It was a peculiar sight, for the passer-by, seeing the invisible car, now visible, neatly parked in a paid parking lot. They went, the three of them, inside the station, and none of the officers treated them bad, so they could go peacefully inside the office section. They entered and followed the "INFORMATION" signs.
Finally they reached the room, and Roxanne and Megamind gasped in unison, because they saw a VERY long queue in front of the three information booth. It was a zig-zag type of line, with the people going into a serpentine like cord barrier. Megamind was aghast, and he gaped at the sight of it.
Roxanne was shocked too."Oh my goodness! Now I really want to turn around quickly, and leave this place now! But I must ask some important things, and so we must wait here in line.", she said to Megamind, with a horrified expression.
He gaped at her. "REALLY? Ok...I must ask something important too...but...but...it's a VERY LONG queue!", he ended up saying, slumping.
Minion cleared his throat "Emm...I think I'll wait here", he said, pointing a wall near the door. They both watched him with a scorned expression, the couple went at the end of the line, waiting like the others.
While they were in the line, Megamind watched around with curiosity, and he noticed how the people watched him, some curiously, some concerned, and he felt uneasy. Roxanne noticed that, and she took his hand, smiling, relaxing him a bit. "Don't worrie, sweetie, I'm here with you. And I think that they watch you because you are devilish handsome." she said, winking. He straightened up, smiling broadly, and that made some people snicker.
The queue continued to progress, slowly, and Megamind kept sighing and frowning. "I already hate to stay in line! It was so simple, when I was a villain! A shot with my De-gun and...poof!...no line!", he said with a beaming smile.
She rolled her eyes, and shook her head. "Ah...I'm sure that was simple, but WRONG. Now you are good, a hero, and heroes don't went around dehydrating innocent people to avoid queues! And besides...NO ONE LIKE QUEUES.", she said, nodding her head in a sympathetic gesture. Megamind sighed again. "Yeah...you're right...", noticing that some people were nodding too, and he felt relieved.
They were at three-quarter of the line when Minion called them. There was a police officer near him, that was making a "come here" gesture in their direction. Both of them with surprised faces, they went off the queue, toward Minion. They went all four outside the room, and the officer said: "Sorry...we had known only now that you were here. You don't have to wait in line. Follow me, please.", and they both marveled at the good luck they had, following the agent, that lead them in front of the police chief's office.
Minion told them that was going to wait outside the office, and they nodded. Roxanne knocked the door, and when they heard "come in", they went inside the office, one very similar to the warden's office. The chief made a "take a seat" gesture, and they sat on the chairs in front of the desk.
Roxanne spoke first. "First of all, thank you for letting us avoid the queue. Some people don't like to wait in line.", she said glancing in Megamind's direction, smirking. He shifted position, on the chair, in discomfort, looking up, and biting his lower lip.
"Anyway...I wanted to know if the investigation in my apartment has already started, and if I may go there to pick up some other things, because I take few things in my rush, after the battle. And also I want to check if there's other things like jewel or other dress. Ah...and there is the list of the things that I've already picked up." she said, handing him a paper sheet.
The chief smiled. "You're very welcome! The CSI is already in your apartment, so it's not possible to went there. I'm sorry. And you may take your things when all the investigation are over. Thanks for the list, and I will call you when the CSI team have finished. Also, I will send their report to your insurance company, for the damage.", he finished with a smile.
Roxanne nodded. "That's ok...and thanks. Now I'll go to my insurance office to tell them that.", she said smiling at him, and giving him her cellphone number.
After a while, Megamind spoke. "I don't know if you have already the knowledge that, I and Minion, didn't have the driver licenses. But we already managed to make one, thanks to warden Hudson. But you also understand that we need to use my car, in these days, to coordinate the brainbots for the renewing of the city. So...I'll ask you a special permission to drive without license. Emmm...if it's possible, of course..." he finished timidly.
The chief nodded, smiling, and took an envelope from a desk's drawer, handing it to Megamind. "Warden Hudson already thought those things, and called me. I've made these special driver licenses for you and Minion, also valid for your flying bike too. By the way...it's a pretty cool device! AND I also made a license to carry and use your special weapons around. Like your dehydration gun. The driver licenses have the duration of one month. I hope that it'll be enough time for you. My suggestion is to start those driver lesson with Gordon Hudson as soon as possible."
