Timothy's Aliens

Timothy's Aliens is an Engine Realm story by Thunderbird3InternationalRescue.

Summary
After seeing a crop circle in a field, Timothy thinks Sodor was visited by extraterrestrial beings.

Story
One night, Timothy was in the shed he shared with Thomas, Edward, and Gordon watching a documentary about outer space.

"Wow, who new space was so vast," Timothy asked.

Just then, Gordon came in.

"Hey, Timothy," said Gordon, "You should consider going to bed soon, because it's almost 10:30. Thomas and Edward are already asleep, and I'm gonna get some shuteye, too. You can finish watching that documentary if you want, but when it's over, I want you to go right to bed."

"Alright," said Timothy, "Goodnight, Uncle Gordon."

"G'night, kiddo," Gordon said.

Gordon left, and Timothy continued watching his documentary. Soon enough, the credits began to roll, which meant the show was over, and as soon as they did, Timothy turned the TV off and went to bed just as Gordon had told him. The next day, he was taking some tankers of chocolate syrup to the ice cream factory and talking to his driver about the documentary.

"So, apparently, since there's evidence confirmed by NASA about liquid water existing on the planet Mars," said Timothy, "it's possible that humans might have a chance of survival on that planet of they get the opportunity."

"Interesting," said the driver, "What else did you learn?"

"Well, since the universe is constantly expanding, we might be able to reach galaxies where extraterrestrial beings reside," said Timothy.

"I doubt it," said the driver, "Aliens only exist in movies and TV shows."

"And you have every right to do so," said Timothy, "I mean, this isn't Star Wars or Star Trek or Space Ghost or anything like that."

Just then, Timothy spotted something.

"Driver, stop," he cried.

The driver applied the brakes.

"What is it, bud," the driver asked.

"Look," said Timothy.

Timothy pointed to a portion of Farmer Trotter's field, which had a perfectly round circle imprinted onto it. The driver got out to have a closer look.

"Hey, Burt," the driver called, "Come look at this!"

The fireman, whose name was revealed to be Burt, came running over.

"What is it, Adam," Burt asked.

"Timothy's found a crop circle," said Adam, the driver.

Burt looked at the crop circle.

"Where do you think it came from," Burt asked.

"I don't know," said Adam.

"I might have an idea," said Timothy, "Maybe aliens visited the island last night, and this is where they landed."

"Yeah, maybe," said Burt, "I mean, that's usually the first thing people think of when they see crop circles."

"Or maybe, as a more logical explanation," said Adam, "Maybe it's just someone playing a prank."

"That too," said Burt, who then looked at his watch, "Hey, we better get going, or else we'll be late with the delivery."

"You're right," said Adam, "Come on, Tim."

With that, they set back off on their job. Thankfully, they still managed to get to the ice cream factory on time, and as Timothy was on his way home, he stopped in a siding at Knapford so his crew could have their lunch break. During that time, he saw Thomas pull up at the platform to let off some passengers.

"Hey, Thomas," said Timothy.

"Hey, Timothy," said Thomas, "Did you hear the news?"

"What news," Timothy asked.

"Apparently, Farmer Trotter spotted some strange lights hovering above his field last night," said Thomas, "and then this morning, he found a crop circle in his field while he was investigating the spot where he saw the lights."

"Interesting," said Timothy, "You know, I saw a crop circle myself earlier when I was making a delivery to the ice cream factory."

Thomas was surprised.

"You did," asked Thomas.

"Yeah," said Timothy, "You don't think it might be the same one, do you?"

"That's a very good possibility," said Thomas, "In fact, this might be the first crop circle on Sodor, so I think it might. The police are offering a $500 reward for anyone who has any information about it."

"Sweet," said Timothy.

Just then, they heard the conductor blow his whistle, which meant it was time for Thomas to leave with his next train.

"Well, gotta run," said Thomas, "Don't want to be late."

Thomas then left, and Timothy left soon after. As he puffed down the track, he kept thinking about the crop circle. Later that night, Rheneas came over for a sleepover. He too had heard about the crop circle and the two were talking about it over a big bowl of popcorn and while watching Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, which just so happened to be one of Rheneas' favorite movies, as the titular character was one of his favorite Disney characters.

