Here's the next chapter, it was all I could think about during the day, about how I was going to present a few things, and how I was going to explain others, hopefully it makes sense, I spent so much time on this one trying to make it make sense :L Fingers crossed that it's okay ^^

I do not own Megamind or any of the characters involved, all goes out to Dreamworks

The brainbots kept to what they were ordered to do, moving slowly just as Megamind and Roxanne were, Minion following on behind them as a sort of backup, the light from the bots shone out brightly, giving them the chance to be able to see where they were going, and to keep the threat at bay.

Megamind had not really planned for this to happen, well why would he of done, that's why this particular experiment was never used, and locked away… he could not understand how it had managed to escape… it had been frozen dramatically, and kept that way… it could not have been when the power went out, because this whole thing starter way before… maybe he could figure out the cause another time, he just wanted to concentrate on getting Roxanne to safety, he had never kidnapped her with the intention of her getting hurt, oh no, that was something he could never do… it was never really fun to hurt anyone… and besides…

His thoughts went dead as the room started to cool down, Megamind stopped and tightened his grip on Roxanne's arm, she glanced up to him, concern and worry in her eyes.

"What?"

"Hush"

Megamind whispered placing his finger to his lips, his eyes scanning around, they could only reach so far, the edges of the light… and then there was the darkness, which was the rest of the room, he knew from here they was not long from the first door, which would lead them down to the generator room, but still he could not risk anything happening up here.

"Minion? Go get the doors; we will meet you down in the room"

Minion glanced over to Roxanne for a moment and then back to Megamind, who was back to watching the area.

"Right away Sir"

Minion moved away from the two of them and headed for the direction that he had taken before, and the direction which they would pass not long after him, Megamind's eyes flickered up and watched Minion's movements, before he was gone into the darkness. Roxanne was breathing heavier now, the cold was sending shivers over her body, and she felt light headed.

"How long do we have with the oxygen?"
Megamind glanced down to her and sucked in a breath, his head shaking for a moment, he was clearly thinking about that now.

"Well, Uh… because the machine that's supplies us with oxygen has well, stop working… the remaining oxygen will circulate around, and it won't be getting to far, the fact that your breathing carbon dioxide out every time you do breathe is not really helping… and we are on the lower levels"
"Oh what so you want me to hold my breath just so we can save on oxygen, great idea Megamind"

He frowned and shook his head.

"No, did I say that? I was just trying to find you an answer, by taking a few things away"

"And your conclusion… answer, whatever"

She mumbled shaking her head, her eyes quickly glancing around.

"We are lucky to have just over an hour"

Roxanne's eyes shot back to meet his, her mouth nearly dropping, just over an hour with luck, her luck was too low for that.

"You're kidding me… great so we are going to die down here, I have to admit, not how I planned to die, but still, it will do"

Roxanne said turning her head away, hopefully she would wake up soon and it will all have been a nightmare.

"Anyway why are we just standing here? Like you said before, it's much safer down there than it is up here, plus Minion will be getting worried"

Roxanne said, Megamind looked over to her and shook his head, his hand came up and he pointed towards one of the brainbots who was already turned his way.

"I need you to go into the second lab for me, get me the oxygen tank and my blueprints on the lair"

The brainbot took in the orders and shot off into the darkness, he turned himself back to Roxanne; oh the look in his eyes was not good.

"Roxanne, I'm sorry to have to tell you this but… that's not Minion"

"What do you mean, of course it is?"
"It's not, Roxanne this threat… in a nutshell is a shape shifter…"

"Come again?"

She mumbled not really believing that he had just said that, maybe the lack of oxygen was getting to her brain, killing off her cells at record speed, or… he really just said shape shifter…

"There is a shape shifter loose in the lair Roxanne, you even came into contact with it yourself, those eyes were not mine that was not me…"

Roxanne shook her head softly, he almost missed her doing so… had she lost it… wait why would she be losing it, it's him, Megamind's lost it, she knew the day would come, she just never knew it would be over something so… unreal.

