Chapter 9 How To Deactivate A Phaser
(Technically, it's chapter 10, but...oh well!)
KoolBubbles: No, did not miss you. I know you're just crushed. "Replied hotly" means she sounded kinda angry or irritated. Trust the nerd! BTW, you only put in one question, but you said you had 2. Readers, ignore any reviews by KoolBubbles that give away one of my biggest secrets.. Sean Fogle: Weeeeeel, there is a sequel, and.well, maybe you can guess when you read the end of the story.
Loyal fans: KoolBubbles has a fic posted!! It's a Powerpuff Girls fic called "The 6 Friends". Read it! It's hilarious!!
Only two more chapters (probably) to go. As you recall, Randall got a hold of Sam's phaser, has it set on kill, and is firing at Kristin. Angsty chapter coming up. Duh.
"NOOOO!" Michelle shrieked, launching herself off the platform. She landed hard on the platform and looked up, and her heart stopped.
Kristin wasn't dead. But Sulley was.
Michelle realized what had happened. Sulley had jumped in front of the phaser for Kristin. For her. Her breathing shallow and quick, she picked up Kristin, and held her close, and sobbed.
Randall was pretty shocked. He hadn't thought that thing really could kill. But why didn't he feel happy yet? It had to be the shock, he realized. He'd be ecstatic as soon as he got over the fact that he had done it. He had gotten the ultimate revenge.
Mike hopped down, his mouth agape. Mike wasn't the kind of guy to freak out whenever something bad happened. He just kind of.clammed up. It was like he was numb.
Michelle wiped her face and turned to Randall. "You." she hissed. Randall gulped. He was in for quite a thrashing. Michelle was about to bash his ugly purple head in, when Randall found his voice.
"Wait!" he cried. "I can reverse it!"
"Do it," Michelle growled. (Woo, she's p*****!)
"One of you gotta take his place," Randall, relieved that Michelle wasn't going to beat him up.
"I will," she said, in a brave, determined voice. Her heart pounding, she stepped back.
"NO!" Mike yelled. "You can't! What about Kristin?"
Michelle was torn. He had a point there, but she didn't wan him to die. She was so scared. All her worst fears were coming true. Michelle scooped Kristin and clutched her tightly as though if she didn't Kristin would be gone, too.
Mike stepped forward. Michelle closed her eyes, tears running down her face. Kristin buried her face in her mother's shirt. They were both waiting, waiting for the phaser to be fired, and for this nightmare to continue.
But it didn't continue. Because the phaser didn't fire.
"Are you sure?" Randall asked.
"Do it!" Mike snapped. (Now he's p*****!)
Randall pulled the trigger. Nothing. He tried again. Nothing. "What the moo!?" he growled.
Michelle came forward and grabbed the phaser. On the back it said: Phaser becomes deactivated and the last victim is returned to original state if person offers to be killed with phaser to save life of a victim.
"Well, that was oddly specific," Mike mused, after reading the label.
"And what a plot twist!" Sam called.
"You're dead, remember?" Randall told him.
"Oh yeah," Sam replied, and he died again.
"That was weird," came a voice from behind Michelle.
"Kitty!" she cried, racing to Sulley and squeezing the life out of the poor, resurrected guy.
"Kitty!" Kristin giggled. Michelle handed her over, and she giggled as Sulley hugged her. (No, KoolBubbles, that is not romance. Sicko.)
"You're ok!" Michelle choked, hugging him hard. (That's not romance, either.)
"Why wouldn't I be?" Sulley chuckled.
"Because you died," Mike said. He looked even more freaked out than Michelle.
Sulley's eyes widened. "Wow. Mike? Mike, you ok?"
Michelle looked over at him. "I'll fix it!" she shouted. Michelle ran up and hugged Mike.
"EEWWWW! YOU FREAK! GET OFF ME!" he shrieked. (Yes, KoolBubbles, I put that in cuz of your bio.)
Michelle grinned. Mike had stepped on her foot, but it was totally worth it to hear him scream like a girl. Sulley was laughing so hard he could hardly stand.
Michelle looked over at Randall. "Sulley, can I beat up Randall one more time?" she pleaded.
"Weeeeeeel," he replied, still chuckling.
Michelle gave him a puppy face. "Pleeeeeeeeease?"
"Sul, it's not every day you come across and evil purple lizard monster, y'know," Mike added.
"Oh, alright," Sulley told her.
Michelle clapped her hands gleefully and turned to Randall. "I'm gonna teach you to mess with my kitty!" And she gave Randall a nice thrashing.
