Chapter 3- Going Viral

(Laura angrily got up, stuffed Emvilly back into her bag and stomped out of Andy's. She stomps down the hallway and bumps into her friend Carol Cartwright)

Carol: Laura? What's the matter?

Laura: My computer has a virus.

Carol: I'm sorry. What are you going to do?

Laura: Kill the people responsible!

Carol: You know who did it?

Laura: Damn right, I do!

Carol: You have one of those online tracker things?

Laura: I don't need one. Now, if you excuse me I have some asses to kick.

(Carol gets out of Laura's way. Laura stomps into the room and goes over to the bed where all the animals are sitting, takes Emvilly on the bed and sits her next to Buster)

Ok… Game's over! I know you're alive and I know what you did! I want an explanation , you jackasses and I want it right now!

(Lucky looks at her)

Lucky: After the way you treat us you really think we should explain anything?

Laura: The way I treat you? Ok, maybe I leave you laying on the floor sometimes and when I'm home Roxy gets to you because she jumps on the bed and takes you from my room and I'm sorry but I'm eighteen, you guys are not the center of my world . I have more important things to worry about like getting good grades so I can graduated and make it to the real world. But because of what you guys did to my computer that's going to be nearly impossible! I had a 10 page paper due tomorrow on that computer and now I have to rewrite the entire thing! So how about you think about how you're treating me!

Lucky: You can re-do whatever we messed up but we can't re-do everything once the consequences of what you did hit.

Laura: What consequences? All I did was show my boyfriend a video of you!

Lucky: What do you think he'll do with that information? You really think he'll just keep it to himself?

Laura: I'm sure he will even if he doesn't, nothing would happen!

Lucky: Humans are the dumbest beings on Earth.

Laura: Excuse me!

Lucky: You are cruel to everyone including each other and you never learn from other people's behavior.

Laura: We're talking about a rumor about living toys spreading around; we aren't talking about the coming of the next Holocaust!

Lucky: We'll see.

( Meanwhile, Andy is sitting in his room talking to a friend on Facebook and sending him the link to the video that Laura accidently left in his room. His friend sends it to some other friends, who sends it to some other friends, who sends it to some other friends. After about three weeks it's the big Facebook sensation)

Narrator: Once, my stuffed animals became Facebook stars I kept getting nothing but messages saying how awesome the video was and how talented I was with computers. Some even asked me how I got the animals to talk. Of course, I couldn't tell them the truth ,not on the internet . Before too long , a reporter came to my dorm room to interview me on the success of the video.

(10pm at Bonnie's house. Rex is in the kitchen getting a late night snack. He is tapping his way towards the stairs when he stops to hear the news report)

Reporter: Welcome back to Inside Hollywood. I'm Vanessa Shinyteeth here with the girl behind with the new internet sensation " the Toys are alive", 18 year old, Laura Benson. Hello, Laura.

Laura: Hello, Ms. Shinyteeth, it's a pleasure to be on the show.

Reporter: Where did you come up with the idea for this video?

Laura: It just came to me.

Reporter: It seems very realistic. You're quite a talent.

Laura: Thank you. I worked very hard on it.

Reporter: Would you care to show the video?

Laura: Sure.

(Laura plays the video)

Reporter: Wow, if I didn't know any better I'd say they really were alive.

(Rex drops the cookie he is holding and starts to panic as he runs over to where Slinky dog is waiting)

Rex: Slinky, did you hear?

Slinky: I heard… I heard. We need to let the others know.

(Rex hangs on and Slinky springs him up and they run into Bonnie's room. Rex goes over to wake up Woody.)

Woody: Slinky? Rex? What time is it?

Slinky: 10pm.

Woody: Why did you wake me up so late?

Slinky: Well, it's like this…

Rex: The world as we know it has come to an end!

Woody:(whispers) Rex, be quiet you don't want to wake up Bonnie. Now, what's this about the world coming to an end?

Rex: On TV…. Someone video taped some toys while they were moving and talking and put it on the internet.

