There lay a large purple… lizard? Lizards couldn't speak!
"Um, hello?" Bree stepped forward cautiously.
The lizard looked up with sad eyes. "Can you help me?" it asked sadly.
Bree was taken aback and eyed the helpless creature.
"You promise you won't jump me or bite me? Because if you do, I'll leave you here." She said.
The lizard nodded vigorously.
"Ok…" she said hesitantly and approached it.
"What is that?" a voice squeaked from behind her. Bree whipped around and saw that Kimmie had followed her.
"I told you to wait over there!" she snapped, pointing towards the entrance of the alley.
Kimmie widened her eyes. "Sorry, I just was curious." She pouted.
Bree sighed. She hadn't meant to snap at Kimmie. Kimmie was like her little sister and she was very protective of her. She turned back to the purple lizard. "Looks like you've gotten yourself tangled up. Why would you step on mousetraps anyways?" she questioned.
"Mousetraps?" the lizard asked, examining the mousetrap that was clamped onto his tail.
"Yeah, you know, to catch mice or rats." Bree explained as she carefully removed the one from his foot.
"Huh…" the lizard frowned.
"You know, I'm still getting over how the heck you're talking. So what even are you? You look like a giant lizard but how can you talk?" Bree asked as she removed another trap.
"Well, the name's Randall Boggs. I'm actually a monster." Randall replied, immediately regretting what he had just said. He expected both of the girls to scream and run away, but to his surprise, the skinny, raven-haired girl who was freeing him just nodded.
"That's cool, so you're an outcast, like us. I'm Breeana, Bree for short, by the way." Randall raised and eyebrow.
"An outcast? Like you?" he questioned.
"Well yeah, we're orphans. We live in a foster home." Randall let his curiosity get the better of him.
"Where are your parents?" he asked.
Bree laughed bitterly. "Good question. I don't know mine, I was abandoned when I was a baby."
"So you've never met them…" Randall muttered.
"Nope. But it's my lifetime goal to find them. I would love to meet them, ask them what happened, why they didn't want me. You know…" Bree trailed off and frowned.
"So where do you come from?" the little red headed girl asked from behind Bree.
"Monstropolis." Randall replied.
The little girl widened her forest green eyes. "So what can you do?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" Randall asked.
"Well you must do something cool, since you look cool." The little girl insisted.
"Well I can disappear…" Randall said reluctantly.
"Disappear?" Kimmie asked, fascinated.
"Well, blend into things. Like a chameleon." Randall explained grudgingly.
"Can you show us?"
Randall frowned.
"Sorry, this is Kimmie, she asks a lot of questions." Bree laughed, gathering Kimmie in her arms. Randall looked at the two humans. They seemed ok… wait! No! What was he thinking?! Humans could never be ok. They were not to be trusted. They were just using him. How could he be so stupid?
"Obviously. Maybe you should tell her its rude to pry." He snapped.
Bree glared at him. "Hey, what's your problem?" she growled.
"I don't need help from humans!" Randall spat.
Kimmie looked like she was about to cry and Bree looked furious. Randall couldn't help but to feel kind of bad.
"Look lizard boy, do you really want me to leave you here? I'd say you'd last two more days, three if you're lucky." Bree threatened.
"I'll manage." Randall growled and started to get up. A stinging pain shot up his leg and he collapsed. "I meant to do that." He winced.
Bree just laughed. "Admit it, you need our help."
Randall attempted to stand again, but ended back up on the ground. "Fine." He grumbled.
Bree and Kimmie helped him up. "Come on BZ, help Randy."
Randall found himself glaring at the little girl. "Randy? And who the heck is BZ?" he snapped.
Kimmie just giggled. "Silly Randy, BZ's right there." She pointed to the air next to her.
Randall stared hard at the empty space next to him. "I don't see anything." He replied slowly.
Bree grabbed him and yanked him down to her level. "Ow! What the-!"
"BZ is a unicorn and she is Kimmie's imaginary friend. Play along." She whispered.
Randall scoffed as he straightened back up. "Yeah uh, thanks BZ." He mumbled.
Kimmie beamed at him and Randall had to look away when he felt something tug at his heart. The trio walked for a while until they came to a medium sized, beige house with black shingles that needed replacing. Bree stooped down and grabbed a key from under the doormat.
"This is our foster home, it's owned by Adam Polk, he's like our dad." She said as she inserted the key into the keyhole. She jiggled it until there was an unlocking sound. "There, that door has always been tricky." She explained as she let them in.
Randall looked around. It was a decent home, smelled of soup, but definitely needed some repairs.
"Well, welcome home." Bree said.
"So you two live here?" Randall questioned. He may as well be nice if he was to be under their care. Just until he was better, then as soon as the opportunity came, he would make a dash for it. Maybe there was even a closet in this house he could use to get back to Monstropolis. He smirked inwardly at the idea.
"Oh no, there are others, well there's me and Kimmie. Her last name is Peterson. Then there's Grant Hugh, he's like our big brother. Marra Tenez, she loves the little ones. And last but not least, Simon Carlisle, I'm sure he'll love you since he just adores reptiles." Bree explained.
"Uh huh…" Randall said boredly. He couldn't risk getting to know these humans, they might turn on him and ship him off to a lab, but he just had to ask. "Wait, what about you. What's your last name?"
Bree frowned and looked sad. "I don't know..." she said quietly.
"You don't know? How do you not know your own last name?" Randall asked for once not trying to be mean.
"Remember I told you? I was abandoned. I've never met my parents, ok?" Bree snapped, making it clear that the discussion was over. "Anways, the others aren't home right now since they're at school and our foster dad is at work right now, but make yourself at home."
A/N: Well as I promised, another chapter! Enjoy and review! :D Next chapter coming next week, hopefully!