A cookie for CrossoverFan, who totally called the type of interaction shown between Ted and Jaime, which either means that CrossoverFan's psychic or that I'm woefully predictable…but I'm going with the first one. ;)

Two cookies for Scarlet-Frost, who has made a picture on DeviantART based on the fic! You can see it here at scarlet-frost . deviant art #/ d3g nq r9 (delete spaces, of course.) And a shout out to her as the Flash and Megamind's meeting was inspired by her pic.

And that's it for my announcements! Disclaimer: I don't own this.

Question: I have a question.

Me: Uh? What?

Question: Is it not true that you realized when you started this that the original Green Lantern's name was Hal Jordan, and the Justice League's Lantern is John Stewart, and by combining these names you get Hal Stewart, and that is the reason you are so determined to villainize Green Lantern in your story?

Me: O.O

Question: I think you should pose the question of why a baby was raised in a prison in this fiction.

Me: OH, no you don't! The conspiracy theory of Why Megamind Was Raised in Prison has been answered/addressed in practically EVERY Megamind fanfiction to date! Except fluffy ones that are just there to prove how adorable MegaRox is.

Question: Or perhaps that's what they WANT you to think.

Me: Get out of here, you loon!

Roxanne gawked at Megamind and Indigo, the part of her brain that made her a brilliant investigative reporter noticing that the excited looks on their faces were exact matches of each other. Apparently the robot was mimicking Megamind's reactions, although she wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not. She still wasn't sure if just having a robot of unknown origin around was good.

"Um, well," she had to say something, but she still wasn't quite sure what she could say about this recent development. "I'm…not sure my boss will let me use a random robot off the street as my camerawoman."

"We can ask," Megamind suggested, taking out his phone. "I'll call him right now!"

"Ooh, can I push the buttons?" Indigo asked hopefully.

"I'm not sure that's such a good idea," Roxanne started, but was ignored as Megamind and Indigo were busy taking turns pushing the individual buttons on Megamind's cell phone in order to call her boss. Her brow furrowed, and she rubbed her temple to stave off a headache.

"I'm sorry, Miss Ritchi," Minion told her apologetically, offering her a chair. "I tried to stop him, but he wouldn't hear of it. He really wanted to impress you."

Roxanne gave the fish a wane smile, to show she wasn't harboring ill will towards her boyfriend's 'surprise' or Minion's inability to talk him out of it.

"Ollo? Is this KMPC Chenille 8 news?" Megamind asked into the phone.

"Channel, Sir," Minion called over to him.

"Channel, right. Channel 8?" Megamind paused for a second. His eyes lit up at whatever answer he was given. "Great! Let me talk to Roxanne's boss."

After another pause in which Indigo had started to bob her head and hum the tune of 'Back in Black', Megamind had finally gotten ahold of who he was after. "Ollo? Yes, this is Megamind, Roxanne's boyfriend. I have a robot who wants to be Roxanne's new camerawoman, will you give my robot a job?" He paused to hear the man's reply. "Pay? I don't know, I'll ask." He covered the phone with a hand and asked, "How much pay are you asking?"

Indigo gave him a blank look. "Um, how much do I need to be Roxanne's camerawoman?" she asked.

"I don't know," Megamind admitted. Talking back into the phone, he asked, "how much would you suggest?"

Roxanne fought the urge to groan as Megamind happily agreed to less than a fourth of what was customary pay for a camera operator, as she knew full well that her boss would hire any incompetent with the ability to hold up a camera for that amount of money, and tried to tell herself that Indigo couldn't possibly be as bad as Zoe.

"You will?" Just as Roxanne predicted, the ecstasy that crossed her boyfriend's face proved that her hunch was correct and her boss had in fact hired Indigo. "That's fantastic! She'll be there bright and early tomorrow morning!" Hanging up, he laughed and practically skipped over to Roxanne, swinging her around in a happy hug. "He said yes!" he laughed.

"Yay!" Indigo cheered, rushing to put her arms around Megamind and Roxanne for a group hug, extending said arms so they actually wrapped completely around the other two twice.

