Yay!! Chapter 3! ^-^ Okay, I now have time to write this, because I'm
off school today with flu. (poor me!) Well, thanks for the reviews, and
before I start I just have a few things to say. Firstly, someone reviewed
without actually putting in any name. I don't have a problem with it or
anything, but who was that? Oh and to answer Poofiemus, I don't use spell
check, because I can't be bothered to stick it on. It tries to correct
names as well, which is irritating. Well, if anyone else has questions
I'll be glad to answer them, now on with the show! :D
Rei lay in bed that night, looking at the document. She had never expected it to be this soon. Tomorrow she was moving in with Sulley, and this time she wasn't coming back to the human world. She'd had enough of that life, now she was in a world where she was loved, and where she was guaranteed to be taken care of. Tears stung her eyes as she remembered when she was seven, when she was dying in a hospital ward and no one cared. No foster parents came to see her and comfort her, no one sent her get-well cards or presents, or things to make her stay in hospital less traumatic and nightmarish. The one time her foster parents had come, they didn't even speak to her. Rei sighed with depression as she remembered lying there, with tubes coming out of her from every direction, listening to her foster parents as they talked on the other side of the curtain.
"Well, what are we going to do with her?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, she's gonna die anyway, so we might as well think of what to do with the body."
"Bury it of course, idiot!"
"Yeah, but that costs money."
"You're right. It's not worth it. Little brat, I personally can't wait for her to snuff it!"
"There's a dump not far from here, we'll just leave the body there. Cheap and it means we don't have to go to a funeral for a kid that's not even worth the hassle."
"Yeah, that sounds good. Umm, do you reckon we should get the kid a card or something?"
"Nah, let's just go. We've wasted enough time here already."
Rei snapped back to reality as she heard footsteps outside her room. Randall had let her stay in his apartment, and she stayed in the guest room. She froze, watching the door intently, listening for any other noises. She heard another footstep, and the door creaked open slightly. Rei slid out of bed, and hid behind the door, determined to floor whatever was coming. She was certain it was a burglar, and who ever it was, they weren't going to get away with it. The door opened fully, and Rei pounced on the dark mass that moved into her room.
"Don't you dare try to break in here!" She snarled, trying to hold down the struggling figure beneath her. "Randall!! Help! There's a - "
"Get OFF!!" Randall growled from beneath her, and Rei moved away quickly, blinking in disbelief.
"Randall?? What are you doing? It's 4 in the morning!" She yawned, as Randall scrambled to his feet.
"It's inspection day today, so work starts early," he explained, rubbing his sore back. As he looked at Rei, his face dropped. "Uh oh,"
"What?" Rei asked, feeling slightly unnerved. Randall rubbed his forehead, thinking.
"The CDA are doing a safety inspection, and if they get to you, they'll definitely find you out to be a human. We've gotta think if a way to stop them from finding out who you are." He paced around the room for a while, before coming to a halt. "Wait a minute, I got it! It's so simple!" He turned to Rei. "Can you fake illness?"
"Umm, well I - "
"Never mind, just call in sick! The inspections never last more than a day, so just stay here today, and tomorrow you can go back to work." Rei smiled, and nodded. She picked up the phone, and dialled Monsters Inc. A cheerful voice, evidently Ceelia's answered.
"Monsters Inc, how may I help you?"
"Hi, it's Rei Parker, one of the trainees. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it. I'm not feeling too good."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. What's wrong?" Rei blocked the speaker with her hand, and glanced over at Randall.
"Tell me any monster illness," she hissed, and Randall smirked.
"Tell her you've got, err, clawitis"
"Clawitis," Rei said down the phone, trying to sound ill.
"Oh, well take it easy, okay? Will you be in tomorrow?"
"Yeah, I should be. Bye." Rei put down the phone, a feeling of relief sweeping over her. Randall grabbed his suitcase, ready to go to work, but Rei stopped him. "Umm, what is clawitis?" She asked. Randall grinned.
"It's an infection of the flesh around the claws on the hind feet. It's really painful, so if you get it you can't walk or even stand up. You're definitely gonna be let off for that, because how will you scare if you can't walk into a room?" With that he walked out the door, and headed off to work. Rei slumped back onto the sofa, and flicked on the TV. She had never seen monster TV before, and was curious to know what it was about. A monster soap opera came on, and Rei watched with slight interest.
"I have something to tell you, Tim," a female monster said inside the TV.
"What is it?" The male monster asked.
"I'm not supposed to be here. I'm on the run from the CDA because I've been charged with a 23-19," at this point, Rei switched to another channel, this time with a workout programmed on.
"And stretch, and snarl, and stretch, and snarl, and work those tails, 1, 2, 3, 4," Rei switched off the TV, and went into the kitchen, looking for something to eat. The food was unlike any she'd even seen, and she looked curiously at a tub with "fresh bibshuks" printed on it, and opened it. A group of strange slugs with wings flew out, and landed on the top of a cupboard, well out of Rei's reach.
"I'm gonna have to learn how to handle this world," she sighed, climbing onto a chair in order to reach the creatures.
