Requested by JaneAustenFan93.

Personally, the idea of a Dr.C/Susan sounds silly to me but if its what people want then heres my version:


What if Dr Cockroach loved Susan?

"Derek is a selfish jerk," Susan confessed to her friends.

"No!" said B.O.B in disbelief.

"Yes," insisted Susan, it hurt her to have this conversation; it just reminded her of Derek's rejection, every time she thought of that moment her heart broke a little bit more.

Dr Cockroach felt sorry for her the most; he knew how it felt to be rejected by a loved one after becoming a monster. He placed his hand on Susan's giant hand and gave her a comforting smile, Susan looked at the mad scientist and his smile made her feel slightly better, "Don't be upset my dear. You still have us!"

"Yeah, Monsters united!" cheered B.O.B, Link just smiled along.

Susan smiled, "Thanks guys," she sighed; there was a short silence as the monsters looked over the night lights of Modesto. Susan shifted and realized she and Dr Cockroach were still holding holds (or rather hand holding thumb). The two quickly let go and looked the other way, their faces blushing.

Just then a bright light from a giant space ship shone down and scooped Susan off the ground, she reached frantically to find something to grab but there was nothing as the alien ship slowly abducted her. The monsters cried in horror as their friend rose into the sky, Dr Cockroach cried out the most, then Insectosaurus thundered in roaring in distress. It fired a thread at Susan and began pulling her back down but the alien ship fired on the bug and it collapsed to the floor.

"Insectosaurus! No!" cried Susan as she disappeared into the ship, Link ran to his friend's aid as B.O.B and Dr Cockroach watched the ship rise into the night sky.

"No," said Dr Cockroach quietly.


We now skip a few scenes to where the monsters meet up again.

Susan has been shrunk and is being escorted to the incinerator. The monsters have sneaked aboard and disguised themselves as aliens.


The clone led Susan down a small corridor away from the army. She knew this was the end, she wasn't Ginormica anymore, her friend Insecto was dead and her planet was about to be enslaved by Gallaxhar. She felt hopeless when a familiar voice called out, "Halt!"

She looked up to see her friends wearing alien uniforms, they had come to save her! Link acted as the leader of the group as B.O.B and Dr Cockroach stood there with serious expressions on their faces. "I, Gallaxhar, command you to hand over the prisoner this instant!"

"Clearly you are faulty beyond repair!" the clone sniffed, "Guards, take the prisoner and the defective clone to the incinerator!"

"Of course, sir." said Dr Cockroach, he took Susan by the hand and brought her to his side, trying to act forceful. The clone turned and left, leaving the monsters alone, Susan was delighted to see her friends again. She hugged Dr Cockroach and he hugged her back, he could smell the sweet scent of her hair, but then more clones turned up, he quickly held her at arms length and pretended to be interrogating her, "Your puny race cannot stop the might of Gallaxhar!"

The clones chanted Hail Gallaxhar and carried on through the tunnel, B.O.B was happy his idea had worked, "These disguises are the bomb!"

"That's it!" said Dr Cockroach, "Follow me!"

Dr Cockroach led the others back to the extraction chamber, his idea was to blow up the ship by overloading the main power core, B.O.B asked a clone where the core was located and he pointed to it just above the extraction chamber. No sooner had that happened, B.O.B's form absorbed his disguise, revealing his true identity.

"MONSTERS!" the clones cried in alarm.

"Ready or not here I come!" bellowed Link and he charged at the armies, knocking them down like bowling pins. B.O.B joined in as he swallowed clone after clone, Dr Cockroach heard a scream and looked around to see a clone attack Susan, she fell to the floor as he prepared to strike. The mad scientist reacted instantly, he charged into the clone and knocked the weapon out of his hand, then he used the weapon to blast the clone away from them.

"You okay my dear?" asked Doc as he lifted Susan to her feet.

"Yes, thank you doctor." Said Susan, hugging the doc once again, he held her close and then a crash snapped them back to the real world. Link and B.O.B were nearing the centre but they needed Doc there to hack the main power core, there were still clones thrashing about on the causeway, it was too dangerous to cross, then an idea came to him, he turned to Susan.

"Do you trust me?" he asked her.

"With my life," Susan replied.

"Good, hold on tight!" he told her, Susan placed her arms firmly round his chest and he started to climb underneath the causeway. His cockroach abilities enabled him to cross the bridge from underneath, he was like Spiderman! Susan held on tightly, she didn't want to look down so she looked at Docs face, the determination showing in his large, golden eyes.

Finally they reached the end and Dr Cockroach scrambled back to the top with Susan still clinging to his chest. Link and B.O.B joined them, exhausted from all the fighting, Doc looked to Susan who still had her arms around her.

"You alright my dear?" he asked.

"I'm fine," she replied, her deep blue eyes looking into his. A loud thump behind them heralded the arrival of more clones, B.O.B stretched himself up to the core, the others climbed aboard and rose up like an elevator, Doc and Susan still had their arms around each other as Link held them all around B.O.B's body.

At last they reached the core, it was an electronic brain with a hexadecimal colour code system, Dr Cockroach recognised it easily and began to hack it…by dancing! The clones tried to force themselves in but Link and Susan kept them at bay, Susan watched the doc dance, he was quite a mover.