Megamind gave him beaming smile. "Thank you so much. I think that a month will be enough.", he said, after a quick calculations with his incredible brain, "And thanks for the weapon license too. I haven't superpowers, and the only way to protect this city, for me, are my inventions and weapons. Ah...and yes...I'm pretty proud of my hoverbike. I must repair it ASAP, so I could use it. And thanks for the advice, I've already thought to start the lesson one of these days. Thank you again, and see you!", he finished, shaking the chief's hand.
Then, they left the police station, and Megamind told Minion about the special licenses. They went to Roxanne's insurance office, and she told them that the police would send them the report of the damage in her apartment. When they left the office, it was already too late to go to the bank, but Megamind didn't care: he was really a gentleman, and besides, he took care of some of his errand too.
They returned to the Lair, and they were pretty tired, Minion too. They changed in some comfy clothes, and Roxanne went in Megamind's bedroom, collapsing in a supine position, arms open, on his bed. He went out from a small bathroom, that was near the wardrobe, and he made a delighted smile seeing Roxanne, and he fell on the bed, near her, taking her hand.
They stayed like that for a while, and then she rolled sideways, cuddling near his side, with her left arm around Megamind's chest, and the right hand still interlaced with his, she closed her eyes, and sighed sweetly. After a while, she started to caress his head, and the temple with the free hand, and he slowly closed his eyes, almost purring and drifting in a dazed state. She smiled sweetly and continued to caress his head and temple, and he started do breathe steadily, like someone who begin to sleep.
Roxanne slid the hand near the ear's tip, and he stirred and mumbled, while she watched him with interest "Mmmh...interesting..." she thought, caressing the ear's line more firmly, but gently.
He moaned, and she made a foxy smile, caressing once more the ear's line. The blue genius gasped and opened suddenly his eyes. "What are you doing?", he asked, with a slightly confused face.
She smiled impishly "I think that I've discovered one of your "weak spots". So...you have sensible ears...VERY interesting.".
Megamind made a seductive smile. "Oh yes, Ms Ritchi! You have discovered one of my secrets! I never thought that my ears's sensibility would become so pleasurable.", he said wiggling the eyebrows.
She smiled as well. "So...it means that you like that. Very well...I like that!", she finished with a beguiled smile, and biting her lower lip.
Roxanne adjusted a little her position, and started to kiss him first in the forehead, then on the temple, the ear, as he moaned and rolled his eyes, revealing the white. Then she kissed his upper jaw, the chin, where she caressed with a finger his goatee to kiss it. When she went up, she nibbled his lower lip, and kissed him slowly and throughly.
Megamind sighed and moaned, responding very well to her kisses, nibbling her lips, and hugging her. At this point they were both sideways, cuddling each other, while they kissed. This time he took the initiative, and he slided his tongue toward her lips, that she opened, to let the tongue slid in her mouth, then she smiled, and she slided her tongue too, moving it in rithm with him. They "played" like that for a while,and then they simply cuddled one another, eyes closed.
"Megamind?", Roxanne said sweetly "May I call you...Megs?", she asked slyly.
He opened the eyes, in surprise, and made a disbelieving expression. "WHAT?"
Before he could protest more, Roxanne spoke again. "Well...I mean...I like your name, but I thought that I can't call you "Megamind" all the time, and I couldn't use terms like "sweetheart" or "honey" forever, after a while is annoying. I need a "pet name" for you, and I don't know if you have a real name, besides Megamind.", she finished, with a demanding expression.
The alien sighed and sat on the bed, legs crossed. She sat in the same position, hands in her a deep breath, and sighing again, he explained: "To tell you the truth, I hoped that this argument would come to surfaces not so early. Oh...well...anyway yes: I have a real name. "Megamind" is only a moniker that I choose by myself. Ah...and that name is the name that my parents gave me, not the names that the warden, the inmates, or the authorities gave me, when I was in jail.", he said, hesitantly, and watching her with his big, emerald, sad eyes.
Roxanne understood quickly the situation. She smiled and placed a hand over his leg, watching him sympathetically. "Hey...don't worry, hon, if you don't want to give me that peculiar information right now, I will understand. I see that it's a very important thing to you. So...I won't be offended if you don't want to tell me your real name now: I'll wait." she told him with a sweet tone, and a reassuring smile.
