The gang reads on. In the process, they learn about Randall's Uncle Rhoul. And he is not what they expect.


Chapter 6: A Night with Uncle Rhoul

The gang continued to work, randomly casting glances at Randall, who was too busy working then to notice their glances. They couldn't believe that he, the fearest monster in the factory… was once a little kid that used to be picked on all the time.

Randall leaned against the side of his desk and breathed heavily.

"Coffee," he demanded to his three eyed assistant who took off running.

Fungus came back with a cup of coffee and handed it to Randall. The lizard monster took a sip and his shoulders sagged, seeming more relaxed until… the bell rang for lunch.

As usual Randall and Fungus were nowhere in sight… which suit the others fine.

Lankey grabbed the book.

"I'll read for this chapter." He announced as everyone had sat down at the table.

"Chapter 6: A night with Uncle Rhoul.

My uncle Rhoul who is Cheryal's older brother was… well let's just say that he wasn't the best role model around. Uncle Rhoul was a con-artist. He looked exactly like Cheryal, except he was yellow, and didn't wear glasses, and he had brown eyes and he was a guy. But other than that you could tell they were family.

When I was seven he was left in charge of babysitting me, without anyone there, which made my parents even more worried. We were standing in the living room. Emilia and Cheryal were both dressed up for a romantic night out. They were giving Uncle Rhoul rules on how to take care of me.

"Now Randall is to be in bed at 9:30 and no later on Fridays and Saturdays. You need to make dinner and no junk food! Make sure he has a b-a-t-h…" Emilia replied.

"A bath?" Rhoul echoed.

"Don't say that word!" Cheryal hissed at him.

I started freaking out. I hated baths! It was like a miniature pond in your house waiting for you to be drowned in. Emilia picked me up and tried to calm me down.

"Randy honey it'll be okay. You're not getting a bath, no, no." she cooed.

I didn't listen. I too busy freaking out. Rhoul smirked and came up to me with a five dollar bill.

"Here kid, if you stop you'll get five dollars."

I stopped my tantrum to see the money in his tentacle. I took the money in my chubby fingers. I wasn't going to pass up a chance to get five bucks!

"Put me down!" I exclaimed.

They sat me down and I placed the five dollars in my piggy bank. Cheryal patted my head and fixed my hat.

"Well I think you should have everything under control. And you better listen to the rules Rhoul!" Emilia replied.

Uncle Rhoul nodded.

"No sweat. Me and Little Ran will have a great time, won't we kid?"

"Yea… sure…" I replied, a little busy with Teddy.

Emilia and Crystal kissed my cheeks and walked out the door. Uncle Rhoul shut it and turned around to smile at me.

"And we are on our own!" he cheered.

I didn't really care. I fixed my hat as Uncle Rhoul picked me up.

"Alright kid. Time for some Friday night fun!"

"Like a movie?" I asked.

Uncle Rhoul laughed and patted my head. I gave him a curious look.

"Kid you are correct! Tonight is horror movie night on channel 27, and we are going to have the best night ever!"

"But Mommy said…" I began. He cut me off. A wide grin on his face. Cheryal never liked that grin. I never knew why until now.

"Randall, forget what they said. This is a guys' night. And as your babysitter and your uncle I can say that we don't have to listen to the rules!"

"But aren't rules meant to be followed?"

"Heck no! Ran, rules are meant to be broken. That's why we have them." He told me as he sat me on the couch. "Your moms are the type of monsters who follow the rules, we the men of the house don't have to follow them."

"But Mommy Cheryal said…"

"Forget about what Cheryal and Emilia said." He wrapped a tentacle around me showing me a ten dollar bill, "If you don't repeat anything about tonight I'll give ya ten bucks."

I stared at the money.

"Mama Emilia said bribery is wrong… but you taught me never to let money go by." I answered taking the money.

Uncle Rhoul smiled.

"I'm proud of ya kid. Now what you like for dinner? Pizza? Ice Cream? You're choice."

I grinned. Normally I would never get to choice what was for dinner because Emilia and Cheryal made sure that I was getting all the nutrients I needed by having me eat plenty of vegetables which I still hate to this very day.

"Pizza!"

"Pizza it is kid. What do you want? Meat lovers? Pepperoni? Cheese? You name it, I'll order it."

"Pepperoni." I answered.

If you all must know… I am a carnivore. I need my meat. I don't have sharp teeth for chewing a salad. Uncle Rhoul ordered the pizza as I sat on the couch. I was playing with Teddy, casually looking at Uncle Rhoul who was pulling out the TV trays, which Emilia and Cheryal refuse to use. Emilia and Cheryal were the type of parents who valued family time, especially at Dinner.

"We aren't going to eat at the table?" I asked. I was so used to eating at the table… it was like I had entered into an unfamiliar area.

"We won't be able to watch the marathon if we're in the kitchen Randall. Trust your ole Uncle Rhoul."

I nodded then looked at Teddy. And she gave me a questionable, nudging look. I looked back at Uncle Rhoul and held Teddy up.

"Teddy wants to watch the movies and eat Pizza with us too." I told him.

"I guess she can kid."

I smiled as I sat Teddy next to me. I couldn't see over the TV tray and I pointed it out to Uncle Rhoul who had pulled out my booster seat and sat me in it. The movies had started playing. The first movie was one of the classics… The Blob.

I was shaking the whole time and I screamed every time the blob at someone. I was clutching Teddy. Uncle Rhoul was laughing.

"Kid calm down it's not real. It's just a movie." He told me as it ended. Then the door knocked and I let out a scream. "Ran that was just someone at the door."

