One Strange Night

By Abby Ebon

Disclaimer: To say I owned anything would be…bad. I don't own it, and I'm content enough to play with them.

Sully looked sadly at Boo's opened pink-flowered door, he was big and blue- and apparently utterly horrifying to little Boo.

Although, that wasn't very fair- Boo was…older. He could hardly believe she'd grown up so quick; Sully and his partner- Mike, who was still just as green, and scaly, with and only one disk-sized eye, hadn't changed a bit over the years.

What was worse was that, during the time he had gotten to visit her- only twice so far, his 'little' Boo didn't seem to remember him. Sully swallowed thickly, and Mike patted his shoulder comfortingly, looking a little lost at what to do.

"It's alright big guy. She's happy enough, I think." Mike murmured softly, they both remembered the pictures on the walls, and dressers- the furry stuffed animals. She was still a child at heart, both were glad for that.

The Monster-World's time was slower then the Human-World's time. Every monster knew that, but it was still a shock to see it. Boo had grown into her teens in only a matter of months for them.

Months, that had been taken up by their new CEO responsibilities, and planning Mike's marriage to Cecilia. Time had passed all too quickly.

"Do you think she would remember, if she were here again, Mike?" Sully asked his friend hopefully, Monster-World was still shy of humans, but they found energy was abundant because of their laughter, and weren't as afraid as they had been.

"I don't know big guy, would it really be wise? She might not want to remember Randell." Mike explained, disgust in his tone at the name, and Sully nodded sullenly. Randell had terrified Boo every night, just to get more Scream Power then Sully, but he had failed.

"But, it might be worth a shot." Mike finished unexpectedly. Sully shrugged his big shoulders, and shook his head.

"I don't want her to remember something she doesn't want to." Sully said softly as he turned to leave Boo's door. He was walking rapidly away, and Mike knew he was upset. Mike huffed and tilted his head at the door- an idea came to mind, and he then hurried after Sully.

"Wait- Sully!" Mike yelled as he hurried after his friend.

Hew didn't notice the door was open, or Boo- also called Kitty, had seen them leave. With a childish curiously, Kitty had entered the Monster-World once again.

"What do you think your doing?" Logan growled as he pushed his way through the door after Kitty. Kitty froze, and turned around slowly, gulping down her fear of this place to confront Logan.

"I'm going to find out how they know me!" Kitty hissed, determined not to be stopped. Logan sighed then, and they both tensed when they head the closet door slam shut behind them.

Logan pulled at the door- and it didn't give. Kitty walked around to the other side of the door- where her room should have been- and swallowed. It was just a door- a door to her room- that opened into her room- yet her room wasn't here.

" Logan!" Kitty whimpered, and hearing her distress, and smelling her fear - he went to her side.

"Well, I guess I'm going to find out- if I want to, or not." Logan mumbled, and Kitty glared up at him, her fear giving way to annoyance.

"Yes, we are!" Kitty told him, hands on her hips. Logan's lips twitched in amusement, despite the situation. Here, Kitty didn't seem afraid- of him, or anything else. He always suspected she could be brave; it was something else to see it in action.

Logan only hoped bravery was all that was needed to survive this adventure.

O.o.O.o.O.o.O

Not even within the first few seconds of their arrival, and Logan already knew something!

This place was going to be absolute murder on his senses. The place stunk to high heaven, of a cleaning agent of acidic origin, were the absolute worst ones for him, in his oh-so-humble opinion.

Kitty didn't seem to notice. But, oh, how Logan was beginning to wish he didn't!

Kitty though, was fascinated; she thought the doors led to rooms like hers. Were they all in America? Or were they world-wide? She mused for a moment on that kind of transportation on a global scale.

It would be fabulous, she thought, to only have to open two doors to visit the Pyramids, or see the Hindu Gardens. The possibilities boggled her mind, and she didn't even bother to peel the delighted grin from her face.

