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I will say this is a little darker than past chapters ok so be prepared it's a little cruel in some areas.

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Chapter 21- All sides of the truth

Randall looked into the deep brown pair of eyes that were peering into his soul, staring him down like a little puppy who had chewed a pair of shoes. Alex crossed her arms as he sat on the sofa with an honest expression as she started to pace up and down.

"Well? Tell me?" Alex's voice was low and darkener than normal.

"No. I'm not gonna tell you." Randall stood up and met Alex's expression, he was tired of the lies and the danger of losing her but he couldn't bring himself to admit what he really was.

"For, god sake Randy, why not it can't be that bad." Alex threw her arm in the air and growled a little.

"You have no idea, Alex. You don't know what the hell I did!" Randall yelled at her and instantly regretted the decision.

Alex's face softened and she looked at him unfolding her arms and sitting down. "Then tell me."

Randall sighed and looked at Alex. "I… um, I." Randall face planted and then looked over to Alex who had crossed her arms again. "My name is Randall."

"Yeah, I know that bit."

"Randall B-Boggs…" Randall looked away from Alex's gaze as he heard a loud gasp, from her direction.

"Boggs? That guy who helped the other guy with the Monsters Inc conspiracy?" Alex had her hands over her mouth as she said the sentence in a muffled way.

Randall closed his eyes, expecting her to freak. "Yes. The same guy the news reports keep saying is something evil, Randall Boggs the sick and twisted creature of Monstropolis. But the truth is." Randall leaned over and picked up his glasses delicacy and looked at them his eyes on the verge of tears. "The truth is I, would take it all back if I could, I would do anything to be Randy again. If I could do it over and have everything I missed out of. I would give anything to be Randy again…"

Alex stood up and slowly walked into the kitchen, her arms were now hugging her body as she looked out of the window. Randall looked over to her, he didn't know what to say, it seemed like there was nothing more to say.

He walked into the kitchen and looked at Alex who was motionless, but he saw her reflection in the frost captured window was, nothing less than distraught as a tear slid down her cheek. She blinked slowly and then noticed Randall was behind her.

"Was it all a lie?" Her voice was still low a little wobbly but calm.

"No, not all of it. I didn't really lie to you I just didn't tell you everything." Randall looked at his hands still clutching the glasses.

"Don't, give me the shit about how innocent you are. What about when you were in collage? Or was that something you just made up to pity me?"

"Everything I told you was the truth, I went to college, I studied scaring, and I made the down fall of my life. I am homeless and I fell…"

"You never said you fell." Alex scowled at Randall and then quickly turned her head back to the window.

"I fell for the, smartest, most beautiful girl in the monster world. The only girl I would ever need to see to know she's for me. I fell in love with my Angel and that's one thing I can never regret. Even if I get a life sentence or an official banishment I will always hold on to the thought that I found somebody perfect, slightly twisted. But my Angel, I fell in love with my Angel." Randall looked away he didn't know what else to say, he had finally done it Alex knew everything, the entire truth, even what Randall felt for her.

Alex's face softened as she looked at the reflection in the window of the broken monster who was caught between two people. One who was heartless and dark but was tough and would do whatever it took to win and keep the people he loved safe. The other was a monster who was honest, soft, sweet. Something that was rear in this world. Both of them battling to keep themselves in control. But Alex could see in Randall's eyes the monster he really wanted to be.

Alex sighed and turned on her heals to face Randall, who just looked away from her. She raised her hand and slapped him across the face. Probably not the wisest decision, considering his mental health.

"You are the biggest idiot I have ever met."

Suddenly! Alex then pushed herself into Randall and wrapped her arms around him and closed her eyes, embracing into Randall's chest she could hear his rocketing heart beat that was Randy rather than Randall.

Randall threw all four of his arms around his Angel and closed his eyes trying to figure out how she had come to this conclusion. But he didn't care, he wanted to be with Alex more than anything even if that meant he had to stay hidden for the rest of his life he would, as long as she was there.

"You really are an idiot Randall Boggs."

"Can you come to love as idiot? Despite what I am?"Randall loosened his grip on Alex and looked at her until she pulled him back into their embrace.

"From what I saw with you, Rex and Sophie, you're not Randall anymore even if everybody else thinks so." Alex let go of Randall and snatched his glasses from his hand and looked at them until like the night before she put them on him and smiled at his amazing eyes. "You are Randy you have always being Randy. You just needed some help retrieving him from, under the darkness."

