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Everything Was So Perfect

Chapter 21

Roxanne and minion waited outside the surgery room. The doctors had noticed that when they took off the casts from the broken areas on Megamind's body, that that had made them shift back to the spot they were at before, causing them to be broken again.

They had said the Megamind's body wasen't all that different from a human's…that it healed faster. But really, it was that his body just didn't take as much abuse as a human's would. And it deffinetly didn't, if a human would have been involved with the building collapsing…it would have been even messier.

Few hours earlier

"What the hell do you mean he needs surgery?" Roxanne shouted at Dr. Phillips.

"Just what I said Ms. Ritchi. And if I could ask you to please calm down and quiet down…" he said, trying to stop the dramatic scene that everyone was now beginning to watch.

"Don't you tell be to calm down! This is the second time you've made a mistake!" she shouted at him somemore.

Minion was watching from the sidelines with an uncomfortable look on his face. Everyone was giving them weird looks as Roxanne continued to shout down the doctor.

"Um…Miss. Ritchi…if you could quiet down then maybe…" he offered timidly.

But Roxanne turned and glared daggers at him which shut him up immediately.

"Roxanne, we've never really had an alien patient before, so therefor it's difficult to not make mistakes. But I'm telling you, I really think that this was the last mistake." He tried reassuring her.

"Can you promise me it's the last mistake?" she asked angrily, raising her eyebrows.

"Um…no." he said, rubbing the back of his neck. "But he's going to live. That's the wonderful thing, just a little surgery won't make him go back into his coma again. Now that he's woken up, I'm sure he'll be fine…"

Present time

Roxanne sighed as she waited for the surgeon to come out of the operating room. But not as worried as she had been for the past few days, the wonderful sight of Megamind waking up from his coma had deffinetly put everyone in a better mood.

James, the sherriff, Frank, Michael, and Lilia had been thrilled to hear the news. But everyone was wondering the same thing. Why had he woken up then? Why wake up when everything is unplugged and it's nearly impossible to wake up?

And the answer was…unknown. For the moment that is. Even the doctors weren't completely sure how he could have possibly woken up after being unplugged. They were baffled, putting it somewhat mildly.

The double swinging doors then opened as a sergeon came out of the room.

Roxanne and minion stood up as she came over and stood in front of them. Her gloved hands and germ-free surgeon uniform had blood on it. Megamind's blood.

The thought of it made Roxanne cringe. But her feelings of fatigue from the sigh tof his blood dissapeared as the doctor told them that the surgery had been a success. Now all they had to do was wait for him to wake up again.

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'What is that beeping noise? And why do I feel like I've been hit by a truck?'

Emerald green eyes cracked open to see cards and flowers. 'Cards? Flowers? What?'

Moving his eyes downward, he could see wires and tubes in his arms. And moving his eyes upward he could see minion, and on his other side, Roxanne. Both asleep, and looking at the clock he could see why.

It was 6:00 AM. And on what day? Megamind wasen't quite sure. Why was he there in the first place?

'Oh wait…now I remember…'

Flashes of memories whisked by in his head as it all came back to him.

Bernard's murder.

Getting arrested.

Mayor's memory erased.

Roxanne's kidnapping.

Escaping prison.

Metroman.

Jame's getting shot.

'But…then what? There had to be another part, none of that explains why I'm here…'

He tried remembering but was unable to, it made his head pound in pain. He then realized weird tubes sticking out of his nose. 'What in the world?' he thought as he touched them. And why did his legs feel all weird, and why did his whole body feel so weird?

There was then a tired groan coming from his bedside. He turned toward the noise to see Roxanne as her eyes opened and she sat up. Hair messy with bed head and she stretched the stiffness from her muscles.

She turned to look at the clock and yawned as she was about to go back to sleeping. But she then saw Megamind's eyes open as her eyes got wide with excitement.

"Oh! You're-you're awake!" she said as a smile came over her face. And then, she leaped on him as she grabbed him in a loving, warm hug.

Megamind slowly brought his arms around her the best he could with wires still in his arms as he hugged her back. And it was a few seconds later that he noticed that she was shaking. Crying and sobbing words into his shoulder.

"I'm so, so sorry. For everything, if it wasen't for me getting kidnapped…you wouldn't be here." She appologized. "Or if I haden't started a fight or…or…I'm just so sorry…"

He listened as she continued crying, he then spoke for the first time in many days. "Shh…it's…ok-ay…" he croaked as he rubbed her back, trying to soothe her.

