Disclaimer: See previous chapters.
Chapter Twelve: The Machine Revealed
Have you ever had to deal with something that is so frustrating you want to quit right then and there? Well, that's how Randall felt as he growled in exasperation at the machine in front of him. Ever since Waternoose had asked him to build this stupid thing he'd been tired and irritable. Mostly his temper had risen from his being sleep deprived and how frustrating the Scream Extractor was turning out to be.
He glared at it and picked up the wrench on the ground to finish tightening a few bolts. When done he looked around him at the half- built machine and the room it was in. Rusting pipes, cobwebs, and just about everything else that could be wrong with this room was there. He hated it down here. Suddenly a loud bell broke his train of thought. That was the bell meaning work was just starting and monsters were beginning to arrive. Randall had no idea he had been down here that long. Quickly he hid everything, and started up the long tunnel. Once at the end he listened to make sure no one was near the other side.
After he was out, Randall went to the locker rooms. He could hear Wazowski carrying on to Sullevin about something he didn't care about before e slipped out.
"Whoa Randall, you don't look so good." Slike said appearing beside him. Only a reptile could tell if another reptile didn't look good. As they didn't have skin that showed him being paler, blushing, or things like that, it was hard to tell. But the slight change in the color of his scales from bright purple and blue to dull told Slike he wasn't feeling well.
"I'm fine." Randall answered looking at her. She folded her arms and gave him a look that meant she knew he was lying. But all the same she sighed and left. That's what he liked about her. She could be impossible sometimes, annoying you to death, and then she could be understanding, leaving you alone if you needed it. .
Work that day was hard but he managed. Randall had almost fallen asleep but recovered himself both times. Again tonight he would have to work on the half finished machine lying in the basement of the factory. Waternoose would have his tail if he didn't get it finished. Also the crab kept going on about how Sullevin or someone 'better' could have gotten it done. Randall had thought about shoving a wrench down his boss's throat several times, but if he wanted to keep his job, he'd have to hold his temper.
"Are you feeling alright sir?" Asked Fungus as the quitting bell sounded. In response Randall glared down at him, shoved past and left to start working... again. But before he could finish someone stepped on his tails making him stop in his tracks.
"What are you," He started angrily turning around. Then he stopped himself when he saw Slike standing there, her front left foot on top of his tail, her arms crossed.
"So, where ya going?" She asked.
"Locker rooms and why do you care?"
"For one, locker rooms are in the opposite direction down a hall to the left. Have you really forgotten that soon?" Bad excuse, bad excuse, Randall thought to himself.
"Slike, just leave me alone ok?"
"I'll leave you alone, when you tell me what's going on. For the past month you've been always late to work, which you usually never are, you're tired, and more bad- tempered than usual."
"Nothings going on that concerns you," He answered a little more coldly, "Now leave me alone." Slike cocked her head to the side, looked him over, and glared at him straight in the eye, before turning and leaving. Shaking his head, Randall continued down to the factory basement.
Randall rubbed his sore hand from where it had been shocked by the two wires he had been trying to connect. Growling, he again tried to connect the wires but stopped. He felt it again. Someone was looking at him. He looked over the Scream Extractor and scanned around the room. Shaking off the feeling he went back to the wires to only spin around when he heard,
"What the devil are you doing?" Behind him Slike was over looking the machine and all the things around it.
"Slike, you need to leave, now." Randall ordered starting forward towards her.
"You'll never connect those two wires, try blue instead of yellow."
"Now! If Waternoose sees you he'll" He stopped himself realizing what he'd just said.
"Oh, so Waternoose is in on this too?" She smiled showing off her fangs as she caught him. "It's not use covering up now so might as well tell me what that thing is." She nodded to the machine. Randall ran his hand back through his fronds and stared at her. Why did things always have to get complicated when you don't want them to be, he thought to himself.
"This is called the Scream Extractor, basically what it does," And so he proceeded to explain. Near the end Slike looked a little in shock.
"So, you're going to 'kidnap' a human kid bring them here and test it?" She asked quietly glared over at the machine then looking up at him.
"Not really, but well....." He swallowed and looked down. "Yeah. Sometimes, you have to things you don't want to for good."
"No good's gonna come from this. But," She uncrossed her arms and smiled slightly. "I'll help you with this thing, then you won't..."
"Won't what?" He smirked leaning back again the machine.
"You know,"
"Are you saying you care about how I feel? Aw, Slike I feel so wanted." She rolled her eyes, shoving him lightly, and then went to connect the wire she had been fooling with.
"Would it be so awful if I did care?"
"No, I'd just get more blackmail." He grinned as she threw a wrench at him, missing his head by about three feet. "Good aim."
Well, this one took a while to put up too! I'm sooooooo sorry u guys had to wait so long! But thanx for reviewing still. Told you i'd make it tie in with the movie.... ^_~
Nox .
