1.23.12.
Inspired by Somewhere Out There by Our Lady Peace.
Devoid
Pt.1
"It's right here, Minion," Roxanne said from beneath a cabinet. Minion moved over to her and grabbed the piece of cleaning machinery that Megamind couldn't identify for all the cupcakes in the world, "Thank you, Ms. Ritchi, this'll make it much easier."
The two set about fixing up the kitchen from dinner. Now that the movie was over and it was getting late, they'd all be going to sleep soon.
Sleep. Megamind sighed deeply, tossing this month's issue of Marvelous Mechanics onto the table, not having read a word from it. He didn't want to sleep yet, because he might have that dream again.
Eyeing his girlfriend and fish companion from the couch, Megamind decided he wouldn't be missed for a few minutes. He just wanted some fresh air to clear his big head.
Getting up and slipping out onto the balcony, he moved over to the furthest corner from the doors and the light, breathing in the night air and letting it back out in a rush.
Well, that didn't really help at all. Why did people always say it did? His thoughts were just as un-clear as before.
Sighing again, he rested his arms on top of the balcony wall and leaned against it to look over the side at the streets hundreds of feet down.
The view was always so great way up here. It usually cheered him up to see all of the lights and traffic below, but tonight it didn't really do a thing for him.
Taking his eyes off of the lights below him, Megamind raised them to the ones above. All those millions of twinkling stars were so far away, but up here they were just a little closer. He liked to think that maybe one night he could reach right out and touch them.
The thought always made him secretly hope that should that time ever come, maybe he could find his home that way, and find his parents.
There had been a place in him since he was a kid that felt empty, a hole left from their absence in his life that made him feel incredibly lonely at times, especially when he gazed upon the stars. It was the place where he remembered their faces as they waved him good-bye.
That's what had been depressing him all day. This morning he'd had the dream about them, the same one as usual. It never failed to affect him, but this time felt like the worst yet.
Maybe it was because after becoming Defender of Metrocity only a few weeks ago he had been wondering if his parents were really somewhere out there, watching him. He wondered if they were proud.
Megamind supposed he would never find out, and sometimes on a night like tonight that thought was too much to bear.
All day he had thought he'd been able to hold himself together rather well, even though he was constantly distracted, unable to focus on his work, so lost in thought all evening at dinner and through the movie he was sure someone would have noticed.
But now, out here alone looking up at the vastness this universe had to offer, he couldn't keep it inside anymore. Nor did he want to. Megamind could feel his heart start to ach terribly, and then his throat clenched up and tears sprung to his eyes.
There were so many things he always wanted to tell them, but really only one thing that seemed the most important.
With a strangled voice, he whispered to those ever twinkling stars, like he had countless times before.
"I miss you so much..."