Andy’s Room
“So he left, just like that?” Elsa asked the two keyblade wielders.
“That’s right,” said Sora. “He said he prefers to work alone. But if he won’t work with us…”
“It’s fine,” said Elsa dismissively. “I wish he’d come to us, but we can’t force him. If we do, he may take it as a threat and join with the Organization. What’s of more interest he how you learned to use fire magic.”
“It might have to do with being a keyblade wielder,” said Kairi. “I mean, if we’re meant to save or destroy the world because of our power, maybe we gain these abilities naturally.”
“An interesting hypothesis,” said Hiro. “Can you use fire magic Kairi?”
“Well...I haven’t tried yet, so maybe,” said Kairi, standing up and pointing her keyblade at the roof. She then tried swinging it randomly, but nothing happened. “I…err…I don’t think I can,” she admitted, sitting down.
“We’ll need to investigate this further,” said Lewis. “In the meantime, we better go check out this new Fixed Point, since the Organization have taken an interest in it. It’s kind of odd though.”
“How so?” asked Sora.
“Well, the place is some kid’s bedroom,” said Lewis. “But I don’t think the kid himself is really part of the Point. It’s kinda hard to explain.”
“I guess we’ll find out when we get there,” said Kairi, leading the way out of the room.
“What do you expect to accomplish here?” Lexaeus demanded. “We can’t harm this child, and it would be impractical to use him. What is your plan?”
“The plan isn’t to capture this child,” said Saix. “Rather, to lure out the keyblade wielders, and capture one of them. They realise we’re in an odd Point, and they’re on their way to stop us, thinking we’re up to something.”
“Saix, do you not remember what happened to Luxord? And now Vexen…” said Lexaeus, when his ears perked up. “What’s that sound?”
Saix listened for a moment to hear what his teammate was talking about. “A child’s laughter,” said Saix. “But it’s odd. It’s cold. Evil. Come on, I’m curious.”
“But Saix,” said Lexaeus, pointing up. “They’re here.” Above the two of them, Lewis’s time machine had just come out of the time stream and was flying towards an open window.
“They can wait,” said Saix. “I may have some new ideas for our plan.”
“Here we are,” said Lewis, landing inside the house on a large desk. “I better get this thing hidden. Shouldn’t be too hard, since everything’s so big.”
“Yeah, this is weird,” said Kairi. “Has the world ever been inhabited by giants?”
“I don’t think...” started Lewis, when the three of them heard some voices. “I better go. I’ll look for a hiding spot out the front of the house. Find out what you can, I’ll see you guys soon.” Lewis jumped back into the time machine, and flew out the open window as a man in a cowboy outfit climbed onto the desk. Except this man looked odd, like he was made of plastic.
“Howdy,” said the cowboy. “My name is Woody, and this is Andy's room.”
“Whoa, this Andy guy must be like a hundred feet tall,” said Sora.
“What? No, he’s your average four foot eight year old,” said Woody. “And you’re his new toys.”
“Toys?” questioned Kairi. “We’re not…”
“Woody? You okay up here?” came another voice, and suddenly they were joined by a man in what looked like a futuristic spacesuit.
“I think we’re fine Buzz,” said Woody. “So, who are you guys?”
“Oh, I’m Sora, and this is my friend Kairi,” said Sora. “So, this Andy…”
“Oh, he’s our kid,” said Woody. “You’ll like him. He really cares about all his toys.”
“Really? How many of you are they?” asked Kairi.
“Well, there are lots of us,” said Woody. “Rex, Hamm, Slinky, Bo Peep, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head and their three alien kids, and…”
“YEE-HAW!” came a cry, and suddenly a cowgirl came riding in on a horse, pulling up just in front of the group. The cowgirl leapt off the horse, back flipped over Sora and Kairi, and landed perfectly on her feet, taking a bow and sweeping her hat in front of her.
“…Bullseye and Jessie,” finished Woody.
“So, who we got here?” asked Jessie, inspecting the new arrivals. “Do you think Andy’s gonna play with these guys more than us?”
“ENOUGH!” yelled Kairi. “Listen, we’re not toys. We’re people, and we’re trying to stop a group of dangerous criminals.”
“Oh, I remember this,” said Buzz. “New toys, believing they’re the real thing. Guess we should break the harsh truth.”