"So after I saw the crop circle, I've developed a theory as to how it got there," said Timothy, "that being that Sodor was visited by aliens last night, and the strange lights Farmer Trotter saw were an alien spaceship."

"Yeah, that could be it," said Rheneas, "or it could be just some dumb kids from the school playing a big prank."

"That's a possibility, too," said Timothy.

Later, after the movie ended, the boys played a few rounds of Connect Four before deciding to hit the hay. However, just around 11 PM, something strange happened, as the room was suddenly filled with flashing red, yellow, blue, and green lights.

"What's happening," Timothy asked.

"I don't know," said Rheneas, "but it's coming from outside. Let's go see."

With that, they went outside and could not believe their eyes when they saw the source of the strange lights, that being what looked like a flying saucer.

"Holy Smokes," said Timothy, "A real flying saucer!"

"We better get some pictures and show them to the police," said Rheneas.

Rheneas then got out his camera, which was one of those Instax Mini 9 instant cameras made by Fujifilm, and quickly snapped a few pictures of the object.

"Got 'em," said Rheneas.

"Great," said Timothy.

But then, something even more strange happened, as the object suddenly fell from the sky and plopped onto the ground right in front of them. Now they could get a good look at what the object really was. As it turned out, it was nothing more than two pairs (four total) of those LED light-up necklaces made to look like Christmas tree bulbs attached to the arms of a Yuneec H920 heavy-lift drone with zip ties, sandwiched between two metal pie plates, and held together with duct tape.

"Wow," said Rheneas as he picked up the strange contraption, "I bet the cops would love to see this."

"I bet so, too," said Timothy, "I bet they'd also like to see who made this."

Just then, they heard a voice shout "Gimme that!", and when they looked, they saw Sir Handel coming towards them.

"So it was you," Timothy said.

"Yup, that's right," said Sir Handel, "What do you think?"

"This is how I think of it," said Rheneas.

Rheneas then raised the homemade flying saucer and was about to throw it onto the ground when Timothy stopped him.

"I don't think that might be a good idea," said Timothy, "Besides, the police might want to see that as well."

"Good point," said Rheneas, who then looked at Sir Handel, "And don't think you'll be getting away with this."

"What do you mean," Sir Handel asked.

"Do you know anything about a crop circle," Rheneas asked.

Sir Handel's face suddenly went blank.

"I know that face," said Rheneas to himself.

"Yes," said Sir Handel, "In fact, I know how they were formed."

"How," Rheneas asked.

"I had my crew walk around in a circle on the spot the crop circle was found with wooden boards strapped to their feet," said Sir Handel.

"I see," said Timothy.

Just then, Duke arrived. He did not look very pleased.

"There you are, Sir Handel," said Duke, "How many times do I have to come out here in the middle of the night to look for you?"

"Apparently, about a million," said Sir Handel sarcastically.

Duke then coupled up to Sir Handel.

"We're going home right now," said Duke crossly.

"What's going on here," another voice asked.

This time, it was Gordon, and Timothy explained everything to his uncle.

"I see," said Gordon, "Well, you two better get back inside and back to bed. In the morning, you can go down to the police station to turn the photos and the device in."

"Alright," said Timothy.

The next day, just as Gordon had told them, Timothy and Rheneas went down to the police station and gave the photos and the homemade UFO to the desk officer as well as telling them about Sir Handel's confession. As a result, Sir Handel was arrested for damaging property. As for Timothy and Rheneas, each received a check for $500 from the police chief and left the station, feeling very proud of themselves indeed.

"So, Timothy," asked Rheneas, "what're you gonna do with your money?"

"I might give half of it to charity," said Timothy, "As for the other half, I think I'll use some of it to treat ourselves to a milkshake from Totally 60's."

"Sounds good," said Rheneas.

The two friends continued on their way to Totally 60's, happy to have solved the mystery of the crop circle in Farmer Trotter's field.

The End