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Nora arose the next morning as fresh as a daisy in spring. She was full confidence and felt ready to take on the day with her brand new job "Time to go to work!" she stated.
She zipped out the room. Ate a healthy breakfast of fruit salad and freshened herself up. As she walked up to a mirror she made a scary pose and letting out a growl. "Get ready Monsters Inc because Nora Levett is coming!"
When she got out the door, the sun was shining pleasantly down onto the town. She closed her eyes, inhaled the fresh air and sighed.
Today was the day for a new beginning and she he had never felt this excited for work before. The exhilaration overwhelmed any sort of negative thought she had about her new career. "Whoohoo!" she called out as she sailed through the sky toward the marvellous Monsters Inc.
Meanwhile Frank was already at the factory leaning against the wall outside the double-doors with his arms crossed.
A monster walked past him "Morning Frank"
"Morning Kevin" Frank greeted
"You waiting for someone?"
"As a matter of fact I am, I just wanna make sure our new co-worker knows the way around"
"Okay!" he answered before he disappeared though the doors.
It wasn't long before he looked up and saw spot of purple flying towards him. He shaded his eyes from the sun so he could get a better view and smiled as she drew closer.
"I see someone's looking frighteningly lovely this morning!" As she landed in front of him "You ready for this?"
"You know I am!" Nora answered with determination
"Then shall we?"
"We shall!"
Frank and Nora strolled through the halls. Frank pointed out where all the different hallways lead to. Nora was happy being inside the place again she just couldn't wait to get started and even better she would be doing it beside her amazing boyfriend.
"See you on the scare floor Honey" Frank whispered "Okay sweetie". As they started to go in different directions, they looked back at each other and Nora blew a small kiss to Frank and he caught it in his hand and put it next to heart. They had a brief affectionate moment before parting into the different locker rooms.
Nora entered the ladie's locker rooms and she saw some female monsters preparing themselves and gossiping amongst each other, until they turned their attention to Nora and stare at her. Nora couldn't help but feel a little nervous but she kept the smile on her before giving a friendly wave "Hi"
"Hey you must the new recruit!" One of the girl monsters piped up "Some monsters were talking about you the other day"
"Yeah they said you did a great job on the scare simulator" Another one said
"Thank you, and it's such an honour to be here with all of you" Nora replied gratefully. She looked to a red monster with one eye and two horns on her head.
"Betty Stevenson!?
"Yes?"
"I just love how you do those annual scare-a-thons, it raises so much for monsters in need!" said with compassion "Thank you, when I saw how some monsters can't be like I decided to use my talents to help a good cause in our society. 'I roar for those who can't roar for themselves'"
Nora then recognised a magenta and yellow stripped monster examining the back of her hands "Oh My Gosh! Oh My Gosh! Carla 'Killer Claws' Benitez!" Carla turned to Nora "I am such a big fan!I really admire your 'silent but close' technique! how do you do it?"
"Gracias mi Amiga, Well it is a skill that I have practiced for a long time, it is all about waiting for the right time and then striking out" she spoke in a Spanish accent.
"And they do not call me 'Killer claws' for nothing" she stated while unleashing her long pink claws causing Nora to flinch in surprise and incredulity.
"Excuse me Nora Levett right?" Nora turned to see a small, yellow monster wearing a blue M helmet looking up at her. "Yes?" "Ah Good!" The yellow monster grinned and held out her hand "I'm Jenny I will be your scare assistant, happy to make your acquaintance" She held out her hand and Nora shook it "The pleasure is all mine, I have been dreaming of this moment for so long and now I finally get to live it!"
"Don't get too excited Missy Scaring isn't an easy job. You gotta be focused at all times with no slip-ups"
"You don't need to worry I'll make sure that doesn't happen!" Nora told her as she began to put her stuff in her new locker.
"Good, and I'll make sure I have the right doors suited for you, meet me at station 5 on the scare floor"
"Got it!"
"Okay girls it's show time!"
"Alright! Let's go!" Nora remarked as she followed the female monsters out the door towards the scare floor where they were joined by the male scarers. Frank winked at Nora and she smiled back at him before they turned their heads forward.
Nora looked down and the floor before stepping over the stripped line for the first time. She was actually walking into the Scare floor! She looked up and could see the last of the doors coming through the overhead track and the stations pulling them down into place. While the shields on the window went down shutting out the sunlight. The tally board then came up and Nora could see her name on it, this made her give a small squeal in delight.
