The Truth About Thomas/Transcript

(Thomas, Ashima, Dory, Marlin and Nemo were enjoying some quality time together watching the sun rise from their sheds. They enjoyed doing this. Thomas, earlier on, had invited his far far away friends Pingu and the Teletubbies to join them for a day together. Thomas and Ashima cuddled together as the warm sun radiated its heat over them. Ashima smiled at Thomas warmly as he gently kissed her cheek. Ashima sighed happily and returned the kiss. Their noses touched and the two almost had a kiss. It was months before Ashima became a member of the Steam Team. was one thing Thomas had never told Ashima about, his accident in the 1960's. It was a horrific accident that wiped his memory of everything before then, he had to relearn everything he knew. He sighed and spoke to the others)

Thomas: (Sighs) Guys... there is something I never told you about myself. I think it's time you knew.

Ashima: What is it, Thomas? Is it bad?

Thomas: Unfortunately, yes it is. It was way back before I met you guys. It was a horrific accident I had back in 1963. It changed my life forever.

(The Teletubbies gasp)

Dory: Please, Thomas. Tell us what happened back in 1963.

Thomas: (Sighs) I... I just can't. It's sad.

Teletubbies: Ohhhh.

Nemo: Come on, Thomas. We wanna know what happened.

(Pingu touches his buffers, begging)

Ashima: Please, Thomas. For me.

Thomas: All right.

(Ashima and Pingu come closer. The Teletubbies stand next to the small pool where Dory, Marlin and Nemo where. Thomas starts to cry as he begins his story)

(The scene cuts to Sodor on August 1963)

August 1963, Island of Sodor

(Thomas was feeling down, his brother and sisters on the mainland were being withdrawn by British Railways, and were being scrapped one by one. Thomas as already assuming he was the only survivor of his class. Thomas began to become afraid that if he didn't work hard enough he was going to be sent away and withdrawn and scrapped himself. He became reckless and on edge, becoming an more aggressive and hard working engine. His sudden change in attitude began to alarm the other engines and The Fat Director himself, who met Thomas in Fafarquhar early one morning to talk to him. Thomas smiled at him as he saw him approaching)

Thomas: Good morning, sir. How are you doing today?

The Fat Director; Good morning​​​​​, Thomas, but I'm not doing too well due to some reports about your behavior. Speeding in freight yards, shunting more roughly than usual. WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU LATELY?

Thomas: I am afraid you might scrap me, ​​​​just like my brethren on the mainland. I am just trying to impress you, sir.

The Fat Director: Impressing me? You are certainly not doing so, Thomas! DO NOT GIVE ME EXCUSES FOR YOUR IRRATIONAL BEHAVOIR! GET BACK TO WORK AT ONCE!

(The scene cuts to the mainline)

Thomas, we have to stop at the next station and wait for the weather to get better! It isn't safe for us to be going anywhere! we have to stop at the next station and wait for the weather to get better, it isn't safe for us to be going anywhere!" Annie shouted. Thomas heard most of what she had said and agreed with her.

Thomas: Indeed we shall. I don't want anyone in dan--- BROKEN BRIDGE! DRIVER, BRAKES NOW!

(Thomas panicked as he saw the bridge he was about to cross, wash away from in front of him. It was too late though, Thomas slid on the slippery wet rails and careened off the missing bridge, Annie was dragged with him, and Clarabel had broken her coupler and dangled off the end of the bridge. Thomas hit his head on something incredibly hard and he couldn't remember anything that happened after words)

A Few Hours Later, at Knapford Station

(No-one had seen Thomas for hours and he was massively overdue. Gordon and Edward looked worryingly around for the sight of the modified E2, the weather had finally calmed down after what seemed like four to five hours of straight downpours and thunderstorms. Edward and Gordon eventually got tired of waiting for him, knowing something had gone wrong. The two engines set off from the station, leaving their trains behind in a desperate attempt to find their missing friend. Edward went up and down Thomas's Branch Line while Gordon raced along the Mainline looking for Thomas. Edward was the one that found Clarabel, who was in a distraught state. She was crying heavily. Edward slowly came up to her and pulled back onto solid ground and allowed her to calm down before he talked to her. Clarabel screamed out in despair as Edward was about to speak)

Clarabel: GONE, EDWARD! THEY ARE BOTH GONE! THEY WENT INTO THE RIVER! THEY GOT WASHED AWAY!

(Clarabel screamed in terror. Edward's eyes went as wide as he was shocked by what she had just told him. Edward pulled Clarabel back to Fafarquhar Station and his driver ran into the station and soon Harold the helicopter was looking for the missing tank engine. He was not feeling optimistic of finding Thomas or Annie, but was determined to help his passengers what ever the cost. Harold was horrified as his spotlight caught the sight of blue down in a riverbed, he soon spotted Annie. He flew down to them and saw that many of the passengers were laying all over the place, in various states of injury. He then spotted Thomas, whom was dented horribly and was heavily damaged. Harold immediately landed and started taking the injured to hospital then after all of the injured were stabilized at hospital, he returned to the crash site and landed. His driver set off a flare to establish a location for a forward operating base for the recovery efforts. The British Military had brought in a few Armored Recovery Vehicles to clear a path to Thomas and Annie and then take them out of the riverbed. The operation took a long time. Thomas came to his senses days later after he was in the steamworks. The Fat Director was yelling at Gordon and Edward for their disobedience when a few constables came walking up to him and spoke to him about his reckless behavior as head of the Northwestern Railway, in which his decision to run trains during the rain had caused the derailment of Thomas and his coaches, which unfortunately resulted in the deaths of a few people, the Island of Sodor deemed Mr. Ryland to be unfit for service and had him arrested for the deaths of the innocent people, and had his much kinder and more experienced, now divorced wife, Mrs. Shawling)

Police Officer: Mr. Ryland, you are under arrest for involuntary manslaughter, fraud, forgery, and the attempted murder of the NWR #7!

The Fat Director: I WILL GET YOU ENGINES FOR THIS! YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR DISOBEDIENCE! LET GO OF ME!

(The constable quickly took him away to a waiting cop car. Thomas looked over confused at who the two engines were. He quickly spoke up)

Thomas: Wh-who are you two?

Gordon: It's me, Gordon and Edward, Thomas. You know us. (Laughs)​​​​​​

Thomas: Oh, my name is Thomas. I didn't know.

(Gordon and Edward looked over at him shocked. The accident damaged his memory. Gordon whistled loudly for workmen who quickly ran over)

(The scene cuts back to Knapford in the present)

Teletubbies: Oooh.

(Thomas cried heavily as he finished the story. Ashima and Pingu looked at him horrified)

Dory: Wow. That Ryland guy was even crankier than you, Hank.

Hank: Huh. You can say that again.

(Ashima nuzzled with him and kissed him softly)

Thomas: (Sniffs)

Ashima: That must have been a terrible experience for you, Thomas.

Marlin: Losing all of his memory? That's kind of what Dory is now.

Dory: Well... kind of, Marlin.

Thomas: (Sniffs) Ashima.... (Whimpers)

Ashima: Thomas. Calm down. It's going to be okay. You'll never lose your memory again. Come on. Let's go and get some work done.

(Thomas smiles a little bit and couples to the back of Ashima's train. The others hop into Ashima's coach)

Dory: Wow. This is a really nice coach.

Ashima: Are you okay now, Thomas?

Thomas: (Sniffs) Yeah. I am.