Sodor Left for Dead [AU]: Alternative fate.

Sprint to Tidmouth... And to Lower Tidmouth

Okay, time to just explain when all hell broke lose, we were waiting in Knapford. I was talking to Phil, my best friend, and James' fireman, when we noiticed a rather sick looking man.  I remembered about about the illness, so i didn't think mich of ot, as i didn't even remembered what that illness did to people.
Next thong i knew, kt jumped into a nearby civillian and began attacking him, the people panicked and got in the coaches, i yelled we had to get the hell out of there, while James saw everything the ill man did.

The guard blew his whistle, and we set off, rather quickly too. It was then we realized James wasn't coupled to the coaches, but going back was basically suicide, as well as more ill people had already began attacking the people in the coaches, there was nothing we could do.

We tore down the mainland at speeds James had only gone before in his runaways, i heard people screaming, likely from the harbour or Lower Tidmouth, we rounded the bend, and we were horrified to noitice Emily, who was on the same line we were, we preppared for a crash, but we suddently changed tracks, going down throwards the yard, as Emily already was running down the line.

We stayed quiet for a few minutes, James catxhing his breath and Phil and i questioning what was even happening. I didn't noiticed it at the time, but James was dangerously low on water. How i didn't noiticed that before was beyond me, we were just about to take a train, too.

A few minutes went by, when we saw Duck, the great western engine, roll in the yards as well, he didn't say anything at the time, i do think he managed to say "Donald" but i cpuld be wrong.

James soon looked to his side, almost as if he expected someone to roll in next to him, but no one came. When i noiticed that, i also thought something was wrong, someome was missing, but then again, how are we so sure someone was meant to come by?

And, indeed, no one would come.

Phil and i decided to raid the station and nearby buildings for supplies, for us and for Duck's crew, i was lucky enougj to find an injured police officer, and i took his gun. I was gping to need it, i have seen first hand those things are aggresive. We were going to check the nearby McBuns, but soon we encountered more of those things.

We leaped out the building, i gave the gun to Phil, who quickly shot back at the crowd, we got on James' cab, and i quickly tried to get him fired up, as Phil kept shooting, it was then i realized we were out of water.
We were screwed, and those things would come for us soon, i considered for a moment to hope for James to have just a bit of water left on him, even if it would risk a boiler explosion, but suddently i felt as James was being pushed, i almost lost my balance, Phil did as well, but we managed to stay in the cab.

Duck statred to push us, away from the horde of those infected people, and in restrospect, if it wasn't for that sudden action, i know we would be dead. Those things followed us, but we were faster.

We passed Tidmouth sheds, ans James swears he saw Henry there, they made eye contact, as we passed by quickly, before he reversed into the sheds, and the doors closed, he knew those things were coming.

We got to Lower Knapford, where we ran over one of those things, and we had just enough bullets to take down the ones at the station, and only there we finally had a moment to catch our breath.