Ok! Next chapter's up! Joy finally comes in with a scene at the end (Sorry for the wait Joy). This chapter is mainly setting to plot and also learning a little bit about what Randolph's job is. No flames please, were working really hard as its close to holiday
Chapter 5 Development
Rayford, Naomi, Sullivan, Wazowski, Celia, Sean, and Readagar were sitting in the waiting room when Leia came in. She could see Caylin up around the desk where an information monster was, demanding to see Randall. "I hope.....Randall's alright" Rayford said, taking Naomi's right hand into his bottom left, as his top hands were placed together. Naomi kept starring at the door in which patients went on and left, and she had a face that told you she was worried out of her mind. Sully was worried as well, knowing about the relationship between him and Randall, he couldn't help but worry. Mike was trying to.....comfort Celia as if she was over worried, which she wasn't. Sean had his right leg laying on his left, his left foot moving impatiently, but he was on the same worry level as Rayford. Caylin was going over the edge, as he was now explaining to the monster in the cubical desk about how he had met Randall and why he's so desperate to see him. He was worried....only a little too much. They would have let Caylin see him if he hadn't gotten into an outraged mood. Leia came in and sat in the seat between Sean and Rayford.
"Is he alright Leia?" Naomi asked, trying to keep her worried voice down. "Yeah....they said he's missing come of his back scales so he probably won't be able to do that color changing thing of his....but he's fine" Leia replied. Readagar then cam over to Rayford, he had been waiting near the exit door the whole time. "Listen Mr. Boggs...The medicine I gave to those guy's should work...so he'll defiantly be fine" Readagar assured him. making Ray's expression a little less depressed, he could trust a Viper. After saying a thanks, the door's that led to the exit door of the hospital, came open. Randolph came in, almost shocked, making everyone look at him.
"Where is he!? Is he alright!?" Randolph blurted out, looking around the room. "Son?" Ray said, standing up. Randolph went over to Rayford, a worried look on his face. "Is he ok dad!?" Randolph went on, concern in his eyes. "Its ok son...its ok....your brother's going to be fine..." Rayford said, placing his top right hand on Randolph's shoulder. "Oh jeez! I hope he doesn't think I forgot about him...I swear I would get fired from running out of the lab like I did..." Randolph said, showing just how concerned he is. "Can...can I see him?" Randolph asked. Before Rayford could answer, Caylin's voice came out. "What do you mean I can't see him!?" Caylin shouted. "Sorry sir...visiting hours are over" The Roz-like creature said, turning away from Caylin. After a few faces, he gave up and sat beside Sully While Randolph sat beside Naomi, who later let Randolph rest his head on her lap....
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Minutes passed by and no sign. Everyone was really worried that they would be getting a message saying that Randall was.......Soon....
(Errrk)
They all turned with smiles, seeing Randall at the door. He had a wrapping around his chest and stomach. He also was a little bent forward, probably because if he stood normally like he did, his back would hurt him.
"Son! Randall!" Randolph, Rayford, and Naomi shouted, getting up and walking over to him. Rayford and Naomi hugged him around the neck, and Randolph stood there with his arm around him. Caylin, Leia, and everyone else then came over.
"Ehh...Mom, guy's...I'm fine.." Randall said, holding his back with his bottom hands. "Are you sure!?" Caylin said, finally seeing him. "Yeah....I'm just missing a few scales is all....I won't be able to blend for a while....hmph...guess I need to take off tomorrow huh?" Randall said, trying to take away the pain in his back for some of his own jokes. "Sure Randall....take as long as you need..." Sully said, his concern left into another part of his mind. "Glad your ok Randall" Celia said, her snakes sighing a bit of relief "Jeez...I'm glad I wasn't there" Mike said. " Oh Wazowski, give us all a break..." Readagar said, waving his unsheathed claws of his bottom left hand in front of Mike's face. "Uh....I mean....glad your ok Randall!" Mike quickly said, making Readagar stop.
"You sure son?" Naomi said, wanting a response that he was. "Yes mom...thanks to Red getting in that medicine.....all I need is some rest to let my scales get back" Randall said, slowly straitening himself up. "Oh thank Monstropolis.....You can walk right? I can carry you" Rayford offered, seeing that Randall was alright. "No thanks dad...I had something like this before" Randall said, making Randolph give him a small nuggy on his head, making him laugh a bit. Soon, his family helped him out, followed by Caylin and Leia, then Mike and Sully. Sean was still there, looking around seeing no one. He seemed to nod at something from somewhere, and then he went out.
