Part 3

"Who could ever have planned this?
Arranged the whole planet to all turn out this way?"
-Chris Rice "Let the Words Escape"

Roxanne stared in awe at this blue man before her. She couldn't help but gawk at his bulbous head, shining in the sunlight that gleamed through a single window. A wicked smile curled up the villain's thin face, his sharp emerald eyes gleaming with excitement. "I can tell you are completely speechless to the brilliance that is moi."

"You, I. . . who are you?" she asked, looking him up and down with an almost nervous gaze.

The alien continued to stroke the glowing dome of his brainbot. "I, dear Ms. Ritchie, am Megamind!" He jumped to his feet, throwing the brainbot off his lap as he thew out his arms as a physical display of his amazing-ness.

Roxanne watched on, a little frightened but partially unimpressed. She recalled the conversation she had with Metroman, brief as it was, she remembered the name. "Megamind. One of Metroman's foes, right?"

"His only and most dangerous foe, if I do say so myself," he bragged, gesturing with his hand to a robot nearby. Roxanne started as she saw the dome for a head with a fish swimming in it. The gorilla-robot cyborg waved a mechanical arm, the fish inside the dome smiling shyly at her. "This is Minion. He's my, well, minion."

The fish-gorilla-cyborg whatchamacallit smiled at her timidly, "It's a pleasure to have you in the lair Ms. Ritchie; can I get you anything to drink?"

"I'm fine. . ." she started slowly, unsure of how to respond to this friendly fish. Her eyes were focused mostly on the sharp teeth.

Megamind snapped, "Minion! Don't be a pushover! She'll try to trick you with her humanly ways!"

Roxanne felt the sudden urge to roll her eyes. She couldn't take this guy seriously.

The inner reporter kicked in, "So you're an alien too, like Metroman?"

Megamind seemed pleased as the attention shifted back to him. "Why yes, yes I am, Miss Ritchie. A planet in the same quadrant as our dear Metroman's, of course. He only got the luckier part of the deal when we landed on your precious planet."

Roxanne kept up the questions. "What do you mean? He got the luckier part of the deal?"

The blue alien paused, drifting into his sea of memory. He broke from the surface as he snapped his fingers, again assertive of his mission. "Never mind that! No time for chit chat now! We must prepare! Minion, ready the Destroy-Gun!"

"Aye aye sir!" Minion responded, putting his arm up in salute before turning to a counter of dials. He started to busily start clicking buttons and pulling specific levers.

Megamind started looking at a few readings, every so often looking over his shoulder to check up on his kidnappee. He couldn't help but wonder at the boldness of her. She seemed to have her head about, but he knew she would be completely intimidated by him.

"What did you bring me here for?" Roxanne asked, blowing some of her hair from her face.

The kidnapper turned upon his kidnappee addressing him. "Well Miss Ritchie, you see, we've claimed you as bait so we can capture my nemesis. And to make sure you're quiet," he smiled deviantly to her, pulling a lever behind him with a smooth swish of his hand.

Roxanne jumped, screaming as the floor seemed to disappear beneath her, showing a pit filled with alligators, vaulting themselves at her, hungry for a bite. Another shriek slipped from Roxanne's mouth, echoing throughout the lair.

Megamind felt himself smile, the malice in his heart growing as it blackened by the second. He loved this. Being evil felt so, good. To see this woman screech in fear of him, of what he could do to her, it pleased him greatly. He felt so proud of himself, he could dance around the room in glee.

"Minion," he whispered to his sidekick, "this is wonderful! Ready the message for Metroman! We'll start the plan effective immediately!"

The fish smiled at his boss, "Yes sir!" before hurrying off to start setting up the video feed.

Megamind smiled again to himself, glaring at the woman as she twisted in her seat, jerking at every snap the green reptiles made towards her.

Perfect. This would be all according to plan.

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I love you guys so much for waiting forever to read this. xp thanks for being patient with me. many thanks and 3 from me for you guys sticking around. :D i'll update faster now that i jumped back on the train. please don't lose faith or hope in me! :D

and when i say i'll update faster, i will update faster xD expect the next chapter in 2 days, max :p