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Chapter 7

Meanwhile, in the Shinning Time waiting room, Lily was sitting down on a bench playing a harmonica. Then, a woman walked up to her. "Excuse me, are you Lily" asked the woman. "Ya" said Lily getting up. "Hi, I'm Stacy Jones. I'm the manager here" said Stacy as she shook Lily's hand. "Your grandpa is very upset; you must have gotten on the wrong train. I'd better take you back to Muffle Mountain" said Stacy. "Thank you" said Lily, and she fallowed Stacy out of the station.

Soon Stacy and Lily were zipping through the roads that lead up to Muffle Mountain. Lily was talking to Stacy. "Stacy, did you know my Grandmother" asked Lily. "My mother did. She said Tasha was a wonderful dancer" said Stacy. But then Lily remembered something. "I think Grandpa liked to call Grandma Lady" she said to Stacy. "Lady" asked a confused Stacy. "Ya, I heard them say that name when they were talking" said Lily. "I wish" started Stacy, but then she shook her head "oh, never mind".

Soon they came up to a big four way intersection. Over near the left corner a man was talking to someone on a motorcycle. "Stacy, I'm a little nervous" said Lily. "Well maybe your grandpa is to; it's been a long time since you've seen each other" said Stacy as she stopped the car across from Burnett's truck. Stacy and Lily got out of the car and walked over to Burnett. "Hello Burnett" said Stacy. "Stacy" said Burnett acknowledging her. Then he looked at Lily. "Hello Lily" he said with no smile. "Hi grandpa" said Lily with a small wave. "Well have a good evening Burnett" said Stacy. "Goodnight Stacy" said Burnett as Stacy walked back to the car. But then Lily spun around "Stacy wait" she said as Stacy stopped and turned around. "You said I wish" said Lily. "Oh yes, I wish you could come and see us at Shining Time tomorrow" said Stacy "If your grandpa lets you". Lily gave a weak smile, then walked over to her grandpa's truck as Stacy walked back to her car. Then Burnett drove his car away. Then when they reached his house, Lily looked at him. "Here Grandpa, I made this for you" she said as she gave him her friendship bracelet "Grandma showed me how to make them". Burnett looked at it, then at Lily. "Thank you Lily" said Burnett, but still with no smile.

That night, Burnett was awake sitting near the fire in his fireplace. He gently stocked it as he listened to the song that was playing on the radio. Meanwhile Lily was trying to fall asleep, but it just couldn't happen. "It's too quiet" she said as she got up and walked to the window. She looked out onto the many fields nearby. In one of them, Patch was watching his horse gallop across it. But then, Burnett, Lily, and Patch all heard a soft whistle. "What is that" said Lily as she looked around outside. But Patch had heard that whistle before. "Again" said Patch. But while Lily and Patch only heard a whistle, Burnett heard the whistle… and a voice. "Burnett" said the voice. "It's you" said Burnett. "Sodor" said the voice. "It's the same as last time" said Burnett. But then the voice said something else. "Thomas" said the voice. Burnett looked up when he heard this. "A name besides mine. That's different" he said. But then the voice was gone, and only the whistle could still be heard.

"As the sound of Lady's engine echoed through the night on Muffle Mountain, Thomas and the others had Lady very much in their thoughts."

It was also night on Sodor, and Thomas and the others were still working. Toby was taking the milk, Gordon was on express runs, and Thomas and Percy were in charge of the mail. That evening at Knaphord, Thomas was looking over his engine before he went back to work. Then, Percy's engine pulled in, and Percy stepped out of the cab and walked over to Thomas. "Hey Thomas" said Percy. "Hello Percy" said Thomas. "Uh, hey Thomas, I was thinking" said Percy. "That's new" laughed Thomas. "Ha, Ha, anyway. I was thinking; how does Mr. Conductor travel here" he asked. "By Gold Dust, da" said Thomas. "But I was also thinking some more. Mr. C told us that the Lost Lady has an engine. So don't you think that if she has an engine, maybe there's a lost railway to; Mr. Conductor's railway" said Percy. Then Thomas remembered "The journey gets bumpier and bumpier. That's what Mr. Conductor told me. Can you remember anything else Percy". "I do; he talked about buffers in his sleep. Buffers are at the end of a railway. I think that's how he travels here, on a secret railway" said Percy. "Belonging to the lost Lady. Percy you are clever" said Thomas. But what Thomas and Percy didn't know was that someone had heard everything they said, and then ran away towards a large diesel. "Oh, my legs are felling really wobbly; I think D10 is around here" said Thomas. Then Toby's tram pulled up and Toby walked up to the two, he looked scared. "I'm sorry you two; D10 heard every word you said. I'm going after him to see what he does next, you'd better carry on and get the mail delivered." "Be careful Toby" said Percy. "Don't worry, D10 thinks I'm old fashioned" said Toby, and he hopped back into his tram and pulled it out of the station.

