Roxanne sat in the back seat of the blue Bentley as it drove through the streets, glancing from Megamind sat besides her to Minion who was in the drivers seat. The car had been modified inside slightly to accommodate room for such a large driver since the gorilla suit really was a piece of work, so behind the drivers seat there was a little less room than normal but going by how slim and fit Megamind was there wasn't any problems of his legs cramping. By now he had also removed his disguise, revealing that rich blue skin she could remember so vividly.

She chewed at her bottom lip for a moment before huffing, and turned so she was looking at Megamind. "So... home?" she asked, finding herself enjoying the blue of his skin better to the fake human tone he had been wearing before.

"Uh?" Megamind had been looking out the side window at the city as it passed by, trying to see if they were being followed. So far, they weren't, so his paranoia was put at ease. "Oh. Yes. Home." he said.

"Sir I meant to ask before but did you mean her home, or our home?" Minion asked as he stopped at a red light, thankful for the time of night and tinted windows since nobody could see a fish was driving the car.

He hesitated before answering. "...ours." Megamind said. "It will make things easier."

"You've got me worried now," Roxanne said, "are you erasing my memory or not?"

He gave her a wicked little grin before laughing, and clapped his hands together. "You'll find out." he said.

"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" she asked.

"Oh yes." Megamind replied, grinning still. "I've never had female company over. I mean, I have, but they were mostly associates of Father and Family members. Never before have I had a girl over and Bernard hardly counts but that's a whole other story-"

"I want to know that story." Roxanne said firmly. "No getting out of it."

"It isn't the time right now." Megamind said curtly. "I'm sorry it just isn't."

Roxanne huffed at him before glancing outside and was surprised to see they were already out of town and heading into what she, and pretty much everyone else, believed to be property owned by the Scotts. The Scotts were a wealthy couple who had hands in everything, financing medical, renovations, and entertainment within the city. They were what you would consider 'old money' but this land wasn't even near Scott Manor that over looked the city from their vantage point to the South. Before them was dense forest and bushes, but Minion seemed to know the way to drive through the undergrowth in the car without ruining any of the plant life.

"You live in the middle of the woods?" she asked quietly. Roxanne had an image form in her head of a tiny cottage like something out of a fairy tale.

"Well we can't really live in an uptown apartment with a view of the city." Megamind replied.

"And what's wrong with that?" Roxanne asked since he was pretty much detailing her own apartment loft.

"Absolutely nothing. It just does nothing for our decor." he smiled.

Ahead of them the hidden road suddenly split into three different trails, each as confounding as the last. She was going to see which one Minion turned down but Megamind suddenly jabbed her arm and she turned to look at him. "What was that for?" she asked.

"Just because." he replied with a smile. "And the dress really does look two thousand dollars too." he added.

"Hmf. Hardly the type of stuff I'd normally wear." Roxanne huffed, rubbing her arms self consciously. She wondered if he had checked her out like Hal obviously had earlier that night and if he had, he was very good at hiding it. She then remembered the road and looked ahead again, only to see they were already travelling down a road. She scowled, and knew Megamind's distraction had been on purpose.

The forest suddenly fell away and Roxanne had to hold in a gasp at what lay ahead of them. A manor, at least four storey's high, was ahead of them. The bricks were old, once they might have been an earthy tone but the years had changed their colors. Crawling plants had grown clinging to the walls and most of the visible wall was covered in greenery. Windows were shrouded from within by rich red curtains, and the whole design of the manor was old... Gothic maybe? It was hard to tell. The roofs tiles were black and defied their aged, unless they had been recently replaced but who would come out here to fix a roof of a house like this?

They came up to a tall gate that sat lodged between a wall that stretched into the distance on either side. Minion pressed a button and the large gate swung forward slowly and quietly only to silently shut after them as they drove through.

"I didn't know this was here..." she said quietly.

"Not many do." Megamind replied, "That's how we want it."

"I can see that..." Roxanne looked outside as they passed green bushes that had been shaped into all kinds of things. There was a stag on its hind legs, a horse with one leg lifted in a regal kind of pose, a lion with its mouth wide open in a silent roar... it reminded her of Edward Scissorhands. "Wow."

"Minion's handiwork." Megamind pointed out, "Right Minion?"

"Just a small hobby, of course." Minion replied smugly as he drove up the driveway, the pebbles beneath the wheels rattling against the bottom of the car. "I wonder if Wayne's in yet..." he mumbled.

