"I cannot believe I let you talk me into this."

"Shut up."

"We are going to get in trouble."

"We are not going to get in trouble, we just got here." I snarl at my husband as we creep down the hallway where Mike and Sulley were last seen. We've been trying to find them because something tells me that they are the reason the factory is in an uproar, crawling with CDA agents.

I glance back at Johnny whose eyes keep darting nervously around the darkened hallway. "I don't like this."

"Quit whining," I hiss, we approach the men's locker room and I peek inside. I can hear voices, but I can't really place who they belong to. "Hey," I growl, gesturing for Johnny to get his butt over here. "See whose in there." I say, pointing to the locker room.

"Why me?" He asks, genuinely confused.

I just point up to the men's room sign and he slaps his hand to his face before trudging forward. "Right, right," I watch him open the door and walk in as casually as he can and I feel myself grow nervous when I see that he is no longer in sight. I stand there in silence for another minute or so when I hear the sound of Johnny screaming in fear. "Reed! GET IN HERE!"

I shove into the locker room and round the corner and see Johnny frozen, his arm extended and pointing to something. I follow his finger and freeze myself when I see a small human child in a purple monster costume standing at the entrance to the bathrooms. I cock my head at the strange little creature. I've never actually seen a human up close she's about the size of little Allyssa. The small human looks at Johnny and smiles, her little pigtails bouncing as she waddles over to him, giggling.

Johnny looks to almost turn white as the human approaches him and he steps behind me. "Don't you come any closer," He says, trying to keep his voice tough. The child just ignores him, as children tend to do and she gets even closer and before I have time to stop him he bares his sharp teeth and lets out a menacing snarl at the little girl. I sigh, popping him in the side of the head. "You idiot," I hiss.

"What?" He snaps, rubbing where I smacked him, giving me a fiery glare.

Before I can answer the small child begins sobbing, screaming and sobbing and I shoot a glare right back at Johnny. "You don't roar at a child before you know its fears," I snap. "You should know this!"

"It was going to TOUCH ME." Johnny snarls right back, flinching when a light bulb busts due to the child's screaming.

I just roll my eyes and crouch down to look the little girl in the eye, her face swollen and wet as she continues to cry. "Hey, hey, hey," I coo, trying to keep myself from looking scary. I reach out to the little girl and she steps away, trying to hide her face with her fake tentacle arms. "It's okay," I say, reaching out for her again. "Just ignore him," I glance back at Johnny and he has his arms crossed and looks ready to throw the kid through a wall. "He knows not what he does." I see Johnny drop his arms and huff, rolling his eyes.

The little girl quiets down, her eyes looking me over. "Dragon," She says, pointing at my nose.

I nod, smiling. "I am a dragon."

She looks back at Johnny and sticks her tongue out at him. "Bad puppy," She says in a little toddler voice.

I laugh, "Apparently you look like a puppy to her."

"I'm not a puppy," Johnny says, walking around to crouch beside me, glaring at the little girl. "Puppies are not scary."

I roll my eyes, turning my attention back to the little girl. "Do you have a name?"

"Boo!" She says, throwing her arms up.

I exchange a strange glance with Johnny. "Boo, that's not a normal human name."

"It's actually just a nickname," Johnny and I both jump when we hear Sulley behind us. I turn to look at the big blue behemoth and see that he has his arms crossed. He's clearly gained some weight since college, but it looks good on him. "How did you two find her?"

"We followed you," I say, standing up, moving out of the way of Boo as she runs to Sulley.

"Kitty!" She says excitedly, jumping into his arms.

"Kitty," Johnny snorts. "It calls you kitty?"

"She," Sulley says, giving Johnny a hard glare. "She calls me kitty."

"Okay," My husband rolls his eyes. "How did she get here?"

"That's what we are trying to figure out," I glance down and see Mike standing beside Sulley, his eye watching Johnny carefully. "I think it was Randall."

"Boggs?" Johnny says, giving me a surprised look. "Why do you say that?"

"I caught him trying to cheat last night," Sulley says, bouncing Boo in his arms. "That's when I found her, I tried to put her back but then Randall showed up and she followed me."

I watch as the child tries to reach for Johnny's horns and he just steps away, flashing his teeth at her. "How are you holding her?" He asks, smoothing out his shirt.

"It isn't toxic," Mike says. "A bit of a home-wrecker," He says, glaring at the child. "But not dangerous."

"Really," I say, looking at the little girl.

I reach out to touch her hair when Johnny grabs my wrist, pulling it back. "How do we know we can trust you?" Johnny says, his eyes narrowed and darting between Mike and Sulley.

"Would I really be holding her if she was dangerous?" Sulley says, arching a bushy eyebrow at Johnny.

"I guess not," Johnny says, letting go of my wrist. "You really need to get her back. The factory is crawling with CDA."