'Why am I talking so weird? And so…slow?' he thought after he spoke.

Pulling away then and wiping her eyes, she took a few deep breaths to calm herself. She then touched his shoulder where the hospital gown was. "I'm sorry…I got your shoulder wet…" she apologized unnecessarily.

He smiled at her. "It's…ok-ay…Rox-anne…I'm…not…like-ing…this…out-fit…any-way…" he said slowly still.

She smiled at how he was still joking, even after all they'd been through. "I'm…sor-ry…too…" he then apologized.

"Sorry? What could you possibly be sorry for?" she asked.

"The…fight…ba-ck…at…the…pris-on…" he then said, and Roxanne was about to say something else but there then came a yawn along with bubbles in water from the other side of the bed.

Minion had come out of his little fish house. And his eyes then widened with delight to see his friend was now awake. "Sir! You're awake!" And then, he too gave him a hug, but still gently so as not to hurt him any further. And Megamind of course hugged back. "It's so good to see you awake again! I've missed you so much! I can't even begin to explain how much I've-"

"I…miss-ed…you…too…minion…" he said as he smiled at how happy the little fish was.

And then, the door to the room opened, causing minion to break away from his hold.

Dr. Phillips walked into the room. "Oh! Well, good to see you awake Mister Megamind." He said as he walked over. "I'm doctor Phillips. I've been one of the doctors taking care of you since you've been here."

"How…long…ha-ve…I been…here?" he then asked, almost as if every word required many breaths to get out.

"Well…you've been out for almost three weeks." He answered. And Megamind's eyes got wide.

"Thr-ee…weeks?" he asked, bewildered.

The doctor nodded. "And, are you having trouble…talking by any chance?" he asked, considering that he'd noticed the strange way that the blue alien was talking.

"Is…it…th-at…notice-able?" Megamind asked, he didn't like how slow he sounded while he talked.

But Dr. Phillilps chuckled. "Yes, it is actually. But don't worry, once you get going with life again then if should go back to normal."

"Why…am…I talk-ing…like…this?" he then asked, he was starting to get somewhat bothered by the way his mouth couldn't keep up.

Dr. Phillips then got a sad look on his face. "Well…you were in a coma for the nearly three weeks you were here."

Megamind's eyes got wide in surprise again. "A…coma?" he breathed out.

The doctor nodded. "We…we thought you weren't going to make it. Do you remember waking up earlier this morning?"

Megamind nodded. And the doctor continued. "That was the first time you'd woken up. And it was deffinetly a miracle, we'd turned off all the machines and everything. Minion thought it would be best to let you go instead of sit and not recover..."

"I'm sorry sir! I thought it was best!" minion then started apologizing as he saw the look of surprise on Megamind's face. But then the blue hero stopped his apologizing by lifting a hand.

"It's…okay…minion…" he comforted the fish that was about on the verge of tears. "You…did…what was…best…"

"And another thing…" the doctor then continued talking. "you had quite the concussion when you came in, which had put you in the coma in the first place. It was a bad head injury, that's why your words are so slow and aren't coming out quite as you would like. But even after you get out of here, you won't be able to go back into action right away."

"What…do you…mean?" Megamind asked. How long would he have to keep the city unprotected?

Dr. Phillips sighed. "Well…you need to be able to walk and run to catch a bad guy, don't you?"

"Ye-ah…" Megamind said, he wasen't sure where he was going with this.

"Well…your leg was badly broken. And your humerous was broken as well. Both of those required surgery, just earlier this morning actually." He added the last part uncomfortably. Still dissapointed at himself for the fact that he'd taken off the casts before they were ready to come off.

"So…if I've…had…surg-eerie…"

Roxanne smiled as she heard him mispurnounce a word. She'd really missed that quality about him as well. But she didn't bother correcting him.

"…then…what's…the…prob-lem?" he then finished.

Roxanne and minion had already seen the handy work of the doctors, but Megamind haden't. So when the doctor removed the covers just enough for him to see it, the look of shock on his face was understandable.

Screws and bars stuck out of his leg, holding everything in place. But the look of it was a surprise all on it's own. Going from his ankle to his knee were all the bars and screws sticking out of his blue skin.

"So…as you can see…the bone right here was broken like a…"

"I…don't…need…an…expla-nat-ion…" Megamind said as he closed his eyes.

Catching the look of disgust on the alien's face, Dr. Phillips quickly covered it back up.

