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Chapter 37- Calling for Help
There was a pile of henchmen, and Waternoose was nowhere to be seen. But, as Randall looked again while his vision cleared, he saw a lone claw sticking out from under the pile. He grinned at Marie who was coming to help him.
"Are you OK?" she enquired, a fretful look about her face. "You always seem to get hurt, one way or another." Randall chuckled at his sister's comment.
"Yeah, that's true." Marie clutched his arm and pulled him gently to his feet. Randall winced as she touched his arm. He peered over at the large pile.
"I think Waternoose has got a lot on his hands right now, so how about I make that call I was gonna make before I was so rudely interrupted?" Marie giggled and assisted him to the phone. He picked up the dangling receiver with one of his lower hands and passed it to his upper hand. Dialling the number, he tapped the top of the phone with his fingers while waiting for somebody to pick up. He faked a yawn, making Marie giggle once more. Randall shook his head.
"Take forever, why don'cha? Ever heard of picking up the phone? What kind of service is this any- Hello. Yeah, there's a bit of a situation at Monsters, Inc..." He explained the tale with detail included where it was needed, and then hung up. "They're coming over in five minutes."
Chapter 38- Freedom
The CDA stormed in making the loudest racket possible. There were dozens of them; this seemed, to them, to be quite an emergency. One stopped to ask Randall a few questions.
"Were you the monster that called, ermm..." he rummaged through his notes. "Randall Boggs?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I'm going to need to ask a few questions..." Randall sighed. Questions, questions...all he wanted to do (for what must have been the first time in his life) was get back to the safety of the orphanage. Nevertheless, he complied and answered the questions, but he glanced every now and then at what was happening with Waternoose. The CDA had somehow managed to pull off all the henchmen that had covered him to reveal a very exasperated and aggravated crab. Two members of the CDA yanked his arms back and put some handcuffs on him, to Randall's glee. Then Waternoose started to threaten him.
"You're going to pay for this!" he yelled as the CDA agents struggled to contain him. "You made the wrong decision! You're never going to be a Scarer! Never! Imagine how your father will fell when he finds out!" Randall looked up at this. "He's going to wish you weren't his son!"
Randall was deeply scarred by that, but Waternoose obviously wasn't up to date with the news. Randall's father couldn't find out, of course. Randall's bemused expression made Waternoose laugh; a high piercing laugh that bounced off the walls and floor.
"You don't know, do you?" he sneered. "You don't know the truth about your parents! Ha! You'll find out the truth one day, and I'd like to be there to see the look on your face. You don't know! You don't know..." He was dragged out the door by seven or eight CDA agents that had a lot of trouble just keeping a hold of him.
Randall turned to look at Marie, staring deep into her eyes to see if she knew what Waternoose was talking about. Although he was her twin brother, she still cringed to some extent under his stern glare. It was as though he was trying to read her mind. Randall relaxed. She didn't know anything; if she did, she would've told him by now.
"What was he talking about?" he asked Marie. She slowly shook her head.
"I don't know." She held his hand once more, but this time very tightly. They made a solid form of eye-contact, and Randall seemed to drown in her eyes; they were so mysterious and expressive. They could have a conversation just by looking at each other.
"Don't worry, Rand. We'll find out what he means one day."
"I know." He smiled and put his arm around her shoulder, holding her close. At that moment in time, it was as though nothing else was happening in the world. Randall knew that their adventure was coming to a close, and, even though it had been quite an experience, it was somewhat of a relief. Randall let a single tear drop down his cheek and then cuddled his sister.
Waternoose's eruptions and the CDA's appearance coupled together to make quite an entertaining scene, or at least to the workers of Monsters, Inc. They all gathered outside to see Harold N. Waternoose, their boss, being carted off into a CDA truck along with his idiotic colleague, the headmaster, who was put in a dog-cage. Neither of them were going to see daylight again for a long time.
Inside, the hostages had been thankfully found. They all ran out through the main reception and outside into the fading light of day, laughing in pure bliss. As they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Some of the monster-children stopped when they saw Randall to give him a handshake and a few words of thanks before rushing out to greet the feeling of the fresh air, the sounds of the owls beginning to hoot as day surrendered to night, and the touch of the hard slabs to be exchanged with lush green grass underfoot. They returned to their families grateful that, in the end, it had all turned out alright. Randall, after repeating his story several times to different CDA agents, decided in the end to just leave them to it and get back home.
