"Minion!" Metrocity called as she spotted her fish friend, touching down and shutting off her jetpack. "Where's Daddy?"

"Your Father is over there, Little Miss," Minion informed her, pointing to where Megamind was talking to the authorities. She rushed over, waving to her

Mother as she passed, and grabbed a hold of her Dad's cape.

"Where's the bomb threat from?" she asked as Megamind looked down.

"There," he answered, pointing. Metrocity followed his gaze and finger up, until she was met with the sight in question.

It was no bomb.

"What's that?" she whispered in awe. Megamind shook his head.

"We don't know." Metrocity heard something in her Father's voice she couldn't recognize, and looking closer at him, it looked like he was in pain.

"What's wrong Daddy?" she asked, suddenly concerned. He didn't answer, but he did reach into his cape and pull out a tape recorder. They had

always amused her, being so low-tech that not even her classmate's parents used them, but it didn't amuse her today. Megamind pressed the play

button, and a nasty voice came out, one that Metrocity associated with sniveliness, geeks (and not the good kind of geek), and evil.

"Hello Megamind," came the voice of Hal Stewart, otherwise known as Tighten. "It's been awhile. Eight and a half years, to be exact. You took my life

away from me, and my girl, so now I'm taking what you love most."

"But Mommy's right over there!" Metrocity exclaimed, but Megamind shushed her, and she listened again.

"If you ever want to see the twins again, meet me in the Cannonball at 1:45 today, or the twins, and the city, will be toast!" Metrocity's eyes widened.

"Blueberry and Oobermind!" she yelled in shock and fear. Blueberry and Oobermind were only two, they couldn't defend themselves no matter how

hard they tried. "How did Tighten get out! How did he get Blueberry and Oobermind! Why didn't anybody stop him! What's the Cannonball!"

"Little Miss, maybe we should leave this to Sir-" Minion tried, but Metrocity didn't wait. Her best guess was that the thing Megamind had pointed to,

that looked a lot like the machine Megamind had first fought Tighten in, was the Cannonball. She didn't care what Minion or her Dad said; she was getting

her brother and sister back! Pressing the button on her jetpack, Metrocity flew off, determination set in her eyes.

"Metrocity!" Megamind yelled, reaching up to grab her, but she was already out of reach. "What are we going to do Minion! It was almost impassible to

defeat him last time, and then we had the DNA-ray!"

"It'll be fine Sir," Minion tried to assure him. "And I think it's impossible."

"I know it's impossible Minion, that's what I just said!" Megamind yelled, not realizing that Minion had only been correcting his speech.

"Calm down Sir! You can't panic, it's not like he's really Tighten anymore, and besides that, Metrocity is already half way there!"

"You're right Minion!" Megamind cried, pointing to the sky. "Quick, assemble the Brainbots!"

"That's it, Sir!" Minion egged as Megamind leaped onto his motorbike and took off after his daughter. "We're not gonna die this time!"

Author Comments: Ew. I don't like this one as much as the others. It's just a transition chapter though, so the next should be much better. We're

getting to the really exciting stuff, so the questions are; How did Hal get out? You find out in the next chapter! Does he have powers again? Maybe!

And why Hal? Because I felt like it, that's why! XDXD, Enjoy!

Megamind and co. (c) DreamWorks

Wow, looking back on my old work and going through to correct mistakes and smooth things out really gives me a glimpse of just how much I've

improved in my writing over the past six or seven months. The ones who've seen my work on dA know what I'm talking about, right guys? :D XDXD,

Enjoy! :D