon his diesel was out of sight.
Mr. C put the remote away and picked up his whistle. Thomas walked up to him "Mr. Conductor, what happened to your sparkle" he asked. "I don't know Thomas, I'll just have to sleep on that" said Mr. C. "Oh, but Mr. Conductor, without your sparkle, or the lost lady, you can't travel here to help us anymore" said Percy worriedly. "I'll solve the problem, you and the others just go to sleep now" said Mr. C as he turned off the shed lights. "Easy for you to say" said Percy as he walked back to his quarters, and the others did the same.
Later that night, Mr. C was mumbling in his sleep. At that moment, Percy was coming down the stairs to take a quick small walk because he couldn't sleep. When he reached the bottom, he heard Mr. C talking in his sleep. "Sparkle, Magic Railroad, buffers, lost lady. My family always told me that if there was a railroad and lady there will be harmony. As long as there is gold dust there will be energy; you will never have to worry". Percy smiled when he heard this, and he walked out the door to take his walk. But then Mr. C said "ya, shure". He then had a terrible dream about Shining Time. Stacy was walking down the platform of the boarded up station. "Mr. C, Mr. C, why aren't you here? Why couldn't you travel anymore to the island of Sodor, or back home here to us in Shining Time… the magic's all gone" Stacy said with a few tears in her eyes. Mr. C suddenly woke up "What's going on with our railroad and why, my universe is in danger… I've Got To Find More Gold Dust" he said urgently, and he jumped out of bed and started thinking.
"Next day, Mutt traveled with Billy to the big city station. Mutt was shure that Lilly could help her grandfather, and together they could help me, but only if Lilly met someone special at Shining Time first."
Mutt dodged in-between the feet's of many people looking for Lilly. He had to find her and get her on the train to Shining Time. Meanwhile, Lilly was looking for the track three, the train that would take her to Muffle Mountain. As she walked down some stairs, Mutt ran up to her and barked a few times. Lilly smiled and bent down to talk to him. "I don't suppose you know where track three is do you" asked Lilly. Mutt barked three times and ran to a nearby train. "Is it that one" asked Lilly. Mutt barked three times again. "Well, why not" asked Lilly as she walked over to the train. As she boarded, she looked back at Mutt "I hope your right" said Lilly, and she entered the coach.
"Mutt was feeling please with himself, he knew he had put Lilly on the wrong train, but he knew he had done so for the right reason". After Lilly had boarded, Mutt ran down the train and boarded the last coach. Soon the train started and they were on their way.
Meanwhile, on Muffle Mountain, Burnett was reading a book by the fire in his home. Then, he heard a whistle ring over the valley. Burnett had heard that whistle before, so he didn't mind it. But then, he heard a voice. "Burnett" said the voice. When Burnett heard this, he froze. He recognized that voice. "Hello" said Burnett to no one. "Sodor" said the voice. Burnett waited to hear more, but the only noise was the whistle. Burnett listened to the whistle for a moment, and then he went back to his book.
Back on Sodor, Thomas and the others were working hard. Well, all except for James. He was giving his engine a good cleaning and Mr. C was helping him. Right now he was cleaning the front of James' engine. "Left a bit, now right a bit, now up a big" said James as Mr. C used a broom to clear dirt off. "There James, all clean" said Mr. C. "Thank you" said James, but then he saw that Mr. C was looking strange. "Hey Mr. C why do you look so tired, is it because I asked you to help me clean my engine. I'm sorry, I didn't know you weren't feeling great, I won't ask something like that again" said James in a sad voice. "What, oh, no James. I don't mind making you engine bright and nice" said Mr. C. "Oh, well that's good" said James. "It's just like my sparkle, or at least it was, and must be again… oh, I'm sorry James, I'm going to the windmill to search for something important, now off you go to work please" said Mr. C. "Okay Mr. C, don't push yourself too hard" said James, and he hopped into his engines cab, lit its fire, and pulled it out of the shed.