A/N: Hey guys! Lol you all are so funny, every review makes me smile, laugh, or both 8D
Happy 4th of July! :D Enjoy this chapter :)
Marra was all better now, but since Randall and Kimmie had seemingly bonded over those past days, she allowed Randall to take over her job of walking Kimmie to school and picking her up. Randall had actually warmed up to Kimmie a bit and let her hold his hand. The two made their way down the road to the school when all of a sudden, Randall was grabbed from behind.
"Caught you gator!" Randall let out a yelp of surprise and tripped, falling flat on his face as he got tangled up in the net. He heard a sickening crack and felt a sharp, hot pain shoot up one of his legs.
"Hey! Let him go!" Kimmie's outraged voice sounded from next to him.
"Excuse me little miss, do you know how dangerous this creature is?"
Randall turned and recognized his captor. It was that gator guy who had stuffed him in a cage and then in a truck, surely headed for the pound or worse!
"He's not dangerous! He's Randy!" Kimmie stomped her foot.
"Randy? You named it, that's adorable, until he chomps your hand off!" the man laughed. Kimmie just glared at him.
Randall glared up at him, momentarily not caring about talking. "Geez man, you chased me all the way up here? You've got way too much time on your hands!" he snarled.
The man opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, another voice sounded from behind them.
"Woah, what's going on?" Randall recognized Marra's voice and for once, couldn't be happier to hear it.
"He's got Randy!" Kimmie started crying and ran up to Marra. Marra looked down at Randall who was helplessly tangled up in the net.
"Release him immediately!" she said, surprising Randall. He was sure she would've jumped at the idea of shipping off to the pound and finally getting rid of him.
"I'm sorry miss, but he is pound property now." The man said firmly.
Marra glared at him. "No, he's our pet. He has a home."
"He doesn't have a collar or tags. Rules state all tagless pets must go to the pound." The man said stubbornly. Marra looked ready to jump him. The next words that came out of her mouth shocked Randall.
"Listen buddy, he's part of our family and you are not taking him anywhere!"
The man frowned. "Alright, alright, here's your lizard." He reached down to free Randall but Randall hissed in pain and snapped at him, warning him to back off.
"Oh, Randy, you're hurt!" Kimmie cried, noticing his broken leg as she bent down to help untangle him.
"It's nothing kid." Randall said in a strained voice.
The man lingered a bit longer before finally getting into his truck and driving away. Once Randall was freed, Marra bent down and helped him up.
"So, you have anything to say to me for saving your butt?" Marra briefly flashed a genuine smile at him.
"Probably coulda untangled myself, didn't need your help." Randall growled, his pride very hurt. Marra just shook her head and laughed.
"Why'd you come anyways?"
"Well, Kimmie forgot her lunch, so I was bringing it to her. Here sweetie." Marra explained as she handed Kimmie a wrinkled, brown paper bag.
"Thanks!" Kimmie said.
"Kimmie, is it ok if you're a little late? Since Randall's leg is broken, I need to help him back to the house and I don't want you walking alone." Marra asked.
Kimmie beamed. "The later the better!"
Marra allowed Randall to lean on her while they made their way back to the house. Once they were inside, Randall collapsed on the couch and Marra went to phone the vet. Randall started to close his eyes for a well deserved nap when he felt a presence next to him. He opened his eyes and found Kimmie standing there.
"What do you want?" he asked grumpily.
Kimmie stroked a lock of her hair. "I just wanted to say I hope you feel better."
"Thanks kid." Kimmie smiled softly, leaned in quickly, and planted a kiss right on his forehead.
"See you after school Randy."
"I called the vet, we'll take you there tomorrow." Marra said.
Randall nodded curtly and turned around to sleep. After she and Marra had left, Randall touched the place she had kissed him and couldn't help but to smile. Neither of his parents had ever done that and it felt good.
Kimmie hugged Marra goodbye and went into the school building. She was worried about Randall but she couldn't really do anything to help while she was at school. Kimmie stood awkwardly in the back of the classroom near the cubbies while everyone was chattering amoungst themselves.
"Hey Kimmie." Kimmie gave a start and turned around to find herself facing Isabelle, one of Brittany's friends.
"Hi…" Kimmie said nervously, looking around for Brittany. Isabelle offered up her hand.
"Sorry about everything, think we can start over and just be friends?" Kimmie blinked in surprise.
"Really?" she asked.
"Yeah!" Isabelle smiled at her. Kimmie felt her spirits rise like a balloon. She finally had a real, human, friend! She took Isabelle's outstretched hand.
"Ok!" She and Isabelle walked hand in hand to their desks.
"Isabelle! What are you doing?" Brittany's annoying voice sounded. Isabelle and Kimmie turned around. For a minute, Kimmie was afraid this was all just a set up but what Isabelle said next, reassured her.
"Just hanging out with my new friend Kimmie."
"But… I thought we were friends!" Brittany stamped her foot.
Isabelle shrugged. "Can't we all just be friends?"
