Captain American, Cap for short, was starting to like the Butterfly room more and more. Everyday he looked forward to Bonnie hopefully bringing him. He honestly had no idea why he liked it so much, that was until Ms. Woody, the leader of Bonnie's toys, and Cap's secret crush, had pointed out that almost all of his set partners were at Sunnyside.
Iron Man, Thor, and Black Widow were all donated to Sunnyside a while back, yeah they weren't a complete set, but it was very obvious that all four of them were very welcoming and happy towards one another. Even Iron Man, who was the exact opposite of Cap, was rather easygoing about everything.
Cap felt happy when he was with them, and maybe that's why he's come to like the Butterfly room so much...However...It could be the fact that more times than not he's almost always crammed in Bonnie's bag with Woody, speaking of being crammed in the bag with Woody. It's been rather quiet in the Butterfly room and they've been in Bonnie's bag for a good while. Cap, felt Woody awkwardly rub against him, the two of them in a rather cramped space. He tried to keep a straight face as the cowgirl continued to squirm a bit.
"Ok...We have to check." Woody told him simply.
"If she's out there..." Cap tried to reason, but the cowgirl put her foot down almost instantly.
"It's been way too long, Cap, I'm checking. Don't worry. I'm just going to peek." She spoke carefully, Cap watched as she slowly wiggled her way up towards the zipper and slowly opened it as quietly as she could. There was a moment of silence as Cap laid in the bottom of the backpack, waiting for her. Hold his breath, he finally heard Woody.
"Well. Good news and Bad news." She said from the top of Bonnie's bag.
"What's up?" He asked her,
"Well, Bonnie's not out here, in fact, nobody's out here. and the lights are out." Woody told him. Cap made his way to the top of the bag and opened the zipper all the way to see that she was telling the truth. The lights to the Butterfly room were indeed out and not a soul was in sight.
"Oh...Well, at least we're safe here." Cap brought up as he finally jumped out of the book bag. Glad to be able to move around a bit, Woody frowned and jumped down from the bag as well.
"It's Friday..." Woody softly spoke.
"Oh...Oh." Cap mumbled as he realized what she was realizing. "Well...That's fine. I mean the others will realize she left her bag here, Buzz knows how to take care of the others. It's only for two days. We'll be fine here."
Woody made a worried face as she brought her knuckle to her mouth, it almost looked like she was going to bite on her knuckle but she didn't. Cap knew about the horrors of Sunnyside, granted, Woody, herself, never got to experience those horrors either do to a big misunderstanding between her and the other toys, but she did see a good chunk of Lotso's bad side and it was clear that it was sticking with her.
"Hey. Will you be alright?" Cap asked her as he gently touched her shoulder. She gave him a firm nod and chuckled.
"Lets go and find the others." She told him and sauntered away towards where the others should be. They weren't in the Butterfly room, instead everyone seemed to be hanging around the Caterpillar room, Cap could hear Barbie and Ken give congrats to the Caterpillar room toys for a good job on a hard day's work.
"Knock, Knock." Woody knocked on the open door, gaining attention. "It appears in Bonnie's haste to get home, she left us." She explained to Barbie, the doll happily responded with,
"Well, you know you're always welcome here." Several of the other toys nodded along with Barbie, it made Cap smile, not because he was welcome amongst the other toys, but just how well respected Woody seemed to be, no matter where she went. Cap felt a hand tap his shoulder, he turned to see Iron Man, it was clear that he wanted Cap to come and join him and the others for the time being. Doing so, he smiled at the others, Black Widow gave him a slap on the back before a harsh slap to the back of the head.
"Ow. What did I do?" He asked as he rubbed his head where she had hit him.
"Why haven't you told her your feelings yet?" Black Widow demanded in a hushed voice, the others, including Iron man, nodded.
"Because...She's the leader and I respect her too much to ruin the relationship we already have." Cap told them simply.
"Oh, bull, you're afraid of rejection. Admit it." Iron Man rolled his eyes as he pressed the button on the side of his neck to lift his mask up. Cap felt a little envious of that, he wished he could take off his mask, then again, Iron Man couldn't take off his mask, just lift it up away from his face.
