Chapter 29

They all reached the second level by going on the red rails, making the Dragon Slayers a little sick while everyone laughed at their misfortune.

"Now if I were a T-Rex, where would I be?", Natsu thought out loud.

"Inside of you?", asked a sarcastic Gray.

"What? Them's fighting words!", growled Natsu as he and Gray butted heads with each other, again.

"I'll take you on!", Gray responded.

"Focus!", Erza commanded as she separated the two.

Woody laughed. "Kinda reminds me us when we first met.", he said. Buzz nodded with a smile.

"Hey, what about a monster store?", said Happy as he flew in front of a store entrance called

"Good work, Happy!", said Sora.

They all entered to store, seeing a bunch of different monster toys in boxes and stacked on shelves. Everyone was amazed by this.

"Look, they have those Gigases on display downstairs.", said Juvia.

"The other ones look cool, too.", said Gajeel.

"Hey, this one looks like a really cool monster!", said Natsu he looked at the display of monster boxes in front of them.

As they got closer to the display, Woody notice tail moving next to the booth. Woody gasped and ran after it.

"Rex!", he shouted. But the tail was gone when he went over to the tail's location. "Where'd he go?"

"You sure you saw him?", asked Buzz.

"Yes, he just-"

Natsu cut Woody off by shushing him and said, "Do you hear something?"

"I do.", said Wendy.

"We're not alone.", said a cautious Gajeel.

Everyone looked around to find the source. Goofy looked up and saw something behind the display.

"What's that?", he asked.

Everyone looked up and saw three yellow horns with a dark aura behind the display.

"Something feels wrong…", said Buzz.

Laxus gasped and shouted, "Everybody get down!"

The boxes were pushed off of the display and began to fall on everyone. They all took cover from the boxes.

"Is everyone okay?", asked Erza.

Everyone nodded and looked up. What cause the boxes to fall was another possess toy. This one was the monster action figure from inside the store. It was a red dinosaur like monster with monster like giant hands.

"A dino-monster?!", said Gray.

"Alright! Monster fight!", shouted a excited Natsu.

"You're kidding!", shouted Donald.

Donald, Lucy, Wendy, Charle, and Happy started running for the exit until steel doors came down on them.

"The exit's are sealed!", said a scared Lucy.

Buzz hesitated for a moment, but pointed his laser arm at the monster.

"Buzz, you sure?", asked Sora.

"You don't have to do this.", said Lucy.

"If it wanted to play nice, then it should've stayed away from my friends.", he said with determination.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

Natsu striked at the monster's head and shouted, "Buzz, do it!"

Buzz fired his laser at the monster's gut, piercing a hole in it.

"Alright!", shouted a happy Natsu.

But then, the Marionette Hearlesses showed up.

"Oh come on!"

"Annoying. I know.", said Sora as he sliced the Heartlesses in half.

Everyone started striking down the Heartlesses that appeared, along with the possess Gigases that appeared as well.

After defeating the Marionettes, another monster possess Heartless from before appear behind the group, shocking them.

"Another one?!", said Gray.

"Gray-sama, how long until we keep this up?", asked a concern Juvia.

Before they could fight, they someone screaming. They looked up and saw a plane flying in circles and headed straight towards the monster. And the one who was on the plane was Rex.

"Rex!?", shouted a surprised Erza.

"A flying T-Rex!", shouted Natsu and Happy excitedly.

Rex crashed the plane into the monster, making it lose balance and having the puppet master Heartless knocked out of the monster. Both Rex and the puppet master crashed into the boxes. The Marionette landed on the floor while Rex landed on top of it. Rex yelped on what just happened while the Heartless' face was pinned to the ground by Rex.

"What's this?!", asked Rex as he looked at what he was on. The Heartless turned its head and faced Rex. "Oh no! What did I do?!" Rex then started running away from the Heartless while Sora ran passed him and defeated it with one slice from his Keyblade.

"Awsome.", said Laxus.

Woody sighed. "Nice moves, Rex."

