[A/N: Wow this is a long chapter. Originally this was supposed to be Toy Story 3, but I couldn't find the movie on Netflix so it's Toy Story 2. I hope that isn't disappointing. I think Rex is a sweet heart in this chapter and you'll see what I'm talking about after you read it. Reviews are appreciated. Enjoy the chapter!]
Since it had been a while since Juliet had flown the glider her landing was more of a crash. She sat up looking around to see where she'd landed. There was a large house behind her and several tables with various items in front of her. "Now, where am I?" She reached into her pocket and pulled out the map. "According to this I'm in Andy's Room. Funny doesn't look like I'm in anyone's room."
Don't be smart it doesn't suit you. The room itself is in the house.
Juliet rolled her eyes and stood up to go into the house when a red wiener dog came running out.
Attached to the side of the dog was a sheriff doll. The doll was looking around the area when he saw Juliet and waved over at her. "Oh good someone helpful. Juliet, would you mind giving me a hand?"
"Sure, but who are you?"
"I'm Woody don't you remember?"
"No, sorry, but what do you need help with?"
Woody pulled himself up onto the dog's back and pointed over at a box that was marked 25 cents. "There's a toy in that box that I need to save. He's a penguin and his name is Wheezy." He offered her his hand to hoist her onto the dog's back.
Juliet was having a bit of a hard time staying on the dog's back since its body was wiggling so much and wrapped her arms around Woody's waist.
Once they got over to the table with the box on it Woody turned around. "I need you to give me a boost up, ok?"
"Ready." Juliet held her hand out for Woody to put his foot on him so she could help push him up. She could hear him rustling around in the box before he came back holding a penguin.
Woody shoved Wheezy into the dog's collar since the toy couldn't really hold on.
"Bless you Woody."
"So what have you been up to since the last time I saw you, Juliet? I heard some awful stories, but I don't believe them."
"What kind of awful stories?"
"That you were going around stealing hearts or something, but I don't believe it. By the way what happened to your eye?"
Before Juliet could answer Wheezy began to slip out of the dog's collar.
Woody went to shove Wheezy back into the collar when he slipped off the dog's back.
Juliet went to grab him, but since she was having such a difficult time staying on the dog's back anyway she slipped off landing on the concrete.
A little girl came running over scooping up Woody before she saw Juliet and picked her up too. "Mommy look, look a cowboy and princess doll. Can I have them please, please can I have them?"
"Oh no honey there's something wrong with her eye and his arm is torn. Just put them back."
The little girl set them both back on the table, but as soon as she did so Woody was grabbed up again.
Juliet could hear the man speaking very quickly to himself and gathered that Woody was some kind of collectable. She sat up and began to follow the man when she saw a woman telling the man off and taking Woody from him setting him in a tool box. "Good at least she got that creep away from Woody."
Why are you so sure that Al is a creep?
How do you know his name?
I've been through the worlds many, many times I remember running across him. Greedy individual if I recall correctly.
Juliet was about to hop off the table to get Woody out of the box when she saw Al shove a skateboard back into a pile of boxes distracting Andy's Mom. "What's he doing?" She saw him thrust the lip of the tool box open and pull Woody out. "He's not taking Woody if I have anything to say about it." She jumped from the table top and began to chase after Al.
Another toy who had been watching from the window sill had come to Woody's rescue as well. The space ranger looked over at Juliet in confusion. "Haven't we met before?"
"I don't know maybe. Let's do introductions later and save Woody first. Sound good?"
Since Juliet and Buzz who were so much smaller then Al it was more difficult for them to keep up with him.
Buzz jumped up to grab onto the lip of the trunk of the car when he slipped off.
Juliet had an easier time keeping her grip and swung herself into the trunk. She saw Al toss the bag with Woody inside into the truck before the lid slammed.
Look at the mess you've gotten yourself into. That's what you get for helping people.
Be quiet I can get out of here no problem, but I need to get Woody out first.
The car ride was bumpy and there was a lot of trash in Al's trunk which was rolling around. There was a vague odor of fast food and motor oil.
The trunk door opened again to let Al pick up the bag. He saw Juliet and picked her looking a bit curious. "How did you get in there? Oh well I could probably find someone who wants you….for a price of course.
You weren't lying when you said he was greedy.
See you can trust me. Now, how do you plan on getting out of here?
