"Aaah, Freak Out!"

The view from Mike and Sulley's apartment building was magnificent…at least during a much calmer day. Virtually anyone could see the entire city of Monstropolis from their living room window. For Kimberly Venkman and Jonathan Barrett, who were currently looking out through the window, it was a perfect spot to see where the source of the swirling mist of psycho-kinetic energy was coming from. It seemed to have come from the very center of the city.

The only question that remained was just the one that J.B. asked Kimberly, "So just exactly what is it?"

Kimberly shrugged in confusion. "The heck if I know. Normally, if Sean were here, he would know what it is right off. But if I had to guess, I'd say it's some kind of dimensional rift. It could possibly be the reason we're all in this strange world."

"Hey, what you call 'strange' we call 'normal'?" said Mike Wazowski, before he took a bite out of a purple squid sandwich.

Nearby, Meagan had successfully calmed down Boo, playing with her by gently bouncing her around on her lap. Sulley was lighting candles all over the dark atmosphere, handing some flashlights over to everyone who needed them. Once he got to Kimberly, he curiously asked her, "Will you be able to stop whatever this is that coming into our world?"

Venkman glanced over at her Proton Pack, which was sitting in the chair that Mike normally sat in. The device held power of monumental proportions and could confront almost any apparition, including demigods and long-dead sorcerers. But what was happening in Monstropolis was something that Kimberly had never seen before, and she doubted Spengler or J.G. did as well.

Answering Sulley's question, she shook her head and honestly said, "I really don't know, dude. This just isn't in my field of study."

"Isn't in your field of study?!" Mike exclaimed through a mouth full of mayonnaise, bread, and squid, spitting out fragments onto the floor. Before saying much more, he swallowed the food in his mouth and drank some unusual purple liquid from a glass. "You're a Ghostbuster for cryin' out loud! You face bizarre stuff every single day! How is this any different?"

"Hey! I don't know if you monsters have colleges here in the 'Land That Howie Mandel Forgot,' but I hold a PhD in psychology!" Kimberly retorted. "That means I specialize in figuring out who's screwy or not!"

"You mean you're a quack?" Wazowski remarked in surprise.

"I think the proper term is 'shrink', Mike." Sulley corrected.

"I'm not either one!!!" Venkman screamed in frustration. "I'm just a simple woman trying to get herself out of this mess, before it totally blows up in her face!!"

J.B. could see the stress on his ex-girlfriend's face, something he had seen too often before in situations like this. This, as she would call it, was a disaster of biblical proportions. And facing it all on her own was a burden he wished didn't have to fall upon her. But he still did whatever he could to lift it off from her, stepping into the argument between her and Mike.

Raising his hands in protest, he said to everyone, "Let's just take it easy and work together on this. I don't think putting it all on Kimberly would do much good for any of us." Kimberly smiled at him, feeling somewhat relieved to hear him stand up for her like that. It was good to know that J.B. still had some feelings for her, even if they weren't as intimate as she would've hoped.

"Okay, pretty boy." Mike spoke up, still sounding a little peeved. "How do you suggest we put our heads together on this? We don't know the first thing about cross-dimensional rifts or whatever!"

Meagan raised a suspecting eyebrow at Mike's comment. "I find that hard to believe, considering that you guys work for a company that crosses between dimensions."

"That's different, kiddo!" Mike exclaimed. "We do that for business. This…This is beyond our own control."

Sulley was already in the process of following J.B.'s idea, thinking back to earlier in the factory when Fungus mentioned of a "glitch" in the system. It had to something they did in opening this "rift" or it had done something to their system, which he believed was a properly functioning one before that day.

"It's got to be something in the Monsters, Inc. mainframe." Sulley stated. "I hear the tech guys talk about it quite a bit. It's in the computer room of the sub level area. But you've gotta have an access card in order to get in."

"Then we'll just have to go back to Monsters, Inc. to get to the bottom of this…literally, I might add." Kimberly suggested.

"Hold it! Wait just one second!!" Mike frantically shouted. "Have you forgotten that there's a gigantic…thing running around Monstropolis and tearing everything up?!"