Well, Roxanne had known when she started to date him that she would never have a dull moment. She just hoped in the future, his 'surprises' wouldn't be quite as surprising as this one.

The group hug continued until Megamind's League issued two-way earphone started to ring, and the blue genius let go, only to find that Indigo's arms were preventing him from answering the phone, or even moving. "Indigo, you can let go now," he informed the robot.

"Ok," Indigo agreed, retracting her arms to let Megamind and Roxanne go. Megamind reached up and pat the machine on the head, causing her to giggle and Roxanne to roll her eyes before he answered his earphone.

"Ollo?" he asked, listening to the voice on the other side. He frowned. "What do you mean I have to come to the Watchtower right away? I was just there! Can't it wait?…Oh…I see. It absolutely can't wait? At all?" He sighed. "Fine. I'll be there. But make it fast, alright? Megamind out."

"What was that about?" Roxanne asked after he had ended the conversation. Her boyfriend sighed.

"Well, apparently there is some paperwork I neglected to fill out in order to officially join the League," Megamind sighed. "And the due date for filing it is today, so I have to go back now. But it won't take long," he added quickly. "Just need to sign some things."

Roxanne nodded in understanding. Megamind had been busier lately, what with the League business and all, but he had seemed happier now that he had met others who shared his interests and didn't treat him like a freak. Roxanne didn't regret his joining the League, though if things kept up like this she would have to see if he couldn't barter for a little time off every now and again.

"Should I fulfill my secondary programming while you leave?" Indigo asked, sounding hopeful.

Megamind considered. Indigo's secondary programming was to protect Metro City in times of his absence. But he wasn't sure she was ready for solo heroics at the moment. "Not right now," he concluded. "I want to go with you the first few times, to show you the strings, as it were."

"The term is to show her the ropes, Sir," Minion corrected.

Indigo looked around, confusion clear on her features. "I don't see any strings or ropes!" she lamented.

Megamind pat her head again. "That's because I have yet to show them to you, my dear. Come Minion! Paperwork waits for no man nor super-cool alien genius." With that, he gave Roxanne an affectionate peck on the cheek, then he flung his cape back grandly and walked out of the lair.

"Coming Sir," Minion said, following him out. "But where are we going? The Watchtower can just pinpoint our location and beam us up from here."

Megamind scowled at him. "I don't want everyone to know the whereabouts of my secret lair, Minion! Because then it wouldn't be a secret! Now follow me to the other end of Metrocity, where we can safely have the Watchtower beam us up!"

Ted Kord figured he was lucky that the Scarab gave an unique energy signature, otherwise he might never have found it. As it was, it seemed to have decided it liked the local of El Paso, Texas, although it seemed to be continuously moving around a small local there in the past few hours. (It took a long time to get from Hub City to El Paso; they're not exactly close by.)

But finally he was close enough to attempt to retrieve it. The Blue Beetle exited the Bug and made his way up the street, hoping that the Scarab wouldn't try to fight him or anything when he took it back. It needed to be kept somewhere where it couldn't be used for evil.

"Help! My purse!"

The cries of a sweet little old lady in distress caught the Beetle's attention, and he looked across the street where a purse snatcher was rushing away from a horrified white-haired woman. The Beetle sprung into action, but before he could cross the street a…giant blue hammer appeared in an alley the thief was passing and hit him on the head, knocking him out.

Blue Beetle paused, gawking, as a young man dressed in a blue, mechanical suit that was modeled to look similar to a bug walked out of the alley, a big grin on his face as the hammer on his arm morphed back into a had. And clinging onto his back was the (very active) Scarab!

The scarab-using hero picked up the purse and a set of mechanical beetle wings appeared on his back, which he used to casually fly back to the lady, offering her the purse. "Here you are, Ma'am," he said.

The old lady grabbed the purse and immediately started to beat him over the head with it. "HELP! POLICE!" she screamed, not pausing in her attacks.

