It had been like any other day.

Metro Man had been called to arms thanks to the mistress of villainy, Megamind, taking another stab at either destroying the city, destroying him, kidnapping his buddy Richard, or some other inane attempt of hers. Just where she drew up half the ideas she had was a mystery to not only him but everyone around her.

But it could hardly be called a decent day in Metro City without the woman in leather wreaking havoc.

Today it had included robotic spiders that stole people's cable.

Of course the little robot droids were nothing for his strength and he had soon destroyed them all before cornering Megamind atop a building. She was wearing another one of those mind-blowing outfits that her faithful companion Minion designed for her. It had a plunging neckline that ended somewhere near her belly button, exposing so much blue flesh it was almost impossible to banter with her.

The skin tight pants clung to her curvaceous hips and her boots were well up past her knees. Those heels were ridiculous, how could she walk in them? She was practically a ballerina in them. Her cape, held in place by a clasp that locked around her neck, billowed in the strong wind.

"So you've defeated my speidor bots, Metro Mahn." she spoke as if she were an actress on a stage and not a villain living on he edge. "But you have not won the war!"

"War is a game played by equal sides, Megamind." Metro Man shot back, "And as far as I can see, you've never won anything so this is hardly a fair fight!"

"Villainy isn't about playing fair!" Megamind growled, clenching her gloved hands tightly. "It's about being sneaky and underhanded!"

"So you're a snake now?" he asked.

"I shall lash out from the darkness again, Metro Mahn, make no mistake!" Megamind grabbed her cape and pulled it tightly around her in a dramatic flourish but in that instant one of her heels missed the edge entirely and the rest was almost instantaneous. Megamind was there one second, and the second there was a sudden loud cry of alarm as she vanished.

For a moment Metro Man thought this was just another one of her dramatic exits. No doubt Minion, or a Brain Bot, was just over the edge out of sight waiting for her. But he still moved to the edge and looked over and was alarmed to see she was still falling. She was falling.

She was falling.

He flew after her as fast as he could without using his super speed; it was a sapper of energy and he needed his strength to do what he did every day. He even guessed that using super speed might sap the days off of his life, but that was only a guess. Metro Man barely reached out to grab her before she struck the building and cried out as her arm was probably broken. But he finally grabbed hold of her and pulled her up into the air, away from the painful ground in which she would have landed with a terrible impact.

Megamind was shivering in shock and pain, nursing her broken arm, and tears were running down her face causing her make up to smudge and smear. Her heart was hammering in her chest at a mile a minute, and the feeling of falling still remained firmly implanted in her enormous brain. It had been terrifying; it hadn't meant to happen at all. Why had Metro Man cornered her all the way up there, was it done on purpose? Had he wanted her to fall?

Impossible; then why would he have saved her?

Wait a second.

She looked up at the man who was still carrying her, and felt a wave of... something was over her. Was this gratitude? Was she actually thankful? Well, he had saved her life. But why? He always said she was a thorn in his side... a thorn in the side of the whole city. Then why save her? Was she worth saving? If so, for what purpose?

"Wh..." she started, voice cracking as she spoke. "Y-you saved me..."

"of course I did." Metro Man replied as calmly as he could. "I'm a hero, aren't I?" he asked. "What kind of hero would let somebody fall to their death?"

"...you saved me." Megamind whispered again.

He found her shock a little amusing, if touching. Had anyone outside of Minion shown her any kind of kindness? He recalled their times in school together, when she would be teased and how he would join in on the teasing at the time. It had just been the right thing to do, she being so different to anyone, so strange and abnormal. In hindsight, and with age, he kind of regretted how he had treated her. She hadn't done anything bad back then, at least on purpose.

Now days it was a different story though, but was it partially his fault?

These questions confused the man and he shook his head before he gently moved one of his arms and touched her own, causing her to flinch and cry out. "Sorry,"

"No you're not," she said grumpily as she snuggled against him despite her annoyed expression.

Metro Man finally landed on the ground, away from the scene of the crime, and gently set the woman down on the floor. Her warmth left him and he found himself missing it, but he pushed the feeling away. Every time he had to carry her off to prison he would find himself enjoying the sensation, this lithe, curvy woman in black pressing up against him. But he told himself that was only expected; any man would feel longing if somebody like Megamind ended up in their lap or in their arms as often as he did.

