Randall waited impatiently in the shadows.

"You sure-" Simon started.

"Shh!" he snapped.

Simon fell silent.

Randall stared hard at the door, as if willing it to open. Please. Please, this has to work. He thought to himself. As if on cue, the door opened slightly. Randall's fronds perked up and he strained to see. A shifty shadow crept over to the bed. Randall started inching towards the closet door. Right before he was about to make it, Bree sneezed, alerting the monster. The monster yelped and dashed for the door, but Grant lunged out of the shadows and tackled it to the floor.

Randall turned back and smiled sadly at the kids, even though they couldn't see him, he hoped they felt it. Without wasting another second, he slipped through the door. He dodged the waiting assistant and ran to the edge of the Laugh Floor. He sighed and looked around. He was considered just ditching the whole thing, but then he remembered Kimmie and immediately pushed it out of his head.

He scurried around the corners of the room, taking great care not to bump into anyone, and managed to get out. As he rounded the corner, something caught his eye. The small, round, very familiar figure whistled as he strolled along the hallway. Without giving it a second thought, Randall ran over.

"Wazowski!" he whispered.

Mike looked around. "Yes?" he asked, not realizing it was Randall. Randall looked around before reappearing. Mike's eyes bugged out. "Randall?!" he yelped.

Randall slapped a hand over his mouth. "Shh! Not so loud!"

"B-but you were banished!"

"It's not like it's impossible for me to get back."

Mike shrugged. "Yeah, I guess."

"Look, Mike, despite all of our disagreements and stuff in the past, I need your help, man." Randall said urgently.

"Why should I help you?"

"Waternoose is somewhere in the factory fixing the Scream Extractor to use it on Kimmie!"

Mike's eyes widened. "Seriously?"

"Yes!' Randall cried.

"Wait, who's Kimmie?"

"Uh… she's my Boo." Randall said.

"Your Boo?"

"Ugh.. yes. She's as important to me as Boo was to Sulley." Randall rephrased.

"Oooh.. wait what!?"

"What, are you dense? What's so hard to understand about that?"

"What's so hard to do, is trust you."

"Aw come on Wazowski, I hate to admit it, but I've changed!" Randall pleaded.

"I can't believe that Randall. You're just a villain and that's all you'll ever be. Villains can't change." Mike said stubbornly. "Besides, how do I know this so called Kimmie's not just another kid you've kidnapped and let get away?"

Randall curled his lip in annoyance and stabbed at Mike with one of his fingers. "Listen up you little one-eyed cretin-!"

Mike shook his head and slapped Randall's finger away. "You never learn do you. It's cree-tin. If you're going to insult me, do it right."

"Forget you, Wazowski! I didn't want your help anyways." Randall snarled and took off.

"Then why did you ask?" he heard Mike counter as he ran further down the hall.

Randall just rolled his eyes and kept moving. He didn't have the time to deal with idiots like Mike anyways.

Kimmie came to and looked around. She tried to move, but she found both her legs and arms restrained.

"She's awake!" she heard Fungus say.

"Perfect!" Waternoose flashed an evil grin towards her as he circled around the Scream Extractor.

"Well, I must say Fungus, you've impressed me. I guess you're not totally useless after all!" he sneered.

"Gee, thanks." Fungus snorted, rolling his eyes.

Waternoose ignored the comment. "Why don't we see what this baby can do?" he said menacingly as he flipped the on switch.

The Scream Extractor remained silent. Waternoose flipped the switch several times and cursed. "Blast! Fungus! You useless twit! Why isn't it working?"

"I-I don't know! I f-fixed it! It should be w-working!" Fungus stammered.

Suddenly a very familiar voice sounded. "Did you try plugging it in, knucklehead?" Randall appeared in front of Waternoose and dealt him a flying kick.

"What the…?" Waternoose staggered back, dazed.

"Randy!" Kimmie cried out.

Randall turned around and saw her. "Kid!"

While Randall was distracted, Waternoose grabbed him by his neck and slammed him into the wall.

"I thought you were smarter than this Boggs, why would you follow me here?" he snarled, tightening his grip on Randall's throat.

"B-because I care about her…!" Randall choked out.

Waternoose's eyes widened and his grip slackened drastically in utter shock.

"Hey! Leave my friend alone!" Fungus yelled from behind and hit Waternoose in the leg with a wrench. Clang! Waternoose turned furiously towards Fungus and Randall took that moment to wriggle out of his grip. Waternoose leered down at the little red monster and dealt him a nasty blow with his arm.

"Stay out of the way, fool!" he growled and turned back to Randall, but found that he was gone. "What the-?" he hissed and looked around furiously.

Randall had disappeared and was now at the control panel, feverishly trying to turn the machine off, but was unsuccessful. He cursed at his lack of knowledge and how it had diminished while he had been trapped in the human world. Waternoose saw the knob and buttons moving on their own and quickly pinpointed where Randall was. Randall yelped as Waternoose seized him again and threw him to the floor.

"Give it up, Boggs!" Waternoose snarled down at him as he raced past towards the unplugged cord that powered the Scream Extractor. Randall disappeared and swung his tail in Waternoose's path as he ran by.

"Woah!" Waternoose cried out as he felt gravity betray him. He landed heavily with an "Oof!" and Randall scrambled up, taking a dash for the plug.

"Oh no you don't!" Waternoose snagged Randall's back leg and Randall face-planted. Waternoose jumped up, taking care to step on Randall, as he raced for the plug. Randall watched helplessly as Waternoose reached the plug first. Waternoose bent down with a chuckle and picked it up.

"Say hello to the Scream Machine, little girl!" he sneered at Kimmie.

Randall saw red and disappeared. Waternoose snickered and bent down to plug the giant plug into the socket when suddenly Randall appeared in front of him.

"Say hello to my fist!" he growled socked Waternoose in the face. Waternoose stumbled backward, but managed to hold onto the plug. Just as Randall lunged for him, at the last minute, he dodged and plunged the plug into the outlet.

"Nooo…!"

Randall's cry was drowned out by the roar of the Scream Extractor.

A/N: DUN DUN DUN! The next chapter is the last one! See you all on Friday! Please review! :)