A/N: Here's chapter 10! Wow, posting up two chapters! That's pretty rare… Um, well, enjoy! Also thanks for the help Chiro-the-Dragon! ^^
Disclaimer: I don't own Toy Story or any of it characters. I don't have enough money to even by the toy version of the characters. I do, however, own Andy, JoJo, Tyler, and Casey. Along with the plot.
No one dared to move or say anything or even breath as they tried to take in what happened. Woody was the first to respond. He stumbled back on his feet and ran to Jessie's side.
"Jessie!", he choked out as he ran, "Jessie!" She opened her eyes as he got to her.
"Woody?", she whispered, "Wh-what happened?" As soon as the word left her lips, JoJo and Andy appeared by her as well while Tyler and Casey watched helplessly from the bush. As Andy saw the damage that has happened, she let out a gasp that was a mixed of surprise and horror. The tire ran over her legs mainly, leaving both of them almost detached from the upper body. Stitches popped open, but nothing was totally detached.
"I highly advice you not to look down.", Andy said, sounding creeped out. Jessie couldn't help but not obey that advice and lifted her head to look, but quickly turning away, regretting it.
"Come on! We got to get her out of the streets before another car comes.", JoJo said, reminding them where they are.
"You guys, hold her legs and I'll carry her to the bush.", Woody ordered. Carefully picking Jessie up, they moved her to the shade of the bush.
"Does it, you know, hurt?", JoJo asked, as they laid her down on the dirt gently.
"I don't feel anything, it's like my legs are numb.", Jessie answered, sounding as if she just realized it.
"Can you at least move them?", Woody asked, concern lingering his voice. Jessie tried to lift her left leg to see, but couldn't. She tried with all her might, but it didn't look like it to them.
"I can't!", she sighed in defeat, giving up after a minute of trying to move her legs.
"We need to hide her.", he whispered, but Andy heard him.
"Hide her?!", she exclaimed, "The family needs to see this! Don't you care-"
"Don't you dare say I don't care about her!", Woody interrupted, taking her and JoJo aside. He took a deep breath before he continued, "We can't let them see her like this."
"Why not?", JoJo asked, "If they see her the way she is, then they will fix her. Simple as that. What's the point of hiding her?"
"What if they don't?", he countered, "What if they think she's broken beyond repair."
"You don't really think they'll throw her away? I bet Andy won't let Mrs. Davis do that.", Andy spoke up, glancing behind her to look at her aunt. Casey and Tyler were position her legs with the greatest of care to make them look like they were normal. Jessie had propped herself on her elbow to see what they were doing. She couldn't help but smile at their caring of her.
"We can't take the chance.", he explained, drawing Andy back into the conversation.
"Yeah, but-" Without letting them say anything else, Woody made his way to the edge of the shade and let out a whistle which Buster, the family dog, answered. The brownish dog trotted down the front steps of the house and went to the source of the familiar whistle. He lowered himself to the ground as Woody placed Jessie onto his back.
"You guys stay here.", Woody instructed them, "So Andy will have something to bring in. We'll be in the closet." They nodded and made their way back to their stop that Andy and Molly had left them in. Before going inside, Woody's gaze followed them. He then patted Buster's back to communicate that he was ready to go inside. Ten minutes later of ling lifeless on the front lawn, Andy and Molly came back outside. Instead of continuing their adventure they had started before they went back inside for lunch, they picked up the four limp dolls and brought them back inside. Andy took Casey and Tyler from Molly, who then proceeded to the kitchen, and started to head upstairs. As his foot touched the first step, his mom called from the computer desk.
"Just leave your toys on the living room table,", Mrs. Davis called, standing up and grabbing her purse, "We have to go now."
"Ok, mom!", he called back and headed to the living room. He quickly walked to his mom and sister and reached them as they headed out the door. The four dolls waited until they heard the family mini van pull out of the driveway to come back alive. Tyler and Casey were about to follow Andy and JoJo to the hiding spot when the teen's turned around, holding up one hand.
"Not so fast.", JoJo said, "You're not coming with us."
"Why not?!", the two kids whined.
"Because we said so.", Andy retorted, "Now go upstairs and we'll tell you when you can come down to see your mom and dad. Ok?"
"Fine." Tyler grumbled, taking Casey by her hand and leading her to the stairs. Once the two kids were out of view, the two teens made their way to the closet. Andy was about into the room through the small opening of the door when JoJo grabbed her shoulder to stop her.
"I think we should give them some more time alone before we go in.", he explained.
"But who said they need to know?", Andy countered slyly. They made their way to the closet door and looked in through the small opening of it. Five minutes have pasted when they heard small thumps coming from the stairway.
"Where is she?", Buzz asked, frantically, as he and Bo Peep ran from the foot of the stairs.
"News travel fast.", JoJo whispered, still peeking through the crack of the closet.
"They're in there?", Bo Peep asked as they got closer to them.
"Shhh!", Andy whispered at them, waving their hands for them to come closer, "They'll hear us." Buzz peeked with them, but Bo Peep stayed a couple of steps away.
