Hallie went to work the next day announcing the birth of her son. Many of the other monsters were so happy for her.

Some others said that the daycare could take care of the baby while she was working.

"No, that's fine. I have a good babysitter at home watching him." She said.

While Hallie worked, it gave Randall time to give to his son. Playing and feeding him and putting him down for sleeping.

Blake had slept for a little while during the night, but had woken them both up when they first heard him crying. The parents knew this was going to be hard at first, but would get used to it.

But as Hallie knew, if Randall went to jail later, her parents might be able to take care of Blake, or she could bring him to work with her. That might be best. But she knew her parents would want to meet their grandson soon.

On the silent side, Sulley asked her how Randall had taken the birth.

"He did great. I wasn't home when he hatched. He helped him out of the shell when he was having problems getting out."

"What's his name?"

"Blake."

"Who does he look like more?"

"More like his dad, but has a mix of our markings and my pink tail color. He has Randall's fronds and green eyes too."

"I'd love to meet him sometime."

"And you will."

"But don't forget what you two promised. Now that Blake has hatched, Randall needs to turn himself in."

"We haven't forgotten. And he will. Soon."

Hallie hated this. That Randall would have to face such punishments and he had a son at home to take care of. He was already a good parent even though the baby was only less than a full day old.

…..

She went home that night and talked to Randall about what he needed to do.

"I'll spend this week with you and Blake and next week I'll go. I know it's going to be hard and I'll stick to my word. I just want the first full week with my son." He said.

They held each other. They would try to spend as much time together as a family this week.

…..

The week finally ended. The weekend came and went. Hallie had Blake with her and Randall along for the ride. She drove him to the police station. This had been waited on for so long and it had been a promise.

Randall kissed both his girl and son goodbye. "We'll see each other again soon." He said.

"I love you." Hallie said.

"Love you too. Blake too."

Hallie hated to drive away. Randall hated seeing her go.

He turned and looked at the precinct. He took a deep breath and slowly went inside.

Randall walked in and it looked so busy. He felt like he was about to lose his breakfast. He wished he didn't have to do this. He walked up to the counter.

A cop was sitting there doing paperwork. "Yes?" He said.

"I… I'm Randall Boggs, turning myself in."

The cop looked up. He had seen the pictures of the lizard criminal. Indeed, he was looking at the criminal right now.

It didn't take long for it to be announced and Randall soon found himself in cuffs. He was booked up and prepared to be put in the system. And the CDA was notified that Randall had been apprehended.

Hallie saw Randall on the news that night and it made her cry. He wouldn't be helping her with Blake for awhile now.

Even Hallie's parents and Randall's family saw it too. So did Mike and Sulley. Sulley saw that Randall had done the right thing. He knew this was hard on Hallie because she loved him and their son.

And days later, Blake's name was released in the paper. It was mentioned that Randall was the father.

Hallie had taken Blake to the doctor to make sure he was alright. The doc said he was just fine.

….

In the system, Randall had by now been taken to the prison. He had on an orange shirt that marked him. He had a belt on his stomach and it had his hands all cuffed.

The CDA had begun talking to him and his lawyer had been contacted again.

Kramer promised he would try to get him the shortest sentence possible. "I'll get you back to see your girl and son as fast as I can."

The guards were not so nice to him. They were pretty rough on him and gave him cold, icy stares. Randall glared back, but did nothing.

There were plenty of other prisoners there too that tried to pick fights with him. That's when Randall had to talk tough and act like it too so they wouldn't think he was weak. It was just for his own safety.

But when he saw his son's name in the paper, he was happy. It gave him high hope that he would get out soon and see his son. But first, there was deciding on when the trial was going to be. He hoped soon.

…..

In another part of the prison, was Randall's ex-boss and he was talking to his lawyer and he was saying that there were going to be some things added going on to his punishment according to what another witness had said.

Waternoose wasn't pleased about this. "Who is it?"

"Your former accomplice, Randall Boggs."

"That traitor! He's going to pay for this!"

The lawyer leaned in. "How do you propose we do it?"

Waternoose whispered to him his plan. The lawyer thought it was very resourceful.

…..

Several days later, as Roz wanted to get the trial going as fast as possible, a trial had been brought together of witnesses, lawyers, jury, and the defendants.

This one was the trial of Mr. Waternoose's crimes. Randall was a witness to this.

The judge found Waternoose to be guilty of all his crimes. He would later be sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Waternoose was not happy about that and he glared angrily at Randall.

Randall glared back at him just as much. But then, the old crab monster tried to charge at him. Waternoose wanted to kill him.

"You'll pay for this, Boggs! You hear me!" Waternoose had been stopped by officers and dragged from the room.

After that drama was over, now the judge turned to Randall. "Now, Mr. Boggs, it is now your turn." He said.

Randall was ready to face this, if nervously. He just wanted to know what it was and get it over with. He wanted to be redeemed in this world and not be banished again, as he had a family now.

The witnesses were all called and questioned. Randall sometimes looked back at his family and new friends. He especially looked at Hallie, who gave him smiles. This was the first time of seeing him since he turned himself in. She hoped he got a light sentence. The sooner it was over, the sooner they could set a wedding date.

Celia was in charge of watching Blake while the trial was going on.

There were many not so nice things said about him and others, ones like especially Hallie, said many nice things about him.

Randall had a bad temper at times, but when he committed to something or someone, he did it. He was going to be committed to his family too, the one he had created with Hallie.

After all the witnesses were questioned about his actions and of past things, Randall was finally allowed to talk for himself.

He explained the same thing that he had done before. But most of all, he did say he was sorry for what happened, and he wanted to change his ways and to be trusted. He also said he wanted to be a father to his son.

As the jury looked on at him, he didn't seem like the heartless lizard they had heard so much about and wanted for such vicious crimes. And they had all seen how Waternoose had tried to attack him in front of them.

When the jury decided his fate, he was found to be partially guilty for the crimes, but the judge didn't sentence him so heavily. From what he had seen and heard, and then he sentenced Randall to more of house arrest, probation, and community service for the next year.

The good news was that he could serve it with Hallie and their son. But his activities were to be strictly limited. Randall couldn't have been happier to just not go to prison.

He was unbooked from the system, had a monitor put on one of his legs, and he was allowed to go home.

Randall couldn't have been happier to go home to Hallie's. It seemed that the story and the emotions had worked, plus the work of his lawyer, and the witnesses' testimony. But this punishment was better than what his old boss had gotten.

The lizard was still worried though on Waternoose's threat. He now had more to worry about than just himself.

Sulley ended up inviting him back to the factory for a job. It was either to work on improving the new laugh canisters or working in the mail room. Randall easily chose the canisters. At least this way he could put his engineering skills to a better use.

Scaring was out and wouldn't be allowed back. Randall had his own sense of humor, but he just couldn't make others laugh. He would never be a laugher.

Randall could be allowed to be out at certain times of the day for a job and some other activities, and on weekends, he had to participate in community services, but he had to be home at Hallie's by a certain time, or he would be in trouble. He was determined to do what was required of him.

He had spent just over a week in jail and didn't want to go back. He loved spending his time with Hallie and Blake. And it was more of close to a more normal life.

It's not over yet.