A/N: Sorry it's a little late! I fell a sleep and next thing I know, it's 11:48 PM! Anyways, this chapter has a spoiler for MU. Not a huge one, but some people may consider it a spoiler, so if you haven't seen it and you don't want to know what happens, skip the starred section.

Edit: Whoops my bad, apparently stars don't show up, so skip the X's.

Randall perked up and lifted his head off the table where he had been sleeping, when he heard the first kid come through the door.

"Hey, Randall, you there?" Marra called.

"Where else would I be, idiot?" Randall retorted grumpily.

"Hey, I was just trying to be nice."

"Your efforts were wasted."

Marra glared at him. "Have you always been a grade A jerk?"

"It's a long story kid."

Marra sat down. "I have time."

"Well it's none of your business, now scram until the other kids get here."

"Come on, we have like, five hours to kill. And well, besides learning that you are a criminal, I don't really know much else about your past."

"That's for me to know and you to never find out." Randall snapped.

"Come on Randall, I'm sure the others would like to hear it as well."

"Hear what?" a Simon's voice sounded.

Randall and Marra looked around. Simon, Grant and Bree were standing in the front hall, looking very curious.

"Wow, I didn't hear you guys come in." Marra remarked.

Randall clenched his fist and ground his teeth. "Great, now you've got them interested."

"Well in some sense, I think we deserve to know." Marra insisted.

"The only thing you deserve is a piece of duct tape over your mouth."

"Come on Randall, don't be such a jerk, tell us about your past!" Bree said.

"Were you deaf when I told you? Why should I repeat it?"

"No, I mean about your college life and all."

Randall's eyes widened as if he were re-living a bad memory. Before he could say anything, the kdis all sat down, surrounding him.

"Please, Randall?" Simon pleaded. He widened his eyes exactly like Kimmie's.

Randall sniffed. "Alright, alright, just quit asking."

The kids all scooted forward eagerly.

"Well, I don't recall always being such a jerk. When I was younger, I was always the odd one out. The misfit. The one in the corner, who the teacher always had to find a partner for. At Monster's University-"

"What's Monster's Univeristy?" Simon interrupted.

Randall glared at him. "Exactly what it sounds like. My college. Now don't interrupt."

Simon nodded vigorously and gave Randall the cue to go on.

"Well, being the… the freak, I guess all I really wanted was to fit in. To be one of the 'cool kids'. The more they pushed me away, the more I wanted in, ya know? After so many rejections, I was determined to do whatever it took to get to the top. To be number one. I didn't care if I had to trample and claw my way to the top. All I cared about was me. I guess I just got lost in my ambition and well, lost myself."

"So you never had any real friends?" Grant asked.

Randall shrugged. "I did have one friend in college."

"Who was…?" Bree encouraged.

"Mike... Mike Wazowski." Randall said stiffly.

Grant furrowed his eyebrows. "Wait, isn't Mike one of the ones who banished you here?"

Randall sighed heavily. "Yeah…"

"So, what happened between you two?" Marra asked.

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"In my desperation to be the best, I ditched him. I was accepted into the best fraternity on campus, but he wasn't. And well, when he invited me to join his own, I looked right past him and didn't look back."

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"That's really sad…" Bree said quietly.

"I got so wrapped up in myself that I never really gave myself a break. I pushed and pushed myself so much that I forgot what was important and just plowed down anyone who got in my way."

The children all sat in silence as they let it soak in.

Finally Grant spoke up. "Well, it's all behind you now right?"

"And look where we're standing. Kimmie's gone and it's all my fault." Randall sighed.

Marra took his hand and looked him in the eyes. "I know you've had a rough past Randall, but you need to let it go. We're here for you, no matter what. We're family, remember?" she smiled.

Randall looked around at all the beaming faces and smiled back. "Let's go save Kimmie."

Waternoose watched Fungus like a hawk as the little red monster went around fixing the Scream Extractor. He circled around like a shark, observing Fungus' work and nodding in approval.

"Yes, yes. My plan is finally coming together now." He muttered to himself.

"Can I eat something? I'm starving." Kimmie asked.

Waternoose glowered at her, but didn't respond.

Fungus stopped working and looked up. "Waternoose, she's hungry."