"That was great!", said Goofy.

"Great? Really Would you say I was impressive?", asked Rex excitedly.

"Very impressive, Rex", said Buzz. "We couldn't look away."

"Yeah!", said Natsu. "You were all flying like crazy and then you smashed right into the Heartless!"

"Hurray!", shouted Rex with joy. "Oh, that makes me so happy!" He then came up to Donald's face. "Were you watching too? Did you see what I did?"

"Yeah, good for you.", said an uncomfortable Donald.

"He seems to be getting a bit too enthusiastic.", said Charle.

"Its normal for someone to talk like that after experiencing a rush.", said Lily.

Rex then kept speaking about what happen to Donald, ignoring Woody who was crying to call him.

"Listen, Rex.", said Woody. "Would ya- Earth to Rex."

"Listen up!", shouted Erza.

Rex immediately stop talking.

"Do you know where the others were taken?", asked Sora.

"Where are the Aliens?!", asked a desperate Natsu.

"What do you mean?", asked Rex. "Did something bad happen?"

"Aw, dammit.", said an annoyed Gajeel.

"Back to square one.", said Buzz.

"Oh, great.", Woody sighed with his hand on his hand.

Woody then looked up and saw the Sarge climbing down the metal door in front of the store entrance.

"Sarge! Have you got a status report?", he asked.

"Sir! One of my men just located Hamm forward of our position, in Babies and Toddlers.", the Sarge responded.

Everyone sighed with relief while the boys from Fairy Tail muttered, "Gross."

The Sarge continued. "The corporal was debriefing him, but something must have gone wrong."

"Elaborate.", said Erza.

"All radio contact has been lost."

Everyone looked disappointed upon hearing that.

"Anything more specific we can go on?", asked Buzz.

"Right before I lost contact, I heard music with some sort of sonic interference.", he responded.

"Music?"

"Ya think it could be the Heartless?", asked Goofy.

"What if it's another big monster?", asked Donald.

"Gray-sama will defeat it!", said Juvia.

"Don't jump to conclusions!", said Gray.

"Let's find out.", Sora suggested.

"I agree.", said Woody and the group made its way towards the air ducts.

"Actually…", said Rex. "I think I'll head back and wait by the entrance. I'm sure those vents are gonna be much too narrow for my big dinosaur tail."

"Really? I'm sure you'd fit.", said Sora.

Buzz put his hand on Sora's shoulder and said, "Rex is right. Besides, we need a lookout at the entrance. It's an important mission. Can you do it?"

"Yes, sir!", he responded with determination.

"So what are vents?", asked Charle.

"They are called air vents.", said Woody. "They circulate warm or cold air inside buildings."

"Is it safe?", asked Lily.

"Yeah, we used to go through it all the time."

"I thought you said it was safe!", said an exhausted Lucy.

"Sorry. I didn't expect that.", Woody responded.

While they were in the air vents, they all had to deal with the dusty air and had to fight even dangerous Heartless.

"Well, anyway. This is Babies and Toddlers."

They entered the store and all they saw was pink walls with dolls and stuff animals on display and a disco ball over the register.

"Where do you guys think we should start?"

Goofy faced the Sarge and asked, "Sarge, didn't you mention music?"

"Affirmative, Goofy.", he responded with a salute.

"Hmm… All right.", said Sora. "Why don't we look for things that make noise?"

"That's good thinking for you.", said Donald sarcastically and then laughed.

"Wha… What do you mean, for me?", asked an annoyed Sora. "Hey, where ya-"

Sora then started chasing Donald around while everyone started to laugh.

"I think they really are good guys.", said Woody.

"Well, you wouldn't have trusted them otherwise.", said Buzz.

"Buzz. Do you really think that enemies are like that?", asked Lucy. "Because I don't see that."

"I know.", said Buzz. He then turned to Woody. "And I know your trust is a hard-earned treasure. Well...for all our sakes, let's hope you're right, cowboy. I'm willing to give 'em a chance at least for a little while longer. Especially if it means getting Andy and our friends back."

