For a while they had been helplessly kept in the dark of a paper bag until they were shoved out onto the softness of a play mat. They were taken to a children's waiting room. How grand! Of all places, it had to be here. For Woody, everything went so fast that he couldn't tell of what had befallen his friends. After making sure that no one was about, the Cowboy sat up and stood up, looking around and no where near comfortable of finding himself alone. Of all horrible things, his friends were no where to be found. Getting, somewhat, frantic, Woody hastily looked around the mammoth room. Empty chairs aligned with the plain, dull checkered walls in a rectangle, surrounding the wide play rug. To his surprise, the Cowboy looked upon a shut toy chest in the corner, ironically reminding him of the chest Andy had for all those years. Desperate, also being careful to not be seen, Woody ran to the shut chest and quickly and gangly climbed up a chair next to it before cautiously opening the toy chest.

"Guys." he softly called into the darkness of the chest. "Guys, are you in here?"

"If you're talkin' to me and you wanna know if I'm in here, then yes!" spoke out a sharp, drawling voice from the bottom of the chest. Woody couldn't see anyone down there. It was too dark.

"Whoa, geez!" yelped the cowboy, losing his grip and falling with a plop on the floor.

"Well, since you're here...mind as well make yourself at home." sighed the voice from the bottom of the chest.

Woody groggily got himself up after his blundered fall, feeling far more confused than before. To his surprise, another toy peered out of the open toy chest. He was one of those realistic stuffed animals only he was the form of a jack rabbit. Also, he happened to be the only toy in the waiting room, besides Woody who was on his lonesome, worried of where his friends might be.

"S-sorry for...dropping in." Woody nervously apologized, chuckling a little as the soft stuffed rabbit slowly made his way toward him. "I was just, eh...looking for...um...have you seen and Space Ranger 'round here? About this tall," Woody worriedly motioned. "and a cowgirl and a dog."

"Not that I know of, mate. You're asking the wrong bunny." grinned the rabbit. "Name's Jack, pal. I's knows a lot about this department. Anything ya need t' know, just ask."

It was as though this rabbit didn't hear his question.

"Yee...yeah, well, thanks." Woody grinned uncomfortably. "Have you see any other toys here besides me?"

"Dah, no. I answered that already. No."

"Brilliant."

"Woody!" came a certain cowgirl's tone from near the door.

"Jessie!"

At least Jessie was accounted for, but what of Buzz and Slink? Things went by so fast, Woody couldn't react. On the way to this waiting room, before he was taken out, he swore he heard someone take two of them out at somewhere alien. Woody couldn't do anything. Relieved that Jessie was all right, he greeted her with a hug.

"Oh, Woody. Wha-where is everyone? Where are we?"

"Paramedics." Jack said before Woody could answer.

"Where?"

"The paramedics, in the kids department. Where'd ya think you were?"

"We don't know." Woody honestly shrugged. "One moment we were in our owners' room and now...we're here."

"Oh boy..." Jack's ears went on end as he gazed to the checkered floor. "Ya mean you came from the hospital?"

"We think so." Jessie looked nervous.

"What's the problem?"

"The main hospital is all the way across the road and over the parking lot. And you're over here, so..."

"Listen, Jack." Woody came close to the lonely rabbit. "We have a child over there and she's gunna need us, okay? Now, we will do whatever's possible to get back to her room."