Toy Fic
54. The Villain
Edward sat at the highest point in the Butterfly Room, surveying the room as if it were his kingdom.
Which, Bo had to admit, it kind of was. He had an iron grip over the daycare… Bo still couldn't understand why he was doing this. She'd thought about confronting him a hundred times, but had always ducked out at the last second, every time.
"Bo," he called from atop the shelf.
Her head snapped up.
"Come on," he said. "I've been watching you agonize inside your head all day. I'll save you the decision—come on up here and talk."
Bo scowled and climbed up to join him, where he sat upon a pillow, waited on by a dozen fearfully trembling toys.
"Is it safe to have so many people on hand?" Bo asked bitterly.
"None of them have the courage to plot against me," Edward said smugly. "I know their minds, and I know this for a fact."
"Living the dream, eh Edward?" Bo retorted.
"Oh, indeed I am," Edward said, suddenly serious. "You could join me in the dream, you know. I don't recall us splitting apart."
"Well, recall it," Bo said. "I left you the moment you started being evil."
Edward shrugged. "All right… but the dream doesn't have to stop at Sunnyside, just so you know."
"What are you talking about?"
"You know how many toys are manufactured every year?" Edward said enthusiastically. "If we could, somehow… unite them… we toys could take down all the real people and rule the world. We outnumber them, after all. And who would be expecting it?"
Bo gaped at him in disbelief. "Edward… you can't. That's not what toys live for!"
"How would you know?" Edward said, wagging his eyebrows at her. "You're a trinket, a knick-knack. A figurine, not a toy."
"Burn… in… hell," Bo enunciated.
"You're just so… delicate," Edward mused, ignoring her. "How did you ever stay alive before we met? How will you continue to live without me there to protect you?"
Bo clenched her fists and shook in anger. "That's…" She paused, deflated. "That's exactly the kind of thing you'd say… that's how you are, in… in the books and stuff…"
"Yep, pure Edwardness," Edward said proudly. "Hehe. Not bestseller-worthy when it's happening to you, is it?"
"How… how did I ever not see you as the villain?" Bo whispered.
"Don't ask me," Edward said, leaning back. "It's… quite beyond my comprehension, I assure you. But you must admit, I'm right in this regard."
Bo stormed off. There was no solution right then but to let herself fume for a while.
