The monsters were in their makeshift scare floor, continuing to collect screams.

"Shut the doors, scarers!" John announced. "First round at Ellen's is on me!"

The other monsters cheered.

"Come on, Wazowski. We're going to miss happy hour."

"Ellen's running a two-for-one special."

"We got work to do."

"But you're tired. We all are. A break could help."

"Mr. Incredible asked us to collect screams- To help bring Elastigirl and Jack back home, and that's what I'm going to do!" Robert tripped on a canister and flew across the floor. "Whoahhhhh!" He rolled into a garbage can and bumped into a shelf. A pile of tools landed on his head. "Oof!"

The kids all began laughing. All around, the lights glowed even brighter than before. The building lit up by the laughs' power radiated outwards from the windows. The lights flared to a white-hot brightness, and then POP! The laughter subsided, and all was dark.

Clark was soon called to the scene. He arrived at the warehouse with Hilary, Dash, and Violet. "Where is he?"

Amelia guided them to where the other monsters were gathered, along with all of the filled canisters.

"Are those all filled with…" Hilary asked.

"Human laughter. It's ten times more powerful than scream." John explained.

"You mean, this can be used for power?"

"Yes. Do you still have the pieces of that door?" Clark nodded. "Put it back together. Keep it safe. Because, by this time tomorrow, we'll have enough power to make it work again."

"So, Mom and Jack-Jack-" Dash and Violet looked hopeful.

"That's right, kids." Clark smiled. "We're bringing 'em home."

At the Diner, everyone was celebrating with a round of drinks.

"To the monsters!" Clark announced. Everyone cheered and drank as a toast. "That was quite a fall. Are you ok?" He asked Robert.

"I've had worse."

Everyone laughed. From behind the counter, Michelle walked over to clean up one of the tables. Matt soon approached her.

"You know, I was a tow truck. My name was Mater. Tow Mater. I lived in Radiator Springs, I hung out with Lightning McQueen."

"And, why are you telling me this?" She asked awkwardly.

"Uh, we ain't had a chance to talk since things done changed. I just wanted you to know who I was… back home."

"Uh, can I, um, still call you Matt?"

"Shoot, you can call me anything you want, as long as you let me buy you a drink after your shift. I already know Miss Michelle. I want the chance to meet Miss Merida."

"Um, tonight's actually not great. Because..." Michelle nervously glanced at the clock.

"Uh, we, uh, we have, uh, plans." Hector came up beside her.

"That's right, um, it's game night. I'm bringing the snacks."

"Okay. Um... Maybe next time." Matt left, disappointed.

"Thank you." Michelle turned to Hector, relieved.

"I can spot someone in trouble. He seems really nice."

"It's-it's complicated." Michelle glanced at the clock again and walked away, leaving him speechless.

On the other side of the diner, Hilary was drinking a cup of coffee.

Clark soon joined her. He looked at the contents of her cup. "Is that coffee?"

"No." She said guiltily.

"Trying to stay up, huh?" She nodded. "Still worried about those nightmares?" She nodded again. "Well, don't be. Cause when you go to sleep tonight, I'm going to be right in the next room." She nodded in agreement, smiling. "Now maybe lose the java and go grab a cocoa."

Hilary left the booth, to which Richard Walker sat down across from Clark.

"Congratulations... Sheriff. Quite a celebration."

"What are you doing here?" Clark asked, shocked to see his old boss.

"You may have taken care of me in the old world, but in this one, we get another go at each other."

"Whenever you're ready."

"It's a big moment for you, isn't it? On your way to getting your family back."

"Yeah. Yeah, it must be hard for you, you know, watching good win."

"Good?" He laughed. "So sure of yourself. But I know the truth. You're still just a nobody pretending to be a hero. You weren't fit to save a city, and you sure aren't fit to help this town."

"I think the people of Pixfare might disagree with you."

"Today. But I'm going to see to it that they see things my way, that they see you for who you really are. By the time I'm done with you, you'll wish you'd killed me when you had the chance."

Clark stood up. "The people of this town know who I really am, and they've seen me defeat you before. So if you want to try and take me down, they'll see it again." He took his drink and walked away.

In the back of the diner, Ellen was welding a cage of sorts out of one of the walk-in freezers.

"Almost done." She took her helmet off. "Let's finish clearing out those perishables."

Clark soon walked in. "What's this?"

"We're making a cage." Michelle explained, emptying out the freezer. "Know anybody who might want thirty-eight frozen lasagnas?"

"I'm sorry. What?" Clark looked confused.

"I know. Nobody would believe it if you told them my lasagnas was frozen."

"No. Why are you building a cage?"

"Tonight's the first night of Bearstime." Ellen confessed.

"I thought you figured out how to control the bear in you ages ago?"