"Agreed.", said Woody.

After seeing enough, Erza pinned down Donald with her foot and said, "That's enough! We need to find Hamm. Look for anything the store that has music."

"So scary.", Sora said in fear.

Everyone searched the entire store for something related to music.

While looking, Juvia spotted some dolls wearing fancy dresses. She went up to Gray and asked, "Gray-sama, do you think Juvia will look good in that dress?"

"It is a nice dress. So it should look good.", he responded while looking at the dress.

"Thank you Gray-sama!", she excitedly said while hugging him.

"Get off me!"

Donald saw the two and said, "Hey, lovebirds! We still gotta find the toys!"

"I never seen a dress like this!"

Donald turned around and saw Erza staring at the dress with awe.

"Are you kidding me?!"

Meanwhile, Sora was in a middle of a frog orchestra display and saw a record player at the end.

"Is this it?", he question as he stand on the record.

He then began to walk on the record in a circle, making the record move, and making the orchestra play music.

Everyone gathered to see what Sora was doing.

Woody took notice of this and said, "Come on, Sora… You've never used a record player?"

Sora stopped. Woody then jumped on to the record and started to run fast.

"Like this!"

Sora then started to catch up to Woody's speed, making the Orchestra loud.

"Let me help.", said Lucy as she got on and started running.

"It's workin'!", said Goofy.

The orchestra played a wonderful melody, but there was something off about the tone. One of the frogs was playing off key.

"Wait, did that sound off to you?", asked Buzz.

"It did.", Donald answered.

"Huh?", said Sora as he stopped on the record, almost crashing into Woody before running again.

"Sora! There's some kinda strange noise comin' from the orchestra!", said Goofy.

"I'll go look for it!", said Wendy as she got up were the orchestra was playing while Sora got off of the record to help.

"Woody, Lucy, you keep the record going.", said Sora.

"Whoa-whoa-whoa!", shouted both Woody and Lucy.

"Sora-san, over here!", shouted Wendy, who was next to a frog playing a tuba. "This is the one."

Both Woody and Lucy were starting to get tired of running. "Please hurry!", said a tired Lucy as everyone but Buzz was inspecting the frog.

"Somethin' seems to be stuck in this tuba.", said Goofy.

"Let me see.", said Wendy.

She but her hand inside the tuba to see if she could feel anything unusual. "I found something!", she said. "I almost got it… There!" She then pulled out a small green figure. It was one of the green soldiers.

"Corporal!", said a worried Sarge.

Wendy set him down and asked, "Are you ok?"

"Yes.", said the Corporal.

"That's the soldier Sarge lost contact with.", said Buzz.

"So you found Hamm?", asked Sora.

"Yes.", he replied weakly. "But...while I was radioing in, a giant hand grabbed me, and it stuffed me in there. They must have taken Hamm to another location. We have to hurry!"

The Corporal then started to walk weakly to find Hamm, but collapsed.

"Wait, Corporal. You're not fit for action.", said the Sarge as he helped him up.

"But Sarge…"

"Your tour is over, son. And it's all right. Our trusted allies will take over."

The Corporal then started to grieve. Wendy came up to him and said, "Let me heal you."

She then cast green light on him, making him feel relax.

"Feel better?"

"Much. Thank you and good luck.", the Corporal responded

"I will move the corporal to a safer location.", said the Sarge as both he and the Corporal started to leave.

After running for a while, Woody said, "Hey, hey, hey! What is… going on?!"

"I can't take it!", Lucy breathed.

"Oh, right!", said Sora.

"Woody! Lucy! Mission complete!", Buzz announced.

Both Woody and Lucy got off the record and collapse out of exhaustion.

Woody breathed. "Why didn't…you tell us...a little sooner?"

"Sorry, there's no time to rest.", Buzz ordered. "Hamm needs us."

"Oh geez.", sighed Lucy.

"If the Corporal had just radioed Hamm, then he should still be in this store.", said Lily.

