Megamind sighed. Life was getting far more difficult then he had ever anticipated. As he walked across the green grass in Metro City Park he sighed again when he heard the people scream out of terror and run away. He didn't really care at the moment that he was being seen, in all his blue awesomeness, in public, and not doing the 'acting evil' thing. He was to depressed and confused to care. He looked up at where his feet were guiding him and noticed that he had ended up on the playground. He couldn't help, but smile at the memory of his first time on a swing. It was the only time he had ever been happy on a playground. He walked over to the swing and sat down. He grabbed the chain and rocked back and forth. He looked up and was surprised to see a landscape of the city. It was a rather peaceful sight. "Why does life have to be hard?" he asked the sky.

"I don't know." Megamind quickly looked over to see a little girl sitting right next to him on the second swing. She had blue eyes that looked to be the same color as his skin and strait dark brown hair that reached her shoulders. She was wearing a white t-shirt with overalls, but the overalls weren't pants they were like a dress.

"What are you doing?" he asked eyeing her confusedly.

"I'm swinging, silly!" she said giggling as she stared to swing. "That's what you do on a swing!"

"Yes, but why are you here?" Megamind asked again looking at her.

"To swing!" she said again slowing down and looking at him. "What are you doing?" she asked innocently.

"No, no I mean-" Megamind sighed no point in arguing with a child. "I don't really know anymore."

"What's your name?" She asked smiling at him.

He looked to her "Well," he said trying to explain "I don't really have a name per say, but, it's Megamind." he said at last rubbing the back of his head tiredly.

"Ooooo." she said as her eyes got bigger.

"What?" he asked as if she had offended him.

"I really like your name!" she said smiling bigger at him.

"You do?" he asked innocently.

She nodded enthusiastically "Uh huh! It's really cool!"

"Well, um, thank you." he said awkwardly.

She smiled at him "You're welcome!" She started to hum a little song that he assumed she was making up, when he sighed again. "Why are you so sad?"

He looked at her "It's complicated." he then added "And shouldn't you be running away from me right now? Like to your parents?"

"I don't have any parents." the little girl said and Megamind took a breath.

"I'm sorry. I don't either." he said sighing sadly.

The little girl sighed too "It sucks, huh?" she asked.

Megamind nodded agreeing with her "It does, suck." after a minute he said "You know, you didn't answer my earlier question." she looked at him. "Why aren't you running away from me?"

The little girl giggled "Why should I?" she asked innocently.

Megamind gave her a face that said 'really?' "Because I'm the bad guy." he told her leaning forward a bit.

The little girl looked at him earnestly and said "No your not."

Megamind looked taken aback. Was she serious? "Yes I am." he said.

"No you're not." she argued.

"Yes I am." he said again this time with a bit more force.

"No you're not." she said again shaking her head.

"Yes I am."

"No you're not."

"Yes I am."

"No you're not."

"Yes I am."

"No you're not."

"GAAAAH!" Megamind yelled at last holding his head. "Yes I am!"

She shook her head "No you're not."

He smacked his forehead "Do you have some sort of mental disease or disorder?"

She giggled at him and touched his face sweetly, surprising him. "No."

"Then why do you think I am good?" he said pulling back.

"Because you are." she told him with a sweet smile.

"But why?" he asked again this time a bit more softly. "Why do you not believe I'm a bad guy?"

"Because bad guys are mean and they hurt people." she told him completely serious. "You're not mean and you don't hurt people."

He breathed in sharply then sighed "That's where you're wrong." he said and she looked at him "I've hurt someone before." she was silent while he spoke "Not that I meant to, well I meant to, but not like that." he explained.

"Did you say sorry?" she asked and he looked at her.

"Well, kind-of-"

"That's not an answer." she said cutting him off. "Did you say you're sorry?" she asked again this time more like a mother to a disobedient child.

"No." he said sadly. He looked at her with a sad smile and added "I would if I could though."

"See?" she asked encouragingly "You're not a bad guy." he looked at her "Bad guys don't say sorry." he smiled at her and they were quiet for a few seconds before she asked "Do you have any friends?"

"I have one friend and his name is Minion." Megamind told her proudly.

"Oh no!" she said.

"What! What is it? What's wrong!" he cried moving in front of her to protect her while pulling out his gun.

"You only have one friend!" the little girl said.

Megamind sighed and sat back down on the swing. "Yes. Is that a problem?"

"Yes it is!" she said jumping up off the swing and grabbing his hands. She was so short he was eye level with her when he was slouching and she was standing up. "Everyone should have more then one friend!" she told him. Then drew her hands back and put them on her chin as she thought. "I know!" she cried making Megamind jump. "I'll be your friend!"

"Well," he started, but she stopped him by grabbing his hands again and giving him puppy eyes.

"Please!" she begged. The little girl then took a step back and lowered her head sadly "I don't have any friends." she said quietly.

"Why?" he asked completely dumbfounded. This sweet little child didn't have any friends! How was that possible?

"Everyone in the orphanage thinks I'm weird." she told him.

"You live in an orphanage?" he asked. She nodded her head "Well, I don't think your weird!" he declared happily.

Her face brightened "You don't!"

"No!" he said blowing it away with his hand. "How could I think that of my friend?"

The little girl cried happily and jumped onto him enveloping him in a huge hug "Thank you, Megamind! You're the best!"

Megamind was confused at first, but then wrapped his arms around the child and completed the hug. "You're welcome." they pulled away from each other and he asked looking into her eyes with a warm smile "What's your name?"

"My name is Claire!" she said smiling back at him.

"Well, Claire," he began taping her nose once, making her giggle "I'm glad that I have such a great friend like you!" she smiled at him before he continued "You know it's getting pretty late, I think it's time for you to go back to the orphanage."

Claire looked sad at first then brightened up as she said "Will you come with me? I'm Mrs. Carson won't mind if you have dinner with us!"

Megamind cringed "You know," he began delicately. "I'm not that hungry and I have to be getting back to my home, so-" he stopped when he saw how defeated she looked then added "Make that a rain check."

Claire didn't look as happy, but she smiled and nodded "Okay." Megamind was about to leave when Claire engrossed him another hug and said "If I ever have a daddy, I want him to be you." she then kissed him on the cheek and ran home.

Megamind sat there a bit stunned, but a warm smile found it's way to his face as he touched his cheek where Claire had kissed him. "Thank you." he said as he watched her disappear around the corner and he couldn't help, but think that if he ever had a daughter, he'd want it to be her as well.