So Alex went back to the factory, leaving Randall to think that she was insane! "She's going back to the factory! I can't believe it! She is so brave! Or maybe just nuts." She got to the factory and walked right up to Mr. Waternoose.
"Jodi! Stop her!"
"It's Alex, and I give up. I don't want to keep running away every time I see a CDA agent, and besides, I have my own life back hom!" Mr. Waternoose was surprised at first, but then he thought that maybe she's telling the truth.
"Are you sure? This isn't another one of your tricks, is it?"
"Sir, this is no trick! I swear!"
"Well, alright, Alex. But if this is a trick, you're going to be in a lot of trouble, young lady!" The CDA went to grab Alex, but she yanked her hands away, folded her arms across her hest, walked away with Mr. Waternoose and stuck her tongue out at them. As she walked back to the scare floor with Mr. Waternoose, she suddenly thought of something. "Uh oh! I forgot that Mike shredded my card key! Oh, man!" Mr. Waternoose told the CDA to go get Alex's card key, while he watched her. The CDA went off, and Mr. Waternoose turned back to Alex.
"Now, Alex, why did you disguise youself as a monster?"
"Well, I wanted to see the monster world, but I knew that I couldn't go as a kid, because nobody would give me a chance; they'd all just run away. So I made a costume so I could go into the monster world, and then I met Randall, my very first real friend. You see, sir, back home nobody liked me at school, because I always got good grades, so nobody wanted to be my friend. So when I found that Randall liked me, I took every chance I had during my spare time to come here and spend time with him. And then I met Sulley and Mike, and they're my best friends, too! And this whole mess is all because of me. Me and Randall thought that it was just going to be a fun prank, but it really turned out to be a disaster. I just want to go home." At this, Mr. Waternoose softened at thet sight of the little girl."
"Why, her life's nothing but a mess! This is the only place she can get away from her problems, and now she has them here as well. But I can't go soft on her. She has to go back home to her own world." But still, he felt sorry for Alex, for having to go through all of this. But then, a new problem arose. The CDA came back, with nothing. "Well? Where's her door key?"
"We can't find it, sir!"
"Well, then, I'll just have to find it myself, then!" Mr. Waternoose went into Roz's office and searched high and low for Alex's card key, but he couldn't find it! He came out of the office, not a very happy monster. "Alright, Alex, I'm giving you one chance, and one chance only. Where's your card key?"
"Mike shredded it."
"Oh, no. You mean to tell me that he shredded your card key so you couldn't go home, is that it?"
"No! Not at all! I was already in my door, and they ejected it, and then Mike shredded my card key!"
"Then how exactly did you get here?"
"Well, I uh, I-"
"Alex, how did you get here?" "Well, it's just that, you see, it all happened when, -- oh, I can't!" "Alex! You'll tell me how you got here, or you'll never see your home again!" With this he was about to grab Alex, but the CDA stopped him. They had been listening to all of this, and figured that Mr. Waternoose wasn't as nice as he was said to be.
"You have no right to threaten a child like that, Mr. Waternoose. I'm afraid we're going to have to take you away."
"What? Let go of me! Congratulations, Alex. You've certainly made my day!"
"Your welcome!" Alex said, waving. The CDA took Mr. Waternoose away, and Alex took the pager Randall had given her. She looked back at Mr. Waternoose, then pressed the button on the pager.
"Randall! Get over here, quick!"