Here it is! This is it! The scene that this whole story is based upon. I don't own Toy Story. I hope you all enjoyed reading PART I of An Act of True Love. Like I said before, the Toy Story characters have performed numerous acts of true love for each other. So, what makes this one different? You'll have to read to find out. Please read to the end!
I'm sorry to anyone who was disappointed from Part I with no heroic Buzz saving Jessie shots. Of course, the story isn't over yet, but there are many Buzz/Jessie shots on this website, so I wanted to do something different.
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How did Spike know where they were? What's going to happen now? Is this a case of betrayal again? Will they survive? Is Jack responsible for this? Is this a trick? Did Jack actually set them up?
Are you ready? Here it is.
A sudden impact stopped them in their tracks, landing in front of them, and pushed Jack off the counter. "Watch it!" Woody called urgently.
"Mitsy! Jack! Look out!" Buzz cried out in an alarming voice.
Mitsy turned to look at him confused. "What?" Then she looked up. "Aaaahhh!" Mitsy screamed in absolute terror. Towering over her, was Spike! Woody gasped as he and Buzz tried to dart forward in an effort to protect her from the creepy villain, but they were both seized and held back fast by two of the marauders. Jessie and the others fearfully took in the whole scene, unaware that other members of the gang were creeping up behind them!
"Oh! Unhand me, you cowards!" Buzz demanded, and struggled against the falcon's hold.
"Oh no!" Rex wailed, his tiny arms shaking with fear.
"Going some place, little squirrels?" Spike smirked. Puss in the Boots sneered behind Mitsy, and as she turned, she saw to her dismay that Snaps the crocodile was also standing there, blocking her way. She couldn't hurry to Jessie and the others because there was a wide gap between them, just like the showdown at Sunnyside when Lotso had prevented their attempted escape! Woody was being held back by Pinch and Buzz couldn't seem to get away from the falcon, tightly gripping his arms. Mitsy had nowhere to run and now she was surrounded! "Well, well, well," Spike said again. "If it isn't the little princess. Trying to escape the fire-breathing dragon, huh?"
"It isn't funny!" Mitsy snapped angrily, surprised that she even found the courage to speak at the monster above her. She was scared, but she wanted him to know how resentful she was after the horrible things he'd done, plus what he intended to do to her beloved dog. "I don't care how powerful you think you are. To me, you're a dangerous, evil tyrant!"
"So, a tyrant am I?" Spike smirked.
"You're a horrid beast!" Mitsy snarled. "And as loathsome as a python!"
"That's right!" Woody agreed emphatically. Jessie, Slinky, and the others all nodded in agreement.
"I think this damsel in distress talks too much," Puss in the Boots said casually.
"She's right!" Buzz shouted. "You're nothing but a monster!"
"And a good for nothing barbarian too!" Trixie hollered. "You...you savage." She glared. "You're cruel, and heartless, and just horrible. And we don't like you at all."
"Look, we're not trying to hurt anybody," Woody pleaded. "We just want to go home."
"Leave our friends alone! PLEASE!" Jessie called out desperately, grasping her chest. She was horrified and so scared, seeing her brother, her good friend, and...and Buzz, her dear husband trapped by all these horrid, cruel toys. And she couldn't reach him! Her heart rate escalated, but she kept her eyes on her husband, hoping he could do something! Come on, Buzz! Her mind pleaded. Think, Space Ranger! Do something!
"Let 'em go!" Slinky growled. "Get your bloody paws off them!" And he darted forward, sprang himself across the huge gap separating them and gripped the end of the counter, attempting to fight the bad guys and protect his pals. But Snaps grinned creepily and shoved the dog's feet away causing him to bounce back, but Jessie and Potato Head both gripped him and together pulled him back up with them before he could fall into the hole. Slinky bared his teeth angrily at the ruffians.
"You wouldn't do this if you had a kid to love you like we do." Woody said, remembering what Jack had said about the motives behind these crimes. "What would your child think?"
