Chapter 21
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Jessie blinked hard to clear her vision as she groggily woke up. If only her bed had ever been this comfy...
After a few moments, she let her eyes widen.
However, it wasn't Bonnie's bed that was so comfy...
It was Woody.
Oh damn it! Jessie mentally exclaimed when the events of the previous two days caught up with her.
What if Bonnie saw them like this?
She felt her breath catch in her throat as she broke apart from Woody, waking the sleepy Cowboy in the process.
Please, please, please don't make anything worse now. Jessie urged to herself. They could not go through all of this, only to have Bonnie notice that she had not left the two of them in that position: to have Bonnie catch them in the act; to have Bonnie realize that toys were alive.
Wait? Jessie eventually asked herself. What was the point of even trying to prevent this? After everything that the two of them had witnessed, they could only assume that everyone else was going to forget everything they did, that would suggest that they didn't belong in this world.
But little did they realize that the toys really could remember a lot more than the assumptions could ever come to agreements with; remembering everything that would lead to be a major disadvantage to the Sheriff and the Cowgirl.
However, Woody allowed his eyes to widen when he sensed the gaze of the shocked toys upon himself and Jessie and it was then when Woody realized the position he and Jessie had stayed in over night.
And they had definitely not been in this position the night before; where Bonnie had purposefully placed them.
All the other toys were sat in their original positions, gaping at Woody and Jessie in a state of disbelief and shock.
Especially a certain Space Ranger named Buzz Lightyear...he was in the most shock over this as he gaped at Jessie in disbelief. She had been next to him when he fell asleep. She had been right next to him! And now she was...
Buzz couldn't help but cringe at the thought and, this, Woody could see.
Oh crap... The Sheriff really has gotten himself trapped in an ever filling hole. And, if he didn't sort things straight soon, he'd suffocate on the dirt that clogged his lungs.
"Whoah," Hamm murmured. "I never thought I'd see Woody and Jessie getting 'close and personal' with each other."
At Hamm's comment, Buzz's jaw stiffened as his fingers slowly curled into fists. This was all too convincing to the Space Ranger. The inner suggestion, that everything before this was all a great big 'misunderstanding', was now completely obliterated. This act only confirmed his suspicions.
Jessie was cheating on him.
But he was unable to act upon his suspicions yet. It was as if there was a voice in him that ordered him otherwise. Except...there was no voice; he just couldn't act the way his insides truly wanted to react.
So he instead asked: "What were you two doing?"
Jessie could only nervously tug at the end of her braid out of anxiety at their gazes. The fact that the others had seen them in their previous state made her mind reel. She couldn't help but let the possible 'what if's' run through her mind.
If Bonnie hadn't been fast asleep beside them all, then the reactions of the other toys' may have been different. But, to be frank, they were far to paranoid that they might wake up the sleeping girl.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no." Woody quickly urged as he backed away from Jessie. "This isn't what you think at all."
"Then what is it?" Buzz asked; the second time he had asked this question in a matter of twenty-four hours.
Woody froze in his place, unable to come up with an answer at all. There was no way he could tell them the truth; they'd only forget it anyway.
Wait? What was the point of even answering in the first place?
But this didn't stop Jessie from weakly answering:
"E-Emily," Jessie lied as she looked up with glistening eyes. "I had a nightmare...and, he was awake at the time."
Buzz bit his lips at this. He knew that she was most likely lying out of her pull-string. But he couldn't help but feel the guilt over his automatic assumption. Jessie had been through a lot in her life.
But, nonetheless, Buzz still believed that there was more to this all than met the eye; the naked eye.
However, Buzz also knew that discarding Jessie's own word wouldn't help at all. It may even shock the others if he did so. They might be shocked to find out that he had believed that Jessie and Woody had been caught having an affair, when Jessie clearly told him that it was a nightmare over Emily.
The selfish jerk; that would be what they would think. They might not verbally say anything, but it'd be their eyes that said it all.
This was the main reason why Buzz didn't act out in an absurd way. This, and the fact that an urge within him commanded him otherwise; the urge that was patient...waiting for just the right time to strike.
So this was why he asked:
"Why didn't you wake me up?"
Jessie thought for a few desperate moments, whilst Woody was completely out of anything to say at this point.
"I-I d-did try Buzz," Jessie answered weakly. "But you wouldn't wake up."
A damn right lie! Buzz mentally exclaimed. She knew that he was the weakest sleeper she ever knew. Sure, he wouldn't wake up to a shuffle or two, but his eyes would snap open to the sound of a voice, of which directed itself towards his ears.
But he could sense the others falling for her trick. And he knew, that if he protested against her, it'd only make himself look bad.
How could she, of all people, do this to him? And how could it be with Woody? Buzz's previous best friend!
But the sound of Bonnie's alarm then went off, ripping through the room like a tiger caught in a storm.
You're lucky you're in the eye of the storm, a voice, in the minds of both Woody and Jessie, called out. For now...
Their thoughts were cut short as they instantly became inanimate; a natural instinct taking over their cloth bodies.
The young girl yawned as she fumbled her hands for the snooze button on her alarm clock. After a few moments, she slammed her hand down on it and the scalding noise instantly came to a halt.
When she remembered that she was supposed to be taking a few of her toys into school that day, she shot up and her face instantly brightened.
"Mummy said I can take Woody and Jessie to Sunny Side today!" Bonnie exclaimed in joy as she threw her legs over the side of her bed.
The Western duo weren't sure whether to be relieved, or anxious over her exclamation.
It wasn't long before Bonnie pocked up the two of them, and headed towards her bed room door.
As soon as she was on the ground floor, she fumbled for her backpack, which was always left by the door and chucked them in her bag. When she had done so, she rushed into the kitchen and proceeded in getting herself ready for the day ahead.
But little did she realize how unprepared Woody and Jessie were.
The old woman softly closed her eyes and murmured as she allowed her level of concentration to flow freely: Flow freely into the depths of the metaphorical abyss'; flowing freely into the world, of which her torture victims lay in their own messed up minds.
They mightn't realize that their minds were already completely screwed. But they were soon set to find out; sooner than they ever could've imagined.
When she placed the transparent and mystical boundary around the house, she intended for it to be everlasting.
Sure, their owners could take them out as many times as they wanted. But little did the Anderson's realize that it was all an illusion, that could lead in the path of a two-way street. The girl will believe that she's taking them out; but for the victims, they believe that they are going no where.
And really, this is mainly because they won't be going anywhere.
Not until the time is right.
Since the perfect timing is needed for the ultimate mental destruction.
A/N So, I'm moving the plot on a bit now. Hooray! Lol.
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