Woody:Who did that?

Rex: Some girl named Laura… Laura Benson.

(Woody goes over to the computer he went on Google and typed in Laura Benson. It took him to a facebook profile.)

Woody: Laura Benson is an 18 year old college student. (Woody started to think about how Andy was going to take him to college)

Slinky: Good thing you didn't go. That could have been you they caught on video.

Woody: It doesn't matter who it was. We're all in deep trouble.

Rex: What could we possibly do from here?

Woody: We can't do anything from here. If we want to stop this problem from getting bigger we're going to have to go to Manhattanville College.

( they go about waking up the others telling them about the emergency meeting. Each toy groggily gets up including Mr. Potato Head who is very grumpy. They all gather around Woody)

Mr. Potato Head: Woody, it's the middle of the night what's the big idea!

Woody: The big idea is that we have a problem. A new sensation just hit the internet.

Mr. Potato: You woke us up to show us a new hit You tube video?

Slinky: This is not just any video it's called "The toys are alive." ... someone video taped some stuffed animals.

Mr. Potato Head: It's not our fault that a bunch of toys were too stupid to not get caught.

Rex: According to the video they tried. They searched her room to find a camera not realizing they were being taped in the process and then they put a virus in the girl's computer when they couldn't find one thinking that the video program on her computer might be on.

Mr. Potato Head: If they toasted her computer how did the video get on the internet?

Buzz: She must have shown it to someone who put it on the internet. But how could they not know they were being video taped ,unless this Laura girl has these new video sunglasses I heard about.

Woody: Regardless of how this happened. It happened. We have to deal with this before someone realizes it's not just a you tube gag. So, we have to go to Purchase, New York right now.

Jessie: How are we supposed to get there? We're nowhere near Purchase.

Woody: We'll have to ship ourselves. I think the box we were brought here in it still in the closet.

(They go to the closet, pull out a huge box and get in, Woody writes an address on the top of the box, they all move the box to the porch, they jump in, then Woody secures the top with tape he sneaks in the box and tries his best to secure it from the inside of the box. The next day, Laura gets up and gets ready for class)

Lucky: Good morning, are you ready to concede to the fact that I was right?

Laura: No. I don't concede to that fact. I mean all that happened was that you guys became internet stars. There is nothing wrong with that.

Lucky: There is someone out there who is going to believe the truth and they'll use the information to destroy us all.

Laura: Wow, I think I had you watch the Fairly Oddparents with me too many times. No one is crazy enough to believe that toys are alive.

Lucky: You were.

Laura: I'm a freak! And by the way, if someone did believe what exactly would you do; start a war or something?

Lucky: We're already in a war.

( Laura's cell rings and she answers it)

Laura: Hello?... Ok, Thank you.

Luna: Who… Who was that?

Laura: Just the post office. I got a package. It's odd, I wasn't expecting anything.

Lucky: Probably from one of your unfortunately loyal fans.

Laura: I'm going to pick it up and then I have to go to the library and finish the paper you guys trashed.

(Laura gets up, gets her bag and exits. She goes to the post office to pick up the package and then goes to the library with it. She sits down and opens the package ignoring the note attached. When she opens up the box Buzz Lightyear leaps out)

Buzz: Laura Benson?

Laura: Yes. I'm Laura Benson and you're a Buzz Light year. Nice to meet you Buzz now what are you doing at Manhattanville College in a package addressed to me?

Buzz: My friends and I… (Buzz looks around notices that they are in a library full of people ) You were supposed to open this package while you were alone. Didn't you read the note Woody left you?

Laura: What note? Listen, I don't have time for this. I have a paper to finish re-writing a paper for my next class.

Buzz: This won't take long. Woody, would you care go to first?

( Buzz helps Woody climb from the box)

Woman: O my god! Those toys just moved!

Man: What?

( everyone starts crowding around where the woman was pointing)

Woody: This… ( pointing towards the crowd) is why I said to open the box when you were alone!