Chapter 18

"We're dead," pronounced Woody. "SID has us."

By now, the group saw Sid's house. Riku thought that it looked normal, but Woody was shaking. "He's gonna blow us up. WHY? NOOOO-"

Sid, opening his front door, lowered the bag. A vicious dog appeared, barking at the bag with rage. "Sit, boy! Now, here's something for you…"

Taking out the three-eyed alien toy, he placed it on top of the dog's nose. "Ready…set…BITE!" The dog wasted no time chewing the poor toy until it showed too much fluff. Sid ran upstairs, only to bump into a girl. "Oh, hey. What are you playing with?"

"A new toy!" She looked happy holding a doll until Sid snatched it.

"Oh look, it's sick! I have to fix it!"

"SID!"

The boy ran upstairs, locking his dark room and throwing the bag onto the bed. He took the doll and ran to his desk. Laughing maniacally, he opened up his supplies of torture. Riku and Buzz looked terrified as Sid "fixed" the doll.

Sid stood up and went to the doorway. "Hey, Hannah…" Sid revealed the doll's head, which was covered with a dinosaur head. A scream was heard, and Sid ran out of the room, closing the door and throwing the broken doll across the room.

Woody and Riku got out of the bag. "So that's Sid…" Riku looked around him. "We need light."

"What if we see more monsters?!" Woody shivered, fearing more encounters.

"Just don't fear the darkness. You are a leader, right?"

Woody conceded, making sure to bring a flashlight for self-defense. As they looked around the room, they saw shadows move. "Must be the other toys," muttered Riku.

Suddenly, both jumped at a rattling sound. A spider with a baby head appeared, one eye missing.

"BUZZ!" Woody ran towards the bag, hiding behind the space ranger. "Save MEEEE!" Buzz used a laser beam, but it did nothing other than illuminate the holes on the baby head. Other toys with similar conditions arrived.

"Hey!" Riku greeted them with respect. "I'm Riku. Who are you?"

The toys turned away. Riku felt confused about these toys until he saw something approach him. It resembled a large toy, but the darkness surrounding it made it look less of a child's plaything and more of a demonic being. Riku raised his blade up in self-defense. "All right them…"

Meanwhile, at Andy's house, the toys were arguing with rage. "Woody deserved to get lost!" yelled Potato-Head. "Why should anyone care?!"

"He didn't hurt Buzz!" Cloud and some of the other toys saw what really happened and were angered at the lie being said.

"Well, what proof-"

"Soldier!" The Leader, along with twenty other toy troopers, glared at him. "We have been fighting those demonic creatures for weeks! We were given repellents-"

"Repellents?" Sora and Cloud looked at each other with confusion. There was something that can "repel" creatures made from the heart and soul?

"We were given this by some man. He said to use them to protect ourselves. Yet, it was in limited quantity! If none of you came, we would have been scrap metal!"

Both warriors pondered on who could have made such a thing. An inventor? A Soul Reaper? A scientist?

Potato-Head looked peeved. "Whatever. I'm going to sleep. Weirdos!"

Most of the toys went back to sleep. "Great," sighed Sora. "Riku's gone with them. How will we know if he is alright?"

"Just hope," answered Cloud.

Back at Sid's house, Riku revved up his energy. "Hah!" He pushed the blade deep into the front of the monster. Riku quickly teleported back, seeing a trap. The monster's stomach opened up, revealing an eye.

"I'm hungry!" It launched itself at Riku, teeth shining in the darkness. Riku smiled and slashed his sword downwards. The being disappeared inside a dark vortex that appeared out of nowhere. It shrieked, moving into another dimension.

"It…is gone." Riku was content about the progression of his powers. Buzz looked at him with amazement while Woody still hid in the bag. The keyblade master decided to sleep, going to the bag.

The next morning, Riku woke up to screaming. "What?!" He went over, only to see that Woody's forehead was burning. Sid tortured him until he was called for breakfast. He put his head in a cool bowl of cereal that was prepared to torture him further.

"Hey, look!" Woody pointed to the door, which was opened. "We can go!" Riku and Buzz ran behind him, happy that freedom was so close. They reached the top of the stairs, only to see the dog asleep near them.

"Shhh!" Riku went first, going across the room. Buzz and Woody followed until they heard the dog move. "Run!"

The toys hid in the closet. The dog sniffed at the door until it got bored and ran off. "Whew...hey, where's Buzz?" Woody wondered.

The toys encountered Buzz watching a commercial. Riku watched the toy's expression and was shocked to see Buzz sad. "I'm...a toy?"

Woody looked solemn. "Look, Buzz, I know-" Buzz cried, tearing his right arm off.

"BUZZ!" Riku held him from harming himself. "You need that for...things. Don't kill yourself! You're still someone who is needed, like us!"

"Whats...the...point?" Buzz said quietly. "I'm nothing but a toy-"

"Stop that!" Woody gazed at Buzz intensely. "Andy needs US!" Buzz snapped out of his depression and looked at his two friends. "Without us, he will feel lonely. What we toys do is something that only a loved one in a kid's life can do. We make the kid feel HAPPY! Don't throw away your life like that, Buzz!"

Buzz looked renewed, confident. Riku pointed back to Sid's room. "Now let's go!"

"TO HIS ROOM!?" yelled Woody.

"There's a window there," explained Riku," We can just open it and glide to Andy's house with these thing!" He pointed to the wires that, somehow, were placed next to the television.

The three toys arrived at the window. "So..." Woody opened the window and threw the wire to Andy's bedroom window. The sound drew attention to the toys near it, and the window was opened.

"WOODY! BUZZ! WHITE-HAIR!" yelled the toys.

"White-haired...?" Riku grumbled. "They can't even remember my name?"

"Riku!" Sora and Cloud saw them and cheered for them...for some reason.

The trio explained their situation. "We need to cross this place." Buzz looked determined to reach back towards Andy's room.

"I don't think so."

A few toys suddenly appeared on Andy's bedroom. One of them waved, using an unknown force to wave away the wires. "NOOOOOO!" cried Woody. Sora rushed one of them, but another one appeared, hitting Sora backwards. Cloud slashed one of the toys to pieces, but before his eyes, it regenerated.

"Taking a disguise of a toy was bothersome," muttered the toy," but oh well." It shape-shifted, scaring the other toys in the room except for Sora and Cloud. It turned into a green-haired boy with a odd symbol on his stomach.

"The name's Envy. I'm just looking for some power to rule the worlds. Also, some sacrifices."

"Who are you?!" shouted Cloud.

"Let's just say that I work under a few bosses who want-"

"Maleficent?" asked Sora.

"No. That pathetic fool? She knows that the Xheanorts are the ones who are the movers and shakers. Soon, our own plans will be forged. You-"

"Yeah, yeah, that's great..." sighed Sora. "But why did you interfere with the rescue?"

"I want to keep the suspension in place!" laughed Envy. "Plus, I have to see what Gluttony wants..."

A fat man appeared, looking blank...and oddly not a man. "Food?"

Back at Sid's house, Riku saw the newcomer...and realized who it was. "Sora! Look out!"

The "man" jumped onto Sora.