Meanwhile, Sulley was relaxing on the scare floor, taking a break before the first scare session. Things were going great, but yet he still felt something was wrong. Something was going to happen, he could feel it. He felt as though something was going to happen that would change his world forever, and would put him and Mike in grave danger. He shook those thoughts out of his head, and walked over to meet up with Mike, still sensing that feeling pressing at his thoughts, refusing to leave him alone.
Rei lay in bed that night, looking at the document. She had never expected it to be this soon. Tomorrow she was moving in with Sulley, and this time she wasn't coming back to the human world. She'd had enough of that life, now she was in a world where she was loved, and where she was guaranteed to be taken care of. Tears stung her eyes as she remembered when she was seven, when she was dying in a hospital ward and no one cared. No foster parents came to see her and comfort her, no one sent her get-well cards or presents, or things to make her stay in hospital less traumatic and nightmarish. The one time her foster parents had come, they didn't even speak to her. Rei sighed with depression as she remembered lying there, with tubes coming out of her from every direction, listening to her foster parents as they talked on the other side of the curtain.
"Well, what are we going to do with her?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, she's gonna die anyway, so we might as well think of what to do with the body."
"Bury it of course, idiot!"
"Yeah, but that costs money."
"You're right. It's not worth it. Little brat, I personally can't wait for her to snuff it!"
"There's a dump not far from here, we'll just leave the body there. Cheap and it means we don't have to go to a funeral for a kid that's not even worth the hassle."
"Yeah, that sounds good. Umm, do you reckon we should get the kid a card or something?"
"Nah, let's just go. We've wasted enough time here already."
Rei snapped back to reality as she heard footsteps outside her room. Randall had let her stay in his apartment, and she stayed in the guest room. She froze, watching the door intently, listening for any other noises. She heard another footstep, and the door creaked open slightly. Rei slid out of bed, and hid behind the door, determined to floor whatever was coming. She was certain it was a burglar, and who ever it was, they weren't going to get away with it. The door opened fully, and Rei pounced on the dark mass that moved into her room.
"Don't you dare try to break in here!" She snarled, trying to hold down the struggling figure beneath her. "Randall!! Help! There's a - "
"Get OFF!!" Randall growled from beneath her, and Rei moved away quickly, blinking in disbelief.
"Randall?? What are you doing? It's 4 in the morning!" She yawned, as Randall scrambled to his feet.
"It's inspection day today, so work starts early," he explained, rubbing his sore back. As he looked at Rei, his face dropped. "Uh oh,"
"What?" Rei asked, feeling slightly unnerved. Randall rubbed his forehead, thinking.
"The CDA are doing a safety inspection, and if they get to you, they'll definitely find you out to be a human. We've gotta think if a way to stop them from finding out who you are." He paced around the room for a while, before coming to a halt. "Wait a minute, I got it! It's so simple!" He turned to Rei. "Can you fake illness?"
"Umm, well I - "
"Never mind, just call in sick! The inspections never last more than a day, so just stay here today, and tomorrow you can go back to work." Rei smiled, and nodded. She picked up the phone, and dialled Monsters Inc. A cheerful voice, evidently Ceelia's answered.
"Monsters Inc, how may I help you?"
"Hi, it's Rei Parker, one of the trainees. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it. I'm not feeling too good."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. What's wrong?" Rei blocked the speaker with her hand, and glanced over at Randall.
"Tell me any monster illness," she hissed, and Randall smirked.
"Tell her you've got, err, clawitis"
"Clawitis," Rei said down the phone, trying to sound ill.
"Oh, well take it easy, okay? Will you be in tomorrow?"
"Yeah, I should be. Bye." Rei put down the phone, a feeling of relief sweeping over her. Randall grabbed his suitcase, ready to go to work, but Rei stopped him. "Umm, what is clawitis?" She asked. Randall grinned.
"It's an infection of the flesh around the claws on the hind feet. It's really painful, so if you get it you can't walk or even stand up. You're definitely gonna be let off for that, because how will you scare if you can't walk into a room?" With that he walked out the door, and headed off to work. Rei slumped back onto the sofa, and flicked on the TV. She had never seen monster TV before, and was curious to know what it was about. A monster soap opera came on, and Rei watched with slight interest.
"I have something to tell you, Tim," a female monster said inside the TV.
"What is it?" The male monster asked.
"I'm not supposed to be here. I'm on the run from the CDA because I've been charged with a 23-19," at this point, Rei switched to another channel, this time with a workout programmed on.
"And stretch, and snarl, and stretch, and snarl, and work those tails, 1, 2, 3, 4," Rei switched off the TV, and went into the kitchen, looking for something to eat. The food was unlike any she'd even seen, and she looked curiously at a tub with "fresh bibshuks" printed on it, and opened it. A group of strange slugs with wings flew out, and landed on the top of a cupboard, well out of Rei's reach.
"I'm gonna have to learn how to handle this world," she sighed, climbing onto a chair in order to reach the creatures.
Meanwhile, Sulley was relaxing on the scare floor, taking a break before the first scare session. Things were going great, but yet he still felt something was wrong. Something was going to happen, he could feel it. He felt as though something was going to happen that would change his world forever, and would put him and Mike in grave danger. He shook those thoughts out of his head, and walked over to meet up with Mike, still sensing that feeling pressing at his thoughts, refusing to leave him alone.