"Does it look like I care?" Waternoose spat.

"Well, maybe if she's full, she'll produce a better scream." Fungus suggested.

Waternoose thought about it for a minute. "Fine. I'll get the little brat something to eat. And don't you dare think about escaping! I'll hunt you down." He growled and left.

As soon as he was sure Waternoose was gone, Fungus put the wrench down and scurried over to Kimmie.

"So you've seen Randall?" he asked anxiously.

Kimmie nodded.

"H-how is he?" he asked. He cursed at himself inwardly. Why would he go and ask something like that? Why should he still care about Randall? He was cruel, self-centered, evil, and Fungus absolutely hated him. But he couldn't help but to wonder.

"Good, I guess. Don't worry, Randy will come. I just know it."

Fungus sighed and looked down, remembering all those times Randall had snarled at him and pushed him around.

Kimmie studied him closely. "You're Fungus, aren't you?" she asked.

Fungus stared at her incredulously. "Y-you know my name?"

"Randy told me about you."

"Really? W-what did he say?" Fungus letting his curiosity get the better of him.

"He said you weren't exactly friends. I mean, he said you were like a thorn in his side and always got in the way, but you were the only one he could stand around here."

Fungus froze. Randall didn't completely hate him? Maybe Randall wasn't all bad after all. He felt his anger and hatred towards Randall melt instantly. "H…he really said that?" he whispered, more to himself.

"Hey! What are you doing, conversing with the prisoner?" came Waternoose's angry shout.

Fungus let out a yelp and leapt up. "N-nothing! I was just… uh…"

"Whatever, get back to work. Here, brat." Waternoose slid some food through the bars.

Kimmie picked at it. "What is it?" she asked as she took a cautious bite.

"Just some food, now shut up and be grateful." Waternoose snarled.

Kimmie felt something weird in her stomach and suddenly felt sick. She felt herself fall to the cage floor as everything went black.

"Ok, here's the plan. Simon, you are going to get into that bed and pretend to be asleep. Marra, you are going to make sure Adam doesn't come in the house, and Bree, you're going to be hiding next to the closet door just in case the monster tries to go back before I'm through." Randall said.

"Ok, got it." Simon crawled into the bed.

"What about me?" asked Grant.

"Uhhh… be ready to tackle the monster if it makes a dash for it."

"Awesome!"

"Can I snore?" Simon piped up.

"Uh… if you make it believable." Randall shrugged.

"Like this?" Simon snored so loud the bobble heads on the bedside table shook.

"Nevermind. Don't snore." Randall growled. He looked over at the clock. "Ok, if this door gets picked, a monster should come through anytime between 9 and 2 AM."

"What if they don't?" Grant asked. Randall frowned.

"Then we've failed and Kimmie is lost."

Randall looked around at all of the kids and felt sadness creep into him. This could very well be the last time he saw them if something went wrong or even if they were successful. "Hey, before we get this show on the road, I wanna say a few things." Randall cleared his throat.

The kids all looked expectantly at him.

"Whether we succeed or fail, there is a very high chance I will not be allowed to come back to the human world."

The kids all gasped. "What? No! You can't leave us now!" Grant protested.

"Yeah, we need you more than ever. What if Waternoose comes back?" Simon chimed in.

Randall let his fronds droop. "Come on guys, don't make this harder than it has to be. To be honest, I hated every single one of you when I first came here-"

"Oh gee, thanks." Grant put in.

Randall ignored the comment and went on. "But over the past weeks, month, heck I don't know how long it's been, I admit it, you've grown on me."

The kids all smiled.

Randall sighed. "I'll miss you guys. It's been a blast, but hey, nothing lasts forever." He let out a wheeze as all of the kids suddenly piled onto him in a group hug.

"I'll treasure all of the fun times we've had together." Simon sniffed.

"I wish I'd gotten to know you better…you give great pep talks." Grant put in.

"I'll miss you, even if you are a giant purple reptile." Marra cried.

"If you ever are allowed to come back and visit us, will you?" Bree asked tearfully.

Randall smiled softly. "I wouldn't miss it for the world."

A/N: It is ALLLMOOOSSSTT over! D': See you guys on Wednesday! Please review~! :D