"I'm telling the truth." Cap responded, getting his mind back on track.
"About what?"
Cap jumped back, not expecting Woody to be behind him, the cowgirl tilted her head to the side as she gave him a small smile.
"Oh...That Bonnie had you and Buzz tied to the ceiling fan not that long ago, they won't believe me." Cap quickly lied on the spot. Woody chuckled softly.
"Yeah she did. I can confirm it. Cap was quick to save me." Woody giggled giving Cap a good nudge. Cap awkwardly tensed and all of them stood there in silence, Woody rocked a bit on her heels before finally just turning and walking away from the group.
"Yeah, no feelings for her at all." Iron Man teased.
If Cap could blush, he would be tenfold. Black Widow giggled and nudged Iron Man a bit,
"Leave him alone."
"If it is the cattle maiden he desires-" Thor started but Cap was quick to cut him off with a sigh, Thor knew he was a toy, why he still talked like he belong to Asgard baffled Cap, maybe it just came with him.
"Cowgirl, Thor, Cowgirl."
"I think its kinda funny, the old timey Captain falling for the old timey cowgirl." Iron laughed and Cap chuckled as well,
"Well, truthfully, I'm younger compared to her. I mean I think Jessie told me that Woody and her were manufactured in the late fifties and I was made in..." Cap paused, picked up his right foot and looked at the bottom, there was a heat beat of silence before he finally answered, "I was made a year ago."
"Fifties?" Iron Man shockingly asked before letting out a low whistle. "I knew you liked 'em old, but Cap."
"Oh, Please, it's not that bad, it's not like she's hobbling on a cane, no, she's pretty limber for her age." Cap defended and the group all chuckled.
"So, here's a question then, I don't think you can answer, but, the fifties weren't exactly kind to women protagonists, how did she become a toy...A sheriff toy of all things?" Black Widow questioned. Cap excitedly perked up at the question,
"Oh! This is so cool, Jessie told me and showed me some concept art online. It turns out Woody was meant to be a male originally, Hence, her name, as it was derived from Woodrow, but the guy who made the marionette to Woody accidently made the hair too long and put it in a ponytail as a result. During the first few episodes kids figured Woody was a female and it just stuck when they made her into a toy. According to Jessie it was actually a big battle between the TV show and toy company because they didn't want a female protagonist and...I've been going on for too long about this haven't I?" Cap paused when he looked at the three around him. Iron Man suddenly facepalmed before saying,
"Oh, it's worse than I thought, it's not just a crush, you're borderline obsessed with her."
"ALRIGHT LET'S GET GROOVY!" Ken suddenly yelled out, everyone watched as the lights to the caterpillar room dimmed down as music started to play, all the toys started to dance to the music, some in pairs, others just in a group. Cap was quick to start scanning around for a familiar cowgirl, he frowned when he noticed that Woody didn't seem to be anywhere.
"She just left to the Butterfly room." Barbie suddenly whispered to him.
"Gotcha." Without another word, Cap turned and darted towards the Butterfly room, Making his way towards the darkened room, Cap cautiously poked his head in through the door.
He found Woody sitting up on a windowsill, her knees to her chest as she stared out. The bright moon outside had hit her body just right through the window, giving her a nice almost heavenly glow, it also highlighted the apparent sadness on her face.
"Hey." He greeted, she turned and looked at him, he gave her a smile, "Everything alright?"
"Uh, yeah. Of course. I just sometimes like to look out at the moon when it's full." She explained, Cap chuckled and quickly jumped up to meet her on the window. "Do you think Bonnie realizes we're gone?" She asked out of the blue.
"Of course, you're one of her favorite toys."
"So are you." Woody laughed.
"Only if you need a boyfriend or husband to be..."
"Well I need a boyfriend or Husband to save me from the evil witch, or Doctor Porkchop..." The two of them chuckled softly, before Woody added, "You know it was actually real awkward between Jessie, Buzz, and I before you came along because Bonnie would have me and Buzz be together almost constantly, Needless to say, Jessie tended to get a bit...Jealous..I know it's not really like her to be so, and I don't blame her for it to be honest."