Fighting an on-coming headache, Logan didn't notice the one-eyed green monster, who, in search of Sully, had stumbled upon them. Rather then confront the two (in his opinion) giant-sized humans, he improved his search for Sully with renewed vigor.

Since the old boss had retired, and the monsters had a constant energy source; a human infestation hadn't occurred. Mike was beginning to wish Sully hadn't been so firm in discontinuing it.

"They are harmless" Indeed! Not since ancient human times (and Boo only very recently) had humans come into a monster city personally!

"Sully! Sully! Where are you?!" Mike yelled as he ran; debating with himself even as he did so. What if the humans heard him? Would they kill him? Or be too surprised to act? Whichever it was, he had to find Sully.

Almost by magic his blue-furred pal appeared.

"Mike, what's wrong?" Sully asked, seeing the near-panic on his best friends face, Mike's first answer was too rushed, and far too garbled, for him to properly make out.

"What…?" Sully asked his brows furrowed in his confusion.

"I said; two humans have invaded!" Mike growled, past his panic, and moving into anger.

"How…?" Sully inquired, his tone leading his best friend to think he'd was making things up.

"I don't know! Why don't you ask them? But they are here! I saw them!" Mike said, waving his arms about, as if that would make Sully believe him.

"I think I will." Sully said softly, clearly amused, and yet worry was thick in his tone. It took a moment for Mike to realize what Sully meant.

"You can't ask them Sully! They'll kill you!" Mike shouted after his blue friend, who was moving surprisingly fast for a monster so big.

"We'll se about that, Mike." Mike heard Sully say, before he turned a corner that Mike knew led to the two humans, he groaned softly. He knew his conscious wouldn't let him rest easy if he just let his best friend walk into possible and very real danger; so with soft a "Why me?" Mike hurried after Sully's quickly retreating back.

O.o.O.o.O.o.O

The more Kitty saw; the more she felt the hazy trickles of memories, like a sink slowly, drip by drip, filling up again. Only the sink was a past half forgotten, and the drips the slowly returning memories.

"Heads up Kid; I think trouble's coming our way." Logan said- it was a warning that made all the hairs stand up on the back of her neck.

She turned to look, and watched in amazement as a monster, a real one, as alive as Logan was, slowly approached. It was blue, and huge, its hands held up in the air; it slowly approached.

"Hello…you're trespassing." The monster spoke! It wasn't a growling-voice, but a very human one! Logan stood tense and ready for a fight beside her, with a Slink! His metal claws appeared on both his hands.

"Is that so?" Logan muttered, Kitty caught the hysterical laugher in her throat; Logan sounded more monstrous then the big blue fellow. As if the monster didn't know what sarcasm was, he nodded gravely.

"Yes, I'm Sully. How did you get in here?" The monster asked, Kitty noticed its teeth looked very sharp, but his eyes were kind. Something in her memory tugged and it was as if the drip-drip turned on full blast.

"Kitty?" The teen found her self specking, though she hadn't meant to. Sully looked sharply at her, narrowed his eyes- and they widened just as quickly.

"Boo!?" It hadn't been Sully who spoke. Another monster- this one green and one eyed, who was dwarfed by the blue furred one, suddenly appeared.

Kitty really couldn't help what happened next; she fainted. Logan retracted his claws and moved to save her before the floor brained her. Holding the girl in his arms; Logan was acutely aware of how vulnerable he was…

The monsters- Sully, and the one-eyed one, moved toward him, and Logan felt he had never been more helpless.

"It's alright; I won't hurt you- or her. We'll take you back to where you belong." Sully told Logan reassuringly.

"We will?" Mike asked as if he couldn't believe his ears- or whatever he had which passed for them.

"We will." Sully said confidently.

Logan found he believed the blue-furred one, and followed the two monsters back to the room with lots of doors. Curiously the two seemed to know Kitty's door well, and the one-eyed monster did something to a panel, and the light above the door turned green.

Logan found that Sully opened the door for him; and the two followed him in. Logan put Kitty in her bed, tucking her in, and feeling as if he ought to get back to bed too.

He never got a chance to.