"Yeah, but thanks to the curse, I haven't turned in 28 years. I might be rusty. I can't let what almost happened last time happen to anyone else."

"What about your tapestry? That could keep you from turning."

"If I had it. I've looked everywhere. I even went to Wood. It's not in town. I don't think it came over with the curse."

"Ellen, I know you. I trust you. Helen trusted you. Bearstime or not, you won't hurt anyone tonight."

"Maybe. But I can't afford to take any chances." Ellen stepped into the freezer and Michelle closed the door.

The next morning, Michelle entered the diner and turned the lights on. She headed to the back to wake Ellen. "Are you awake yet, Mum? Mum, Mum." When she got to the freezer, she was shocked to find that Ellen had escaped. "Mum!" Scratch marks lined the walls and the door, which lay on the floor. Michelle rushed out of the Diner.

Hilary stood in the burning room from her nightmare. She tried to defend herself from the flames. "Help! Help!"

Across the room, another person appeared. She called out to them. "Hey! Hey! Who are you? Where are we?" The person didn't respond.

"Hilary? Hilary, wake up." She heard a voice say. She woke up, panting to find Derek beside her. "It's okay. It's okay. You're okay."

"Wh-wh-what are you doing here? Where's Clark?"

"He got an emergency call this morning, and he asked me to look after you. He told me you've been having nightmares. It's okay. You can-"

He touched her hand and she recoiled in pain. "Aah!"

Derek reached to inspect her hand and gasped to find a burn running up the side of it. "Is that a burn?" He looked horrified, realizing what was happening.

"This way. Over here." Michelle led the way as she and Clark searched the woods. They found Ellen asleep on the ground, under a pile of sticks. "Mum. Mum, wake up."

"Hey."

"Where am I? What happened?" Ellen asked, groggily.

"You're in the woods." Clark answered as they helped her stand up. "You must've fallen asleep here last night."

"I don't understand. You put me in that cage. You locked me up."

"The freezer was torn to shreds when I came to check in on you this morning." Michelle explained. Ellen gasped.

"Ellen. Ellen, it's all right." Clark tried to calm her.

"No. It's not. I don't remember anything from last night. This is exactly what I was afraid of. Oh, my God. Did I do something last night?"

"Ellen, all we know for sure is that you broke out and ran through the woods. There's no reason to assume the worst." His phone began to vibrate, and he answered it. "Sheriff. Yeah. Okay. I'll be right there."

"What is it?"

"Somebody left their car double-parked in front of the cannery. I gotta go check it out on our way back into town. Hey. Relax. Everything's going to be okay." Ellen nodded in agreement.

Clark, Ellen, and Michelle arrived at the docks in the Sheriff's car. The got out of the car and found Matt's tow truck.

"That's Matt's truck." Ellen observed.

"Great. Who do I call to tow a tow truck?" Ellen soon had a curious look. "What is it, Ellen? What's wrong?"

"I smell blood."

The three of them looked all around the site.

"Where's Matt?" Clark asked, after checking the empty truck.

"Here." Michelle replied, finding a bloody body underneath the truck.

"Oh! It was the bear! It was me!" Ellen began crying frantically.

In the living room of the apartment, Hilary showed her burnt hand to Ms. Wood.

"Oh, yes. You were quite right to call me."

"So y-you can help? It was just a dream."

"Well, what you're describing is certainly not a dream."

"Then what was it?" Derek demanded to know.

"A side effect. You know, it's remarkable you'd cast a curse you know so little about."

"My victims aren't supposed to wake up. That's why I certainly never cared about what happened to them after. Until now." Using the kit of potions she brought along with her, Ms. Wood began to prepare a potion. "When people fall under a Sleeping Curse, the soul travels to a netherworld where it resides until awoken. Now, this world is between life and death, and it's very real." She carefully dripped the various liquids into a pendant attached to a chain. "However... even when the curse is broken, sometimes in sleep, the victims find their way back to that world- victims like you."

"This other world is tormenting my daughter every time she sleeps." Derek almost snarled at Ms. Wood. "I want you to give her something that will keep her from going there."

"Well, I'm afraid that's not possible. I can, however, provide you with something that will allow her to control her actions whilst in that world. And once one controls something, one no longer need to fear it." She held up the finished product.

"A necklace?"

"You wear this while you're sleeping. Once you control the journey, the fear will stop. And then you can come and go as you please."

Ms. Wood extended the necklace to Hilary, but Derek stopped her from taking it.

"Everything comes at a price with you. What do you want for this?

"For a house call? You couldn't afford it. But this is for Hilary. This one's on me." She handed the necklace to Hilary, who, this time, took it.

"It had to be something else, Ellen." Clark tried to assure her.

"No, I did this! We both know it." She shouted, still in tears.

"No. A few months ago, everyone thought I was guilty of murder. I needed someone to believe in me. No one did. I'm not going to let that happen with you."

