Hi, everybody! I'm back! I didn't forget this story, just got busy with other ones and was trying to figure out the best way to put this one together after I altered the original one. I'm anxious to continue my Toy Story 4 fanfic, but want to finish this one before that one really takes flight, and plus I need fill-in ideas for the big plot I want to create.

I've missed you guys! If you think of me, could you say a prayer for me and my family? Mom passed away suddenly this summer! I can't believe this happened! It hurts so much. I miss her! I know for sure that she is safe in heaven, and peaceful, and happy after being sick and bummed out for a long time and for that I'm grateful. But I still wish she didn't have to die! And also pray that I would be able to cry and grieve, as it's been difficult to let it out-unlike when we had to put our dog down-.

It's good to be back in Toy Story!


All their friends looked up expectantly and gasped with relief when Woody returned with his daughter at his side, Jack following them. Jessie gently laid Slinky's head down on the floor and ran to her friend. "Mitsy girl!" She cheered, scooping her up off the floor. "You had us worried sick!"

"I-I'm okay." Mitsy smiled wearily.

"Glad you're all right, kid." Potato Head added.

"You did fine, soldier." Combat Carl winked at Daisy, complimenting her quick, efficient medical stitchery.

"Aww, I've done it before." Daisy shrugged, showing her buck teeth. "Happy to help."

"Jessie? How did you get here?" Mitsy said quietly.

"Whatcha think we're doin' here? We came to rescue ya!" Jessie laughed. Mitsy gasped loudly.

"We've gotta get out of here! It's not safe! They're gonna kill us!" Mitsy cried when Jessie set her back down.

"No, no. They're gone, Your Highness." Buzz said calmly, standing beside Jessie.

"We took care of them. And they can never hurt anyone anymore!" Fox added confidently. Mitsy looked around frightfully, afraid the crooks were lurking in the shadows.

"Are...are you sure?" She asked fearfully. "N-never again? Not ever?"

"Never again!" Buzz smiled. Mitsy grimaced and hung onto Jessie, sniffling.

"How's Slink doing?" Woody asked sullenly.

"He's still out of it." Wheezy shook his head. Jiminy was keeping watch over the dazed dog.

"Slinky!" Mitsy cried and dropped at his side. "What's wrong with him? What happened to him?"

"He's in shock." Link said grimly.

"Oh, Slink..." Mitsy's lip trembled. "Slinky? It's me. Please, wake up! Come on, buddy. Wake up, please!" Mitsy stroked the sides of his head.

"Slink? It's Woody. Come on, pal. Do it for us." Woody said. Bullseye lowered his head and nudged Slinky's with his nose. He started licking him. Slinky's eyes blinked.

"Woody? Mitsy? Buzz?" He asked groggily.

"Oh, Slinky!" Mitsy cried for joy, nearly strangling his neck with her hug. "It's okay. It's okay."

"We're here, little partner. We're all safe." Woody smiled, rubbing his old pal's ears.

"Mitsy? Is that you?" Slinky's eyes lit up.

"Yes. It's me!" Mitsy nodded.

"Am I glad to see you!" He licked her face.

"Let's go, everyone." Buzz said.

"We're going home." Woody declared in exhaustion.

"I was so afraid!" Mitsy exclaimed, leaning on Jack's shoulder. "I thought we were gonna die!" Jack turned his big head and nuzzled her.

"So did I." Woody nodded.

"Oh, it's all right, honey." Jack assured his princess.

"I..I didn't think anyone was going to find us!" Mitsy rambled anxiously. "I never thought we were going to see you again." Jessie grabbed her firmly by the arms.

"What did you think, we were going to leave you here?" She smiled. "We're a team, we're a family. And we stay together! We knew we had to find you and we did!"

"No toy gets left behind!" Combat Carl added proudly.

"Who are you?" Mitsy asked, bewildered.

"Combat Carl at your service, Your Highness." He saluted to her. Mitsy half smiled.

