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Chapter 12- The Randy Within

Randall wore up early the next morning as planned and arose to see a sleeping Alex completely covered by the blanket except for her purple tail that that fallen off of the love seat at some point in the night. Randall stood up and read the time in Alex's phone that read 6:25. Randall sat up and looked over to Alex again and decided to wake her.

Randall gently shook her and whispered "Alex… Al… Alex."

Jumped as she work up obviously not used to being woke up by anybody. She sat up and faced Randall rubbing her eyes and striking as really, really annoyed face in his direction.

"What? Why did you wake me up its too early?"

"Sorry, I need to go out for a couple of hours, going to see somebody about getting my own place to live." Randall lied at that part, expertly.

"Yeah shore whatever just go." Alex laid back down… But shot back up after a moment of thought. "Hey wait you can't go out I can't watch the kid I got work, in whatever hours."

"I know but I really need it, please as a favour to me. I'll make it up to you it's something I have to do…"

Alex waited for the rest of the sentence but when nothing came, she sighted and threw the cover off and looked at Randall.

"What about the little girl? I thought we were gonna try and get her home today? What about Rex he needs to be looked after."

"I know please I wouldn't ask you this if it wasn't the most important thing in the world. OK?"

"Fine, but if I miss the chance to get that little girl home today it's all on you. I'll call in work and say I'm babysitting think Sully will but that? Because I have no idea." Alex stood up and poked Randall in the chest mornings obviously weren't the best times or her.

"That marshmallow will buy anything you tell him, he's seriously gullible it borders on mental stability," Randall crossed both sets of arm and grinned at his comment.

"How would you know anything about him?"

Randall's fronds rose realising what he had just said he brushed them back and tried to look calm. "I mean I guess he's like that just trying to be optimistic for you…"

"Whatever, just remember that, Sophie is not going to be in a good mood and she can take it out on you. I hate to think what she's going through or her parents for that matter, it there anything like monsters they'll be going frantic."

"Thanks." Randall said trying to sound nice and patted Alex on the shoulder as a friendly jester.

Randall unlocked the door and walked down the stairs and turned invisible with only one though in his mind Monstropolis Hospital...

Randall knew the way it was one of those places that everybody knows where it is even if they never go there. Randall had being there a couple of times once when he was about eight when he broke his arm. The last time he stepped through the doors were about four years ago to meet a new member of the family.

The walk there was quick and Randall found himself through the front doors into a hospital reception. This was going to be hard, for starts Randall had no idea where she was… The reception was large and led to café on the left side of the building and a set of elevators and a set of stair on the right side. The receptionist looked like an octopus gone wrong and was busy on the phone talking to somebody. Randall looked to the side of him that showed a map of the hospital, seemed to be easy enough to read. The ground flaw was casualty and surgery and the third and forth flaw the women's wards, that has to be right Randall thought to himself as he looked around still invisible to see a elevator that was just opening.

Randall ran towards the elevator and went inside and kept to the wall incise anybody else came in. He pressed the button to the third flaw and the doors closed. Randall reached the second flaw and the door opened again a small monster came in with a large stack of paperwork, the monster was young and had her hair pinned up in neat bun and she had a pale pink completion. She pleasantly hummed along to song as she pressed the button to the fifth flaw. Noticing the third flaw button was lit she looked around for a few moments noticing nobody was there she just shrugged and kept humming to her made up tune.

The elevator made a noise as it reached the third flaw and Randall moved forward accidentally knocking the other monster forward causing her to drop all of her paper work. Randall looked back to see a sea of paperwork in the life and outside of it. Randall smiled at the helpless monster who was trying to gather everything up, she reminded him of Fungus, panicking when there was no reason to. Noticing she was struggling Randall kicked some of the paperwork in to the elevator to make it easier. He wasn't going to get too soft.

The monster looked up to where the paper work had been kicked expecting to see a monster there, noticing nobody was there she looked worried at the empty space for a moment until she began to pick up the paper work again.

Randall started to walk along the corridor noticing various monsters coming out of rooms and more bothered about paperwork than anything else. Randall reached a smaller reception with a list of names behind it on a large board. Randall scanned the board but couldn't see Charlottes name anywhere in the list showing she wasn't on this ward. Randall sighed and could feel a little brining sensation within his scaled body telling him that his invisibility was taking its toil.

"Dr Reggs can we see you for a moment concerning Miss Boggs?" A nurse said peering into a door way.

A tall monster came out of the room in a white coat and held a clipboard; he was middle-aged and wore a pair of silver glassed. He was about a foot taller that Randall and was covered in green fur.