Roxanne hadn't caught that name anywhere else tonight, and wondered who this Wayne was. Another ally? A butler? While she wanted to ask, she felt she would be asking far too many questions before the night was out. Once the car was parked outside the main entrance way Minion got out of the car first and before she knew he opened her side of the car for her. "Oh. Thank you." she said, and was even more surprised to see him offering his hand to help her out.

By the time she was out the car Megamind was already making his way up a small set of stairs that lead up to a huge, impressive door. It had huge knockers that were of a lions face gripping a snake in its jaws. There was a coat of arms etched into both doors that she couldn't get a good look at due to the darkness of the night and what little moonlight got through the clouds.

"Here we go." Megamind tugged one of his gloves off of one of his hands and pressed his hand over one of the lions but instead of lifting it, or trying to do anything to it. A part of the door suddenly swung back, revealing only a little section of the huge doors actually opened at all. "DNA scanner." he explained. "Makes it impossible for anyone not entered in the database to gain entrance to the house." he moved in first and held the section of door open for her to walk in, and then Minion.

"Impressive." she said with a small smile before taking in a good look at the entrance way.

It was very elaborate, and reeked of ancient money. There were tapestries, hard wooden floor boards with thick, rich carpets and rugs, portraits hung on walls and chandeliers hung from the ceiling. She was awed by the beauty in it all. Roxanne walked slowly along the long rug that ran the length of the hall way as Megamind and Minion walked with her.

"This is... this is beautiful." Roxanne finally said, "Look at all of this stuff...! How old is...?" she asked, wanting to reach out and touch something but knew better.

"Oh, couple of centuries?" Megamind asked. "But we have recent things too. This house has been in the Family for a long, long time after all." he said as he began to undo his blue suit jacket.

"You keep saying 'the Family.' Don't you have a surname?" she asked.

"Well, yes. But it's just cooler to refer to us as the Family." he replied with a smile.

"No argument there." Roxanne replied as Minion showed them through to the main living area that had book cases stock piled with books practically wall to wall, and the roaring fireplace and familiar leather armchair took centre stage since the fire had been lit that was proof enough that Wayne was home since he was not one to light a fire and leave it unattended for too long. Needing the warmth from the fire, Roxanne walked over to it and rubbed her hands in front of her and sighed as the heat swept over her. "Oh that's better..."

"Hey lil' super star!" the voice startled her since it wasn't one she knew, and Roxanne spun around to see a tall man walk into the room. He looked familiar, and she realized where she had seen him before. This was the man in the suit who had accompanied 'Michael' out of the car back at the gala but back then he had been wearing clothes. Here, he was just wearing a white dressing gown that was far too short for a man who was possibly wearing nothing whatsoever.

The man froze when he saw the woman there in the red dress, before his violet eyes slowly moved from her to Megamind and Minion. "What is she doing here?" he asked.

"Well..." Megamind started weakly.

"You brought her here?" the man asked, sounding almost disappointed. "Why?"

Roxanne watched the two talk back and forth, before glancing at Minion who was excusing himself from the conversation, and the room entirely. She looked back at the two, and frowned slightly.

"Look I'm sorry but it was the easiest thing I could do, and you'll never guess what-" Megamind was saying, before Roxanne felt it time to finally speak up.

"I'm sorry is me being here that much a problem?" she asked, causing both men to look at her. "I mean... who are you..?" Roxanne asked the tall, handsome man whose chest hair she could see peeking out from beneath the dressing gown. A part of her mind was suddenly horrified to realize this might be somebody very close to Megamind, maybe closer than anyone else could be. A boyfriend? Would that explain why Megamind was so... well. Megamind? "Are you his boyfriend or something?" Roxanne was hardly one to keep opinions silent, or questions for that matter, but even she winced after that question escaped her lips.

The look the two gave her was all the answer she needed. The tall man looked shocked while Megamind had lowered his eyebrows to the point of looking very insulted, and asking 'are you kidding?' without the use of words.

"No." Megamind finally said, dryly. "No, he is not." He gestured to the man with his hands. "The partly naked man is my brother, Wayne. Wayne, I believe you're familiar with Roxanne Ritchi?" Megamind asked, peering up at Wayne with a hopeful expression.