Randall had been locked into the back of a MHR truck. "Lizard boy got what her deserved!" Mike said as the group made their way back to Sulley and Mike's house/apartment/condo/thingy. It was late, maybe 9 or 10 at night.
"I'm so tired," Michelle groaned. She looked at Kristin, who had fallen asleep in her arms. "God, she's heavy."
Sulley picked up Kristin and hugged her close. (Not romance!)
Michelle cursed herself for the zillionth time for thinking Sulley didn't love her. Mike had been right. He would die for her, as she had learned the hard way.
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Mike unlocked the door and they all walked in. Sulley put Kristin on the chair, and Michelle slumped onto the couch. "What a day!" she groaned.
"I wonder if you'll ever get off of the couch," Mike pondered out loud.
"That's preposterous," Sulley said. (A/N: There's these boys in my L.A. class who say that all the time!) He looked at Michelle, who looked dead on her feet. "Then again, maybe not."
"Oh, come off it, I'll be fine," she told them. "I'll be up in a minute." (Bit of a Harry Potter/Agatha Christie reference there)
Sulley left the room, and five minutes came back in. Michelle was sleeping, one arm and one leg hanging off the couch. Sulley chuckled and gently pushed her back on the couch and put a blanket over her. Mike was in the hall, and he smiled, watching his best friend with his other best friend.
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Sulley woke up in the middle of the night and heard a rustling from the living room. Michelle must have woken up. He got up to make sure she was ok. Sure enough, Michelle was standing next to the window, looking out.
"Hey," she whispered, turning to him.
"Hey," he whispered.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. "For what I said today. I was kinda.scared, and lonely, and..."
"That's ok," Sulley told her. Silence. "Y'know, I did have a plan. I was gonna give Kristin to Sam and jump and kinda knock him out. But it kinda..didn't work."
Michelle snorted.
Sulley grinned. "So, um, y'know when we were in Kristin's room, you gave me this look. Like, you were hoping I could read your mind. Um, what was that?"
Michelle shrugged and stared at the floor. "I guess I did want you to read my mind. I wanted you to know about my greatest fear, but I didn't want to tell you. It's of losing someone else. If I lost you, or Mike, or Kristin..Now do you know why I freaked out when I realized Sam took Kristin?"
"Oh, Boo." Sulley began.
"You'll never be able to stop calling me Boo, will you?" said Michelle with a grin. "But that's ok." And she hugged him. (Awww)
(Technically, it's chapter 10, but...oh well!)
KoolBubbles: No, did not miss you. I know you're just crushed. "Replied hotly" means she sounded kinda angry or irritated. Trust the nerd! BTW, you only put in one question, but you said you had 2. Readers, ignore any reviews by KoolBubbles that give away one of my biggest secrets.. Sean Fogle: Weeeeeel, there is a sequel, and.well, maybe you can guess when you read the end of the story.
Loyal fans: KoolBubbles has a fic posted!! It's a Powerpuff Girls fic called "The 6 Friends". Read it! It's hilarious!!
Only two more chapters (probably) to go. As you recall, Randall got a hold of Sam's phaser, has it set on kill, and is firing at Kristin. Angsty chapter coming up. Duh.
"NOOOO!" Michelle shrieked, launching herself off the platform. She landed hard on the platform and looked up, and her heart stopped.
Kristin wasn't dead. But Sulley was.
Michelle realized what had happened. Sulley had jumped in front of the phaser for Kristin. For her. Her breathing shallow and quick, she picked up Kristin, and held her close, and sobbed.
Randall was pretty shocked. He hadn't thought that thing really could kill. But why didn't he feel happy yet? It had to be the shock, he realized. He'd be ecstatic as soon as he got over the fact that he had done it. He had gotten the ultimate revenge.
Mike hopped down, his mouth agape. Mike wasn't the kind of guy to freak out whenever something bad happened. He just kind of.clammed up. It was like he was numb.
Michelle wiped her face and turned to Randall. "You." she hissed. Randall gulped. He was in for quite a thrashing. Michelle was about to bash his ugly purple head in, when Randall found his voice.
"Wait!" he cried. "I can reverse it!"
"Do it," Michelle growled. (Woo, she's p*****!)
"One of you gotta take his place," Randall, relieved that Michelle wasn't going to beat him up.
"I will," she said, in a brave, determined voice. Her heart pounding, she stepped back.
"NO!" Mike yelled. "You can't! What about Kristin?"
Michelle was torn. He had a point there, but she didn't wan him to die. She was so scared. All her worst fears were coming true. Michelle scooped Kristin and clutched her tightly as though if she didn't Kristin would be gone, too.