"I think I got an idea of where he might be.", said Gajeel as he pointed at that dollhouse in front of the window.

"You think he's in there?", asked Buzz.

"Never underestimate my sense of smell."

They group then headed up to the dollhouse, where it started to shake.

"If it's shaking, he must be in there.", said Charle. "Let's open it."

Everyone then grabbed the side of the wall and pulled as hard as they can until it burst open, making everyone lose balance and falling on top of each other.

"Talk about cabin fever. Thanks for the save.", said Hamm, coming out of the house.

"You okay, Hamm?", asked Woody.

"Yeah, aside from being locked in, the accommodations were fine."

Donald went inside the dollhouse to look around. "Aww. What a tiny little house.", he said.

"It is rather nice.", said Erza.

"Juvia wants to live here with Gray-sama!", said Juvia.

"Oh, geez.", sighed Donald.

He then looked out the window and saw a blue haired girl with a dark aura around her. Donald screeched at what he saw and ran out of the house.

"Who was-", Woody was cut off by Hamm.

He yelped, as he was terrified and backed away slowly from the group.

"What's wrong?", asked Buzz.

"She's back!", he nervously said as the girl with the blue hair faced them. "That's the doll that pig-penned me!"

"Another toy?", question Laxus.

"Hamm, take cover.", said Woody.

"Uh, copy that. One stay in the dread-and breakfast was enough for me!", Hamm nervously said as he ran off.

Buzz sighed. "Not another possessed toy…"

"Guys, look alive!", said Sora.

The doll smashed it's fist at the group, making them jump.

She then blasted dark energy from her hand, but Buzz blasted his laser at the energy, making the attack stop. But when the smoke cleared, the doll punched Buzz, sending him flying.

"Sky Dragon's Talon!"

Wendy hit the doll at the back of her head. Sending her crashing into doll boxes stacked on top of each other.

"Alright!", said Wendy excitedly.

But the doll emerge from the tople boxes, charged at Wendy, and shoved her against the wall.

"You'll pay for that!", said an angry Lucy.

"Star Dress: Taurus Form!"

Lucy transformed into Taurus Form and doved straight at the doll with her foot.

"Lucy Kick!"

Her foot hit the doll's gut, making the Marionette come out and Erza slicing it.

After defeating the Marionette, the doll fell to the ground, limply. Everyone then started to make their way towards the exit while Buzz stopped and looked at the doll.

"Wait…", he said. "What if we end up just like her? Forgetting ourselves and… attacking each other?"

"No way, Buzz. That won't happen.", said Sora.

"You guys are too strong.", said Goofy.

"Yeah! Don't worry about it!", said Natsu.

"You can't be sure!", Buzz yelled. "What if i get taken over, then attack you?"

"Buzz, you're overthinking it.", said Woody.

"Yeah.", said Sora. "The Heartless-the darkness-can only creep in when our hearts falter. Trust me you'll be fine if you don't lose heart."

"Yeah! Just be true to yourself and will help you find your way.", said Natsu.

"Well, that's good. Because I know you, Buzz.", said Woody. "You'll never lose heart when it comes to your friends."

Buzz smiled. "True enough, cowboy. Sorry to have worried you all."

"No problem."

"It's okay to be worried once in a while.", said Lucy. "But your friends will help you."

"Now, let's go find the others.", said Woody.

As they exited the window, Donald and Goofy saw something flying in the air outside.

"Look!", shouted Donald.

"A flying saucer!", said Goofy.

"I think I know who that might lead us to.", said Woody.

"The Aliens!", shouted Natsu and Happy.

"Don't worry, Aliens! We'll save you!", shouted Natsu with determination as everyone jumped out of the window and ran after the saucer.

Hamm came up to Woody and said, "Hey, Woody. I'd just slow you down, with all the loose change I'm carrying. I'll hang by the entrance."

"No problem. Be safe, Hamm.", Woody responded.

"Hey, thanks, buddy. You just take care of your old self."

"Now, let's follow that UFO!"