A Human Ally
This story happens before A Boggs Second-Hand Revenge. When Randall spends his last 10 days with a...familiar character, the thing is the 10th day is Halloween, so the story's happening right now. I will try to post a chapter each day, up until Halloween when the last chapter is going to be posted. Anyhow enjoy.
Chapter 1 Suffering and Randall's Savior
The coldness of night hit everywhere in New York. The streets lights were on and the shops closed. The boats at the docks were unloading crabs. They didn't know they had an unfamiliar stowaway on the vessel. The dark figure silently jumped down from the ships deck, waiting for a second recovering from the fall. It dove for some boxes for cover. A lone dock light shined on the figures head and top body. It was Randall Boggs. The monster banished from its world and forced to live in this one. He stopped looking back and planted his back up against the crate with a sighing breath. He had many scars and some parts of him looked like they were bleeding. He had traveled a long way. He gave up trying to find a door in the place he was banished to, but decided to look somewhere else when he got stabbed by a humans pocket knife.
Randall:....Ehh...
He put his top right hand on his left hand, remembering that stab. He was in terrible state. He had been sick for days. The worlds environment could not suit him, especially at night. Being cold blooded was a bad thing in this world at night. Everyday he felt his body would freeze. His hatred for Sullivan grew but then was outweighed by his own situation.
Randall: Sul....Sullivan...
He remembered that day. His crushed life was finally destroyed that day of day's. He knew many beings in the monster world but he was stuck here. He had been though what no banished monster had. Beaten, bleeding, sick.
He closed his eyes to rest for a little.
He had a vision of himself struggling in a crowd of humans. They had picks, shovels, and other devices of torture. They hit him in every possible place that he had. His head was banged so much that he fell unconscious. He next had a vision of himself in a lab being researched on by humans. Testing his skin and his teeth. He then was floating in a vat filled with water.
Randall bust out of his dream
Randall: AHHHH! (Huff)(Wheeze)....No...I...I wont let that happen...
Randall: Never......(Coughing)
Randall: Got to get someplace warm (Coughing)
He pulled himself up, noticing the men were gone, and started to head toward the city
Randall: I...need...to fight it....
He pulled himself along the path.
*
Sully was sound asleep in his bed. Then...
He pulled his head up
Sully: AHHHH!
Sully: It...was a dream...
Mike came rushing in from his room
Mike: What is it Sully?!
Sully put himself on the side of his bed.
Sully: I saw Randall...
Mike: What where?!?!
Sully: No he was in the dream...
Sully: He was being beaten by hundreds of humans...
Mike: So...
Sully: He looked like he was....dying..
Mike was speechless.
Mike: Well...he caused us all that trouble
Sully: Mike!
Mike:....
Sully: But it was so real....
Sully: I think something's happen to him...
Mike: Don't tell me your worried about Lizard boy?...
Sully: Mike.....he may be dying...
Mike could understand what Sully meant...
Mike: Sully...its not our....trouble...
Sully: Sorry pal....I just got out of hand there....
Mike: Listen...
Mike: Lizard boy can handle himself alright....
Sully decided to give into Mike and forget about it....tonight..
Sully: Ok....
Mike: Well at least I don't have to wake you up like I usually do...
Mike heads back to his room as Sully settled in his bed. Thoughts of this dream were in his mind, he wished he wouldn't see it again.....
*
Randall: Well....its better than nothing...
Randall found himself in an alleyway next to a candle shop. He had found a box that looked like it was just sat out. He headed toward it, and began hearing this weird sound.
Randall:..???
It was coming from the box. He got closer. And...
(Spring!)
Something flipped the box from in side causing Randall to jump back. He noticed to see it was a pit bull dog.
Randall: Easy...!
He tried to clime up the wall but his hands were too weak, and he plummeted down. The dog was preparing to strike as Randall dragged himself toward the alley's entrance. But the dog was fast enough to bite Randall's tail, sinking its teeth in.
Randall: OWW!!!
He tried to get away but the dog was slowly pulling him back. He found a block of wood and threw it at the dogs face, blinding its vision for a few seconds. This gave Randall enough time to limper his way behind some boxes near the back of the ally. Lucky for Randall, when the dog regained vision it saw and chased a cat out of the alleyway.
Randall:...
He sat himself against the wall near the boxes, clutching his bleeding tail with he's lower arms.
Randall: Ehh....I can't take it anymore!...I....might....as well die now....