Megamind took a deep breath then. "So…how long…until…I can…leave?"

Dr. Phillips shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe in a few days or so. Since your brain far exceeds the human race's brain, your head injury should heal by then."

"Are you sure about that this time?" Roxanne asked with venom.

Megamind gave her a questioning look. "I'll explain later…" she said.

"Yes Miss. Ritchi, I'm sure." The doctor said uncomfortably.

Megamind then remembered, that he had no clue why he was even there in the first place. "Wait…why…am…I here?" he asked.

"You mean you don't remember?" the doctor asked in which Megamind shook his head. "That's understandable, you should remember when it gets explained to you. But I have to go now, I'm sure Roxanne and minion can fill you in on everything that's happened." He said as he gave Megamind a smile as he turned to leave. But he opened the door and turned back around, hand still on the doorknob.

"Oh yes…another thing...I found a glowing cube in your pocket when you were brought in. And I accidently dropped it in the snow and…"

"The doorman?" Megamind asked.

Dr. Phillips nodded. "The doorman. But don't worry…no legal charges are going to be made against you." He reassured him and then left the room.

"The doorman?" Roxanne questioned.

"Long story." Megamind and minion said in unison then.

"What's the last thing you remember sir?" minion then asked before Roxanne could ask anymore questions. He didn't necessarily want her to know that Megamind had dehydrated her doorman.

"James…gett-ing…shot…" he replied, but then a look of worry came on his face. "Is…he okay?" he asked urgently.

"Yes, James is fine. Already out of the hospital in fact." Minon replied and Megamind's face smoothed out from worry to relief.

"What about…Metroman?" he then asked.

Roxanne and minion looked down. They didn't want to repeat the whole story, but they knew they had to. It was Megamind's right to know what had happened.

And as they told him everything…the way that him and Metroman had battled in the street, the large building they crashed into, the fire to the building, and it collapsing. And then came the part where they discovered Metroman's body, and the look on Megamind's face wasen't triumph over winning. No, instead a look of sadness and shock fell over his face.

Roxanne and minon had figured that he would have been in a bit of shock after hearing the news, but the look on his face was of complete sadness and depression.

Something happened that they didn't know about, but now wasen't the time to ask about it. For now, their blue hero needed rest.

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"Oh man…oh man, oh man…" Metroman said as he lay on the floor. He looked so defeated.

Megamind, who crawled over to one of the counters that wasen't on fire yet, sat and leaned against it.

"All my fault…this is all my fault…" Metroman said to himself.

Megamind stared at him. It was in fact all his fault, he couldn't deny that.

"Why did I do this…why…" Metroman started coughing violently as smoke entered his lungs, he then lay there weakly.

"The firemen should be here soon…" Megamind said lazily.

He then stood up and looked at the blue alien sitting on the floor. "Megamind…" he spoke softly.

"I'm sorry…" Metroman apologized. "for everything. I'm sorry for killing Bernard, I'm sorry for kidnapping Roxanne, I'm sorry for putting you in jail, and I'm sorry for…this." He said gesturing to the burning building around them.

Metroman then started apologizing again, his voice like gravel from the smoke. "And I'm sorry for my pod knocking your pod into the prison when we traveled to earth so long ago. And I'm sorry for not sticking up for you in school when we were kids. A-and... I'm just so sorry..."

Metroman looked at the floor and said sadly, "I understand if you never forgive me…I deser…"

"It's okay." Megamind said then.

Metroman looked up at the face of his once rival. "I forgive you." Megamind said in a raspy voice.

And then, the ceiling gave one last final groan as it all collapsed. Bringing down the shelves, walls and everything. The whole building crumbled down to a giant pile of burning rubble.

Megamind's eyes snapped open from the dream. The morning was cloudy and snowy again, just like it had been all winter. There was no one in his room at the moment, it had been three days since being told of everything that had happened. The doctors had told everyone that Megamind needed some quiet, though the others weren't sure why, but they had a feeling that they knew why. The blue hero had been strangely depressed for the past few days.

"Good news!" a cheerful voice said unexpectadely, making Megamind jump in surprise. He hadne't even realized that the door had opened. "You get to leave today!" Dr. Phillips said with a smile.

And Megamind couldn't help it, he smiled. "Real-ly? When?" he asked, his speaking had improved though it was still slow.

