A Monsters, Inc./Monsters vs. Aliens Crossover

A New Kind of Monster Team-up

by: LDEJRuff

Chapter 2: And Then, There were Two

Later that night, the factory was getting ready to turn in for the night. Sully was getting ready to go home. And so were all the employees.

"Good night, Sully," Mike called to him.

"Yeah, g'night," Link also called.

"Good night to you, too," Sully called back. "And Link, good luck on the first night."

"Thanks," Link replied.

Just as soon as Sully was ready to turn in, he noticed some lights flickering in his office. Then, all of a sudden, the flickering had stopped.

"What was that all about?" Sully thought. "Hmmm… Oh, well," he said aloud. "I guess it's just a one time thing, as long as we have enough power." He then continued his preparation to close the factory.

Back in Link's world, at the same time, B.O.B. was busy balancing his eyeball on his index finger, like a basketball, in his cell.

"Lights out, B.O.B.," General Monger called through the intercom.

"Thanks, General," B.O.B. saluted, putting his eye back. "Any luck on knowing where Link is?"

"None so far," the General answered. "But I'll let you monsters know when he's found."

"Okay. Good night, General," B.O.B. concluded.

"G…ight, B.O.—" the General's voice trailed off into static on the intercom.

"Uh, what?" B.O.B. thought. He then noticed some lights flickering in his cell, and then he yawned and went to sleep.

General Monger turned off the intercom, and thought to himself. "I haven't seen Link all day, monsters. But not to worry; I will find him."

The following morning in the factory—we are back in Monstropolis—Sully woke up to a big surprise.

"An intruder?" Sully thought.

The intruder in question is B.O.B., who is sound asleep. He later woke up at the sight of Sully, who looked as if he was scared out of his bed.

"Another monster?" B.O.B. asked. "What are you doing in my cell?"

Sully's expression changed from fear to confusion.

"Your cell?" Sully asked. "What are you doing in an energy factory?"

"What the—? Energy factory?" B.O.B. asked. He then looked around Sully's office. "What am I doing here? And how did I get here?"

"I don't know how you got here, but I do know how you're getting out," Sully said, about to reach his phone.

"Uh, what do you mean?" B.O.B. asked. Then he noticed. "Wait a minute…Am I in the same world where Link is?"

"Link?" Sully suddenly stopped. "You know Link?"

"Yes, I've known him for close to fifty years," B.O.B. answered.

"Hmmm… so the rookie's actually a bit older than I am," Sully thought.

"Anyway, what world am I in?" B.O.B. then asked.

"Well, this is Monstropolis," Sully answered. "It's a city that's inhabited only by monsters, like me."

"A monster-inhabited city?" B.O.B. rushed to an outside window. He was amazed at the sights of monsters doing their daily duties—house-dwelling monsters, monster kids, monsters that read newspapers, and even monsters that are ready to go to school. "Wow. This is amazing," B.O.B. thought.

"Anyways, I'll let you off with a warning," Sully said to B.O.B. "But in return, you can help me start the factory for the day."

"Okay," B.O.B. replied. "I'm Benzoate Ostylezene Bicarbonate. But you can call me 'B.O.B.'"

"My name is James P. Sullivan," Sully said back. "But my friends and employees call me 'Sully'. I run Monsters, Inc., which is this factory building."

"Wait until I tell the guys back home about this place, if I ever get home," B.O.B. thought.

"Besides, you and Link, are there any other monsters from where you're from?" Sully asked.

"Sure," B.O.B. answered. "There's Dr. Cockroach, a mad scientist whose head and mind are the same as a cockroach, Insectosaurus, who is a gigantic Butterfly-like monster, and Ginormica, a former human girl who was exposed to radiation from a meteorite."

"Hmmm, maybe I'll call the CDA to get you decontaminated," Sully offered.

"No need," B.O.B. declined. "I can absorb any kind of medicine, food, or chemical they could throw at me. But the thing is, I'm indestructible."

"Well, maybe I'll call them to deliver a decontamination medicine for you to absorb," Sully offered.

"Hmmm, okay," B.O.B. accepted.

Back at the facility, General Monger noticed that B.O.B.'s cell is empty. "First, the Missing Link goes even more missing, and now B.O.B.," he thought. "Guess I have no choice." He then called aloud, "Looks like we'll have to double the search warrant, gentlemen."

