Imposter

**Imposter** is the 68th Sodor Short.

## Plot

The video begins with an emergency alarm going off. We then see Joey and a group of engines gathered at Vicarstown. Joey asks them what happened, and James tells him that Gordon was murdered. An annoyed Duck asks "Again?", but Joey to tells him to be quiet and points out that the current scenario is serious, then tells James to tell him what happened. James tells him that he found Gordon at Vicarstown, and that the express engine had been drowned in a ditch. Henry is shocked at this and asks who could have done such a thing. Everyone glares at Diesel, except Duck, who is oddly grinning for some reason. Diesel angrily asks if they're suspecting him because he's black. Joey confirms this, then proceeds to ask him what he was doing before the start of the video. Diesel states that he was listening to an audiobook, but Colin (who is surprisingly alive in this video despite being killed earlier in the series) is confused by this, as he thought that Diesel was going to watch Percy's OnlyFans. Diesel tells Colin to shut up and go back to being dead, but Joey tells him to focus and asks him if was listening to an audiobook or not. Diesel stubbornly says "None of your business!". Joey tells him to show him his phone, but Diesel refuses, which leads to him being killed. Unfortunately, he is not the killer, which leads James to curse. Suddenly, another alarm goes off, and Edward suddenly remembers that he left a train of nuclear waste out in the sun and tells Joey that he should move it before it explodes. Joey allows him and everyone else to leave, but warns them to keep an eye out for "anything strange, anything shady, anything...shifty".

Moments later, the engines are now going about their usual business, but they all soon start to worry if the killer will strike them next. They become so paranoid that they start to suspect each other. Meanwhile, Henry is out on the main line pulling a goods train, when someone runs up to him and strikes him dead. James soon arrives at the scene and is shocked at the aftermath.

Later, James is at Elsbridge telling the others about Henry's murder. Samantha is now suspicious of James, stating that he is always the one finding the dead bodies, which she finds to be very shifty. James retorts about how Samantha being present when Gordon was killed felt shifty to him, then asks her what she was doing there. Samantha replies that she was delivering a train of milk. James then asks why her tankers had "OIL" written on them, and Colin guessed that it was because the tankers had oil in them. Toby reveals his suspicions on Colin, stating that him being there at all is very shifty, and asked how he could be despite being blown up years ago. Colin responds that he got better with help from aspirin. Edward is annoyed by everyone's accusations and states that they shouldn't let themselves be divided by paranoia, because that was what the killer wants. He adds that if they were to have any hope of catching the imposter, they should think about the situation calmly and rationally. Unfortunately, this leads everyone to suspect Edward, who suddenly realizes this. He tries to explain that he wasn't the killer, but he is quickly killed. However, he is not the imposter either, which leads James to curse again.

Toby then starts to suspect Joey, asking who would suspect a police officer of being a killer. Joey arrives and replies that it's a divisive question (and one to be answered in the comments), and that for now, he has important news. He reveals to have been investigating the crime and discovered a viscous substance at both scenes, and that analysis reveals that the substance was vegemite, a popular condiment from Australia. Samantha asks if the killer is an Aussie, and Joey that the killer very likely is. Therefore, he decides to expose the killer by asking the one question people in Australia hate the most: "What's the difference between Australia and New Zealand?" This causes Duck to shout "You bloody mongrel!" in an Australian accent, much to the shock of the others. Duck tries to pass off an excuse in his normal voice, but Joey, now knowing that Duck is the killer, interrupts him, and reveals him to be none other than Jonny Cuba in disguise. Cuba angrily curses over his plan being foiled and Joey tells him that he is coming with him. Cuba refuses and is about to shout "They can't hold Jonny Cu-", before he is quickly taken to prison, much to his chagrin.

At the end of the video, Colin asks how many people would be upset that no one ever said "sus" in the video. Edward (who has surprisingly recovered offscreen) replies that he doesn't know, but it depends on how many dislikes it gets.

## Characters

* Edward
* Henry
* James
* Toby
* Diesel
* Colin
* Joey
* Samantha
* Jonny Cuba *(disguised as Duck)*
* Gordon *(corpse)*
* Percy *(mentioned)*

## Trivia

* This short is based on Among Us.
* In this short, Colin is voiced by Matty Harris.
* Duck's line "Again?" after Gordon is declared to be murdered is a reference to Sins.