"Not-So-Fun And Not-So-Fancy Free"
Mass hysteria reigned over Monstropolis that very afternoon, as several "outsiders" (people from the Earth world) were coming in to the once-peaceful city of monsters. The C.D.A. (Child Detection Agency) had their work cut out for them, as they weren't just hunting down children, but adults as well. It was a disaster of huge proportions, especially with the city's power shutdown from all the screams.
However, outsiders were the least of the C.D.A.'s worries, as there a fat giant with bright red hair looming over the Monsters, Inc. factory. Helicopters circled around him, studying his humungous structure and wondering just where he had come from. While doing so, they had no idea how much they were disturbing the giant. From the buzz of the rotors and the yellow print of the letters "C," "D," and "A" against the black shell of the helicopter made the giant think they were bees flying around him.
Directing his attention away from the factory, he swatted at the helicopters and drove them away from him. "Hey! Geta way ya stoopid beez! Ya bug in me too mulch!"
The pilots did their best to avoid the giant palms coming their way. Unfortunately, some of them made too much contact with the giant's hands and resulted in losing total control. They bailed from the helicopter before it crashed to the ground and exploded, parachuting their way back to land. But it wasn't over for the giant, as more helicopters were called in for backup, a few of them armed with lethal guns.
Of course, when the helicopters opened fire on the giant, the bullets simply bounced off his bulbous belly and arms, tickling him. The giant busted out with a laugh that echoed the heavens as he said, "Dat sure does fleah goooood!!!"
Meanwhile, from inside the Monsters, Inc. factory, Kimberly Venkman and Meagan Tully watched the so-called "battle" between the giant and the helicopters. Mike, Sulley, and Boo were observing the confrontation as well, with Boo getting very frightened at the sight of the giant and whimpering in Sulley's arms.
Sulley petted her gently and assured, "Everything will be alright, Boo."
Venkman scratched her head, trying to figure out how Willie the Giant—a foe whom the Ghostbusters had faced back in the winter of 2007, when a magical storybook conjured up characters from fairy tales—had returned to reality, after the book was destroyed. He was the largest monster they faced, right next to the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
"This doesn't make any sense," said the confused Kimberly. "How did Willie get here of all places?" She then turned to the quivering Meagan and inquired, "Was he here the last time you were?" From the way Tully was shaking and how she completely failed to answer Venkman's question, it was obvious what the answer was. "Never mind."
A bright flash caught their attention, as they watched four more helicopters fall under Willie's wrath. Seeing the danger in just being there, Mike hastily suggested, "We've gotta beat it, while we've still got our limbs!!"
The others didn't bother to argue with that idea and followed Wazowski, who was practically the first one out of the room. Through the hallways of the building, the five realized just how dark it was in a few places, while partially bright in some others. They were careful not to trip over one another, as they journeyed across the halls.
As soon as they reached the main lobby, they all skidded to an immediate halt. Standing right in the middle of the room were Randall Boggs, Fungus, and Mister Waternoose, engaged in discussion over something that didn't quite pertain to the power loss or the giant wreaking havoc outside.
Realizing how suspicious it would appear having three humans (one of which was a Ghostbuster) accompanying them, Sulley handed Boo over to Meagan and told both her and Kimberly, "Hide close behind me. We don't want Mister Waternoose or Randall finding out you're here."
Kimberly and Meagan did exactly as Sulley told them, right before he and Mike started walking towards the three monsters in the main lobby. By the time they reached within ten feet from them, Mike and Sulley began walking sideways—with Kimberly and Meagan mimicking the same motion—still facing Randall, Fungus, and Waternoose with big smiles on their faces.
Eventually Waternoose detected their presence there and shined a flashlight in their direction. "Sullivan! Wazowski! What're you two doing here? I thought all employees had evacuated the premises, once the incident occurred."
Randall looked suspiciously at Sulley and Mike, as the two were just standing where they were and grinning heavily. Acting casual was not really one of their biggest traits, with Mike looking slightly more nervous than Sulley. The sweat coming down his face could practically be seen by Randall.
"W-We're just…uh…er…" Mike stammered to find the right words, glancing towards Sulley in hopes of covering for him.