It was a cool evening as Randall and Marie walked, side by side, back to the orphanage. Even though Randall loved Monsters, Inc, it was good to be outside again. The wind rustled his fronds slightly as they turned into another desolate road under the bright gleam of the full moon. Marie spoke softy.
"Thanks for saving me, Randall. You were amazing." Randall stopped Marie and held her arm.
"Did you really think that I was just gonna leave you there?" Marie looked down at the ground and shuffled her feet.
"Well..."
"I would never do that Marie. Never. You should know that by now," he whispered back. Once again there was that surge of electricity that sparked between the two of them. They carried on their journey, the night air silent and empty except for the leaves that danced in the wind.
Chapter 39- Famous
1 WEEK LATER
All the members of the orphanage, young and old, gathered round the television watching their favourite soap-opera. Randall sat next to Marie. In this past week, ever since all the events at Monsters, Inc. had happened, she had been quieter than usual and refused to make conversation with anybody except Randall. He was a bit apprehensive; she wasn't usually like this. Actually, she was rather the opposite; she was usually a very talkative and social girl who had an impossible aim of being friends with everybody. The problem was, especially recently, a lot of people were being horrible to her, and she was a sensitive girl who got hurt easily.
Randall looked over at her while she stared intently at the screen, trying to work out what was happening in the soap-actors fantasy lives. Just when she was getting into it, the 7:15pm news came on, slap-bang in the middle of the program. A hotchpotch of groans came from the viewers. One particularly large monster made his irritation clear.
"The news is sooo boring." Randall decided to comment on this remark. Before everything that had happened, he wouldn't even dare to answer back to anybody that was bigger than him, and it had seemed a necessary precaution, but now he was a lot more confident in his own abilities.
"Actually, it can be quite interesting. Better than those annoying soaps, anyways." The large monster in front of them turned around, his fangs poised, sharp and poisonous.
"What did you say?" Randall turned to Marie before replying.
"The guy's going deaf." She giggled while he continued. "I said, "it can be- " he paused mid-sentence after hearing his name on the television. He peered over the monster's head to look at the box.
"...when, just last week, the newly-appointed CEO of Monsters, Inc. was arrested by the CDA for illegal testing on monster-children. His plan was foiled by two of his hostages, Randall Boggs and his sister, Marie, who played a minor part..." Then, as the reporter described what had happened in her stately voice, the video clip that was playing in the top right-hand corner grew large and filled the screen. It showed Harold being arrested and then Randall getting annoyed with a CDA agent. Randall faced Marie and laughed.
"This is...I mean...wow," was all he could manage to say. All the other orphans turned around and stared at him in awe. Their punch-bag was on TV.
"Sis?"
Yeah?"
"We're going to be the most popular kids in Monstropolis! This is great! No more bullying, or other kids being mean to us. We might even get some friends! Marie?" She looked at her brother, eyes shiny as she strained to confine her tears.
"Marie, what's the matter?" She sobbed faintly while trying to explain so Randall took her upstairs and brought her into her bedroom to have a talk.
"What's the matter?" he asked for a second time. Marie shed her tears silently, trying to settle down. They sat on the rock-hard bed in the gloomy room as she began to give her explanation.
"I...I'm not s-staying." Randall was puzzled.
"What?" Marie sobbed harder now, making speech difficult.
"I'm not s-staying in t-this orphanage. They've f-found me some f-foster parents." Randall shook his head.
"No...no, I'm not letting you go again."
"I have to!" she wailed. "I can't stay here any longer! It's too hard!" Randall held her closer.
"But it's going to be much better now," he said, trying with all his might to convince her to stay.
"No, it won't. They're really nice people and they said that they're going to look after me well." She saw the hurt in Randall's bright green eyes.
"I'm sorry, Randy, but I just can't miss this opportunity." Marie leaned her head on Randall's shoulder. His eyes welled up with tears as they hugged in the darkness.
"I understand," he whispered sincerely, knowing that if the foster parents were as nice as she said, she would be better off there rather than in some decaying orphanage. Marie then said the three most important words in the English dictionary, (or any other dictionary, for that matter.)
"I love you."
