Jason was woken back up to a dark void, the air was cool and he felt his wheels shiver and tremor. Infront of him was a dark cloud, forming into something he had seen before. It was the engine he saw earlier, "What the fuck do you want now?" Jason asked, "Deal's still up Jason. I will grant you whatever you want, You just have to join me and help stop that fucking friend of yours" He said, "I said it before and I'll say it again. NO! Markus will stop y-" Jason replied as he was cut off by the mysterious engine, "Stop me? oh no you can't stop me, but I think you've stopped in your tracks. Best of luck Jason!" The engine snickered as he puffed away from Jason.
Jason's enviroment faded back into the digital world he woke up and saw Gregory and the others getting further from him, Jason tried to call out, "Hey! Hey! Guys wait up! Guys!" But they couldn't hear him, he was too far gone. He tried his radio, although to no avail, "Fuck, dead zone". Jason then tried to contact Markus "Breaker one breaker one this is Jason abandoned in the blind, Markus do you hear me, Report back" Still to nothing. Feeling defeated as he saw the silhouette of Gregory get smaller and smaller.
The wind began picking up as Jason felt his flatbed begin to roll. There was nothing he could do except let it roll and carry him wherever. He began to pick up speed with the wind, wondering what he could do to break free. When he had an idea, he tried gunning his throttle at full power in reverse in an attempt to snap the ties holding his wheels. It worked and Jason was now rolling on the tracks under his own power, breathing a sigh of relief as he saw the flatbed be carried by the wind and blown off the bridge up ahead.
Jason wasn't sure where to go from where he was, after the bridge was a switch track. "That's the way!" he said out loud. Rolling over the bridge and crossing the points. Puffing as fast as he could to catch up with his crew. However the sky was getting dark quickly. The clouds rolled in, Blocking out any light in the sky. Jason bravely pressed on despite the darkness and lack of vision, he kept calling out for Gregory but heard no response. What happened next would only make Jason's day worse, up ahead was some rubble blocking the track, stones had fallen onto the line and Jason was in for trouble.
Rolling over the stones, he bounced and jumped off the tracks, rolling down the hill and unable to brake. Jason was speechless, and could only scream for help. He was getting hit by several bushes and trees on his way down, eventually coming to a stop after crashing into a fence. He was glad to come to a stop, "Breaker one breaker one this is- fuck- I forgot my radio's busted, dead zone bullshit" That was until he heard a voice pick up on the radio, a familar one but not one he was happy to hear.
"Look up dummy" It was the mysterious engine, sitting atop of the hill, "YOU! YOU DID THIS TO ME YOU MOTHERFUCKER I'LL KILL YOU" Jason profoundly exclaimed, "Cute, your buddy Markus already tried that. And look who's still here" The engine mocked, "Why don't you tell me who you are and what you want" Jason demanded, "Who I am is not important, I'm none of your business" He answered, "Clearly you are because you won't leave me the fuck alone. Tell me who you are and what you want!" Jason demanded again, "No" he said, "Why the hell not?" Jason groaned, "Because, you'll know eventually" The engine stated, "Listen kid all you have to do for me to leave you alone is accept my deal. You work for me and this can end well for all of us" Said the engine as he puffed away and vanished again.
Jason was exhausted, but was glad to hear a familiar voice on his radio. Markus called in, Jason was more than relieved to hear him. Jason explained what he saw and asked for help, "Yep I see you, I'm redirecting Greg to your location and we'll get a crane to lift you out. Hang tight good buddy" Markus said.
Once Gregory and the others arrived with the crane, they lowered the hook to Jason and lifted him up. Jason was explaining what he saw to the others as he was being lifted. Everyone fell silent and their bloods in their physical bodies ran cold. "Do you think it could be" Gregory wondered, "Is it really him? Michael added, "No we all saw him die, we saw his body shatter into a million pieces", "Saw who's body?" Jason asked, "Markus will tell you when we get back to home base" Gregory said.
Once they arrived to home base, Jason immediatley puffed towards Markus to ask him who Gregory and Michael were talking about, "So it seems you've had a few encounters with Torrey" Markus said ominously, "Who's Torrey?" Jason asked.
"Torrey, was once one of us. Torrey as you know is a tram engine, Torrey was part of the first set of players in realm 1, where we all were from. Torrey was secretly an informant for TunnelVision, and was responsible for countless killings and deaths. Yet went completely undetected until I came along because of how good of a manipluator he is, he nearly suckered me in and tried to trap me forever along with the rest of my crew. Once I found a way out, he lost it completely. And knew something had to be done, So in a last ditch effort. I got everyone to rendevous to a mountain by a bridge, I ran away from Torrey so he'd give chase to me and fall into my trap. Everyone pushed a cart carrying a heavy boulder onto the bridge after I passed by it. The bridge then collapsed and Torrey failed to gauge his stopping distance, his brakes failed and he plunged into the valley below and shattered his wooden body into a million pieces. We thought we'd won, however it seems he's back. So we have to kill him again" Markus said.
"Count me in, I won't let that motherfucker torment me any longer. I won't be making any deals with him" Jason added.
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The New Adventures of TunnelVision: Reloaded
Ciencia FicciónWith the closing of Markus' chapter and the defeat of Torrey, the opening of a new saga begins. While Markus attends to other matters, we follow the story of Jason "JC" Darlington. Jason is one of Markus' closest friends who he tells about what Tunn...