Chapter 10: Plans

Though they were both tired from the days excitement, Roxanne didn't want it to be over. She didn't want Syx to leave her room, or leave her to her own thoughts. Not after he had explained so much to her about his life. She still had many questions but for the moment she had decided to let them go.

She agreed to meet Minion, "Just let me get changed first." She said and stood up, wiping her cheeks free of the wetness from her earlier tears, then moved to her dresser to sift through and look for clothes. It was still dark in her room and she didn't want to risk turning on a light, in case it would wake her parents. Roxanne pulled out a fresh outfit from the drawers and then turned around to find Syx still standing and looking down at her silently.

She jumped a little at seeing him so close. "Um, you can..you can sit for a minute I'll be right out." She said feeling suddenly shy as she turned to go into her bathroom.

His gloved hand reached out and grabbed the side of her robe, and he softly tugged on it to stop her. Turning around she looked down at his hand and then up into his eyes. It was a moment before he spoke.

"Are you afraid of me now?" He asked slowly in a worried tone. He could sense fear from her and something else. He didn't want to read her mind, instead he hoped that she would be honest with him, though the urge to do so was tempting.

"No." She said without hesitance. "More scared of the situation. I didn't know that it was so dire. These people are still after you." Her heart was beating quickly against her chest, she moved her clothes to one hand and reached down with the other to cover his gloved one. Easing it away from her robe she lifted it up to press her cheek against it, closing her eyes.

A soft knocking against her door caused both of them to jump.

"Roxanne?" Her fathers voice could be heard from behind her bedroom door- which was not locked.

Her eyes widened and without thinking she shoved Syx into her bathroom and followed in after him, turning the light on and closing the door, locking it. She heard her father knock again and say her name as the door creaked open. Backing up away from the door she felt Syx behind her and pressed her back against his front, he was against the sink now.

"Daddy?" she said in a fake groggy way. Syx though worried managed to give her an amused smile as she glanced back at him for a moment and then focused again on the door in front of them.

"Roxy are you okay sweetie?" Her dad asked her, she could tell he was closer to the bathroom door now.

"Yeah, just...using the bathroom- whats wrong?" she rolled her eyes and tried to keep playing it off to lead her dad away from suspicion.

"Just checking on you, I thought I heard you talking?"

And as he said that Syx's head snapped up. "My helmet." He said in a whisper, and she could feel his body tense behind her. They'd forgotten about that detail, and if her father were to see it..she wasn't sure what kind of lie she could come up with to convince him that it wasn't anything important. Concentrating Syx closed his eyes and thought of the man behind the door, reaching his mind out into his. Slipping past his thoughts he gently nudged them towards something else.

Roxanne however, was unaware that he was doing any of this. "No Dad I just...was complaining to myself because-," she held her hands up as she tried to search for something and Syx found the movement very cute. "I have cramps." She said feeling embarrassed, it wasn't the truth but it was a good way to get her dad to back off quickly.

She groaned in a quiet way and held her hand against her head, feeling her cheeks heaten.

Syx looked down as she leaned forward with the motion and couldn't help but want to tease her, and perhaps taste her again. His lips pressed against the back of her neck for a kiss, and then he moved away from her as she gasped.

That gasp however, helped convince her father that she was telling the truth.

"Okay, um, just relax and you have a heating pad and there's medicine in the cabinet right so..okay goodnight honey." He said feeling awkward as they heard him back away from the door, and then heard the door to her bedroom click closed.

Syx scanned the room with his mind and then once he was sure the man was gone he relaxed a little. Roxanne turned on him and glared up at him, her hand moving to the back of her neck. "Get out of the bathroom- now." she ordered him, blushing furiously.

He held his hands up in a defensive way and laughed lightly. "Sorry, sorry I just...couldn't help it. You were too tempting." Walking around her, he opened the door back into her bedroom, keeping a silly smile on his lips.

She closed the door behind him and leaned against it. That was beyond embarrassing. She thought to herself and then started to change her clothes.

While Roxanne got changed, Syx picked up his helmet off of the top of her dresser and then walked over to the windowsill to sit down and wait for her. He looked outside and up at the sky. "Roxanne," He began and looked over at the door. "I think I've changed my mind."

She heard his words as she was pulling her pants on. "What do you mean?"

"I think I'll take you to meet Minion after school Monday." he announced. "In my excitement over telling you so much I just..wanted you to accept everything right away. I didn't really think any of this through."

She opened the door of the bathroom, switching off the light as she emerged. "But..." What could she say? Don't go? Stay longer? "I don't..."

He turned to look at her in her jeans and shirt, her face still pleasantly pink from moments ago and her long hair pulled up behind her head in a pony-tail. The swell in his chest seemed to grow bigger. "I don't want to go either." He answered without thinking.

Her eyes widened.

And then his did too.

He hopped up from the sill and held his hands out again. "I mean- you know because...anyway, I think it would be best for right now."

"Because my Dad woke up huh?" she sighed, her shoulders sagging. Lifting a hand she rubbed one arm.

"Yeah, I don't want him to come back later to find you missing, you know?" Syx continued. "So, I'll go now and we can meet up again on Monday."