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Randall was laying on his stomach on the living room couch. His parents had stayed over to comfort him. They were now sitting beside each other on the couch near Randall, both asleep. Sean came in from the stairs, and saw Randall was awake.
"Couldn't sleep huh?" Sean said, heading over beside Randall, who's head was on the couches end. "Na..." Randall replied, sighing a bit. "....Any pain?' Sean asked. "A bit....but I can handle it" Randall said, looking over at Rayford and Naomi. Randolph had stayed for a couple hours but left when he got a call.
"Its strange huh? Having someone to care for you in a hospital...." Randall said. "?...What do you mean?" Sean asked, scooting a chair over so he would be almost at eye level with Randall. "Oh nothing....rough night wasn't it?" Randall said, lifting the top part of his body a bit. "Yeah..." Sean said, seeing Randall's eyes move over to him. "You know...maybe talking ourselves to sleep will work..." Randall said. "Yeah sure...might as well" Sean said, resting his back against the chair, looking at Randall. "We might have talked allot about it but..." Randall said, beginning to tell something about his past. Not knowing, Rayford was listening....and in response, he placed on a sad and guilty face.
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It was morning once again. Sean was upstairs as Randall had fallen asleep. Randall had talked himself to sleep first, letting Sean place a blanket over him to keep him warm as he headed upstairs to his own room. Rayford and Naomi were already up. Randolph had to leave due to because he got an assignment to experiment on the creature which had attacked Randall the night of the party. Naomi was cooking up a storm in the kitchen, while Ray watched her. Rayford wasn't much of a guy who could cook well at all, one of the many traits hw had gave to Randall and Randolph. Leia had gotten up near when the two did. She was helping Naomi at the time. Caylin had gotten up a couple minutes later. Last night he had taken Randall's room, but noted not toe touch anything of Randall's, knowing he would kill him if he did.
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Meanwhile.....in a laboratory on the edge of Monstropolis....
The lab stood near the edge of Monstropolis, where less buildings were. This lab was where Randolph worked. "Harrison Luna Lab". It was called a Luna lab because it always had the moon going directly over it, shining it at night. The lab was dome shaped. The dome was made out of the strongest metal made in the city, and it had high security. The lab was were many of Monstropolis's experiments were held, even the most important. Much of the lab itself was underground. It was pressurized in areas from specific research, but much of the wall's were made out of the same metal as the dome.
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Randolph was in a square shaped room. A ladder was on the wall in back of him. There were hall's to the left and right with glass windows. Also an information desk ahead. Randolph had on a specialized suit that fit his whole body and tail in, meaning it went from his tail to his neck. It was white. It also had a symbol on the part that was on the left of Randolph's chest. It had a blue moon that had two diagonal lines across it that were white. It seemed to be the Luna Lab symbol. He also had on protection gloves that fit his three fingered hands. As he was fixing his tail into the suit, he talked to a computer that faced him on the desk, which was actually a computer system that gave out instructions and information to employees.
After getting his tail right, the computer beeped, making him turn to it. The desk below the machine opened and out popped a corner of a print. Randolph took it in his top hands and looked over it. With that, he placed it in his bottom hands and began down the left hallway.
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Some other scientist monsters in the same specialized suits. They gave him a smile as he gave them on back. Randolph had been getting much of that since he worked here. He was considered one of their top researchers.
Soon, he made his way to another hall. He turned and right there was a steel door with a glass window. He started fixing the neck part of his suit when a voice called him from a speaker. "Identification" a machine voice said. "Randolph Boggs number 279" Randolph said with a frustrated sigh. The door slid to the side, then he went in and the door slid shut.
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Inside were two other monsters in suits like Randolph. The room had three computers on desks, two near the door and one in the back. Desks near the computers with work tools. A shelf full of strange chemicals in sealed containers was set to some sides. It looked like a lab alright. In the middle was a long table. Sitting on its top end was Luther. Luther's right arm was burnt, and halve of his scales were at a darker tone, and his tail, fronds, and some parts near his face were burnt. It seemed that Luther did have a regeneration capability, but the burnt scales took more time to reproduce themselves. So far, Randolph had tooken care of him down in the lab as Randall had asked.
"You again..." Luther said in a slow tone, pushing one of the scientists who was checking him away from sight. "Yes...I hope your calmer now Luther" Randolph said, placing all his hands behind his back. "So...how long before you....monsters come up with a cure?" Luther said, a little anger on the side. "....About a month...maybe a couple weeks" Randolph said, thinking he would see Luther get up and...try to kill him. To his surprise, he just nodded.
