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Recovering from our crash landing, we gather ourselves.
Voices echo across the metal walls and thin strips of light rush past every few seconds as streetlights pass by.
As Woody calls out to us all I grab is hat handing it back to him "Can you hear me? Is everyone okay?"
"Of course not, you imbecile! We're doomed!" Mr potato head snaps.
Off to the side, a green glow appears.
Woody orders "Everyone, go to Buzz. Come on. We all here? Slinky? Rex?"
"Where's Barbie?" I ask the gathering crowd.
"Ken held her back" I hear a voice call back.
Just as the group is basically together, the truck jolts to a stop. Stumbling around we look up where a sudden light is appearing.
A new bin is being tipped empty above us.
Scurrying to our feet we bolt it as best we can, fighting against the uneven surface of rubbish below us to get away.
"Against the wall, everybody. Quick!" Woody ushers us.
Behind me, I hear Buzz speak out. I have no idea what he's saying but it's panicked.
"Señorita! Señorita! ¿Dónde estás?"
Stopping to look back at what's happening, Buzz looks at where we had just all run from. Litter falling everywhere as his head as he quickly darts around.
Jessie's voice calls out, her whereabouts unknown "Buzz!"
"Señorita!" Buzz dashes into the growing pile of trash, looking for Jessie. As he starts to move, A hand grabs mine firmly, pulling me out of any harms way.
Hitting the wall with the group again, I turn to watch Buzz dodge bin bags, tires, glass and other bits of nothing.
Buzz shoves a tin box up and suddenly a bright red hat is visible in the glum, green-brown scene.
Together stumble around, Jessie struggling to find her footing.
Hamm comments, looking at them and the situation "They'll never make it!"
Tearing my eyes from the worried space ranger I look up to Woody, his eyes following Buzz's every move. Something washes over them, I'm not entirely sure what it was, maybe distort, or perhaps even apprehension.
Looking over to Jessie, Buzz spins her into his arm, she stumbles back and he hooks his arm around her back and under her knees, carrying her to safety.
I swear that the moment slows, Jessie looks absolutely love struck as Buzz gazed at her, trying to look super tough.
The moment is short.
"Look out!" Mrs potato head warns, a large shadow looming, a big box television dangling on the edge of the tipping bin.
Woody's hold on my hand tightens severely.
Buzz gasps deeply, ditching Jessie far from the falling death trap. We watch n horror as it plummets down right on top of Buzz.
"Buzz!"
Everyone joins Jessie in dashing to the fallen television.
I dig my fingers under the screen and pull up. Together we create a gap big enough to see under.
Woody dropping by my feet to look asks "Anyone see him?"
Slinky answers "Over here, y'all. I found him."
We pull Buzz's lifeless body out from under the television. Shattered glass clinking and dropping off of Buzz's chest.
"Buzz, you okay?" Jessie drops immediately by his side, opening his helmet and shaking him.
The space dark, other than the soft green glow Buzz emits.
"Buzz. Buzz!" Jessie breaks down sobbing.
She believes she's just lost a friend, possibly a little crush. Actually no, we know that they had a little something bubbling between them, but now he looks as though to be simply gone.
Woody's hand falls to my shoulder as I start to bend down to comfort Jessie, that is until she bolts upwards.
Buzz suddenly wakes up and sniffs his surroundings.
We watch silently, waiting to see how he's going to act this time.
Buzz looks around, the silence is loud "That wasn't me. Was it?"
Jessie cheers, dusting his cheek with kisses "Oh, Buzz, you're back! You're back, you're back, you're back, you're back!"
Buzz lays there mind boggled "Course I'm back. Where have I been?"
Woody bands down "Beyond infinity, space ranger."
"Woody! So, where are we now?"
Rex pipes up, a little bit too enthusiastically "In a garbage truck on the way to the dump!"
The look on Buzz's face brings me back to reality. We have to get out of here.
As if right on que, the truck jolts and the trailer begins to raise, pouring all the rubbish and us out.
"Hold on, we're going in!"
We all yell as the drop down, the ride rough.
As I'm collecting myself I see Woody stand up and look at the surrounding area. It's just rubbish for miles.
"You got all your pieces?"
The potato heads were distracted, as their 'kids' run off in a different direction.
"The claw!"
A truck with a huge shovel swoops by, taking them with it.
"MY BABIES!!"
"Hey, guys, No! No!"
Before the horror of watching the aliens being swept away could settle, the rest of us we pushes by an identical truck. The headlights approach quickly from behind us, like a monster. Screaming and panic coming from almost everyone verbally.
