This arc will only consist of one chapter instead of the usual 2 or 3 mainly because there wasn't so much I could do for these guys.
ARC 2: Pirates Of Sodor
Chapter 3: Captain Whisker & Johnny
A few days after King Boom Boo's attempt to take the island for himself, the Boos were happily flying around Sodor's mountains where they wouldn't bother the engines...unless it was Halloween. Though they would often come down to chat with the engines or join in any activities. It took some getting used to, but even the people around Sodor welcomed them. The Boo that had teased Shade often now hung around Percy. And one night, they decided to play a prank on Diesel who was talking to some of the others at the Dieselworks.
Shade, Sonic and the Boo rode in Percy's cab as they journeyed over to the Dieselworks. This was a payback prank after Diesel spooked Percy while he shunting trucks earlier. Percy did not like that one bit so he needed to get him back. Sonic of course was all in for the idea though Shade was hesitant.
"Ready ghost?" Sonic asked.
The Boo evilly laughed.
"I'll take that as a yes." Sonic nodded.
They hid behind a wall waiting for Diesel to stop talking to Arry and Bert, when the two left, Diesel was about to exit the building. Percy saw his chance and raced straight towards him, the Boo possessing him. When Diesel saw Percy, he immediately put on his brakes. What he saw was large spirally eyes and sharp black teeth on Percy's face.
"Percy? What happened to you?" Diesel asked.
"Nothing...JUST PLANNING YOUR DATE TO BE SCRAPPED!" Percy's possessed voice said.
Diesel had a look of horror on his face and Sonic and Shade were trying hard not to laugh.
"SCRAP? WHAT! SIR TOPHAM HATT WOULDN'T PLAN ME FOR SCRAP!" Diesel shrieked.
"I know...WHICH IS WHY I'M DOING IT MYSELF!"
Ghost Percy than ran straight for Diesel who started to race backwards into the Dieselworks confusing the other diesels.
"AHHH! PERCY IS GONNA KILL ME!" Diesel screamed.
As Percy came closer, he slammed on his brakes and then the Boos came out of person and jumpscared Diesel by growing huge and fading away. Diesel continued screaming as Arry, Bert, Paxton and Diesel 10 had begun to laugh at him. Diesel immediately stopped and was confused.
"Why are you laughing?" Diesel asked.
"Because it was only a prank!" Percy smirked.
Sonic and Shade fell out of the cab laughing their butts off. Diesel 10 used his claw to clap.
"Well done Percy...that was very clever." Diesel 10 laughed.
"Ugh...where did that ghost go anyway?" Diesel asked.
The Boo came over laughing too, much to Diesel's annoyance. The next morning, Percy told the other engines all about it.
"Well he got what he deserved." Thomas said.
"Looks like those Boos well come in handy after all." James said.
"Ugh...not for me." Henry shuttered.
"Oh come on Henry, they're not THAT scary." Gordon said.
"Well to you." Henry backed up a bit.
"So has Tails finished upgrading this tower yet?" Edward asked.
"Not yet...he has to go collect some more parts. I'm still trying to figure out who would destroy Pumpkin Hill. Knuckles couldn't have done that, it's not like him." Sonic said.
"You think the threat will arrive here?" Shade asked.
"Maybe...we just need to be careful." Sonic said.
"Well I did here some strange noises over night...but I couldn't tell where they were coming from." Shade informed.
"Interesting...heh, well whoever is doing this...they should know never to mess with me!" Sonic pointed to himself.
Shade smiled and shook her head. Meanwhile, over by the docks, Cranky was currently resting since he had nothing to do right now. He was facing the sea but had eyes closed so he was missing a mobian who was currently riding on her jet-ski watercraft. She seemed to be in a hurry to get to the island. When she got there, she jumped onto the dock panting, and of course getting weird glances from the workmen.
"WHAT ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT MATES? Unless I got something on my shirt, nope I don't." She shrugged.
Salty comes by and sees her.
"Arr, who ye be lass?" Salty asked.
"Name's Marine the Raccoon mate!" Marine waved.
Meanwhile, Sonic was out on a run down the main line and was about to pass Gordon who was pulling the express. As he passed him, Sonic wagged his finger.
"Sorry Gordon, you're not fast enough!" Sonic smirked.
Sonic sped away and Gordon groaned.
"Hah...I'd be faster than him if he was a smelly old diesel." Gordon grumbled.
As Sonic eventually entered Henry's Forest, he heard a small crash and looked to his right, some trees had fallen over and were on fire.
"Uh-oh, this doesn't look good." Sonic said.
Heading towards the fire, he is smacked into by a tall green mech.
"AUGH! OUT OF THE WAY!" It yelled.
"Hey, what's the big idea?" Sonic rubbed his head getting up.
As soon as they laid eyes on each other they got in fighting positions.
"SONIC?"
"JOHNNY?"
Johnny who was once Captain Whisker's right-hand man was now a rogue and caused trouble on his own. But why and how did he get on this island, wasn't he from the Sol Dimension?
