Wow! Sorry for way too long of a wait! XD
Roxanne woke up to the ringing of her cell phone. "What?" she breathed sitting up. The ringing continued and she hurried around looking under the pillows and blankets trying to find it. "Megamind!" she whispered. "Megamind! Where is it!"
"Purse, side pocket." Syx said tiredly.
Roxanne accidently knocked a few things off the bedside table getting to her purse. Falling off the bed she finally got her phone. "Hello! Hello? Hello!" she moved back and forth moving around the room trying to get better reception. "Wayne! Hello! Hello! I have terrible reception here!"
"Oh my God! Roxanne!" Syx cried shutting her up. It was 6:30 in the morning!
"Wayne, Wayne just a second." Roxanne whispered. The reporter got into a robe, put on some boots and hurried down the stairs and outside. "Wayne, I'm sorry you feel like I pressured you. … Of course I want you to be happy. … Wayne, Wayne it's going to be fine. I can just call them and I can cancel." She told him walking into the yard leaving the front door open. The brain-bot had watched her walk out and curious about this new person it followed her out. "Yes Wayne, you are so right. … Yes Wayne of course I'm listening to you. I love listening to you." She lied.
"Bow!" Roxanne looked over at the brain-bot as it floated closer.
Roxanne shushed the bot "Stay, stay." The bot stopped moving for a moment tilting its head a bit confused by the order. "Oh no, not you Wayne." Roxanne said walking away.
"Bow Bow!" the bot barked again floating after Roxanne once more.
"Well Wayne if you ask me, I think it wouldn't be smart to back out on this." The little bot barked more moving in front of her, doing a little flip to impress her. She ignored it "Because Wayne, for years you protected the city and people still care about you. They want to know you're still alive and okay."
"Bow Bow Bow!" the brain-bot tried again to impress her, by flying higher into the air than before. Roxanne looked up for a moment, using her hand to shield her eyes from the morning sun. The glare from the sun caught on her phone's metal back making a glare. "Bow?" the brain-bot recognized that. It was technology.
The brain-bot slowly went towards her as Roxanne realized what was happening. Walking away slowly she said "Wayne, I understand, but could you just hold on for a second?" the brain-bot swooped down and went to grab her phone with its claws, but Roxanne threw it at the last second. Instead, the bot knocked her down. The bot and Roxanne tumbled over each other until they both looked up at the phone.
"Bow?" The brain-bot said.
Roxanne and the bot looked at each other as she said "No way." Pushing the bot away she began running to her phone. She reached it just in time before the bot did. "So sorry about that Wayne I dropped the phone." The brain-bot growled. It wanted that phone! It started to charge her so Roxanne started running once more. "I know you're worried, but this is just a talk show. You've done these before! You used to face giant robots and bullets flying at your face! You can do this! My phone is going to die, so bye!" Just as soon as those words left her mouth the brain-bot swooped down and grabbed her phone. "No!" she cried "I need that phone!" Pulling of her necklace she began waving it around "Here take the necklace!"
Inside, Minion and Lactea we're watching her, starting to laugh. From their perspective, it looked like she was playing with the brain-bot. "Isn't that so cute?" Lactea asked happily.
"I know!" Minion said nodding his little body.
Syx walked up behind them and said "Hey guys. Have you seen Roxanne?" he then looked up to see what Minion and Lactea were seeing.
"She's playing with the brain-bot." Lactea answered. "We thought she didn't like it. Go get her, son. We have a big day planed for her!"
"Tell her we have a big surprise for her." Minion added happily.
Syx nodded and headed out the door. He slowly walked up to Roxanne who was still holding her necklace and waving it in the air. "I need that phone, little brain-bot. Here, take this shiny instead!" she called.
Syx watched her for a few minutes before asking "Having fun?"
Roxanne spun around, her hair a mess and face red. "Get my phone back!" she growled.