"This isn't right.", she whispered, "We shouldn't be eavesdropping." No one seemed to listen to her, "Are you just going ignore me?" Again, no answered to her dismay. She let out a sigh of defeat and peeked in as well as curiosity took over her conscience.
"Why'd you do it anyway?", Woody asked Jessie
"Do what?", she responded sounding a little groggily.
"Push me out of them way!", he answered, frustrated that she couldn't tell the obvious, "I could have got out of the way quick enough. You didn't need to take my place!" He then sighed before asking, "Why? This is probably the most reckless thing you could do! Not to mention the stupidest." Anger soon replaced his worried feeling, "You're just lucky it was your just your legs. It could have been worse! Why!?"
"May-maybe....maybe, ", Jessie stuttered, not knowing what to tell him. Why'd she do it anyway? Thinking of it now she doesn't know why. Well, she knew why but didn't know how he'll take it. She shut her eyes, bracing for what was to come, and then blurted out, "Because I love you!"
The color seemed to drain from Woody's face, not believing what he just heard. Jessie opened one of her eyes, curious to what his expression became. Her nervousness level increased greatly seeing his face devoid of emotion. JoJo, Andy, Buzz, and Bo Peep stood speechless at the crack of the door where they were peaking in. Their eyes widened in shock and their mouth hung open in disbelief. They were on their toes, not daring to speak as they waited anxiously for the cowboy to say something.
"What?", Woody finally choked out once he found his voice again. Jessie turned her head away, fearing she could say it to his face. It was hard enough to tell him with her eyes closed, but she feared this maybe her only chance to tell him.
"I like you", she sighed, using a not as serious term as before, "Look, I don't care if you love Bo Peep more than me. I want you to at least know that I do. You don't even have to return the feelin'. If what you say is true, that I'll be thrown away because of the way I am, I don't care. I don't want to spend my time wonder what would have happen if I did tell you, so yeah. Call me crazy, but-", She was cut off as Woody leaned down to kiss her on the lips.
When he pulled away, he whispered, his forehead touching hers, "Then I must be crazy, too, because I feel the same way." A smile, mixed with happiness and relief, spread across her face. Outside the closet door, Bo Peep felt heartbroken and could have broke down, but kept her emotions hidden behind her porcelain face. Buzz stood paralyzed with shock and betrayal. His hand balled up into fist and took a step forward, but was blocked when Andy and JoJo spread their arms to stop him from continuing.
"Remember! We're not supposed to be here!", JoJo whispered, gently pushing him to take a step back.
"Yeah, you can kill whoever you want later.", Andy rolled her eyes, but then added after realizing what she just said, "Wait! That didn't come out right! No one is killing anyone."
"For now anyways.", JoJo smirked.
"You're not helping.", she whispered back. All four continued to eavesdrop on the two unsuspecting toys, hoping for more information, so they can all have their facts straight if anyone was to ask them about it.
xX~Back in Andy's room~Xx
Tyler paced back and forth Casey as she made small braids in her ponytail. She looked up after she finished one seeing what her brother was doing.
"What's the matter with you?", she asked softly.
"What do you thinks going on down there?", he answered back with a question.
"I don't know.", Casey shrugged. Tyler couldn't take waiting anymore as he pulled his sister off the floor and lead her to the bedroom door.
"Come on. We're going to find out right now.", he explained when he saw her confused face.
"But Andy and JoJo told us to stay in here." Tyler stopped when they were in the hallway and turned around to face her.
"Don't you ever have the feeling that their keeping something from us.", he asked his sister, "Like we're missing something and they know but they won't tell us."
"At times.", Casey admitted with a hint of guilt, "But there must be a reason that they're hiding it from us."
"So then let's go find out.", Tyler answered with a little irritation in his voice.
"What if they find out?", she asked her brother, still uneasy with the whole idea.
"Who said they need to know?", he answered before leading her down the stairs. As they approached the base of the stairs they slowed, trying to figure out where the older toys were.
"How could you let this happen?" They heard Buzz ask. They peeked through the columns of the staircase and looked down to see Buzz, Bo Peep, JoJo, and Andy. They kept their eyes and attention on the conversation as they continued down the stairs as quiet as possible.
"What do you mean?", Andy answered back with a question, "We didn't do anything. We didn't tell her to push him out of the way."
"Yeah.", JoJo backed her up, "She did that on her own. What? You wanted it to be Uncle Woody instead of Aunt Jessie?"
"That's not what I meant. I mean how could you let them fall in love?!", Buzz clarified. Bo Peep would have said something, but would be afraid her voice would crack.
"See that's the thing. We didn't, they did that on their own. We just, well, quickened the process by just a tiny bit.", Andy countered, sheepishly.
"They already had these feelings we just-", JoJo said and then added lamely, looking away, "Made them realize that they had them and get out of denial."
"Yeah what he said.", she said, jabbing her thumb to her cousin.
"You know if Andy never got Tyler or Casey, no of this will be happening. We should have told them the truth when they came here.", Buzz whispered.
"Hey!", Andy exclaimed, "Don't you dare blame them! They don't know what's really going on."