"Who is it this time, General?" Someone at the controls asked.

"B.O.B.," the General answered.

"Okay, we're on it, sir," the controller saluted.

"Uh, sir," another controller called. "We seem to have picked up some activity from one of our hidden cameras in Japan."

The General looked back without turning his head. "Is it the Missing Link?" he asked.

"No, General," the controller answered. "It's another monster. And it's not one of ours."

"Huh?" The General walked up to the controls, where the controller pointed her finger to a monitor. On it is Mike performing stand-up comedy next to a laughing Japanese kid in a futon—the hidden camera is in a bedroom.

"Good lord," the General whispered, surprised. "What in the world is that?"

"It appears to be a closet monster," the controller answered. "I thought it was a myth, but do you think the rumors of closet monsters seem to be true? … Uh, General?"

The General didn't answer; he continued to look at the monitor.

Back at Monstropolis, and at the laugh factory, Link was awaiting for Mike.

"Arigato, chiisai shounen," Mike called. "Oyasuminasai." He then looked at Link. "And that's how you perform Manzai to the Japanese."

"That's good, Mike," Link said. "It's almost as funny as the training you gave to me with the punching bag."

"Well, what can I say?" Mike said. "It's how you make 'em laugh."

"Hey, Mike. Hey, Link," Sully called.

"Hey, Sully," Link called back. "What's up?"

"Can I see you in my office for just a minute?" Sully asked. "You're not in trouble or anything, but there's someone there who says he knows you."

"One of my own?" Link said, a bit surprised.

The two came into the office, and Link saw, to his surprise, B.O.B., reading a bulletin.

"B.O.B.?" Link said, getting his attention.

"Link?" B.O.B. replied. "Where have you been? We've been a bit worried about you."

"Oh, that," Link said, embarrassed. "I've been here this whole time, in training with Mike Wazowski."

"Who?" B.O.B. asked.

"Oh, that's right, you don't know about Mike, yet," Link said, realizing.

"B.O.B.'s here to assist me on running the factory," Sully said.

The three exited out of the office and went back to the laugh factory.

"Hey, Link, it's your time to shine," Mike said to Link.

"Okay, then," Link said, putting on his boxing gloves. "Pardon me, B.O.B., but it's time for me to perform stand-up." He then grabbed his sparring bag and entered through a door.

"So, you must be B.O.B.," Mike said, turning to B.O.B. "Link's told me much about you. How you absorb food and chemicals, and how you're indestructible."

"Yeah," B.O.B. giggled. "Sully told me about how you make little children laugh rather than scare them."

"Yeah, that happened about nine years ago, after exposing our former boss's plot to kidnap children," Mike said.

Link's job was done, as he exited the door after successfully making a child laugh. Although he has a bruise on his back, he's a bit happy. "Thanks, kid," Link called over. "I hope you've enjoyed the performance." No sooner does he close the door, he starts rubbing his back. "Ow," he said. "How was that?"

"Not bad, Link," Mike answered.

"What was that all about?" B.O.B. asked.

"That was my act," Link answered. "Although I might need some ice on my back, that was a pretty darn-good one."

Inside the bedroom Link was just in, a hidden camera had just picked up some activity. The footage was then broadcast on another control monitor in the facility. The first controller then noticed.

"Sir, we've just picked up some activity from another bedroom monitor," he called to General Monger. "This time, it's from Europe."

"Europe, as in the continent where its people speak English as well as other languages?" the General asked.

"Yes, sir," the controller answered. "And this time, it's the Missing Link."

"Link?" Monger thought, surprised. He rushed over to the monitor, and looked at Link's punching the sparring bag, which then fell on his back, which explains the bruise.

"What is he doing?" Monger asked the controller.

"It appears to be stand-up comedy, sir," The controller answered. "And you're not going to believe this, sir, but he's just entered the room from a closet."

"A world where closet monsters come from, huh?" Monger thought. "So it is true. Link has escaped into their world. And, maybe, so has B.O.B."

"Should we just pick him up where he is now?" the controller asked.

"Nah, just leave him be," Monger answered. "He'll return to us eventually."