"Shut up, Lanky Legs, before I throw you in the Brick!" Spike hissed at the cowboy. Woody looked disheartened. At least he'd tried to reason with the black-hardhearted buzzard of a toy. "I'm saving you for something very special tonight." Woody gulped. He believed he knew what that "something very special" was.
"Like mud, you will!" Potato Head shouted from across the way. "You keep your vinyl nose in its rightful place. Like the garbage disposal!"
"We'll get to him later," Snaps rolled his eyes.
"Yeah! And that goes for the rest of you too, ya big meanies!" Jessie hollered, shaking her clenched fist. Trixie nodded her head hard. "Keep your hands of my friends...off my husband! Ya hear me? Let 'em go! NOW!"
"She's gonna be a piece of work," Snaps chuckled. "She's a project, that one."
Over my dead body! Buzz's thoughts boiled inside. "You'll have to kill me first!" He yelled. Jessie stared at him, a mixture of deep affection but also fear on her face. But he meant it. These devils would have to take him apart and leave him in pieces before he'd let them lay a hand on Jessie!
"Please, PLEASE just let us go home!" Mitsy cried. "Woody's right. We just want to get back to our little girl, Bonnie. Please just let us out!"
"We don't have to listen to this mush," Snaps folded his arms across his chest. "We've had enough of all this whining. I say the girl goes first."
"Yeah." Puss agreed, almost literally licking his lips at the thought of his anticipated, delightful cruelty. The sight of his relish in all the distress he was enjoying helping to cause was sickening. Bonnie's toys flashed him death glares.
"I think so. Throw her away." Spike ordered, starting to step threateningly toward her.
"No, please!" Mitsy pleaded frightfully, backing away from the ominous action figure who was grinning deliciously at her distress and Puss reached out to grab her from behind.
"Mitsy!" Woody cried, and tried to wiggle free. "Leave her alone!" He demanded angrily.
"Stay away from her!" Buzz barked, squirming.
"NO!" Came a familiar voice, and Jack appeared out of nowhere and threw himself half in front of, half above Mitsy, knocking her over. He shot a fierce glare at Spike. He was going to protect his princess! "Puss, all of you," Jack warned in a dangerous tone, "anyone lays a hand on her and I'll not only pull out their stitches, I'll bust their gadgets too!" He snarled through angrily clamped teeth, his fiery eyes darting back and forth at any assailant who didn't listen to him.
"This doesn't concern you, Rin Tin Tin," Spike smarted off. "You're bluffing. Get out of the way." But Jack didn't budge. Mitsy was lying on her back underneath his legs, watching frightfully and Jack's eyes became slits.
"They all sound bent on dying for each other anyway, Mr. Big Softie," Puss said snarkily behind Jack. "We're just saving them the trouble that's all. Quit being a spoil sport." Jack quickly whipped his head around and flamed a death glare at the cat. With his head turned, Spike took another step forward, but Jack's keenly alert ears stimulated his hostility, and he looked back at his terrible leader.
"Don't you touch her, Spike!" Jack threatened, crouching a little. "These guys are my friends, and you are not going to exterminate them as long as I'm here! I've wanted out of this joint for a long time. I'm fed up with your repulsive crimes. I'm sick of your torturous grind for power. Do what you want with me, Spike. But let these harmless, decent guys go. I mean it!"
Spike raised an eyebrow. "If that's the way you feel about it," he said, and the two dogs charged angrily at each other. Jack gave it everything he had, but Spike, with his plastic claws, grabbed him by the throat. Jack tried to shove him away, but the evil ring leader pinned him on his back on the ground, making him gag and banging his head hard against the counter, plus digging his claws into Jack's stuffed throat. The gang members cheered while Mitsy screeched, horrified. Woody and Buzz tried to wriggle away from their captors to help the poor old dog, but they couldn't. Then, Spike roughly tossed Jack through the air where he smacked his head hard against a wall and limply sank down to the floor out of sight.
Then it happened! Spike rapidly turned around, and roughly yanked Mitsy up into the air by her cape and her hair! She screamed and struggled. Jessie and the others shrieked in fear at the nightmarish scene unfolding before their eyes.
