*OMG you guys! We are in the final week before TS4! I have it all planned out. I'm watching all the movies, including the short films, starting on Monday, I have my favorite tracks from the soundtracks on my IPod ready to go, and I am going to re-watch the trailers! And then on the 22nd, I will see the movie! So excited! Anyway, here is chapter 4!*
"Pete, what are you doing here?" Owen asked. The short, stubby cowboy had markings all over his face. His overalls were torn in several places and his hat had teeth marks along the sides.
"The better question, Owen, is what are you doing fraternizing with the enemy?" Pete said.
"What are you...Wait a minute, is Woody the one you were talking about? The sheriff who stopped you from going to Japan?"
"Yes. He wanted to go back to his stupid kid and sent me with that annoying little girl! For weeks, I have searched every house for him. Three days ago, I find him talking to that lovely little wife of his and then who do I see hanging around there, but you? I thought you would have been thrown into a landfill by now, but no! You have made friends with my mortal enemies!
"Woody and his family are really nice toys. They are fun to be around. There is nothing wrong with them!"
"Oh you don't know the half of it, boy! They may seem all nice at first, but they will try to manipulate you, and then they will cast you aside."
"No that was you, Pete! You tried to get everyone at Amy's against me! You did that when you talked about Woody. You made it seem like he was the issue, not you! You talked about hurting him, for god sake! You were so furious with what he and his friends did to you that you were threatening to kill him. All he was trying to do was show you what playtime felt like!"
"He gave me what he thought I wanted, but what I wanted was to be in that museum, being loved from afar, not manhandled by grubby, snot-nosed children! I tried to teach you that, remember? Amy was going off to college and getting rid of you and most of her toys. I told you to leave with me. You being so cunning and wise, you would have been the perfect toy to help me plot revenge on him, but no! You were just like him! You wanted to stay with your kid! You wanted the cozy life of being loved by a child, when in reality, every kid is going to throw you away!"
"That is not true, and you would know that if you just put aside that hatred and tried to actually be played with!"
"Being played with is for saps like you and that wretched cowboy! Now I am going to get revenge on Woody and his disgraceful family, and you are going to help me, since your so cozy with them. You just have to continue to be buddy-buddy with them, get on the cowboy's good side, and lead him away from his family, so that I can attack him!"
"Not a chance, Pete. I told you the first time, I will not help you get revenge on him. I would die before I let something happen to a fellow toy. Get someone else to do your dirty work." Pete glared at him and then smiled wickedly.
"You know, I've noticed you've gotten quite cozy with his sweet little daughter. It be an awful shame if something were to happen to her." Owen gasped and kicked Pete between the legs. He pushed him back and got on top of him.
"If you go near her, I'll kill you. Stay away from her, from Woody, and their entire family. They are good toys and I will not let you hurt them." Pete kicked him off and shook his head.
"Wow, they have already corrupted you. You don't know them, boy. They will never accept you. Woody sure as hell won't, not with his irrational hostility towards anyone who poses a threat to him. Mark my words, he will turn his back on you, and when he does, you'll see that I was right." He released him and then turned away, disappearing into the night.
*So as I said, I am going to be offline for about a day or two. I am having a procedure done over the weekend, so I'll be recovering, and writing. I'll post probably Sunday. So till then, enjoy!