A/N: I have an OC, and her name is Kathy. She's a bar tender in Metro City. Enjoy! :)
The Fast Lane, filled to the brim tonight including the animal species Homo Saipan especially. Thunder merely fueled their urge to party into the early morning hours, and the heavy rain came thrashing down tonight, yet somehow, the moon found a slit in the sky in which it shone its light rich and white as Metroman once did surrounded with Megamind's evil plans. Those times have clearly changed.
Yet still, tradition stays alive even with the passing of Metroman, as the city's most profound men and women circle in and out of The Fast Lane this very night.
Friday night, the most chaotic as always, Kathy thought as she wiped down the bar's smooth, wood patterned surface to show off its glisten when the stage lights hit it at the precise angle. She smirked, realizing how pointless this task will seem in a matter of a few hours. Work was out, the family dinner being cleaned up, and perhaps a few remotes have turned off a television or two. Eight o' clock was the magic hour, and the bar tender knew it.
Luckily, Kathy only made her shifts until nine and she made damn sure she got that spot. The last person to sign up worked friday night's late shift and they were the ones who cleaned up most of the partying and partier's after effects. Kathy remembered those jobs vividly, and she couldn't hate anything more. Well, now that Megamind was no longer evil and Titan was defeated, Kathy only hated the late night shift's job tonight.
She planned for a load of celebration however, seven-thirty came suddenly and it was a moment Kathy sensed was critical. The doors squeaked open, and in walked a face Kathy could recognize anywhere.
Megamind.
Wrapped in his usual apparel, Kathy was placing glasses into cabinets when he arrived. Still, the same cape, reflecting blue on the inside and black outside, along with the spikes that emerged from his shoulders. What Kathy never understood was why he had a blue thunderbolt pattern on his chest (or was it supposed to be an m?). She didn't pay much attention to him at the moment though, and she went back into the kitchen to retrieve more glasses.
Upon her return, he was sitting at the bar, which came as a slight surprise to her. Figuring he must be waiting for something, she set her glasses down.
"Can I get you anything?" she asked. Slender fingers cloaked by black gloves ceased spinning the shiny nickel on the counter, and his bald, blue head rose so Kathy could see his bold emerald eyes. All the tender could do was offer a smile, awaiting an answer.
"Oh," Megamind said slightly startled, as if he had never noticed she was even there. "no...not right now." Kathy nodded, returning to her duties as the bands and other forms of entertainment tonight came through the back doors to check in with her manager, Quade, and perform their sound checks and collaborations on their new stage.
Even though he was Metro City's new hero, Megamind still felt awkward in public life. More people came up to him, trying to start a conversation or get his autograph, and sometimes, he wondered what it would've been like to just stay evil. He didn't like the attention most of the time, in fact he'd rather be sitting in Evil Lair with Minion...or perhaps Roxanne Ritchi. She could always find a way to lift his spirits, no matter what. Being exposed to the public now because of changing times, Megamind was slowly accepting it. Very, very slowly.
Tonight, that's what the two of them hoped to improve. Roxanne was to meet him within the walls of The Fast Lane tonight. The last time they conversed, he recalled her trying to convince him to go through with this plan of meeting in public. She thought it would help him adjust, and now, he waited for her.
As eight o' clock approached, more and more people arrived, some of them acknowledging his presence, but he noticed this was a completely different social environment. This place called The Fast Lane became fascinating to the blue alien as he watched the place fill rather quickly within the next half an hour. Still, out of all those people, not once did Roxanne prove to be one of them.
This made Megamind fidget at some points. He'd left the transformation watch at home, like he promised Roxanne he would do, so he couldn't just transform into Bernard or anyone else he had programed into it. He tried to focus on Roxanne, hoping to calm himself.
Kathy observed this, knowing he was uncomfortable, and as time passed, he became more and more melancholy. She couldn't bare seeing him in such a light any longer, so after she handed another beer to a rowdy customer, she walked back behind the bar.
"Come on, why so blue?" the bar tender asked, hoping her not so subtle pun might make him smirk at the very least.
"I've always been blue. I was born like that, I suppose," Megamind replied, taking this as another trivial question about his past life. Obviously he missed Kathy's point, but she shook it off, laughing quietly to herself mostly.
"Not what I meant," she corrected him. "I mean, why are you so sad tonight? It's Friday night! Party!"
"She's late," Megamind replied. "extremely late." Kathy assumed he was referring to Roxanne. Perhaps they were supposed to meet tonight, and at that moment, Kathy thought of a possible scenario.
"Perhaps she got held up. After all, she is a reporter," Kathy offered. Megamind said nothing in response; all she heard was a sigh. Fashionably late perhaps? Nonetheless, Kathy couldn't concern herself with such matters at the moment.