"Look Roxanne… believe it or not, at this moment I really don't care, I just need you to trust me, as hard as that may seem, please just trust me on this…"

Roxanne kept her eyes on his, not moving them away the whole time, was he begging her to trust him, as weird as that may seem, and he was right that would be hard… but then again she felt she could do it, he had never hurt her before… that's true he had never hurt her, all the times they had been in situations where he could have hurt her, killed her even, he never did…

"I trust you"

Roxanne said, noting that his eyes beamed with relief when he heard those words coming from her lips, he nodded his head and caught sight of the brain bot he had sent off before the conversation, it was carrying just what he had ordered, the oxygen tank and the blueprints of the lair, he looked back to Roxanne.

"I said I would explain to you as soon as we was in the generator room, I've given you a brief overview, sort of thing, I'll explain more when you're safe"

Megamind released Roxanne and took a hold of the oxygen tank and the blueprints, turning back to face her and the brainbots, he moved his head in the direction of the door, Roxanne looked up. She felt a little uneasy without him by her side. Wait where did he get the oxygen tank from? And why would he possess one? She was too tired to let her brain find any answer, and just too tired to even ask him at this point.

"Lead the way"

She mumbled already setting off to follow him, he turned on the spot and started for the door, which was already coming into view now, it was open thanks to 'Minion', he continued through the door taking in the detail of the corridor ahead of them, it was just a simple one really, nothing but a door on the opposite end, and a vent fixed into one of the walls, he turned himself around and waited for Roxanne to pass him, he then shifted to the door and pulled it to a close balancing the oxygen tank under his arm.

Roxanne followed behind Megamind as the stairs sent them into the lower parts of the lair, she could tell it had not really been used, it smelt damp. She could see a figure waiting at the bottom of the stairs and she squinted to try and make out what it was… it moved and stepped forwards to meet Megamind at the bottom, who simply smiled at him and walked past and towards the door at the other end, Minion followed him before he turned and looked towards Roxanne, his eyes half shut, she never realized that the brainbots light was that bright… she stopped in front of him and tapped him on the mechanical shoulder.

"Thank you"

Roxanne smiled warmly, soon dropping it… his eyes, yellow? No she was sure this time that his eyes were brown… a frowned had formed on its own and she turned to get back to Megamind, who had opened the door to the generator room, which was really bright from the mass amount of brainbots located in there, she stepped through the door and glanced around, it was smaller than she thought it was going to be, possibly because the generator in the middle of the room was taking up the space, and it, smelt weird too, and it was undecorated, nothing but pipes and vents…

"You're not coming in Minion?"

Megamind called out, there was silence at first, and then a few soft noises could be heard from the outside.

"Uh, no Sir, I'm going to keep an eye out here, if you don't mind, I think it will make Miss Ritchi feel better, and me of course, I don't want anything happening to the two of you now do I?"

Megamind shifted and peered through the door right at Minion.

"Of course, I understand completely… I will be closing the door though"

Megamind told him, only receiving a quick thumbs up, Megamind pulled the door to a close and pulled the rusted up lock across, he then turned himself to face Roxanne… he then shook his head and moved over to the oxygen tank and the blue prints he had not long placed in the corner, he opened up the blue prints and sat himself down on the cold ground, Roxanne frowned and moved to sit herself down next to him, her eyes scanning over the print, although to her, it did not look like that much.

"We are in here"

Megamind said pointing towards a small box at the very bottom of the paper, Roxanne tilted her head to the side and sighed deeply, a frown forming, and it really did not look that bad on paper.

"We have five levels above us, plus the roof and the observatory, as Minion said before, there is a ventilation system that runs throughout the whole of the lair"

"What's that?"

Roxanne asked pointing towards a few lines on the sheet of paper, Megamind twisted the sheet a few times trying to angle it and make out what it was, before raising his brows and nodding his head.

"I think that's part of another blue print, because I cannot figure it out"

Megamind mumbled, Roxanne laughed a little and shook her head, she leaned herself against the back wall, as did Megamind.

"Have you got time to give me an explanation?"

Roxanne asked him, turning her head a little so that she could look at him, he turned his slightly and glanced up towards a brainbot in the corner, he sucked in a breath and nodded, it was what he was going to do anyway.