"Hey did you get here?" Sonic asked.
"Some random portal opened up and I decided to go through, I don't know who or what created it, but it was better than being trapped in a dimension with the cat princess. Oh and Whisker got through too, I'm trying to find that raccoon who started to mess with me." Johnny explained.
"Oh great...I know who you're-"
He's cut off when Blaze the cat comes flying over, fists lit with flames, and punches Johnny down a hill. Sonic could see the fire was spreading, so he quickly ran in a circle at super speed and created a whirlwind that spun around the area putting out all the fire. When he was finished he turned to see a shocked Blaze.
"BLAZE?"
"SONIC?"
Sonic immediately smiled.
"Long time no see Blaze, I assume you're trying to recapture these idiot pirates again?" Sonic asked.
"Of course, some strange portal opened up in my own throne room and pulled me in, thankfully I still have the Sol Emeralds with me. That's when I ran into Johnny, though I haven't seen Captain Whisker, but Johnny said both of them were planning to find Marine after she apparently 'pranked' them. But they got separated." Blaze explained.
"I thought Johnny ditched him."
"Oh they're not working together, they just have the same goal right now."
"I see, well let's finish off Johnny for good." Sonic said.
They both got ready when Johnny came racing angrily of the hill with such speed. Sonic and Blaze jumped out of the way, and then Sonic spin-dashed him onto his chest. Blaze then went to stomp onto his head but Johnny rolled out of the way and Blaze missed. Johnny got up and raced at Sonic who dodged out of the way of Johnny's fist. Johnny then took off trying to escape, only to be tackled by an unknown person.
"Wow...nice tackle Shade." Sonic held a thumbs up.
"It was nothing." Shade said.
Johnny growled and managed to knock her off before Blaze kicked him in the head making him tumble down the hill again, this time closer towards the tracks. Johnny got up sparking and cracking in a few places.
"HAH! YOU HAVEN'T WON YET! I'M NOT DONE!" Johnny yelled.
He had staggered back right onto the tracks not realizing who was racing down the line.
PEEP PEEP!
"CINDERS AND ASHES!" Thomas yelled.
Sonic, Blaze and Shade cringed hard when Thomas crashed straight into Johnny crunching him into pieces, ultimately killing him. Thomas had put on his brakes and stopped hard, Annie and Clarabel slamming into each other.
"OW! Thomas what was that?" Annie asked.
"Indeed, I heard a crunching noise." Clarabel said.
"I uh...oh no...I did it again." Thomas sighed.
Sonic and the girls came down smiling, though Shade was still wearing her helmet.
"No worries Thomas...you did the right thing." Sonic patted him on the side.
"Who was this?" Thomas asked.
"Oh just some rogue robot you don't need to worry about." Shade waved it off.
"Oh okay, hey Blaze!" Thomas smiled.
"Hello Thomas, how are you?"
"I'm doing fantastic, how's your dimension?"
"So far everything's been quite peaceful. Until these guys returned." Blaze sighed.
"We need to find Marine and Captain Whisker quick, no doubt they're around here." Shade said.
"Hmm...I think I know exactly where pirates would go on an island like this." Sonic rubbed his chin.
Suddenly some Boos race by taking no notice of them.
"Uh..." Blaze was lost.
"Long story, but now this island is haunted by bad-turned-good ghosts." Sonic shrugged.
"I see." Blaze was completely confused.
Over by the docks, Marine was busy talking with Salty about some of her past adventures. Cranky of course was glad he was busy working so he wouldn't have to just listen to their stories. It was bad enough having just Salty telling them. Eventually Sonic, Blaze and Shade arrive and wave to Marine.
"STREWTH IT'S SONIC, BLAZE AND SOME NEW GIRL! AHOY MATES!" Marine raced over.
"Marine! Good to see you!" Sonic said.
Marine hugged Sonic tightly before moving to Blaze and hugging her tightly, though she hesitated to hug Shade. Shade took off her helmet and smiled.
"I'm Shade, nice to meet you." Shade said.
Marine then decided to hug her tight anyway.
"Nice to meet you to mate!" Marine said.
"I assume you came through some kind of portal?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah how'd ya know? At the same time I was pranking those pirates and even tugged on Whisker's uh...whiskers." Marine giggled.
"Marine you know you shouldn't have done that." Blaze said sternly.
"Well I didn't think they would chase me, just get angry. But not only that...I heard they were planning on trying to get that Jeweled Scepter again, then go out and find some other treasure. I think I heard Whisker grumble something about digging all around this island while he was chasing me through the waters." Marine explained.
"So where could he be now?" Sonic wondered.
Suddenly he is knocked in the back of the head and crashes into Cranky. Everyone turns to see Captain Whisker there fuming as his fist came back to connect with his arm.
"Arr, I had to run into ye little punks again! I'm gonna get rid ye ONCE AND FOR ALL! THEN STEAL ALL THE TREASURE ON THIS ISLAND!" He yelled.
Salty backed away not wanting to be a part of this. But Sonic and the others knew they couldn't take him seriously.
