Chapter 5: A Surprising New Arrival
The soldiers had just finished turning off the baby monitor and were ready to pick it back up. "Wait a minute." Andy's mom suddenly said. Sarge took notice and peeked through his binoculars. "Ooh, what do we have here?" Andy's mom just pulled another present from the closet, making the kids gasp. "Wait! Turn that thing back on!" Sarge ordered.
"Come in, Mother Bird! Come in, Mother Bird! Mon has pulled a surprise present from the closet!" Sarge reported back to Andy's room. Everyone started to tense up with worry again. "Andy's opening it."
"He's very excited about this one." Sarge continued. "It's a huge package." "Mom, what is it?" Andy asked as he opened it. He gasped at the sight, but one of the kids stepped in Sarge's view. "Get out- One of the kids is in the way!"
"I can't see- it's-" The toys and heroes all started to shiver with fear. Even Woody's lip quivered.
"It's a-" Sarge couldn't even finish as Andy held up his new present in the shadows with the kids cheering.
The baby monitor was receiving feedback from the children cheering downstairs. Rex was getting anxious. "It's a what?! What is it?!" He shouted. He started shaking the nightstand, causing the baby monitor to fall to the ground and knocking the batteries out. "Oh no!" Rex cried at what he did. "You big lizard! Now we'll never know what it is!" Potato Head said, picking up the batteries. "Way to go, Rex!" Hamm said. "We've got to get the batteries back in!" Tom shouted. "No, no! Turn them around! Turn them around!" Woody tried to say. Potato Head tried to push the batteries back in. "He's putting them in back- Hey, you're putting them in backwards!" Hamm said shoving Potato Head out of the way. "Plus is positive, minus is negative! Oh, let me!" Woody said hopping down. He pushed Hamm aside to fix the monitor himself.
Back downstairs, Andy and his friends were on their way upstairs. "Let's go to my room, guys!" Andy said as they passed the plant. "Red alert! Red alert! Andy's coming upstairs!" Sarge alerted, not knowing what was happening upstairs.
"Gah! There!" Woody said as he locked the battery cover in. Harry and Ron brought it up to hearing position. "Juvenile intrusion! Repeat! Resume your positions, NOW!" Sarge reported. "ANDY'S COMING EVRYBODY! Back to your places! HURRY!" Woody shouted. Soon enough, everybody was heading back to their original spots. Well, Lenny was slowly waddling as fast as he could. Potato Head however misplaced his left ear. "Where's my ear?! Who's seen my ear?! Did you see my ear?!" He asked in hysteric. "Out of my way! Here I come! Here I come!" Rex said, hitting a trashcan and passing out from the pain.
The kids were halfway up the stairs. Lenny finally made it to his shelf on the bookcase. Woody and Harry climbed back onto the bed and froze down. The kids burst through the door and scattered across the room. "Hey, look! His lasers light up! Take that, Zurg! Quick, make a space! This is where the spaceship lands. And if you press his back, he does a karate chop action!" The kids all chattered as Woody and Harry were shoved aside. They both fell beside the bed. "Come on down, guys! Time for games!" Andy's mom called. The kids raced back down and closed the door. When they were gone, some of the toys started peak from out of the closet. Everyone got up and made for the bed. "What is it?" Potato Head asked. "Can you see it?" Bo asked. "What the heck is up there?" Slinky asked. "Woody, Harry, whose up there with you guys?" Rex asked.
Woody and Harry suddenly came from under the bed. "Woody, what're you and Harry doing under the bed?" Slinky asked. "Uh nothing. Nothing. I'm sure Andy was just a little excited, that's all. Too much cake and ice cream I suppose." Woody said as he tidied himself up. "I can relate. My cousin, Dudley, he always gets that way when he's had too much sugary food on his birthdays." Harry said. "It's just a mistake." Woody assured. "Well, that mistake is sitting in your spot, Woody." Potato Head said chuckling. "Have you been replaced?!" Rex asked in a panic. "Calm down, Rex!" Hermione said. "Hey, what did I tell you earlier? No one is getting replaced." Woody said. "He's right. Everything'll be fine." Harry said. Everybody looked at each other with concern. "Now, let's all be polite and give whatever is up there a nice big Andy's room welcome." Woody suggested and started to climb up the bed. Harry joined with the others as they watched Woody climb.