“But that is true,” said Sora.
“Look, it might be hard to hear, but…” said Woody, taking Sora’s hand, then suddenly letting go. “What the…”
“What’s wrong Woody?” asked Buzz.
“His hand…” started Woody. “It feels like flesh. Like Andy…They ARE humans.”
“What? How?” asked Jessie. “What’s going on?”
“It’s kind of a long story,” said Sora. “You see…”
“There they are,” said Saix, pointing out the group through the window. “They’re the ones we want.”
“You can have them. I want to cowboy, the cowgirl, and the horse,” said the old man beside him.
“Now Prospector, y’all know our boy will wanna play with them before you get him to the chicken man,” said the stuffed bear beside him.
“That’s why we take the spaceman too, Lotso,” said the Prospector. “Use him as a distraction, then we get rid of my ‘friends’.”
“It’s not gonna be easy, taking the two keyblade wielders AND four toys,” said Lexaeus.
“Why take all of them? We just need one, then the rest will come to save them, like the heroes they are,” said Saix. “Now gentlemen, do we have a deal?”
“I do believe we do,” said Lotso, shaking Saix’s hand. “I swear it on my strawberry scent.”
“…and now we’re here, trying to find out what the Organization is up to,” finished Sora. By this time, Woody had called a meeting, and all of Andy’s toys had gathered around Sora to hear his story. “So, has anyone seen anything or anyone suspicious around here?”
“So, these Organization guys,” said Mr. Potato Head. “What do they look like?”
“Well, they all wear these long black coats,” said Kairi. “And they move around through these dark portals…”
“Oh, you mean kinda like those guys,” said Hamm, nodding to a dark portal opening up, with two men in black coats stepping out, followed by an old man and a teddy bear.
“Exactly like them,” said Sora, drawing his keyblade. “Back up guys, we’ll handle this.”
“Not so fast kiddo,” said Buzz. “I may be a toy, but I still remember my combat training.”
“Now how’s that for a greeting. Is this how you treat all your guests?” asked Lotso. “We’re just here to deliver an ultimatum.”
“Oh really? And what might that be?” asked Woody sarcastically.
“You, Jessie, Bullseye, Buzz, and those new kids come willingly, or our friends here get to ‘play’ with Andy,” said Stinky Pete.
“You are NOT touching Andy,” said Woody, standing with Sora, Kairi, and Buzz. “Just because your owner doesn’t love you…”
“Love? Kids don’t love us,” spat Lotso. “What do they do when you’re broken? Throw you away, that’s what. Now, Sid’s a good kid. He takes away the pain of being thrown away…”
“Yeah, by destroying perfectly good toys,” said Jessie. “We are NOT coming with you, and that’s final.”
“Jessie, think about this,” soothed Stinky Pete. “Me, you, Woody, and Bullseye could live in a Japanese toy museum, never getting broken or thrown away, living forever. Wouldn’t you like that?”
“No way,” said Jessie. “Spending an eternity stuck behind glass? Some life.”
“Have it your way,” said Saix, raising his Claymore. “Don’t kill, just capture.”
“Let’s go,” said Sora, leading the charge straight at Saix. Saix swung at Sora’s head, which he ducked under and blasted Saix with a Fire spell. Kairi ran straight at the goliath known as Lexaeus, easily dodging his slow but massively powerful swings. Buzz chose to fight Lotso, while Woody and Jessie were tag-teaming Stinky Pete.
Lotso grabbed Buzz in a hug, and started dragging him towards the still open dark portal, but Buzz managed to flip the bear over his shoulder before rolling away. “Get back here, Lightyear,” he snarled, jumping at him. Buzz jumped straight up, and landed square on top of the bear.
Stinky Pete was keeping Woody and Jessie at bay by threatening them with his pick, but the two of them were circling him to approach from different angles. Stinky Pete made a lunge at Jessie, when Woody jumped onto his back. The prospector, anticipating this, used his elbow to send the cowboy doll flying across the room, right next to the…
“Gentlemen, now,” called Stinky Pete, running back towards the dark portal. Lotso quickly threw Buzz off of him, and made a beeline straight after him. Just as Woody had gotten up, Lotso flung him over his shoulder and carried him out of sight.
