The Sudrians: The Salvation Collection

The Hatred

May 1948

After the incident at the ironworks, Jinty was left to work at Wellsworth yards once again, preparing trucks and banking up Gordon's Hill. He had kept quiet for several days and his crew and other staff members only thought it was due to him being in the ironworks there with the obvious that the two new diesels there were being horrors to him.

But only a handful knew what really happened.

Edward had told BoCo, which both decide to try and help the poor engine out of the terror he got from that night. But Jinty stayed distant and a little cold. He understood why Thomas was so afraid when coming out of the smelting shed when they both visited back in 1973 and wanted to go and talk to him about the whole ordeal but Edward told him otherwise.

 "Charles refused to let him go anywhere near it," he said darkly, "and understandably why with Thomas and Gabriel having a dark history, I think its best not to let Thomas go and see him."

"But it's been three years," protested Jinty, "couldn't you know... have them both in a controlled environment so they both can talk it out?"

"I'm afraid that idea was proposed a year after the incident," sighed Edward, "but Thomas is still so touchy over it all, anything you mention to him will make him snap. We've managed for him to stay away from here, so I want to keep that way until I'm sure of it."

"...Did Charles tell you that?" asked Jinty curiously, "did he you to say that to me?"

"...No," Edward said, "but he did say that to me, and that's what I'll say to you. I trust him."

"Might've thought you never trust him again after bringing Gabe over here," Jinty admitted.

"Gabe?"

"I ain't calling him Gabriel when there's a long name there right in the centre," huffed the shunting engine defensively.

"Well..." smiled Edward heartedly, "don't be surprised that Gabriel would give you a death glare, he might be harmless now but his face when you agitate can make you feel otherwise."

Both engines chuckled lightly, then they noticed a workman come over with a note in his hand. "Jinty has been ordered to go and collect some iron at Crock's Ironworks," he stated, "he must go at 12:00 to pick them up."

"Who ordered this?" asked Edward, looking sceptical at the workman.

"The manager there requested it," shrugged the workman, "and Mr Hatt approved of it anyways."

"Let me see the note please," said Edward, whose driver went to the workman and grabbed the note out of his hand and read it carefully.

"Seems in order old boy," replied the driver who showed it to the blue engine whose eyes narrowed to read it. He blinked again to reread it and then looked over to Jinty worriedly.

"You must take care there," he said cautiously, "I don't trust that manager one bit."

"Me neither," Jinty replied, "he seems like a sketchy person, but I can't really ignore orders when Stephen has allowed me to go."

Edward was still unsure about these arrangements but knew something would come by this with Jinty being ordered to go personally by the manager at the ironworks. He watched uncertainly and worried as Jinty left a while later to head to the ironworks.

***

When Jinty arrived, they were expecting him and the gates were opened for him to go into the ironworks. The shunting engine's reassurance had quickly left once seeing the ironworks once again and remembering everything of what he had to go through when coming to the yards. His crew understood this, but still unaware by Gabriel's presence moved him into the sidings where Jinty first met the two new diesels.