Randall smiled at her for a moment his eyes at their full emerald beauty threw the glasses that he never should have lost. Alex looked up at him and stroked his cheek looking at his honest face. He let go of Alex and then looked away seeing the drawing on the fridge of them together, those little kids were right.

His attention was drawn to the image of Rex, until Panic flooded and he looked to the door and ran towards it.

"Randall, Stop!" Alex grabbed hold of his shoulders and pulled him back toward her.

"Let me go Alex." Randall pushed her away and then looked towards the door thinking of taking off again.

"I know what you're thinking." Alex looked at Randall and placed her hands back on his shoulders, forcing him to look into her eyes.

"I have to get to him, they'll kill him. They won't hesitate they'll kill him." Randall's eyes narrowed threw his glasses.

He clenched his fists and began to grind his teeth. Alex took hold of his hands and looked at him. "CALM DOWN!"

Randall started to shiver like he was going to explode under the pressure his head was like a bomb going off and it seemed to spread through his entire body causing the worst pain.

"RANDALL!" Alex grabbed his face and looked into his eyes; her brown eyes were intense with the deepness of her thoughts. Randall looked back through his glasses until he took in a breath and stopped shivering calming down and looking at her.

"Don't call me Randall, I'm not him." Randall's voice was a little scratchy.

"You are both of them, but one of them is stronger. Who do you want to be?"

"Randy!" Randall answered instantly without thinking; he wanted to be Randy, just Randy although he knew that was impossible.

"Then, Randy I'm coming with you."

"No, I can't, let them, get to you." Randall looked at Alex as he started to caress her cheek. "Not you, not Sophie, not Rex. This is my fight, they don't play fair."

"It's our fight, the minute you brought that kid home, the minute you saw inside my eyes it became my fight. Since when do you play fair Randall Boggs?"

Randall looked at her, he didn't like this. What if Alex got killed his Angel would be gone. "No, I can't risk losing y"

"You say it and I'll go by myself. Or we go together, were only going to see Rex for all you know he could be fine. But I'm not letting you on though the streets, by yourself, in your state. You could barely walk earlier and all you did was tackled some creep to the ground. You go, I go." Alex crossed her arms and looked at Randall who was thinking of a way to protest.

What about Sophie, you gonna leave her hear? This place isn't safe." Randall threw his arms in the air as if trying to demonstrate his point.

"Take her with us." Alex still kept a deep voice that seemed a little too creepy for Randall's taste

"What?"

"We all have a better chance together. You go off by yourself you get killed in your state. We leave her; they could get in here easy. We go together, let's just say that Kids got a pretty good chance with two monsters with her. Two monsters one a wanted criminal with an anger issue who can disappear and you never see him coming. The other an absolutely brilliant example of a monster who can beat the crap out of anyone. So I think you'll be safe with me on board" Alex smiled and then looked over to her room.

She began to walk into her room, when Randall realised it was his chance, he could leave and she would be ok. Yes they wanted Sophie, but now he had made an enemy of them and that was worse, they would go through anyone to get to him. Randall was about to make a run for the door as he felt someone grabbing him by the arm and holding him tight.

"Nice try, honey. Guy's I like don't get away from me that easily." Alex stood behind him holding a hudded Sophie who had fallen back to sleep, her head leaning on Alex's shoulder. He little face was just visible from under the hood.

Randall let out a sigh and looked over to Alex and Sophie, then the realisation of Rex sunk in again and he found himself running through the street with Alex in pursuit, moaning about she wished she had bought a car. Randall failed to notice he was still wherein the glasses although he kept feeling a stinging sensation towards his fronds he brushed the feeling off. Rex was the only thing that mattered at this moment.

Rex snuggled into the trash bags more the cold weather taking its toil on the little monster who was trying to keep himself awake. The prettiness of the snow had already worn off the little monster all he wanted now was to be warm. To be safe, to be home. He didn't move, for fear that the monsters would come back and grab him, then boil him down into stew. He shivered at the thought and then curled into a ball trying to keep his last ounce of strength inside him to stay awake.

Randall walked over to the house and noticed the door was wide open, the street was calm, but Randall found it a little strange that nobody had noticed. His eyes widened at the sight through his glasses to see the deserted home.

