"I told you I'd be back," she smiled. Megamind's eyes grew with anticipation, fear, admiration. Not for the first time in his life he wanted to wrap his arms around her but didn't know how, or even if, she would want that.

"Sooo, you're not in danger?" Metro Man inquired awkwardly, bringing his feet to the floor.

"No, Wayne. I'm fine."

"And you haven't joined the side of evil?"

She placed a hand on the curve of her hip. "And why would you think that?"

"Teaming up with Megamind," the hero tacked a finger, "going against the government…"

"You told him?" Roxanne looked to Megamind, with a look not of betrayal but of concern.

"Miss Ritchie, I assure you, I only told our hero what he needed to know. To keep you safe."

She looked to said hero with lame eyes. "I'm sure Wayne is busy…" she pushed the broad man until he began to float.

He hesitated in midair. "Roxie, when danger calls, I'm here to answer."

"No. You just love gossip. You want the details."

"I assure you; the privacy of Metro City's citizens is my utmost concern."

"Uh huh. Tell that to Suzy Mitchell, who you just told me is leaving her husband for a guy she'd met online.

Megamind and Minion's eyes volleyed with the banter.

"That decision was… evil!" Metro Man squinted.

"Wayne," she sighed, "you can't police people's relationships." Roxanne touched Megamind's gloved hand lightly. "And right now, I need you to stay out of ours."

Megamind and Metro Man made the same startled face.

"Our," she paused, "friendship. New thing. Just starting. So, give us some space. K?"

A knowing smile spread on his face. "Oh. All right, Roxie... I'll try not to listen in for any distress calls."

"Do try." She nodded. "Try hard."

The trio in the lab watched the hero fly away through the roof exit.

Megamind looked to Roxanne, confused. "He seemed like he knew something. Does he know something?"

Roxanne tucked a hair behind her ear. "It's nothing. Nothing we're going to talk about." She dropped the villain's hand. "I'm sorry, you probably didn't like that. I'll keep my hands…"

"No," he put a hand tentatively atop hers to halt her retreat. "I don't mind."

Minion cleared his throat. The two turned. "Clearly I've been in the kitchen too long. What's going on?"

Roxanne and Megamind looked at each other. Time to explain.

"Sir," Minion looked perturbed. "you know this is a fight we can't win. We gave up a long time ago."

"That's just it, Minion," Roxanne chimed in, "I think we can win. However, guns won't do it."

"Bombs?" Minion brainstormed.

"Poison?" Megamind contributed.

"That's just it," she smiled, "you don't have to do anything evil, because he's done it himself. With my help, we're going to oust him for crimes against alien kind."

Megamind straightened. "I'm afraid they don't have those."

"They do in Metro City."

Megamind squinted. "They do?"

"Wayne's family had them passed years ago when he wasn't admitted into some school. They tried to make it a discrimination case. Anyway, after the laws, he made it in."

Megamind's eye grew wide.

"We're going to charge him in the state and bring him back to stand trial. We can ask DC to extradite him. Keep in mind, he could try to run."

"You," Megamind's eyes sparkled with veneration, "you are an evil genius."

"Well," she shied, "I'll take genius. But," she reached out, her hand hesitating on the kitchen table, face somber, "you have to realize that he's the evil one here."

Megamind blinked and looked away.

"How will we convince DC to execute him?" Minion asked.

"Extradite," Roxanne corrected. "Although I wouldn't mind execute. Extradite means to give up an alleged criminal to another state. And I've got a spot for him on our network tonight. We're broadcasting in the capital."

"We're really doing this," Megamind corrected, world spinning, "you're really doing this… for me. Why?"

Her fingers reached his, interlacing. "Because you matter."

He breathed, he mattered; to her. "As do you. Miss Ritchi-"

"Roxanne."

"Roxanne," he exhumed, the word still bringing a zing to his hearts and stomach, "I don't think you understand the danger. If you want to back out right now we wouldn't-"

"No. I won't back down." Her fingers tightened and she looked to Minion. "Plus, I've got some muscle behind me."

Megamind returned her squeeze. "How is this going to go?"

"First, we're going to try to catch this fly with honey."