Okay, this will mostly be a Susan chapter, with a little bit of Megamind thrown in at the beginning and end. Here we go!

"I can't believe we did that!"

"I know, that was so awesome!"

"It was pretty amazing wasn't it?"

The monsters were all back on the jet, gushing in excitement about their victory over the alien robot only half an hour ago. Susa, Dr. Cockroach, Bob, Megamind and Minion were all near each other, while Link was in a corner of the jet by himself.

"Minion, did you ever think we could do something like that?" Megamind asked.

"Oh, no way Sir," replied Minion, "No way, never, not in a million..." He then noticed the glare on his master's face. "Um, yes, I did think we could do that, and we did! Although I didn't have that many doubts, after all you had your De-Gun, which by the way, worked like a charm."

"Indeed," said Megamind smiling, "I'm just glad I could use it for something practical. You know, like defeating an alien robot."

"And Ms. Susan, you were amazing!" said Minion. Susan smiled at the praise.

"Thanks. I still can't believe it," said Susan, "Three weeks ago, if you would've asked me to defeat a giant robot, I would've said 'No can do', but I did it!"

The monsters smiled at each other. It was nice to see Susan happy about her new strength and size, instead of treating it like a curse. "You know, I bet there isn't a jar in this world that I can't open," Susan said proudly.

"Well, I should think so," said Dr. Cockroach, "your strength is incredible! And I especially like how you saved all those people on the bridge. Very nice touch." He then looked over at Link, who had been silent most of the way home. "Don't you think so, Link?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever," said Link, not really wanting to get involved in the conversation.

"O-Oh," said Dr. Cockroach, trying not to laugh, "Poor Link, after all that touch talk you were out monstered by a girl. No wonder you're depressed." The two aliens snickered, and the doctor smiled. Call it revenge for all the teasing you've given me the past few weeks, he thought.

"Hey! I'm not depressed, I'm tired," replied Link.

"Why are you tired, you didn't do anything," said Bob. Link shot him a glare.

"Well, I've got sleep apnis, apnee- apnea. Whatever, it's not fun," said Link. Really, he was still mad at himself getting knocked out in one hit. One Hit! If those aliens ever came back, he was definitely show them what he was made of!

"Okay, so Link's a little rusty," said Susan. The fish ape shot her a glare. "I mean, sleep deprived. Soon you'll be back to your old self again, and so will I."

"Wait, you still want to be normal?" asked Megamind.

"What about all the 'There isn't a jar I can't open' stuff?" asked Bob, "wait, did you find a jar you couldn't open? Was there pickles in it? Where's the giant jar of pickles!"

"What, my comrade it trying to say," said Dr. Cockroach, "is that we all think the new Susan is the cat's me-wow!" The doctor chuckled a little, but when he heard no one else laughing, he realized how embarrasingly stupid that line was. "I'm sorry," he said, his antennaes flattining.

"Thanks guys," said Susan, smiling at her friends, "but I have a normal life to live, and I just know Derek won't stop until we find a way to get rid of my... condition. We're a team."

Dr. Cockroach wished she would want to stay with them and continue to be a monster, but he also wanted her to be happy. "We could all do with a Derek," the doctor said, smiling, "Perhaps someday we could meet him."

"Really?" said Susan, "You guys want to meet Derek?"

"I'd like to," said Minion smiling. After hearing about him for the past three weeks, he couldn't help but be curious.

"Me too," said Megamind.

"I'm in too," said Bob.

Susan thought about it for a moment, and then smiled. "Sure, why not? I'm sure he'll want to meet you guys." He may be a little surprised by their apperance at first, Susan thought, but then again they just saved San Francisco. I'm sure he would love to meet these guys.

The jet soon landed right on the edge of Susan's neighborhood. "I called your family to let them know you were coming home," said Monger, "and I also called the Modesto PD, told them not to shoot at ya."

"Thanks General," Susan said gratefully. She stepped outside the jet, and her friends followed. Monger had said Insectosaurus would be there in about half an hour. As soon as the jet left, the monsters started to walk down the street.

"Okay guys," said Susan, "remember, these people aren't use to seeing, um, anything like you," she pointed at Bob, "or-or you," she pointed at Link, "or any of you." Dr. Cockroach and the two aliens looked up.