I'm not going anywhere without Woody.
Your chivalry is making me feel ill.
Sorry, that's just how I am. Juliet was looking around the lobby of the apartment building they were in when Al got into an elevator. His palms are sweating really badly and he stinks. When was the last time he bathed?
After a few more minutes Al unlocked the door of his apartment. It was mostly bare with a couple cardboard boxes sitting in a corner. Al set Woody down gently on the table top and dropped Juliet down next to him.
Woody waited until Al had left the room before jumping down from the table and jumping up to try and reach the door handle.
"Woody, I don't think either of us can reach the door handle." She had an idea and summoned her glider. After she'd flown over to the handle she tried to turn it, but found that she wasn't strong enough. "No luck up here."
Woody went over to the air vent and tried to yank it open.
From behind him one peanuts from one of the cardboard boxes came flying out.
Juliet had landed next to Woody and was eyeing box with suspicion.
Before she could react a girl jumped out of the box and launched herself at Woody. "Oh, its you its you you're finally here!" She was dressed similar to Woody, but she had strips of cow hide over her jeans and her hat was red.
Woody was attempting to push the girl off when a horse licked his face. He was having no luck pushing the girl off and now the horse was joining in on the assault. After a few successful shoves in the ribs Woody got the girl untangled from him. "Who are you?"
"It's me Jessie and this is Bullseye. The Prospector will want to meet you. Finally we're a complete set." Jessie had completely ignoring Juliet, but Bullseye had been licking her hand. With a bit of difficulty she pulled another box out of the cardboard and turned it around.
The Prospector was a pudgy bearded man wearing overalls and a brown hat with a gap in his teeth.
"Well I never thought I'd see the day." Like Jessie the Prospector didn't seem to notice Juliet.
Woody began to back up as Jessie, the Prospector, and Bullseye began to advance on him. "This is getting creepy. Juliet you can jump in any time you're ready."
Juliet pulled Woody behind her and aimed the Keyblade at them. "I don't want to hurt you, but I suggest you back up."
Jessie opened her mouth to protest when the Prospector jumped in. "Young lady I understand that you're upset, but Woody is part of our family. It would be cruel to split us up don't you agree?"
"Family? You're dressed similar, but that doesn't make you family."
"Jessie, why don't you show them?"
Jessie jumped onto the table top and flicked on a light.
Woody's jaw dropped open when he saw what the light had revealed.
The whole apartment was filled with memorabilia all of which featured Woody, Jessie, the Prospector, and Bullesye.
"Juliet would you look at all this stuff." Woody joined Jessie on the table top to get a better look at all the stuff that had his face on it.
Juliet however was not impressed. "Woody, I think this guy is obsessed with you. We should get out of here before he comes back."
With Bullseye pushing his box towards Juliet the Prospector addressed her. "You must not have a family if you're cruel enough to want to break us apart. You must understand that if we're going to have a better life we want Woody to apart of it."
She didn't really appreciate the Prospector's speech about how she was breaking apart a family and shouldn't be cruel just because she didn't have one. "I do to have a family."
"Then why the cruelty?"
"Because Woody already has a family. I'm sure Andy loves him and it wouldn't be right to separate them."
Jessie had heard the exchange between the Prospector and Juliet and jumped off the table top. "I don't know who you are, but we need Woody to go to Tokyo to be in the museum and I am not going back in storage."
"Hold on did you say museum?" Woody was sitting on the edge of the table. "I can't go to some museum I'm Andy's toy."
"See what I mean? Come down Woody let's see if we can get the vent open."
The Prospector wasn't going to let Woody go without a fight. "Was it Andy who ripped your arm? Children will destroy you."
"Yes, but it was an accident."
"One of these days this Andy boy is going to tear you apart then when he's satisfied with you he'll throw you away where you'll rot in a land fill."
Juliet found herself liking the Prospector less and less. "So what's going to happen to me, Prospector. I've never been played with."
"You will either be thrown away as a defective toy or end up in a museum. No child could love someone as rotten as you."
"How am I rotten? Tell me that?"
"Do you know how long we've been waiting for this? We're going to that museum and nothing's going to stop us including you."
"I don't have to listen to some old goat patronize me. I'm leaving. Are you coming Woody?"She had her back turned and was walking back towards the vent. When she didn't hear Woody following she sighed, but didn't turn around. "You want to stay here then fine, but don't plan on having me come bail you out when you decide you want to come home." It was easy for her to get the screws out of the vent with the Keyblade and didn't bother to give Woody a parting glance.