"Me and everyone else in town." Wayne said, obviously still feeling a little awkward for being mistaken as his brothers lover. "Hey. Nice to meet you."

"Brother?" Roxanne asked.

"Adopted." they both said in unison.

"Ah." she nodded before smiling as sweetly as she could at Wayne. "Sorry about that. You know, this city. It takes all types, you know?" she asked.

"As one of those types, yeah. I know." he replied with a smoother smile as he walked closer to her, and took her hand into his and kissed the back of it in the same manner Megamind had after dancing with her. "Pleasure to meet you finally."

"Finally?" she asked, withdrawing her hand.

She suddenly remembered something, and was once more astounded by how her memory and mind worked when it had a little bit of alcohol in her. Bernard, for the past few months, had been muttering at lengths about a 'Wayne' in his life who he was quite fond of but didn't know how to further any kind of connection with him. Roxanne had given him all types of advice on the matter, yet it seemed nothing worked at all. She had begun to wonder if Bernard had even attempted any of the ideas she had given him, and here she stood with who she quite rightly believed to be this mysterious Wayne.

No wonder Bernard was smitten, he was certainly handsome in that rugged kind of way.

"He's been talking about you for ages." Wayne said with a grin, "Even more so after saving you. I tell ya, it's-excuse me did a fly just land on me?" he glanced down to see Megamind attempting to shove him away from Roxanne. The attempt was futile, of course. He laughed and nudged at his brother before taking a few steps away. "All right, I get it. I get it."

"Thank you." Megamind muttered under his breath, cheeks a faint lavender.

"Miss. Ritchi would you care for a refreshment?" Minion had returned holding a platter of crackers with assorted dips on it, as well as a glass full of what looked like ice tea.

"Oh! Uhm. Yes, please. Thank you, Minion." she said, taking the glass and a few crackers before glancing around. She eyed the chair by the fireplace but got the feeling that it was important, and probably not for her to sit in. Instead she made her way to another chair and sat, while Megamind undid the white tie around his neck and removed it along with the blue jacket. Roxanne found herself watching him quietly, but took a sip of ice tea before she got too involved in watching a blue man remove pieces of clothing. "So..." she started. "How long have you been doing this? Fighting vampires, taking names, having women followed by their best friend?"

Megamind picked up a few crackers from Minion's offered platter, but Wayne shook his head for no, and walked to a chair next to Roxanne's. "Well to answer the last question first this is the only time such a thing has happened." he said, crossing his legs before taking a bite out of a cracker. "Bernard isn't exactly the type of guy to have a lot of friends, you're his only one after all. He was all kinds of against watching you, wasn't he Wayne?"

"Hated it." Wayne said as he stood by a window, staring out at the full moon outside that was just now peeking through the clouds. "He really does care about your friendship, since like Megs said, he hasn't got any others."

She frowned. "But he knew it was you I was investigating, why not just tell me he knew you?"

"Because that would compromise everything." Megamind said. "Nobody outside our informants and other Family members are meant to know about us. Even if an informant knows somebody researching us, they can't act and tell the investigator about us. It's up to us if we make contact and in this case... we have." he smiled at her sweetly.

"So... others have...?" she asked.

"You're not the first person. Normally after being notified of any kind of researching we'd swoop in, erase memories, and move on." Wayne explained as he pulled away from the window. "This time though..." he glanced at Megamind, then back to her with a smile. "We didn't."

Roxanne was certain she was blushing though she really didn't understand why. Did it have to do with the fact Megamind didn't erase her memory at all? That he had been talking about her at lengths? That he had made a great exception for her? Or that she was in the room with two fairly attractive men, one of which was dressed in only one piece of clothing? Later she would blame the alcohol in her system. "So you think I can really be a help?" she asked.

"Most definitely." Megamind said with a smile. "B-but it isn't just because you can help our cause."

"No?" she asked, fluttering her lids playfully at him.

"...n-no." he squeaked. "Hgm." Megamind coughed.

Feeling slightly empowered Roxanne laughed, before taking another drink of her ice tea. "So how long have you been fighting...?"

"Ever since we were brought here." Wayne said before pointing back into the hall they had come through. "You saw the portrait, right? White haired man, holding the vampire head?"

"How could I not, it's kind of hard to miss." Roxanne said, glancing past him as if she could see the portrait.

"He's our Father." Wayne explained. "He adopted Megs and got him out of the jail he had landed in pretty early and my parents brought me here."

