Yay, my first Megamind fanfic! Three cheers for the super villain/hero! He's badass in both cases ^_^ I like him better as a hero, though, he's way more heroic than Metroman in my opinion and just so cute with Roxanne. And he keeps his sexy outfit and inventions :P
I've been thinking about this story for a long time, I just didn't have a character that went well with the idea until Megamind came out. So hopefully this will be interesting and fairly detailed. I plan for it to be pretty long. I've been writing a little bit every day, so the chapters shouldn't take TOO long to get up. No promises, though.
Let the games... BEGIN!
Megamind handed the bag of dehydrated criminals to the closest police officer. Before the startled man could speak, the alien walked back to Minion, who was waiting near the Invisible Car.
"Two robberies and an assault! A good night's work, wouldn't you say, Min-yon?" Megamind was grinning ear to ear.
Minion tried to be enthusiastic; he wanted his charge to be happy, but it was taking some time for him to get used to being a good guy. Normally, the policemen would be stopped, chased, or avoided, not actually help Megamind. "Yes sir," Minion grinned toothily, "a fine catch for the night! We'd better get back to the Lair, you have an interview tomorrow at ten."
"Yes, with Roxanne." Megamind's green eyes glittered enthusiastically. "Make sure I'm up, Minion, I don't want to be late!" Megamind flung open the car door and jumped into the driver's seat, stomping on the gas excitedly. Minion barely had enough time to hop into the car before it whisked away.
The ride back to the Evil Lair was uneventful. The normal fight over the radio ended with Megamind winning (again), and they smashed into a few mailboxes while Megamind was dancing in place to the end of "Sweet Child O' Mine". Thankfully, there were few pedestrians at three o'clock in the morning, so there was little risk of actual injury as the Hudson screamed invisibly around corners.
Back at the Lair, Minion went to a secluded corner to get some sleep while Megamind pulled on his nuclear-hazard pajamas. Climbing into his hard, prison-like bed, the big-headed superhero pulled his favorite moon-and-stars blanket up around his chin. Closing his eyes contentedly, already dreaming of Roxanne's light blue eyes and laughing smile, Megamind drifted off to sleep.
~~~MM~~~
A short woman dressed entirely in white crept inside the secret entrance of the Evil Lair with exaggerated slowness. Glancing up to make sure the brainbots were all silent, she snuck to the Invisible Car, where the strange woman placed a small blinking device under the back bumper. Considering for a moment, she slipped more devices onto the jet-bike and the resting Spiyider Bot. Still moving ridiculously cautiously, the brunette glided out of the Lair and off silently into the night.
~~~MM~~~
When Minion sleepily walked into Megamind's room, he found the blue superhero already behind his curtain, being dressed by the brainbots. The fish envied Megamind's endless energy. Megamind still had the attitude and drive of a teenager, even though he was thirty-two. However, as the years wore on, Minion slowed down. There shouldn't be so much difference, he and Sir were almost identically the same age. It was not fair!
Minion rubbed his robotic hands on the front of his tank like a human rubs their eyes. Four hours of sleep was not enough! Perhaps it was time to talk to Megamind again about getting enough rest...
Fighting down a yawn, Minion said, "Sir, I have your morning coffee and doughnuts ready, and the Invisible Car has the new coat of paint you requested - Hey!" Minion scowled, struck by a sudden thought. "Sir, why did you have me paint the car when it's invisible all the time?" he grumbled.
Megamind, appearing from behind the curtain in his normal black and blue jumpsuit and cape, sighed. "Because, Fillet Min-yon," Megamind groaned with exaggerated patience, "what if the car's invisibility breaks down? I can't be seen in a junkheap, can I?" He pulled on his custom baby seal leather biker boots. "Now, I'm taking the Battle Bot today. I think it would be much more-" Megamind dropped into his low, threateningly ee-vil voice "-impressive." The blue alien pulled on the robot's user-interface gloves and walked out the door past Minion, who was gaping in disbelief.
Shaking off his frustration (Why did Megamind always change his plans at the last minute?) Minion hurried into the Evil Lair. Megamind was in his workspace of organized chaos, inhaling the coffee and doughnuts even faster than usual. The superhero occasionally jotted on a post-it note in raspberry jelly. Trying to read the red handwriting upside down, Minion guessed that the post-its were ideas for the upcoming interview.
When Megamind was finished eating, Minion interrupted his frenzied writing. "Sir, you'd better get going. It's almost nine."
Megamind's bulbous head jerked up in shock. "What? Why didn't you tell me! I'm going to be late!" The blue superhero quickly gathered up his sticky notes and layered them like they were in the pack, clutching them tightly. Megamind paused, fidgeted nervously in place for a second, then turned to Minion and asked hesitantly, "H-how do I look, Minion?"
Minion smiled. This he was used to. "Despicably rotten, sir," the fish said helpfully.
Met by a forbidding scowl, Minion backtracked hurriedly. Right, I have to use good adjectives now. While Megamind still liked being called bad, he preferred nowadays to have some heroic recognition in there too. Why does he always have to be so nuggety picky?