"But what about the seaweed? We still have to collect all of the specimens." That sounded like a horrible excuse.

He laughed, stepping forward he leaned down and cautiously gave her a kiss on her forehead. "I'm sure you'll be able to collect the stuff for class. I've repaired my watch, if you need me just call okay?" He really did want to take her to meet Minion, but right now it would be better if they both had a night or two to take in all of what had happened. She wasn't repulsed by him, and he needed time to adjust to that. Trusting someone like this, someone who was human. It felt so nice not to be rejected he feared that it was all just a dream though and any moment he would wake up and it would shatter into a thousand pieces.

"Syx?"

Snapping out of his mind he blinked and saw her staring up at him. Had she asked a question? "Sorry I..I'm more tired than I thought I guess." he pulled on his helmet and then abruptly turned to leave, tossing one leg out of the window.

"Wait-" she said and he paused, looking back at her. Roxanne moved forward and slid her arms around his shoulders, pulling him in for a quick hug. "I'm glad that you're okay, I was worried." she squeezed him once and then let him go.

He smiled under his helmet, though she couldn't see it. Nodding he said goodbye and then jumped down in a half float, landing safely on the ground. He looked around and then dashed off to find where he'd hidden his Tuono. She watched after him, wishing that she could go with him right now.

There was a few hours until daylight, and she was awake with her thoughts. Roxanne decided to do what she did best, write.

"Yes, I know that this was a risque move, Minion." Syx said to his friend.

"Its just that, Sir...even though you're sure that she is the Roxanne from your dreams, shes still..one of them." The fish had been nervous all day Sunday, and he was even more so now that it was Monday morning. Syx sat down in front of him, eating cereal.

He looked around their home and felt rather happy with it. Sure, it wasn't a nice house like the one Roxanne or Bernard lived in, but it wasn't a terrible place. It was rather exciting to know that the Roxanne of his dreams would be seeing where he lived.

He did have cause to worry a little about that though. When he came home Saturday night, he had looked around at how bare it all was. He'd never noticed it before, but now that they were going to have a guest he wanted to make sure that she would be comfortable. He and Minion had gone out all day Sunday looking for nicer furniture they could bring in to make it seem a little more normal. They'd checked dumpsters behind furniture stores, and other superstores.

Syx felt lucky that he was able to find a couch and other appliances. Minion had even commented that they should have put more effort into looking for such things a long time ago. He had been happy to see his friend so enthusiastic about the better working appliances for the kitchen for sure. And so, he had stayed up all night making their home up. They had managed to find a television too, though it had been broken it didn't take Syx long to fix it.

"I don't want to go through life wondering 'what if', Minion." He said and then drank up the rest of his milk. "So tonight, she'll come over and meet you at the same time. Then there will be nothing between us. No secrets, and we can I don't know maybe we can start to live almost normal." It was a dream, something to look forward too, but it was possible. Somehow he felt that it was, with her.

Minion looked at Syx and sighed, of course he would do his best and try to make a good meal for them, their hideout was already spruced up beyond anything the piscine had though possible.

"Yes, Sir." He said and proceeded to clean things up. "I'll have a snack ready for you both when you arrive later."

"Thanks, you're the best!" Syx pushed away from the table and turned on his Tynon disguise. He grabbed up his backpack and headed out for school.

"So, what's going to happen to me Lady D?" Wayne's voice echoed into the room.

"Number one-seventy-five is going to replace you Wayne." Her cold white eyes stared back at him.

"I don't understand, I did what I was programmed to do. Why don't you let him go?" The desperation in his voice was almost painful.

She sighed and lifted a hand up so she could pinch the bridge of her nose. "Wayne, we've been over this- you're deteriorating. You know that, and there is only so much I can do. Unless..." she left that statement open.

"Unless what?! WHAT?! Tell me please-"

"Calm down, don't scream at me." She snapped, her head lifting up with an annoyed glare. "Unless you do better when we let you out this final time. Wayne you have to get Phantom this time, the higher ups weren't all that impressed with what you did last time."

"What do you mean? I did as I was ordered!" He argued.

"Yes, and you nearly killed that girl- that idiot Henry had to stop you! Do you recall that?" Her patience was feeling tested. Walking around him, her heels clicked on the tile floor. Reaching out a hand she pushed the button on his cuffs. The mechanisms clicked off and his hands were freed. And he did what she expected he would do- his hands lifted up and around her throat, picking her up off of the ground, Wayne pushed her into the wall.

"This wasn't what we had agreed on. You are suppose to let him go!" He growled. She smiled even as her air supply was being cut off.

He squeezed a little tighter, and then there was an echo of his own voice behind him.

'Let her go.' The voice said. He panicked and dropped Lady Doppler. She fell to the floor coughing as Wayne turned around and looked all over the room for the source of the voice.

"Where-? WHERE IS HE?!" He hissed.

"Hes...not...out." She rubbed her throat and opened one eye to look back up at the teenage boy. Who could be the object of nightmares with his broken appearance.

"One more chance, Wayne." She repeated and pushed off of the ground. "Or you die, and we use him instead."