"So just be cool, be calm," said Susan, smiling confidently, "Follow my lead." Right after she said that, she accidently stepped on a piece of fence, crushing it. The monsters then started destroying the rest of the fence, and was just about to start destroying a car. "No! Stop! That was an accident!" the giant explained, "Don't, destroy, anything!"

The monsters, understanding, dropped their destruction weapons. "Susan?" said a female voice. Susan looked up and saw her parents and a few of her friends come out of the house.

"Mom?" said Susan, her eyes watering a little, "Daddy?" She bent over, and carefully hugged them. She was finally home.

"Did they experiment on you?" her mother asked.

"No Mom," Susan said smiling, "I'm fine." Her parents then looked over and saw the monsters. They all smiled at her parents. Megamind and Minion gave a little wave, and Link quickly hid the piece of fence he was still holding behind his back. "Don't worry about them," Susan reassured, "They're with me. These are my new friends. Okay, this is..."

"Oh Derek!" Bob shouted, grabbing Susan's mother and hugging her. "I thought about you all the time when I was in prison! Oh, I missed you so much!" Bob then accidentally pushed her through him. "I love you! I love this man!"

"No! Bob!" shouted Susan, "That's not Derek, that's my mother, and you're sufficating her!" Bob quickly regurgitated the middle aged brunette.

"Honey, are you okay?" Susan's father asked.

Susan's mother thought for a moment. "I taste ham," she replied.

"Sorry, he's just a hugger," said Susan, "um, anyway, this is Dr. Cockroach, Missing Link, Megamind, Minion and, well, you already know Bob." She then noticed something. "Hey, where's Derek?"

"Oh, he's at work, Sweetie," replied her mother.

"You know how he is about his career," her father added.

"Well we're not going to celebrate without him!" Susan said, "I'll go get him." She stood up, but her mother stopped her.

"Uh, Susan?" she asked, "What do I do with, all of your little friends?

"Just put out some snacks," replied Susan, "They'll eat anything!" And with that, Susan left to go find her fiance.

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It took about an hour to walk to the studio, but thanks to her size, it felt like a walk in the park to Susan. When she finally saw the Channel 174 studios, she smiled. He's going to be so surprised, she thought to herself.

She kneeled over and saw Derek just finishing up his evening broadcast. She tried to knock on the window, but ended up breaking it. "Oops," she said, sheepishly. Well, at least now she could get him. She reached inside the building, and pulled out her fiance. Once she saw him, Susan felt herself fill with happiness and relief.

"Oh Derek!" she exclaimed, "you wouldn't believe the past three weeks! But I kept thinking about you." She kissed him the best she could and then lifted him up a little. But then, she saw that he was in pain, she was practically crushing him! "Oh my god! Oh my god, I'm so sorry!" She quickly put Derek on the roof. "Is, is that better?"

Derek howled in pain, but eventually stopped.

"Sorry," she said sheepishly, "I'm still kinda getting used to my new strength."

"Wow," said Derek, "You really are big!"

"Well, yeah," said Susan, "but, I'm still me. I'm still the girl you fell in love with."

"Except you did just destroy the San Francisco bridge," Derek reminded.

"Yes, but that was the only way I was going to defeat that robot," explained Susan, "Did you ever think I could do that?"

"No," replied Derek, "I can honestly say that it never, ever, ever, ever, ever occured to me!"

"Look, I know this is a little weird," said Susan. She paused for a moment. "Okay, it's a lot weird. But I know together we can find a way to get me back to normal."

Derek sighed. "Susan, try to look at this from my perspective. I have an audience that depends on me for news, weather, sports and heart-warming fluff pieces. Do you really expect me to give all of that up, while you try to undo this thing that happened to you, that I had absolutely nothing to do with?"

She just stared at him. "Yes Derek," she replied, her heart filling with dread, "that's exactly what I expect. I thought that no matter what happens, to either of us, we would face it together. What about the life we wanted together? Don't you still want that?"

"Well, of course," replied Derek, "But I just don't see how I can have that with you."

Susan's eyes started to fill with water. "Derek please," she pleaded, "Don't do this."