"Ok....good...I came to see how you were doing...so...I'll be seeing you later Luther....We'll try our best to get the cure as soon as possible" Randolph said with a smile, turning to the door. He placed his hand onto a white panel near the door. It lit up and the door opened. "Uh.....If you could....tell your father and that other lizard...that I'm...sorry for what I tried to do" Luther said, as if he was struggling to say it. Randolph's fronds moved up, making him stop. "Hmph...everyone disserves a second chance I guess..." Randolph said, heading out. Luther seemed to place a smile on his face.
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Randolph was now in front of an air locked door. The door skitted up and he went inside.
The door closed. He was now in a small rectangle area. Another air lock door on the opposite side of the one Randolph entered. To the sides were lockers. Randolph opened one and pulled out a glass helmet. He took it in his top hands. He used his top right hand to push his fronds back onto each other. It hurt a bit as he placed the helmet on. For some reason, the lab hadn't expected a monster with fronds on their head, and they couldn't figure out how to make a helmet for him, so he had to deal with one that covered his whole head. He then picked up a machine collar type object and, holding the glass helmet that went around his head, and placed the collar around his neck, locking the helmet into place. He placed his hands down and saw that the helmet was secure. He hated doing what he did in this, as he never came down here, but he had to do it in a clean room. As soon as he was cleared, the other air lock door opened.
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Inside was similar to the other room, but it was a clean room, as every monster in it wore a suit to avoid contamination. The other scientists were also here, two of them. And laying on the table in the middle, strapped to it, was the creature that had attacked Randall.
Randolph walked over to the other two, who also wore the same thing. One had four legs and two arms, the other almost looked like Orion, but had used four of his twelve limbs as hands.
"Ok..." Randolph began, walking to the creatures side, "He wasn't touched right?". "No sir" The four legged monster said. "Good...good Curtis.... What's this...thing's status Albert?" Randolph asked the centipede monster, who had a sheet in his top hands. "Fine sir....its dead through...as we could see from the stab in its chest....but it is still in good condition" Albert said. "Hmm...Ok...lets see what this thing is" Randolph said, asking for a scalpel, Curtis handed him one from a cart nearby. "Ok...we have security right?" Randolph asked. "Yes, yes all taken care of sir" Albert said. With assurance, Randolph stretched out his arms and started to cut. It wasn't pleasurable to him, but he had to do it.....
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The operation was over. To avoid anyone from seeing the sight, the creature was placed into a sealed compartment, ones like they'd have in a city morgue.
Randolph stepped out, the door closing behind him. He was rubbing his eyes from seeing what he saw. It would be sickening for anyone to see what he'd seen. He rubbed his stomach with his bottom hands as he used his top hands to take off the collar and helmet, placing them into the locker. He took a breath of fresh air, feeling a little sick stepping out.
He was now near the exit door observing his operation sheet which Albert jotted down notes on. "Seems like a monster but then again...There's something different about it....maybe there's a substance...I don't quite get it " Randolph said to himself, confused. "Sir!" Randolph looked up to see Curtis holding out a plastic bag with two stripes of something purple. "We got this from the creatures claws, they have been cleaned, but I think you know what they are" Curtis said. Randolph leaned over and looked at it. It was the strip of scales the thing had slashed off Randall. "Oh!...yes well...have them sent to my station...I need to examine them" Randolph said, making Curtis give an ok.
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Randall was still asleep on his stomach on the couch. Something then caught his senses. He had his mouth open, meaning that his tongue could now...."sniff" in some of the air. Suddenly the smell got in and he woke up. He opened his eyes to see Leia right there at his head.
"How you doing sleepy head?" She asked, getting to eye level. "Oh please....I just want some sleep" Randall said plopping placing the small pillow below his head onto his face. "Oh your such a kid Randall....and me and your mom made breakfast for ya" Leia said, but Randall didn't seem to listen. She was about to say something else but realized he did need the rest. She sighed and headed into the kitchen.
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"Dear...you just stir it" Naomi said, showing Ray how to make her special homemade soup. "Darling...Scaring I'm good at...Cooking...well...you know I never passed my cooking classes" Rayford said, loosing his grip on the stirring spoon. "Oh...just like you Ray" Naomi said with a smile as Ray stuck his hand into the hot soup to retrieve the spoon. Just then, Leia came in. She could see Caylin was already up as well, sitting at the table, looking at the comic section of the newspaper, getting some ideas.