"Why would they do that?" she asked.

The two brothers looked at one another. Megamind raised his eyebrows with a questioning look while Wayne chewed at his bottom lip for a moment, before sighing and his shoulders sagged slightly in defeat. A whole conversation she wasn't privy to had just taken place, cementing the fact these two were indeed brothers and had been so for a long time.

"Because I was too powerful for them to handle." he said. "I was breaking things, and almost seriously injured somebody, before they brought me here where Father could control me."

"Powerful, wait. What? Take a few steps back I'm really confused and somewhat drunk right now..." Roxanne said.

"He's an alien like me." Megamind said as he got to his feet. "He doesn't look it, but he is. You see we came from the Glaopunk Quadrant and our two planets lived side by side much like how Earth and Mars are. Our sun however, became a black hole and because of that all the planets around it were being sucked in. Both our parents, unaware of the others actions, sent their sons into the galaxy. The last of the species." he glanced up at his brother, then back to Roxanne. "Our ships brought us here. I, landed in jail. Wayne landed in the Scotts house and they thought, oh hey cool a baby let's raise it."

"The Scotts? The Scotts?" Roxanne asked, eyes wide.

"The very same." Wayne said. "The novelty of a super powered baby wore out soon. My race, you see, or maybe Earth's affect on me when I landed, gave me super human strength. I can fly, I'm very strong, pretty much indestructible. All in all, too powerful for a baby. But my parents learned about Father and how he took in the other alien baby in town and thought he'd be better off raising me. And, shockingly, he did."

"Wow. That's... impressive. So you fight, like Megamind?" Roxanne glanced at Megamind, who was helping himself to some more ice tea.

"No. I hate fighting." he replied.

"What?" she asked flatly.

"He's a pacifist." Megamind said, returning to his seat. "Besides, it's Family custom that in each small part of the family is one fighter amongst the children while the others assist any way they can. It's our law, and it's been that way for generations."

"So what do you do?" Roxanne asked of Wayne.

"Well looking as human as I do, I head out into the world and try to find leads. I'm what you could call a spy? I have connections in all kinds of fields, I work aboard, all to research and find out about the vampire movements to relay back to my brother who goes off and kicks their asses." Wayne explained.

"So you're a partnership, more or less..." she said, more to herself. "And you have other contacts too, obviously."

"We need all the help we can get. That's where Bernard, and many others come in." Wayne explained.

"How did you meet Bernard, then? How did he get tangled up in all this?" she asked.

The two men exchanged glances again. Megamind sucked on his bottom lip while Wayne flushed somewhat, before grunting. "We met him several years ago. He's... hm."

"I know he's gay, if that's what you're saying?" Roxanne asked.

"Oh we know that." Wayne said, "It's just. There's something else about him that only a select few know and we don't know if you know. Do you know?" he asked.

"No I... guess not?" she felt like she didn't really know her best friend at all if he was involved in vampire hunting and held these secrets from her. Then again he was meant to be an ally, a spy contact, and you don't become one of those by flapping your gums at everyone you knew. "Hm."

"Don't be disheartened." Wayne walked towards her and placed his hand on her bare shoulder. "He's a good guy. A great guy. You know that, we both do too. He's just got a great weight on him, and he doesn't like sharing it with people. Once he knows you're involved with us, he might open up to you too."

"Let's call him now." Roxanne said firmly. "Get him over here."

"We can't." Megamind said almost instantly.

"Why not?" she asked.

"Because then you'll be all over him and not paying him the slightest bit of attention." Wayne answered, gesturing to his brother. "And then he'll mope and feel pathetic for days on end and that'll reflect upon his vampire slaying, he'll be sloppy."

Roxanne couldn't help but laugh, clapped her hands together and sighed afterwards. "No, we wouldn't want that now would we?" she asked.

"Nobody does, of course." Wayne smiled.

Megamind glared at his brother for a long moment before coughing curtly. "Now that we're done emasculating me..." he started.

"So your Father taught you how to fight?" Roxanne asked him, honestly curious. "How old were you when you started learning?"

"Oh, well... I was very smart you must understand." Megamind explained. "I was only eight days old when my parents sent me aboard in my ship with Minion, also the last of his species I might add," he gestured to the fish who was feeding himself some crackers. "And within a fortnight of that I was already talking, and knew how to read. It's the brain, you see. Big for a reason."

