"Wuahahahahaha," the laughter filled the area ringing in the ears of all those who heard it.
"Stop it right there you fiend," yelled a voice over the laugh.
"You can try and stop me," said the first voice. "But no one can never stop evil." More laughter followed.
"Yes I can, for justice will always stop the grip of evil," said the second voice.
"But the grip becomes tighter with revenge," said the second voice.
"Revenge that will be stopped by the mighty wall of justice," countered the second voice.
"Walls can easily be torn by the rage of hate."
"But they can be rebuilt by the…"
"Enough," interrupted another more mature voice.
But owners of the voices, both children no older than ten, turned to stare at the older figure looming over the wall of the red school house. The man with bushy brows and thick mustache stared at the youth as they got down from the play set and walked over to him, one with his face to the ground, the other holding his black 'cape' tighter around himself as the early morning air drifted around them.
"What have I told you about playing superhero?" asked the older man, arms crossed and intimidating look on his face.
"Not to do it," replied the second kid, his blue eyes lifting from the ground to stare at his teacher.
"And why is that?" asked the teacher.
"Because we keep the playground to ourselves," said the second boy sheepishly.
The teacher nodded, "Besides its way too early to be getting all sweaty from bantering and running around like real heroes."
The first boy cleared his throat which made the teacher turned to him, "And villains."
The boy smiled and let his black cape go to gain a more dignified position.
Their teacher kept his stare at both boys. One wearing white and the other wearing black. Both shared traits, like their black hair and blue eyes, but one with a slick turn and the other leaving his hair in bangs. One was shorter than the other and one was in fact skinnier than the other. However he found it fascinating how they both interacted and managed through their lives.
"Okay then," said their teacher lowering his arms. "Megamind."
The smaller of both with his baggy hair, skinny figure and somewhat of a larger than normal head, looked up to face the teacher.
"You're under arrest," said the teacher signaling the classroom.
Megamind perked up, "A cage cannot stop my evil Warden."
"We'll see that at lunch," said the Warden pushing Megamind into the classroom.
"Thanks for your help Warden," said the other boy gaining a heroic pose. "Really appreciate your contribution to society."
The Warden eyed the kid, "Yes, well now that Megamind is behind 'bars', but that also means that Metro Man has to go to school."
Metro 'Man' stared at his feet and nodded, "I'll go in Mr. Ritchi."
Mr. Ritchi nodded and waited for Metro 'Man' to get in. Then he turned to the play ground once more and rolled his eyes, "Minion."
Another boy, one with dirty brown hair and olive skin, walked out of his hiding spot and moved to the teacher.
"Yes…warden?" he said with a sheepish smile.
Mr. Ritchi gestured into the classroom and quickly Minion went in; and a good thing too, since the students were just now arriving.
M
School seemed and felt longer than ever before for the trio of 'heroes'. They sat in their usual spot, the table farthest away from the others. It was this way for many reasons, the main one involving that they were all tutored by Megamind's parents who were top class scientist. This got the trio rather bored in class and left them with extra time to do what they wanted.
"What are they teaching today Minion?" asked Megamind twirling a scrap of metal.
Minion moved his head to stare to the front of class before turning once more to Megamind, "They're singing the itsy bitsy spider."
Metro 'Man' turned to the front and started humming to the song. Megamind rolled his eyes and continued to play with his piece of metal. If only he had his tools to work with…Minion on the other hand drifted to sleep as he had nothing better to do. Megamind pulled out another piece of metal from his bag and placed it next to the one he already had, his mind already working on something for when he got home; when the door opened.
Silence fell on the classroom but Metro 'Man' and Megamind were too indulged in their own things to notice. However the rest of the class did notice. Jaws dropped and eyes widened at the sight of the person that entered. Besides the fact that she was being followed by two policemen, her skin was blue and her head was larger than any ordinary human's, her lips were black and her unusual green eyes stared shyly at the entire room. She tried a smile, but she knew how odd she would come out to everyone else.
"Hello there," said Mr. Ritchi. "You must be the new student…Roxanne."
The blue alien nodded as the guards went through protocol. Roxanne just stayed still at by the door playing with her fingers and from time to time her eyes would wonder to the class. An awkward smile would appear on her black lips but then she would turn back to play with her fingers.
Megamind frowned not hearing the usual chatter in the background; it was the music he heard when he worked while still in class. He looked up to see what was happening when his eyes landed on the blue girl. His breath caught as his eyes wondered over her form. He swallowed and tried to control the slight shaking from his hands. Metro Man noticed and stopped humming, turning to his friend with a frown.
"What's wrong Syx?" asked Metro 'Man'.
Megamind's eyes wondered to his friend's and he shook his head, "Nothing Wayne."
Metro 'Man' frowned and turned to meet the girl that seem to have caught his friends attention. When he turned he had an eyebrow raised and a wicked smile on his lips.
"Syx got a girlfriend?" he said in a whisper.
Megamind stuck out his tongue which made Metro 'Man' chuckle, and in turn caused Minion to wake up.
"What happened?" he asked rubbing his eyes.
"Syx found a girlfriend," said Wayne, a wicked smile plastered on his lips.
That seemed to give Minion a jump start, because his eyes grew wide and his jaw dropped, "What?" he whispered/screamed.
Metro 'Man' pointed towards Roxanne with his head and Minion turned to find himself eye to eye with the blue girl. His eyes grew slightly but his face remained calm. He sent a smile her way which she returned. Minion then turned to his friends.