Syx smirked then whistled. The bot looked at him and zoomed down to him. "Good boy." Syx said tapping the brain-bot's dome. "Drop the phone." He commanded. The brain-bot whined, but did as it was told. It dropped the phone into Syx's open hand who smirked at the pieces. "Here you go!" he said dropping the remains of the cellular devise into her hands.
She glared at him "Wayne is calling me on this phone right now and it's destroyed!" Roxanne cried.
"Relax." Syx said "We can order you another phone, with the same number; we'll go into town tomorrow and get it."
"Really?" she asked and he nodded. "Okay, then."
"You have to get ready." Syx said changing the subject.
"For what?" she questioned.
"You're going out with my mother and Minion, some girl time… even though Minion's a boy, but he loves girly things like that." Syx added with a wave of his hand.
"Girl time, I don't want any girl time." Roxanne whined shaking her hand.
"Yes you do. Shopping and nails and that lovely stuff." Syx said smiling evilly.
"No I don't." she countered "I don't want to go shopping."
"Yes you do."
"No I don't."
"Yes you do, now give me a hug." Syx told her. "They're going to think we're fighting."
"But I don't want to give you a hug." Roxanne said glaring at him.
"Yes you do, now come on." He countered pulling her into a hug. They hugged for a few minutes, Roxanne not bothering to raise her hands until Syx started to rub her butt. "That feels better doesn't it?"
Roxanne nodded "Umm hmm. You touch my ass again; I cut off your balls and feed them to you. Alright?" She said.
"Okay." Syx said as they broke apart.
"We clear on that?" Roxanne asked again.
"Yep." Syx nodded placing his hands in his pockets.
Roxanne smirked and tapped his face "Such a good fiancé." She finished giving him a slap on the last tap. Syx moved to the side letting out a little cry of shock.
..::-::..
Orion was in his garage working on one of his many inventions when Syx walked in asking "You wanted to see me?"
Orion looked up at him through his goggles "Yes, I did." He said pulling the goggles off. Picking up his soldering iron he smiled "Your mother bought me this and forced me to use this from now on. It's an eco friendly soldering iron. I don't exactly know how it works or how on Earth she found it, but..." Orion shrugged. "Anyway, she was a little annoyed with me. Apparently I wasn't the most gracious of hosts last night. It was a bit of a shock to find out you were getting married. Especially when none of us even knew you were dating." Syx just listened to his father until the older alien sighed "The point is I owe you an apology." He finished, holding out his hand for his son.
Syx looked at him then took his hand and shook it. "Thanks, dad. Accepted." He said walking over to the other side of the bench and picking up an old box remote. He began to fiddle with it as his father continued.
"There's something else. I've been going over my retirement plans recently and it got me thinking." Syx looked at his father knowing where he was going with this little 'heart-to-heart', but chose to stay quiet. "I've done a lot of things in my life, practically built an empire, with your mother from the ground up and it doesn't mean anything-"
Syx interrupted "Unless you have someone to leave it to, yeah we've discussed this, father-"
"Yeah, I'd like to discuss it again!" Orion snapped. "Son, I worry about you, your mother worries about you, Minion worries about you for Pete's sake! You can't keep doing this to yourself! Sooner or later something is going to happen to you and-"
"Nothing is going to happen to me, father!" Syx interrupted. "I know what I'm doing and I'm happy doing it!"
"Doing the news?" his father cried.
"No-" Syx sighed "It's just, where I'm at right now- I know a lot of people in a lot of high places and I could get my own company started. I could use my inventions to help the lives of people all over the world, dad."
"Son, the police can do all that! You don't need to be the hero! You can-"
"I enjoy helping others! It's what makes me happy! Why can't you just accept that! And there are some things that the police can't do that I can!" Syx looked at his father before continuing "Now I know this seems strange to you, how I put myself in danger to help others, but it makes me happy." He finished looking at his father.
Orion shook his head "If you won't listen to common sense then I've got nothing left to say."
"Well that's a first." Syx snapped, throwing the little box on the bench, before turning to leave "Oh and you know what?" he asked rhetorically "Apology not accepted." He snapped before leaving and slamming the garage door behind him.