He smiled in a relaxed way "Thank you...and yes: it's a pretty important thing to me. And only Minion, besides me, know my name. I really don't want to offend you, but I must think through this, and then I will give you an answer. Is that ok with you?", he finished, lowering his head.
She took his chin, and gently lifted his head, watching him in those inhuman green eyes, to place a gentle kiss on the tip of his nose. "Like I said: I will wait. So don't worry! And...it's ok, then, if I call you Megs?", she insisted with an impish smile, sticking her tongue out.
He gaped at her, with a disbelieving expression, again "WHAT? Megs? No-no-no! This is nonsense!" he pouted off.
She chuckled. "Well...Mr. Supergenius: tell me what do you like, then!", she finished with a grin, and a shrug.
Megamind sulked a little. "Mmmh...in prison, my "uncles" usually they called me Blue, or Blueboy. There was this inmate that kept calling me Lee, and I really didn't know WHY! I've discovered that, at my arrival, the authorities called me Baby Doe, and then John Doe. Oh well...Megs seems the best choice, for the moment.", he finished with a shrug.
She was perplexed. "They called you John Doe? I didn't knew that. I saw some of your records, when I was searching for information for my reports, but I only saw the name "Megamind". How's that possible?" she asked curiously.
He smiled "Well...it's simple: those names were in my oldest records, when I wasn't a villain. I adopted that name when I was a teenager. And I started to kidnap you later on. So it's natural that you have found only "Megamind" in those records."
She nodded. "That make sense...mmmh...I must ask warden Hudson to let me see those older records, when I will do a report on you. It will be interesting. Anyway...for the moment I'll stick to Megs. And, if you want, I can call you Megamind, when there's people around us.", she finished with a smile.
Megamind smiled delightfully in return. "Did you want to do a report on me? Really? I feel...honored...really! You know that one of the reasons that kept me kidnapping you was the fact that I really wanted an interview with you? I mean...Metro Mahn had all your attention, and I was really ticked off by that! Ahem...anyway... you can call me Megs in public, if you want. When I'm with you, other things don't bother me. At last as far none takes a fight with me.", he said first shyly, and lastly with a devilish smile.
She laughed wholeheartedly ."And what you will do in that case? Dehydrate the "fighter" with your gun?", she said with a foxy glance.
Megamind made a delighted expression. "AH! You know that I love you more than ever, when you play the role of "Queen of Evil"?", he said, right before kissing Roxanne softly and throughly.
When they parted, she hugged him, and she made a delightful impish expression "Why, thank you! When I'm in the right mood, I like to be on the dark side. You have no idea how much my work is stressful...", she finished, rolling her eyes in an exasperate expression.
Megamind smiled softly "And maybe I was one of the cause of your stress?", he said to her, with a droll expression, making her laugh.
"Well...to tell you the truth: yes and no. Kidnapping me was mostly annoying. The major source of stress for me were my boss and my colleague, who constantly bragged about me being in danger. But, after a while, I learned that, for you and Wayne, was only a game, and you never put me, or other people, really in danger.", she said to him, with a warm smile.
The blue hero nodded, eyes closed. "You're right...it was only a game, and I always cared that you, and other people gawking at our "show", were not in danger." he sniffed funnily, shaking his head "At the end, it was really only a show. I only wanted to be noticed, and thanks to a causality, I had the possibility to know you, and you to know me...the real me.", he finished with a coy smile, blushing.
Roxanne looked at him, tilting her head, in a confused expression. "A causality? You mean...you becoming Bernard? I thought that was another of your "evil" plan. Now I'm curious..."