Finally, the room turned red as the ship went into self destruct mode, the monsters quickly evacuated the core and slid down B.O.B's form onto the causeway, the aliens were all running away in panic.

"Look at that! They're all running scared, Monsters win!" cheered Link.

"I don't think that's why they're running!" Susan pointed out, the doors were closing and soon the chamber would be sealed shut, trapping them inside.

The monsters sprinted to the door as fast as they could, Link knocking out a clone and stealing his hovercraft; the fish ape scooped up his friends and shot full speed towards the door. Then the craft started to bounce on the ground, it was losing power from the extra weight, first B.O.B was thrown off, then Link and Dr Cockroach was losing his grip. He saw that Susan still had a strong grip on the handlebars, he had to do it, he pushed the throttle to maximum before falling off himself. The craft dived through the closing door just in time, Susan made it to the other side but the others were now trapped at the epicentre of the explosion.

Link tried to prize it open but it was sealed shut, "Its no use, it won't budge! Susan, get yourself out of here!"

"No!" protested Susan on the other side of the door, "I'm not leaving you guys!"

Link consoled B.O.B who was about to cry, leaving Dr Cockroach alone with Susan. "So much to say and so little time to say it," the doc said to her.

"Like what?" asked Susan, wanting to know.

"Well, ever since the first day you arrived, I thought you were the most beautiful creature I had ever laid eyes upon, big or small!" Doc confessed to her.

"Oh doc…" said Susan quietly, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"All that time you spoke of Derek, it would have been inappropriate of me to tell you this. Then when you said Derek and you were history I tried to but I couldn't bring myself to say it and then the aliens took you away from me!" said doc.

Susan was left breathless at this, Doc decided to confess his final secret, "I love you Susan Murphy!"

Susan wept quietly as she spoke, "I love you too!"

"Listen Susan, your old life is waiting for you. Go whilst there's still time!" said Dr Cockroach.

There was silence from the other side, Susan must have left. Dr Cockroach removed his hand from the door and rejoined his fellow monsters, at least he had confessed his true feeling to the woman he loved, even if he was never going to see her again.


Three minutes passed and the entire room was collapsing, the monsters jumped onto the central platform as the bridges collapsed, then the computer called out:

TOTAL ANNIHILATION IN ONE MINUTE!

"It's been an honour knowing you doc!" said Link holding out his hand.

Dr Cockroach took and shook hands with him, "The feelings mutual my friend!"

"I'll see you guys tomorrow for lunch!" B.O.B told them.

"That's right B.O.B," said Link, then the core became loose and hurtled towards them, the monsters crouched and closed their eyes waiting for the inevitable…but it never came! They opened their eyes and looked at each other in surprise, then they looked up to a sight that made Dr Cockroach's heart sing. It was Susan, she was her giant self again and had caught the power core, she tossed it over the side and picked up her friends, keeping Doc closest to her as she dived off the platform. She punched through the floor and into the open sky, she tried to find something to grab onto but there wasn't, she crashed onto the ledge and went over the side with her friends.

The four monsters plummeted to earth, knowing this time they were about to die, Susan held Dr Cockroach to her lips and whispered, "I'm never going to leave you,"

Dr Cockroach put his arms round Susan's neck and closed his eyes, at least this time he got to see her before he died. A blur of orange appeared underneath them and they suddenly found themselves going sideways instead of downwards. They looked around in confusion and then a familiar voice called up ahead, "Didn't think you were gonna get all the glory did ya?" called General Monger.

He was piloting a newly reborn Insectosaurus, now a giant butterfly, Link was delighted as he hugged his resurrected friend. The monsters flew away from the space ship as it exploded, they cheered loudly as they celebrated their victory over the aliens, Susan and Dr Cockroach hugged each other again, this time with no interruptions.

Insectosaurus landed in Susan's street and unloaded its friends to where the cheering crowds had gathered, Susan's parents walked up to their daughter, they were so proud of her. As they spoke to her, a familiar figure came barging past the crowds, a cameraman behind him. Derek Dietl waved to Susan, "Susan!"

"Derek?" said Susan in surprise.

"I just want you to know that the whole mess you caused at the wedding is completely forgiven!" he said smoothly, Dr Cockroach eyed him with sickening anger burning inside him. "How about an exclusive interview for the old team?"

"Yeah…I don't think so!" Susan replied, "Doc, what do you think?"

Dr Cockroach walked up to Derek, he glared at the weedy weatherman, "I think I speak for Susan when I say…" the bug man gave Derek a swift punch to the middle of the face, making him fall to the floor unconscious, the cameraman caught it all.

Dr Cockroach walked back to his friends shaking his throbbing hand, "That was excellent!" exclaimed Link.

"Monsters, turns out your needed again, a giant snail is headed for Paris!" Monger informed them.

"I always wanted to go to Paris," smiled Susan, "Who's with me?"

The monsters climbed aboard 'Butterflyosaurus' and they took off into the evening sky, the crowds cheering them on. Link sat on his buddy's head as B.O.B looked at the passing view, Susan and Dr Cockroach sat further back, they were finally together as they kissed long and passionately, Doc caressing her chin as she stoked his head, finally they stopped and looked into each others eyes, "Paris here we come!" smiled Dr Cockroach.


Once again if anyone has ideas for a 'what if' story then let me know. Ta!