Venkman just waved Wazowski's concern with a smirk and said, "Don't sweat it, one-eye." She walked over to her Proton Pack and petted it gently. "As long as I've got ol' Bessie here, he won't be botherin' us."

Right at that moment, the window suddenly flew open by itself, letting in a massive gust of wind that was developing from the swirling mist outside. It put out all of the candles that Sulley had lit, making the room fall completely dark again. J.B. rushed over to the window and closed it, double-checking to see if it was locked shut to prevent another incident like that.

Sulley scratched his head over the window's sudden opening. "I locked that thing shut a moment ago. I'm certain that I did."

"Never mind about that, Sulley." Mike uttered. "Let's just get outta here and take care of this mess, so I won't have to worry about lighting any more candles or…" When Mike tried turning on his flashlight, he was surprised to see how it wasn't coming on, no matter how much he shook and banged his hand against it. "What the…?! Sulley, didn't you put batteries in this thing?!"

"Of course I did," answered Sulley, before trying to turn on his own flashlight to no avail. "I know that I did!"

Everyone else tried turning on their flashlights and discovered, just as Mike and Sulley had, that none of them were coming on. For a moment, Meagan thought hers did, but quickly realized that it was just a setback. She heard Boo whimpering and felt her shaking in her arms again, and she again did her best to calm her by saying, "Shhh…it's okay, sweetie. It's only the dark. No monsters are here." She suddenly noticed what she just said, upon glancing over at Mike and Sulley, and immediately corrected herself. "Except for the two in this room."

A loud, brief yelp suddenly emerged from Kimberly's mouth, nearly scaring the daylights out of everyone. J.B. then asked her, "What? What's wrong?"

"I just felt something pinch my butt!" Kimberly exclaimed. "I don't know whether to be frightened or flattered."

"Well, don't look at me." J.B. innocently remarked.

The contents on a nearby desk rattled, right before the desk itself turned over and hit the floor with a loud thud. It was an occurrence random and strange enough for Kimberly to immediately go to her Proton Pack. However, as she got right near it, the form of Randall Boggs suddenly materialized before her, blocking her path to the Proton Pack.

"No bustin' tonight, human!" He sneered at her, right before he swatted her across the face with his tail, knocking her to the floor.

The moment Sulley saw Randall in their apartment, he turned to Meagan and demanded, "Take Boo to the bedroom and lock the door!" He pointed in the direction to the room, knowing exactly where it was even in the darkened atmosphere. Meagan did as he told her and headed towards the bedroom, making sure not to trip along the way. As soon as she was inside the room, she slammed the door shut and locked it.

While J.B. went to check on Kimberly, Sulley charged towards Randall, roaring like a fierce lion. Randall vanished once again upon seeing him coming his way, leaving Sulley to trample some of the furniture instead. Mike could see Randall's form crawling over the walls and ceiling, knocking against several items and causing them to crash on the floor.

Wazowski eventually saw him near the fireplace and cried out his position to Sulley, pointing and repeatedly shouting, "There he is! There he is!"

Sulley roared again, as he got up and charged towards the fireplace. Unfortunately, all he was left tackling was air again, as he crashed headfirst into the fireplace and ended up getting his upper body stuck in the frame. Mike shook his head in disappointment and aggravation, rushing over to Sulley and pulling his large, furry tail. Sulley did his own part in popping himself out from the fireplace, rapidly moving his feet in running position and even crawling at the floor, while inside the fireplace he pushed his massive paws against the brick wall.

With Mike and Sulley occupied over their own situation, Kimberly and J.B. took it upon themselves to catch Randall. They spotted his form moving through several areas at an extreme speed, almost as if he had teleporting abilities. Venkman had the idea of splitting apart, making it easier to catch Randall. J.B. stood near the kitchen area, while Kimberly remained in the living room.

For a split second, J.B. spotted Randall's form crawling over the sink. Unknowingly becoming very excited, he shouted while charging towards the sink, "I've got him!" It was only at the last moment did he see how much of mistake he made in doing so, when watched Randall's transparent form crawl away from the sink, leaving J.B. to hit the faucet and accidentally detaching it. A stream of water sprayed into his face, drenching his hair to the point that it was completely covering his eyes.