Brittany scowled at her. "But Isabelle!" she whined. Isabelle ignored her and turned back around to face Kimmie. "Come on, Kimmie." She said and the two of them walked away from Brittany.
Kimmie hadn't felt happier in her life. She was so excited to have a real friend, she could hardly sit still.
"So, tell me about Randy. What is he really?" Isabelle asked. Kimmie looked around.
"Well, he's actually a monster." She whispered.
Isabelle's eyes widened. "Have you ever seen a monster in your closet?" she asked.
Kimmie shook her head.
"One of them came to my room back when I was like three. It was so scary!"
"What did it look like?" Kimmie asked in awe.
"It was huge, hairy, and blue with purple polka dots!"
"Wow…" was all Kimmie could utter.
"It like, roared in my face and I screamed, and then it just went back into the closet."
"That sounds really scary!"
"It was! Oh and the other day, another monster came in with a microphone and started telling me jokes! It was short, green, and only had one eye."
"Jokes?" Kimmie questioned.
"Yeah, it did make me laugh a bit, and just like that bigger one, it disappeared right after I laughed."
"I wish a monster would come and visit me and tell me jokes." Kimmie said, momentarily forgetting about Randall.
"But you already have one!"
Kimmie smiled at the thought of Randall. "Yeah, he's the best."
Randall had settled down with Kimmie as usual and was about to fall asleep when he heard soft crying outside the door. Was it Marra again? He got up and limped into the hallway, looking for the source. He spotted a form hunched up in one of the plush chairs near the window. The pale moonlight shone on their face and Randall recognized Bree.
"What are you doing?" he asked, stepping out of the shadows. Bree let out a little squeak and her hand flew to her chest.
"Oh, gosh, Randall, you scared me!" she whisper-shouted.
"Sorry." Randall replied, wandering over and sitting down next to her.
She wiped away some tears and sniffed. "I'm just… thinking…" she trailed off.
Randall looked out the window, admiring the moon's glow. "About what?"
"Just… my parents…" Bree sighed.
Randall looked at her. She looked absolutely miserable.
"How often do you think about your parents?" he asked.
"Everyday, really." Bree admitted.
"Then don't think about them so much, look what you're doing to yourself." Bree wiped her eyes and smiled a bit.
"Yeah, I probably should just stop looking for them all together."
"But what about your life time goal of finding them?"
"It's still there… it's just more of a wish than reality. I mean, there are billions of people in the world. I don't even know where to start looking." She sighed. Randall looked down. He was becoming way too soft.
"Yeah, well don't give up on it just yet." He muttered.
"What?" Bree blinked tears out of her eyes.
Randall sighed. He hated being so nice, it just wasn't him. "If you never try, you'll never know. Don't give up before you've started." he said.
Bree cracked a real smile. "You're right."
"Of course I am." She laughed and hugged him.
"Thanks Randall." Randall flinched at the human contact but found himself hugging her back.
"No problem kid."
Waternoose trudged along the Himalayas, the wind and snow buffeting him and slowing him down. He cursed as a particularly strong gust sent him staggering back a few feet. He needed to get to that village, somehow get back to Monster's Inc so he could start his plan.
After endless gusts and billows, he finally made it to the village. It was dark, the village was eerily quiet, it seemed to be asleep. Waternoose crept towards one of the alley ways to avoid getting seen in the dim light the street lamps provided. He just needed the right room at the right time.
He hadn't really thought of how hard it would be to get back. He cursed himself for not thinking it through. With his luck, he could end up here stuck for days, even weeks! Then he wondered why he was even trying. What if Randall was already back at Monster's Inc? What if he had redeemed himself? Nah. This was Randall we're talking about. Of course he hadn't gone soft.
Waternoose peeked into one of the windows. It appeared to be a house. He looked for any signs of movement before breaking the window and crawling in. Waternoose looked around nervously before continuing through the house. Plates were still in the sink and on the counter from the human's dinner. Waternoose scrunched up his face in disgust. Humans are complete slobs.
He quietly crept through the hallways, peeking in each door for a child's room. Finding none, he started to head back for outside when he heard the door on the far side of the hallway creak open. He instinctively plastered himself against the wall in case a human came, not that it would do anything for him, hiding wise. When nothing came, he ran for the door again and slipped in. He turned around and saw something move in the shadows. He gasped. This was his lucky day! Looks like there was a child in the house after all and he had managed to pick a room a monster was currently scaring in! He chuckled to himself and quietly, headed for the closet.
A/N: Aaaand that's that chapter :D Thank you all for every single lovely review! Please keep it up! :) Happy 4th of July again and I'll see you on Sunday :3 STAY AWESOME AND LIZARD POWER! ;)
Oh and to those who have read it right when I submitted it, I added the last part about Waternoose just cuz we haven't seen our spider-crab in a while ;)
Oh and les mis fan 1 good to hear from ya again! Thought you disappeared off the face of the planet! Anyways, thank you so much for letting me write this story, it's been a great experience :) Hope to hear from you soon :D