Roxanne sighed. This speech was important. She had to get her ducks in a row. But she felt the spepch was ready, besides it was now or never. It continued the evil but the small alterations that she had done made sense.
"The evil Overlord has issued a statement: As much as he wanted to destroy Metro Man, he never thought he would ever manage to do so, and as a result, when that happened not only was he woefully unprepared, he also got carried away. He appreciates the populous's patience, and hopes the public understand some of the elementary errors he made, such as stealing all the money, and only stealing the paintings when he should have stolen the entire museum."
Roxanne makes a gesture and at this the museum building disappears. Now time for to the more important points to get the city working again.
"He would like to remind the workers that he said keep doing your jobs. There is only one real difference. Megamind should be treated as the ruler. Equally he understands transitional times are always difficult. Because of this, so far he has been merciful, but his patience will run out."
A reporter asked "So what now?"
Roxanne knew this had to be done and done well. It was even more important here, accepting certain things while deflecting others. "I have lost my job due to the half-truth in the news report. Megamind has made his standard job offer. And recently it has become a lot more tempting. I had to give it serious soul-searching."
"I wondered why Megamind stopped kidnapping you. That explains it."
Roxanne is glad for the opening. If she had said that it would look as if she was trying too hard to state it was her own decision. But this was great.
"Actually I think it was that he didn't need me as a hostage, any more. Oh, I'm not denying he wanted to. But Megs does have ethics even if they are strange."
"So what was your decision?" Direct and to the point.
"It was hard, but since everyone now knows who I was actually attracted to, and knows my position about Metro Man's recent actions. I could no longer see a reason to say no."
"So, you still believe Megamind's innocent?" Roxanne can hear the questioning of her sanity for not falling into lockstep with the sheep, who wanted Megamind to be guilty of Murder. He wasn't but even she has to admit attempted murder is a valid charge.
"He isn't guilty of murder, no. But Megamind can hardly be called innocent, though I suppose he is one in some ways." Roxanne lets loose a gentle smile without even realising it. This is not schooled, but it becomes obvious that she loves Megamind.
The newspapers published the latest news. One paper's headline is rather strange. "ABOUT TIME!"
The rest are as expected either asking "HOW?" or claiming that Roxanne was always the moll, often both. Megamind sees Roxanne s hurt. He is very careful not to hurt Roxanne as a villain, even if he does occasionally go to far in his enthusiasm, and Roxanne was a bit more willing to be "kidnapped" then she had let on.
"Yes, it is hurtful, but I knew this would happen. The only way for us to both survive is to go through this. This will be hard for both of us, but if it works out it could end up being the best for both of us."
"I'm missing tying you up."
"So am I, but that will hurt your reputation more than mine. This must be seen as my choice, not yours. Despite the fact it wasn't really either of ours. Now I have time to look at Minion's evil queen outfits."