Later that day, after their disciplinary hearing, Mike and Sulley returned to the OK fraternity house. The other Oozmas were eager to hear what had happened.

"Expelled¹?" Don gasped².

Mike nodded. "Yeah, we really messed up." He looked at his Oozma brothers and said, "I'm sorry, guys. You'd be in the Scaring Program right now if it weren't for us."

The Oozmas stared at Mike and Sulley awkwardly³, as if they knew something else. "What?" Sulley finally asked them.

"Well," Don began, "it's the gosh-darndestthing. Hardscrabble's letting us back in the Scaring Program."

"She was impressed with our performance at the games ... so she invited us to join next semester!" Terri and Terry continued.

Sulley started laughing. "Congratulations, guys!"

"And that's not the only good news," Don said eagerly. "Sheri and I are engaged!"

Mike and Sulley looked at each other in confusion⁴. "Who's Sheri?" Sulley asked.

"She's my mom," Squishy said, embarrassed.

Ms. Squibbles suddenly waddled⁵ up to the group. "Well, if it isn't my two favorite fellas!" she said, beaming at Don and Squishy. Ms. Squibbles nuzzled up to Don, smiling. "Come here and give me some sugar."

Squishy looked like he was ready to die. "So uncomfortable ...," he muttered⁶.

"Aw, come on, Scott," Don said to Squishy. "I don't want you to think of me as your new dad. After all, we're fraternity brothers first. Just think of me as your big brother who's marrying your mother."

"This is so weird," Squishy said, cringing⁷.

Mike and Sulley packed their bags and said their farewells to their Oozma brothers. "Promise you'll keep in touch," Don said, handing Mike his business card. The word "sales" was scratched out and the words "scare student" had been written in.

Mike smiled. "You're the scariest bunch of monsters I ever met," he told them as they hugged their last good-bye. "Don't let anyone tell you different."

"So, what now?" Sulley asked as he and Mike walked toward the campus gate.

"You know, this is the first time in my life I don't really have a plan," Mike replied.

But Sulley wasn't worried. "You're the great Mike Wazowski!" he said. "You'll come up with something."

Mike shrugged⁸ as his bus arrived. "I think it's time I leave the greatness to other monsters. I'm okay just being okay. So long, Sul." He shook his friend's hand and climbed aboard the bus.

Sulley nodded. "So long, Mike."

The bus pulled away. Mike stared out at the university he was leaving behind.

Suddenly, two blue hands reached into the window. "Wazowski!" Sulley yelled⁹, and then fell away.

"Stop the bus!" Mike yelled. He jumped off and ran back to see Sulley lying on the ground. "Are you crazy?" Mike asked, rushing up to him.

Sulley sat up and looked his friend in the eye. There was something he needed to say. "I don't know a single Scarer who can do what you do," Sulley said. "I know when everyone sees us together, they think I'm the one running the show, but the truth is I've been riding your coattails since day one. You made the deal with Hardscrabble, you took a hopeless team and made them champions. All I did was catch a pig. Mike, you're not scary, not even a little ... but you are fearless."

Mike stopped in his tracks. He'd never thought of himself, little Mike Wazowski, as fearless.

"And if Hardscrabble can't see that," Sulley continued, "then she can just —"

"I can just what?" Dean¹⁰ Hardscrabble said, approaching from behind him. Sulley and Mike gasped at her. "Careful, Mr. Sullivan. I was just beginning to like you."

"Sorry," Sulley said quickly.

Dean Hardscrabble held up a copy of the Campus Roar. "Well, it seems you made the front page again." Mike and Sulley sheepishly looked at a photo of the CDA hauling¹¹ them away from the shattered¹² door lab.

Dean Hardscrabble couldn't help but smile a little as she handed the paper to Mike. "The two of you have done something together no one has ever done before," she said. "You surprised me. Perhaps I should keep an eye out for more surprises like you in my Scaring Program." She began to walk away, then turned around. "And, Mr. Wazowski? Keep surprising people." Then she f lew off.

Mike watched as she disappeared into the sky. Then he looked at the newspaper she'd left behind and noticed something on the back page. Suddenly, he smiled at Sulley. "There's still a way we could work at a scare f loor," he said, holding up the Help Wanted section.

