As Dennis entered the scrapyard, he wondered which engine he was supposed to take to the works. Lorelei had told him that it was an engine that had just arrived, and that it was urgent. Given the fact that only unserviceable engines were sent to that scrapyard, he wondered why it was so imperative that he take this particular one to the works. However, the moment he saw it, he immediately knew why. This was another class 42, and a horrifically damaged one at that.
"Oh my," Dennis said upon seeing it. The engine's eyes were wide open, and stared blankly. In all honesty, he appeared to be dead.
"H—Hello? Who's there?" the damaged engine said.
Dennis stared back for a moment, stunned that the big diesel could speak. His unblinking, blank stare was quite unsettling to say the least.
"Hello? Is someone there?" the engine said, his eyes still not moving or blinking. "I can't see you—matter of fact, I can't see anything."
Dennis now knew why the other engine stared so blankly, and it also explained why he didn't blink or move his faded, dusty eyes: He was blind. "Hello there, my name's Dennis. I'm going to take you to the works," he said, then added, "Um, what's your name?"
"I'm Daniel," the other engine said as Dennis coupled up to him.
"D—Daniel?!" Dennis spluttered disbelievingly. "As in Diesel 10's dead twin—um—excuse me, not to sound rude, but you were scrapped!"
"I certainly feel like scrap," Daniel replied.
"I can see why, mate. You're in pretty bad shape…um, don't worry, I'm taking you to the works, an' hopefully they can at least get you feeling better," said Dennis.
Daniel smiled a little at that. Soon, he was coupled up and on his way to the works.
When they finally arrived, Lorelei was there, and so was Daniella. Daniel was shunted in, and the workmen took a good look at him. Den and Dart looked nervous, and both of them gulped. Lorelei looked at them. "Well?" she said.
"Um…well…" Den trailed off.
"What he means to say, is we can't fix that!" Dart blurted out.
Lorelei sighed heavily and shook her head. "Figures," she muttered.
"Oh no, shit, shit, shit! How the fuck am I gonna tell Diesel 10 this?!" Daniella said worriedly.
Just then, Diesel 10 arrived. Daniella was on the tracks, blocking his path, and obscuring his view. "Tell me what, exactly?" he said.
"Oh, nothing!" Daniella said with a nervous giggle. "Absolutely nothing at all!"
Diesel 10 narrowed his eyes.
"Diesel 10? Is that y—" Daniel started.
"Shush!" Daniella hissed.
"Dani, who's behind you?" said Diesel 10.
"No one! No one important...er…just a scrap engine!" Daniella said nervously.
"You're a terrible liar, Dani. Besides, why would you bring scrap to the Dieselworks?" said Diesel 10.
"You don't want to see!" Daniella hissed.
"Out of my way, Dani," said Diesel 10.
"No," said Daniella.
"Regardless of whatever you're trying to hide, I need to get to my shed, and you're in my way!" said Diesel 10.
"Er…your shed is infested with…bed bugs!" Daniella lied.
"Come now, Dani, I'm tired, now will you please get out of my way?!" said Diesel 10.
"Nope! I…uh…can't let you into your shed until—until the exterminators come to get rid of the cockroaches—I mean bed bugs!" said Daniella.
At that, Lorelei burst into a fit of laughter. "Daniella, you're a wonderful engine, but you are terrible at lying! Now let your brother in. He's gonna find out anyway, and we might as well get this over with," said Lorelei.
Reluctantly, Daniella moved off of the turntable. When Diesel 10 saw who was there, he let out a horrified gasp. "Daniel…but…how?" he said. He looked up at his claw, then at the gaping hole that had been cut out of his twin. He was utterly dismayed, and completely speechless. Finally, he spoke: "But…I saw you die…"
"I wasn't dead," said Daniel.
"No shit, Sherlock!" said Daniella.
"After the accident, I was frozen stiff…I couldn't move at all. It was terrifying…I was stuck like that for over a year…they cut me open…it hurt and I couldn't scream…" Daniel said quietly.
"That's awful!" Dart exclaimed.
"Who's that?" Daniel said shakily.
"It's only Dart, don't worry, you're safe here," Daniella said soothingly.
"We're going to do what we can for him, Diesel 10," Lorelei said as she patted his side. "Though…look, he won't ever be the same again. He's survived in this condition for quite some time, so he probably won't be dying on us. No guarantee though,"
At that, Diesel 10's face quivered. Here in front of him was his twin, who he thought he had lost years ago. He was certainly alive, but in terrible shape, completely blind, and had suffered immensely. Now, he was facing the possibility of losing him all over again. For him, it seemed that everything was going horribly wrong all over again.
Noticing his distress, Aurora approached him. "You wanna go for a ride?" she asked.
"Y-Yes!" Diesel 10 choked out.
Aurora climbed into his cab. "C'mon, let's go," she said softly.
"I'll be back, Daniel," Diesel 10 said as he pulled away.
"What's wrong?" Daniel asked, but Diesel 10 had already left.
"He's very upset," Daniella said sadly, "He thought you had died, hell, I thought you were gone. He took it awful hard, Daniel. Lost his mind over ya, especially after he got that claw installed. He thought it was made outta your parts—oh god. It was," she said, looking at Daniel in shock, "But you survived…ya gotta hang in there."
"I survived for years like this, I don't think I'll be going anywhere," said Daniel.
"Daniel?" Denny spoke up, "D—Did the bad man h—hurt you more?"
"Denny? Denny! You got out of there! No he didn't Denny, he told me I was going to be scrapped by the Reaper, but Dani found me," Daniel said with a smile.
"Um, Miss Dani is the Reaper," said Paul.
"Wait—WHAT?!" Daniel exclaimed.
"She's very kind, actually. Oh, how rude of me. I'm Paul, and I'm guessing you already know Denny. We were taken out of the scrapyard so that we could live here where our brother works," said Paul.
"Daniel, we're gonna need to know everything you know about Tiberius Hatt," said Lorelei.
At the mention of that name, Denny began to tremble in fright.
"Denny, we're trying to stop him from continuing to hurt engines like he did you," said Lorelei.
"I can tell you…but can it wait 'til Diesel 10 gets back?" said Daniel.
"Not a problem," said Lorelei. She really wanted to get to the bottom of why Sir Topham had turned on his diesels, and perhaps it had something to do with Tiberius. Also, she hoped that BoCo would eventually be found, and that Tiberius' business would be shut down. As much as Lorelei didn't want to sabotage anyone's lives, this man showed clear hostility towards not only her and Daniella, but towards anyone who so much as agreed with them. As to why, Lorelei did not know at all, other than the fact that this man seemed to look down upon engines for some reason.
