Mika had just stepped out of school, saying goodbye to his two new friends Liam and Becky. Elise, however, was on his arm with her head resting on his shoulder, her hair in a messy bun. Mika had his hair parted to the side, his forehead visible. He and Elise have been very close with one another. They would call each other and talk with one another. It was sweet.

"So I have an hour before I have to go home, what do you wanna do?" Elise asked Mika, holding his hand an having her thumb rub it softly.

The boy pondered for a bit as he smirked. "We can go to a smoothie place. I went there when I first got here," he said.

"Is it called the Super Smoothie Shack?" she asked him, a wide grin.

"That's the one," he said as he looked at her grin, "I'm guessing you're familiar with it already."

"Yep, I went there with Megamind once," she said.

"You know Megamind?" Mika asked curiously. He put two and two together when Megamind asked him about Elise, and he understood why "how?"

"Well, I was getting picked on by some mean popular girls and he was there to help me with my bullying problem and how to handle it," she said as she looked at him.

"I can never stand a bully," he said, his mood changing, "they hate themselves and they only feel tall when someone is on their knees.'

"Hmmm, I don't think these girls have any insecurities. I mean they are rich, they have everything they could ever want," she said, Mika rolling his eyes, "they even have debit cards; and they aren't even of age to carry."

"And? You're rich too, I bet you live in a big house with a big green yard with a cheap flamingo and a pool," he said.

"You are sadly mistaken, my mom is rich. I just live in the house," Elise said, smirking. Mika didn't reciprocate that well.

"Does your mom tell you that often?" he asked her.

"Sometimes, but recently she hasn't," she said.

"Come on, let's go to the smoothie shop," he said as he took her hand.

Super Smoothie Shack

Like a gentleman, Mika had asked for the best seat for him and his lady friend to set, that being the booth at the end of the shack. He had taken Elise and seated her first and had started to order the beverages.

Elise had sat at the wall of the booth, her feet crossed and her eyes looking back at Mika as he ordered. She had looked at the menu just to read something when she saw someone enter the smoothie shack. She had taken her compact mirror and had looked at the man. He had a trench coat and a fedora hat. He wanted to be seated behind Elise, in which he had opened up a newspaper and had just kept to himself.

Elise didn't at all care much for the mysterious man, as he wasn't a bother. Mika came back with the smoothies, giving her a strawberry banana one while he had a blueberry blast. He had sat down across from her, looking at her as she drank her smoothie. She appeared so innocent, feeling her swing her legs back and forth. She looked up at him and tilted her head, "What?"

"Nothing… you just look pretty…" he said. Elise had pulled her lips into a thin smile, looking down humbly. She had kicked her feet still, hitting something and had jumped.

"I'm sorry-" she said as she looked at him. Mika had smiled and had rubbed his foot at her shin to assure her.

"Its okay," Mika said as he looked at her. He had looked past her head and saw the man looking every now and then at him. "Hey, can I confide something within you?"

"Uh yeah, sure," she said, drinking her smoothie still.

"That guy behind you has been following me every day for the past week…" Mika said, Elise almost looking back, "Don't look back."

"Why is he following you?" she asked.

"I don't know, but it started to bug me." Mika knew that he was the ward of the city's defender, but being followed by strangers wasn't something Megamind would mention, "let's finish our smoothies and get you home."

"Okay," she said as she had finished her drink, Mika finishing his in a quick shot and had started to walk out with Elise. Mika couldn't help but make slight eye contact with the man.

He had amber eyes and rectangular black frames.

Before the man could react, Mika and Elise dashed out the shack, throwing the money at the register and soon being pursued by the man. Mika had speed walked the corner from the shack down the street. The man was a few feet away, but his presence was too damn close for comfort.

Mika had found a crowd of people and had merged in with them, Elise still near him and her face usually looking back. "What the hell was that about?"

"I don't know…" he said as he blushed from having to run into the crowd like that. "I'm gone a take you home now…"

"You look out of breath, you should relax," Elise said her hand on his back and the other on his chest. She could feel his heartbeat tap against her palm.

"I'll be fine…" he said, his eyes blinking rapidly.

"C'mon," she said as she helped him to a nearby grocery store.

The man had lingered back and had pulled out his phone, calling someone. He had held the phone to his ear.

"Hey. I think I found him. He's a student at this ritzy school. Megamind definitely picked out a nerd. Tell the boss that Operation: Fear Friday is a go."