She continued to walk in single file with the other scarers until she stopped at station 5 where Jenny was waiting. "Alright Levett let's see what you've got!" She held out the first scare file to Nora "Okay we have a 5-year-old girl afraid of bats and the dark" "Piece of cake...this is right up my street!"
the exhilaration and here she was, standing among some of the best scarers in the city. She managed to give a small wave to Frank who waved back but then kept his focused straight ahead she did too.
Jenny, along with all the other assistants pushed the buttons to activate their doors. Nora breathed in and out she felt nothing but determination and she didn't feel scared.
'This is it!' she thought to herself as she reached for the doorknob and opened it quietly and walked into the child's room. Jenny closed the door after her. She had a quick second to scan/inspect the room to see it was mostly pink along containing, dolls, a rocking horse and many other toys you would find in a girls room. And of course a little human girl sleeping soundly in her bed with a small pink nightlight next to it. Nodding in satisfaction Nora started to move towards the bed just like she did in the simulator, she managed to keep her cool and focus on her task. She opened her wings, 1…2….
Just then her ears detected the sound of a door unlocking. Her eyes shifted to see the door handle moving….it was the girl's parents! At that moment Nora's scaring training kicked in, she had to hide. In a split second she jumped up, clung to the ceiling lamp and draped her wings around it so she looked like a lampshade. Nora's heart was beating so hard but she kept still as a stone with her eyes squeezed shut. All she could do now was listen and wait.
"See honey Rosie's fast asleep" a male voice spoke
"Oh that's funny I thought I heard a noise" a female voice responded
Nora felt the light going dimmer and then the door shut. Still clinging to the ceiling she opened her wings and looked down at the child then got an idea. She flapped one of her wings creating a gust of air and causing the child open her eyes and look over her shoulder. When out of Nowhere Nora hung down, opened her wings and let out a ferocious sneer! The girl immediately gave a high-pitched scream and within an instant Nora's feet let go of the light and she flew back towards the door. She closes it and caught her breath. Jenny looked at a now full scream can "Nice one!" "Nora you okay?" Jenny asked as she approached her
"That…was…AMAZING!" she looked back towards the door "Did you see what I just did?! I JUST SCARED AN ACTUAL CHILD FOR THE FIRST TIME! and filled my first scream can! This is awesome!"
"Well you better get used to it there's gonna be a lot more where that came from" Jenny reminded her. From that moment Nora felt unstoppable, she felt the adrenaline in her veins, she felt like she could now take on anything in the world.
A few hours had passed before the first bell rang and the window shields went back up. "Not bad for your first session of scaring, I'm impressed" Jenny commended. Nora smiled "Thanks"
Frank immediately came over and put a hand on her shoulder "hey that was 'some' performance you gave back there….great job!"
"Thanks Frank"
"So…how do you like being a Scarer?"
"It's a little exhausting but incredible! I still can't believe how I managed to….." She got cut off when a huge green monster pushed past Frank "Hey I don't believe we've met!" Some other monsters approached casually behind him.
"Frank aren't you gonna introduce us to your…. 'lovely' friendly here" he expressed looking at her.
"They call me 'Hank the Tank'" He took her hand and kissed it. Nora feeling a bit uncomfortable quickly pulled her hand away and gave a nervous laugh "Er… Nice to meet you"
"Guys this is Nora…"Frank stood almost defensively in front of Nora giving Hank an irritated glare "She's a good 'friend of mine'who happened to be talented in scaring as much as we are, so I helped enrol her in the scaring programme."
"I've got to say Frank" a blue hair monster with 4 eyes with a big moustache said "That's some great recruiting you've done there". Nora recognised him as Earl 'The Terror' Thompson "Wow thank you Earl Thompson! You don't know how much it means for me to be here right now"
"Of course we do my dear, this career has been the beginning of all of our dreams. Back when I was a member of the fraternity 'Roar Omega Roar' at Monsters University I knew my next step was to become a proud member of Monsters Inc, hopefully one day you will too"
"She will Earl, she will" Frank said with a knowing smile towards Nora.
Betty then approached Nora with some of the other girls "Hey Nora you wanna join us for lunch?"
Nora turned her attention to her "Uh..Yeah! I'd love to!"
Thank for reading. P.S for some of this chapter I used section from scare cards to put stuff about some of the scarers.