Once the news had broken that ROR's remaining members were kicked off of the campus, including Randal Boggs, who actually got arrested, I was all smiles at how the school newspaper then declared that ROR was caught rigging the Scare Games to eliminate either team, but gunning for OK to be framed for cheating. And that, due to their cheating, that Mike and Shapeshifter would be given a redo of their specific part of the Scare Simulator. And that, no matter what happened, I'd left such an impression on Hardscrabble, that she was willing to allow all of OK into the Scare Program regardless of winner and that, if Mike got a perfect 20, that I'd get a full degree for scaring and get an immediate hire at Monsters Inc.
Of course, a lot of students were stunned by that, but Mike and Sully were also surprised at how they would be given a skip from Scare Program 1 to Scare Program 2, meaning that they'd only need one more semester in the course before they'd join me at Monsters Inc.
"I can't believe it... I get to live out my dream!" Mike smiled widely, me nodding at him. Sure, it was different than it was in the movies, but I didn't care. I had to prove myself right in this situation. And then, once we did the Scare Simulator inside of the Scare Program building, we then saw that... even if it wasn't rigged, the results would barely change. Ursa managed 19 and Mike actually got to 20, which made my entire team cheer wildly and for Ursa to then bow politely to Mike.
"And thus, I now know that I was defeated. Well done, Mike. You've proven Barri right, and I'm forever grateful," Ursa smiled widely in her bear form, which Hardscrabble smirked and nodded.
"I must say, that was a remarkable set of Scare Games. Never did I imagine that Oozma Kappa would take home the gold, and never did I think that I'd be witness to such an amazing world of scaring right under my nose," Hardscrabble smirked. "I hope that your group keeps the surprises coming in the coming semester... and as for you, miss Bandifoot? You stay safe. And tell your sister I said hi, would you?" she asked, me smiling at that.
"You can bet... now, about that cake recipe? I owe SCP a cake for them covering for me from the CDA," I said, her nodding as she produced the recipe for me, it being a triple chocolate fudge cake with a secret recipe that made the chocolate taste as great as it could, me smiling widely at the sight of what the cake looked like.
"I'll allow you to stay on campus until the end of the semester so you can deliver on SCP's debt. I hope to hear very good things from you at Monsters Inc in the coming future, Barri Bigfoot," Dean Hardscrabble smiled.
"Ehh, actually Bigfoot was just my nickname. My real last name is Ishinson," I admitted.
"Yeesh, now I see why you decided on Bigfoot for a nickname. That last name sounds like a bad rash," said Claire, who was joining for the moment to document it, her and Brock holding the trophy in hand for Oozma to get, it being about 3/4ths the size of Squishy for size, so it was a big sucker!
"Yep. And from what my brother told me, my dad, who I never met, was actually more like a male version of Bigfoot. He called himself King Itchy, from what my brother said," I admitted honestly, only then connecting the dots in my head from what Mister Snowman said in Monsters Inc when Sully and Mike were banished. I highly doubted that my dad wore undies made of poison ivy, though.
"Well, now that that image is in my head, let's get to baking that cake!" Squishy smiled.
"And come next semester, we're all in the Scaring Program, don't forget," Don smiled widely. And Narleen then did a famous cowgirl tradition.
"YEEEHAAAAWWW! Ah can't wait!" Narleen shouted in glee, me smirking at her as we then finally got to work on doing the rest of our situation handled.
Over the course of the final week of the semester, I managed to make the cake for my sister first, me making sure that it was for her birthday, which, ironically, was the same as Undine's birthday. And since she was off for the whole day on her birthday (it was a weekend back home) I went through the door setting it for 12 in the afternoon, me seeing she was there on her own and looking to be excited before seeing me.
"Big sis! Oh my gosh, big cake!" she smiled widely at the cake I brought in, me then placing it on her bed with a big smile.
"Happy birthday to you, sweet Ingrid," I smiled at her, not in song. Because Ingrid hated singing of any kind. It made her ears hurt worse.
"I'm so happy! Are you going to stay for a bit?" Ingrid asked, me smiling at her.
"I have about 10 minutes of time for this, so I can stay for that long. Old Dean Hardscrabble's waiting for me out there," I whispered to her, which Ingrid smiled at.
"I didn't tell anyone about the Monsters Inc stuff, I promise," she smiled back at me.
"Even if you did, I doubt they'd beleive you... so where's Patrick?" I asked her.
"Oh, he's planning my big party. I'm going to get a bunch of friends and we're going to go to a restaurant," she smiled widely.
"Good plan, especially if they get your favorite. Stuffed crust pizza, right?" I smiled at her.
