[ WP ] Your toys come alive at night to protect you against the demons trying to kill you .

Whitey the tiger gave the `` all clear'' signal from his place on the bed. He was one of the oldest stuffed animals ( he was a third birthday gift ) and he shared command with two of the other older toys. There was the nameless white bear that had been given to Janie's parents at the hospital when she was born and Jimbo the clown doll from an early Christmas. 
 
 The other two resided on the shelf along with the toys that had survived the culling that came with Janie's transition to adulthood ( a pair of monkeys and Olaf the hand-knitted tomten ) as well as a few new arrivals ( Rarity, the unicorn who had come out of a claw machine that past summer and `` Mine'', the oversized bear that came from Janie's boyfriend ). There were also the smaller operative, Charmander the charmander next to the books and Harvey the rabbit keychain who spent most of the time attached to Janie's purse. 
 
 The team was ready so all that remained to do was wait.. It would come. The dark thing would always come, although it was not always the same. Sometimes brute force was called for, but other times magic was needed. Defending Janie was easy when she was young and there were many animals, but Janie's college years were trying on Whitey and little Harvey as they had to do most of the work without back up. It was a big relief to everyone when she moved back in. 
 
 Last night had been a night where magic was needed. Olaf had done most of the heavy lifting with his clever tricks, but Rarity and the surprisingly magic Jimbo also contributed. 
 
 When the thing finally showed up, the nameless white bear ( who could tell such things ) judged tonight to be a brute force kind of night and instructed Mine to fall on top of it. That was the good thing about Mine. He could squish it right away making it easy for the monkeys to finish the work. Nowadays there was very little need for Whitey, the last line of defense, to get off of the bed at all. 
 
 Flattened and monkey-poked, the dark thing retreated back to the shadows from whence it came. A quite satisfaction settled in over the toys.