"You never killed anyone. I have."

"I know who you really are, Ellen, even if you've lost sight of it."

"It doesn't change the fact that I'm going to turn again tonight, and somebody else could get hurt."

"Maybe this isn't the place to have this discussion." Michelle chimed in, noticing people gathered around.

"It's okay. I'll protect her." Clark started walking toward the crowd.

"No! Lock me up. If the freezer couldn't hold me, maybe a jail cell will. I don't need to be protected from other people, Clark. Other people need to be protected from me."

Michelle nodded and began to lead Ellen away.

At the sheriff department, Clark locked Ellen in a cell for protection. "You'll be safe in here tonight."

"Thank you, Clark."

"Thank me in the morning. By then, I'll have found whoever really hurt Matt." He entered his office and put the keys in the desk drawer.

"You already have." Richard Walker entered the station. "That thing. That she-bear."

"Get out. Whatever issues you have with me, don't involve her. There's no proof Ellen had anything to do with what happened."

"It seems to me that you're allowing your emotions to cloud your judgment."

"Leave him alone." Ellen stood up, angrily.

"Protecting your friend at the peril of everyone else. I knew you'd slip up, Parr. It was only a matter of time."

"What do you want?"

"Justice. Hand that over to me, and let the town decide her fate."

"Never. I know exactly what kind of justice you have in mind."

"This town is bigger than you think. I start telling people that you're putting their lives in danger to protect your own interests, you'll have a mutiny on your hands."

"Yeah, we'll see. You want her, you have to go through me."

"I look forward to that." He turned and left. Clark and Ellen looked at each other.

Richard had gathered up a mob in front of the Sheriff's station. He tried to open the front door but discovered it had been chained shut. Not particularly bothered, he turned to address the crowd.

"We won't cower in fear of this creature any longer! We know who she is, we know where she's hiding. So why is she still alive? Because she's being harbored by one person – Clark Grimm. How many more people have to die before our super decides to act?"

"Yeah!" Everyone cheered in agreement.

"If he won't protect you, I will."

Richard gestured for one of the men to break the chains. Once inside, the mob headed towards the jail cells. However, they found the cell was empty.

Ellen had been relocated for safety reasons. She and Michelle have gathered at the school to protect and secure her. Ellen found a set of shackles.

"These should work."

"Thanks for letting her hide here." Clark entered the classroom with Héctor. "The Sheriff's station isn't safe."

"Of course. It's, uh, It's not every day you find out your friend's-"

"A monster?" Ellen finished the sentence.

"Hunted. I was going to say hunted."

Ellen then heard something in the distance. "The crowd's six blocks from here."

"You- you have bear hearing, too?" Héctor asked, surprised.

"It's not all it's cracked up to be, especially when you run a hotel."

"The only way we're going to get the mob to stand down is if we prove Ellen had nothing to do with Matt." Clark spoke up. He perked up with an idea. "I'm going to need your help." He pointed to Michelle, then turned to Héctor. "If the mob comes this way, call us. Come on." He left the room with Michelle, leaving Ellen and Héctor alone.

"You need to leave. The moon's going to be up soon." She warned him.

"But will the chains hold?"

"Hopefully."

"Then, I'm staying." She started to back away. "What's wrong?"

"I know Clark wants to believe the best, but I've almost killed before, and I'll do it again." She grabbed the chains. "Everyone in this town is right to be afraid of me."

"Okay, well, I'm not."

"You should be."

"No matter what you might've done in your past, Clark sees the good in you, and… and that tells me one thing."

"What?"

"That it's in there. So if we can all see it, why can't you?"

"You really think so?" She asked, touched.

"Trust me. I'm sort of an expert when it comes to rehabilitation."

"Maybe. Maybe, you're right." Ellen moved forward as if to hug him, but slipped a shackle on his wrist. "But the town's right, too. I am a monster, and that's why I need to make sure I don't ever hurt anyone again."

"Wait, wait, wait. Wh-What are you doing?"

"I can't let you stop me. The mob wants a bear, I'm going to give them one. I need to pay for all I've done."

"And they'll kill you."

"Isn't that what I deserve?" She turned around and left the room.

Outside on the street, Clark and Michelle searched for evidence that Ellen was been framed. She sniffed Matt's jacket to pick up a scent.

"This way." Michelle led them to a parked car. "The trunk."

Clark popped open the truck. Inside, everything appeared to be normal. However, underneath, they found the tapestry and a hatchet in the spare tire compartment. "The bear didn't hurt Matt."

"Our tapestry."

"So she'd be forced to change back into a bear." Clark figured it out. "So whoever hurt Matt could pin it on her."

"Who would want to hurt my mum?"

Clark tried to open the driver's side door, but it was locked. He smashed in the window with his fist, opened the door, and found the registration. "This isn't about Ellen. It's about me. Walker."