Soon Toby reached where she wanted to; the Smelters Yard. He parked his engine in a siding and hid behind some scrap close to it. He looked over at a shed, where D10 and his engine were. Then two shunter diesels reversed into the shed and two figures walked out of there cabs. "Glad you could make it Splodge" said D10. "Ya, but why did we have to come so late boss" said Splatter rubbing his eye. "I was about to clock out for the night" said Dodge. "Because I have acquired some important information" said D10 "I have now learned of a magic railroad that the Lost Lady is in charge of. There are some buffers that lead to it, and to her" said D10. "What" said Toby. "Well what are you going to do" asked Splatter. "Ya what" said Dodge. "It's finally time we put Twinkle Toes lights out" said D10 with an evil smile. "Oh" said Splatter and Dodge. "This is a job, for the boss" said D10 forming a fist with his metal arm. "I've got to delay him, I've got to distract him" said Toby. An idea then flew into his head. He went back to his tram engine, and rang its bell as loud as he could. D10 heard this "It's the old teapot… smash him" said D10. But then the control panel on his metal hand sparked. Then his diesel's claw flew right, into the support beam for the shed, and then the shed collapsed on top of them. "Oh no" said Toby, but then he saw D10 metal hand pop out the top. "Stupid mechanical hand" Toby heard D10 say. "Good Show" said Toby, and he reversed his engine away from the scene. But inside the wreckage of the shed, D10 and Splodge were talking. "Uh, Boss, did you mean to let the roof fall in" asked Dodge. "Ya, all the way in" asked Splatter. "I always mean what I do, you rattle traps" groaned D10.

"D10 was in a dump, but Thomas and he others were still right on track."

The next day, Thomas was filling his engines water tanks. "Done" said Thomas as the water shut off and he closed the tank lids. "Awchew" sneezed someone. "Guzuntite" said Thomas, but then he looked up. "who sneezed" he asked. His question was answered when he saw Henry walking on the nearby sidewalk, sneezing like crazy. "You okay Henry" asked Thomas as he walked over to him. Henry turned to Thomas "well, no, but I will feel better when I get my medicine". "Maybe I could go get it for you. I've already finished most of my jobs for the day" said Thomas. "Really, Thanks Thomas, here" said Henry giving him a piece of paper "That's where I get my medicine from. Just tell them I sent you and they'll give you what I need". "Got it" said Thomas, and he rushed away.

Soon Thomas found the address. It was a big building with many windows. "Wow" said Thomas as he walked in. "Can I help you" said someone. Thomas turned left and saw a reception desk. A woman was sitting behind it. "Oh, yes, I'm her to pick up some medicine for Henry Stanier" said Thomas. "Okay then, just walk down this hall and go into the third door on the left" she said pointing towards a hallway. "Thanks" said Thomas, and he walked down the hallway. He soon found the right door and walked in. "Oh my" said Thomas. The room was like a big laboratory. "I thought Henry got his medicine like everyone else" said Thomas. "Well Henry is not like others" said a voice. Thomas turned around and saw a man in a lab coat standing near the door. "I assume you're a friend of Henry's" he asked. "Uh, yes" said Thomas. "I also assume you are here to pick up his medicine" the man asked. "Yes" said Thomas. "Good, please wait here while I go and get it" said the man, and then he walked over to another door and stepped through. Thomas decided to look around while he waited. He looked at all the different kinds of medicine that was on the shelves. "Never seen this much medicine in my life" said Thomas. But as he turned around, something caught his eye. On a table close to him, there were four needles with a weird liquid in them. "What are these" said Thomas. Then he saw a label near them. "MDM" read Thomas "what does that mean"? "It means Morphic Destructive Medicine" said a voice. Thomas once again turned around and saw the man standing behind him. "Oh, sorry, I was just curious" said Thomas. "It's alright. I suspect that you want to know what this medicine does" asked the man. "Yes I do" said Thomas. "Well, this medicine is supposed to be able to cure any disease" said the man. Thomas gasped "WHAT, Cure ANY DIESEAS" he asked. "Yep, but unfortunately my calculations say it won't work, so I plan to dispose of these today" said the man. "Oh, I see" said Thomas. "But enough of that, here's Henry's medicine" said the man, giving Thomas a bottle of pills. "Thank you" said Thomas. But then the loud speaker went on "Dr. Wallding" please report to room 45" said the speaker. "Well, looks like I have to go. I assume you know the way out" Dr. Walding asked Thomas. "Yes" said Thomas. "Good" said Dr. W, and he walked out of the room. Thomas was about to leave to, but then he looked back at the MDM. "A medicine that can cure any disease" he said quietly. He looked around, there was no one there, and surprisingly there were no cameras. "He did say that he was going to get rid of it" said Thomas. Then, Thomas took one of the needles out of the case and put it in his jackets pocket. "I can't believe I am doing this" said Thomas, and he walked out of the room, and then out of the building.

Later, after Thomas had given Henry his medicine, Thomas was called back to work to shunt six Special Island of Sodor coal cars. Thomas was at a small grotto were the coal cars were. "Easy" said Thomas as his engine reversed back onto the coal cars. But his engine was going too fast and hit the cars too hard. They bumped into each other, but the last car kept on rolling. It rolled up to a set of buffers, but then there was a flash of colors and a train whistle, and the car was gone. Thomas didn't know, and the shunter coupled the cars to his engine anyway. But as Thomas pulled his engine away from the grotto, Bertie's bus rolled past. Bertie called out to Thomas "Hello Thomas must be nice having to shunt five coal cars". But Thomas was confused "Five, but I'm supposed to have six" said Thomas.