Chapter 37- Calling for Help
There was a pile of henchmen, and Waternoose was nowhere to be seen. But, as Randall looked again while his vision cleared, he saw a lone claw sticking out from under the pile. He grinned at Marie who was coming to help him.
"Are you OK?" she enquired, a fretful look about her face. "You always seem to get hurt, one way or another." Randall chuckled at his sister's comment.
"Yeah, that's true." Marie clutched his arm and pulled him gently to his feet. Randall winced as she touched his arm. He peered over at the large pile.
"I think Waternoose has got a lot on his hands right now, so how about I make that call I was gonna make before I was so rudely interrupted?" Marie giggled and assisted him to the phone. He picked up the dangling receiver with one of his lower hands and passed it to his upper hand. Dialling the number, he tapped the top of the phone with his fingers while waiting for somebody to pick up. He faked a yawn, making Marie giggle once more. Randall shook his head.
"Take forever, why don'cha? Ever heard of picking up the phone? What kind of service is this any- Hello. Yeah, there's a bit of a situation at Monsters, Inc..." He explained the tale with detail included where it was needed, and then hung up. "They're coming over in five minutes."
Chapter 38- Freedom
The CDA stormed in making the loudest racket possible. There were dozens of them; this seemed, to them, to be quite an emergency. One stopped to ask Randall a few questions.
"Were you the monster that called, ermm..." he rummaged through his notes. "Randall Boggs?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I'm going to need to ask a few questions..." Randall sighed. Questions, questions...all he wanted to do (for what must have been the first time in his life) was get back to the safety of the orphanage. Nevertheless, he complied and answered the questions, but he glanced every now and then at what was happening with Waternoose. The CDA had somehow managed to pull off all the henchmen that had covered him to reveal a very exasperated and aggravated crab. Two members of the CDA yanked his arms back and put some handcuffs on him, to Randall's glee. Then Waternoose started to threaten him.
"You're going to pay for this!" he yelled as the CDA agents struggled to contain him. "You made the wrong decision! You're never going to be a Scarer! Never! Imagine how your father will fell when he finds out!" Randall looked up at this. "He's going to wish you weren't his son!"
Randall was deeply scarred by that, but Waternoose obviously wasn't up to date with the news. Randall's father couldn't find out, of course. Randall's bemused expression made Waternoose laugh; a high piercing laugh that bounced off the walls and floor.
"You don't know, do you?" he sneered. "You don't know the truth about your parents! Ha! You'll find out the truth one day, and I'd like to be there to see the look on your face. You don't know! You don't know..." He was dragged out the door by seven or eight CDA agents that had a lot of trouble just keeping a hold of him.
Randall turned to look at Marie, staring deep into her eyes to see if she knew what Waternoose was talking about. Although he was her twin brother, she still cringed to some extent under his stern glare. It was as though he was trying to read her mind. Randall relaxed. She didn't know anything; if she did, she would've told him by now.
"What was he talking about?" he asked Marie. She slowly shook her head.
"I don't know." She held his hand once more, but this time very tightly. They made a solid form of eye-contact, and Randall seemed to drown in her eyes; they were so mysterious and expressive. They could have a conversation just by looking at each other.
"Don't worry, Rand. We'll find out what he means one day."
"I know." He smiled and put his arm around her shoulder, holding her close. At that moment in time, it was as though nothing else was happening in the world. Randall knew that their adventure was coming to a close, and, even though it had been quite an experience, it was somewhat of a relief. Randall let a single tear drop down his cheek and then cuddled his sister.
Waternoose's eruptions and the CDA's appearance coupled together to make quite an entertaining scene, or at least to the workers of Monsters, Inc. They all gathered outside to see Harold N. Waternoose, their boss, being carted off into a CDA truck along with his idiotic colleague, the headmaster, who was put in a dog-cage. Neither of them were going to see daylight again for a long time.
Inside, the hostages had been thankfully found. They all ran out through the main reception and outside into the fading light of day, laughing in pure bliss. As they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Some of the monster-children stopped when they saw Randall to give him a handshake and a few words of thanks before rushing out to greet the feeling of the fresh air, the sounds of the owls beginning to hoot as day surrendered to night, and the touch of the hard slabs to be exchanged with lush green grass underfoot. They returned to their families grateful that, in the end, it had all turned out alright. Randall, after repeating his story several times to different CDA agents, decided in the end to just leave them to it and get back home.