"I mean, despicably awesome."
Immediately, Megamind's face cleared, becoming boyishly excited again. "Excellent! Of course, I am devilishly handsome" - he wiggled his eyebrows expressively - "so that's no surprise." The blue alien smiled roguishly. "Time to knock their shoes off!" Megamind exclaimed as he clambered into the spiked Battle Bot.
"Socks," Minion corrected automatically.
Megamind turned in confusion, the robot turning with him. "What?"
"It's 'socks', sir."
The former villain protested, "But - but that doesn't even make any sense! The shoes must be removed before the socks... Unless the reporters aren't wearing shoes! I've never seem Roxanne barefoot be-"
Minion interrupted his boss before he got too involved. "Sir! Your interview!"
Megamind, only part of his brain responding, started walking off toward the KMCP8 station, muttering about barefoot reporters under his breath.
~~~MM~~~
Megamind was still deep in thought when he arrived at the news station. Did Roxanne have nail polish on her toes? She sometimes had polish on her hands, so that was possible. If she did, was it for a special occasion or did she always have toenail polish? He hoped she wouldn't make him paint her toes. Urgh, touching someone's bare feet would be disgusti-
Crash.
Megamind abruptly found himself face-to-face with Roxanne - amidst a pile of rubble created by absentmindedly walking into the station building.
"Oops."
Recover! No one must know it was a mistake! the blue alien thought frantically.
Quickly, Megamind rearranged his shocked features into a smug smirk and stiffened his hands, freezing the robot in place.
"Miss Ritchi, we meet again!"
Roxanne glowered, only momentarily surprised. "Couldn't you have used the doors?"
"That," he said with an evil smirk, "would not have been nearly as drah-mah-tic!"
Roxanne was still scowling, but it was now more of a banter-scowl than an I'm-going-to-kill-you scowl. "Don't you mean melodramatic?" The reporter relaxed. She was going to make sure he paid for the repairs. Then again, the damage would probably be covered by Megamind Insurance. Some cities had flood insurance; in Metro City, it was specialized insurance for anything destroyed in a hero/villain confrontation (or by said heroes/villains). She smiled inwardly, enjoying her chance to banter with him again.
Megamind cocked an arrogant eyebrow. "There is nothing mellow about my entrances! They are always rock hard!"
Many of Roxanne's coworkers, who by now were cautiously coming out of their offices and cubicles, snickered. Megamind could see cameras pointed his way and puffed up accordingly.
What he did not realize is that much of his audience thought the double entendre was intentional. They all knew Roxanne was dating Megamind, and a few had gossiped that she had stayed over the Lair for some 'bad time with the bad boy.' Roxanne had argued against these rumors, but Megamind's apparent tease seemed to confirm all those luscious stories.
Roxanne, unlike Megamind, got what her coworkers were laughing about. Her cheeks blushed a horrified pink. Her blue eyes flashed icily as she hissed "MEGAMIND!" The reporter was totally scandalized. They hadn't even gone beyond kissing and he had gone there?
Megamind was thoroughly confused. What was Roxanne upset about? He suddenly noticed the laughter (which was growing far beyond being mere snickers). He was paralyzed with fear and uncertainty. What should he do?
Before the blue alien said anything more disastrous, the news director, Mack, came in. Mack took one look at the situation and snapped, "Roxanne, get in here! We need you on set!" He glanced at Megamind subtly.
The relieved superhero took the cue gratefully and pranced into the newsroom with his usual swagger. Inside, he was cringing. What did he do to make Roxanne upset? It had to be connected to the news-team laughing. But what?
Roxanne stomped in, her black heels clicking sharply against the floor. Megamind noticed obliquely that she was wearing a gorgeous purple dress with a wide black band around her waist. In fact, it was the same dress style as the one she had worn for the last Metro Man Day. Same style, different color. He wondered if she often bought her clothes in sets. He didn't mind if she did; Roxanne would be utterly stunning if she weren't snapping like a crocodile.
As it was, he took a step back.
The director was finalizing lighting and camera angles, so he didn't notice Roxanne's icy glare change to fire or the implicit threat she posed to the network's VIP guest. By the time the director turned around, his star reporter had her face mostly under control.
Looking into his infuriated girlfriend's eyes, Megamind realized uncomfortably that this interview could turn bad very, very fast.
So hopefully, you guys like this. Review please! That tells me I should keep writing! Or that I should stop, for that matter, depending on the review. Anyway, I'd love to hear what y'all think!
Hehe, I made Megamind say something dirty. I'm still chuckling about it XD Was it obvious enough? I'm a little worried because my boyfriend said it was really lame.
Oh God, writing that was hard. Thank goodness for my beta, TheVampireAlchemist. Absolutely SUPERB beta so far, caught a lot of errors in grammar and style already and it's only been one chapter!
I like writing about Megamind. He's so simple a soul, yet he has an emotional depth that's pretty rare in most movie characters. And he can be really inconsiderate, which makes him so fun. More fun to come in the next chapter, when Roxanne takes Megamind's mistake out of his hide!