It was ten-thirty, an hour and a half until the wedding. Roxanne, Kela, Deb and Cassidy were in the car, driving towards the park. They weren't dressed yet since there was going to be a changing tent there, and besides, they just wanted to make sure everything was getting set up.
Imagine their surprise when they saw nothing there!
"What?" Roxanne said when she stepped out of the car, looking at the open space reserved for the wedding. She told Megamind to make sure everything got set up in time, guests would probably start coming in the next half hour or so.
"I can't believe it, the boy forgot!" shouted Deb.
"Maybe he didn't," said Kela. The two women looked at her, confused. "There are people here, I can hear their thoughts.
Roxanne looked back at the open space. Now that she looked at it more closely, she did see a bit of a fuzziness in that spot. She walked forward and moved her hand, making it look as if she were moving the background itself.
Inside, she found that the wedding was completely set up. All the chairs were in perfect rows, the priest's pedestal and the wedding arch was up, and blue and purple streamers lined the white walls surrounding it all. The only life there was brainbots hanging up the last of the streamers."
Roxanne smiled. The invisible fabric, so that's what he used it for.
"Well, I was a little off," said Kela, "they're not humans, but they still have a mind to read." One of the brainbots gave a friendly bark.
"That man of yours, Rainy," commented Deb, smiling as she looked around, "He sure is something unique."
"Yes, he is," replied Roxanne.
"Momma, can I get in my dress now?" Cassidy asked, after walking between her aunt and mother and into the wedding area.
"Sure hun," replied Deb, "just as soon as we find the dressing room."
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It was a half an hour until the wedding. Still no signs of Jon, Roxanne was still disappointed about that. But everything was set up. Minion had already put all the food in the park shelters and covered them so they would be fresh when people ate.
Roxanne's bridemaids, Kela and two of her friends from work, her aunt and Cassidy were already dressed. Most of the guests were sitting in their seats, and there were no paparazzi in sight. Everything was going perfectly.
Still in the women's dressing room/tent, Roxanne slippedd on her gown and looked at it in the mirror. She couldn't really believe it was actually happening. She didn't think she would actually ever get married. What with the press thinking she and Metro Man were a couple and Megamind kidnapping her every week.
But now, she was about to marry the man who kidnapped her, who was from another planet, and who used to be a villain. But despite those three facts, she couldn't imagine herself marrying anyone else. Megamind was definitely the one she loved and would always love.
"Ms. Ritchi?" Minion's voice asked from outside the tent, "May I come in?"
"Yep, it's all clear," replied Roxanne. Minion stepped inside the tent. He was wearing a white dress shirt and black jacket on his robot body and a green bow tie around his fish body.
"You look beautiful, Ms. Ritchi," commented Minion.
"Thank you Minion," she said, smiling at her fishy friend. She gave him a quick hug. "But you know, we're family now, you don't have to call me Ms. Ritchi."
"Okay Ms.-er-Roxanne," said Minion giving her a toothy smile. Roxanne lightly laughed. "I'll go make sure Sir is getting ready." And with that, he stepped out of the tent, and headed to the men's changing tent.
When he stepped inside, Minion saw Megamind still working on his tie. The fish couldn't help but shake his head.
"Come on, got it! Perfect!" shouted Megamind, when the tie finally looked tied and presentable. He tucked it into his vest and looked at himself in the mirror. His outfit looked fine, but he looked nervous. But he couldn't help himself. He was getting married, to the woman he used to use as a hostage!
"You look great, Sir," Minion commented.
"Thank you Minion," replied Megamind as he moved his tie just a few centimeters to the left.
"You look nervous, Sir," said Minion, "You aren't getting cold feet, are you?"
"No, my feet are quite warm thanks to these shoes," replied Megamind, "but if you think I'm having second thoughts, I'm not. I could never regret marrying Roxanne. I'm just, worried."
The blue groom turned to face his minion. "I mean, what if we get in a big fight, and she mentions the D word?"
D word, thought Minion, a little confused. "Do-nuts?"
"No! dievorce!" shouted Megamind.
Oh, thought Minion, now understanding. "Sir, even if you two do fight, which is normal for all couples, you would never get a divorce. You two love each other."