"See? Isn't she cute?" said Metro 'Man'.
Minion nodded, "So sir likes her?"
Metro 'Man' winked, "So it would seem."
"I'm right here you know," said Megamind trying to call attention to himself, but as expected, he was ignored by the pair that seemed more interested in the boy's romantic life.
"There you go," said Mr. Ritchi. "You'll pick up Roxanne after school?"
"On the dot," said one of the policemen.
Mr. Ritchi nodded and the policemen left, leaving behind the blue girl.
"Well Roxanne, it seems now it's a good time as any to introduce yourself to the class."
Roxanne nodded and started reciting the brief introduction she had rehearsed in the prison. Expectant eyes watched her as she spoke, even the table at the back watched the green eyes alien as she recited. This surprised and made Mr. Ritchi suspect an evil plan on the table in the back.
When Roxanne was done, the classroom was silent and she waited. Mr. Ritchi, being distracted wondering about the back table, had missed his cue. The classroom laughed at him and he was instantly placed back to his head.
"Em..Um…Yes, Roxanne please, take a seat," he said gesturing the classroom.
Metro 'Man' was instantly on his feet gesturing at Roxanne to join them. Mr. Ritchi stared with a suspicious glace at the table, but gestured Roxanne to join them nonetheless. As she reached her seat, Mr. Ritchi turned to the class and started to speak once more.
Roxanne carefully sat next to the odd boy with the odd hair style, that reminded her of this singer her aunt fussed a lot…Elvis was his name?
"So…Roxanne my name is Wayne and welcome to our table," he said gesturing the table.
Roxanne nodded and turned to the others, "Hi, my name is Roxanne."
"Hi, I'm Minion," said a boy with brown eyes and spiky hair.
Roxanne waved back at him before turning to the last of the boys. She stared at him with curious eyes. His face what somewhat sharper than any other she had ever seen, maybe that was just a boy thing.
"I'm Megamind," said Megamind.
Metro 'Man' chuckled, "That's not really his name but we use it more often than our actual names."
Roxane turned to Metro 'Man' a frown on her face, "What?"
"We like to play superhero," he explained. "Megamind is his supervillain name."
"Supervillain?" Roxanne questioned.
"Yes, like I'm the superhero Metro Man. Michael there is Megamind's minion…Minion. And…"
"Megamind," interrupted Megamind. "That's all the name she needs to know."
Metro 'Man' leaned to Roxanne, "He's name is…"
"Wayne!" screamed Megamind.
"Syx!" screamed Mr. Ritchi.
Megamind turned to the teacher and sat back down, "Sorry."
Class resumed as normal and Roxanne turned back to the table conversation, "Six, like the number?"
"Syx with a 'y' my parents are into…odd names," replied Megamind.
Metro chuckled, "That's not the only weird thing in his name."
"What do you mean?" asked Roxanne.
Silence fell on the table as the class resumed in the background. Three pair of eyes landed on Megamind waiting for him to explain. The boy sighed and placed his metal scraps on the table.
"My name is Syx Glaupunk," he said calmly.
No one laughed as he expected, at least for Metro and Minion. However Roxanne didn't laugh which surprised him.
"Why aren't you laughing?"
"Well…I'm blue and I'm an alien so…" she replied.
Megamind picked his metal scraps, "Well then."
"Don't worry Roxanne, Syx is like that," said Minion stretching his arm. "I'm Michael Duppings."
"Another odd name," said Roxanne.
Minion shrugged, "It helps us be different."
"At least you're scot free in terms of redundancy," said Roxanne, which made Megamind laugh.
"Scott free," he said as he tried to control his laugh and managing to hit his head on the table. "Owww ajajajaja."
"What's so funny?" asked Roxanne not knowing what she said wrong.
"My name is Wayne Scott…" said Metro 'Man' shrugging.
"That was such a perfectly timed joke though," said Megamind.
"Agreed," said Metro 'Man'.
M
The rest of the day went by in a flash. To Mr. Ritchi's surprise -the blue girl and the three trouble makers he called neighbors- had taken a liking to one another. During their recess they spent most of the time explaining how the drill worked to the new arrival. In no time she had become their damsel in distress, but she didn't take the part well. She was sassy and replied to everything Megamind and Metro Man said. This annoyed Megamind and amused the rest.
Now after class Warden watched as Roxanne said goodbye to her new friends and got on the bus that would take her to the prison. Perhaps the setting wasn't the best…perhaps it needed a change.
"Bye Roxie," said Metro chasing after the bus.
Minion and Megamind waved from a distance as the bus turned the corner and headed for the prison.
"Well guys is time to close," said Warden. "Get your belongings ready, unless something happens like last time…Megamind."
The boy raised his hands to show a small gun on it. He then lowered it to hide in his pants and raised his hands again.
"I'm innocent of everything," he said walking to the parking spot.
"Mhm and I'm the king of Rome," said Warden closing the building.
"I sure hope we get to see Roxanne tomorrow," said Minion climbing in the car.
"So do I," said Metro. "She was super cool. It's nice to have a girl play with us."
"She was a horrible captive," commented Megamind putting on his seatbelt.
"Well we'll see tomorrow won't we?" said Warden. "Ready?"
"Yep," three voices replied in unison.
Warden nodded and backed away from the building.