The boy—for Ted suddenly realized that was what he was—shrieked a high-pitched, girlish scream and tried to cover his head with his arms. "OW! Hey, I'm trying to—Ow! Listen, I just—Ow! Would you stop—OW that HURTS!"

"Somebody help! Get away from me you hooligan! Oh, won't somebody save a poor helpless old lady?" the old woman screamed into the night, still hitting the boy with her purse.

"What have you got in there, rocks? OW! I'm going! I'm going! Just stop hitting—OW!" Frantically, the boy took to his heels and rushed off, the woman still screaming for help behind him until he darted back into the alley he had first appeared in. Amused, the Blue Beetle calmly walked across the street over to where the boy was pressed against the wall, trying to catch his breath.

"OK, that did not go the way I was expecting," he said aloud to no one in particular. The two beetle mandibles on either side of his head lit up, making sounds that reminded the Beetle of computer beeps, and the boy gave a hopeful smile.

"Really? You think so?" he asked, apparently talking to the Scarab.

"Not as easy as it looks, is it?" Ted asked, choosing now to make his presence known. The boy screamed and jumped two feet into the air, then whirled around and gawked at him. Then his face lit up with recognition.

"Wow, you're the Blue Beetle!" he said excitedly. "You're my all-time favorite hero! Besides Batman. And Super Man, oh, and Megamind, he used to be my all-time favorite villain, but now it's a toss up between him and Batman as my favorite hero, and…"

"Ok, ok, I get it kiddo," Beetle said quickly, before he went any lower on the boy's 'all-time favorite hero list.' "And just who are you supposed to be?"

"I'm Jaime," the boy blurted out, then the red bug-like eyes the mask he wore provided for him widened in horror. "I mean…crud!"

"Well, Jaime," the Beetle continued. "I don't know why, but it looks like the Scarab has decided to give you its powers. That means something, but if you really want to take the responsibility of being a hero, you'll need some help. A lot of help."

"Meaning?"

Blue Beetle gave Jaime a big grin. "How'd you like to be my new sidekick?"

"AWESOME!"

Megamind and Minion appeared in the Watchtower, and just as he was beginning to get his bearings, a loud shriek pierced his ears and he instantly drew his de-gun, looking around for the cause of the distress.

He was bewildered to find that the cause of the noise wasn't frightened or worried, but rather a big, red, bundle of happy. In an instant, the Flash had zoomed right into his face, his shoulders bunched together as his hands bunched up in two separate fists held just under his head. The biggest grin Megamind had ever seen lit up the Fastest Man Alive's face.

"OMG! OMG! You're Megamind!" the Flash squealed like an excited fan girl.

"Um, uh…yes?" Megamind hazarded a guess, a 'what the heck?' look gracing his features.

"Yay! I didn't think this would work but it DID and you're here and I'm here WITH YOU and it's AWESOMESAUCE! Did you know you're awesome? Is that real leather in your cape? Can I touch it?"

"Um, yes, yes, and no," Megamind informed him. "Listen, someone called and said I needed to sign some regularity papers?"

"Registration," Minion whispered in his boss's ear.

"Oh, yes, some registration papers. Do you know where I need to go…"

He was cut off when Flash shoved a piece of paper and a pen under his nose. "I called you and I have them right here! Go ahead and sign this, right on the bottom!"

Megamind's incredulous look grew as he looked down at the first paper, only to have the majority of it covered by Flash's arm. "No! Don't read it!" Flash begged. "I already did that for you and it was fine! Just sign! Please, please sign!"

A little alarmed by now, Megamind hastily scrawled his name on the bottom of the paper, hoping that doing so would placate the Flash before he became any more frightening.

"YAY!" Flash yanked the paper out of Megamind's hands, looked at it happily, and then hugged it. "I got it!" he laughed. "Thank you thank you thank you!"

"You're welcome?" It came out more like a nervous question than a statement. Somewhat reluctantly, Megamind extended his hand since Roxanne had told him that it was polite to do so when you met someone. Flash squealed again and shook it eagerly.

"I'm Flash," he said happily. "AND YOU TOUCHED MY HAND!"