"Oh Leia good morning...Randall and Sean coming?" Naomi asked, washing her hands. "No....I think they're both tired from last night" Leia said looking back at the living room.
"Oh well...he does need his rest" Naomi said, looking at him on the couch then back at Leia. "Yes...did he seem alright Leia?" Ray asked, brushing his bottom hands with the nearest wash cloth. "Of course...his usual self" Leia said with a smile. "Well that's good to hear" Naomi said, turning to Ray.
"Yeah ain't it?". They turn back to the living room to see Randall right behind Leia. "Oh! son...your up" Ray said at a bit of surprise. "I knew you'd never leave a good wake up call" Leia said, turning to him. "Yeah well...I'm just gonna eat on my bed, I can't sit yet" Randall said, feeling his bandaged back. "Oh! Glad your alright Randall!" Caylin said, getting up. "Thanks Cay...it still hurts through" Randall said, trudging a bit over to his parents. "Well...maybe some of my soup will help....has a mothers touch" Naomi said, seeing Ray moving back from getting burnt a bit. "...And your fathers touch too" Naomi said, making them all laugh a bit. "Sounds great mom!" Randall said, handing his dad the wash cloth.
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Meanwhile, Sean was p in his room, awake already. He was observing his blade that he had brought with him on the night of the party, looking at it on a stand. He was using some small picks to grab the small samples of skin and such that came off of the creature he saved Leia and Randall from. He was careful not to drop any pieces. He picked up a piece and placed it into an open jar near him. After seeing his blade was clean, he placed it back in its scabbard and laid it beside his bed. He sealed the container jar which was a quarter full of the samples. He locked it just as Randall came in, making Sean notice him.
"Oh Randall....your up" Sean said, placing the jar in the desk drawer, he got up as well. "Yeah well....I still can't bend or hardly stand..." Randall said rubbing his neck as he was a little slanted forward. "What were you doing?" Randall asked in curiosity. "...Getting some samples from my sword for Randolph" Sean replied. "Oh...sure...eh" Randall said, rubbing his back. "Oh come here, I'll take you downstairs..." Sean said, taking his hands. "Sorry bud....I wasn't fast enough..." Sean said. "...Its ok....we weren't expecting....whatever those things were..." Randall said as they both went down.
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Caylin was watching the news when the two came down, Midnight at his feet. The little fluppy slept through the whole night ,which was something Caylin never expected. Leia then came in from the kitchen, two bowls of soup in her hands.
"Oh Sean...Randall....You guy's eating right?" Leia asked. "Of course" Randall said, heading into the kitchen. "Sean?" Leia asked, giving one of the bowels to Caylin, which made Midnight jump up onto the couch hoping to snag some of it. "Maybe later Leia...I'm...not that hungry at the moment" Sean said, heading over and sitting beside Caylin.
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"....Hello?" a voice called. Nearby, in Sullies apartment, sully was calling Randall's while Mike was watching his favorite comedy show "I Love Smootsie".
"Oh...uh...Sean" Sully said, recalling the voice. "Oh...its you...what do you want Sullivan?" Sean asked, his voice now with a little anger. "Oh...I just called to see if everyone is ok from the night before..." Sully asked. "...Everyone's fine....Although Randall still has those two slashes on his back...but....he's ok.." Sean replied, letting his anger down. "Phew...I just wanted to see..." Sully said with a sigh of relief. "Hmph....I thought you wouldn't care about him at all a Sullivan?" Sean said. Sully gasped a bit but Sean cut the line before he could respond.
"....Jeez Sul....that guy doesn't like you at all" Mike said, getting up and folding his arms. "Yeah...and I know why" Sully said looking down, but Mike knew exactly what it was. "Oh Sully...its been a long time since then.." Mike said, not wanting to have another talk again. "....I'll talk to the mayor...maybe I can do something.." Sully said placing the phone down. "???? What?" Mike questioned. "...Just don't worry about it now Mikey..." Sully said, heading into his room, leaving Mike a little dumbstruck.
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Randall was now in his own bed, turned on his side. An empty bowl that had his mom's soup in it was set on a small desk near his bed. "(Oh good sleep.....I could sleep all day...)" He said in his thoughts. "(....Hmm...Randolph would tell me what that thing was....ahh...let the C.D.A handle it...)". He moved in his bed a bit but fell back to sleep.
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Sean was sitting in one of the chairs in the living room, watching the Monovision, which was just a fancy name for a T.V., seeing anything that caught interest. Ray and Naomi were in the kitchen placing everything away. Leia was on the couch near Caylin, who was up near the phone flipping through a phone book to make one of his classic prank phone call routines. Midnight was running around everywhere he could, wasting the energy he had from all that sleep.