..::-::..
Roxanne was sitting in a very crowded bar with Minion and Lactea on either side of her. She noticed some other faces in the crowd from the welcome home party the night before, but they were all women. What they were doing there was loss to her before Lactea smiled and said "I hope you're ready for your surprise, Roxanne. This is one of Sitka's treasures." Everyone nodded and started agreeing with Lactea as the lights went dark and the stage was lit up.
On the stage was a chair and the music "Relax" started playing. Roxanne looked around getting a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. They weren't… A spot light came on and began to move around the room until it landed on a spot above the bar with a little curtain hanging in front of it. The music began to swell then instantly on the beat the curtain moved to reveal that same red haired, fat man who had shoved food into her mouth at the party the day before!
Roxanne stared at him as he looked down at the cheering crowd of women, trying to act serious and mysterious. He was wearing silky black pants and a fake tuxedo top. She grimaced; it was not a pleasant site.
The fat man used a small rope to get down from the perch, (even though he could've just jumped and have been fine) and to swing over to the stage. He flared his arms and began to try and dance exotically.
One of the girls at the table with Roxanne leaned over and said "Hal's the only exotic dancer on the island! We're really lucky to have him! He's just so great!"
Roxanne looked at her like she had hit her head, before looking back at Hal. He had moved to the center of the stage. He then ripped off his fake tux and twirled it around his head before throwing it into the audience. The girls screamed and one woman went up to him and placed money into his pants. He petted her face before going back to dancing.
Minion smiled and called Hal over as Lactea placed a fake bride's head dress on her. "Oh no, no, no." Roxanne said shaking her head. Hal started to mime reeling her in, but Roxanne shook her head determined "That's a nice gesture, but I really need to just not."
"Oh come on!" The other girls cried as Lactea and Minion nodded happily.
"It will be fun!" Lactea encouraged.
"Let me just poke my eyes out." Roxanne said under her breath before standing. "Okay!" she called as the cheering continued, louder. Roxanne begrudgingly made her way to the stage. She was smiling and waving at the crowd like a good sport when Hal grabbed her hips and forced her to sit down in the chair. She was so surprised, she didn't even get angry.
"Give it to her Hal!" the ladies called and as soon as this was uttered Hal ripped his pants off to reveal a black Speedo underneath.
It was all the reporter could do not to leave right there. And to make matters worse he then began to give a very unpleasant lap dance, shoving his butt cheeks into her face. She didn't want to, but she held up her hands to stop the butt and almost puked because of the site. Hal then did other moves that had his crotch moving towards her. Roxanne tried to block the horrifying image, but the damage was done.
He then grabbed her hand and put it on his face. She thought he was going to do something else and she was right. He put his mouth over her fingers. That's when Roxanne had enough. She pulled her hand out of his mouth and shoved his face away. Hal simply made it look like he meant to do that.
"Smack his ass!" A woman cried.
"Yeah!" another added.
Roxanne looked at them like they were mental. "Smack it?" she asked.
Lactea nodded laughing, but Minion shook his head. Roxanne agreed with the fish whole heartedly, but she had a part to play. So the reluctant woman tapped the fat man's ass making him stiffen up and shake his finger at her.
"I'm getting down now." Roxanne said as Hal followed her acting like an animal stalking its prey. Once she made it to the table she leaned over and said to Lactea "I'm going to get some air."
Lactea looked a little worried "Are you alright?"
"Oh I'm fine, it's just really crowded in here." Roxanne said giving her a genuine smile. She didn't want to blue woman to worry. Lactea nodded and Roxanne headed for the door.
Once outside she removed her head dress and moved the hair from her eyes letting out a sigh. She breathed in the cool fresh air and was at peace for a few minutes until the door to the bar opened and Minion stepped out behind her. "The mistress finds it fascinating." He began carefully "She comes here because she is trying to learn why humans enjoy this kind of entertainment so much. She just thinks it's funny. That's why she brought you here. She thought you might enjoy it as well. I simply accompany her for her safety. I, hope we didn't offend you." he said sweetly with a little worry.