"Yes of course nurse. What's wrong?" Reggs put his clipboard down and followed the nurse into a privet room, thinking this was his only lead Randall followed the doctor into the room.

Randall froze and looked wide-eyed when he entered the room, seeing a lime green monster with a dozen fronds speeding through her head and back. She was similar in appearance to Randall and looked oddly at peace with an oxygen mask over her face. She breathed heavily and looked like she was in a deep sleep.

"Poor girl, She just collapsed she seemed to be in good health." The Reggs said reading Charlotte's medical notes.

"it's her son I feel sorry for, no family to contact, the girl's mother left about four months ago going overseas, not idea why she just simply took off." The nurse said as she changed a drip that was heading into Charlotte.

"I thought there was some mention of a younger brother, any ideas?"

"Yes… Umm… Randall Boggs her younger brother, but I don't expect we could get a hold of him." The nurse came around to the doctor.

"Why not?" Reggs placed down the notes onto the bed and looked at the nurse.

"I thought everybody in the entire city knew that name, he's a wanted criminal. He was Waternoose's accomplice in the MI conspiracy. People on the news say he's highly dangerous and reckless."

Randall let out a slight growl towards the nurse, a news reporter knew nothing about him and she shouldn't pretend to know herself.

"Is the patient stable this morning?" Reggs said looking at Charlotte

"Still no change, no movement nothing, she hasn't changed since the night she was brought in. It's like her body just gave up being conscience." The nurse sighed at her comment and looked over to the doctor.

"I just can't seem to determine what's wrong with her, her vital signs are normal. Nurse has the advanced blood tests come back?"

"No sorry, we should receive them this afternoon." The nurse said as she left the room.

"What's wrong with you, my dear?" The doctor said picking up her notes and leaving the room.

Randall let out a huge sigh and relaxed his body and becoming visible allowing the burning to stop. He looked at a still Charlotte who breathed heavily into the mask. Walking over to her he pulled up a chair and sat beside the bed.

Randall looked at his older sister striking a regretful face towards her. She had barely changed; she was one of thoughts people who never looked older from when you last saw them. Looking at her compared to Randall she looked younger than him, her colour was still bright compared to Randall's. Also for one thing she didn't squint all the time.

"I'm sorry Charlie… "Randall placed his hand on hers and he stroked delicately He let out an uneasy smile.

"I should have been there for you, for Rex but I was too caught up in my hatred I didn't see what was really important. I should have been there." Randall looked at Charlotte's motionless face. He didn't know what to say he should have been there for her. She was there when he was younger, she was never really mean to him. Just petty squabbled that sibling get into and well she was always there.

She was the only one in his family that tried to help him when he came home from collage. She tried to talk to him to be a big sister, but what did Randall do? He just threw it in her face and told her stop getting involved. Randall let his hatred and rivalry increase he just blocked out any attempt for her to help him. Realising that know Randall knew he was stupid to try and block her away. She was lying on a bed not even conscious and all thoughts years of not wanting to see her hit and pounded Randall's head something that he thought couldn't be forgiven…

"This is how I pay you back. I don't even acknowledge your existence. I want you to know I'll never leave you or Rex again. I'll be here I promise." Randall still continued to hold his sisters hand gently as he narrowed his eyes to reveal an innocent look simply full of sorrow.

"I'm so sorry Charlie…"

Randall looked to the side of the bed and looked on a table to see at least thirty handmade cards or models all sighed by Rex. Randall looked onward to the table to see a folded piece of paper that was older than the rest. His curiosity got the better of him and Randall picked it up. He unfolded the paper that revelled itself to be a photo. The same photo that was in Rex's room with two young monsters one about seventeen and a ten year old Randall with a pair of purple glasses on. But this was the original photo taken years ago; Rex's was just a copy. Randall looked at the photo and back at Charlotte who was still motionless. Randall was so caught up in this he didn't see the door open and the nurse enter.

CRASH

The nurse dropped a tray on the flaw as soon as she entered the room and saw Randall sitting looking at the picture. Randall jumped at the sound and stood up to see a shocked pink nurse looking at him with all three of eyes.

"I know that face… you… you're the criminal everyone's after… you were in the paper yesterday…"

Randall stood up straight, he didn't know what to do he could run for it and vanish.

"What are you doing here?" The nurse muttered picking up a stray chair and reading herself to throw it at Randall.

Randall thought for a moment until he finally spoke. "I just wanted to see my sister that's the only reason I came here." Randall let it out in a darker voice than normal.