"And so far the energy source is up, up, up so far in our lovable city due to the Comedians at Monsters Inc., our leading energy provider" The news monster said. Sean just did a grin that was similar to one of Randall's that told you he was annoyed with something. "Speaking of Monsters Inc., there have been reports of sickness in the company. So far about 30 of the employees have gotten reports of sickness....but so far it is considered an early winter cold" The reporter added. "...That's strange" Sean said with a bit of confusion. "That's all for the 3:00 News....stay tuned for the 3:30 news" The reporter said, making the screen go to a commercial about Limbjubitus cures.
Sean changed the channel to a movie and got up. He could see Leia was watching and Caylin had the phone at the side of his face. He punched in a number from his memory. "Hello?" Said a voice on the other side. "Hello...I'm an Appliance......uh...fixer and I wanted to know....is your refrigerator running?" Caylin said in a deep voice, holding back his laugh. "Yes sir it is" The voice said. "Well...you better go catch it!" Caylin said in his normal voice, laughing hysterically.
"??....Caylin...is that you?" The voice said. Caylin stopped laughing, knowing the voice now. "Mom!?" He said with and "epp". "Caylin! Your not playing tricks on monsters or..." She began. "Uh...shh....uh mom I'm loosing you...shh...the lines uh...shh...busy....uh....shh!" Caylin covered, placing the phone back on the receiver with a "phew". He turned to see Sean and Leia chuckle a bit. "Uh...just...calling my mom...I...always do that.." Caylin said. Sean shook his head as he thought of something. "Oh...hey...did you guy's say you wanted to meet Joy right?" Sean asked. "Well...sure...I mean for some reason I know that name.." Leia said. "Yeah...and I'm sure it'll cheer Randall up too" Sean said heading upstairs.
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Meanwhile....
"...Oh...ehh.." a voice in a dim room called. The room's wall's were soft as if it was a asylum for crazy people. The only metal door was locked. In the middle were two chairs opposite far from each other. Each one had a young girl tied to it. One moved her head into the light.....it...was Joy.
"Oh...where am I?" She said, looking around. She tried to move but could see her herself tied onto the metal chairs that was bolted onto a metal plate on the floor. She looked ahead to see a similar girl with two pony tails.....
"!! No...it can't be....Boo?" She asked across the roo. The girl lifted her head...it was her. Joy had never seen her older. She looked around. "Where am I?" She asked. "Is that you Boo?" Joy asked. "Who....who are you?" Boo asked. "I'm Joy....And I guess your Boo?" Joy asked. "Yeah....but what are we doing here?" Boo asked. "I don't know why were here..." Joy said.
"Ohh...I think that lizard guy Randall might have done this..." Boo said. "...No Boo...He didn't" Joy said, seeing she did know his name. "He's not...Oh...well...I guess its alright then..." She said. "Well...seems like we can't get out just yet...so we should probably catch up.." Joy said, and they both started to speak.
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"Wow..." Boo said with a small smile. "Boo...Randall's not all that bad...He just...snapped when he was trying to hurt Sully.....I mean he said he even took care of you on that day right?" Joy asked. "...He did...I miss him..." Boo said. "Miss him?" Joy asked. "Yeah...Is he ok? From where kitty placed him?" Boo asked, seeming to have forgotten. "Well...Sean told me.." Joy began. "Sean?" Boo asked. "A friend...he told me that Randal was nearly dead when he found him..." Joy said, remembering it. "Oh! He's not dead is he!?" Boo said with concern. "No...Sean got him and took care of him...so did I...and then he got home" Joy said with a smile.
"....I...want to tell him I'm sorry..." Boo said with a growing sense of guilt. "I'm....not sure if he will..." Joy said. "Why?" Boo asked. "...Lets just say...in Sean's words...its like something he'll always remember..." Joy said, remembering that once. "Oh....I...just want to see him again...tell him I'm sorry for what I did...so he at least knows I'm sorry" Boo said . Joy nodded. Her and Sean could never figure out what the connection between Boo and Randall was...It was a mystery that could possible not be solved...
True...the mystery of Boo and Randall will possibly never be solved. Guesses theory's can be made, but none can be sure. Hmph, I really liked the part where Caylin got in trouble with that prank phone call. Ha! Caylin thought of that himself. And I liked the place Randolph worked. Tell us what'cha think!