A.N: Onto the second chapter! Thanks for reading, please enjoy. I don't own Monsters Inc, I only own the plot and my OCs.
Seven Years Later...
Katherine Ann Bon drove down a dirty beat down Florida road, cruising in her light blue pickup truck. A fairly new license plate number, and a celtic styled lizard sticker in her rearview window, with a white body and ruby red eyes.
She drove casually around her small town in Florida, half of it was marshland, where most of the homeless went to camp out in. No one cared if they set up their camps there to live, with trailers and tents. The rode her truck to where the marshlands began, and patted her steering wheel fondly.
"C'mon, lets see if they're caging anymore gates today." She said to herself, smiling cheerfully. Her short dark purple and silver striped dyed hair framed her face, and her bright blue eyes sparkled with anticipation and excitement.
When she said 'gates', she really meant alligators, a shortened nickname for the large reptiles. You see, she had a secret hobby that she never told anyone about, she rescued alligators.
Some of the homeless that lived in the marshlands were desperate for money, so when alligators wandered around their trailers, they caught them and sold them on the black market. Their scales being turned into purses, or shoes.
Kat loved reptiles, and hated to see this abuse, so even though it was dangerous she went and broke the poor animals out.
She drove silently, and parked behind a large bushy tree. She jumped out of her truck and got one of her long poles that had hooks attached to the end. With these she could usually very easily get the alligators out, without having to go very close to them.
She looked around at the cages, there were twelve empty cages, and three that were occupied by large alligators.
The first one was sleeping, or knocked out. He was probably the most recent catch, seeing that he had a fresh bump on his head, it was cruel how they treated them just to get their scales.
The second was awake, but quiet and observant, he was probably the longest one that had been in the cages. Perhaps he accepted his fate.
And the last one was desperately thrashing about, trying to get out by any means necessary. He had probably just woken up from being knocked out.
"Don't worry guys, I'll get ya out of here." Kat whispered to the alligators, she went to the one nearest her, which was unfortunately the one thrashing about.
[Might as well get the worst over with.]
She thought, she tried using her long pole, but the alligator pushed the cage and the pole went through the bars of the cage. He clamped down on it with his powerful jaws, and snapped it in two as if it was a toothpick.
"Dang it! I'm trying to get you out of here, you brute!" Kat hissed at the animal, as if it could understand her. She tried a different method, getting close to the cage and lock picking the lock.
She brought out her pack of lock picks, that she had specifically for emergencies like these. She creeped closer to the cage, and when she came in reach of the lock, she snatched it up in her hands.
She jammed the first lock pick into the lock and tried it. Didn't work. She tried the other one, didn't work as well. The alligator was getting anxious and was looking like it was going to attack the girl. When the fourth lock worked, she took the lock off, and ran.
At the same time, swinging the door open for the gator to go free. He scurried over to the nearest stream, and went for the main river. She went to the second alligator, awake but quiet and waiting.
The lock was a bit harder, taking six tries until she found one that worked. The alligator snapped at her suddenly when she was trying to open the lock, but she hurriedly unlocked it and swung the door open like she did to the first.
She went over to the one that was still knocked out, and looked down at the damage. Normal scrapes and bruises that she saw on all the alligators, though one that did stand out was a long gash on his forearm.
[Ouch. I have some kits in my truck and I know a fair amount of alligator anatomy. But I don't know how long this guy's gonna be out, and I would really like to keep my arm.] Kat thought, frowning. She thought this while unlocking the alligator's lock, unfortunately when it did unlock it made a very loud snapping noise and the alligator woke up. He immediately started thrashing in the cage, and the door swung open.
The gator climbed onto Kat, and scratched her deep on the arm, and forehead. It headed for the nearest stream, like the first one, to go to the main river. Kat stayed there for a few seconds, catching her breath. She was bleeding, and started to go over to the truck.
That's when she heard the movement behind the trailer, and figured it was another alligator. She got the bandages out of her truck, and hastily bandaged up her arm, and she wiped the blood and sweat from her brow.
Then Kat sighed, and went over to the back of the trailer that the cages were placed in front of, and she stopped in my tracks. It wasn't an alligator in the cage, not like she had expected, not like she had thought.
