It is still tourist season on Sodor. The Slave Driver is working his engines tail ends off. Gordon of course, is grumping at the coaches to pick it up. The Fat Controller has been extra demanding on him. He has been doing trains one after another.
Being a nice slave driver, one particular day, The Fat Controller gives Gordon a break.
Psst.... James, is this a test of some kind?
He decides to have James do Gordon's work. (Aw, here it goes!)
James was thrilled to be doing Gordon's very important work. He wanted everyone to see that red coat of his and how fast he could be. (Wait, I figured it out. James is suppose to be for the red haired kids)
James rolls up to Toby. James goes all Gordon on Toby. He starts to brag about being so important. Toby really doesn't give a flying mongoose.
As usual, The Fat Controller just appears out of nowhere.
I love the look on his porter's face. He is cereal.
He sends Toby to The Works to get his old man parts mended. Toby begs to brings Henrietta Pussycat with him. The Fat Controller is like, "Ah hell no!" and leaves.
Toby on his way out, runs into Percy. Percy agrees to take care of Henrietta for him.
Toby makes his way down the mainline. Due to Toby being a tram, he has a hard time making it the full way without water. He begins to feel thirsty.
Toby makes it to a station with a water tower. He starts to fill up when a new signal man comes up. He needs the line clear for The Express. Toby has to fill up at the next station. Toby's driver tries to argue but, the noob will not agree to let him finish.
Elder abuse!
Toby was trying to hurry but, hurrying was using up more water then it should. Thanks to the noob signal man, Toby ran out water and became stranded on the mainline.
Percy puffs up with Henrietta Pussycat. The Fireman flags him down and demands to be taken back to the station to warn James about Toby on the line. He should probably kick the signal man's butt too.
I'm up for an ass kicking.
James, still pretending to be Gordon, hears the news and all he can do is complain about being late. Never mind Toby, sitting on the tracks dehydrated.
The noob signal man admits it was his fault. And James' driver informs James that he is going to have to push Toby.
I don't want to be down wind from an old man.
James sets off, grumbling the whole time. He finds Toby and rather rudely bumps him and sets back off.
They pull into The Works' station. James at this moment is pooped out. But the kids on the platform don't care. They begin to make fun of James by joking that it took two engines to pull The Express.
Toby reassures James that they are only joking. But, James is ticked.
The moral of the story....
Kids are heartless...
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