"But of course." she smiled.

He flushed somewhat, and pressed on. "Well, Father taught me the theory first. I learned of the different breeds of vampires, their capabilities, habits, strengths and most important their weaknesses. When I finally had the muscle capacity to stand and walk did he begin teaching me how to actually fight."

"He was very excited when he was finally able to fight with a sword." Wayne smirked. "How old were you?"

"Seven years, five months, two weeks and four days." Megamind sighed wistfully.

"A sword? But vampires need to be staked through the heart to die, don't they?" Roxanne asked.

"Most do. There are some breeds who need to be disembodied. Limbs removed, head chopped off, and set on fire. I don't like dealing with those guys, blood gets everywhere." Megamind explained. "But as such, I needed to know how to wield a sword just as well as I know how to fight hand to hand."

"That's really impressive for.. you know. Someone like yourself." she commented, looking him over quickly.

"Someone like myself? What does that mean?" Megamind asked.

"Well. Face facts, if somebody looked at you and Wayne side by side and told one of you was the fighter, everyone would assume it was Wayne. You're not exactly what people imagine when they think of vampire slayer." Roxanne said bluntly and honestly. "You look like the guy who would be going out there, gathering information. Not Wayne."

"She's got a point." Wayne smirked.

"Nnhh. Not a point I like." Megamind huffed before he suddenly looked surprised, and spun around to look up at Wayne. "I almost forgot!"

"What?" Wayne asked.

"I felt their presence tonight, when Roxanne and I was leaving the gala." Megamind said.

It was like Megamind had just handed Wayne the news, and it was absolutely horrible news. His complacent expression was replaced with a grim look of hopelessness, before followed by anger. "And? What happened?" he asked.

"I couldn't confront them and you know that." Megamind replied, frowning. "I hadn't any weapons on me!"

"That's why I keep telling you to keep something on you at all times! A stake at least, or a small hand knife concealed somewhere!" Wayne shot back.

"They had metal detectors, brother of mine." frowned Megamind. "I would have been arrested if I had any sort of weapon on me!"

Wayne groaned and turned away, before marching over to the window and stared out at the wilderness that surrounded their house. "I can't... after all this time?" he asked as he lifted his gaze to the moon that had fallen behind a cloud cover. "They finally show up and you couldn't do anything?"

"I'm sorry." Megamind said quietly. "I hated it too."

The woman sat there with the brothers, looking from one to another. Something serious would have happened tonight, if Megamind had a weapon on him. There was something out there, something big and important that these two were involved in. She had to know.

"I know I'm asking all these questions but... what are you talking about?" she asked quietly, softly since it was obvious this was a sensitive topic.

Wayne continued to stare out the window, obviously leaving this bit of information to his brother to relay. Sighing, Megamind walked over to Roxanne and stood besides her as he stared into the fireplace that warmed him.

"When we were fourteen we were training in the woods outside. Father was teaching me how to properly utilize the terrain when fighting, since it's an important factor to take into account when fighting. I knew the theory, of course, and my training always took a long time so I wouldn't make any mistakes." Megamind said quietly, setting his hands over his chest as he spoke.

"Too late did we realize our location was compromised… and they came out of nowhere." he continued.

"Vampires?" Roxanne asked quietly.

"Vampires. A lot of them. Father and I fought as best as we could, and felled several of them before this... great sense of evil washed over us. It was like the whole world had just gone. Dead. Father told me to run home, to run and not look back." Megamind took in a shaken, deep breath. "I refused, but he turned on me, and injured me on purpose so I would have no choice but to run since I couldn't fight. I've still got the stupid scar, too."

"They killed him, didn't they...?" she asked gently, glancing over to Wayne who continued to stare out the window.

Megamind didn't answer the question; instead he shut his eyes tightly as his hands formed fists against his arms. "From then on it's only been the three of us living here, getting help from our contacts that knew us through Father. They took our Father from us. Even if we weren't fighting them before, this only made our efforts triple in dealing with them." he opened his eyes finally, and looked at her with an awkward smile on his face. "Pretty dramatic, isn't it?" he asked.

"Very." Roxanne agreed, returning the smile with a small, sad one before reaching out and touched his elbow with her hand. "The kind of drama I'll be more than happy to help you with."

"Oh good." Megamind sighed. "I would have hated to alter your memory."

"You and me both."

To be continued