“Well, it’s been fun, but we gotta go,” said Saix. “Lexaeus?” Lexaeus lifted his enormous weapon and struck the ground, knocking all the heroes off their feet. Sora got back up just in time to see the two of them vanish through the portal.
“NO…” yelled Sora, trying to follow them, but the portal disappeared, leaving them awestruck at what just happened.
“Guys, we gotta save Woody,” said Jessie, getting up.
“Yeah, but how? We don’t know where they’ve gone,” said Kairi.
“Yes, we do,” said Buzz, sounding oddly grim. “They’re next door.”
“That doesn’t sound so bad,” said Sora.
“You don’t understand,” said Mr. Potato Head. “Sid lives there.”
“He tortures toys, just for fun,” said Rex.
“Then we gotta go NOW!” said Sora, heading towards the window.
“But Sora,” called Jessie, grabbing his arm. “If you go into Sid’s house, you won’t be coming out.”
“He ain’t just gonna let you waltz on in there and take a toy he wants to break,” said Slinky.
“He’s not going in there alone,” said Buzz. “Woody’s risked his life for me before. I couldn’t call myself his friend if I wasn’t willing to do the same.”
“I’m coming too,” said Jessie.
“And me,” said Slinky.
“And me,” said Rex.
“And me,” said Hamm.
“Alright, alright, I’m in too,” said Mr. Potato Head.
“I’ll go get your angry eyes,” said Mrs. Potato Head, heading back to the toy box.
“Okay then, let’s go,” said Kairi, leading the pack.
“First, allow me to show you something,” said Buzz, extending his wings. “This is a technique called ‘Falling with Style’.” Buzz jumped out the window, but instead of falling straight down, smoothly glided down to the ground. “Now you try.” Sora and Kairi shrugged, then followed suit. To their surprise, they managed to glide fairly well, though a bit wobbly. “Very good.”
“Hey, I wanna try,” said Rex, charging through the rest of the toys to the window. Unfortunately, all he succeeded in doing was knocking the other toys out the window, except Jessie, who slid down a nearby drainpipe. As the others caught up, Sora started looking for a way through to Sid’s.
“We might be able to push through the fence here,” said Sora, trying to knock down a part of the fence that looked like it would give way. “It…won’t…budge.”
“What are we gonna do Buzz?” asked Rex.
“Use your head,” said Buzz.
“BUT I DON’T WANNA USE MY HEAD!” screamed Rex as Sora, Kairi, Buzz, and Jessie started running at the fence, using Rex as a battering ram. They hit the fence, charging straight through and landing in a pile in Sid’s yard.
“Hey, bell peppers,” said Sora, grabbing a few plants from the garden they’d landed in.
“Well, looky what we got here,” said Lotso, approaching the group with Stinky Pete. “I think we got us some wannabe heroes.”
“Where’s Woody?” demanded Jessie.
“Guys?” came Woody’s voice from above them, on a barbeque. “Get away from here guys. It’s a trap.”
“What are you…” started Buzz, as Lexaeus came up behind him and knocked him off his feet.
“So glad you could join us,” said Saix, calmly walking up to Sora and Kairi. “Now, you two can come with me and my friend, or we can take your friends here apart in front of you.”
“Oh yeah? I’d like you see you try,” spat Jessie.
“Very well,” said Saix. “Lexaeus?” Lexaeus pulled at Buzz’s arm, and soon removed it completely. Gasps of shock rang out among the group, amid Buzz’s yells of pain. “Now, will you come willingly?”
“Don’t do it,” called Woody. “Do you really think they’ll leave everyone alone if you do?”
“Quiet you,” said Saix, sending a fireball up to the barbeque. Woody yelled in shock as the flames leapt up around him. “Do we have a deal?”
“Never,” said Sora, drawing his keyblade. “I’m going to beat you, and I’m going to save my friends.”
“Friends?” laughed Saix. “Your ‘friends’ are nothing but plastic and cotton. They don’t even have hearts.”
“Maybe not,” said Kairi, calling forth her keyblade. “But they’re more human than you’ll ever be.”
Saix glared at the two of them. “I see you’ve made your choice,” said the Nobody. “So I guess you’ll have to come with me by force. Good thing it’s night.”