"Let me look at it." he said gently.

"Why?" Megamind asked.

"Because this is a little bit my fault." Metro Man said.

"It's all your fault!" she said sharply.

"It wasn't me who attacked the city." he pointed out.

She glared at him and he lowered his gaze to her left arm and activated his x-ray vision. The arm had a fracture, that much was to be certain, and it would need a cast. He wondered if Minion knew how to make one, or would they have to go to the hospital? Would the hospital even see to Megamind? That was a genuine wonder since he couldn't remember a time in which the woman would end up needing medical attention. Did that happen behind the scenes?

For a brief second he lessened the power of his x-ray vision and his eyes very quickly passed over a part of her anatomy that suddenly made his heart beat quicken even more. Shouldn't have done that. Bad, bad BAD. X-ray vision now off he sighed. "You've got a fracture here." he gestured to her forearm.

"I saw that." Megamind hissed.

"Saw what?" Metro Man asked, face flushing.

"You looked at me!"

"I'm looking at you right now, aren't I?" he asked.

"Not like that! You looked at my bewbs!"

"I did no such thing!" Metro Man lied desperately.

"Lies!" Megamind stomped the ground. "A blatant disregard to the hero code, using it to check out a woman, why I ought-you were checking me out."

"I was not! I didn't!"

She didn't look mad anymore, if anything she looked like she was thinking hard about something. Metro Man wondered if she had a means of contacting Minion from here, since he was sure the cops would be on the look out for the woman again. Metro Man glanced around and used his super hearing to see how far away the police were, and was grateful to hear they were still helping the people who had been angered by the loss of their cable by robotic spiders. When he looked back at her, he was surprised to find she was suddenly very close to him again.

"You saved me." Megamind spoke softly in a way he had never heard her speak again. "You could have let me fall, and the city would no longer have to deal with my attacks anymore. Metro Mahn could, practically, retire... but you plooked me from the edge of death. Then you shamelessly check me out like a book and venomously deny it. Why Metro Mahn," she smiled, curling her lips as she did and fluttered her lashes. "Do we have a crush on the bad girl?"

"No!" Metro Man answered faster than he would have hoped. "I mean, w-why would I- you're a villain, but you don't deserve to fall to your death like that and I told you I didn't-"

"You know you're cute when you blush."

Suddenly her good arm was grabbing the front of his uniform, pulled him down, and she pressed her lips squarely over his own. It was an awkward one, her first, but he could feel the meaning behind it. She was grateful, that much was true, but was she also just playing with him a little? For one, he didn't care. He kissed her back for however short it was before she let him go and began stepping away from him, cradling her broken arm again.

"You know," she said as the sound of a car began approaching from the left, "hero pie doesn't taste too bad..."

"Neither does evil pie." he replied quietly.

She laughed before biting her bottom lip and stared down at the floor.

"...thank you. For saving me and… well." not freaking out that I just kissed you because I am freaking out so hard right now you have no idea.

"You're welcome."

Megamind smiled, cheeks a soft lavender, as the invisible car screeched to a halt in front of her. The door was swung open and she climbed into it while Minion hit the accelerator and drove away from the man in white.

Metro Man tried to make out the shape of the car as it drove away, but he lost it easily and allowed it to get away. Standing there a moment longer he lifted his hand and pressed his white gloved hand to his lips where it still burned from the memory of the woman kissing him. Being a hero, Metro Man had been on the receiving end of many kisses from women for all manner of reasons. Some of them were done in thanks of saving somebody they cared about (including children and pets), others were done by young girls who hoped their kiss would ignite a love affair, and the likes.

But none had left this kind of affect on him before.

He told himself it was just a fleeting feeling, pushed the incident from his mind and prepared an explanation to give the chief of police and the warden about how he let Megamind get away this time. The men normally readily accepted any explanation from the hero since he had such an impressive winning streak, which was another pro for being a hero.

He just hoped Megamind's arm would be all right...

To be continued