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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> Unhappy Engine Noises </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><a href="index.html"><button class="back"><</button></a>
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<h1>Unhappy Engine Noises</h1>
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I started writing this to prepend to the chapter. Not sure where I was going
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with this so I'll just leave it in here, commented out.
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">What are the odds it's just gonna
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work?</span><br />
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Michelle's eyes wander around the driver's cabin.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Batteries are dead so it's not gonna
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start. Will it run? No idea.</span><br />
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Jack pulls a key out of his pocket and inserts it into a key switch on
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the control panel. He turns the key and – as expected –
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nothing happens.
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<span class="quote speech">Guess we'll need to find a power source
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then.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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The two roam around the hall, looking for a generator or anything that
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could be abused as one. Michelle makes her way to an area with
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workbenches and all sorts of tools. Jack looks at the crates and boxes on
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the closest one of the huge shelves.
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</p>
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<span class="quote speech">I ... uhh... found one. No idea how we're
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gonna get to it though.</span><br />
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Jack stands in front of the shelf, looking at a large crate that's
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about 2m above him.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Please let that not be the only option.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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Michelle pokes her head out from underneath the train.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">I think that's it.</span><br/>
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She puts a large piece of leftover hose aside and crawls out.<br >
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<span class="quote speech">That was quick. Nice work.</span><br />
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Jack walks over to the compartment holding the batteries, takes the cables
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off the terminals, and hooks them up to his makeshift power supply. Then,
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he starts the generator and climbs into the train. Michelle follows him
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and they go to the driver's cabin. Jack turns the key switch and
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parts of the dashboard light up. He flips the switch for the fuel pump.
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<span class="quote speech">Well, this is progress already.</span><br />
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He points to the fuel pressure gauge; the needle slowly creeps to the
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right. He pushes engine start button. The engine begins to turn over but
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it doesn't start. He holds the button. The engine begins to turn
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over again. After a moment, it accelerates but it still doesn't run.
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He keeps holding the button for a while but the engine won't start.
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</p>
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