Clap, clap, clap it took balls to stand up to that old man. But he's right you know you're going to end up alone.
Why do you say that?
Well look at yourself. You have me living in your heart, you can't keep your temper, and you just left behind someone who needed help. Shall I go on?
Woody can take care of himself. He doesn't need me.
Who knows maybe the Prospector is planning something awful. And what about Jessie and Bullseye? Don't you want to help them?
They're not my problem. If they want to spend the rest of their lives in a glass case being oogled at that's their problem.
You've gotten cold. Before I took your heart you were such a do gooder. You would help anyone even if there wasn't something to gain. I guess since you don't have them to influence you anymore you're showing your true colors.
Who's them?
No body important.
Tell me who they are. She didn't hear an answer which wasn't doing anything for her attitude. "Fine, give me the silent treatment I don't care. You're a parasite anyway. I don't need your help with anything I can take care of myself." Even though she said this as Juliet navigated her ways through the ventilation she was feeling terribly lonely. "I don't need anyone I'm perfectly fine on my own."
By the time she got outside the apartment building it was light outside. Juliet hadn't slept at all since she'd been so focused on getting out and now it was catching up with her. She was about to lay down in the grass to try and take a nap when she saw a group of toys coming towards her. She ignored them and rolled over when the dinosaur went up to her.
"I know you. You were that crazy girl who went into Sid's house. I thought you got blown up."
Juliet glared at him from over her shoulder and pulled her knees up to her chest.
"What's the matter?"
"Nothings the matter. Just go away."
Mr. Potato Head grabbed onto one of Rex's arms to pull him towards the vent. "We don't have time for this Rex we need to save Woody."
Juliet sat up when she heard Woody's name. "I wouldn't bother. He's very happy where he is."
Rex pulled his arm away and walked over to her. "But what about Andy?"
"He's going to some museum. Andy is going to have to find another toy to play with. Now go away I want to sleep."
Rex obviously didn't get the message because he stayed at her side. "But why wouldn't Woody want to come home? Andy loves him. And you're probably a long way from home too. Did Al kidnap you too?"
"No I came on my own."
"But don't you have a child who loves you?"
"Well according to the Prospector I'm defective and who could possibly love someone who's defective?"
Rex was looking her up and down. "I don't think you're defective. It just looks like someone colored your eye. I bet there's someone out there who really loves you. You just have to find them."
Are you going to get chocked up again?
Be quiet.
"Hurry up Rex we need to get Woody."
Juliet watched the dinosaur lumber off feeling what he'd said sink in. I don't to go. I don't think Woody would want to see me since I just left him behind. She stared at the vent for a few more seconds. "I must be out of my mind."
It didn't take her long to catch up with the other toys who were following the same path she'd taken.
Rex was the first one to notice her and waved back at her.
"Well Woody is my friend too I might as well help him. Besides the Prospector doesn't know what he's talking about. I mean how sensible could a guy named Stinky Pete be?"
As they progressed through the ventilation Juliet noticed how very odd Buzz was acting. He wasn't acting like this last time I saw him. And where'd he get that belt? She heard him formulating a plan on how to open the vent and was about to interject when they picked up Rex and began to run towards the vent. "That's going to leave a mark."
Fortunately the vent came open thanks to the force that Rex's head had applied.
Thinking that Woody wouldn't want to see her Juliet hung back, but was nearly knocked over when another Buzz doll came running past her. "Two Buzzs? What in the world is going on?" She inched towards the vent to better hear the conversation, but still didn't come out. She could hear Buzz telling Woody off for abandoning Andy and was glad that the Prospector wasn't interfering. What I wouldn't do to punch him in the face. She was a bit confused to see the toys coming back without Woody. "Where is he? You're just going to leave him behind?"
"He doesn't want to come with us. He'd be happier wasting away in a museum." Buzz had his head hung while he said this.
"Well maybe you guys are going to leave him, but I'm going to drag him out kicking and screaming if I have to." Juliet went back down the tunnel, but was blocked by the vent which the Prospector had just put back into place,
"Sorry little girl, but I'm not going to let some defective toy get in my way of getting to that museum."