Luckily, Sulley thought of just the right words. "We were just checking to see if Mike had left behind his lunchbox."
"Uh, yeah! That's right!" Mike quickly exclaimed.
Randall's eyes rolled a little from this pathetic cover-up by the two. But Waternoose appeared to have bought it as he asked, "Did you find it?"
"Yes," said Mike, before he noticed Sulley slightly shaking his head. "I mean, no! No, we did not find it. It turns out that I chose not to eat my own lunch today. Celia and I are going to this nice place, where they serve the best…"
"What're you hiding, Wazowski?!" Randall rudely interjected.
Mike was taken aback by his accusing attitude, but was able to continue playing the fool. "Uh, beg your pardon?"
"Oh, don't try to be an idiot about it!" Randall snapped. "I can clearly see the sweat comin' off your forehead!"
Wiping his forehead, Mike could see the sweaty residue on his fingertips. He sighed, pretending to sound annoyed, as he answered, "The power's off, ya schmuck. That means no A.C., you get it?"
"Oh, I tell ya what I get." Randall remarked. "I get that you're lyin' about your lunchbox! If Celia were havin' lunch with you today, then why is it that she left without bringing you along with her?!"
Randall had Mike and Sulley cornered, which was pretty evident from the suspecting look that Waternoose was giving them, having his hands on his hips and waiting for an answer from the two monsters. From behind Sulley, Kimberly detached her Proton Gun from her pack, expecting the worse to come. Meagan held her hand over Boo's mouth, doing her best to keep her calm.
"We're waitin', Wazowski," said Randall, as he was looming towards the nervous Mike.
Before Mike could have given some type of answer, the front entrance to the building suddenly flew open and a platoon of C.D.A. agents piled in, surrounding the area. One of them addressed Waternoose saying, "Sir! We'll have to escort you from the building! There's a large…man outside, tearing everything apart!"
While the agent was explaining the situation to Waternoose, another had spotted Venkman, Tully, and Boo hiding behind Sulley and exclaimed, "OUTSIDERS DETECTED!!!"
"What?!" Waternoose cried in surprise.
"So much for our stealth advantage," grumbled Kimberly, right before she opened fire at the agents, letting her stream fly right over their heads. Her distraction worked, as the agents ducked simultaneously. Even Waternoose and Fungus ducked in fear of the deadly firepower, while Randall camouflaged his body, disappearing from the room.
Venkman urged Meagan and the two monsters to get their feet moving, before the monsters attempted to capture any of them. They bolted through the front doors, only to have been met with the huge, chaotic battle happening outside. The helicopters were throwing everything (including a kitchen sink) at Willie. But it just seemed to only make the giant more pleased, as he saw the attack as one enjoyable game.
"I can't remembuh da last dime I had dis mulch fun!" He said with a chuckle, while jumping up and down and creating a massive tremor.
While Venkman and the others fought to maintain their balance, she realized that getting to the bottom of the paranormal disturbance in this strange world was a top priority at that moment. But they needed to get to someplace safe long enough to do so. "We've got to get out of here! You guys have somewhere we can go to get away from…well…this!" She gestured towards Willie, who was nibbling on one abandoned helicopter, like a baby with a rattle.
"We can high-tail it over to our place." Sulley suggested. "No way will they be able to find us there. And we'll be far from this giant."
"Great! We can take my new car over there! Follow me!" Mike excitedly suggested, showing everyone the remote control to his car's security system.
Wazowski led them across the parking lot to a yellow, six-wheeled vehicle that had somewhat of a monstrous look to it. Before the group could get anywhere near it, however, Willie's enormous left foot suddenly came into view and stomped down hard over Mike Wazowski's new car, flattening it like a pancake.
Sulley, Venkman, Meagan, and Boo stared blankly at the sight, finding the sudden occurrence completely random. They slowly looked towards Mike, whom was practically beyond shocked, still having his remote control aimed to where the car originally was. Instinctively, his finger hit the "disarm" button on the controller, and they heard his destroyed car make a faint wail beneath Willie's gigantic foot.
"I'm cool with walking." Kimberly said. "How 'bout you guys?"
"Oh, yeah." Sulley agreed.