The fists were beginning to come out, and a few people had probably already overdone themselves. Once more, Kathy threw herself in the middle with a broomstick handle, whacking the both of them to their knees. She knew better than to shout at them, for that would only make the matter worse, and since she could think of nothing other than cuss words, Kathy remained silent as she did this. The people around her gave her multiple looks: some of confusion, others of shock and surprise and others that just didn't care what was going on (or they just didn't know what was going on by now).
Megamind stared at the clock in the bar. Where was Roxanne? Why hadn't she called or texted him by now? He thought about texting her, and it was tempting to him, almost too tempting; however he restrained himself from doing such. Instead, he hoped she'd walk through those doors any minute.
Those minutes turned into another hour. Kathy, as soon as she saw the clock, was getting out of there as fast as she could. The next person came in to take over for her.
"Good luck," she smirked as they passed each other. She sill noticed Megamind sitting at the bar, and she began to wonder about Roxanne.
"Hear anything from her?" Kathy asked, coming up behind him and causing him to jump almost out of his chair.
"AHH!" he exclaimed, turning around to see her. "I'm sorry you scared for a second... Um, no not a word."
"Do you want a ride home?" Kathy asked, but Megamind shook his head, figuring he might as well leave though. Roxanne wasn't coming tonight. Kathy nodded and headed for the door, but...
"CLEAN UP IN AISLE THREE!" Quade shouted, making Kathy turn to see what had happened.
Oh, that is just lovely, she thought to herself. A couple guys blew chunks and there was alcohol everywhere now. This didn't usually happen, but the last thing she wanted was Quade angry. Not to mention the guy taking over for her was nowhere to be found now, even though she'd just passed him! Kathy sighed, knowing what the right thing to do was, so she set down her belongings and grabbed a mop.
The place was just filled with a horrific smell now, and once Quade saw her still here, he question where the new guy was.
"Not sure," Kathy yelled over the roaring and screaming of everyone else around her. Quade rolled his eyes, so she knew he was already pissed off. This was a losing battle for her, it was a losing battle for everyone who worked in this bar.
Megamind left The Fast Lane after Kathy told him that things here wouldn't turn out too well tonight. He returned to Evil Lair, where Minion looked at him in question.
"Sir, why so sad this evening?" he asked, turning off the television.
"She never showed up," Megamind replied. Minion's eyes grew wider with shock. That didn't sound like Roxanne at all.
"No call, no text?" Minion asked, and Megamind shook his head as he went into his room. Minion sat on the couch and pondered this for a few minutes.
The blue alien changed into his pajamas and stared out the window, thinking about Roxanne. The whole situation didn't make any sense to him. She'd never just forget about him, would she?
Tennis shoes slapped the concrete and worried hands thrusted the door to The Fast Lane as if she just had to be here. Kathy looked up to see Miss Ritchi, looking frantically around the bar and coming up to the counter. The bar tender met her there, dropping everything.
"He left," she said, forcing Roxanne to pay attention to her. The reporter's face conveyed all to her, and she felt sorrow for Roxanne. "I'm sorry. What took you?"
"Huh?" Roxanne asked in surprise, sitting down in a rush. "What do you mean?"
"Well, I was talking with Megamind and I could just tell this was supposed to be a date or hang out. He thinks you forgot...so...what happened?" Kathy explained, eyeing her with curiosity after placing a glass of champagne in front of the reporter.
Roxanne took the glass, trying to relax but she knew this would be impossible.
"Okay, this is what happened. I was covering a breaking news story. Already this is last minute and my new cameraman was a little slow. I know I'm supposed to meet Megamind here, so I'm hoping the news won't take that long. Well, by the time we get onto the site, people are being dragged out by ambulances and everything is just chaos. So, I'm covering this and on my way to the site, my new cameraman, Charlie, accidentally trips over me. I tumbled after him and my phone broke into a thousand pieces.
Now, I think to myself 'I'm so screwed right now' because I want to get out of the whole thing so badly. I promised Megamind something tonight, and now I feel awful for not being able to contact him at all...and ah I feel like such a screw up and a mess!" Roxanne was clearly in a panic and she began breaking down.
Kathy could see the tears accompanied by the droplets from her hair and being out in the rain, she was out of breath from running. Her shoes were soaked and she wasn't looking top notch for a date tonight.
"Look, I think he went home. You could still catch him...you want to use my phone?" Kathy asked, offering her the cellular flip phone, a sad smile on her face. Roxanne's eyes filled with hope and she sneezed, interrupting what she was going to say.
"Thank you so so much! I-I owe you one," Roxanne took the phone, quickly dialing Megamind's number.
As it rang, Kathy couldn't help but feel the anticipation Roxanne did.
"Come on," Roxanne said, hoping to God he'd pick up the phone. "Please, pick up."