And here is a new story! I was thinking a lot about MI and I had a thought. What if Randall never became a Scarer? How would've that changed MU and MI? Well, this is that story.
Chapter 1: Disrupting the Past
Throughout life we often ponder about different things. Bills, works, weather, just everyday life. Yet once in a while the thought of making a different choice in life and how it would affect you today comes up. It's nice to think of the different scenarios that would become be like. But for two monsters, they learn that messing with time and influencing the wrong decision would nearly cost them their current future…
Mike had no idea on how Sulley got him to agree to see Randall. The small round green cyclops didn't understand the point. Why did the blue and purple spotted behemoth have to feel such empathy to their once scaring rival? It didn't make since! It had been a month since Randall's cross country journey had ended (and not on his own free will) and Sulley had still got it in his head that he needed to go and check on the purple retile. It was ludicrous!
"Why are we doing this? He's not worth it! Let's just go home and forget about it!" Mike tried to persuade his best friend.
Sulley sighed. Ever since Randall had gotten out of jail three months ago, Mike's paranoia of Randall plotting another revenge scheme has gotten out of control.
"We're doing this because I promised Mrs. Boggs that I would pay for his medical and therapy bills. And no doubt his unexpected cross country journey made it worst. So that's why."
The small cyclops groaned, which his friend chose to ignore. He made a promise and he intended to keep it. After allo, he owed it to them after they way they had treated their son. The blue behemoth was glad to see the familiar white Victorian style house. It still surprised him to know that Randall had come from a financially well-off family. For all the years he had worked with the lizard monster he always assumed he was middle-class. Yet the family's wealth was just slightly under the Waternoose line of wealth, they choose to live an average house than a fancy mansion like the rest financially wealthy monsters.
"Ew…" Mike grimanced as they approached the house.
In front on both sides of the door was a hydra bush. The blue flowers on said bushes were in full bloom. Showing that the owner of the house had taken very good care of them.
"Hydras. Why do they always have to keep those stupid bushes?"
"Emilia's the one who planted them. She's the florist." Sulley answered.
"Still disgusting."
Sulley hummed in agreement. He didn't care for the floral bushes either. It was their home and he had not reason to tell them what they could or couldn't do. All they could do was just be polite and be respect by ignoring the fragrance the flowers were giving off. He knocked on the door. He hoped that Randall was in a good mood today. He wanted to avoid any confrontation. Not an easy task with the lizard monster's short temper. However the moment he knocked on the door, it slowly creaked open. The two monsters looked over at each other. They knew the Boggs often left their door unlock. But ONLY when they knew someone was coming over. And Sulley and Mike hadn't told them they were coming over.
"You don't think someone broke into their house, do you?" Sulley asked.
"Only one way to find out." Mike answered, opening the door a bit more.
The house was quiet. Everything still looked the same the last time they visited. None of the pictures hanging on the walls were still in place. The chairs and couch hadn't been knocked over. The TV was still there. Silence. It was obvious that the Boggs' family members weren't home. Either they had taken Randall to the hospital or went out for a family night.
"Looks like they went out. They probably just forgot to lock the door behind them. We should it for them." Sulley suggested, reaching to turn the lock on the doorknob.
"Hold up Sul." Mike interrupted. "Remember when Randall mentioned he built a time machine?"
"Yea…?"
Something like that wasn't hard to forget. Yet it wasn't Randall who had mentioned it. It was Fungus. The small red jelly-bean shaped monster had accidently let it slip during a conversation, much to Randall's chagrin. He had no idea what Mike was thinking and honestly, he didn't have a good feeling about it.
"Let's check it out."
"Mike! We can't just waltz into their house! That's trespassing!"
"Come on Sulley! Didn't you ever wish to go back in time? Now is our chance! They won't even know we've been here! Let's go!"
Before Sulley could say anything the green cyclops went inside.
"Mike!" Sulley hissed in an urgent whisper.
He let out a groan, knowing now he had to go in after him. He looked around hoping none of the neighbours would see them and call the police. He slowly went in, closing the door behind him. He looked around nervously. He didn't feel comfortable being inside the Boggs' home when they weren't. It was trespassing and an invasion of privacy.
"Mike!"
"Upstairs!" His friend's voice responded up the stairs.
The blue furred monster let out another groan. He knew exactly where he was. Randall's room. The lizard monster was very adamant about others being in his room, especially when he wasn't there. Sulley went up the stairs and sure enough as he went into Randall's room, Mike was there.
"Mike…"
"It's around here somewhere!" The smaller monster stated, looking around the room.
Sulley groaned. This was not going to end well. Mike had moved to the closet. The larger monster went over. He looked around the room nervously. What if they came home early? They could get arrested for being there! Who knows what they could do? He peered into the closet where his friend was. The closet wasn't anything special. Sweaters, jackets and a suit were hanging up. An old toy chest was below them, along with a few science and spelling bee trophies. Mike had opened the toy chest, which was holding some of Randall smaller inventions. Where he kept the larger ones they had no idea. Yet the one eye monster was determined to find out.