Sulley opens his mouth to respond but then stops, putting his arm around all of us and dragging us to an empty stall. I listen and hear Randall's voice talking with his scare assistant. All four of us clamber on top of the toilet and I feel Johnny wrap his arm around me, pulling me tightly to him. I look up at him and he is staring out through the crack of the stall, his brow furrowed, teeth slightly bared. He's extremely protective of me, and it's really showing right now.

I look around to Mike, Sulley, and Boo and my heart stops when Mike's foot accidentally slips, a muffled squeaking sound echoes through the bathroom. I notice that Randall's feet had disappeared and Johnny now has a iron grip on me. I jump at the sound of the bathroom doors being slammed open one by one, drawing closer by the second. I swallow hard when I hear the door open next to us. I hear a small growl rumble in Johnny's throat as he tenses up at the sound of the little lizard outside our bathroom.

Randall suddenly stops and I can hear his assistant mumbling something about a child and then I clearly hear him say. "When I find who let the kid out," He pauses, "They're dead!" The door suddenly swings open with a bang and I feel my heart in my throat as it slowly closes on the two of them. I then hear Randall begin to yell and swat at his assistant as they leave.

I look to Johnny once it's quiet and his grip on me relaxes a bit. "That was cl-" I'm cut off by the sound of Mike falling into the toilet. Followed by a little 'Eww' from Boo.

Johnny and I follow Mike and Sulley out of the locker room and into the hallway. I look left and right to make sure no one is around. "What are we going to do?" I say, keeping my voice low.

"We've gotta get its door back," Mike says, clicking his claws against his teeth. "But how, we don't even know its name." I notice Mike isn't referring to her as 'Boo'. Maybe he's trying to not get close to her.

"We could always look up her picture in the database." I say, looking to Johnny who nods.

"No, no, no," Mike says, holding his hands up. "There are millions of children in our database, there is no way we have the time to look through all those images."

"Why not just ask Roz for the key Randall was using?" Sulley says, shrugging, Boo still tightly in his arms.

Mike seems hesitant about that. "We could," He says slowly, glancing down the hall that leads to our scare floor. "Or maybe pretty boy over here could do it." He says looking to Johnny, who gives Mike a cold glare. "What, you could use that charming smirk of yours to woo her into giving you the key."

Johnny crosses his arms, glaring down at Mike. "There is no way I am flirting with that old slug."

"Maybe Reed could do i-" Mike is cut off by Johnny growling at him, "Or maybe Reed could not." He sighs, dragging his hands over his face. "Fine, fine, I'll do it."

We all watch from the hallway as Mike saunters over to Roz's window and Johnny leans over to whisper in my ear. "Ten bucks says he doesn't get it."

"Only ten?" I say, giving him a weird look.

"Fine, a hundred." Johnny relents. "Two hundred says she closes the window on him."

I give him a firm handshake. "You're on."

"I'll be back," Sulley says, walking away from us with Boo in his arms.

Johnny watches as Sulley leaves then glances to me, giving me a smirk. "Wanna go to one of the broom closets?"

I elbow his side. "No, Jesus."

"I was just joking," Johnny says, chuckling to himself. "Mostly."

I roll my eyes and watch Mike approach the window. Roz doesn't look happy to see him, though she never looks happy to see anyone. Shit, that reminds me. I have my own paperwork to turn in. I shake my head and turn my attention back to Mike as he tries to lean suavely against the countertop, using his little beach ball charm on the emotionless slug.

"Moment of truth," Johnny says, shifting on his feet, his eyes focused on the little green ball. "Get ready to pay up, baby girl."

"I think he will get it." I say, narrowing my eyes as Mike continues to talk to Roz, who is beginning to look irritated. "Though I've been wrong before." I say and I can see Johnny's grin growing out of the corner of my eye.

I watch in stunned silence as I see Roz reach up to close her window in Mike's face, but as she slams it down I notice that his hands are in the way and I cringe when I hear him yell out in immense pain.

"Oh ho, shit," Johnny says excitedly, pumping his fist. "She even smashed his fingers!" He begins to laugh hysterically, holding his stomach. "Oh my God," He holds out his hand. "Pay up, sweetheart."

I begin to feel around my shirt and shrug. "Oh shoot, seems I've left my wallet in the car."

Johnny pulls me close, his mouth right beside my ear. "Don't worry," He says, his voice a low purr. "You can pay me tonight."

I narrow my eyes at him and he winks. "You are a real piece of work." I say, and as Johnny continues to chuckle to himself, I glance back to Mike who is still struggling to get his hands out from under the window cover.

Whoop! Another chapter out of the bag! I'm really liking this new adult perspective I'm giving these two. It's definitely a lot of fun to write. I appreciate all your wonderful feedback, it is really encouraging and keeps me writing! Anyway, what lies ahead for our little odd couple? We shall see in the next chapter! But until then, bye-bye!