He nodded, with a serious glance. "I will tell you...it started all when I was in Metrocity's Hall, and I really was fed up being an "Evil Overlord". I was meloncholy, and after watching your report, I felt more uneasy than ever. Later I went over the Metro Mahn Museum, to blew it up. Mind that I wanted to destroy that place not for the "Evil Overlord" game, but because I knew that I screwed up badly that time, and seeing that place it was painful for me. Anyway...I took the elevator and I went in the catwalk, to make a speech...hem...at the statue...about how I screw up, and making my goodbyes, before destroying the place. I've already set out the countdown remote, when you called. I panicked because I've already dropped the remote down, and I wouldn't put you in danger, and...well...I was here in my pajama. I had the terror that, if you saw me dressed like that, you would laugh at me, or made a joke out of me. So I run over the banister, and I bumped into Bernard, scanned him with the watch, and dehydrated him, and I disguised myself as him. Then we had that talk about heroes that can be made, and I was sure that I wouldn't use that disguise never again. But you showed up at the Lair, and I was forced to being Bernard once again, thinking that he might convince you to go away. And then, you called me "partner", and hugged me...it was like...being in heaven to me because...well...you know...I was NEVER hugged like that. And I liked it a LOT. And you know the rest.", he finished, looking down, with a sad expression.
She made a half-way smile, putting a hand on his shoulder, and, leaning forward, she placed a light kiss on his cheek "I'm REALLY sorry, sweetheart, to have threatened you like that, that night. I was furious, and I didn't like that you lied to me. I was...how I can explain...VERY angry, because I was confused. I liked you, and at that time it felt very wrong for me, because I thought that was another of your tricks, not realizing that you exposed yourself, the real yourself, to me. But when I saw this apartment I finally realized that the villain was really a facade, and that you are a really sensible, and beautiful person.", she finished, watching him sweetly, caressing his cheek with her hand, then leaning forward to hug him.
They cuddled for a while, and then he said: "Thank you so much for understand this. I really appreciate that."
They heard Minion call them for the dinner. They headed toward the kitchen, and Roxanne spoke: "One of these days could you show me the rest of the apartment? I only saw some room, and I'm curious about the rest. Obviously, if you want..." she asked, sticking her tongue out.
He made a delighted smile "But of course! And I say: prepared to be amazed!", he said proudly, making her laugh.
"You really didn't know the meaning of the word "modest", don't you?", she said with a puckish smile.
He made a silly confused expression "Modest? What was that. Mmmh...maybe I really don't know that word." he said winking.
They both entered the kitchen laughing and Minion watched them with a curious look. "What's so funny? And why I ALWAYS miss those moments?", he finished, pouting a little.
Roxanne smiled at him "Ah...nothing...I was only pointing out that he really deserve the nickname of "Mr SuperEgo"." she said laughing, and pointing Megamind, that firstly pouted, and then he straightened himself.
He pointed dramatically at Roxanne, saying: "Ah, yes? I think that you really deserve the nickname of "Miss Nosy Reporter", OK?"
They both laughed, and Minion made a happy face. Sitting at the table, Megamind clapped happily his hands. "Very well, my friend, what delicious thing have you prepared this time?"
Minion straightened proudly, and smiled broadly. "Today I've made a vegetable lasagna. I've made the egg pasta and the béchamel sauce too, because we hadn't enough of them. I hope it turned out ok.", he finished, putting three generous portions in the plates. "Pay attention, because it's very hot!"
They nodded, and they cut the lasagna in small pieces, to make it cool down a bit, and they started to eat it. Megamind uttered an appreciation sound, and Roxanne made an amazed expression. "Wow...Minion! It's REALLY delicious! I wonder if there's something that you aren't capable to cook.".
The henchfish made a shy smile. "Awww...thank you, Miss Ritchi, it isn't really nothing..."
And they continued to eat. When they finished, Minion gave them panna cotta as dessert, and Megamind was taking two portions, Roxanne asked witch an arch of her eyebrow: "Mmmh...hey, Mr. Hero...perhaps you have the famous "sweet tooth"? Or maybe it's only a impression of mine...?"
He made a "caught in the act" face. "Oh, dang! I was going to keep that secret, but your "Nosy Reporter" skills are more advanced than I thought!", and both of them laughed. After the joke they talked about various themes, and when they were all sleepy, they returned to their respective bedrooms.
Megamind gave a goodnight kiss at Roxanne, before she entered in her room, and he went in his own bedroom, changing in one of his pajamas, and going to bed, sleeping almost instantly. Roxanne changed in her nightgown, and she slipped under the fresh sheet and blanket, sighing dreamily, and closing her eyes, she went off to sleep. In his room, Minion checked something on internet, and then he powered down, going to sleep too. It had been a very intense day for the three of them, and they needed some rest.