Woody reached the top and looked on with wide eyes and dropped jaw at what was on the bed. A heroic spaceman. The spaceman blinked and started to come alive himself. Woody lowered his head as the spaceman started to look around. The spaceman then pushed a red button on his chest. "Buzz Lightyear to Star Command. Come in, Star Command." He said, not getting any response. He pressed the button again. "Star Command come in! Do you read me?" He asked. Again, no response. "Why don't they answer?" Suddenly, he got a look at his ship-shaped box. "My ship!" He gasped and ran over. He examined the damage. "Blast! This'll take weeks to repair." He turned away and opened up a comm on his wrist. "Buzz Lightyear mission log. Stardate 4072: My ship has run off course on route to Sector 12. I've crash landed on a strange planet. The impact must've woken me from hyper sleep." He started to bounce on the bed. "Terrain seems a bit unstable." He tapped the gauge on his comm. "No read-out yet if the air is breathable. And there seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere."
"Hello-o-o." Woody said, popping into view. Startled, Buzz got into a fighting stance, scaring Woody. "Whoa! Hey, hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." Woody said as Buzz took aim with a laser light. "Did I frighten you? Didn't mean to. Sorry. Howdy. My name is Woody, and this is Andy's room. That's all I wanted to say, and also there has been a bit of a mix-up. This is my spot, see the bed here-" Woody explained. Buzz deactivated his laser upon noticing the sheriff's badge on Woody's vest. "Local law enforcement. It's about time you got here. I'm Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger, Universe Protection Unit. My ship has crash landed here by mistake." Buzz explained as he started to walk on the bed. "Yes. It is a mistake. Because you see the bed here is my spot." Woody said, trying to keep up. "I need to repair my turbo boosters. Do you people still use fossil fuels or did you discover crystalic fusion?" Buzz asked, turning around. "Well, let's see. Uh, we got double As." Woody suggested.
Buzz gasped upon noticing something. "Watch yourself!" He said, jumping on Woody and re-activating his laser. "Halt! Who goes there?!" He asked. Rex, Harry, Hermione and Slinky cringed. "Don't shoot! It's okay. Friends." Rex said. "Do you know these lifeforms?" Buzz asked. "Yes! They're Andy's toys. Plus, some out of town visitors." Woody said. "Alright, everyone, you're clear to come up." Buzz said, standing up and walking towards the others.
"I'm Buzz Lightyear. I come in peace." Buzz said as the toys and heroes gathered up. "Oh, I'm so glad you're not a dinosaur!" Rex said, walking up and shaking Buzz's hand. "Easy there, Rex!" Kaz said, pulling Rex back. "Control yourself, dude!" Peyton said as he helped. "Why, thank you. Now thank you all for your kind welcome." Buzz said, thanking them as Woody straightened himself up. "Say, what's that button do?" Rex asked, pointing at Buzz's buttons. "I'll show you." Buzz said, pushing the red button. "Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!" A sampled Buzz voice said. The group all reacted with awe. "Impressive. Very impressive." Seamus said. "Hey, Woody's got something like that. His is a pull-string." Slinky said. "Only-" "Only it sounds like a car ran right over it." Potato Head said. Woody, suddenly feeling inferior, reached behind him and grabbed his pull-string. "Yeah. But not like this. This is a quality sound system." Hamm said. "Probably all copper wiring, huh?" "Possibly a new form of Muggle state-of-the-art electronics." Ron guessed. "We need to stop hanging around Dad's garage." Ginny said. "So, where you from? Singapore? Hong Kong?" Hamm asked. "Well, no. Actually, I'm stationed up at the Gamma Quadrant at Sector 4. As a member of the elite Universe Protection Unit of the Space Ranger Corps, I protect the galaxy from the threat of invasion from the evil Emperor Zurg, sworn enemy of the Galactic Alliance!" Buzz explained. Woody glanced at the back of the box, tilting his head to see a cartoon drawing of Buzz giving the exact same speech word-for-word.