We're pushed down onto a conveyor belt carrying a thick layer of trash.
Gather ourselves for the 100th time tonight Mrs Potato head calls out. "Woody! What do we do?"
Briskly we are moved along as Woody addresses the group "We'll be okay if we stay togeth..."
Though the sound of metal slightly rattling distracts him.
Looking behind Slink is pulled to the ceiling.
"Woody!"
"Slinky!"
Woody and I spring (ha) to action. Woody scrambles yo get up, but I notice a moving half hammer in front of him. Grabbing is shoulda I pull him back before he can take another step, as the object flies up like slink did.
We continue on cashing him once the coast is clear, while behind us chaos erupts.
Jessie declare to the group "It's a magnet! Watch out!"
Woody calls up the the stuck dog "Don't worry, slink! We'II get you down!"
Although he isn't so sure about getting down "You might wanna take a look at this."
Climbing over a lump of trash, 2 giant shredders are revealed. There is no way we can get through that.
Buzz is quick to react "Quick! Grab something metal!"
He grabs a tin lunch box, Woody grabbed my hand, and we cliched a door knob together, Jessie grabs an old watch,
Hamm placed himself in a old pot "You heard the guy"
Bullseye got a horseshoe and the potato heads share a cheese grater with a yell.
Down bellow, Rex still struggles to find something strong enough and metal to pull him up too.
"It's not working!"
Ready to drop and assist him, he finally grabs hold of a fan and we are all officially safe.
That is until we hear a yell.
A purple paw shoots up from under a golf bag "Help! Help me. I'm stuck! Help, please! Help!"
The shredders are approaching quickly.
Woody meets my eyes for a spilt second before dropping bellow.
'He's to kind for his own good.'
"Woody!" Jessie and I shriek.
Woody quickly stumbles over to the cowboy, immediately trying to push the bag off Lotso.
"Thank you!" The bear praises
"Don't thank me yet!" Woody strains.
Seeing that the Sheriff is struggling Buzz and I share a look, dropping down to help.
We start to shove at the bag, the sound of churning becoming more violent and louder. The shredders are almost to close for comfort and the bear is still not free.
"Woody!" Jessie warns.
Am idea hits me and I reach for a golf club pulling it out. It starts to lift me up. Woody pulls me back down by my legs and Buzz jumps up grabbing the club.
We shove the club under the back, and urge the bear to crawl out.
"Go, go!"
The shredders are now an arms width away and half our club is gone before Woody grabs the now free bears arm and we are lifted barely to safety.
Sighing a breath of relief, the other side is dark and grey.
"Thank you, Sheriff." The bear breaths.
"We're all in this together. Right guys?" Reassures him.
Looking around we notice no one is there.
"Guys?" I ask.
"Down here!" A voice calls, and we spot everyone down below. How did they get Slink down? Normally that's something I have to figure out.
The 3 boys and I drop down.
"Woody!"
"Oh, boy."
Rex facing away from us acts all giddy "Woody, look. I can see daylight. We're gonna be okay!"
This perked Woody's interest and relief. He chuckles running up by Rex's side.
Though it's short lived.
"I don't think that's daylight." Woody basically whispers.
And that's when it hit me, that's an incinerator. Our doom.
"Run!" Woody and I exclaim, almost in synchronisation.
We all start to bolt in the opposite direction, back towards the shredders.
Run,run, run, jump down, run, run, run, jump down... the cycle continues, yet if anything we are only growing closer to the incinerator.
Behind us the bear screams out "Sheriff! The button! Help me!"
Lotso is trying to scramble up the safety stairs where an emergency stop button flashes above.
"Come on!" Woody encourages.
Woody, Buzz and I run to Lotso and boost him up the steps.
"Go. Go! Hit the button!"
The edge of the incinerator is now on our heels as Lotso finally ends up atop of the ladder.
The bear looks down at us.
He begins to glares at us.
"Just push it! Push it!" Woody cries out.
The bears face occasionally flashes with the blue light, his paw within reach of saving us all.
"What are you waiting for!!" I question him as we fight for our lives bellow.
Lotso's evil side seeps out.
"Push it!" Buzz urges.
"Where's your kid NOW, Sheriff?" An disgusting, evil grin pulls across his face as he salutes, running away.
"No. NOOOO!!!!!"
"Lotso!!"
Finally we are fling backwards into the awaiting rushing below, pushing down into the furnace.
"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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