"No!" Randall ran over to the house and burst into the door, he looked at the ripped wall paper and crashed glass on the flaw. Randall turned his gaze to see a small yellow monster lying on the flaw, with blood coming from the back of her head. "ALEX!"

Randall ran over to Waddlesons limp body he started to turn the monster over.

"Randy leave her there." Alex bent down and handed Sophie to Randall who took a small step back as he held the little girl who had woken up. He tried his best to keep her gaze from the motionless body.

Alex carefully turned the finger with an expert hand. Alex then brushed the monsters freed hair aside to see a shard of glass, deeply stabbed into her eye that blead out. Alex checked the monsters pulse and then searched for any sign of life.

Alex looked up from the limp figure and narrowed her eyes at the sight. Alex lowered her gaze and then looked up to Randall; she shook her head then looked back at the body.

Randall, shook his head and then began to shake, this had gone too far. "REX!" Randall's voice was desperate as he ran up the stairs carrying Sophie, he ran into Rex's room. He looked at the wrecked room through his glasses; he saw the closet with no door. Randall's lip began to tremble and he squeezed Sophie tighter trying to fight off the pain that was beginning to burst through his skull.

Randall put Sophie down and he looked around the room, trying to keep the tears from Sophie. The little girl grabbed onto his lower arm and clung on. Randall placed his top arm on her head and patted it softly. The little girl moved her head upwards and Randall cupped his hand around her face feeling the tears that were beginning to fall her face.

"Uncle Randy, where's Rex?" The little girl's voice was soft and a little corky. "Where's Rex?"

Randall's lip trembled, what could he say? He didn't know anything. It was like his heart had just being ripped out of his cheats and eaten in front of him. Randall's eyes narrowed as his breaths became quicker and deeper, he began to shake. Some snapped inside him again and he was ready to kill. Now it was war!

Randall let go of Sophie and launched himself down the stairs, bypassing Alex who was trying to put the body in a respectful position. He ran into the street turning red in the process, his glasses were the only thing that seemed to make Randall look a little peaceful.

"REX!...REX!... REX" Randall shouted at the top of his voice as bursts of light began to spawn from surrounding houses. Randall hired a rustling coming from the alley at the side of the house. On all eight of his legs he swiftly ran into the darkness.

The alley was pitching black with no light, and the snow wasn't making it any easier to see. Randall growled at his surrounding as he heard the rustling sound again. Randall turned to see a collection of trash bags that moved and shifted as if something was there.

He walked over to the bags and let his anger get the better of him, Randall started to swipe and lash at the bags ripping them to pieces. A small figure began to crawl away from a rage infused Randall who had completely lost it.

Rex crawled backward still clasping his arm, he saw a flash of red and thought it was the little bed monster who had come for him earlier. Rex let out a whimper at the tall monster that was advancing on him.

Rex began to runaway and Randall launched himself towards the little monster grabbing hold of him and pulling him back. Rex began to scream and struggle trying his best to get a bit on the monster who had grabbed him.

"GET OFF!" Rex swiped Randall's head and his glasses flew off to the flaw and broke on impact making a magical sound like crystals falling to the ground.

"HELP! PLEASE, UNCLE RANDY WHERE ARE YOU?!" Rex became even more desperate as he swung and slashed at the monster who had grabbed him.

Randall let go of the little monster and he grabbed his head, feeling the pain he began to think again he opened his eyes and saw a small figure scurrying away from him. He didn't need to see the monster to know who it was.

"Rex?" Randall grabbed the little monster and pulled him into the biggest hug he had ever given; he stroked Rex's head and squeezed as tight as possible to make shore Rex was really there.

"Rex, it's me." Randall looked at the little monster with widened eyes trying to hide the fact that he was still bright red and he had nearly tried to kill his own nephew again.

"Uncle Randy?" Rex looked at the tall figures outline and he then broke down and pushed himself into Randall and began to sob. "Uncle Randy where were you? You promised you'd be here for me, where were you?" Rex snuggled into Randall borrowing the heat off his uncle.

"Shh. its ok, I'm here now, I'm not going anywhere. Rex, it's ok." Randall knelt on the ground cradling his little nephew with all of his arms. Although Rex was alright, they were going to come back so it was war. "Rex what happened?"

