Why did the warden keep Megamind in that prison all that time? I always felt the warden was some sort of weird father figure in the beginning, and I always felt sad that that aspect wasn't explored in the film. I suppose there's only so much you can fit into one movie.
"Infants don't belong in prisons, warden."
"Infants also don't belong stuck under needles and knives, mayor sir."
The mayor sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Look, he's a little blue alien. He's the first sign of alien life that we've ever received in the country, and the government is itching to get his hands on him."
The warden simply shrugged. "Not my problem, mayor. Little blue boy's still an infant."
"So what, you're just going to raise him in a prison?"
"Raise?" The warden laughed. "Boy already committed some crime, sir. And you know what we do with prisoners." So his logic was screwed in the eyes of the mayor. Infants can't be kept in prisons—they don't do anything wrong in their eyes. Thing was, inmates already took a shining to the alien baby and he was being raised, surprisingly, quite well. Well, as well as inmates can raise a baby (the teaching him to hate all authority wasn't exactly a good thing).
The warden knew that letting the baby out in the world only meant getting hurt. Little babies, no matter where they come from, don't deserve any kind of hurt—even the little blue boys who had a knack for creating destructive tricycles.
They had a weird relationship, the two of them. Warden saw himself as Megamind's gruff father that told him what to do for all the perceivably right reasons. Megamind was the rebellious son that paid no attention to his father's words.
"Twenty life sentences already and you haven't even reached your twenties yet." The warden watched Megamind through the newly, specially custom built prison for Megamind. It was reminiscent of Doctor Hannibal's confines, and would have sent chills down the warden's spine if he actually feared the prisoner inside.
"What can I say? Evil's just my babe." Megamind sat in his chair looking out the small window towards the warden. "Dude, you need to just chill, you know?"
"No I don't, dude."
"Ugh, old man, you're such a drag."
The warden rolled his eyes. His own children went through the same kind of phase not too long ago. Reliving it a second time, he realized he would never understand the modern teenager. "Well, while I remain a drag, you can stay in that prison cell of yours for the rest of your life."
Megamind barked a laugh. "Like, dude, I'm totally out of here as soon as you turn your back."
"Sure thing, kid." The warden scoffed and turned. He shoved his hands into his pockets, his fingers brushing against the gift he had prepared. He nearly walked out of the private prison area before turning back through the open iron gates and walking up to the glass pane. "By the way," he pulled the gift out of his pocket. It wasn't much and it was all he could afford at the time, but it was something. "Happy Birthday."
Megamind sat straight up in his chair, and there was a look in his eyes that the warden hadn't seen for a long time. He rose and walked up to the glass, a hand on the wall between them as he eyed the gift in the warden's hands. "Is it socks again? Because, like, I've already got a bajillion socks from you."
The warden dropped the gift in the transfer box and slammed it closed on his side.
Megamind walked over to the compartment on the side and picked up the gift. He unwrapped the gift, gently, almost as if handling a bomb. He held the gift high, as if the lights at the ceiling would tell him something new. "ACDC?"
"My son used to listen to them all the time. Thought you might like it." The warden smiled warmly as Megamind opened the CD case and examined the disk. "I'm sure you'll be able to make one of those Walkman or whatever out of pillows or somethin'." Or get an actual stereo system once Megamind managed to break out again (not that it would ever happen again).
Megamind placed the disk back in the case, gently closing the plastic case and placing it on his chair. He looked out back towards the warden, and for a long moment the warden saw the little blue boy who had no friends. Too bad moments pass in time. They were back at each other's throats in no time.
A really short one this time. Sorry for the late update. The past week was really brutal with schoolwork.