Chapter Twelve: The Machine Revealed
Have you ever had to deal with something that is so frustrating you want to quit right then and there? Well, that's how Randall felt as he growled in exasperation at the machine in front of him. Ever since Waternoose had asked him to build this stupid thing he'd been tired and irritable. Mostly his temper had risen from his being sleep deprived and how frustrating the Scream Extractor was turning out to be.
He glared at it and picked up the wrench on the ground to finish tightening a few bolts. When done he looked around him at the half- built machine and the room it was in. Rusting pipes, cobwebs, and just about everything else that could be wrong with this room was there. He hated it down here. Suddenly a loud bell broke his train of thought. That was the bell meaning work was just starting and monsters were beginning to arrive. Randall had no idea he had been down here that long. Quickly he hid everything, and started up the long tunnel. Once at the end he listened to make sure no one was near the other side.
After he was out, Randall went to the locker rooms. He could hear Wazowski carrying on to Sullevin about something he didn't care about before e slipped out.
"Whoa Randall, you don't look so good." Slike said appearing beside him. Only a reptile could tell if another reptile didn't look good. As they didn't have skin that showed him being paler, blushing, or things like that, it was hard to tell. But the slight change in the color of his scales from bright purple and blue to dull told Slike he wasn't feeling well.
"I'm fine." Randall answered looking at her. She folded her arms and gave him a look that meant she knew he was lying. But all the same she sighed and left. That's what he liked about her. She could be impossible sometimes, annoying you to death, and then she could be understanding, leaving you alone if you needed it. .
Work that day was hard but he managed. Randall had almost fallen asleep but recovered himself both times. Again tonight he would have to work on the half finished machine lying in the basement of the factory. Waternoose would have his tail if he didn't get it finished. Also the crab kept going on about how Sullevin or someone 'better' could have gotten it done. Randall had thought about shoving a wrench down his boss's throat several times, but if he wanted to keep his job, he'd have to hold his temper.
"Are you feeling alright sir?" Asked Fungus as the quitting bell sounded. In response Randall glared down at him, shoved past and left to start working... again. But before he could finish someone stepped on his tails making him stop in his tracks.
"What are you," He started angrily turning around. Then he stopped himself when he saw Slike standing there, her front left foot on top of his tail, her arms crossed.
"So, where ya going?" She asked.
"Locker rooms and why do you care?"
"For one, locker rooms are in the opposite direction down a hall to the left. Have you really forgotten that soon?" Bad excuse, bad excuse, Randall thought to himself.
"Slike, just leave me alone ok?"
"I'll leave you alone, when you tell me what's going on. For the past month you've been always late to work, which you usually never are, you're tired, and more bad- tempered than usual."
"Nothings going on that concerns you," He answered a little more coldly, "Now leave me alone." Slike cocked her head to the side, looked him over, and glared at him straight in the eye, before turning and leaving. Shaking his head, Randall continued down to the factory basement.
Randall rubbed his sore hand from where it had been shocked by the two wires he had been trying to connect. Growling, he again tried to connect the wires but stopped. He felt it again. Someone was looking at him. He looked over the Scream Extractor and scanned around the room. Shaking off the feeling he went back to the wires to only spin around when he heard,
"What the devil are you doing?" Behind him Slike was over looking the machine and all the things around it.
"Slike, you need to leave, now." Randall ordered starting forward towards her.
"You'll never connect those two wires, try blue instead of yellow."
"Now! If Waternoose sees you he'll" He stopped himself realizing what he'd just said.
"Oh, so Waternoose is in on this too?" She smiled showing off her fangs as she caught him. "It's not use covering up now so might as well tell me what that thing is." She nodded to the machine. Randall ran his hand back through his fronds and stared at her. Why did things always have to get complicated when you don't want them to be, he thought to himself.
"This is called the Scream Extractor, basically what it does," And so he proceeded to explain. Near the end Slike looked a little in shock.
"So, you're going to 'kidnap' a human kid bring them here and test it?" She asked quietly glared over at the machine then looking up at him.
"Not really, but well....." He swallowed and looked down. "Yeah. Sometimes, you have to things you don't want to for good."
"No good's gonna come from this. But," She uncrossed her arms and smiled slightly. "I'll help you with this thing, then you won't..."
"Won't what?" He smirked leaning back again the machine.
"You know,"
"Are you saying you care about how I feel? Aw, Slike I feel so wanted." She rolled her eyes, shoving him lightly, and then went to connect the wire she had been fooling with.
"Would it be so awful if I did care?"
"No, I'd just get more blackmail." He grinned as she threw a wrench at him, missing his head by about three feet. "Good aim."
Well, this one took a while to put up too! I'm sooooooo sorry u guys had to wait so long! But thanx for reviewing still. Told you i'd make it tie in with the movie.... ^_~
Nox .