*Posting a lot this week! I just posted one story, working on this one, and trying to finish another! Here is chapter six!*
Callie was starting to get worried. She had been waiting by the barn doors for two hours. Where was Woody? Walking back to the house, she saw the others by the TV.
"Buzz, Jessie, you haven't seen Woody have you? She asked. He was supposed to meet me by the barn."
"No sorry, Callie." Jessie said.
"I haven't seen him since this afternoon." Buzz said. They heard a whistle and saw Billy admiring himself in the mirror on the mantel.
"Billy, have you seen Woody anywhere?" Callie called up to him.
"Nope, haven't seen him." Billy said, jumping down. That's when Jessie saw the star on his chest.
"Hey, that's Woody's badge! She exclaimed. Why do you have that?"
"Woody gave it to me. Looks pretty good on me, doesn't it Cal?"
"You're lying. Woody wouldn't give that away, especially not to someone as level-headed as you are." Her eyes went wide, and she frowned at him. Suddenly she grabbed him by his shirt. "What did you do to him?"
"Now what makes you think I did something to him?"
"Don't play games with me, Billy. I know you did something to Woody, now tell me what you did! If you hurt him, so help me I'll…"
"Chill out, cowgirl. He's fine, for now." Billy said wickedly. Callie pounced on him, punching and kicking every part of his body.
"What did you do to him?!" She said between blows. He pushed her off and grabbed her by her braid.
"I simply did what had to be done. Billy said. I warned him about staying away from you, he didn't listen. So I got rid of him. So like it or not, you're mine now!"
"Where is he, Billy?" Jessie growled.
"I buried him by the garden. But you better hurry; he doesn't have much time left!" Jessie, Buzz, Dolly and Slinky ran out of the room. Once outside, they looked all around the yard.
"He could have buried him anywhere. Dolly said. Where do we even start?"
"Slink, can you track him?" Buzz said, looking at the dog.
"I can try." Slinky said. He began sniffing around the grass, his nose leading them to some heads of lettuce. He sniffed by the carrots, and finally barked by the sunflowers. "Here, he's here!"
"Get that shovel!" Buzz yelled. Jessie tossed it to him and he began digging until he hit something. Moving aside some dirt, they found a shoe box. Jessie opened the lid and gasped, burying her face into Buzz's chest. Woody was lying at the bottom, his eyes closed, and his arms and legs strapped down by metal ties.
"Look what that monster did to him." Slinky gasped. They looked to where he pointed and saw the slash across the sheriff's chest, a bit of stuffing spilling out the top.
"Come on, we've got to get him out of there." They jumped into the box and started undoing the ties.
"Buzz, he's not...oh god is he...?" Jessie whimpered. Buzz leaned in close to his friend.
"No, he's alive, but barley. We have to get him inside and stitched up, quickly! Dolly, run back to Callie and let her know we found him. Jessie, Slink and I will bring him back."