Now completely freaked out, Megamind quickly yanked his hand away from Flash's who was looking at his own hand happily. "I'll never wash this suit again!" he vowed, before running through the Watchtower, waving the paper over his head and screaming, "I got it!" to everyone he passed.

After several minutes in which Minion and Megamind stared after Flash with bewildered expressions, Megamind finally found his voice. "What. Was. That?" he asked slowly and with a great deal of confusion.

"I don't know Sir," Minion admitted. "I don't know."

"Sirs, could you step off the platform?" the transporter techie asked, sounding bored. "Someone else is requesting a beam up."

"Huh? Oh! Oh, yes, of course." Still in a semi-daze, Megamind and Minion quickly stepped off the platform, as it powered up again and Blue Beetle and…someone…stepped off, and the look on the second costumed person's face was scarily similar to the one Flash had worn.

"I can't believe this I'm on the Watchtower!" the Beetle's guest shrieked. Then he caught sight of Megamind and made the same squealing noise Flash had made earlier. "I'm standing in the same room as Megamind!" he cried.

Blue Beetle gave Megamind an apologetic smile. "Sorry about that, he's just a little over-eager. We'll work on it."

Megamind nodded mutely. "And uh, who is he, exactly?"

"I'm Jai—" whatever the teen was about to say was stifled as Blue Beetle covered his mouth with his hand.

"This is my new sidekick," he said proudly. "Beetle Boy."

Beetle Boy quickly pushed Blue Beetle's hand away and gave him an unfriendly glare, his proximity to Megamind forgotten in his ire. "Beetle Boy?" he asked incredulously. "Nuh-uh, nothing doing. I'm the Blue Beetle!"

Blue Beetle rolled his eyes. "You're not the Blue Beetle, I am."

"I should totally be the Blue Beetle!"

"You can't handle the name Blue Beetle, kiddo," Blue Beetle replied.

"Seems to me that if I can handle the Scarab—which by the way you can't—I should be more than capable of handling the name Blue Beetle!" his new sidekick shot back.

"Just because you have powers doesn't mean you're a superhero, you know," Blue Beetle replied.

"Oh yeah, says who?"

"Does the name Metro Man ring any bells?"

There was a long pause, then finally the new guy sighed and nodded his head. "Ok, I admit it, you make a good point, but still, Beetle Boy? Can't you come up with a name better than Beetle Boy?"

"What's wrong with it? You're modeled after a beetle and you're a boy. Would you rather I call you Beetle Girl?"

"What? No! But it's just so…" he tried to think of the word. "Lame."

"You think that's lame? Flash named his sidekick Kid Flash. And Green Arrow's little buddy got hooked with the name Speedy," Blue Beetle pointed out.

"….Ok, that makes no sense. But still! Just because every other hero names their sidekicks something stupid doesn't mean I should be called something stupid!"

"Hey, hey, hey, inside voices," Megamind quickly positioned himself between the two arguing beetles, trying to come up with a reasonable solution that would please all involved. He looked over to the pouting sidekick. "From what I have been able to deduce, you got the Blue Beetle's Scar-ab to give you powers?"

"Scarab," the boy replied. "And yes, I did."

"Fine! Then call yourself the Blue Scarab!" Megamind said, looking pleased with the suggestion.

The boy perked up. "That's not half bad," he said happily.

"Thanks anyway, Megs, but we're just going to stick with Beetle Boy," Blue Beetle gave Megamind a wink to show that he was joking to get under his new sidekick's skin, and said sidekick fell for the bait hook, line, and sinker.

"It's the Blue Scarab! Not Beetle Boy!"

Blue Beetle rubbed the Blue Scarab's head in an affectionate way. "Whatever you say, Beetle Boy."

"MY NAME IS NOT BEETLE BOY!" Blue Scarab all but screamed at him as the two of them walked away.

Megamind and Minion gave each other worried looks. "I vote we leave. Now." Megamind said before turning and scrambling towards the teleporter.

"Right behind you, Sir!" Minion replied, hot on his heels.