The nurse looked at him sceptically still holding the chair up ready to throw it at him; Randall was ready to run for it. Randall narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists prepared to push past her.

The nurse noticed he still had the picture in his bottom left hand; she smiled as she saw the image of Randall with glasses.

"She was clutching onto that when she came in." The nurse said relaxing a little.

"What?" Randall to a step back thinking it was a trick first this nurse wanted to throw a chair at him and now she was making conversation. All of Randall's alarms went off he knew this was not going to be an easy getaway.

"The Photo she had it in her hands when she arrived in casualty we had to virtually tear from her hands. she wouldn't let go…"

Randall looked at the photo once more until his gaze softened and he placed it back on the table, in its original place. "I don't want any trouble just let me go and nothing will happen."

"Like I'm gonna trust you your wanted for a number of crimes including attempted murder of one James P Sullivan." The nurse hissed at him and raised the chair higher.

Randall felt a sting in his head from the name, but nothing further happened much to Randall favour. He looked at the nurse, she seemed familiar to him but he couldn't determine why.

"Don't mention that name."

"Why not?" The nurse said lowering her eyebrow trying to look scary.

"Just put the chair down, I'll leave and you can get on with your work, nobody has to know…"

"No way, darling you're wanted and I could do with being the hero for once. That sounds nice A humble nurse becomes a hero of Monstropolis for capturing a dangerous criminal. I like the sound of that."

Randall grinned his teeth and formed a dark smile, he wasn't going to hurt her he had no reason to but if she wasn't going to shift he would make her. Randall stiffened his body and began to disappear before the nurses eyes. She looked around ready to swing with the chair.

Randall reappeared in front of her and struck a devilish smile, she swung and he dogged disappearing in the process. She began to fall forward the chair fell on the flaw with the legs sticking up. The nurse screamed as she fell towards it knowing that she couldn't stop herself. Her head was going to hit the chair leg and that posed a possibility of death…

The chair suddenly moved by itself to the other side of the room away from her. She felt something grab her arm which slowed down the fall. Landing on the flaw she noticed the door flung open by itself. Other nurses came over to her and saw she was on the floor surrounded by other nurses and Dr Reggs who heard the commotion. Looking at the empty corridor the nurse saw a piece of paper fall onto the flaw from a desk, she smiled and narrowed her eyes in a dazed expression and smiled at the invisible monster that had just saved her life.

Randall ran out of the hospital down the staircase and he decided to use the fire exit rather than the front entrance. Busting out into a cold mourning Randall breathed heavily, that was too close he should have known better, nearly everyone in the city knew who he was this was…

Randall decided to return to Alex's apartment after that close encounter, he thought to himself it might be a better idea to keep hidden all the time and perhaps not go back to the hospital. But Randall was glad he went there, incise anything happened in the future he was grateful he saw his sister one last time.

Randall arrived back at Alex's apartment opening the door he was greeted by smiley face looking at him. Rex hugged him, but let go quickly remembering the occurrence of last night he didn't want anything to happen. Sophie came over and looked at Randall, she looked a little uneasy with her hair in a neat ponytail, presumably Alex's doing. She looked nervously at Randall with her wide hazel eyes, she obviously hadn't forgotten about last night. Randall starred back at Sophie trying to put on his most sympathetic look. The little girl just fiddled with her fingers as her lip trembled.

Randall bent down to her level and looked at her; she definitely didn't want another ten minutes in this world let alone another night… Maybe Alex was right, this little girl wasn't happy and her parents probably are on the verge of a mental break down.

Sophie looked back at him and dropped her hands beside her; she looked at Randall waiting for an explanation.

"Just bad dreams." Randall said as is he was reading her mind.

Sophie broke into a smile and ran over to Randall hugging him tightly. "I thought you left me when I couldn't find you this morning… You won't leave me Uncle Randy right?" Sophie said as she raised her head and looked at Randall.

"No way kid." Randall said in an optimistic voice, something that he usually wouldn't do and you could tell.

Sophie let go and smiled back at him, her eyes were dark now with the pander marks growing every day in this world, but Randall admired her bravery something many kids wouldn't accept was being trapped in a world with people that looked like something from a horror movie.

Rex tapped Sophie on the shoulder and her attention went towards him.

"Your it!" Rex ran off around the apartment with Sophie in quick pursuit both of the laughing and shouting to each other as Rex climbed over the sofa with ease and Sophie falling down off the sofa with a less effective method.

