Ship 2319 of Porkchop's fleet landed with ease in the docking bay. The green army men left grumbling to themselves about the lateness of the hour. The trio of rangers underneath didn't dare move an inch until the bay was near empty. The soldiers seemed to be heading somewhere, which Woody figured that they would lead him to Porkchop. He passed off the bracelet to Buzz, and then they went their separate ways.
Of the three, Jessie was the most concerned. She had no idea where the controls to the shields even were, let alone how to turn them off. But the mission depended on her being able to figure it out, so she set off for the front of the ship.
Buzz didn't really know where he was going either, but he had a little more confidence in his ability to identify areas of the ship. He was half expecting some sort of alarm to go off when Woody had given him the signal jammer, but it never did. He wandered through the corridors, ducking and avoiding cameras and occasionally a green army man or two. He finally came across a metal hangar door labelled Holding Cell.
"I really don't see why you're complaining so much," said a voice from behind.
The Space Ranger whipped around seeing the shadows from beyond the corridor. He hurled himself out of the way and hid in maintenance closet. He listened closely to their muffled voices.
"I'm telling you, he's a complete idiot. We know where the guy is on the ship, and we're just letting him waltz around. I'm tired of these stupid games he plays," one of the men said. "And what's the point with all that fancy stuff he has planned for the girl? If he really doesn't need her anymore I say just dispose of her and be done with it. Don't waste our time with this bull."
Buzz quietly opened the door an inch. He saw two men. One pulled out a keycard and slipped it through the reader next to the hangar door.
"Look, Porkchop is… eccentric. But where would we be if he hadn't come to our planet? He listened to our plight when Star Command didn't do as much as lift a finger. So if he wants to 'play with his food,' I ain't gonna be the one to stop him."
The Space Ranger quickly followed behind them slipping through the door as it closed. He stayed close to them as they walked through the hangar. They went through another door requiring a keycard, and then finally ended up in a hallway with several doors, most of them slightly ajar.
The one that was sealed required a code. Buzz ducked into one of the empty rooms that was completely dark on the opposite side of the hall. He craned his head to try and see what they were typing in. It looked like it was a number pad. There was a 9... 0... He missed the third number...6... He also missed the last number.
They entered the room and closed the door behind them. Buzz waited in silence for a bit before finally emerging into the hall to look at the pad on the door. 906 was all he saw, so he stood there, stumped for a moment.
And then from nowhere, a number popped up in his head.
90460.
Where had he heard that? Maybe it was one of the green men from earlier. Did he dare risk entering it? He'd be jeopardizing the entire mission if an alarm was to go off. And yet, his gut was telling him strongly that there was some sort of connection.
He inhaled sharply, and typed in the code. The door clicked open. He pulled it open slightly, peeking inside. He was greeted with an almost entirely white room with a hospital bed and IV stand next to it. There was trapdoor on the floor open with a ladder going down. Peering down it he saw it led to a catwalk in what Buzz could only guess at being a very large chamber. It was extremely noisy.
One of the Green men he'd been following passed into his view, grabbing a harness of some sort. The other man came into view a few seconds later, holding Bo…
She was unconscious, with a gag in her mouth and bindings over her hands.
The Space Ranger considered his options extremely carefully. Jessie still hadn't given them any indication that the shields were down yet so it would've been foolish to jump in and get her just then. It was nice knowing where she was though.
Buzz wondered if he could get a better vantage point on the situation, to try and figure out what exactly they were planning on doing with her. He left the room and poked around the hallways in the area to see if he could get any lower.
Woody followed the soldiers throughout the facility, although he didn't have to be very sneaky about it. He could tell they knew he was there. They might as well have been leading him where he wanted to go. After following a series of corridors and hallways, they entered a room through two very large metal doors.
The cowboy boldly walked up the doors, and they automatically opened for him. Inside was a huge arena, where thousands of green army men were seated looking down into the middle. On the opposite side of the chamber was a fancy seating area complete with a raised platform and gaudy throne. Soldiers were on either side of him, closing the doors behind.
There was Porkchop, complete with snout, cane, and bowler hat.
"Welcome!" he said giddily. His voice was amplified through the arena. "We've been expecting you!"