"I'd like to see you stop me, Stinky Pete." She took a step back casting a fire spell on the vent melting enough of it to squeeze through.
However, Al came back into the room and hastily repacked Woody, Jessie, Bullseye, and the Prospector. He looked down at Juliet and picked her up. "I could probably find someone in Tokyo who'd be willing to pay for you." He dropped her in his bag before wheeling out the crate that Woody was in.
What are you doing? Do you really want to spend the rest of your life in a glass box?
I'm not going to spend the rest of my life in a box. I'm going to get Woody out of here. Jessie and Bullseye too if they want my help.
There's the do gooder attitude again. I suppose I should help you because if your plan fails I'll be stuck in a box too.
You don't have to do anything I've got it under control.
Oh, but I insist. It's not just your skin on the line here.
Juliet stuck her head out of the bag to see a handful of heartless form in front of Al.
Al shrieked and swung the bag at the heartless which nearly sent Juliet flying out of it.
You only made things worse.
Made things worse? You could have jumped out of his bag when he flung it.
I told you I'm not going anywhere without Woody. Now call them off. She could hear Erik cursing under his breath and peeped out of the bag again in time to see the heartless vanish.
Al was still looking a bit skittish as he dropped the bag in the passenger's seat and carefully placed the crate in the back seat. Al's driving proved to be just as erratic as it had been when she'd snuck into his trunk and Juliet was trying to find something in the bag to grab onto so she wouldn't slide around as much. The car skidded to a halt in front of the airport.
Juliet could hear Al talking to an employee before she was picked up again.
"I guess I could put you in with the rest of them. There should be room."
Juliet found herself squeezed in next to Woody. "Well now that I have your ear I'd like to apologize for leaving you behind earlier."
"Don't worry about it. I kinda acted like a jerk too."
"So are we friends again?"
"I'd say we are. Now there's just the problem of getting out of here."
Juliet pulled her legs up to her chest before kicking hard on the lid of the case. "I think if I kick it enough I can get it open." She kicked it a few more times before the buckles unlocked. "Good now we can get of here." When she went to get out of the case she was a bit blown away by where they were. "This is going to be a bit tricky."
Woody was looking from the numerous moving pathways when he heard a muffled yelp from beneath him. He pulled the foam cushion aside to let Jessie and Bullseye come out.
Juliet pulled herself out of the case in time to see Buzz and the other toys coming towards them.
Woody and Bullseye had also gotten out of the crate, but when Jessie went to join them the Prospector pulled her back.
He was giving Juliet a poisonous look and had his pick ax aimed at her. "You just can't take a hint can you? We're going to that museum and all of you are going to like it."
Juliet had, had just about enough of the Prospector and took a step towards him; her hands balled up into fists. "Well I've got news for you Prospector you're staying here." She didn't give him a chance to react and punched him as hard she could between the eyes. She caught sight of a pink backpack when a devilish smile came to her face. "Would one of you mind giving me a hand? I think the Prospector is going to be in for a rude awakening."
Jessie was again about to get out of the case when it suddenly lurched forward stopping in front of a truck.
Woody and Buzz jumped onto Bullseye's back and followed the case down towards the truck while Juliet followed along on her glider. None of them were moving fast enough to keep up with the truck which was now unloading luggage onto the plane.
Juliet offered her hand to Woody. "I think I can get up high enough for you to get onto the plane to get Jessie out."
Woody had to jump off Bullseye's back to grab onto Juliet's hand before jumping up into the belly of the plane.
She slowed the glider down a bit so that she was flying alongside Buzz when the hatch of the plane shut. "What? No, no that isn't fair."
Sorry to break it to you, but life isn't fair.
Shut up will you I'm trying to think. She flew down to where the planes wheels were in time to see Woody and Jessie slowly making their way down.
"Buzz get behind the plane." Woody pulled on his pull string so that there was plenty of slack before throwing it down so that it would catch onto a gear on the plane. He grabbed Jessie around the waist and jumped off successfully getting beneath the plane and landing on Bullseye.
Now that the crisis had been averted Juliet was thinking it was time for her to go. She was about to do that when she heard Woody call out to her.
"Where are you going? Don't you want to meet Andy? He'd love to have another toy."
It sound nice to belong somewhere, but she was thinking about the boy and the girl she'd seen in Traverse Town and shook her head. "Sorry Woody, but I can't there are some people I need to find."