Randall snickering as he departed from the kitchen, inadvertently creating his own blunder as he caught the attention of Kimberly, both hearing and seeing him as he came out. She immediately seized the opportunity when it was placed before her and snatched Randall. While squirming under Kimberly's grasp, he began to rematerialize, showing how displeased he was in being caught.

"You're gonna be payin' big time for this, Ghostbuster!" He threatened. "You'll be bustin' yourself, once I'm through with ya!"

Venkman fought to keep the monster wrapped in her arms, even while he was threatening her. "Oh, shut it, ya freak!"

In the kitchen, J.B. was able to attach the faucet back in its place. After taking a washcloth and drying his face and hair, he rushed out in time to see Randall finally caught in Kimberly's arms, albeit on the verge of escaping due to the increasing intensity in his squirms. He also noticed Sulley finally popping himself out from the fireplace—with little help from Mike—his upper half totally covered in soot.

Not taking a moment to let Sulley recollect himself, J.B. hastily told them, "Guys! She's got him! Knock him out, before he escapes!!"

Sulley turned and saw the squirming Randall in Kimberly's arms, once again roaring with ferocity, as he lifted his fist high and charged. As Kimberly and Randall saw him coming, Randall panicked and did the one thing that he should've done in the beginning: elbow Venkman in the stomach, a spot that monsters were taught was the most vulnerable area in the body. And lucky for this knowledge, he was freed from Kimberly's grasp.

Once he felt her grip loosen, he camouflaged himself again and slipped right out of her arms. Holding nothing but thin air in her arms, Kimberly realized Sulley was coming towards her, still with the intent of knocking out a monster that was no longer in her restraint. And before she could've alerted him of it, a large blue bundle of fur smacked her hard against the left side of her head, instantly knocking her out. Everything seemed to be moving a slow-motion, as she was falling towards the floor. She even heard Sulley say "sorry" in a huge, deep voice that lasted what felt like forever. After that, all went black and silent.

Inside the bedroom, Meagan was nervously pacing back and forth, while Boo was sitting on the large, wide bed that could've only belonged to Sulley. She heard all of the commotion erupting from outside, wondering if it was her friends who were winning or Randall. The last thing she did hear was the sound of a body dropping to the floor, before the next ten minutes were only dead silence.

"Do you think they might've got him?" She asked Boo, completely forgetting the fact that she was only three years old. Only the fright on Boo's face could've answered Meagan's question, and it was unfortunately not the one she was looking for.

Turning away from Boo, Tully moved to the door and placed her right ear against it, trying to make out any sounds from the other side. Even a sneeze would've sufficed, as long as there were signs of life. Unfortunately, she had to deal with a simple knock on the door, which she felt bouncing against her head and ear once it came.

She immediately backed away from the door, her nervousness growing as she stared at it, wondering whom the knocker might've been. Her curiosity and nervousness ceased, as soon as she heard the voice of Jonathan Barrett. "Meagan! It's me! Open up!"

Tully sighed in relief and went to the door. But when he hand got near the doorknob, a thought suddenly occurred to her. Her anxiety returning, she asked, "How do I know it's really you? You could just be one of the monsters disguising its voice to sound like you!"

"Um…I don't know…I'm wearing Axe cologne?!"

It seemed to have been enough for Meagan to believe as she calmly said, "Oh, okay. Sorry about that." She unlocked the door and allowed J.B. inside, noticing the concern registering on his face. "What's going on? Did you guys get rid of Randall?"

"Well, he's gone." J.B. replied. "But I wouldn't say that he's totally gotten rid of."

"Then we just got to get Dr. Venkman to take care of him with her awesome monster-bustin' skills!"

J.B. scratched the back of his head, looking a little sheepish of what Tully just said. "Uh, yeah…about that…" He motioned for her to follow him out of the room. When she had done so, she was met with the shocking sight of Kimberly Venkman lying unconscious on the floor, with a shameful Sulley and a frustrated Mike standing over her. Being so surprised, she barely even heard J.B. ask her, "They have given you proper training, right?" She didn't answer. "RIGHT?!"