The day that Laura Sharp broke the all time scare record at Monsters Inc was one of those that she would never forget; her lifelong training and hard work had paid off and she had the support of her friends and family and boyfriend behind her. It was an ecstatic feeling and she and her friends had a celebratory party that felt like it went forever; DJ Monnie Monstre hosting everything.

Plus there was the prize from Mr Waternoose himself of a paid week off and she wasn't sure about that but her friends and especially her boyfriend Mike encouraged her to do it. She had worked so hard and deserved the rest and the time to just relax. Randall joked about it giving him time to catch up on her new record. She had to admit the week off was relaxing as she got to do some yoga sessions with her mother Atta, catch up on TV, try out some restaurants around Monstropolis.

Plus she made sure to give herself some time to do her exercises and training; she can't let hubris get to her head and make sure slack off. Still Friday night came soon enough and she wondered how would going back to work on Monday morning as the new scare champion will be like.

Could be overwhelming but she should still be able to get through it.

She had her TV off in her apartment and wondered about if she could see her mother again for something else that htey could do together but there was her phone ringing; she looked at the ID and saw that it was Monnie. She answered it and said "Hello there Monnie; what can I do for you?"

"I am so sorry for calling out of the blue Laura but... I just really need someone to talk to..." Monnie said apologetically and in a worried voice and this got Laura concerned.

"No problem at all; anything to help a friend. Something the matter?" Laura replied concerned as she heard Monnie take a deep breath.

"Sorry Laura but... Randy; I have been worried that his desire to beat Sulley on the board is getting bigger and... I think he's trying to hide anger and he has a big secret to hide while denying that anything is up... I am scared that something is happening and that he won't tell me..." Monnie told Laura and Laura frowned as Randall did try to hide that he wasn't as close to Sulley as the others or even liked him that much. That his loss to Sulley was on his mind more than he would care to admit.

"I don't know if I am the best person to ask Monnie... Ask him if something is wrong and that you can help... How about you call Colette as I think she and George have a good couple's counsellor!" Laura replied thinking of their friend and fellow founding member of Exceeda Zeta.

"Thanks Laura; you're the best!" Monnie said as she then hung up and Laura hoped that they could go through it and hoped the purple monster was doing alright. She should count herself lucky that her own boyfriend Mike would never hide something big from her and she trusted him perfectly. Some insecure women monsters would suspect something is up if their boyfriend was out with a female friend but not her. Celia had invited Mike to her bowling team the previous night and he had accepted with her full blessing.

However she couldn't dwell on that for long as she got a text from another EZ founding member and friend: Katie McCrea. It basically said:

NEWS NOW!

She frowned and thought that Katy was being overdramatic but decided to hear her out. The TV on and then set to the late night news and...

She dropped the remote in shock as news vans were in front of the Monsters Inc body with most of the employees outside and they played footage of the Child Detection Agency arresting Mr Waternoose; apparently it was discovered that he had created an illegal machine to forcibly extract screams from children.

It sounded horrifying (in a bad way) and this was the man who was her boss; she looked to the framed photo of her shaking Waternoose's hand after breaking the record and she now had a look of disgust at it. What will Mike and Sulley think of all of this; her father who had a good relationship with the longtime CEO?

Hold on a moment; why was there statements from Mike and Sulley?


It had been a long, exciting and dangerous two days for Mike and Sulley and they got Boo back to her bedroom safely; Mike's offhand comment had given Sulley the idea of changing the power source to laugh. Sulley made the suggestion to Roz and she said that she would relay the proposal to the board of directors.

They had gotten back to their apartment after giving statements to reporters who had gotten word and there was Sulley's phone being rang. It was one of the board members and Sulley told Mike to let him do the talking and he went to a room to speak to it.

"No problem Mike nothing to worry about... You lost your first best friend today and if things don't go well in this call then the company is dead and and we will have a city sized mob after our heads... Whole body in my case..." Mike muttered to himself walking in a circle. He heard tapping at the window and turned and then was met with surprise to find Laura there smiling at him and then waving to him.

Mike though surprised went to it and opened it letting her in; "Did you scale the wall outside... Why did you scale the wall? Were you so desperate to see me again after your week off?" Mike asked as Laura looked down on him.

"Sorry Mike dear but I was about to go to bed but I got a text saying to check the news... A story about a human child, a scream extraction machine and a handsome eyeball monster who owes his girlfriend a big explanation about what he has been up to!" Laura then replied and she looked terrifyingly mad born out of concern and worry about him but Mike was now stammering out terrified.

"Good news Mike! The board is interested and will start the change on Monday; Monsters Inc will now be in the business of collecting laugh power! To think that it looked like we would be spending the rest of our days in the Himalayas..." Sulley excitedly said going through the door cheerfully but then noticed Laura. Mike was cursing his timing but at least they would still be in jobs...

Mike saw that somehow Laura got even angrier; "Laura; can I say that you look beautiful when you are angry... Not that you don't always look beautiful but... I know you want an explanation but Sulley and I will be more than happy to explain..." Mike said as Sulley was already closing the door. "Oh really... For a scarer; you sure are a coward to try and leave me to this alone!" Mike snapped at Sulley but Laura's claw caught the door before it could close and she opened it back up again.

"You are not leaving Mike to this; you both are involved so you will explain with Mike unless you want to explain to your landlord why this door ended up breaking..." warned Laura and Mike gulped in fear never having Laura having this level of ire directed at him.

Sulley however was familiar with it remembering her confronting him over his attitude towards the school year, his treatment of Mike, his cheating and how he hadn't matured from the kid who attended a field trip and met her dad.

Better try and explain things...