Ch. 10. Black Train Blues
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With the train slowed down, William carefully makes his way back to the coupling mechanism to pull out the pin.
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William reached for the pin and pulled hard! It moved, stuck fast as the engine and tender bumped into each other again, then came free, disappearing into the gap in between.
For a moment, engine and tender maintained their relative speed but the rear part of the train began to slow and the gap between the two began to grow, imperceptibly at first, but then with growing speed!
The creature’s tentacles flew towards the brake and the tender, one trying to slow the train and the other grasping for purchase on the wall of the tender as if trying to pull the two parts of the train back together.
From the firebox came a keening howl of rage as the ropey tendrils started to stretch as the engine and tender moved further and further apart!
For a moment, engine and tender maintained their relative speed but the rear part of the train began to slow and the gap between the two began to grow, imperceptibly at first, but then with growing speed!
The creature’s tentacles flew towards the brake and the tender, one trying to slow the train and the other grasping for purchase on the wall of the tender as if trying to pull the two parts of the train back together.
From the firebox came a keening howl of rage as the ropey tendrils started to stretch as the engine and tender moved further and further apart!
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William picks up his shovel again and swings it at the creature. He feels bad about having left Thomas behind on the train, but he knows that if he had not separated it from the engine, they would all have been overwhelmed by those things.
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Seeing a chance to strike, Lawrence attempts to thrust his knife into the creature.
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Howard is at the end of his mental energy. He vainly claws at the creature, but he cannot sustain himself much longer.
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Lawrence’s knife bit deep into the creature and it started to spasm in pain, but that was swiftly put to an end when William brought the shovel down sharply, opening an evil-looking gash across its front. The creature convulsed once more, its multiple eyes wide with shock, before it collapsed in a fleshy heap, sizzling against the open firebox.
Before they could react, a shout from the tender drew their attention. Bloodied and with a wicked-looking cut across his scalp, Thomas waved weakly. As the three men watched him, the scene flickered as if they were watching a a doubly-exposed film, and multiple copies of the tender started to peel away as if following tracks leading to different places... ... or times... ...
As the gap between the train and tender grew, Thomas’ face paled as he looked beyond the train and he shouted again.
”Jump!”
Before they could react, a shout from the tender drew their attention. Bloodied and with a wicked-looking cut across his scalp, Thomas waved weakly. As the three men watched him, the scene flickered as if they were watching a a doubly-exposed film, and multiple copies of the tender started to peel away as if following tracks leading to different places... ... or times... ...
As the gap between the train and tender grew, Thomas’ face paled as he looked beyond the train and he shouted again.
”Jump!”
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William runs to the gap and tries to leap over it to where Thomas stands.
William runs to the gap and tries to leap over it to where Thomas stands.
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Not wanting to stick around and see what Thomas was so frightened about, Lawrence gets a running start and attempts to jump across the gap.
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Howard closes his eyes and jumps.
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As the two parts of the train moved apart, William leapt easily from the boilerplate to the tender. Lawrence tried to follow but his foot slipped on the ichor that leaked from the distended tendrils that snaked across the floor. Without purchase, he lacked forward momentum and he fell between the train and the tender, landing heavily on the wooden sleepers and stone ballast, which were oily and slick from the passage of many trains.
Howard wasn’t so lucky. Having seen Lawrence fall, he tried to overcompensate and threw himself as hard as he could from the back of the engine. The distance was good, but he missed his footing on landing and he dropped to the track, catching his jaw on the carriage step with a sickening ‘crack!’ as he crashed onto the sleepers below...
Howard wasn’t so lucky. Having seen Lawrence fall, he tried to overcompensate and threw himself as hard as he could from the back of the engine. The distance was good, but he missed his footing on landing and he dropped to the track, catching his jaw on the carriage step with a sickening ‘crack!’ as he crashed onto the sleepers below...
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Lawrence is down for the count, it's safe to say.
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William tries desperately to save Howard's life.
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