Comatose
A/N: Sorry, I don't know a lot about cars
I really like the old ones though lol
Part 4: Meeting Tuck Part 2
MetroMan's POV
"Hey Roxie!"
Tuck called out to Roxanne who was looking at an old Ford Angela. She turned and smiled at him, it kind of faded though; "Where's your brother?" Tuck sighed lightly; "He had to stay in Europe something about a business proposition. I think he just didn't want to come." Roxanne gave him a 'oh you poor thing' look and patted him on the back- "It's alright, I'm sure it wasn't like he didn't want to spend time with you..." Tuck let out a long breath and slapped a hand over his face…but it sounded off, what in the world? I shook it off when I spotted a nice car that was bright blue.
I left Roxanne and Tuck and walked over to the car; It was nice for sure, but I wasn't certain what kind it was and I couldn't find a sign that said what it was. "Roxanne was looking for you." I turned and smiled at Tuck and Roxanne; "Here I am." I had only been gone for a second. "So, how long have you been in Metro-city?" Tuck shrugged; "Most of my life. Me and my brother were mostly home schooled though, I just finished college this last year." That was nice, I smiled and we went about looking at different cars. While I liked them I really didn't have a lot of time to learn about them, just to admire them. Tuck and Roxanne on the other hand knew quite a bit. They kind of blathered on about different things about different cars…as if I knew or understood any of it.
"So you work on cars?" He nodded as we moved on to the next car, a rather brightly painted bug. At least I knew that much! "I have a few that I like to tune up on my own or with my brother." I nodded; "What's your brothers name?" He smiled; "Edward. He's pretty nice, though he's a shareholder of Derider corporation, I hardly see him these days." Whoa, didn't know that about him. "Kay, I want food guys." We both smiled at Roxanne, she was one of the guys with the way she acted.
It was a nice place, Wingalo's. I really hadn't come in here before, but Roxanne talked about it every once in a while. "So, How are the hospital designs going?" Roxanne asked, Tuck sighed and gave her a look that said don't ask;
"Horribly- I have an idea of how it should look and the others are just saying no no no, it's rather annoying." Roxanne frowned, "We wanted to stay as close to how… He wanted them." Tuck froze, what did she mean and why did Tuck look uncomfortable? Hell I was confused. "And yet I'm keeping to the design idea-they keep saying no anyway." Roxanne's frown was an answer all it's own; "So you are trying to stay true to the design, I'll have a talk with some of my connections."
Tuck nodded; "I've already started with mine, some agree with me and others agree with the rest of the group- MegaMind may have done at least one good thing, however everyone else decided that it doesn't mean he needs to be remembered as anything than what he was, a villain." Roxanne sighed, MegaMind? What in gods name were they talking about, I looked at Tuck who shrugged when he spotted my expression. "Didn't you hear? Roxanne raided MegaMinds hideout and found plans to better the city, heck even a new hospital." Roxanne's words cut off what I was going to say and shocked me. "Do you think he shouldn't be remembered?" Tuck shrugged and took a sip of water-what did he think of MegaMind?
"Should he? They are right he did play the villain, he really didn't do any good to my knowledge." Roxanne laughed causing us both to look closely at her, was she mad? "The orphanage of saint Mary? That place was funded by him- a corporation of his provided the funds but he visited-the nun there admitted to it when he died. I've looked into other places funded by the same corporation- dozens of orphanages and hospitals- getting the funding they needed." We were quite for a bit as the waitress took our orders and walked off with them. Roxanne took a sip of water before continuing;
"He had feelers through the whole city that no one knew about. Plenty of back door deals, he made this city better without us even knowing it. Hell any damaged done was fixed with funding from a construction company in the name of one of the shareholders of the derider corporation- Your brother, not to mention you launder money for him in the mayor's office." Tuck cringed,
"So you did get that far into it. I had thought you wouldn't be able to." She shrugged, "I'm smarter then most people give me credit for." Tuck smiled; "You really are the second smartest person I know." She frowned; "Whose the first?" Tuck smiled; "Edward always takes me to school." Roxanne smiled. Yep these two had been friends for long time. Why hadn't I ever bothered to be in Roxanne's life a bit more than I had? Oh well, might as well start now-better late then never.