Megamind smiled. "You're right, I suppose it's just my nerves getting to me." Seeing Roxanne always calmed him down (not to mention made him happy). "I'm going to go see Roxanne."
"No!" shouted Minion, stopping his master.
"Why not?" questioned Megamind, a little agrivated with the fish.
"Sir, it's bad luck for the groom to see his wife in her wedding dress before the wedding" explained Minion.
"How in the world does seeing someone in a wedding dress cause bad luck?"
"I'm, not sure, Sir. But it's best not to risk it," replied Minion.
"I guess you're right," said Megamind.
"I'm going to go make sure everyone's taking their seats," said Minion.
"Okay, I will be out there in..." Checks watch. "...fifteen minutes, fifty two seconds."
"Sounds good," replied Minion before exiting the tent. Megamind turned back to the mirror, and pressed out his lips in a pout. He moved the tie a little to the right. No wait, now that was too far. Left, right, oh now it looked wrinkled!
"What are the point of these things anyway?" Megamind mumbled as he flattened his tie.
"Hey Handsome."
Megamind recognized the voice as Roxanne's, but stopped himself from turning around. "Ollo Roxanne."
"What's wrong?" asked Roxanne, curious at her husband-to-be's behavior.
"I can't look at you, it's bad luck remember? Or have you not heard, because this is the first time I've heard of it as well," said Megamind, trying to talk with his back still turned towards Roxanne.
Roxanne smiled and shook her head. She then walked over to him and in front of him. "We won't get bad luck," assured Roxanne, "that's just an old superstition, an old wives' tale."
"More like an old fish's tale," said Megamind. Roxanne laughed and then smiled at him. "So, um, do you know if Jon is here?"
Roxanne's smile went away. "No, we haven't seen him."
Megamind looked down at his feet shamefully. "I'm sorry," he said.
"It's not your fault," said Roxanne, "you didn't need to do anything." Megamind looked up at the brunette and gave a small smile.
"Roxie, where are you?" said Cassidy's voice from outside the tent, "Momma says it's time to take wedding pictures."
"I better go," said Roxanne, "Meet me at the altar?"
"I will in..." Checks watch (again). "...twelve minutes thirty five seconds."
Roxanne giggled and then left the tent. Megamind turned back to the mirror, smiling at his reflection...that is until he saw his tie. Seriously, what was wrong with that thing!
As the alien adjusted his tie, he saw in the reflection in the mirror something on one of the chairs. "What's that?" he asked himself as he turned around.
As he got closer, he saw that it was a white iPod touch. Megamind had stolen a regular iPod touch before, but had gotten bored with it and ended up returning it when he turned good. When he picked it up, he felt a paper on the back. He turned it over.
It was a sticky note. 'Turn on, and click on videos,' instructed the note. Raising an eyebrow, Megamind turned on the iPod and clicked on videos.
A video automatically started up, and Megamind's eyes widened.
"Hello Megamind."
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"I can't believe I'm doing this," said Jon as he turned into the park.
He hated the idea of his cousin and pretend sibling marrying this blue alien freak. Why would a villain want to marry her, Metro Man (his cousin's thought to be boyfriend) was dead. And a stranger question, why would she agree to it?
But Megamind did sound pretty sincere when he called asking Jon to come to the wedding. And then there was that story his mother told, which he almost didn't believe.
He pretended to be asleep when his mother called, and just stayed at home for the rest of the morning, determined not to support this ridiculous idea. But, he ended up reluctantly changing his mind (stupid guilt trip). But, Jon thought he had to, Roxanne was like his sister.
But he still hated the idea.
As he drove up through the park, he saw a woman and a young girl, Roxanne and Cassidy, standing in the open. But as Jon drove closer, he could see that there was an opening in the middle of the green background that led to a white room filled with people.
"An invisible tent," said Jon as he parked the car. He got out and started walking towards the two girls. They didn't notice him, and as he got closer, Jon could hear what they were saying.
"Where's your boyfriend, Roxie?" Cassidy asked.