"No, no, no, no, no, no," Mike muttered, moving and tossing inventions out in hope to find the one that could be the time machine. He frowned when none of them were what he was looking for. "Not here. Urg! Surely it's in the room somewhere!" He threw his hands up, striking one of the trophies. "It's not like he has a secret lab!"
At that exact moment, the trophy fell over, hitting the wall to expose a secret panel with a keypad. The two monsters blinked in surprised.
"Or maybe he does." The laugher grinned, immediately typing in a code in hopes to find Randall's hidden lab. He frowned as the red light kept flashing, indicating that each word he put in was wrong. "Come on, come on. What could it be?" Suddenly an thought came to him. "S-C-A-R-I-N-G."
The light suddenly flashed from red to green, showing that password was correct.
"Finally!"
The two monsters' eyes widen when the back of the closet opened to reveal an elevator. Mike's face split into a grin. He grabbed Sulley's hand and pulled him in.
"Mike…" Sulley frowned, his eyebrows furrowing in concern. "We shouldn't be doing this."
"Come on Sul, this is a once in a life time opportunity!"
Sulley knew he was defeated. Mike had found a way to Randall's secret lab and he wasn't going to stop until he got what he was looking for. The two looked in awe as the elevator opened to reveal the hidden lab. The room was very large. Different types of large inventions were neatly placed side by side. A large computer was up against the wall to the right. A work table was across from them.
"Whoa…" They exclaimed.
The two were amazed. They knew Randall was talented when it came to building machines and small inventions, but they didn't know that he was this talented. Yet it was still astonishing. Mike went over to each invention, looking to see if each of them was the time machine. After a while he found what was he was looking for.
"I found it!"
The time machine was similar to one of those tilt-a-whirl rides at the carnival. It was a mahogany brown with a padded red seating. A control panel was in front of it. Easy access to the user as they sat. Mike was looking over the panel.
"Mike, we really should be messing with it." Sulley told his friend.
"Come on Sul, haven't you ever thought about going back in time? Well now we can!"
The larger monster frowned. He really couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen. He looked around in worry as his friend continued to mess with the controls. He stepped into the machine to prevent Mike from doing anything to accidently send them back in time.
"Mike I really think we shouldn't-"
He didn't get to finish. At that moment his foot snagged on a cord and stumbled into the machine. His hand clutched onto the controls, causing the year dial to spin to 1991. The machine whirred to life and in a flash a light, they were transported to the past. After a few moments the two monster blinked. They couldn't believe what they were seeing. They were back in their old college. Fortunately they were in the back of the school.
"Mike, tell me you're seeing what I'm seeing."
"I-I do…"
Sulley held onto the control panel to keep himself from falling over. He had no idea what year they were in but he didn't care. He just wanted to go home. Go back to their present time.
"Mike, do you think we can figure out how to get back home?"
"Shouldn't be too hard. But first let's check it out!"
"Mike!"
Sulley groaned as his friend took off. He remembered the time traveling movies that he and Mike had watched and how if they did something to the past then it would dramatically change the future. He shuddered at the thought of a world without him ever meeting Boo, and he didn't like it. He got out of the time machine to chase after Mike. They couldn't afford to mess with the past. He looked around in hopes to spot the smaller monster. When he turned the corner, he was glad to find him hiding behind a group of trashcans. Sulley let out a sigh of relief and went over.
"Thank glob I found you!" Sulley whispered when he ducked down. "We need to be careful Mike! We could mess up the future!"
"Everything will be fine." Mike waved off.
The one eye monster got glimpse of a purple figure. Looking over he spotted Randall. No, not Randall. Randy. The lizard monster hadn't started calling himself Randall till after the Scare Games. The shy timid reptile was carrying some books as he made his way to his destination. Up ahead where the former, no, the current members of Roar Omega Roar, Johnny Worthing the third and his frat brothers, Chet, Reggie, Chip and Javier.
"Oh no…" Sulley frowned.
"What?"
"Randall can't see them. His book are in the way. They'll crash into each other."
"Oh right. Um… hey! Watch out!" Mike called.
The young lizard monster jumped in surprise, turning to look to see who called him. Unfortunately as he turned, his foot stepped onto a can of soda that had been left on the ground. Randy yelped as he lost his footing, causing the stack of books in his hands to go flying and crash on top of him. Sulley and Mike winced at the impact. The freshman reptile groaned in pain. Hearing laughter, he looked up to see the members of the most famous Scaring fraternity laughing at his misfortunate. Feeling ashame and highly embarrassed, the lizard monster took off.
"We better get out of here before we cause anything to go wrong." Sulley told Mike.
"Alright, fine." Mike sighed as the two sneaked back to the machine.
Once the two got into the machine, Sulley was glad they were going. They didn't do anything to disrupt the past, so they had nothing to worry about. Or so he thought.