Wayne's breathing was heavy and he reached up to grasp at his head which was pounding- he could never tell if that voice was his own or if it was the other him...

"Fine. I'll get him this time. I will." He assured her.

Lady D smiled slowly, then turned to escort him to get the full assignment.

On Sunday, Roxanne had decided to finish her homework without her friends, choosing that time to reflect longer on everything that Syx had told her. She called both Candice and Bernard to let them know what she was planned, and the two seemed to understand. Though Bernard wanted to come with her regardless, she turned him down politely and told them both that she'd see them on Monday.

Sitting in the cafeteria for breakfast she was looking around nervously for Syx. He was going to show up wasn't he? She had been so tempted to call him on their watches but knowing that it was suppose to be emergency only kept her from doing so.

"Dude, whats wrong?" Bernard asked her as he finished off his chicken biscuit. "You got a gun or somethin?" he joked. Candice gave him an elbow.

"Leave her alone, shes probably just worried about her Trig test." the redhead argued.

"Uh huhhh and that's why shes looking around like she's a cat that got in the creme." He rolled his eyes.

The bell rung and they stood up. Roxanne looked up at them worried. "Where's Tynon?" she asked aloud finally. And the realization washed over Bernard and Candice's faces. They shook their heads admitting that they too had no clue, but were worried. The warning bell ringed and Roxanne told them to go ahead without her.

They headed towards their Marine Science class, and Roxanne looked around the empty halls, she only had a minute before the final bell would ring and she would be late. Dammit all.

As she was turning the corner to Mr. Wilson's class, a hand reached out and grabbed her, pulling her down a hallway. She made a small sound and found herself thrust against a boy's chest, looking up quickly she saw Tynon's face. "SYX!" She said in a loud whisper. He covered his hand over her mouth and looked around.

"Tynon...remember." he urged giving her a wink.

She punched him in the shoulder. "You jerk, I was worried about you when you didn't show up for breakfast!" she scolded.

"Ouch." He said still smiling as he rubbed his offended arm. "I'm sorry, I wanted to get an early start but I forgot some stuff at home." He took her hand and pulled her towards the classroom. "Tonight, you're coming over to my place." he made it a statement, not a question hoping that wouldn't let her turn him down just in case she had thought about wanting too.

"I am?" she said a tad too surprised.

"If you want, to meet Minion." He looked ahead and not at her as he opened the door and pulled her into the class.

"Of course I do!" she agreed as they took their seats.

"Good."

Bernard waved and got Tynon's attention and then the two began to talk about what had happened and how Ty was feeling. Candice was sitting farther away from the three and so she threw a paper ball at them to get their attention. She wanted to know too, so Tynon held up a paper that said 'tell you later.'

"If you three are quite finished with whatever it is that is SO important as to hold up the class, I'd like to go ahead and you know- do what I'm here for- and that's TEACH you." Mr. Wilson folded his hands and looked down sternly at them as the class laughed.

They all shrunk down in their seats as the class started.

"No kidding, so you're feeling okay? I was sure you had broken bones or something man." Bernard said to Tynon during their lunch.

"I know right? No, I'm lucky to be okay- that sure was a crazy ass day though." Tynon agreed.

"Well, at least we all somehow managed to find a way to get the seaweed we needed. I didn't think that was going to happen either. Ugh, baking them and sticking them to the poster board was a nightmare." Candice added.

"You're telling me, I made my first batch too hot..and uh...they kinda burned up." Bernard admitted.

Roxanne giggled. "My dad helped me with mine."

"Mine too." Ty repeated after her, he glanced over to smile at her. Roxanne flushed and looked away.

"OH?" Bernard caught that look and leaned forward with a wide grin. "What was that all about?"

They both looked over at him guiltily. "What?" "Nothing." they said in unison.

Candice was interested now too, after their answers. "Oh my gosh you guys- are acting so caught!"

"Caught?" Tynon shrugged and continued to play stupid.

"Yeah, don't try me- I smell the attraction." Bernard said disgusted.

They both blushed then, and even through his disguise Syx was sure it was obvious.

"WHAT?!" Candice said loudly. "Are you guys an item now?"

"NO" "YES"

They looked at each other.

"I mean yes." "Er- no?"

"What we mean is, we're not sure." Tynon tried again. "I haven't officially asked her out just yet." He cleared his throat and turned to her. Bernard and Candice watched in silence with wide eyes. "Roxanne, will you go out with me?"

"Yes." She answered shyly, her face tomato red.

"Oh my god, I cant believe you just did that." Bernard made a playful gagging motion with his hand. Candice laughed and ran off to buy soda for them to celebrate.

The rest of the day went by in a sort of blur. Neither one of them was expecting what had happened, but they both had no problem with the outcome. Roxanne hadn't told Syx about Megamind just yet and she wondered how he would feel once he knew.

Whoo what what? Looks like I got a bug today to write some more for this fic too! Its not much up on the drama in this chapter, just mostly fluff. After all the craziness that happened previous chapters, this is some good down time for them. :P
Circus Candies as always! Thanks for reading, and comments are appreciated!