 

当天晚些时候，学校进行了纪律听证会。会后，麦克和毛怪回到OK会会所，大家都迫不及待地想要知道会议结果。

“被开除了？”老唐倒抽了一口气。

麦克点点头说：“是，这次我们确实做得太过了。”他看着所有兄弟们继续说道：“抱歉各位，要不是我们闯祸，你们已经回到惊吓学院上课了。”

大家奇怪地盯着麦克和毛怪，似乎想要说什么。“怎么了？”毛怪忍不住问道。

“哦，”老唐开口了，“这事儿你肯定想不到，郝刻薄院长已经准许我们回到惊吓学院了。”

泰瑞和泰锐兄弟俩接着说：“她说我们在比赛中的表现令她刮目相看……所以她请我们下学期去上课！”

毛怪笑了：“那恭喜你们啦，兄弟们！”

“还有更让人高兴的消息呢，”老唐激动地说，“雪莉和我订婚了！”

麦克和毛怪面面相觑，没听懂老唐在说什么。“雪莉是谁？”毛怪问道。

“是我妈。”史乖宝回答道，他有些不好意思了。

史太太忽然摇摇摆摆地走了过来。“现在我有两个宝贝了！”她笑眯眯地看着老唐和史乖宝，又笑着用鼻头蹭蹭老唐的脸蛋说：“来给我一个甜甜的吻吧！”

史乖宝看起来尴尬极了。他咕哝道：“这也太不对劲了……”

“别这样，史乖宝，”老唐说道，“别把我想成你的新爸爸。别忘了我们可是做兄弟在先的。你就把我当成娶了你妈妈的大哥哥吧。”

“这太奇怪了吧。”史乖宝说道，依旧感到很难堪。

麦克和毛怪装好自己的行李就开始向OK会的兄弟们告别了。“一定要经常联系。”老唐说着，递给麦克一张名片。名片上的“销售”两个字已经被画去，重新写上了“惊吓专业学生”。

麦克报以一个微笑说：“你们是我见过的最会吓人的怪兽。不管别人说什么，别当回事。”说完大家都围上来拥抱他们，和他们做最后的告别。

毛怪和麦克拖着行李朝校门走去。“现在该怎么办呢？”毛怪问道。

“说实话，这是我人生中第一次不知道该干什么了。”麦克回答。

但毛怪一点儿也不担心。“你是伟大的麦克·华斯基！”他说，“你一定能想出来。”

这时麦克要坐的公共汽车来了，麦克耸耸肩对毛怪说：“‘伟大’这个词应该留给其他怪兽。我想我可能就是个普通怪兽吧。再见了，毛怪。”说完，麦克和毛怪握了握手就跳上了车。

毛怪点了点头：“再见了，麦克。”

汽车开动了。麦克一直凝望着越来越远的怪兽大学。

突然两只蓝色的大手伸进窗户。“华斯基！”原来是毛怪。他大喊着麦克的名字，又掉了下去。

“停车！”麦克大喊道。他急忙跳下车往回跑，看见毛怪躺在路面上。“你疯了吗？”麦克一边问一边向毛怪跑去。

毛怪坐起身，直直地盯着麦克。有些话他不得不说：“没有哪个惊吓专员比你更优秀啦。我们在一起的时候，别人都以为我才是领导者，但事实上从第一天起我就在沾你的光。是你跟郝刻薄打赌，是你带领这个烂队赢得了冠军。我只是抓了一只小猪。麦克，你是长得不可怕，一点儿都不可怕……但你无所畏惧。”

麦克愣住了。无所畏惧，他从没这么想过自己，那个小小的麦克·华斯基。

“如果郝刻薄连这点眼光都没有，”毛怪继续说道，“她还不如——”

“我还不如什么？”郝刻薄院长从毛怪身后走来，令他俩目瞪口呆。院长继续说道：“别放肆，苏利文先生，我刚对你有点好感。”

“抱歉。”毛怪赶紧说道。

郝刻薄院长举起一份校报说：“看来你们又上头条了啊。”麦克和毛怪不好意思地看着报纸上的照片，上面是救援队拽着他们离开传送门实验室的场景，周围一片狼藉。

郝刻薄院长最终还是没有忍住，轻轻地笑了一下。她将报纸递给麦克说：“你们俩在这里所做的一切，之前从没有发生过。你们让我瞠目结舌。也许在惊吓学院，我应该试着去欣赏你们这些令人惊讶的‘特殊’学生。”说着她就走开了，可是没走几步又转过身说道，“华斯基先生，继续创造奇迹吧。”说完，院长张开翅膀飞走了。

麦克望着院长消失在天际。接着，他重新翻开院长留下的报纸，在背面发现了一些信息。忽然，他笑着对毛怪说：“我们还有一个途径去怪兽电力公司的惊吓层工作。”说着他将报纸的招聘版面举到毛怪面前。

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