"This… shape shifter, was something I created a while back, using the same sort of technology I used for my watch, give or take a few changes"

Roxanne frowned for a moment, still listening but wondering what he meant by watch, he has a watch similar to a shape shifter, is that what he was saying. She shook her head and continued to listen to him.

"It was supposed to be for Metro Man, I thought it would be perfect because it could move in the shadows, shifting to become the shadows, easily hidden. It can shape shift, so obviously turn into anything needed… I was going to lure Metro Man to a warehouse, at night, because I thought that would be more effective, given it can only move and operate in the shadows, and you would have been the bait, sorry but that was the only way I could think to get him there…"

Roxanne sighed and rolled her eyes, at least he was telling her.

"I programmed it… well I say programmed it's not really a robot… anyway I programmed it to touch, so it could take a hold of someone, and take away certain memories… but then I scrapped the idea because it was one that would actually work… I did not want that to happen, even after all the work…"
"The almighty Megamind has a heart after all"

Roxanne muttered softly, a smirk rising to her lips. Megamind rolled his head and smiled in response.

"Anyway… I left the creation out for a few weeks, just leaving it to, die, as bad as that sounds, it was natural, it was supposed to die after a few weeks just so I could make sure the plan would have worked… I remember coming back the once to find that it was still there, something had happened to it, it looked completely different, and it was breathing… I run a series of tests on it, and it had mutated… gaining other programmes, other needs… I don't know what it had gained, or what it had lost but the one thing it never lost was that one need to destroy anything… to do with Metro Man… that's why I was asking you if I touched you… one touch and your memories are gone erased forever… well I believe so anyway, I never went into much detail."

Megamind sighed and shook his head, before continuing.

"Everyone in this city has Metro Man on their mind, you more than anyone… and I did the only thing I could do, I froze it and locked it away, I only knew it was nearby because of you complaining about the cold…because every time I would pass by it when it was locked away, it was always so cold, guess it gained its own sort of trait"

Roxanne listened intently to his words, and then glanced down to her hands which were resting in her lap, she believed every word, she knew his mind was powerful, she knew he was a genius, but something like this was way out there.

"And it's weakness?"

"Roxanne… it's a shadow."

Roxanne frowned at his response, she glanced up and watched him for a moment, his eyes circled around the room, trying to give her a hint, and then she smiled.

"Light?"

"Yes, but the brainbots lights are not strong enough to destroy it completely… it needs something bigger, something much more powerful… like the sun for example"

"Perfect, well why don't you just lure it outside and…"

"Roxanne you're forgetting a few details…for one, the lair is in lockdown, and two, what time was it when Minion came for you?"

Roxanne's face dropped and reality hit her, great, well that put that 'plan' down the drain.

"I guess you do have a few good points there, well… what can we do, I mean, there's not much we can do with limited air supply, limited light, and just about limited everything"

Megamind nodded his head, he knew there was 'limited everything' as Roxanne put it, but there was still the two of them, and they had enough time to think, he knew he could not fix the generator, because… that was never to be fixed up, was merely for show… and he could not get any ideas from Minion, because he seemed to be possessed by his creation, he only had his mind and Roxanne to rack through.

Megamind turned to look to Roxanne, who was fighting to keep her eyes open, he sat himself up and she shifted, her eyes opening wide.

"Roxanne sit up for a moment"

Megamind said to her, she met his gaze and then pushed herself forwards, he shifted in his place to sit in front of her.

"What's your head feeling like?"

"Uh… I don't know I guess, it feel weird, like when you stand up to quickly, light headed sort of feeling, and I'm incredibly tired, it's best not to kidnap me when it's the middle of the morning, I'm useless"

Roxanne muttered with a soft laugh, she watched him and frowned softly.
"What is it?"

"It's the oxygen, it's not because you're tired, in fact if there was more oxygen in here, then you would be wide awake, the adrenaline pumping through you would be doing that, you're only tired and light headed because of how little oxygen your getting"

Megamind told her, she looked down and muttered an 'oh' before glancing back up to him, she looked so venerable, she was a fighter though, he knew that much.