“W-why’s that?” asked Rex, backing up.
“Because I draw my power from the moon,” said Saix, his body beginning to change. “And even better, it’s a full moon, so my power is at its peak.” Saix’s eyes began to glow yellow, then he howled up at the sky before turning his attention to Sora, snarling.
“That’s not good,” said Sora. “Jessie, get Woody. Kairi, you save Buzz from the big guy. Everyone else, take down those two guys.” Sora had just barely managed to finish giving his commands when he had to dive out of the way of an attack by Saix. Luckily for Sora he missed, because the spot where he had been was now a deep hole. “This isn’t gonna be easy,” he muttered, getting bowled over by the feral Nobody.
Up on the barbeque, Jessie had just climbed onto a nearby table to see Woody tied up in the middle of the flames. As luck would have it, the fire hadn’t reached him yet, but it didn’t look like he would have much time. “Hang in there cowboy,” said Jessie, taking a run-up and jumping over the flames with a yodel.
“Jessie, forget about me. Get yourself and everyone else out of here,” said Woody, struggling against his restraints.
“No way,” said Jessie, easily untying the ropes. “You’re coming with us, back to Andy’s room.”
“Oh yeah? And how do you intend…” started Woody, as Jessie grabbed him and jumped over the flames. As she cleared the edge of the barbeque, she realised she was heading straight for the back of Stinky Pete’s head. She stuck out her leg and kicked him down, landing on top of him. Jessie threw Woody away and proceeded to pin the prospector, with the help of Mr. Potato Head and Rex. Luckily for Jessie, Woody ended up landing on top of Lotso, so he pinned him with Hamm and Slinky’s help.
“Saix, our assistants have been disabled,” called Lexaeus, struggling to keep Kairi at bay. Unfortunately, if Saix heard him, he made no indication of it, continuing to try and claw Sora with his bare hands.
‘How am I supposed to stop him?’ thought Sora, just as Saix knocked his keyblade away. Sora gasped in shock and rolled away, looking for a weapon. His eyes fell on some kind of white stick, which he grabbed on instinct. However…
“Oh man, that’s disgusting,” said Hamm, as Sora started using Buzz’s arm as a sword to keep Saix back.
“Don’t try anything, or I’ll…I’ll…” started Sora, unsure how to continue. Suddenly, a bright red light shot out of the end of the arm. The light struck Saix in the eyes, causing him to scream in agony. Sora was confused by what happened, but immediately tried the same thing. The red laser light continued to burn the feral Saix, who could hardly get off the ground.
“SAIX!” yelled Lexaeus, knocking Kairi over with the back of his hand, and running to his fallen comrade. “Come, we’re not losing you now.” Still running, Lexaeus opened to dark portal and dived through it.
“What’s going on out here?” yelled a voice from inside, and suddenly a teenager wearing a black shirt with a skull on it appeared. He took one look at the chaos, and his face became one of shock and fear. “They’re…they’re alive?” he stammered, picking up Stinky Pete and Lotso. “You’re alive?!”
“Ah, well, you see…” started Lotso, but at this Sid freaked out, throwing the two toys away…onto the lit barbeque. Andy’s toys didn’t look back as they escaped back through the fence hole, Pete and Lotso’s screams fading away behind them.
“Guys, that was amazing,” said Woody. “But Sora, how exactly did you manage to make Buzz’s laser hurt that guy? It’s normally just a little light bulb that blinks.”
“I don’t know,” admitted Sora, giving Buzz his arm back. “I think my magic’s getting stronger. Maybe I just influenced it in some way to make it work.”
“I wonder if it was permanent,” said Buzz, firing his laser at the back fence. A red light blinked against it, but nothing happened. “Well, I guess that’s okay. We don’t want Andy accidentally burning the house down.”
“I wonder…” started Sora, summoning his keyblade and pointing it at the same spot on the fence. A small explosion suddenly burst up where he was pointing. “WHOA!”
“Wow, that’s…great,” said Kairi, uneasiness in her voice. “Maybe…we should go.”
“Yeah, we need to tell Queen Elsa about this,” said Sora. “Come on, let’s go find Lewis.”
“Come back soon guys,” called Rex, waving the two teens good bye as they headed towards the front of the house.