"Me, too." Meagan acknowledged.
All that came out from Mike's mouth was a shriek small enough for only dogs to hear. The others could only guess that it was a definite "yes."
It was highly awkward for Mike and Sulley to see as many outsiders running through the streets of Monstropolis, amidst the equal numbers of monsters. Every time an outsider tried to run from a monster, there was yet another monster running into them (and vice versa). There was a mass riot all over the city, and the C.D.A. were not much help in controlling it. At one point in the riot, some of the monsters began tipping over their vans, only to be met with the fierce blast of a device that resembled a fire hose, which would later be used to put out fires that began developing in some areas.
All of the screams and explosions frightened Boo more than she was at the sight of Willie the Giant. Meagan calmly shushed her and repeated said that all would be fine soon. Unfortunately, this assurance came within only a second before another scream erupted from a monster or an outsider. Both parties should take example from the cooperative attitude between Mike and Sulley and Kimberly, Meagan, and Boo, as there were things far worse that were happening than this.
The group continued themselves lucky that they made it to Mike and Sulley's apartment building, without getting lost in the chaos. Before they entered, the sound of a woman crying for help quickly caught their attention. "My baby! Where's my baby?!" They noticed the woman was a human-sized monster with fangs, four arms, and bright yellow fur. In addition, she wore a beautiful pink hat flowers on it—something that stood out pretty far from her monstrous appearance. And right next to her was a baby carriage that had been knocked over, with the baby missing from it.
Before Mike, Sulley, Venkman, or Meagan could've decided on whether or not if they wanted to help the female monster, a human suddenly dashed into the scene, carrying her child in his arms. However, once he approached her, she seemed absolutely terrified by his presence, going as far as to back away from him when he tried to hand the child to her.
"It's okay, ma'am." He assured. "Your baby's safe now."
The female monster just snatched her child from the man, inadvertently causing him to cry from the rough way it was handled. "You keep away from my baby, you…you…ANIMAL!" She screamed, before running away in terror with her baby.
Watching her as she left, the man just stood there in sighed and shrugged in disappointment. Nearby, Venkman was glancing at him and realizing how sad and alone he appeared there on the sidewalk, only trying to help someone in the middle of this wild situation. She moved away from Mike, Sulley, Meagan, and Boo and approached the man, feeling the desire in comforting him—maybe even helping him escape from all the madness.
It was at that moment, as she approached the man, that Kimberly had recognized the thirty-something man with the long, brown hair and handsome hazel eyes as her old boyfriend, Jonathan Barrett (also referred to as "J.B."). She should've known it to be him, after witnessing the heroic deed he had done, trying to mirror the superheroes that he often illustrated into his well-known comic books.
Needless to say, Venkman was more than surprised to see him there, as he normally was attracted to supernatural events such as this. "Well, I'll be…if it isn't Leonardo DiCaprio's twin brother."
J.B. spun around in surprise, the moment he heard Kimberly's voice. When he saw her in front of him, he smiled and said, "Kimberly?! Oh, wow! Thank God you're here, girl!" He gazed around at the insanity occurring around them, hearing yet another explosion and a scream in the distance. "What in the world is going on here?"
"That's what I'm gonna spend the next hours wracking my brain around, dude." Kimberly stated.
Out of nowhere, the screams all around Monstropolis suddenly ceased, just as a huge shadow loomed over the entire city, turning it pitch-black. The only light left came from a large swirling, glowing green mist of psycho kinetic energy, connecting to the once clear blue sky and transforming it to a dark, gray, cloudy scene in less than a second. Faint green flashes emerged from within the dark clouds every few moments, while the swirling mist of energy continued shooting upward.
The panic over the city resumed, once everyone realized that it wasn't just the end of one world that was coming, but possibly both. Rather than fearing each other, the outsiders and monsters feared whatever the source of the swirling mist could've been, keeping as far away from it as possible. Kimberly, Meagan, J.B., Mike, Sulley, and Boo immediately went inside the apartment building, upon witnessing the emergence of the mist.
And neither of them had even taken a moment to realize how the form of Randall Boggs materialized not very far from their location, watching them enter the apartment building with much suspicion brewing within him. "I'm onto you creatins now!"