Mike stepped forward. Michelle closed her eyes, tears running down her face. Kristin buried her face in her mother's shirt. They were both waiting, waiting for the phaser to be fired, and for this nightmare to continue.
But it didn't continue. Because the phaser didn't fire.
"Are you sure?" Randall asked.
"Do it!" Mike snapped. (Now he's p*****!)
Randall pulled the trigger. Nothing. He tried again. Nothing. "What the moo!?" he growled.
Michelle came forward and grabbed the phaser. On the back it said: Phaser becomes deactivated and the last victim is returned to original state if person offers to be killed with phaser to save life of a victim.
"Well, that was oddly specific," Mike mused, after reading the label.
"And what a plot twist!" Sam called.
"You're dead, remember?" Randall told him.
"Oh yeah," Sam replied, and he died again.
"That was weird," came a voice from behind Michelle.
"Kitty!" she cried, racing to Sulley and squeezing the life out of the poor, resurrected guy.
"Kitty!" Kristin giggled. Michelle handed her over, and she giggled as Sulley hugged her. (No, KoolBubbles, that is not romance. Sicko.)
"You're ok!" Michelle choked, hugging him hard. (That's not romance, either.)
"Why wouldn't I be?" Sulley chuckled.
"Because you died," Mike said. He looked even more freaked out than Michelle.
Sulley's eyes widened. "Wow. Mike? Mike, you ok?"
Michelle looked over at him. "I'll fix it!" she shouted. Michelle ran up and hugged Mike.
"EEWWWW! YOU FREAK! GET OFF ME!" he shrieked. (Yes, KoolBubbles, I put that in cuz of your bio.)
Michelle grinned. Mike had stepped on her foot, but it was totally worth it to hear him scream like a girl. Sulley was laughing so hard he could hardly stand.
Michelle looked over at Randall. "Sulley, can I beat up Randall one more time?" she pleaded.
"Weeeeeeel," he replied, still chuckling.
Michelle gave him a puppy face. "Pleeeeeeeeease?"
"Sul, it's not every day you come across and evil purple lizard monster, y'know," Mike added.
"Oh, alright," Sulley told her.
Michelle clapped her hands gleefully and turned to Randall. "I'm gonna teach you to mess with my kitty!" And she gave Randall a nice thrashing.
Randall had been locked into the back of a MHR truck. "Lizard boy got what her deserved!" Mike said as the group made their way back to Sulley and Mike's house/apartment/condo/thingy. It was late, maybe 9 or 10 at night.
"I'm so tired," Michelle groaned. She looked at Kristin, who had fallen asleep in her arms. "God, she's heavy."
Sulley picked up Kristin and hugged her close. (Not romance!)
Michelle cursed herself for the zillionth time for thinking Sulley didn't love her. Mike had been right. He would die for her, as she had learned the hard way.
**********
Mike unlocked the door and they all walked in. Sulley put Kristin on the chair, and Michelle slumped onto the couch. "What a day!" she groaned.
"I wonder if you'll ever get off of the couch," Mike pondered out loud.
"That's preposterous," Sulley said. (A/N: There's these boys in my L.A. class who say that all the time!) He looked at Michelle, who looked dead on her feet. "Then again, maybe not."
"Oh, come off it, I'll be fine," she told them. "I'll be up in a minute." (Bit of a Harry Potter/Agatha Christie reference there)
Sulley left the room, and five minutes came back in. Michelle was sleeping, one arm and one leg hanging off the couch. Sulley chuckled and gently pushed her back on the couch and put a blanket over her. Mike was in the hall, and he smiled, watching his best friend with his other best friend.
*********
Sulley woke up in the middle of the night and heard a rustling from the living room. Michelle must have woken up. He got up to make sure she was ok. Sure enough, Michelle was standing next to the window, looking out.
"Hey," she whispered, turning to him.
"Hey," he whispered.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. "For what I said today. I was kinda.scared, and lonely, and..."
"That's ok," Sulley told her. Silence. "Y'know, I did have a plan. I was gonna give Kristin to Sam and jump and kinda knock him out. But it kinda..didn't work."
Michelle snorted.
Sulley grinned. "So, um, y'know when we were in Kristin's room, you gave me this look. Like, you were hoping I could read your mind. Um, what was that?"
Michelle shrugged and stared at the floor. "I guess I did want you to read my mind. I wanted you to know about my greatest fear, but I didn't want to tell you. It's of losing someone else. If I lost you, or Mike, or Kristin..Now do you know why I freaked out when I realized Sam took Kristin?"
"Oh, Boo." Sulley began.
"You'll never be able to stop calling me Boo, will you?" said Michelle with a grin. "But that's ok." And she hugged him. (Awww)