Randall noticed a sweet smell in the air that was originating from the kitchen, being curious he want to investigate. To his surprise he saw Alex leaning against one of the counters on the phone while something was cooking on the stove. She noticed Randall entering and she cracked a smile in his direction as she chatted to whoever was on the other line. But from the sound of the conversation it wasn't a friend. Randall looked around the kitchen until his eyes met what was on the table. There was a collection of kid's drawings ranging from various things. Randall scooped a couple up with his bottom set of arms.

Randall flicked through the pictures ranging from flowers to orange and blue fish, to deranged cowboys with a spaceman next him. Until one captured his gaze, he lifted it with his first set of arms and studied the image. It was clearly drawn by one of them but you could tell what rather who it was. He saw a purple monster that resembled him except it looked more like a long purple hotdog with arms with green splodge for eyes. He was about to look at the rest of the picture until it was snatched out of his hands. He looked down to see Rex hiding the picture behind his back and frowning at Randall.

"Not ready for you to see yet Uncle Randy." Rex crossed his first set of arms and kept the others behind his back holding the picture. Randall just raised his hands to say he was surrendering. Rex smiled and ran back into the living room with the picture and hid it under a pillow. Randall found himself smiling.

Sophie jumped over the sofa and chased after Rex into the kitchen and under the table and running around like a normal kid until her breathing became heavy and she put her hand on her heart. Alex was the first to notice this trying to get the person on the other line to hang up.

Alex simply just hung up the phone trying to send a message to the person on the other end as she looked at Sophie whose breathing was becoming deeper. Randall saw Alex's face noticing something was wrong he followed her gaze and looked to Sophie who was now leaning against a chair.

"You ok Kiddo?" looking in Sophie's direction with a concerned tone in her voice.

Sophie shook her head as her panting grew higher and she was struggling to breath. Randall virtually ran over to her side and knelt down to her level.

"What's wrong Sophie?" Randall said in a worried voice, something again he wasn't used to.

Sophie made eye contact with Randall and looked at him with her innocent eyes until she finally gave him an answer. "I need my inhaler…."

Randall panicked, even monsters needed inhalers he picked Sophie up quickly and ran over to the sofa and placed Sophie on it as her heavy panting persevered. Randall looked at him and place his hand on her shoulder as she took in the deep breaths.

"Just breathe… steady…"

Sophie continued to breath heavily, Randall had no idea on what to do or how to make this stop. Sophie needed help her heavy breathing was increasing with speed with every breath. Rex just stared helplessly at the side matching Randall's shaken face.

Alex came into the room with a piece of cloth and a bowl of water she set them on the coffee table and she knelt in front of Sophie who was clenching her tight chest as she gasped for air. Alex grabbed her hands and looked into Sophie's eyes which were now blood shot and on the verge of tears.

"It's ok Sophie I just need you to look at me. I'm going to count to fifteen when I say a number I want you to take in a deep breath and let it out straight after. You understand?"

Sophie Nodded still breathing heavily.

"Ok, ready 1…." Sophie took a deep breath and let it out. "Good 2…. 3… 4…" The counting continued until Sophie was in sync with Alex's counting taking in deep breaths when she said a number. This went on until Alex reached to fifteen.

"Very good Sophie… now I want you to hold your breath until I cont to five than were going to count to fifteen taking in breathes again."

Sophie took in a deep breath and held her nose as Alex counted to five, after that she let out her breath and started briefing as Alex counted to fifteen. Sophie's breaths became slower and calmer much to everybody's delight.

Randall looked at Alex; he thought deeply to himself, she should be a doctor it wasn't fair what happened to her. She would be brilliant at her job.

Alex let go of Sophie's hands and turned to the coffee table still counting. She grabbed the white cloth that she brought in and dunked it into the bowl of water. She pulled the cloth from the water and squeezed all of the excess water out of it leaving the cloth damp. Alex sat at the side of Sophie and put her hand on Sophie's shoulder still counting.

"Good Sophie… 13…14...15…" With that last number Sophie let out a breath and Alex placed the wet cloth onto Sophie's nose and mouth. Sophie hesitated to the wet cloth but stopped after a moment when she realised it was helping her breathing.

"It's ok, it will help you breathe."Alex held up Sophie's hand towards the cloth and put it on letting her control the cloth. Alex sat there next to Sophie whose breathing was becoming easier.

Randall and Rex both looked on in amazement at the little girl and the monster that had just saved her. Randall knew from that moment that Alex was special and somebody you didn't meet every day she was somebody who acted like she didn't care. But that wasn't true she was still a good person under all the comments and sarcastic attitude. That was something she just built up to protect herself. Randall sighed thinking it would have been better if he had done the same, he wouldn't have become something for lack of a better word evil, he might still even be Randy…

Sophie was taking in deep breaths through the damp cloth she seemed calmer and more in control of her breathing. Alex sat next to her patting her back and telling her what a good job she was doing until Rex decided he was going to break the silence.