It was a cool evening as Randall and Marie walked, side by side, back to the orphanage. Even though Randall loved Monsters, Inc, it was good to be outside again. The wind rustled his fronds slightly as they turned into another desolate road under the bright gleam of the full moon. Marie spoke softy.
"Thanks for saving me, Randall. You were amazing." Randall stopped Marie and held her arm.
"Did you really think that I was just gonna leave you there?" Marie looked down at the ground and shuffled her feet.
"Well..."
"I would never do that Marie. Never. You should know that by now," he whispered back. Once again there was that surge of electricity that sparked between the two of them. They carried on their journey, the night air silent and empty except for the leaves that danced in the wind.
Chapter 39- Famous
1 WEEK LATER
All the members of the orphanage, young and old, gathered round the television watching their favourite soap-opera. Randall sat next to Marie. In this past week, ever since all the events at Monsters, Inc. had happened, she had been quieter than usual and refused to make conversation with anybody except Randall. He was a bit apprehensive; she wasn't usually like this. Actually, she was rather the opposite; she was usually a very talkative and social girl who had an impossible aim of being friends with everybody. The problem was, especially recently, a lot of people were being horrible to her, and she was a sensitive girl who got hurt easily.
Randall looked over at her while she stared intently at the screen, trying to work out what was happening in the soap-actors fantasy lives. Just when she was getting into it, the 7:15pm news came on, slap-bang in the middle of the program. A hotchpotch of groans came from the viewers. One particularly large monster made his irritation clear.
"The news is sooo boring." Randall decided to comment on this remark. Before everything that had happened, he wouldn't even dare to answer back to anybody that was bigger than him, and it had seemed a necessary precaution, but now he was a lot more confident in his own abilities.
"Actually, it can be quite interesting. Better than those annoying soaps, anyways." The large monster in front of them turned around, his fangs poised, sharp and poisonous.
"What did you say?" Randall turned to Marie before replying.
"The guy's going deaf." She giggled while he continued. "I said, "it can be- " he paused mid-sentence after hearing his name on the television. He peered over the monster's head to look at the box.
"...when, just last week, the newly-appointed CEO of Monsters, Inc. was arrested by the CDA for illegal testing on monster-children. His plan was foiled by two of his hostages, Randall Boggs and his sister, Marie, who played a minor part..." Then, as the reporter described what had happened in her stately voice, the video clip that was playing in the top right-hand corner grew large and filled the screen. It showed Harold being arrested and then Randall getting annoyed with a CDA agent. Randall faced Marie and laughed.
"This is...I mean...wow," was all he could manage to say. All the other orphans turned around and stared at him in awe. Their punch-bag was on TV.
"Sis?"
Yeah?"
"We're going to be the most popular kids in Monstropolis! This is great! No more bullying, or other kids being mean to us. We might even get some friends! Marie?" She looked at her brother, eyes shiny as she strained to confine her tears.
"Marie, what's the matter?" She sobbed faintly while trying to explain so Randall took her upstairs and brought her into her bedroom to have a talk.
"What's the matter?" he asked for a second time. Marie shed her tears silently, trying to settle down. They sat on the rock-hard bed in the gloomy room as she began to give her explanation.
"I...I'm not s-staying." Randall was puzzled.
"What?" Marie sobbed harder now, making speech difficult.
"I'm not s-staying in t-this orphanage. They've f-found me some f-foster parents." Randall shook his head.
"No...no, I'm not letting you go again."
"I have to!" she wailed. "I can't stay here any longer! It's too hard!" Randall held her closer.
"But it's going to be much better now," he said, trying with all his might to convince her to stay.
"No, it won't. They're really nice people and they said that they're going to look after me well." She saw the hurt in Randall's bright green eyes.
"I'm sorry, Randy, but I just can't miss this opportunity." Marie leaned her head on Randall's shoulder. His eyes welled up with tears as they hugged in the darkness.
"I understand," he whispered sincerely, knowing that if the foster parents were as nice as she said, she would be better off there rather than in some decaying orphanage. Marie then said the three most important words in the English dictionary, (or any other dictionary, for that matter.)
"I love you."