"He's probably just fixing his tie again," said Roxanne, trying to sound confident. But inside, she was a little worried. It was two minutes until the wedding was supposed to start, and Megamind wasn't in his spot. Minion even went to go look for him.
"Ahem," said Jon, getting the girls' attention.
"Johnny!" Cassidy shouted happily before running over to her brother and giving him a hug.
"Jon, you're here," said Roxanne, giving a small smile.
"Yeah," said Jon, giving a small smile, "Sorry I'm late." He glanced inside the tent. "But it looks like I'm not the only one." Before Roxanne could reply, she heard someone shouting her name.
"Roxanne! Roxanne!" The three turned and saw Minion running towards them.
"Minion, Minion, what is it?" Roxanne asked.
"He's gone!" Minion shouted, nearly in a panic, "Sir's gone! I've checked the dressing tents, the reception area, the park restrooms, everywhere! He's gone!"
"I knew it," mumbled Jon, just loud enough to be heard. Roxanne and Minion both turned to look at Jon, mouths agape and clearly offended. Minion glared and was about to defend his master, but didn't get a chance.
"How dare you," said Roxanne, glaring at her cousin, "Look, I know you don't like him, but you could at least make an effort. Megamind did." Jon looked at his cousin, surprised but in silence. "You have no right to be rude and treat him like this. I know him, he wouldn't just leave without a good reason, so don't you dare say otherwise, Jonathan."
Everyone was quiet. Roxanne gave one final look of disappointment at her cousin, and then walked away.
"Mi-er, I mean, Roxanne, where are you going?" asked Minion.
"To find out where my fiancee is," replied Roxanne. Minion looked at Jon, gave him a small glare, and then followed Roxanne. By then, people were starting to come out of the tent, wondering what was happening and where the groom was.
Roxanne opened the doors to the newsvan. There was a wide screen tv in the back. She grabbed the remote, turned on the tv, and flipped through the channels. Sports, nature show, weather, blonde girl, cats... wait! Wasn't the villainess Megamind was telling her about a blonde? She quickly switched back.
"This is Wendy Hartington, reporting from downtown Metro City," said a reporter with long black hair, "and right in the middle of an attack from a new villainess. No information on her name yet, but so far people are calling her The Control-Her."
"RocksAnn," said Lactea as she and a few of the other guests who were curious, "What is happening?"
"Where is Ouwan?" asked Orion.
"Is the wedding cancelled?" Cassidy asked.
"Everyone, if we could just have it quiet, thank you," said Minion, before turning his attention back to the tv.
The camera was now on The Control-Her. She was wearing a white jumpsuit, with her long blonde hair down and flowing. She was standing on a white platform that was levitating and had what looked like a small, white cannon on it. She had a white remote in her hand and was smiling at the camera.
"Oh great," said Bernard, in a 'not-again' tone, "Melanie."
"You know her, Bernard?" asked Roxanne.
"She's my sister," stated Bernard. Everyone just stared at the blonde museum curator.
"Well, I definitely didn't see that coming," said Minion. Everyone turned back to the tv.
"The Control-Her says that if Megamind doesn't arrive in the next five minutes, she will start destroying downtown," reported Wendy. She then pressed her finger to her earpiece, obviously getting a message from her boss. "Attention everyone: Megamind has been spotted heading towards downtown. Our hero is on his way!"
Roxanne had heard all she needed to hear. She turned off the tv, closed the doors, and started to walk towards the driver's seat.
"Roxie, they've already got someone reporting the news," said Cassidy.
"I'm not going to go to report the news, Cass," replied Roxanne, "I'm going to help my husband if he needs it."
"Right behind you, Roxanne," said Minion before getting in on the passengers side. Everyone got out of the way, and the newsvan drove towards downtown. As soon as it was out of sight, people started getting in their own cars.
Except for Jon.
He was just standing there, as if in a trance. "Jon?" Jon turned his head. "You coming, hun?" asked Deb. Jon nodded and walked towards his mother's car.
Yes, I know, not only did I make Megamind miss his own wedding but I made Bernard have a supervillain sister. *Ducks for cover*.
Please review, and hopefully it won't take me long to update. Even with finals, I'm getting out of school an hour early, so that means extra time to possibly type. Wish me luck!