Characters: Bernard, Megamind, Roxanne, Minion

Demoralize: corrupt the morals of (someone)

Based on a comment that dearratroi on tumblr: (demoralize? is that like taking away somebody's morals? that would be interesting). So excited to write Bernard as a villain!


The setting had been dialed one too far, but Megamind had been in a panic and pulled the trigger on impulse. A black beam shot out like a mist and surrounded the bitter man. That so was not right.

"What was that meant to do?" Bernard asked, very annoyed. Who was this guy anyway? Just some annoying cosplayer, that's who.

"Hey Bernard, thanks for-" Roxanne gasped, seeing the man and alien together. "Megamind, what are you doing here!?"

"No time!" Megamind grabbed Roxanne and the man before shuffling to the elevator, ignoring the man's grumbling about his cart, and pressing the button several times before the door opened. He shoved the two into the elevator and pressed the down button just as many times.

"God, your like a child." Bernard sighed in annoyance, shoving the pajama clad alien aside and putting a key into the panel and turning it, the elevator moving down to the main floor in silence.

He went to remove the key after the door opened, only for Megamind to grab him and Roxanne again before running out of the museum. The alien ran one building down and moved into the alley, pressing them against the grimey wall as an explosion happened in the background. They saw flames and heard explosions. Pained screams were heard. Megamind looked at Roxanne but didn't see the man. In his hand was a brown jacket. His jacket.

After that night, Megamind and Roxanne decided to fix the city- to make up for leaving Bernard behind. Megamind also was training Hal to be a hero behind Roxanne's back, but that was beside the point. After he beat Hal, he was named defender of Metro City.

That was when the trouble started. There were multiple robberies- banks, electronic stores- everywhere. Rancor, he was named. He had every single faction of Metro under his control, an entire empire at his command. It took seven years for Megamind to track him down. He was in an abandoned underground train station. He kidnapped Minion- who was in a fishtank seperate from his suit which lay beside him in a disassembled mess- and Roxanne, who was tied to a chair.

The brain bots were dealing with his robot dog and police with the criminal faction while Megamind was fighting Rancor. Soon the fight was coming to a close- Rancor and Megamind had exchanged multiple blows and they were both exhausted. One more hit, maybe two more hits tops, and it would be over.

They clashed, rushing past each other. They fell to their knees, and Rancor fell to the floor. There was so much blood, from Megamind and Rancor. The criminals- all of whom were subdued now, in shock that their boss was unconsious.

They removed the hood off of his face, it was Bernard. He was almost unreconizable because of the burns, but it didn't matter. He was dead. Almost. The barely moving chest made them feel hope. His dog escaped the bots and rushed to him, laying down beside him. As Bernard's chest stopped moving. The dog lay it's body on his and it's eyes counted down.

"Run! It's a bomb!" Megamind got up, grabbing Roxanne and Minion before he ran out.

There was an explosion- the entire train station collapsed. He was gone, this time. His dog made it so he wouldn't be put in prison or buried in a box. So he would no longer have to be a victim of his own choices. Even in death.