"Yeah, yeah! And better yet, a Papa John's opened no long after you left! And they have stuffed crust, too!" she smirked.
"I know I'm coming here in a couple days, then. I gotta finish up my semester and then, I'll get as much time as I can to visit you when needed, hon," I smirked at her.
"Yay! I can't wait!" she smirked, me nodding at her as I then went ahead and ate a slice of cake with her, me only able to finish mine halfway before Hardscrabble opened the door slightly.
"Barri, it's time to come out now," she said, me nodding at her.
"Yeah, yeah... okay, Ingrid. Remember, smiles go for miles," I smirked at her.
"I'll save a couple slices for you, Barri. Stay safe, okiedokie?" she smirked at me, me giving her a fist bump after.
"Promise," I smirked back as I then exited her room and then had the door turn off with Hardscrabble then giving me the shrunken door as well as two more things. A patent for said door, so that only I was able to use it... and a special golden card that I could use at Monsters Inc to get a door testing station just for my own personal use!
"Just be aware that, if you do use that at Monsters Inc, you will be watched by other members of the facility. It'd be wise to choose people you feel you could trust and not backstabbers such as Randal... by the way, he'll probably never get into Monsters Inc at this point, given he now has a criminal record," Hardscrabble said, me nodding at her.
"Oh, speaking of, that reminded me of something," I smirked as I then showed her something that I'd managed to do for her, even though it wasn't required. I showed that my boring classes of scream tank class had paid off.
"You... you repaired it? But that wasn't..." Hardscrabble gawked before I shushed her.
"I did it because I wanted to thank you. If I didn't do that when we first met, then I would've never gotten to know you as not only Dean Hardscrabble, but as a friend," I smiled, her smirking at me as she held the canister tight and then gave me a hug with her free arm. It felt very rough and scaly, but that was to be expected from getting hugged by a centipede dragoness.
"Thank you... you remind me a lot of your great grandmother, actually... she was also very kind," Hardscrabble smiled.
"Yeah... I also learned how she got banished, but I promised I wouldn't speak of it," I said, wishing to honor Waternoose's wishes until he screwed up again. And as for how she did? She refused to join Waternoose on the plans to kidnap kids to siphon their screams.
"I'll leave you to your own devices then, miss Bigfoot... so, are you going to continue using that name? Or rather go with Coco Bandifoot?" Hardscrabble asked.
"I'd rather continue the Coco Bandifoot stuff, at least until I feel I can break the news to the world about what I am... but not yet," I said, Hardscrabble smirking at that. "Anyways, I'm going to get the other cake to SCP, then. And once that's done, I gotta go to Monsters Inc with my application and degree," I smiled widely.
"Indeed. I wish you the best of luck." I agreed with her completely and proceeded to get to work. I'd also gotten the memo that Mike and Sully were excited to get into Scare Program 2 and they promised that they'd keep up the hard work, and Sully told me that he actually owed me.
"Just remember, Sully. I expect good things of you and a future rival for the Scare Record. Don't let me down, partner," I smiled at him.
"You bet," Sully smirked back. After that, I finally got to move out of the fraternity house with my new certificate and ended up netting a job at Monsters Inc shortly after, where I also managed to find a new partner there that would be my door manager. It just so happened to be another sibling of the Shift family, her being called Dusa.
"Oh my gosh, it was all over the news! Oozma Kappa Underdogs beat Spooky Creepus Pho at the Scare Games! I can't believe your team managed to beat them!" she said, me smirking at how she was basically the head of Dusa from the game Hades, but with a pole body and her having two thin arms and the rest being a slithery snake body, with a rattle at the end.
"And I'm guessing you know who I am, then, right?" I asked, her nodding.
"Yeah, you're Barri Bigfoot! Back from banishment and ready for scaring again!" she said, me nodding at that. Sure, I would need to scare the kids in the world, but I knew it wouldn't be for THAT long, right?
...
Right?
Five Years Later
Yeah, I spent nearly 5 years of scaring kids with a bunch of other monsters at Monsters Inc, which was getting to be a bit tiring, even though I had gotten permission to get a door station all to myself at the place and that I could use it after hours, so long as I had proper protection when doing it. So I had to make sure it was in bulletproof glass and I had to wear a full hazmat suit in order to talk to my sister, her being scared at first, before realizing it was me and giggling.
"Haha! You look kind of funny in that, now that I think about it," she giggled, me sighing at that.
"Yeah, I know I do. It's the rules they have in place until the Monsters Inc movie plot kicks in. Y'know, where Boo is introduced?" I sighed, her smiling at me.