The toys and heroes were in awe from what Buzz said. "So, basically he's some kind of space cop." Seamus guessed. "Sounds about right." Parvati said. "Nice to meet a fellow officer of the law." Carmelita said. "Easy, Carm. Don't make me jealous." Sly said. "Oh! Sorry, Honey." Carmelita apologized. "Oh really? I'm from Playskool." Potato Head said. "We're from Warner Bros." Hermione said. "And I'm from Mattel." Rex said. "Well, I'm not really from Mattel. I'm actually from a smaller company that was purchased in a leveraged buyout." Buzz raised his eyebrow at the way the toys explained themselves.
Woody walked over to Bo and Harry. "You think they'd never seen a new toy before." He said with jealousy. "Well, sure. Look at him. He's got more gadgets on him than a swiss army knife." Bo said. "Yeah. More than what we ever had at Hogwarts." Harry added. Woody glared. "Sorry." Harry said, shrinking down.
Slinky pressed a button on Buzz's right bicep, making a light blink repeatedly. Buzz noticed and pulled his arm back. "Ah, ah, ah. Please be careful. You don't wanna be in the way when my laser goes off." He said as Slinky shook his head. "Hey, a laser. How come you don't have a laser, Woody?" Potato Head asked with a taunt. "It's not a laser. It's- It's a little lightbulb that blinks." Woody said. "What's with him?" Hamm asked. "Laser envy." Potato Head muttered. "I think Woody's just a little jealous." Dean said. "No! Really? I wonder what gave that away." Ron said sarcastically. "Alright! That's enough. Look, we're all very impressed with Andy's new toy." Woody said. "Toy?" Buzz asked. "T-O-Y. Toy." Woody spelled. "Excuse me. I think the word your searching for is Space Ranger." Buzz tried to correct. "The word I'm searching for I can't say, because there's preschool toys present." Woody said. "Getting kinda tense, aren't ya?" Potato Head asked. "Actually, that's playing smart." Hermione said.
"Oh, Mr. Lightyear, now I'm curious. What does a Space Ranger actually do?" Rex asked. "Yeah. Like what's the main job for a Space Ranger?" Kaz asked. "He's not a Space Ranger!" Woody shouted before Buzz could explain. "He doesn't fight evil or shoot lasers or fly!" Woody said. "Excuse me." Buzz said. He pushed the big red button on his suit, opening up a pair of wings. Everyone reacted with awe. "Oh, impressive wingspan. Very good." Hamm said. "Oh, what? Whaaaat? These are plastic. He can't fly." Woody said, grabbing one of the wings. Buzz pulled it away. "They are terillium-carbonic alloy and I can fly." He said. "No, you can't." Woody said. "Yes, I can." Buzz assured. "You can't!" Woody argued. "Can!" Buzz argued back. "Can't! Can't! Can't!" Woody shouted, tapping Buzz's helmet. "I tell you I could fly around this room with my eyes closed!" Buzz said. "Okay the, Mr. Lightbeer. Prove it." Woody challenged. "Alright, then I will." Buzz accepted. He walked past the others towards the edge of the bed. "Stand back, everyone." He said. Woody shook his head with a sly smirk.
Buzz climbed up the bedpost and prepared to take off, shutting his eyes. "To Infinity and BEYOND!" He called before jumping off the bedpost. He plummeted to the ground, bounced off a ball and landed and landed on a tiny car. He rode down a slide, through a loop and off a ramp. The toys and heroes watched as Buzz flew into a plane mobile hanging from the ceiling, wedging his wings between the legs. The plane's motor turned on and spun Buzz around and around. The toys and heroes followed in amazement. Finally, the force caused Buzz to separate from the plane. Buzz sailed through the air and landed feet-first, back onto the bed. He opened his eyes. "Can." He said in victory. The toys and heroes cheered and applauded. "Oh wow! You flew magnificently!" Rex said. "I found my moving buddy." Bo said. "Why, thank you. Thank you all. Thank you." Buzz said. "That wasn't flying! That was…falling with style!" Woody protested. "Talk about showing off." Harry said. The others crowded around Buzz. "Man, the dolls must really go for you. Can you teach me that?" Potato Head asked in a whisper.
"Golly bob howdy." Slinky said with admiration. "Oh, shut up!" Woody snapped. Slinky just glared. Woody then stared at Buzz. "In a couple days, everything'll be just the way it was. They'll see. They'll see. I'm still Andy's favorite toy." Woody assured. "I hope your right." Harry said.