Just like the scene in the movie except its in one location now.

Chapter Six: Family Reunion

It was now late afternoon and Liberty Island had been quarantined in case the alien wreckage was radioactive. Monger had managed to commandeer a ferry large enough to take the monsters back to shore; he was pleased his idea had worked. The monsters climbed on board and Sarah picked Rex up under her arm and climbed onto the roof of the boat. Soon they were back in the south port of the city, Monger's men from Area 52 had set up a temporary base of operations, there were tanks, choppers and large tents all along the harbour and anywhere that wasn't covered in tents was swarming with soldiers.

"Good job, monsters!" Monger praised, "We have secured an abandoned warehouse for you to recuperate. Its just over there in the middle of the camp, so no media can come sniffing around!"

"Hey if anyone wants an autograph then step right up!" said Fang. This got him a slap round the head by Dr Sprocket.

The warehouse was big enough for Rex to enter but Sarah had to get down on her knees and crawl in, even then she still smacked her head on the doorway. Once inside they all found places to sit, Rex laid down on his side and Fang sat next to him, T.O.M and Sprocket sat on some fallen pipes from the ceiling and Sarah sat with her back to the wall, still tingling with adrenaline.

"Five weeks ago if you had asked me to defeat a giant alien robot I would have said 'No can do.' But I did it! Me!" she exclaimed, she turned to the others. "I mean, did you see how strong I was? There probably isn't a jar in this world I can't open!"

"You were positively heroic, my dear," Dr Sprocket agreed. "I especially loved how you were able to save all those trapped people before flattening that automaton. Nice touch."

"Aww, tomato." sighed T.O.M.

"Automaton." Sprocket corrected him.

"Hey, don't forget we were doing heroic stuff too," put in Fang, who was now scratching Rex behind the ear.

"You let go of the robot's leg!" Sprocket reminded him.

"Well I've not been feeling 100%. I've been having back troubles and its making me lose sleep, trust me it's not fun!" Fang shot back.

"So Fang's a little rusty- I mean sleep deprived," Sarah said. "You'll be back to your old self in no time," she told him with a smile. "And so will I."

T.O.M blinked in surprise. "What happened to the 'there isn't a jar in the world I can't open' stuff?" Wait…," he went on. "Did you find a jar you couldn't open? What was it, were there pickles in it? Where's the giant jar of pickles?"

"What my associate is trying to say," Dr Sprocket cut in, "is that we all think the new Sarah is the cat's me-wow." He gave a slight chuckle at his own joke.

"Thanks, guys," smiled Sarah. "That is so sweet.! But I have a normal life waiting for me, you know?"

"Uh…" Fang stared at her. "So tell me exactly how this normal life thing works with you being a giant and all."

"I'm not going to be a giant forever," Sarah said firmly. "Eric won't rest until we've found a cure for my…condition."

Just then Monger walked in. "Titana," he said to Sarah, "I made arrangements and had your parents and college friends flown in to see you. They're just entering the base now."

Sarah was delighted; she was going to see her family and friends again. She wanted to kiss Monger but decided against it, instead saying: "Thanks, General,"

Monger then left to get Kyle and Sandy Miller. Sarah then turned to the monsters; they hadn't really made contact with people from the outside world before. "Okay, now remember, these people aren't used to seeing…um…" she fumbled to find the right words. "Uh, they're not used to seeing anything like…well, you…so just be cool and follow my lead. Do exactly what I do."

A few minutes later Mr and Mrs Miller were led into the warehouse and when they saw their daughter their faces lit up, despite the fact she was now a giant she was still their little girl and they hadn't seen her in over a month. "Sarah?" cried her mother. "Sunshine!" her father yelled. That was his nickname for her.

"Mom? Daddy?" Sarah's voice cracked with emotion. She leaned forward as her parents rushed to hug her. Now that she was a giant they could only hold her giant hands as she held them to her cheek. Then her three friends from school came in to see her, just like her parents, they were unfazed about what Sarah looked like now and rushed up and hugged her knees.

"They didn't hurt you or anything did they?" asked her mother with concern.

Sarah shook her head. "No, Mom, I'm fine."

Her parents and friends looked past her to see Fang, Rex, T.O.M. and Dr Sprocket. Fear filled their eyes.

"It's okay," Sarah reassured them, "They're with me. These are my new friends!" She turned to them. "Guys, this is my Mom, Dad and friends from college,"

Instantly, Rex jumped towards them and started to lick Mrs Miller, forcing Fang to pull him back. "Sorry, he just likes you a lot cos your Sarah's parents!" he explained. Then using his tail to lift her out of the pool of slobber.

Next, Dr Sprocket stepped forward and held out his hand, "It's enchanting to meet you."

Mr Miller shook his hand with a nervous smile on his face.

T.O.M had slid over to Sarah's friends; they were unsure what to do with the talking vegetable. "So which one of you ladies is Eric?" he asked them.

"Eric's a guy, T.O.M." Sarah told him, she turned to her parents. "By the way, where is Eric?"

"He's at work, sweetie," her mother said gently.

"Yeah, he started working for Mayor Thresno about four weeks ago," said one of her friends.

"You know how he is about his career," added her father.

"Well, we're not celebrating without him!" She declared. "Stay here, I'll go get him!" She crawled out of the warehouse doorway and looked for Monger. She found the general outside a tent looking over his troops.

"Er, General?" she said "I'd like to see my boyfriend; he works for Mayor Thresno."

"Certainly, you don't really need to ask anymore," Monger replied. "The mayor is currently the only one let back into the city, he and his associates are temporarily located in a small office block on the lower east side of the city."

"Sarah?" Mrs Miller shouted from the warehouse entrance. "What do you want us and your little friends to do?"

"Just get to know each other," Sarah called over her shoulder. "I'll be back soon!"

The monsters tried their best to follow Sarah's example, Fang was attempting to chat up the girls, Dr Sprocket tried to impress Mr and Mrs Miller by inventing some complicated device from debris and Rex had to stay at the back of the warehouse after soaking Mrs Miller. T.O.M had wandered outside, he had noticed an abandoned hot dog stand and had caught the eye of a ketchup bottle and was now trying to chat it up.

"Hi, I'm Transmutation Oxidized Metaplasia," he introduced himself. "Or you can call me T.O.M, whichever's easier," he added. "So you come here often?"

Fang meanwhile was making no progress on the girls, as he tried to show off his 'muscles' his tail got too close to Rex, who accidentally stepped on it. The snake screeched loudly, making Rex jump in a panic and the tremor caused Dr Sprocket to drop his device and it exploded, blowing himself to bits.

"Oh bother!" he groaned, his head lying in a pile of bits.

All the commotion had freaked out their visitors and they ran out of the warehouse in a panic. The monsters stood by the doorway and looked at each other deflated, they had tried to follow Sarah's lead and be friendly but instead they had fluffed everything up and scared them away.

T.O.M then raced back from the hot dog stand, "What I miss?" he asked them.