It was a monster.
The monster that stalked her brother's dreams, and the monster that she saw that one night, the one with the jewel like eyes. It was gorgeous and frightening. She observed the monster closer, it was at least ten feet long and more mature than when she last saw it.
[Well, yeah, of course. It's been seven years.] She thought to herself. It was knocked out cold, and she could tell from the long shovel mark on top of it's purple scaled head that it probably wouldn't be waking up any time soon.
It was just like she remembered.
The four pairs of gecko-like legs and feet, three red fronds, roundish head with atop head eyes. Though she thought she remembered them being a little lighter, brighter, perhaps it faded the older it got. Like lizards, and snakes. It was beat up pretty bad, cuts and bruises like the other alligator she had set free, but it's blood was actually a dark blue.
She shuffled over to it, scared that it might just be playing possum, though she had a fairly good feeling that it wasn't. She was suddenly jerked out of her thoughts by shouting and conversations towards the front of the trailer.
She couldn't make out what they were saying, but it most likely wasn't anything good. She went over to the cage, planning to break the monster out and then make a run for it to the truck.
She cursed under her breath as she found out that it was a combination lock, her lock picks would be useless. She looked around for something that she could possibly break it open with, and she smirked when she found a shovel. Perhaps even the same shovel they used on the monster.
She picked up the shovel, and she broke the lock open on the third strike. She prayed that no one would hear her, and when she heard a car veer up and drive away, she let out a sigh of relief.
She opened up the door, and entered the cage. It was a very big cage. She examined the monster closer up, and realized the extent of the damage.
[Oh, man. This is really bad, if he doesn't get treatment on that he's gonna be in serious trouble... Maybe I should... But it's a monster! It scared my brother! That was my job.] She thought to herself, her mind scrambled.
But then she looked down at the large pitiful monster, and groaned at her heart. It really was too big for animals sometimes.
[Fine. I'll patch it up, take it to a shelter, and let them deal with it.] She decided, and she was soon flipping it over onto it's back and dragging it to her truck. She put it onto the flatbed, groaning and puffing, it was quite heavy for her small frame.
The ride back to her apartment was almost uneventful, besides Kat's paranoia that the lizard was going to awake or fall out of the truck. She had to curl him into a C position because he was so long.
She looked around the parking lot, making sure no one was around before se dragged the long lizard into the abandoned lobby and to the elevators. Her apartment was on the third floor, 644C.
She quickly unlocked the door and pulled him inside, whimpering at his weight and the soreness starting in her arms. She laid him on the couch, and began getting all the supplies she would need.
She tied up his many pairs of legs with rope, as tightly and comfortably as she could. She then wrapped his mouth with duct tape, like she did with alligators sometimes. Though alligator's mouthes were much slimmer than the monster's mouth. She then got out her kit, and began tending to his wounds. He had minor ones all over his body, she put some salve on them and they should heal fairly quickly. She left the head, which was the worst, for last. It was a very large bruise, in the obvious shape of a shovel, it made it's already purple scales turn a darker shade, perhaps burgundy. She put warm and cold cloths on it, it would definitely leave a scar or some sort of indentation, unfortunately. All she could do was make sure it didn't get even worse than it already was. She sighed as she looked down at the poor creature, and then she put in her iPod headphones and pressed play. She hummed along to Lillium, a song from one of her favorite animes, Elfen Lied, as she cleaned up around the room a little. And then behind the harmonic Latin lyrics, she heard unfamiliar groaning. She stopped the song, and looked over at the giant lizard on her couch. It was mumbling, as if it was talking to itself or something. She saw that he had brought up one of his tied up hands and had ripped the duct tape off easily.
"Ugh, where the hell am I?" It had a male voice, Kat unconsciously noticed, she was in shock and her eyes widened at the sight in front of her. The lizard groggily looked around himself, and Kat saw that though his scales had faded slightly, his eyes were still that same bright emerald.
Kat had no doubt in her mind that saving this monster, was absolutely the craziest thing she had ever attempted. Then, in the midst of his grogginess and confusion, his large eyes locked onto her.
