Okay! This is the chapter where things get complicated for the Toys and I don't think they really know how hospitals are, you know. Cold, colorless, sad...that's my outlook because of my experiences, but right now Bonnie will be prepared for her experience. :( Poor baby...
Right when Mrs. Anderson came up with the silent Bonnie, the woman at the reception desk greeted them both with a smile.
"Good morning, Anderson." she greeted.
"Good morning." Mrs. Anderson smiled back.
"You're right on time, of course. Hi, Bonnie." the receptionist smiled at Bonnie and Woody.
Bonnie snuggled against her mother, not saying a single word.
"Oh, and who's that you've got there?" she pointed at her cowboy doll, who Bonnie protectively held closer.
"…e…my…oody 'oll…" the girl mumbled under her breath,
"What was that?"
"He's my Woody doll." Bonnie said louder.
"Oh, really? How cool is that? Is he a sheriff who keeps the law in his town straight?"
Bonnie finally relaxed and nodded with a light smile. "And he gets the bad guys too…" she said to the Receptionist, making Woody look like he was flying, like a superhero.
"Really? Wow! I wish I had a hero like him. You're so lucky to have him."
Bonnie sucked on her thumb although she was smiling at the woman, who helped her almost forget of what she was brought here for. On the Sheriff's part, he got a whole outlook of the hospital lobby. It was very dull and unusually bright for an average building, not like others he had been to like that toy collector's office he, Jess and Bullseye were locked in ten years ago. It felt strangely cold and bland, hardly any color at all besides gray and white. Also, Woody sensed a deep sadness in this building and by sighting an elder sitting limb in a wheelchair near them told him that this was the exact place Bonnie was afraid of.
"It's gunna hurt! I don't want to, Mommy! "
All the weeping and complaining she gave her mother was all about this awful place. It wouldn't be odd that Woody, Bonnie's toy, understood why. This place was depressing. Anyone could see that. The woman at the front desk acted as though she had no idea why Bonnie had been taken here, until now.
"All right. Just go up to level fifteen and go right in. Dr. Whickens will be waiting for you."
"Thank you so much. Okay, Bonnie." Mrs. Anderson began to walk toward the elevator.
Buzz, Jessie and Slinky could easily agree that the hospital was, indeed, very unpleasant for all children.
"Now I see why Bonnie was so scared." Jessie whispered low.
"Look at all those beds." Slinky added, staring into the X-ray waiting room they had passed, at all the empty patient beds lined up along the hall. "As if they need anymore."
"Ssh. Once we get to our destination, we need to make sure Bonnie will be more comfortable here. I'm not sure what will await us there."
"Are there other toys?" Slinky asked.
"I doubt it."
"We'll just stay in…where ever Bonnie is going. I don't want to get lost in this place." Jessie suggested, crossing her arms.
Soon enough, the elevator door slid open and they were in an entirely different place. Woody was the first toy to see the round desk of these purposely hard working people in these snow white coats. One woman went by pushing a silver cart of a used seringes and several plastic cups that once had some sort of medicine contained in them. Also, all around the busy desk were doors. Shut and locked doors, which meant…little Bonnie wasn't going anywhere else. In his heart, Woody did not want any of these strange people getting near the girl, yet he knew that they knew what was best for her.
Next thing the Toys knew was that a kindly grandmotherly nurse greeted Bonnie and her mother with a warm smile on her wrinkled face.
"Oh…is this Bonnie? Our newest guest. Hello, I'm Sally. I'm going to be your nurse today."
Bonnie clutched Woody closer, being shy, as she was with all people and Sally just sweetly smiled. Right after that moment, Sally led the family in a quaint, small examination and recovery room, with a white bed much too big for a girl her size. Next to it was a square white table with a vase of fake flowers upon it with a pitcher of cold water just at reach. Coming from the window was a white sheet able to go all around the bed in case of privacy. Most importantly, there was a bathroom right next to the room's door. Mrs. Anderson set the bag down on the chair closest to the door before she went to set Bonnie on the made bed as Sally wheeled in some sort of machine near her, much to Woody's worry. Bonnie just kept holding on to him, for dear life it seemed.
"All right, sweety. I'm just going to check if you're sick or you've got an allergy and all that boring stuff, okay?" Sally explained, making the girl laugh a little.
In the backpack, alone on the chair far off, Buzz, Jessie and Slinky watched on as the nurse checked Bonnie's blood pressure and made sure that she didn't have a fever or any bumps of any kind.
"What is she doing?" Slinky asked, worried.
"I don't know, but it looks structured." Buzz gruffly whispered.
"Bonnie doesn't seem to mind. Or so, I think she doesn't mind." Jessie guessed.
"I would like it if that lady would leave our gal alone!" Slinky barked.
Woody secretly witnessed the nurse check up on Bonnie and the nervous child went along with it calmly, allowing the nurse to wrap her small arm in this black belt and let her pump it numbingly tight before freeing the girl from the thing. Come on, just leave her alone!Woody wanted to yell out. Why? This is torture and you know it! Soon enough, the kind lady finished with the small check up and scooted the machine away. Then she went to a cabinet and took out a white and blue speckled linen and lightly placed it on the edge of the bed before whispering something to Mrs. Anderson who was sitting next to her daughter.
Suddenly, Woody was taken by surprise when he was taken out of Bonnie's arms and placed upon the side table as Mrs. Anderson got Bonnie dressed in that linen. Woody and the Toys in the bag overheard Bonnie's complaining.
"I don't wanna wear it, Mom! It's so cold!"
"I'm sorry, baby, but I'll get you your Blankie, okay? I'll go get it."
Buzz, Jess and Slinky were all struck out of their stupor when the bag was suddenly picked up.
