Chapter 8!!
Well, this chapter was probably the one I found hardest to write, but I think it turned out well. I’d like to thank Seiferre Quintesce for helping me out with it. If you like Buzz/Woody you should go check out their story. Anyway, I hope you like it! Please review.
Disclaimer:Toy Story belongs to Disney Pixar.
Woody stared into the eight ball, whispering quietly to it, "Will the voice go away?" [i]It'll say no...[/i] grinned the voice. Woody clenched his teeth looking at the appearing answer. The words, [b]Better not tell you now[/b] slowly emerged. Woody slammed it down harder on the desk than strictly necessary, muttering a curse under his breath.
“Y’know… Whenever you do that, something bad happens,” a voice behind Woody said. He didn’t need to turn around to know who it was,
“Buzz, for crying out loud, can’t I have one moment of peace?” he snapped, tensing slightly. He already knew he wasn’t going to like Buzz’s response.
“Even if I did leave you alone, it seems like you wouldn’t get any,” said Buzz unhelpfully. Woody gritted his teeth. A voice of reason in the back of his head told him to calm down and let him try and help him, but it did little to quell his irrational anger. He didn’t bother to try and bite back his retort.
“Oh, okay then, so how am I supposed to get peace and quiet around here, hmm?” Woody crossed his arms, turning to face Buzz. He raised his eyebrows in an expectant sort of way. Buzz’s expression darkened slightly, his mouth tightening.
“Listen,” said Buzz, trying very hard to keep his voice even, “You’re the leader of this room. If you’re not right in the head how do you expect to be fit to carry out your duties as the sheriff?” Woody’s scowl deepened. “Now I demand to know what’s bothering you this instant,” Buzz finished, voice having grown harsher. Woody grimaced, before slowly breathing out.
“I hate this,” he said resignedly.
Serge was pacing like a madman about the room, muttering things under his breath and jotting them down randomly on a clipboard. Woody was laying on the desk idly playing with some marbles. A man was bound and unconscious in the corner. Yup, just another average day.
On the TV a station was talking about the approaching Hurricane. Serge seemed to perk up at the very mention of it. Now it did not happen at this particular moment, but Serge had been seen earlier to go into a sort of manic excitement about the hurricane season. “I love Hurricanes,” was something Woody had already heard several times. Serge was in his element. Woody was bored out of his mind.
Coleman stumbled into the room. Woody didn’t bother to freeze. Coleman was usually too drunk or stoned to notice. When he did notice he just thought the drugs were making him see weird things or that he had a really good buzz going. Woody rolled his eyes disdainfully. Coleman started walking toward the desk. Woody tensed. Coleman picked him up,
“Howdy cowboy,” he said in a slurred voice. Serge’s eyes darted in their direction.
“Coleman, be careful with him. You break all kinds of stuff all the time.”
“But Serge, I’m not gonna brea-”
“You never intend to break things, but you always manage to,” said Serge sharply. “If you’re going to play with him you have to stay in here where I can make sure you don’t break him.” Coleman looked disappointed but sat down with Woody, twirling him about and having him go through strange little obstacle courses of random things on the floor. Coleman got bored and started pulling his pull string, repeatedly. It was driving Woody nuts.
“Stop that,” snapped Serge, just as Coleman pulled the string again, something inside Woody seemed to stick, and whatever it had started saying started making that annoying trill that happens when something freezes or stalls. It sent strange little shocks through him.
“Coleman!” cried Serge in anger, snatching Woody away from him and trying to figure out how to fix it.
“Serge I didn’t mean to…” The numbness started to wash over Woody.
“Get out,” said Serge in a dangerously low voice. Coleman flinched.
“But Serge…”
“Get the hell out!” snapped Serge. Blackness started to cloud Woody’s vision, though he had no idea whether or not his eyes were closing.
“Damn it…” muttered Serge.
“Everything was black for a really long time after that. When I finally woke up I was being to Andy’s dad as a present,” Woody finished. Buzz frowned. “You couldn’t remember anything happening in the darkness?” asked Buzz. Woody shot him a sharp look. “It’s darkness Buzz, of course I couldn’t remember anything happening in it,” snapped Woody, in a way that, at least to Buzz, seemed to suggest he was hiding something. Buzz let it drop, for now. Woody kneaded his forehead with the palm of his hand.
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