Alright everyone. I am back. This chapter is short, but is important. Shows a relationship between Randall, Randolph, and Randolph's friend Jack. The chapter is sorta…..sorta a "preview" for one of Randall's past stories. This preview goes into when Randall, his brother, and Jack went into training for jobs at Monsters Inc. They reflect back on the subject in this chapter, think of it as a relaxer heh. Enjoy.

Chapter 11 A Friend Trio

"Do these reporters have to follow you everywhere?".

"Yeah....its their job.....besides.....they want to see how the best worker in the company spends his day...".

"......Even in the locker room?"
Randall and Randolph were now in the locker room. Randolph had finished a few pictures and a small description of a starting routine. Randolph was at his locker, having a grin on his face. Randall as sitting on the bench, feeling pretty stupid about the whole idea. A few reporters, male, were near the locker entrance. The female reporters waited outside.

After finally finishing, Randolph coaxed them into heading to the Scare Floor to catch his award. The pile of reporters headed out, leaving the two.

"Oh jeez....." Randolph said, dropping all his hands. Randall looked him over. "Five bucks says when you look up reporter in the dictionary, you find vulture in the definition...." Randall chuckled. Randolph fell into a sitting position beside his brother, completely wiped out, judging from the perspiration.

"Perhaps......but smiling all that time....ow...." Randolph replied, rubbing his jaw. "Hmph....." Randall started, placing his first set of hands behind his head. "The drawbacks of fame..." he said. "Heh.....Touché" Randolph said.

After a moment. "Sorry if this is boring you Randall....." Randolph said. "Its ok...I mean...hey...you need the support....big time..." Randall smirked. "Heh....remind me to support you during this...." Randolph replied. "Heh....thanks..." Randall said.

They stopped talking when they heard a familiar voice. "They gone yet?". They looked up over the edge of the lockers, Jack was looking over at them from the side.

"They get you too Jack?" Randolph asked. Seeing they were alone, Jack came over, wiping his head with a tentacle. "Being the assistant of the Famous Randolph Boggs is giving me some well liked but unwanted publicity...." Jack said, a bellowing voice on Randolph's title. Randall laughed deeply at the motive.

"Yeah....there's no stopping them...." Randolph said. Jack took a seat beside Randall, slipping two tentacles through the slits so he wouldn't fall off.

"Hey! Didn't know you would be coming Randall...." Jack said, seeming un-surprised. "Well....my bro here needs a heh.....bodyguard...." Randall said, smiling. "The other guys should envy us.....we have to deal with those creatures...." Randolph told.

"True......they were waiting at my house....that's why I'm late...." Jack said. "Oh....you have excuses this time....." Randall said, laughing. Randolph joined in. "Oh ha ha...." Jack replied. "They'll be wanting us on the....heh...floor soon..." Randolph said.

"I still don't understand why you guys are so tight about them....." Randall wondered. The two looked at him....then blasted out in laughter. "What!?". Jack slowed his pace to speak. "They heh....they come nearly every month!" Jack said. "They always have questions about anything.....current events, past life...things like that...." Randolph replied.

"And with Randolph...umm...." Jack started, placing a tentacle behind his neck, all laughter gone. "Its alright......your allowed to Jack......" Randolph said, understanding. Randall kept his eyes on Jack. "....Well....with Randolph being a reptilian monster....it adds.....you know....other things...." Jack said. Randall recalled some of the questions.

"Oh yeah....they don't believe that Randolph got where he is by his own skill....." Randall said. "Probably.....and I recall hearing them say Jack could be stealing keys from Roz....." Randolph said. A moment passed and they didn't talk, but Randall decided to switch the conversation.

"Roz.....Roz....why does that ring a bell....." Randall said, thinking. "Well....she works in the dispatch office of my floor....but I do recall seeing her somewhere else....." Randolph wondered. They all placed a hand, or tentacle in Jack's case, to chin and thought.

"........Hey! Wasn't she the Orientation Director on the Scare Island staff?" Jack recalled. Randall then remembered. "Oh yeah! I remember now! Me and Randolph fixed some of their machinery there....I remember that...." Randall said.

"Hmm.....I remember that place being slightly.....dangerous....right?" Jack asked. "I think it was amazing! Being able to simulate different environments......I still don't know how they did it..." Randall said. "I don't know about you....but I think there's something about that island that creeps me out...." Randolph said.

"I remember when I almost got hit by one of the ice spires in the Artic Training Grounds...." Jack said, simulating a shaking feeling. "I think they had vents or something on....I did feel the cold...." Randall said, still remembering it.

"Hey! Maybe Randolph could become a trainer...." Jack said. "Then you can find out what the heck bugs ya.....heh".

"No way...." Randolph said. "Leaving my bro and best friend? Yeah right!" Randolph said. "Heh....what was I thinking..." Jack said. The two brothers smirked. ".....I'd have to handle the vultures myself..." he said.

"Heh...Don't get me wrong Jack.....being a Top Scarer trainer is an honor....plain trainer too...." Randolph replied to his earlier statement. "But not something I would give you two up for..." Randolph said. Randall placed a hand hear his heart. "Randolph I'm touched..." he said with a smile.

"Hey....cut it out......" Randolph said. "Still....it was a weird place" he added. "Perhaps....after all....not allot get to go to the island.....usually they sit in a room with someone telling you things you already know" Jack informed.

"Hmph....then I'm thankful...." Randall smirked. Randolph shifted a little in his position before speaking again. "Heh....I remember Waternoose's reaction when you told him we could fix his machines Randall" Randolph remembered, giving a laugh. Randall snickered.

"Heh.....yeah....he was pretty shocked....but I do remember some of those Mechs and Nerds being dangerous like Jack said....." Randall said. "More dangerous than the Simulator that's for sure.....then again......we were lucky to get into the island.....especially since your guy's......" Jack started.

"Uh....ohh..." Randall mumbled, looking down to the floor. Randolph gave a serious and slightly annoyed face at Jack.

"Oh!...Ehh....sorry Randall.....didn't mean to remind you of" Jack started, apologizing. "Its ok...." Randall said, holding up his top right hand then placing both sets together.

"Ehh....was.....pretty great huh?" Jack said, trying to change the subject to what they were first talking about. Randall was silent.

".....Yeah.....it was......" Randolph sighed, getting up and patting one of Jack's tentacles. "Come on Jack....we got vultures to feed". "Oh...yeah....." Jack replied, getting out of the bench.

"You coming Randall?" Randolph asked.

His brother gave a nod yes. Wanting to give him some time, Randolph went out, pushing Jack along the way. Randall placed his top hands under his chin, thinking. His right hand fell to his side, leaving his left one to take over.

"(....It was only a few years ago......)" he thought, still looking at the same space on the floor. "(.....Yet its always fresh in my mind.....)". He sighed. out, switching to looking at the lockers in front of him. "(Guess I'll never get over it.....)".

Rubbing all his hands on his stomach, he rose. He nipped the back of his neck with a hand before starting off.

"(.....Never got to thank him.....hope he knows I am thankful)"

I'm am sadly to inform that the installment this one sets the pace for won't be up until Randall finishes his School Days, which will take a while….and depends if he'll get off his lazy tail and work on it heh. I finally coaxed in him into putting up a chapter of it later on. Thankfully a four day weekend is coming up.