"Oh no, I'm fine Minion." She reassured him "I just, needed a break."
Minion smiled knowingly "I understand. We can be a lot to take in."
Roxanne turned to him quickly "No, no! It's not that at all. You all are very wonderful." She said smiling at him.
"It's a bit different then Metro City, huh?" he asked.
Roxanne nodded "Yeah a bit." She then asked "You ever been to Metro City?"
Minion hesitated for a moment catching Roxanne's attention. There was something about the Mind's that she wasn't being told. Finally the fish sighed "Yes, once when I was younger, but I live here now. This is my home." They were silent for a moment or two before he went on "I'm very happy for you Ms. Ritchi." Roxanne looked at him a bit confused "Sir is a wonderful person and he will make you very happy."
"Oh! Yes, I know." Roxanne said nodding quickly.
"I can tell you care about him." Minion said quietly. Roxanne looked over at him, but before she could say anything the door opened again and Minion laughed "Looks like Hal's rapping it up. I better go find the Mistress." Roxanne nodded and watched him leave.
..::-::..
Minion, Roxanne, and Lactea walked down the dock to the Mind's house laughing the whole way. "I was surprised at Hal today." Minion was saying.
"Yes, he really went all out." Lactea agreed. "I've never seen moves like those before. He must really like you, Roxanne."
Roxanne smiled "Oh lucky me." They all laughed until they heard a loud boom go through the air. "What was that!" Roxanne cried.
The trio looked over to the side to see Syx holding a gun looking devise and standing in front of a catapult looking thing. "PULL!" he shouted and the Brain-bot pulled the lever shooting a small box into the air. Syx aimed his gun and with just one shot destroyed the thing in a matter of moments. This pattern continued as the three walked by.
"What's he doing?" Roxanne asked, completely confused by his behavior.
"Syx! Syx!" Lactea called trying to get his attention, but he couldn't hear them. He had on his head phones. He was listening to his favorite music.
"Is he alright?" Roxanne asked again, trying to get answers.
"Something's wrong." Minion said quietly before turning to Roxanne "It's best to leave him alone right now." Roxanne nodded and followed them inside.
Minion went into the kitchen to prepare dinner, while Roxanne followed Lactea into the living room, where Orion was sitting watching the science channel. Lactea grabbed the remote and turned the T.V. off, earning a wine from her husband. "What are you doing? I was watching that."
"Why is Syx, destroying his old inventions again?" Lactea snapped.
"Spring cleaning, wha?" Orion answered knowing why she was mad, but choosing not to indulge her.
Roxanne, sensing a fight sighed "I am so tired, I think I'm going to go up stairs and wash of Hal's overpriced body oil." She laughed.
Lactea smiled and chuckled with her "Sure." She said.
"I had a really great day today." Roxanne said sincerely, smiling at her before walking away.
Lactea turned and glared at Orion once Roxanne had left. "What did you do?" she asked sternly.
Orion looked at her "I didn't do anything. I mean I just had a frank conversation with him about his future."
"Oh well that will solve everything!" Lactea cried sarcastically. Little did the couple know Roxanne had stopped to listen to them. "That is such a brilliant idea Orion, because now he will never come home!" she snapped. "He is my son, Orion and I haven't seen him in three years because of you! I lost him once Orion and so help me I will not lose him again!"
At that moment the Brain-bot wondered over to her and began its mechanical barking. "Shush!" Roxanne snapped trying to shut the thing up so she could listen to Lactea. Roxanne wanted to know what the big secret with the Mind's was. But the stupid bot wouldn't leave her alone, forcing her to leave.
The alien woman sighed "You know if we're not careful, we're going to end up in this great big house alone, with nothing, but or misery to keep us company." At that moment Syx walked in, still wearing his head phones, unaware of his parent's conversation. "I don't want that! I want a family! Heaven forbid that they have a grandchild we never get to see! You are going to fix this Orion! Fix it now!" she ordered before walking away.