"Well, let's go home, everybody!" Woody announced. Jack carried a weary Slinky on his back. Jessie kept Mitsy at her side, Katan hopped and skipped around his old friends, Link and Fox, and Buzz helped Woody along-he was sore and weak-, with his arm around his neck and his hand around his waist. Outside the building, they were greeted by Slugger. Mitsy shrieked and clung tightly to Jessie when she saw the big dog. Matthew watched her and almost didn't resist the urge to go over to her and pat her shoulder. If he did, he was sure he would lose his marbles! But they needed to focus on getting everybody back home.

"Guys, we have to get away from him!" Mitsy cried, making sure Wheezy was behind her.

"No, no, no. It's okay! It's okay, Mitsy. He won't hurt us!" Woody told her. Mitsy looked at him skeptically.

"That's right. He's the one who finished the crooks off for us." Slinky added. Slugger came toward them and sniffed. Mitsy stiffened with fright as he watched her curiously. His breath felt warm, then he softly licked her face. She gaped in disbelief and nearly fell over. Could this really be the giant captor that had grabbed her and Woody earlier and treated them recklessly?

"Th...thank you, f-fellow," Mitsy smiled weakly and warily reached out and stroked his nuzzle. Slugger licked her small arm.

"Yeah. Thanks ever so much, partner." Woody praised him. "I was wrong about you. You're not bad. I wouldn't mind making you a deputy of mine. You're a good fellow, pal. And thanks for helping us out."

"Wheezy! You're coming back with us, right?" Buzz asked excitedly.

"Come with you?" Wheezy was taken aback.

"Yeah! You're our friend and we just got ya back. Come on! Wha'dya say, little partner?" Jessie added eagerly.

"I don't know." Wheezy bit his lip and shuffled his feet around nervously. Woody knelt down and touched his shoulder.

"Come on, Wheezy. We're not leaving without you!" He begged. "You were a good friend. Now we've found each other again after all these years. Won't you go with us?"

"I'd like to, but..."

"Bonnie'll love ya!" Slinky spoke up hoarsely.

"She will?"

"Sure!" Woody and Jessie blurted together. "She loves whatever toys she gets, and even fixes broken ones!"

"You should, Wheezy." Link said. "All this time, we'd have given anything to be back with Bobby."

"Now we have that chance, and I for one am not gonna pass it up." Fox declared with his hands on his hips.

"Please, Wheezy?" Mitsy asked quietly. Wheezy gazed at her sadly. She'd gone through so much today and nearly been destroyed for it. The more he looked at her kind, sad face, the more difficult it became to resist. Then he looked at Woody. Woody had always been his best pal, and now Wheezy realized just how much, how badly he'd missed the faithful cowboy doll.

"All right." Wheezy smiled.

"Yeehaw!" Jessie jumped for joy and scooped the penguin up in a hug. "Did ya hear that, fellas? Wheezy's comin' home with us!"

"Good choice, Wheezy. You won't regret it." Buzz nodded his approval.

"As long as I can be with my good friends, I don't care what happens." Wheezy smiled.

"Say, would you heroes mind giving us a lift?" Daisy asked. They'd nearly forgotten about her and Hank and Jiminy.

"No problem." Buzz replied. "It's the least we can do, after how you helped us and took care of Mitsy."

"Aww, shucks. That ain't nothing." Daisy shrugged. "Happy to help."

"You were the one that sewed me up?" Mitsy asked, her hand going to her side.

"Yep. And I did such a detailed job, that no one will ever notice. Your kid won't know about it." Mitsy stooped down and hugged the rabbit for saving her life.

"Hey! What about me?" Hank whined. "I helped too! Didn't I?" He frowned. Jesse giggled and hugged the two of them.

"What about you, Jiminy?" Jack cocked his head. "Is there somewhere we can drop you off too?"

"Afraid not." Jiminy sighed.

"You mean, you don't have a home? A place to go?" Woody's jaw dropped.