"Oh come on captain...you lost before, you'll just lose again." Sonic said.
"I WILL WIN! I KNOW IT YOU BLUE SPIKY LANDLUBBER!" Whisker pointed at him.
"Yeah sure..." Shade teased.
"ARGH! HAVE AT THEE!"
Whisker opened part of his mouth and blew fire at them, but Blaze simply absorbed it. Whisker then fired his fists at them but Sonic spindashed one away while Shade took out her leach blades and damaged the other. Whiskers quickly drew back his fists before jumping and hitting the ground with such force making them all fall on the ground including the workmen. Cranky shook and Salty nearly derailed.
"Whoa, now that's an attack." Salty said.
"As long as I don't fall down again." Cranky muttered.
Whisker kept hitting the ground and the others couldn't focus. They needed to find a way to distract him.
"Ugh...we can't get near him." Sonic said.
"I can." Shade said.
Shade jumped high and over Whisker making him turn to her, Sonic and Blaze then lunged and tried to kick him down, but Whisker only staggered forward. One brave workmen tried to hit him behind with a crowbar but it had no affect. Cranky, Salty and Marine watched as Sonic and the girls fought with Whisker. Marine however, was also coming up with an idea.
"HEY CRANE, LEND ME YOUR HOOK MATE!" Marine yelled.
"Okay...and the name's Cranky!"
"Cranky? I guess you're cranky all the time eh?"
"No comment."
Marine grabbed Cranky's hook and hid it behind her.
"HEY WHISKER! OVER HERE!" Marine yelled.
Whisker turned to her and growled.
"YOU! I'M GONNA FINISH YE OFF YOU LITTLE RUNT!" He yelled.
As he charged at her, Marine threw the hook into Whisker's eye getting it stuck and Cranky lifted up and started to swing him around. Sonic and the girls watched in victory as Cranky then dropped him onto the rails so hard he became heavily damaged. Just then Percy was arriving with some trucks and unintentionally ran right over him, the trucks derailing in the process, but Percy stayed on the track. Luckily no one was hurt...except the dead robot pirate.
"What just happened?" Percy asked.
"You saved the day! We all did!" Sonic said.
"Nice work Cranky and Marine, that was a grand idea." Salty came back over.
"Oy, it was nothing. Thank the angry crane." Marine pointed up to Cranky.
"Eh...I did what I could." Cranky rolled his eyes.
"Now that that's over with, we should go celebrate." Sonic said.
"We just had a party after defeating King Boom Boo." Shade said.
"Hey I like parties, though I wonder if Tails will make it." Sonic said.
Marine then remembered something and grabbed Blaze in a hug.
"I JUST REMEMBERED IT'S BLAZE'S BIRTHDAY!" Marine yelled.
Blaze blushed seeing the surprise on Sonic and Shade's face.
"Whoa Blaze it's your birthday?" Sonic asked.
"It's not a big deal really. I just relax in my room all day while the guards do everything. Speaking of the guards, I really should be getting back to the Sol Dimension now that the mission is over with." Blaze said.
"Aw come on, your dimension hasn't been disturbed for a long time, not even by Eggman Nega, you deserve to relax somewhere that isn't there." Sonic grabbed her shoulder.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, how about me, Shade and Marine give you a Sodor birthday party? You get to relax and finally see the sights around here. Finding out about those portals and other strange occurrences can wait." Sonic said.
"Oy, that sounds like a great plan!" Marine cheered.
"What do ya say Blaze, it wouldn't hurt right?" Shade said.
Blaze thought about it, she really had nothing else to do back at her castle...what harm could it be? Plus she had not even bothered to spend some time around the island. She saw Sonic putting on a shit-eating grin. This made Blaze blush and she let out a little chuckle.
"Very well." Blaze nodded.
"Sweet, and I know just the engine to give you a good time."
And so Sonic and the girls went to Knapford Station to wait for the engine.
"So is it Gordon?" Blaze asked.
"Nope, he thinks he's too busy to do stuff like this...shame." Sonic chuckles.
Just then Thomas arrived till with Annie and Clarabel.
"Hello again, I heard about everything that happened at the docks, that was very brave of you all to defeat that pirate." Thomas said.
"We couldn't have gotten the job done without you engines...as Sir Topham Hatt would say, you're really useful." Blaze smiled.
Now Thomas was blushing...and the blush became redder when Blaze comes over and gives him a small kiss on the check. Sonic, Marine and Shade just looked shocked, mostly Sonic. The hedgehog went to open one of Annie's doors and Blaze, Shade and Marine went in first. Once Sonic got in and shut the door, Thomas whistled and took off to give Blaze a tour, while Shade kept Marine distracted by listening to the raccoon's stories.
"By the way, what happened to the robots?" Thomas asked.
"Oh we threw them in the smelting pit." Sonic said.
"Oh...well that explains why Edward was so confused by the metal and green robot parts." Thomas said.
END OF ARC 2.
To be continued in ARC 3: Bio-Island...