"The oxygen tanks for you, I know you will need it"

"What about you?"

Megamind shook his head and smiled, before standing to his feet and making his way to the door, there was only silence on the other end, which could turn out to be, good and bad, either Minion was back and the threat was coming up with something else, or Minion was still possessed and there was something missing… Either way, they were not in a good situation.

"Ollo? Minion? Are you out there?"

Megamind called out, pressing his face against the cold metal door, silence still lingered, until he heard something shifting around, metal against metal.

"Sir, I've told you a million and one times, its 'Hello', Could you let me in? I'll question why I was out here later"

Megamind grinned and pulled the lock, moving it a little easier than the last time, he then pulled down the handle and opened the door, the light flooding into the dark, Minion peered inside and then met Megamind's eyes, Megamind was closely watching Minion for a moment before moving away and giving him room to enter, Minion smiled and stepped inside.

Half an hour had passed, there was nothing happening on the outside, from what they could gather. For the time that had passed, Minion and Megamind had been looking over the blueprints and trying to come up with something to get the power back online, the plans so far was either impossible, or most of what they needed were on the upper levels… Megamind sighed deeply, his breathing slower than before, the oxygen had completely depleted from last time… Not leaving much time for them, Minion glanced over to Roxanne who had fallen asleep not too long ago…

"Has she had enough oxygen?"

Minion questioned Megamind glancing towards the tank which had not moved from before… that was a no… Megamind pushed himself up and walked over to her, pulling the oxygen tank with him, he grabbed her shoulders gently and pulled her up in a seated position, shaking her softly to wake her. Roxanne let her eyes slowly slip open.

"Roxanne I told you to have some of this"

He pulled the tank over and took the mask off the side, connecting it together, he held it in front of her face, making sure that he could cover her mouth and nose, and he turned the dial on the top releasing the oxygen at a decent rate. Roxanne had no strength to fight it, she was determined to keep the oxygen tank filled up as long as possible, and she was not going to take it all for herself either, she knew Megamind needed it as much as she did. The relief she got when she took in a first breath of it was amazing, she could feel the tiredness lifting, and the dizziness, though she still felt tingly, She lifted her arm and placed it over Megamind's, just being able to pull his hand and the mask away.

"It's your turn"

She told him, he looked pale, his usual bright blue was too dim for her liking, his usual purple tinges had turned a pale blue colour, which was not normal, from what she could class as normal anyway, she grabbed the mask from underneath his hand and turned it, pressing it to his mouth and nose, he closed his eyes and took in a few breaths of the oxygen… she moved the mask away and smiled.

"Thanks"

"Sewers"

Megamind frowned at the response he was given, usually the proper answer to give someone when they say thank you is, you're welcome… or is he behind…

"Excuse me?"

"The sewers, I remember when I found your observatory… sorry… secret hideout, or lair, whatever you refer to it as…"

Roxanne sighed and shook that away before she started mumbling about nothing.

"The point I'm trying to make is, where you were situated"

"And where is that?"

"Megamind, the sewers run directly underneath… give or take a few feet, what I'm getting at is, well we are underground, just situate which level the sewers will follow on from"

Megamind's face lit up, and he immediately shuffled back to where he was situated before, pulling the blue prints out of Minion's grasp and scanning them.

"Boingo"

Megamind shouted out pointing rapidly a few times at the sheet of paper, Minion was about to correct him on his words, but cut away from the idea when something popped into his mind.

"How are we supposed to get to the upper levels? I mean, lockdown does not give us any options on how we are going to go about doing that does it?"

Minion pushed himself to his feet, looking over Megamind's shoulders he glanced towards where he was pointing.

"Minion, It's a floor above, I'm sure we can figure something out"

His excitement had returned to his eyes, and he moved back over to Roxanne, he kneeled himself down next to her and showed her the blue prints.

"Remember that one section I could not figure out… You figured it out for me, it's the sewers"

Roxanne grabbed the dial on the oxygen tank and turned it a few times to end the circulation; she then pushed herself to her feet and smiled.

"I have an idea…"

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