"I was just a figure to be admired, in a principal's office at a high school. Never got played with." Jiminy shook his head. "The principal thought seeing me in his office would boost morale for the kids, make them feel nostalgic and rethink their actions. It drove me nuts 'cause I couldn't just tell them so!"

"How would you like to be Bonnie's new toy?" Woody suggested. "You'll never be unhappy with Bonnie to love."

"What the heck. Oh, why not?" Jiminy smiled.

"Then you'll come?"

"I'd love it, cowboy."

"Great!"


Woody and Mitsy were still sore and weary from their terrifying ordeal. Jessie led Mitsy to Jack, but someone tapped the cowgirl's shoulder. "Here, let me?" Sgt. Matthew asked. Jessie arched her eyebrows then smirked. She more than gladly stepped aside to let him assist the princess. "Let me give you a hand, Your Highness." Matthew said, placing his hand around Mitsy's waist and hoisting her arm around his neck.

Mitsy froze as he easily lifted her off the ground and she hung onto his shoulder. They stared at each other. He's strong, Mitsy thought gladly to herself as she realized his large hand was around her tiny waist. It was the strangest, most wonderful feeling. She didn't want him to remove it. She gazed into his large brown eyes, noticing how kind they looked.

Matthew just stood there, with Mitsy suspended off the ground, just dangling on his hip. Her eyes were deep blue, and her bewildered, innocent gaze was so endearing. He merely smiled at her and lifted her onto her dog's back. Mitsy stared down at him, wondering what the heck had just happened! It was unlike anything she'd experienced before! "Uhh...thank you, Mat...I mean, Sgt." She whispered.

Matthew beamed up at her, his nonexistent heart beating out of his chest. "You're welcome." He finally spoke. "I'm glad you're all right!"

"Me too," Mitsy nodded.

Buzz helped Woody onto Jack's back behind Mitsy, and Slinky clambered on after them, his back end hanging off of Jack's rear, and his front lying against Mitsy. Jack let Bullseye wear his Battlesaur goggles, Jessie and Potato Head with Wheezy mounted the horse, Hank and Daisy hopped into a toy shopping cart that they 'borrowed' from inside the school, and invited Combat Carl Jr., Jiminy, Fox, Link, Matthew, Katan, and Combat Carl to join them. Carl, Matt, and Fox preferred to walk. Katan pounced onto the back of Matthew's shoulders. "Hey, did you see the way I pulverized that Scar?" He announced proudly. "First I gave him the old pounceotomy! Then I went like this, and then..."

"Yes, Katan. I saw you." Matthew chuckled. "And thanks, bud. You saved me. You did good tonight. You were very brave. You're a hero."

"I am?" Katan's eyes lit up.

"Yes, you are." Matthew smiled.

"Does this mean you're not gonna punish me for coming tonight when you told me not to?"

"We'll talk about it." Matthew laughed.


Buzz led the band of toys the way home. Woody, Mitsy, Slinky, and Wheezy dozed off. Jessie pointed everyone to the dark sky filled with thousands of shiny stars tonight. Buzz was scanning the area, hoping to spot the perfect way to hitch a faster ride home to Bonnie's. Everything was quiet, until Mitsy woke with a start. "What's wrong, honey?" Jack asked.

"Mitsy, are you okay?" Buzz asked. She looked worried.

"Jack, where are you?" Mitsy asked, frightened.

"You're sitting on my back!" Jack chuckled.

"Oh!" Mitsy gasped with relief. "I...I felt spikes, and...and I thought that..."

"I'm sorry." Jack sighed. "Here, Buzz. Why don't you wear the chest plate for a while?"

"Uh, okay? Sure." Buzz said warily. "Hey, troops, look!" He pointed out Mr. Simms (one of the Anderson's neighbors) red car just up ahead. "Come on, guys!" Buzz stood on Jack's head, and popped the trunk open, then he closed it after everybody was in.

"But what if he doesn't drive by Bonnie's house?" Jessie asked.

"He will, Jessie. No need to worry." Woody smiled.

"Okay, troops," Buzz announced. "Let's go home!"