The Shocked Tender Engine/Transcript

Thomas had been slightly injured in a minor derailment involving some trucks and was at the Steamworks. Victor had taken care of most of the damages, but some parts had been damaged beyond repair, causing Thomas to be stuck at the Steamworks overnight. Thomas was upset about how Ashima would react to him not being at the sheds tonight, he hated it when they had to be separated. Thomas was talking to Victor when he heard an unfamiliar whistle off in the distance. A few minutes a tender engine backed into the Steamworks, but this engine had two tenders. Thomas quickly realized who it was and was happy to see him again. Flying Scotsman backed in alongside him. Thomas was confused at why he was on the Island, usually it was announced when he was coming, usually for a rail tour or something like that. Before Thomas could even ask him why he was there, Scotsman spoke up.

"Well Little Thomas, Fancy seeing you here." Scotsman said with a chuckle. Thomas laughed slightly, before wincing in some pain from the derailment from earlier. Scotsman frowned slightly at the sight of his friend being in pain. He quickly spoke up.

"Let me guess, derailment?" Scotsman said concerned. Thomas motioned yes. Scotsman let off steam, due to some excess pressure from the journey here. He was slightly confused at why a streamlined engine had challenged him to a race, but he accepted and had won the race against the red streamlined engine. He raised an eyebrow puzzled at Thomas.

"Thomas, do you know any streamlined engines on the island, because I raced one on the way here, it was red." Scotsman said describing what had happened. Thomas laughed as he knew a particular streamliner from America probably had fangirled over Scotsman's presence. Thomas rolled his eyes at him as he responded.

"You ran into Caitlyn, Connor's sister, they are two streamliners who like to race engines, did you win?" Thomas asked curiously. Scotsman laughed at his question. He had set a world record back in 1926, even though he was old, he still had a fighting spirit.

"Well, after she had calmed down from seeing me appear, yes I did win the race we arranged." Scotsman said smiling. Thomas and Scotsman laughed about the whole thing when a whistle pierced the air. Thomas looked ahead to see a worried Ashima coming towards him, who then was surprised to Scotsman, she thought he had gone back home to England.

"Hello Ashima, I expected you to be coming, minor derailment." Thomas said briefly summarizing his situation. Ashima's worried face turned into a smile, knowing everything was okay. Scotsman raised an eyebrow confused that Ashima was still on Sodor.

"Hello Scotsman, didn't expect to see you here." Ashima said smiling. Scotsman quickly responded.

"Neither did I, I thought you went back to India?" Scotsman said confused. Ashima laughed.

"Well Sodor is my home now, Sir Tophamn Hatt bought me." She said with a slight chuckle. Scotsman smiled, he would be able to see a good friend of his more often.

"Also did you know Gina's on the Island now, since her railway shutdown?" Ashima asked curiously. Scotsman just gave her a funny lookout of bewilderment. "No I didn't, are you guys going to reenact The Great Race now?" Scotsman said jokingly. Ashima and Thomas laughed at his question.

"Well, maybe we are going to." Thomas said jokingly. The three laughed for a while until something came across Thomas's mind.

"Hey Scotsman, your going to be here for a while right?" Thomas piped up hoping he would say yes. Ashima raised an eyebrow confused at where Thomas was going with this.

"Of course, why do you ask?" Scotsman responded. Thomas thought of a way on how to explain the situation from a few nights ago.

"Well I think Emily wants to spend some time with someone, maybe hangout with her for a while?" Thomas asked trying to get the sentence out. Scotsman laughed heartily, before responding.

"Of course Thomas, A friend of yours is a friend of mine, I'll talk to her when I can." Scotsman said warmly. Thomas let out a sigh of relief, not noticing Ashima getting closer to him. Ashima was touched by his kind gesture, she loved how he always put his friends before himself. That was one of main reasons why she loved him so much. Thomas turned back to be surprised by a kiss on the lips from Ashima. This caught Scotsman off guard who was surprised at the sudden show of affection by Ashima. Scotsman stammered to get a sentence out as Ashima backed away smiling.

"Since when were you two, you know, In love?" Scotsman bewilderedly said to the couple. Thomas and Ashima looked at each other before responding.

"A very long time Scotsman, back all the way during the Second World War." Thomas said with a smile. Scotsman's face lit up in shock about how long this had been taking place, he was amazed about how they had managed to stick together for that long. Scotsman just stammered, getting the other two to laugh. After a while things had calmed down and things had gotten quiet. Scotsman, still in a daze started to speak.

"You know what Thomas, I think I'm going to pay Emily a visit." Scotsman said, seemingly out of focus. Thomas raised an eyebrow confused at Ashima, only met by a puzzled look on her face as well.

"Alright Scotsman, I'll see you around then, safe travels!" Thomas said as the LNER engine started to leave the Steamworks. This only left Thomas and Ashima alone for a while as they tried to ponder what had just happened to Scotsman. They soon were nuzzling together as they tried to forget about the day and unwind. A while later the two had fallen into a deep slumber, and were dreaming happily of each other long into the night.

Meanwhile on another part of the Island...

Emily had stumbled into the coach shed in the yard near Tidmonth Sheds, due to the sheds being full. She looked left to see some shining coaches that she had never seen before. Off in the distance she heard a unfamiliar whistle, that sounded like Gordon's, but a higher pitch. Suddenly a green engine came flying into the yards. Emily gasped at the sight of him. She tried to not freak out as she realized who it was. The engine went onto a nearby turntable and got turned around to face the same way Emily was facing. Scotsman then backed up alongside a very flustered Emily. She could barely speak due to her excitement nearly taking over her.

"Hel-hello Flying Scotsman, what brings you here?" She said trying not to faint from excitement. Scotsman chuckled at the look on the emerald engines face. Scotsman then spoke.

"Well, someone told me you needed some company, and here I am." Scotsman said smiling. Emily's cheeks went red as a rose, she had seen this engine briefly at The Great Race and had heard the stories of what he had did at the race, helping Gordon. Emily just sighed happily as she felt at ease, being next to the legendary Flying Scotsman. Emily barely could get another sentence out before she felt her energy falling due to her excitement.

"Well, I'm honored to be in your presence, Mr. Scotsman." Emily stammered out bewildered. Scotsman chuckled at her expression before responding.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Emily, but please do call me Scotty." He said gentlemanly. Emily yawned at how tired she was becoming. Scotsman decided to get some rest himself for the work tomorrow.

"Emily it's getting late, we should get some rest." Scotsman said slightly concerned. Emily nodded a yes and the two began to fall asleep. Emily slowly fell asleep with the dreamily appearance of Scotsman playing like a record in her mind.