He closed his eyes trying not to feel pain....
*
Meanwhile...
At a local T.G.I Fridays a young man, about 13-14 years of age stepped out of the doors entrance. He was white and had dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. He turned facing the door.
????: Thanks Michele
A young girl about 12 came out
Michele: No prob...
She went back in as ???? unfolded his black umbrella to cover himself from the light rainfall that was falling now.
????: Might as well take the shortcut....
He headed down the foggy mist.
*
He made his way to the "Illuminating Lights" store, which sold candles and wax forms of art.
He made his way to it's ally.
????: !!! What's this??!!
He kneeled down to see what looked to see a substance of blood on the ground, it was green. It seemed to be Ectoplasm. Curious, he followed the blood. He got to the end noticing Randall laying on the cold cobble stones.
????:!!!!...Poor guy....
He kneeled down next to him. Showing no sign of fear to Randall.
Randall suddenly opened his eyes slightly and raised his head a bit.
Randall:.....Finally......it'll end....
He closed his eyes.
????:!!!!.....Randall?...Randall?
In Randall's mind he could only hear his name called farther and farther away...
????: I'll help you...
He put his right hand under Randall's neck slowly then placed his other hand under his lower body near his tail. Making sure not to hurt him, he uses his knee to help himself up, having Randall in his arms.
????:.....
To ????, Randall didn't seem that heavy at all.
????: Now to get you some help.....
He slowly walked off into the forming fog.
*
An Unmet Friend
???? arrived at the Hotel. It was a five star type of hotel. ???? moved as fast as he could to avoid detection from anyone. When he made it to the second floor, using the elevator, he moved a gold card to his hand and slid it though the card reader on the door, unlocking it. The room had a bathroom to the left of the entrance, a large T.V. on the right side. Beside the T.V. were two small tables next to its sides. Two beds were in front of the T.V., and a window strait ahead. ???? sat Randall slowly on the bed, making sure not to, if Randall could, wake him.
????: Jeez....what happen
He notice the various scares and bleeding on his tail and arms.
????: Well...
He walked over to the medicine cabinet in the bathroom and pulled out two capsules. One was labeled "Hemostatic", which stops bleeding, and "Morphine", pain reliever. He also pulled out a roll of bandage.
He walked over to Randall and sat the things on the bed.
????: Ok....I don't know that much about medicine...but this is easy...
He started to use the various medicine on him, staring with his tail. After applying the medicine, he wrapped the area with the roll of bandage and began on the rest of the parts.
*
A couple of minutes later, he was done.
????: Well that's everything....
He went over to the second bed and laid on his back, with his hands behind his head.
He turned his head to Randall.
????: (How you withstood that I'll never know...)
????: (You weren't like this last time Randall....)
He closed his eyes.
*
A couple of hours have passed before Randall opened his eyes slightly.
Randall:...uh....??..
He felt a ringing in his head
Randall: Oh...my head
With only moving his upper right hand, he felt around his fronds, and found that they were wrapped with something. He looked down at the rest of his body, seeing a couple parts of his body wrapped in bandage. He moved his head around to get a look at his surroundings. Then he saw the human resting on the other bed. It was the same one that was with him when he had passed out.
Randall:?!?!
He got the feeling that he should leave, seeing the various "medical" equipment on the table in front of him.
Randall: (Gulp)
He was about to get out of the bed but was stopped when he raised the middle part of his body.
(Crack!)
Randall: Agh!!!
He forgot that he had broken his back when he fell down that wall.
????: Huh?....
He got up noticing the reptile awake.
????: Well you regained consciousness
Randall put his head up
Randall:.....Well...what are you waiting for....
????: Waiting?....For what?
Randall: Experiment on me, "animal abuse" me, or just beat me to death...
???? crosses his arms
????: I choose "D"...None of the above
Randall: This isn't (Cough)..game show....wait?! What?!
????: I meant what I said....
Randall:???....
????: I wouldn't do those things...
Randall knew he couldn't escape in his condition, so he decided to go along with this human
Randall: Why?
????: Just say I'm not a "New Yorker"....
He gave a confused look
Randall:.....Why did you help me anyway?
????: What should I have done? Left you out there to die
Randall: I figured every human would have done that...
????: You wanted death?
Randall Why not?....Better than this prison
???? picked up the medicine, reassuring Randall wasn't some kind of test subject.
????: Yeah....maybe Monstropolis is better...
Randall: WHAT?!?!?!?
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