"You!" He hissed, almost in disbelief. [Oh, um, he remembers me.] She thought nervously, but she decided she shouldn't, and wouldn't, show her nervousness or fear to him.
"Yeah, me, and if it wasn't for me you would've been made into a purse!" She growled, even though she was still a little bit frightened of him. He stayed silent, and they glared at each other for a few seconds.
Then, the lizard tried lunging himself at Kat, but because of his legs which were tied up, he merely fell to the floor. Right in front of Kat's feet. She sighed at his attempt, and unknowingness on how this would play out in the end. She tried to help him back onto the couch, but he snapped at her, just like an alligator would.
"I'm tryin' to help you, you ungrateful gecko!" She scolded him, and he glared at her, but allowed her to help him back onto the couch, on his back.
"I'm Kat by the way." Kat introduced herself, in a calmer tone. The lizard mumbled something incoherent, and Kat cocked her head to one side.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" She asked, not hearing him. "Randall." He said, louder this time, with a hint of annoyance. She smiled.
"Well, Randall, first thing's first. What are you?" Kat asked, bluntly but curious. "I'm a monster." He said, equally as blunt. Randall saw the glint of surprise, but acceptance, in her blue eyes.
"Monster. As in, hides in your closet and under the bed, scare little children, kind of monster?" Randall smirked with pride. "Yeah, that's me." Smugness dripped from his voice, and she rolled her eyes. "But, you really should know that already." He said, referring to the first night that they met.
"What are you doing in our world?" She asked, figuring that they had to go somewhere else during the daytime and such, since they weren't there all the time. "Why do you wanna know?" He snapped, it was obviously some sort of a sensitive subject for him.
"Because I wanna know why I shouldn't just take you to a shelter where you'll become some sort of show at a zoo, or a one of a kind pet. You'd be a regular Stitch." She explained, she didn't like his attitude. He narrowed his eyes. "I was banished. Illegally." He said, she raised an eyebrow at him.
[Great. So, basically, I'm harboring a monster fugitive. Way to go, Katherine.] She thought sarcastically. "For what?" He frowned at her. "That's none of your business! Let me go and I'll leave you to your human life. Simple." He hissed again. She thought about it silently for just a bit, and then answered him.
"No." She told her answer, and her tone was level. In control. "What?" He asked, clearly angry that she wasn't going to let him go. "No, for two reasons. I want to know more about you, and your monster world. And, if I let you go, people will catch you and depending on what kind of people they are- Well, they could do all kinds of things to you, but I wouldn't want to scare you." She said, she knew she had an upper hand here, and she would use it to her advantage.
"Me? Scared? You've gotta be kidding, you humans don't scare me. I scare you!" He said, almost on the verge of shouting. Kat's face was emotionless, but she was holding back a morbid smile.
"If you get caught by poor people in the marshes, like the people I just rescued you from, they would cage you up again and then sell you to someone who would first, kill you. Second, skin you. Then third, make you into purses, earrings, and shoes." She crossed her arms over her chest.
"If you get caught by animal rescuers, they would probably give you to researchers. Who would do tests on you every day, taking out your blue blood with sharp syringes. And when they were done with you, they would probably give you to the highest bidding zoo. Where you would be caged for the rest of your life and treated like an animal, and a freak show." She planned every single word before saying it. His eyes widened as she stared at her, ever so slightly, but she noticed it anyway.
"I, however, won't do any of that. All I want to know is a bit more about your monster world, and I'll do whatever I can to help you find your way back. I won't make you into shoes, and I won't sell you to the highest bidder. Deal?" She said, holding out her hand to Randall's purple gecko one.
Randall though a while, looking between her hand and her face, her face held none of the emotions she was feeling. Finally, he took her hand and shook it.
"Deal." He growled reluctantly, he obviously didn't like the situation he was in. Kat only smirked. "You won't run away?" She questioned, not fully trusting him, after all he was a monster. He glared at her.
"No." He said shortly. She quickly brought out a pocket knife from her back jean pocket and cut the ropes off his arms with a few clean cuts. It almost made him flinch. She put the knife back in her pocket.
"Now, how about you tell me about your world."
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