"Yeah, yeah, I know. So how long until that happens?" she asked. Now bear in mind, this was on my 5th night of work, on her birthday when this happened. So what did I say?
"Hopefully within a year, because Mike and Sully are still in college. I helped them win the Scare Games fair and square against a sorority, not ROR," I said, her smiling.
"Messing with the story, heehee!" she giggled.
"Yep, and Randal tried to sneak around and get me locked up, so now he's locked up," I smirked.
"Then who's the villain in the original if it won't be Randal?"
"No idea," I admitted.
Well, now I had a couple of suspects now that Mike and Sully were out of the Scare Program and on the Scare Floor with me. There was still Courtney, who I still felt uneasy about and was still trying to get the record but was surprised at how fast I moved up the ranks, and even more surprised at how Sully went up even more.
Then there was Boris Badenof, him being a relative of the Worthingtons and him basically being just as stuck up and snobby as Johnny was at the university. He had the horns of Johnny, but he had a body similar to Brock and had tentacle feet, all of it covered in feathers. And he was also Mike's rival at the place, considering that he was always mocking him for being a cutesy monster from Cutema Kappa. So what did I say to him anytime he mentioned it?
"And Roar Omega Roar is completely taken off of campus because it was filled with no-good cheaters and drunks. Your point is?" I asked him. He only did it four more times before stopping, but he still treated Mike like crud. But Mike had gotten over his personal issues and was actually constantly underneath me and Sully for top scarer, even managing to get to the top spot a couple nights! But as for the final suspect... well, I'll let him say it.
"Hey, Bigfoot! Howsabout you go back to that filthy human world! You stink all the way over here!" said the final one, that being Vincent 'The Sneak' Howitzer. He was my biggest rival at the place, as he was always sneaking around and eavesdropping on conversations, meaning that I had to be careful not to break any rules, since he would report me if I did, since he hated my great grandmother that much, apparently. He was 6 foot 4 of slender muscle, in the form of a dragon snake that had two arms right below his neck that could actually extend out very far. And his head was very creepy, looking like a dragon without its skin, just bones, muscle, teeth, and eyes. And much like Randal, he preferred no clothes and was able to blend into surroundings like a chameleon. But unlike Randal, it took him a bit longer to change his skin pigments, meaning he had to scare children a different way.
Regardless, we did eventually make the commercial, around the time when the doors started to get kids that couldn't be scared as easily, which were around the years of 1998 to 2001, those ones having been exposed to more hip and radical things, due to the overuse of the 90s craze in media. Also, Ren and Stimpy probably helped with making kids numb to scary and gross stuff. And in the commercial, I was featured in the Top Scarer bit alongside the photos of Sully and Mike, which made me smirk at my roommate at the time, her being the same exact girl that I roomed with at Monsters U.
"WOOHOO!" Narleen smiled at me as the commercial then showed the entirety of the group, with Narleen and Mike standing side-by-side and for the big M to be right over Mike's face. "Ah, come on, now! It's like a runnin' gag by this point!" Narleen groaned at how Mike's photo was almost always messed with due to his small size, which I shook my head at.
"Just wait, I'll show ya," I said, me then calling Mike and him smirking.
"Hello?" he asked, me smirking.
"Hey, look at the big wig on the tv!" I smiled at him.
"I know! I looked so good! Did Narleen see it?" Mike asked, which Narleen smiled.
"I did, and it looked great," Narleen fibbed.
"Haha, what can I say, the camera loves me!" he chuckled, me then smirking at how my alarm went off.
"Oop, gotta get goin', Mikey. Off to work," I smirked as I then got out of my current apartment, holding the door for my little sis on my person as I got ready for the next day of work... and I had to hope that, if the issue happened at Monsters Inc, that it wouldn't end up freaking out my current girlfriend. And who was this girlfriend? It was actually Rosie from HSS, who was not only a scarer at MI, but she was also a secretary that took over for Celia when she needed a day off. And why did I like Rosie? She was my preferred girl. Buff, nice, quiet, and knew the inner beauty of the musical tastes I had on my phone. AKA, game music.
"You have a lot of cool songs, hon. Did you make them yourself?" she asked, me nodding at her. I didn't feel I could trust her with the secret yet... but I also didn't tell Dusa or anyone else outside of Sully, Mike, and Narleen at that place. As for the members of SCP, only one of them was in the Monsters Inc we worked at, with the others working at the Monsters Inc in the next county, which was where MU was at and got power for it as well as for Phear Tech. And as for next chapter? We bound into the tales of the best Pixar movie of all time. Monsters Incorporated.