"Your old boss?"

"He needed a reason to wrestle power away from me, so he created one."

They heard a bear growling in the distance.

"She's out."

"The mob. They're going to kill her."

Richard and the mob have now gathered outside of the school. They heard growls in the distance. "She's close." He led the mob to an alley, where they found Ellen, in bear form, hiding behind a dumpster. "There you are."

Richard drew his gun and was about to shoot the bear, but before he could, Michelle shot the gun out of his hand with her bow and arrow.

"I'll not let you kill my mother!"

"Ellen!" The crowd protested angrily as Clark arrived, dressed in his supersuit. "Listen to me! Ellen didn't hurt Matt. He did." Clark pointed at Richard. "He stole their tapestry and hurt Matt to make it look like a bear, all to get you to think I wasn't leading this town as I should." The bear growled, causing the mob to start to move forward. "Hold up! Somebody almost died because of what this man did. Let's not spill more blood. She won't hurt anyone. She's just scared."

Clark slowly edged towards where the bear was hiding, the tapestry in hand. "Ellen? I know you're in there, so listen to me. It was Walker, not you. Don't let him trick you into thinking you're a monster." The bear growled. "Alright. Alright. Poor… Poor choice of words. Please. Ellen. I know you. I know the real you, and I know you can control the bear." The bear began to back away as he came closer. "Ellen. Ellen? Ellen." His hand was now inches from her. "It's me. Clark."

The bear stopped growling and obediently sat down. Clark quickly threw the tapestry over her, transforming her back into a human.

"You saved me."

"No. You saved yourself. I just reminded you of what you already knew."

Behind them, there was a commotion amongst the crowd. They ran over and find Michelle thrown on the ground.

"Merida!" Ellen shouted, concerned.

Clark helped her stand up. "What happened? Where's Walker?"

"He's gone. Go. Go."

"Okay."

Ellen made sure Michelle was alright before she and Clark got in the Sheriff's car and drove off.

At the beach, Ellen and Clark found Richard standing next to a fire.

"You think you can hide from a bear?"

"I wasn't trying to hide."

"You hurt an innocent man." Clark accused.

"He was a tow truck."

"He was better than you'll ever be."

"You want to make a deal? It's not going to happen."

"I'm not interested in making a deal. I just want to see the look on your face when you realize something."

"What's that?"

"That you're never going to see your wife or your son again."

"What are you talking about?"

"You really should be more careful with something so valuable." Richard pulled out a box with the door pieces and tossed them into the fire.

"No! No." Clark rushed toward the fire.

"It doesn't matter how much laugh power you gather... or how much you rally the town behind you. Your family's gone."

Clark punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground. He grabbed Richard by the throat.

"Clark, don't."

Richard chuckled. "I told you, you should've killed me when you had the chance."

Clark let him go. He dropped to his knees in front of the fire, hopelessly.

Later, at the apartment, Clark and Ellen sadly watched Hilary sleep.

"She may never see her father or grandmother again. The other two may never see their mother or brother again. How am I going to break that news to them?"

"You won't have to."

"Travel between worlds is as hard as it comes. Power on its own isn't enough. It took an entire curse to get us here in the first place. Without the door-"

"You'll find another way."

"You don't know that."

"But I know you, and I know you'll never give up until you do. And, Clark, you're not going to be doing this alone."

He sighed deeply and nodded. "Thank you."

"Do you mind giving Michelle a call?" She turned to leave.

"Sure. Why? What for?"

"I may have left Héctor chained up in the school. Somebody should probably-"

"Unchain him?"

"Yeah."

"Yeah. I'll take care of it." She opened the door. "Where are you going?"

"I've still got a few hours of Bearstime left. You helped me regain control. I want to do something I haven't done in a very long time."

"What's that?"

She handed him the tapestry. "Run."

Clark watched as she rushed out the door. He heard growls outside and smiled.

Laura Reed sat alone in the woods, deep in thought. Jack approached her.

"What are you doing?"

"Uh, just thinking."

"Come on. Finn has some ideas where Evelyn might be hiding."

The two headed back to the camp. Meanwhile, Holley was asleep, slightly twitching.

Holley was in the burning room from her nightmare. She screamed as the flames jumped at her.

Suddenly, Hilary appeared across the room, wearing her necklace. She tightly closed her eyes, and the flames gradually subsided.

"Wait. Don't be scared."

Holley jerked awake up from her dream. "Elastigirl! Elastigirl!"

Laura Reed and Jack rushed over to her. "Hey. I'm here. It's okay. It's okay. It was just another nightmare."

"No, this time, it was different. There was a little girl. She… she put out the fire. She talked to me.

"A little girl?"

"What'd she say?" Jack also asked.

"She said… she said her name was Hilary."

Jack and Laura Reed looked at each other, surprised.