"Look Susan," said Derek, "and don't crush me for saying this, but things have changed. It's over." He started to head back into the news building. "Goodbye Susan." And with that, Derek shut the door on the giantess, and she let her tears fall.

After a few minutes, she stood up. Wrapping her arms around her, she started to walk on the highway. She didn't even head home, she just walked out of Modesto all together, and kept walking until she found a gas station. When she sat on the roof, the metal groaned from under her weight, but stayed stable, making it a perfect place to sit.

When she heard her friends approaching, she wiped the tears off her face the best she could. "Wow," said Dr. Cockroach, "What a shindig! Your parents, um, really know how to throw it down!" She could tell right away he was lying, but didn't say anything.

Doc nudged Link. "Oh yeah, yeah that was one of the most fun parties I've been to since I got out of prison."

"Yeah, it was really fun," added Minion, "Right Sir?"

"Yeah, sure," said Megamind, with little enthusiam.

"Um, I must've been at a different party," said Bob, "because I don't remember having fun at all." Dr. Cockroach just rolled his eyes. "I don't think your parents liked me very much, and I think that jello gave me a fake phone number." Everyone just stared at Bob for a moment.

"Oh, who are we kidding?" Link said.

Truth was, the party was a disaster. It was a little fun at first. Link had tried to flirt with a few girls (who mostly just stayed quiet and backed away slowly, or just shrieked and ran away). He expected this, but what he hadn't expected was a pool! (He also didn't know it was filled with chlorine, but more on that later). The other monsters were off doing their own things as well. Minion was looking over at the snack table, and combining foods to see what worked and what didn't (it was exciting for him to try and make a dish that wasn't mostly oatmeal after reading cookbooks about different foods for so long). Megamind was checking out every device in the yard from the porch lights to the lawn mower in the shed. Insecto was dancing (while at the same time setting off five car alarms), Bob was flirting with a gelatin dessert, and Dr. Cockroach tried serving drinks.

But then things got a little messy.

First, Dr. Cockroach drink (he called it an Atomic Gin Fizz) exploded. Then, Megamind accidentally set off the lawn mower, which was of course on the highest speed, making it tear through the yard at dangerous speeds. Luckily, it crashed into a tree before anyone was hurt. But then, Link got out of the pool, eyes red and burning from the chlorine, making him look like a terrifying zombie creature. Every human at the party freaked out, and ran out the back gate away from the monsters and aliens.

After cleaning themselves up, and even cleaning up the party a little, they decided to go find Susan. After a night of humans being terrified of them, it would be nice to see a friendly face. But they were still hurt by the humans' reactions of them. They helped save their city, what else could they do?

"We could save every city in the world, and they'd still treat us like they've always treated us," said Link, "Like monsters." The monsters all slouched and sighed.

"Right," said Susan, "monsters." You got that right, she thought.

After a few minutes of silence, Minion spoke up. "So Ms. Susan," he said, "how was Derek?"

"Derek," Susan started to say, "is a selfish jerk!"

Bob gasped. "No!"

"Yes!" replied Susan, who's sadness was starting to be replaced with anger, "All that talk about us, 'us just got a job in Fresno!'. There was never an 'us', there was only Derek and what he wanted!" The more Susan thought about it, the more it seemed true. Derek didn't seem to care about her opinion at all! He didn't care about their honeymoon plans, just as long as he got his dream job! "Why did I have to get hit by a meteor to see that!" Frusterated, Susan moved her leg back.

Seeing this, the monsters (excluding Bob) jumped off the roof, just in time for Susan to kick it, which sent Bob flying up into the night sky (although he didn't seem to mind at all).

Susan continued her rant. "Why did I think life with Derek would be so great anyway? I mean, look at all the stuff I did without him! Fighting an alien robot? That was me! Not him! And that was amazing!" Then she looked down at her friends, and smiled. "And just think, if this never happened, I never would've meet amazing friends like you guys."

The monsters all smiled. Susan turned to Dr. Cockroach, and he immediantly stood up straighter. "Dr. Cockroach, you can make a super computer out of an old pizza box, two cans of hairspray, and..."

"And a paperclip!" The scientist added proudly.