Cap instantly thought back to a few days ago when Jessie confided in him about how much chemistry Buzz and Woody have together, how she feared they'd get back together.
"I'm happy for them though, Jessie can make him happier than I ever could." Woody smiled sadly. Cap sat there for a moment, the mode between them oddly melancholy.
"You know, Jessie told me you kissed the wrong Buzz Lightyear." Cap brought up trying to lighten the mood just a bit. Woody's eyes widen, and Cap laughed when she suddenly took off her hat and hid her face.
"Of course she told you that...She's never going to let me live that down."
"There, there. It was years ago."
Woody put her hat back on her head before responding.
"You weren't the one to kiss utility belt Buzz, that was such a shock to everyone, especially our Buzz who had just came in through the air vent at that moment. Oh, the explaining I had to do...But the Prospector's face. I would do it again just see that face he had. He looked like he was ready to drop over dead that I, a respectable collector's item, had the gull to kiss a 'space toy'" She laughed loudly.
"What's it like? Being a collector's item?" Cap asked her, her smile fell just a bit.
"Imagine...You're wanted a lot, not because people want to play with you, but because they want you to sit in a case all day to be stared at...I almost choose that path, I was such an idiot." She chuckled softly. Cautiously, Cap scooted closer to her so their knees where touching just a bit, he knew about that story from Jessie as well.
"Well, I'm glad you didn't go down that road, I never would have gotten to meet you." Cap spoke softly to her, Woody gave him a smile in response, before looking out the window once again.
"Anyway, I think I'm going back to the party, you comin'?" Cap asked as he stood ready to give her his hand.
"Probably later. I want to look at the moon a bit longer. It's rather pretty tonight." She sighed out. Cap smiled a bit and nodded knowing she probably just needed some space for a moment.
"Alright. Meet you there then." He smiled and jumped down, allowing her to go back to what she was doing. Walking out of the door, he saw an old toy sauntering towards the Butterfly room, he seemed to be limping a bit as he walked. He had paint all over his face, rainbows, some bunnies, and kitties as well. His clothes where a tad torn, poor toy seen better days. It even looked like someone had tried to poor cut his plastic beard off.
"Moon looks great tonight." Cap smiled to him, the man just gave him a curt nod and continued in, hopefully he'd leave Woody alone.
When Cap was back in the Caterpillar room, the music was still playing loudly, of course, Barbie and Ken had played some club music and everyone seemed to be enjoying it. He couldn't help but laugh at Iron Man dancing to song with Thor, the two of them looking...well...Old. Both seemed to be a horrible impression of the robot, which was kinda ironic for Iron Man.
"Hey..." Black Widow came back up to Cap, the two watched Iron Man and Thor dance horribly for a few seconds before Black Widow spoke again, "Woody, she's part of a set? Right?"
"...Did I mention that to you?" Cap thought out loud he didn't remember mentioning Woody being a collectors item to her.
"No, some old toy just asked me about her, he looked like he was with her in someway. Poor guy looked like he seen better days, he had paint all over his face and clothing, it all looked old. Eh, I pointed him two her. Didn't you see him in the hallway? Err...Called himself...Pro...Pro something.."
Cap felt his whole body turn cold,
"Prospector?"
"That's it!"
"WOODY!" Cap yelled out causing everyone to look at him, racing back to the Butterfly room, Cap practically burst through the door, shield at the ready. "No..." He breathed out, the room empty, say for the now open window.
"No! Woody!" He screamed as he jumped to the window, he could hear the others all bustling through the door to see the commotion. Getting to the window sill, he looked outside and let out a soft cry.
He had let the prospector through without even a second glance. Feeling a breeze from the outside hit him, he felt his shoulders slump as he sat at the edge of the window, putting his hands to his face. Cap sighed.
What kind of superhero lets the bad guy walk right pass him?
Dragging his hands down his face, he turned back around to see everyone just standing there, slightly stunned. Standing, Cap stood there for a few seconds before finally saying,
"Alright...Who's coming to save Woody with me?"