"We all want to tell them, but how are we?", JoJo added to it.
"Yeah, what are we suppose to do? Go up to them say, 'Oh guys guess what the toys you thought were your parents really aren't and we have been lying to you the whole time. Here have a cookie.'?", Andy asked, defensively and with a hint of sarcasm mixed in.
"They aren't?"
The four toys eyes widened in shock and surprise as a small familiar voice joined the conversation. Buzz and Bo Peep looked past Andy and JoJo, who turned back to the voice, and saw Tyler and Casey standing there. Casey looked more confused than hurt when Tyler's expression was mixed with shock and sadness.
"Tyler, it's not what you think.", JoJo spoke up, taking a step forward while the two younger toys took a step back in response.
"You were lying to us the whole time.", he whispered.
"Tye.", Andy said, sympathically, "Listen to us, we-"
"You were lying to us and you all knew!", he exclaimed, cutting her off.
"Just let us explain.", she pleaded, but he shook his head no and took a few more small steps back, pulling Casey to follow. The room was silent for a few seconds, staring at each other, before the two kids bolted down the door through the doggy door.
"Tyler!", Andy called while JoJo called, "Casey!" They slumped their shoulders dropping their ands back down to their side.
"Come on.", she groaned, pulling her cousin to the front door, "We made this mess lets clean it up."She turned back behind her to Buzz and Bo Peep. "Don't tell Uncle Woody and Aunt Jessie what happened until we get back. We already have enough drama, we don't need more." And with that her and JoJo ran outside to run after the two toys. Bo Peep and Buzz looked at each other and sighed before looking back down at the floor.
Andy scaled the block to see where they ran. She soon caught sight of the familiar cowboy hats and grabbed JoJo's arm to pull him into direction she saw them at.
xX~With Tyler and Casey~Xx
Casey slowed her pace as she became tired of running. She still doesn't know why Tyler dragged her out with him. Tyler stopped a couple steps away when he realized his sister wasn't next to him anymore. She sat down on the edge of road to rest while Tyler sat next to her.
"I want to go back home.", Casey whined.
"What home? We don't have one.", Tyler replied bitterly.
"But that's were mom and dad are.", she countered.
"We don't have parents remember. They were just pretending like it was a game or something and we didn't know we were playing.", he retorted.
"They must have a reason why they didn't tell us. Ever thought of that?" Casey leaned back on her hands.
"No.", he replied with a little guilt, "But they never told us. They should have since it's about us."
"Ever we ever going to go back?"
"I don't know. You ask too many questions." Casey just shrugged. "Let's first think what were going to do now.
~With Andy and JoJo~
Andy and JoJo continued to run down the block in search for the runaways.
"Come on!", Andy yelled over her shoulder, "You're running to slow."
"You're running to fast!", JoJo yelled back.
"Well, we have to before someone else gets to them like a low life punk that likes to do experiments on toys!", she retorted. That thought made both of them run fast to prevent something like that from happening. Finally they saw two familiar toys, sitting on the edge of the sidewalk, a smile forming on the two teens faces.
"There you two are. We were worried sick.", Andy said as they approached them. Tyler and Casey stood up, their faces to the ground.
"We need to go home before someone comes.", JoJo told them, turning around but then noticed that the two toys weren't going to move and then turned to them.
"I'm not going back there.", Tyler told them, straight to the point, "I'm not going back just so we can be lied to more." Andy let out a sigh and go on her knees to be at eye level with the two.
"We promise we will tell you the truth.", she said sincerely, holding up her right hand while the other landed on his shoulder, "You just need to come home so we can all explain. We will tell you guys everything until your content. Ok?" Tyler was still skeptical about the whole thing while Casey ran behind Andy to signal she's on their side. Footsteps were soon heard nearby. On a force of habit, Andy. Tyler, and Casey fell limp on the floor. Instead of following their example, JoJo hid in the nearest bush. A girl, roughly the age of nine or ten, came and walked up to the dolls. She had shoulder length brown hair and wore a light pink jacket over a blue t-shirt and blue jeans. She bend over and picked up the three toys, smiling as she looked over them. Her face changed as she thought of something but shook the thoughts away as she brought her light pink backpack to the front and opened the zipper. The girl then dropped the toys inside her bag and smiled once again.
"Let's go home and play.", she said in a cheerful voice as she zipped up the bag again and flung it over her shoulders. The girl then continued on her merry way, skipping down the street. JoJo emerged out of the bush, looking at what house she went to. It was a few houses down from were he was and was the only one with a moving van. Remembering as much as the house he could, he ran out of the bush and ran full speed back home. He jumped through the doggy door and saw Buzz and Bo Peep in the hallway outside of the closet then Woody walked out of the closet. The three older toys looked over at JoJo with curiosity, wondering what happened. As best as he could he told them what just happened.
"They've been taken!"
A/N: Ow, my hand. I've been typing for three hours to get this chapter finish while I had the inspiration to do it. As you can tell, I watch way too many dramas for my own good… Well, I hope you like this chapter. Don't forget to read and review! ^^ Reviews make me motivated to write, so thanks for them!