He stood up and went over to the door. I was hiding behind a pillow that was on the couch. I let out a sigh of relief knowing it was only the pizza guy. Uncle Rhoul had come back to the couch and sat the pizza in front of me.

As I started eating Uncle Rhoul started to grin. He looked at me and I stared at him.

"Kid, let's go for a night out!"

I looked at the clock and pointed it at it.

"But bedtime-" I started.

"Bedtime on the weekends? Kid you need to get out more!" He stated, grabbing my arm and pulling me out the door.

Me and Teddy looked at each other as Uncle Rhoul sat me in the front seat.

"Uncle Rhoul!" I whined.

"Don't worry kid! This is guys' night! We are gonna to party!"

Party? All I wanted to do was go to bed. I looked out the window to see that we were at a night club. Uncle Rhoul pulled me out and walked in.

I stared wide eye as Uncle Rhoul sat me on a stool next to a counter. I've never been in a nightclub before, especially when it was close to bedtime. I had grabbed Uncle Rhoul's tentacle before he could go anywhere.

"Uncle Rhoul… why are we here?"

"To have the time of our lives kid!"

"Like bedtime?"

"No." He answered. "Not like bedtime, to have fun!"

I stared at him. My idea of fun was playing with my toys, not going to a club, whatever that was.

"But I just want to go to bed." I complained.

"No time to sleep kid! Let's get our party on!" He exclaimed. "Now let's get some girls attentions."

I looked at him in disgust. I was at that age where I thought girls were 'yucky' and had cooties. He took my hand and led me over to a group of beautiful women.

"Play along kid." He whispered to me.

I looked at him in confusion.

"Hello ladies." He smiled.

They greeted him also and looked down at me. I hid behind him. I hated having people staring at me.

"Who's this little guy?"

"This is my son Randall. I adopted him a few years ago."

I looked up at him. Son? He was going to have me to act like his son? If Emilia and Cheryal found out they would kill him. I just shrunk behind him. Did he have to do this? I don't normally like being the center of attention.

"Aw… poor thing…" one of the girls replied.

"He came from a broken home. But out of the goodness of my heart, I had decided to take the little tyke home and raise him as my own."

"Your wife must be surprised."

"I'm a single parent."

That did it. All the girls started swooning over my uncle and me. For the love of my parents… why did Uncle Rhoul have to do this? I saw a larger monster come up and growl at me. I shrank and clutched onto Rhoul for protection.

"Uncle Rhoul I want to go home." I whined to him, pulling on his arm.

He didn't hear me. No one heard me. I pouted. I looked around nervously and started pushing my way through the crowd. I tried my best not to look at the adults. I bumped into a green skinned woman. I looked at her.

"Aw… does a wittle someone need a bedtime story read to him?" She sneered, laughing her smoked breath into my face. I started coughing. I stepped back. Now I was terrified. I took off running and felt a hand grabbed me. I started crying.

"Randy sweetie… it's okay honey."

I looked up to see Cheryal. I ran up to her and hugged her. I was so terrified!

"Mommy!"

"Randall what are you doing here? And where is your uncle at?" She asked.

I looked up at her and wiped the tears out of my eyes and pointed to where I came from.

"H-h-he's talking t-t-to some girls…" I told her.

Her face curled into anger. She sat me down and took my hand in her tentacle. She started dragging me towards Uncle Rhoul.

"Rhoul Matthew Boggs!" She yelled. My fronds flattened against my head. I yawned. I was tired and I knew that Cheryal was going to yell at Uncle Rhoul. She had picked me up me and went over to him. He gave her a weak smile and took several steps back.

"Hey sis… What are you doing here?"

"I would be asking you the same. Now what are you doing here and why isn't Randall in bed?"

"Um… long story Sis?"

"Long story?"

She growled at him and grabbed him.

"We are heading home. Emilia! Emilia!"

Emilia came around and saw Rhoul and me.

"I knew it." She growled. "Rhoul Boggs… When we get home and Randall is put to bed, I'm killing you."

"Now Emilia…"

"Don't 'now Emilia' me! My son is supposed to be asleep! I swear when I get my hands on you…"

"Let's save that for after our little Ray-Ray is in his bed." Cheryal replied.

I had my head resting on her shoulder. I was already more than half-way asleep. We started walking out. Cheryal put me in the car and buckled me in. I probably slept for a good while when I heard the car door open. I opened my eyes to see that we were home. Emilia picked me up and took me inside and upstairs to my room. I was glad that I didn't have to take bath. (Cue shudder) Emilia laid me in my bed and pulled the covers over me.

"Sleep tight Randall."

"Mama… What's gonna happen to Uncle Rhoul?" I asked sleepily, yawning.

"He's going to be in big trouble."

I curled closer to my pillow.

"Like a beating?" I asked.

"I don't… I think we'll talk about that when you're older. Okay?"

I nodded and pulled Teddy closer to me.

"Don't hurt him too much Mama… " I told her.

"I won't." she promised, kissing my forehead. "I'll just hurt him till he learned his lesson.""

"His Uncle took him to a club? What is wrong with him?" Celia asked.

"Well one thing for sure, Randall wasn't kidding about his parents being overprotective." Ricky replied.

"I can see how that would be traumatizing, watching a horror movie, then going to a club with unknown monsters and being scared to death. Randall sure went through a lot." Sulley replied.

The bell rang and everyone stood up and went back to work.


Yea, every family has that one family member that is a horrible influence or very irresponsible. For Randall's family, that's his Uncle Rhoul. At least his parents are actual responsible adults!

Thanks for reading and reviews are always welcomed!