"Two scary monsters came and hit Mrs Waddlson, they wanted to take me away, they said they were gonna ki…" Rex cried heavier into Randall and Randall just squeezed him tighter. No way were they going to get to him or Sophie.

Randall's eyes narrowed and he forced himself to try and turn back to his original colour; he didn't care about a life sentence anymore. Even if he had to march into that factory and expose those things for what they truly are he was going to do it for Rex's safety.

"Randy?"

Alex's voice came out a nowhere. Randall looked over his shoulder to see Alex was there taking in hollow breaths. Her eyes filled with fear. Her he saw he nose was bleeding and her shoulder was limp. Something was holding her by the arm, a small red monster with a devilish look.

"Evening Boggs. Johnny stepped from behind Alex lighting a cigar. The right side of his face scratched and cut from the encounter earlier. He sucked on it and then let out a huge breath of smoke. "I was saving this one for when we tested out the machine, but I realise getting to your heart is just as pleasurable. Isn't that right Waternoose?"

Waternoose stepped from behind Randall and grabbed Randall by the back digging into the open cuts through the bandaging, Randall let out a yell of the pain as Waternoose gripped tighter. "I thought as you as a son Randall, but you came between us and the prize." Waternoose reviled that he was clutching onto a trembling figure with his other hand, Sophie. The little girl was sobbing and whimpering as she cried for Randall and Alex.

"The lowest of the low set traps like this." Randall growled under the pain.

"Well then if were the lowest of the low what does that make you?" Waternoose's voice was sharp and cruel; time in prison had melted anything good from his heart.

"Get to hell of me you short, ugly, red freak." Alex cried as she punched the red monster only to be caught by Johnny.

"Calm down darling, we only want to have a little chat." Johnny grabbed Alex,'s fronds that were still tied up and yanked on them to keep her still. "Were not going to hurt each other are we?"

"Fuck you." Alex grinded her teeth and then turned to face Randall who had dropped Rex and was now on the flaw from, with Waternoose still digging into his back.

"Bring the kids both of them. And you can come along too darling, we might have one or two uses for you." Johnny chuckled.

Waternoose continued to sig into Randall's body causing him to scream and shake. "Listen Randall, you could have had everything." Waternoose let go of Randall and the reptilian monster felt to the flaw feeling the warm wet sensation that had began to spread through his back.

Randall looked to see Alex being dragged away trying her best to fight them off with little susses, the larger of the monsters that was present stuck a needle into her neck and her body became motionless. The two children were thrown into a black car that was parked outside the alley.

Alex's limp body was then thrown in after, the car and it quickly sped off into the darkness.

Randall got to his knees and looked up to see the emptily night still with the coiling snowflakes almost trying to hit his, open body. Randall clumsily stood up and walked to the edge of the alley and looked into the lonely street. Randall grabbed onto his chest as his failing body was trying to stay awake.

"Rex, Sophie, Angel. No!" Randall's eyes narrowed and a new burst of life took over him, "I'm coming you son of a bitch. I'm coming!" Randall ran into the middle of the street and looked at the street trying to picture the way the car had sped off. "Monsters Inc!" Randall's voice was week but still had a dark tone.

BEEP! BEEP!

Randall turned to see a car coming towards him, he tried to shift his shattered body, nothing seemed to work. The car slowed down and tried to swerve in the cold night.

But Randall knew better, a fitting end for a creature that should have gone a long time ago. The only thing Randall could think of now was maybe he Mike would get help and give Rex, Sophie and his Angel a better chance.

CRASH!

Randall face planted something cold and shinny and what he had determined to be red. He slid down the texture to the colder ground his vision was a little blurry and he could feel his consciousness was slipping.

The monster driving the car ran to Randall's side. "You ok Buddy?" The small green monster froze and stared at Randall with his wide eye.

"Randall?!"

Randall heard a familiarly, annoying voice that was on the verge of panic. "Mike?" Randall's voice was faint and shallow like there wasn't much left of him.

Mike stared for a moment at the damaged figure of Randall. Until he heard one more sound before the reptilian monster slid from reality.

"Angel…"

Oh, no

Randall isn't in the best of shape now and poor Alex, Sophie and Rex, they got them all. Will Randall live to rescue them or was this the end?

At least he's met Mike now like a lot of you were predicting. lol

I kept you waiting for it. But what about when he meets Sulley? You'll have to wait till next time.

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