"In about an hour, if you're up to it that is, we have to see how well you can…"

"Oh…I'm…up to it. I'm ready…to get out…of this…hospital gown…" he said, and the doctor smiled. He had no doubt that he was well enough to leave. Handing him new clothes, a black tshirt and dark blue jeans along with a gray jacket. "Minion brought them." He answered Megamind's questioning look at the sudden new clothes.

Once Dr. Phillips had left and Megamind had changed into finally some new clothes. He stood, staring out the window. He could'nt stop thinking of Metroman's sorry face before the building came crumbling down. He had looked so sad, and so regretful.

"Why did I…deserve a second chance…when Metroman doesn't…" he spoke to himself slowly.

And the answer was…he didn't know. It didn't seem to make any sense.

"Megamind?" a voice behind him then said.

It was a nurse, a nurse he'd come to know from the time he was at the hospital and awake. "Are you ready?" she asked sweetly.

Megamind turned and nodded a yes. And with that, they left the hospital room that had been a place that had helped him get better, that had been such a usual place to be for the past three weeks. It almost felt strange leaving it. But he was leaving it, at long last.

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Down in the hospital lobby, everyone was down there waiting. Roxanne, minion, James, Lilia, Ben, Frank, the sherriff, they were all there, waiting. Waiting for him to finally leave the building that had kept him for so long.

"Hey buddy! Nice to have you back!" James said as Megamind limped over, still with the screws and bars sticking out of his lower leg. James threw an arms over his shoulders when he came over.

"You know…I've actually missed you a lot since you went into that coma." Frank said as he flung an arm over Megamind's shoulders as well. "Don't ever do it again." He then said threateningly.

Megamind smiled. "Oh don't worry… I'm not…planning on…doing that…again."

"Well…seeing as theres no room for a hug from me-" Ben then said.

"There's room! Get over here!" James said gesturing the lawyer over.

And Ben came ove rand gave him a hug from the back around his neck. "Good to have you back. I was missing my client, though you aren't my client anymore." He said.

And then realization hit Megamind. He wasen't Ben's client anymore, he was a free man. And he smiled even more at the wonderful thought.

But the more hugs he got, the more uncomfortable he felt. One hug had grown to be okay with him over the years, but two and three? He couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

The three men then looked at the sherriff. "Sherriff?" they all said in unison.

But the man shook his head. "Nope, sorry fellas…I think Megamind is getting enough hugs from all of you." He replied.

The three young men continued looking at him with pleading eyes. And James brought over his hand and stroked Megamind face. "Come on…you can't resist this face…" he said.

The blue alien raised a brow as James stroked his face. Now he was beyond feeling uncomfortable. But the feeling suddenly grew as the sherriff spoke. "Oh, alright."

Walking over, he brought Megamind into a hug from the front, so by now he was surrounded by friends hugging him all over.

Friends. Still a strange topic to the blue hero.

And watchingthe scene before him, minion couldn't help it. He needed in on the bromance. As he walked over he hugged them all in his big gorilla arms.

There was then a flash as Lilia took a picture. Roxanne looked at her. "I couldn't help it. This is just precious." Lilia answered as she looked at the picture then.

"Alright, alright guys break it up." Dr. Phillips said. "Unless you all want to injure him with hugging I suggest you loosen your grips."

They all broke away, freeing Megamind from the hugging at last. Roxanne walked over and put her hand in his. It was time to finally leave this place.

"Thank…you." Megamind said to Dr. Phillips, whom then smiled at his patient.

"No problem. It was a pleasure helping you get better Megamind." He said as he stuck out his hand.

Then, Megamind shook it, but not normally considering he still could'nt handle the, shaking of the hands.

Then, everyone started walking out of the building. All together again, minion had started calling them a big ball of friendship.

Stepping outside, Megamind and Roxanne hand in hand, and all of his other friends around him, the fresh air was finally reaching the free alien. And they all watched with happiness as their blue friend was finally free from the prison along with the hospital.

And he breathed it in appreciatively. Feeling the cold, snowy air brush over him. But he then started shivering, he only had a light jacket on after all.

"It's freezing out here!" Megamind said as he brought his arms over his chest.

Everyone agreed then, suddenly realizing the freezing weather again. "Anyone up for hot chocolate?" Frank asked.

Everyone said yes with enthusiasm as they began walking down the street. But not too fast sincetheir blue hero couldn't walk fast with bars, poles, and nails sticking ot of his leg.

They were okay with it though, they would be there for him all throughout his recovery. They were happy to see him alive and awake again at last.

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Not quite the end yet. Just hang in there a little longer! :D