"No! No!" Woody cried, watching frightfully. "What are you doing?!"
"Get your hands off her!" Buzz yelled furiously, squirming as hard as he could.
"Put me down!" Mitsy wailed, flailing around, trying to kick her assailant. Spike nodded to Puss who backed up against the wall, inching his fingers to a button in the wall. "Let me go! Let go of me!" Mitsy begged harder.
"Bye-bye, You Highness," Spike grinned. And with that, he reared back and tossed Mitsy down into the gap-the Brick- that separated the conveyor belt counter from the ocean of metal tables. She zagged through the air screaming 'til she hit the concrete ground.
"Oh no, Mitsy!" Jessie cried, clasping her frightened hands around her face. Puss pressed the button and the toys heard a loud noise above. They looked up and saw an enormous, heavy wooden loading dock being lifted with a rope crane to the ceiling. The flimsy rope was slowly ripping from the massive weight it was carrying. Then, without warning, the rope snapped and broke, and the 350 pound crate was rapidly tumbling down to earth, and it was directly above Mitsy! The princess screamed horribly, paralyzed with fear and unable to run to safety. The hole she was in was too high for her to jump out of! No one would be able to reach her in time to save her!
"I can't look!" Rex screeched and turned his head away.
"NO!" Woody yelled. The wood was coming down so fast there was no time to think. She was going to be smashed to pieces within seconds! He struggled one last time to free himself but couldn't. It was the end! Mitsy was done for. There was nothing he could do! He stood by helplessly and suddenly he couldn't breathe at all. He felt like the air was being sucked out of him and he couldn't fill it back in quickly enough. He felt like he was being ripped to shreds inside his body at the traumatic sight right in front of him! He couldn't save Mitsy! She was doomed.
"MITSY!" Slinky called out but to no avail.
Just then out of nowhere, something large and tan soared rapidly into the hole and bopped Mitsy hard, flicking her high in the air with its nose, until she landed upon the ledge with Jessie pulling her up! "Oh!" Mitsy gasped as she sailed up. She opened her eyes wide, turning her head, and flipped quickly onto her knees. "NO! NO!" She attempted to jump off the ledge but Jessie quickly grabbed her and held her back. It was too late.
"Mitsy, don't! You can't save him!" Jessie sadly, firmly told her friend. There was a terrible howl of defeat that came from down inside the gap.
"JJJAAACCCKKKK!" Mitsy hysterically, deafeningly screamed in shrill devastation, and all her friends watched in horror as the huge loading dock crashed into the hole with a thunderous impact...on Jack! Mitsy just gaped there, gasping, her eyes as wide as baseballs, filled with utter shock and grief. Everything around her became a blur and she became totally oblivious to her surroundings. It was hopeless now. Her dog was dead! Her friend was gone!
Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Potato Head, Slinky, Rex, and Trixie were frozen to their spots, mortified disbelief pasted on their faces. Then the icy silence was broken by bursts of full, echoing, dark laughter! It was Spike! He stood at his remained spot, threw back his head, and laughed...a horrid, devilish, vile, triumphant, deeply wicked laugh. It made all of Bonnie's toys cringe in disgusted rage...except Mitsy. She was still in a daze, though the demon-like laughter made her shiver to her very smallest particles.
Woody was more than angry now: he was absolutely livid! His body trembled with rage and his eyes flamed with indignation and his insides burned with deep resentment at this evil, hideous, cruel, and heartless piece of plastic that was hurting his friend. His racing fury intensified to an alarming boiling point. He gave a very jagged, wholehearted kick behind him at Pinch. His wrath gave way to strength, pumping him to break the grip of the hench toy holding him back! Woody, the brave, fiercely loyal, noble-hearted, passionate, committed, and protective cowboy, sprang forward and charged furiously, like an erupting volcano, at the cruel ring leader of the murderous bandits!
I'm almost afraid to ask, but what are your thoughts?