"Amazing!" said Susan. She then turned to the fish ape. "And you! You hardly need an introduction, you're the Missing Link! You personally carried 42 co-ed's off Coco Beach, and still had the strength to fight off the National Guard."

"And the Coast Guard!" Link added with a smile, "and also the lifeguard."

Susan then turned to the two aliens. "And don't get me started on you two, the two nicest aliens I've ever met!" The aliens looked at each other and smiled. "Megamind, you can invent just as much as Dr. Cockroach, have great aim with a laser gun, and can sing every rock and roll song in existance perfectly! And Minion, anyone that can turn giant piles of oatmeal into something edible is just amazing!"

Just then, Bob landed on the ground next to the aliens, still with that goofy grin on his face. "Bob!" Susan said, turning him around, "Who else could fall from unimaginable heights without getting a single scratch?"

Bob thought for a moment. "Link?"

"No," said Susan, "You."

"Amazing!" Bob said happily.

The monsters then heard a happy roar from behind them. "Insecto's right," said Link, "Susan, don't short change yourself."

"Oh I'm not going to short change myself," Susan said with determination as she stood up, "Ever again."

The monsters cheered happily. Compared to earlier, their spirits were so high! As long as they had each other, they were fine. But after a few minutes, Bob had asked where they were going to sleep for the night. That took some thought.

They couldn't sleep at Susan's house. Both Susan and Insecto were not only too small for the house, but for the neighborhood. Any attempt in trying to lay down and go back to sleep would end in disasterous results. Then there was the Monster Prison. But after sleeping there for so long, they didn't really want to go back. Finally, Susan had an idea.

About an hour later, they were at the small valley where Susan's wedding was held. There was still no roof on the church, but there was tarp over the building to keep it dry. The meteor was gone, probably taken long ago for research. Aside from the gazebo and a few lanky trees, there was plenty of open space for both Susan and Insectosaurus. She offered the smaller monsters to sleep inside the church, but they politely declined.

"Besides," said Bob, "If we went inside, we wouldn't be able to see all of this!" Bob gestured to the stary sky, and the monsters smiled.

"I couldn't have said it better myself, Bob," said Dr. Cockroach.

"Said what?"

"*Sigh*"

Within a few minutes, Insectosaurus was laying in the valley, out like a light. The monsters were all on top of him, looking up at the nighttime sky. Link and Bob were already asleep. Susan and Dr. Cockroach were on one side of the giant grub, while Megamind and Minion were on the other.

Megamind stared up at the stars, wishing he had a telescope with him. He couldn't help but wonder, where had his planet once been? How far away had it been? A couple stars twinkled at him, and he couldn't help but wonder if those were his parents looking down on him.

"Sir?"

Megamind blinked and looked over at Minion. "Pretty exciting day, huh Sir?" said Minion.

"Ha! That's an understatement," replied Megamind with a small smile. The smile slowly faded though. Minion put a mechanical hand on his master's shoulder.

"Sir?" Megamind looked up at the fish. "I'm sure your parents would be proud of you," he said with a smile. Megamind smiled back.

"Thanks Minion," said Megamind. He then laid down on Insectosaurus' soft fur, while Minion powered down (and went into a little castle inside the suit) before carefully laying his robot body down.

Dr. Cockroach smiled at the two aliens. They really were like brothers.

"Doc?"

Dr. Cockroach looked up. He couldn't help but stare at the giantess for a moment. Her silver hair reflected the moonlight, and her light blue eyes sparkled like stars. She was stunning. Pulling himself back together, he replied "Yes Susan?"

"Nothing," she said, "just wanted to say goodnight."

"Goodnight," the cockroach said with a warm smile.

"Goodnight," replied Susan, returning the smile and then laying down. After a moment of silence, Susan spoke up again. "Hey Doc, you really are amazing."

Blushing, Dr. Cockroach replied, "You are too, my dear."

With that, the two monsters slowly fell into a peaceful sleep under the stars. None of the monsters knew what adventures fate had in store for them, but they couldn't wait to find out.

Okay, now THAT was a hard chapter to write! Sorry if it seemed too much like the movie, but this was a big turning point for Susan, and I wanted to make it perfect.

Next chapter: More Megamind, more fun, and Megarox! (Finally!) Please review!