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"No! Stop!" Buzz yelled.
"Where are you going, Lightyear!?" Pete said. He grabbed the back of Buzz's suit and dragged him over to a flight of stairs, ready to drop him.
"Buzz!" Slinky and Hamm yelled. Bo was helping Woody up when they both saw Prospector drop Buzz over the edge of the railing. Buzz managed to grab onto one of the bars, but couldn't keep a good enough grip on it.
"You got a plan?" Bo asked, looking at Woody. Woody thought for a moment, then got an idea.
"I think we need to steal an idea from Ducky and Bunny." He said.
"Oh no. You can't be serious."
"It's worth a try, Bo. I'll distract Prospector with the plush rush while you help Buzz. Come on!" Meanwhile, Slinky, Hamm, Rex, and Potato Head made an attempt to help Buzz but Prospector took them all out.
"You may have bested me once, but not this time. This time, I'll get rid of all you, and never again will you foil my plans!" He turned again to stomp on Buzz's fingers when Woody slammed into him, knocking him to the side.
"You just got plush-rushed, Stinky Pete!" Woody yelled.
"Woooo! Way to go, cowboy!" Buzz yelled, raising a fist. He stumbled and went to place his hand back on the bar when he felt a soft hand in his.
"Need a lift, moving buddy?" Bo asked. She grabbed onto him and helped him back up onto solid ground. They looked up just in time to see Prospector grab his pickaxe and stick it in the floor between Woody's neck, trapping him.
"Let me up, you double crossing son of a..." Woody went to curse, but Pete hushed him.
"Ah ah, no need for foul language, Woody. Might as well save your breath anyway, Wouldn't want me to cut open your chest again, would you?"
"Do your worst, Prospector. Just stop hurting my friends and bring Jessie back! Where did you take her anyway?"
"Oh she's on her way to a watery grave right about now."
"Watery grave?" Duke asked.
"Wait a minute...Holy smokes! Giggle said. The falls! Niagara Falls! That's where he sent them to get rid of her!"
"The falls isn't too far from here." Slinky said.
"Guys, go track down the Joes before they get to the falls. We'll catch up." Buzz said.
"But what about Woody?" Hamm asked.
"I'm fine guys, go!" Woody said. They all left except for Bo and Buzz. "Buzz, Bo, go. They're going to need your help. I'll be fine."
"Don't you go anywhere! Woody just doesn't want anyone witnessing his death, but I do!"
"God, you really need to stop talking." Bo said. She took her crook and placed it around his neck. She pulled back, choking him. "Now let him up or else!" Pete ignored her and pressed the ax closer to Woody's neck, making him gasp. Bo pulled on her crook again, making Pete choke more. "I'm warning you, Prospector. I am not afraid to pop your head off!" She continued to pull harder until finally she pulled him away from Woody. Raising him above her head, she threw him across the room. He landed in an exhibit on the other side of the room. Buzz lifted the ax off Woody's neck and helped him up.
"Are you alright, partner?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'll be better when we get Jessie. Let's go." The three of them ran out of the museum.
They ran all the way to the falls, but there was no sign of the others, Jessie, or the G.I. Joes.
"Do you see them anywhere?" Buzz asked.
"No! They've disappeared!" Bo said.
"Look along the side walls! They may have gone over!" Woody shouted. They looked up and down the entire length of the fences, but didn't see them anywhere.
"Buzz! Woody!" The boys looked up when they heard someone calling out to them. They saw Jessie and the others in the tall grass, hiding.
"Jess!" Buzz yelled. He ran towards her and scooped her up, holding onto her tightly. "Oh thank god you're alright. What happened, where are the Joes?"
"Gone. Hamm, Potato Head and Bullseye pushed them over the falls. Jessie said. Giggle and Duke got me out of the box."
"We were hiding out here until we saw you just in case another Joe came looking for us." Hamm said.
"Where's Pete?" Rex asked.
"Gone for now, but we have to move. Woody said. He's angrier than ever. Come on, we have to get back to..."
"AHHH!" Bo screamed and fell to the ground. Pete's ax was lying a few feet from her and her left leg was cut at the knee.
"BO PEEP!" Woody yelled. He rushed to her side and helped her to her feet. Suddenly Rex and the others screamed as a net was thrown over them, trapping them down. Next scream was Jessie, who was being held roughly by Pete. His ax was back in his hand and the blade was against Jessie's throat.
"You are all pressing my patience!" Pete said, gripping Jessie's arm tighter.
"Let her go, Prospector." Buzz said through gritted teeth.
"Oh I'll let her go alright, straight over the falls! and you can't do anything about it, you battery operated piece of plastic!" Pete pulled Jessie close to him and whispered something in her ear. Buzz looked at Woody, who looked back. The space ranger gave him a look, a pleading look. Woody nodded to him. Quickly and quietly, Buzz moved to Bo's other side, supporting her.
"Take this." Woody said. He held a small hunting knife in his hand. "I stole it from the museum. I'll trust you to know what to do with it." Buzz looked at him, then at Pete, and then back at the cowboy. Buzz took the knife from him. "Get the others safely down to the bottom. We'll find you."
"Don't do this, Woody. What if you don't make it?" Bo asked.
"I will, Bo. We both will."
"Stop talking and pay attention!" Stinky Pete yelled. They turned to him. "Don't you know it is very rude to whisper to one another when a villain is trying to take care of business?"
"Oh god, let me tear this rolly polly apart!" Giggle said, jumping down off of Duke's bike. Duke snatched her up and held her back. "No, let me at him!" Billy, Goat and Gruff went to attack him as well, but Bo held up her hand.
"Last chance, Pete. Woody said, standing in front of his friends. Release my sister, right now." They stared each other down until finally Pete smiled.
"As you wish, Sheriff Woody." Pete said. Moving the blade from Jessie's neck, he swiped it across her chest, cutting it open. Jessie didn't even have time to register the pain because Pete tossed her over the side into the roaring water. Woody lunged at the prospector, threw him at Buzz, who stabbed the hunting knife into his chest before throwing him off the other side of the falls. When Buzz turned back to look at Woody, he saw that the cowboy had already leapt over the edge after Jessie, leaving his hat behind.