FanFic:Saving Sodor Part 9: Beginning of Destruction

Saving Sodor Part 9: Beginning of Destruction

Characters: (in order of appearance)

• Diesel 10
• Diesel
• 'Arry and Bert
• Thomas
• Annie and Clarabel
• Duck
• Henry

Chapter Nine

When daybreak rose at the smelters, Diesel 10 was the first to awake. When he saw Diesel, 'Arry and Bert still asleep, he gave out a loud blast on his horn.

"WAH!!" The three diesel shunters jerked wide awake at once, shuddering in shock.

"Wake up, you lot!" Diesel 10 ordered. "Today's the day!"

"Diesel 10, it's still early," yawned Diesel.

"Jus' go back to sleep," mumbled Bert sleepily, shutting his eyes again.

"Huh!" Diesel 10 scoffed. "Call yourselves devious diesels?! Look at you three! You're a disgrace!"

"No we're not," 'Arry muttered, exhaustedly. "We're just tired. We 'ave all day to destroy the steam engines."

"But I have to go now!" Diesel 10 yelled angrily, losing his patience. "Before the sun comes up and the workmen arrive and see me!"

"Then go now," suggested Diesel wearily. "We'll join you later," he added before falling back to sleep.

"Fine," Diesel 10 muttered. "But you'd better come later, or it won't be just steam engines I'll be hearing."

The only he received was the sound of snoring, so he left the yards quickly.

A few hours later, when the sun came up, all the rest of the engines were starting their first jobs of the day.

Thomas was waiting at Knapford station with Annie and Clarabel. While he waited for his passengers to board the coached, he looked around, hoping to see Matthews. But the replacement for the Fat Controller was nowhere in sight.

"Well, the replacement controller didn't come to Tidmouth sheds last night," he told Annie and Clarabel solemnly. "And he isn't here either."

"Where could he be?" The coaches felt a little worried.

Just then, Duck past through the platform on Thomas' left with a mixed goods train.

"Hey, Duck!" called Thomas as Duck passed him. "Have you seen the man replacing the Fat Controller?"

"Didn't he go to see you at Tidmouth sheds last night?!" Duck called back.

"No, he didn't." Thomas replied as Duck left the station. Just then, Rosie pulled up along side Thomas, pulling a small train of box vans. She saw how puzzled he looked, and felt worried for him.

"What's wrong, Thomas?"

But Thomas didn't seem to hear her. "This is most peculiar," he said to no one in particular.

"What is?" Rosie asked. Thomas heard her that time, and felt annoyed.

"Oh, nothing at all, Rosie," he lied, not wanting to waste time explaining everything to her.

"Thomas, I need to know if something is wrong, otherwise it could mean trouble. Please tell me. I need-"

But Rosie was rudely interrupted by the guard's whistle, and Thomas, who welcomed the sound, quickly steamed out of the station with Annie and Clarabel, leaving Rosie both puzzled and unhappy.

Further away, Diesel 10 was following his line, having not run into any steam engines yet. He was gritting his teeth in anger. Considering there were plenty of steam engines of this railway, he had not seen one since he had arrived on Sodor.

As he drove along, the track ran by a goods yard; on the left of the line was a large goods shed, which was a large steel roof, held up by four iron supports, one in each corner. If one of these four supports should break, the roof would come down, crushing any engines or rolling stock parked on the two lines beneath it. Another line ran on the other side of the goods shed, which joined up and formed a junction on the left line leading to the shed.

Diesel 10 was tempted to grab on of the supports of the shed with his claw, and send it crashing down, but didn't think it worth it, unless there was a steam engine beneath it. He also noticed a single workman standing in the yard, his back turned to him. He thought that he had better leave before he was spotted.

That was when he heard a whistle and puffing sound. Then, he saw Henry puffing slowly along the other line which ran along the other side of the goods shed, pulling a train of coal trucks. He pulled his train beyond the junction, and stopped. The single workman switched the points, so that the line led back to the goods shed. Then he uncoupled Henry from the train of trucks and walked away, not noticing Diesel 10.

Henry backed up and slowly pushed his trucks over the points, and into the goods shed. He didn't stop until he himself was under the steel roof. Since he was a little in front of Diesel 10, he had no idea he was right near the villainous diesel.

"Phew! That was tiring work," he wheezed wearily. "I think I'll have a rest for a while. There's still time before my next train."

"I'm afraid not," Diesel 10 muttered under his breath, smirking. "You've just pulled your last train, big green puffball."

With that, he raised his claw, rotated it, so that it was on its side, and grabbed one of the supports of the shed. Then, he quickly ripped a piece of the support out. The other three supports wobbled unsteadily.

Henry heard the sound of the support being ripped. Alarmed, he looked up, and saw the roof of the shed wobbling.

"The shed! It's going to collapse!" Finding strength which he didn't realise he had a few moments ago, he raced quickly out of the shed and left the yard. The trucks, which were left in the shed, were not so lucky. The supports fell over and the shed roof tumbled down on top of them, with a loud crash, crushing them in the process.

"GRRRRR!!" Diesel 10 was now crosser than he was before.

Just then, Diesel appeared on the line on the other side of the wreckage, which Henry had first been travelling on.

"I saw everything. I take it your cross now,"

"Correction; I was cross, because I couldn't find any puffballs. Now – I'm furious! I find a puffball, and he only just escapes getting destroyed."

"Well don't just furious just yet," remarked Diesel. "That was only the first victim you encountered. You can always try again; though let's start with a different steam engine." Diesel then grinned menacingly. "And I know just the one. Meet me near the sidings by that large grass slope."

And Diesel went along his line, while Diesel 10 went along his, making his way to wear Diesel had said they would carry out their next evil task.