"Is she going to be ok?" Rex said as he stepped forward towards Alex make in a pleading gesture.

"She'll be fine after a rest. We just have to make shore she doesn't go running up and down the place from now on." Alex let out a brief smile in Rex's direction while patting Sophie on the back as her breathing was now normal.

Randall simply stared at Alex for moment with his narrow eyes and a gentle grin in her direction. Until he smelt something burning in the kitchen. Randall stood to his full height and looked over to see black smoke originating from the stove.

"Damn!" Alex said looking over to the stove not realising she was in the presence of kids.

"I'll get it." Randall raced over to the stove with Rex in pursuit.

Noticing something on the stove was in a pan and was now the colour of charcoal Randall turned the cooker off and grabbing an oven glove he moved the pan onto the counter. He looked at realising it was some form of soup possibly to feed the kids for lunch. Rex stood on his back set legs to make himself taller and to try and see over the edge of the counter and he pulled a face towards the smoking mess.

"I'm not eating that Uncle Randy." Rex said still holding the face of disgust to the pan and its contents. Randall just smiled back and then looked at the mixture.

"Alex… I don't think this is exactly edible anymore." Randall said striking a sly smile in her direction.

Alex just frowned at him "Then throw it." Alex said in her normal low voice as her attention was drawn back to Sophie who had now found the TV remote showing she was feeling better.

Randall took the pan and started pouring what was left of the soup down the sink Rex followed him dropping back to standing on four legs. He just watched with his wide green eyes. Deep in thought for a moment Rex took a deep breath until he decided to talk to his uncle.

"Uncle Randy."

"Hmm" Randall's attention was drawn to the soup rather than his Nephew.

"C…Can I ask you a question?"

"You just did…" Randall smirked at his comment, Rex just began to giggle. "What is it Squirt?"

"I was just wondering? Are you?..."

"Out with it Squirt." Randall said that a little deeper than intended

"You like Alex right?" Rex's eyes were wide as he asked this question.

"Yeah, I like her; she's a friend…" Funny to think that he actually had somebody he could call a friend now, something he wasn't used to but he really liked the feeling of having a friend. Drawing his attention to Rex, Randall let out a nervous smile not likening where the conversation was going.

"Are you going to… umm…are you and Alex going to get married?"

Suddenly, Randall's eyes widened and his fronds rose as his entire body stood up straight, his embarrassment was beginning to show from Rex's comment. Randall realised he was one step away from turning a different colour until he snapped out of it and looked at Rex who was waiting there patently. He quickly looked around to where Alex was sat to see is she had heard. Thankfully she was more occupied with Sophie and the TV to hear their conversation.

Randall took in a deep breath until he finally answered Rex's question "Rex that's a really wired thing to ask, and well…"

"But you like her right?"

Randall ran his fingers along his fronds to lower them as his embarrassment grew. "Were…. Me and Alex were just friends. S…So no were not gonna get married were…. Umm… just friends…." Randall let out a small smile to try and hide his embarrassment.

"Why not?"

Randall frustration grew inside him he didn't know how to answer Rex, his eyes began to twitch. He bent down to Rex's level and stroked his nephews on the head. "Were just friends she's not the one for me ok Squirt? Were in love... No… I mean... Were not in l...Love… Umm. Were just friends so we won't get married." Randall virtually whispered the sentence to make shore Alex couldn't hear.

Rex let out a sigh and lowered his head hiding his face from Randall. "Ok Uncle Randy, I just wanted to know."

"It's Ok." Randall had relaxed a little and smiled towards Rex whose gaze had come back to Randall.

Randall stood up and walked into the living room to see Sophie had now discarded the damp cloth and was watching the TV happily. Alex had picked up a book, presumably the one from last night. He stood behind the sofa and looked at Alex narrowing his eyes that looked like he was dazed. Randall began to smile at himself, and what Rex had said.

Seeing his sister today had hurt earlier and Alex seemed to chase it away. Maybe Rex was right. Randall did like Alex she was something new in the monster world. Alex was different to any of the others she was somebody he felt he could trust. Alex she made Randall go away, she was the one person who could unlock the Randy within…

Aww Randall really likes Alex... But is it possible for them to be together? We'll have to wait and see hope you enjoyed don't forget to review thanks for the support. :)

See ya on Thursday for the next update. :)