Before I start, quick thanks to everyone who reviewed, especially who corrected my mistake in the last chapter. Yeah, I don't know how that got by me, lol. Well, it's fixed now so thanks :) Okay, here's the next chapter!
"Please forgive me, Roxanne," said Megamind as he started the invisible car. He knew that he was going to be late, but maybe if he could quickly dehydrate her, he could back at the wedding before anyone even noticed. He still had ten minutes before the wedding, and at top speed, it took about five minutes to get downtown. He had to hurry.
He almost wanted to let the police handle it, but Megamind remembered the video.
"Hello Megamind," said the blonde girl on the iPod with a smile. She was wearing a white super outfit, but Megamind had a feeling she wasn't a superhero. "Have you missed me the past two weeks?"
It was her!
"Don't worry, I'm not quitting, in fact I have an invitation to give you. Meet me downtown in ten minutes. Any less than that, and I come find you. After all, I have the perfect outfit for a wedding."
She then winked at the camera, making Megamind glare at her. "See ya!" she said, and the video finished.
Megamind would rather be late for the wedding then completely ruin it. He turned a corner sharply, and then weaved through the cars. Despite Minion driving the car most of the time, Megamind was a pretty good driver. When he found a street that didn't have a lot of traffic on it, he took his eyes off the road and onto his watch.
"Brainbots, Daddy needs a small group of you to meet me downtown," the hero said to the watch before pressing a button. After a moment, the words "Message Recieved" appeared on the screen. Megamind looked back up at the road, and turned just before colliding with a semi.
Within a few minutes, Megamind was downtown. There was a small crowd of citizens standing on the sidewalks, while others were watching from the windows of their homes. A newsvan was already there with a female reporter reporting the scene.
And right in the middle of the road, standing on a white levitating platform with a small cannon, was the villainess. She glanced over at Megamind when he got out of the invisible car and smiled.
"Glad to see you found my invite," she said, moving a strand of blonde hair behind her ear.
"Look, I'm not in the mood for the whole banter-before-the-fight thing," said Megamind as he took out his dehydrator, "I have to be somewhere." He pointed his gun at her, but she didn't even move. He was about to pull the trigger, but his finger wouldn't work. It was like he was frozen.
Megamind tried to open his mouth to talk, but he couldn't even do that. The girl in white smiled and lifted up her arm. She was holding a remote.
"You didn't think it would be that easy, did you?" She asked. She pressed a button, and Megamind threw his gun to the side. It didn't break like she had hoped, but it had slid about fifteen feet away from him.
"Now, let's have a real fight, shall we?" She asked. She pressed a button on the remote, and Megamind felt as if he had been thawed out. He could move again! But before the blue hero could even do anything, the villainess pressed a button on her cannon, and an invisible force sent Megamind flying backwards.
He hit the concrete ground hard. It wasn't as hard as one of Tighten's punches, but it still knocked the wind out of him. Using the wall as a support, Megamind stood up and looked at the platform.
But she wasn't there! "Surprise!" Megamind turned around and was greeted by a punch in the face. He took a couple steps back in surprise, but quickly got over it and blocked the next two attacks.
"How, did you get over here so fast?" Megamind asked, as he blocked another punch.
"You'd be surprised with what one remote can do," said the blonde. Megamind scowled, and got ready to throw a punch. But then, she pointed the remote at him, and pressed another button.
Megamind tried to thrust his arm forward, but it ended up moving only a few centimeters. It was like he was trying to punch through jello. By the time his arm had fully extended, the blonde was behind him. He turned around to face her, but she was already gone.
Not only can she control me, thought Megamind, she can slow me down as well.
"So, ready to give up?" Megamind heard her ask from her platform. He felt his speed come back to him, but Megamind knew that if he tried to attack, she would just stop him with the remote or blast him with that cannon again. If he could somehow get her on the defensive or get that remote, he could win.
Only problem: He had no idea how to get close enough to her to get the remote!
Megamind needed time to think. Luckily, the robotic cavalry had just arrived.
"Bow bow!" shouted the red brainbot as he bit the blonde's long hair.
"Ow! Hey, let go you stupid...!" the girl shouted as she tried to pull her hair out of the brainbots mouth. More brainbots flew towards her, and she swatted at them with the remote as if they were annoying houseflies.
Why doesn't she just use the remote, Megamind thought. But now wasn't the time to question a villain's logic. Quickly but quietly, he ran over to where his dehydrator was, and picked it up.
"Annoying little..." Then Melanie noticed that Megamind was getting ready to shoot her. Quickly, she pressed the button on her cannon, and shot the hero backwards again. "Nice try, Blue," she said, smirking as the brainbots flew over to see if their daddy was okay.
Just then, another newsvan pulled up. Minion and Roxanne quickly jumped out of the van.
"Where is he?" Minion asked, looking around.
"I don't know," said Roxanne. She then saw Melanie. "I'll distract her, you go find Megamind and see if he needs help."
"What, but Roxanne..." objected Minion, but Roxanne stopped him.
"I'll be fine, just go!" commanded Roxanne. Still looking a little unsure, Minion nodded and ran for a cover spot so he could look for his master.
Roxanne looked up and saw just a couple brainbots in the sky, looking a little lost when they couldn't find their master. Quickly, Roxanne went behind the newsvan and then whistled to get the bots attention.
The bots heard the whistle, and flew quickly towards Roxanne, spotting her right away from the bird's eye view they had. Melanie heard the whistle too. She turned the platform around to look, but Roxanne was able to duck behind the van so she wouldn't be seen.
"Bow bow?" asked one of the brainbots as soon as they found Roxanne.
"Go get the blonde girl's remote for Mommy," whispered Roxanne. The bots gave a small nod, and flew off, getting to Melanie's platform in a matter of seconds.
"You things again? !" Melanie said, agrivated as she tried to fight off the brainbots. They snapped their jaws at her, and tried their best to grab the remote, but Melanie was too quick. While the bots took care of Melanie, Roxanne ran towards the platform.
"Hey!" shouted Melanie, noticing the brunette. Roxanne didn't stop. Instead she climbed onto the platform, and grabbed the remote. The two girls, now in a game of tug-of-war, pulled the remote towards them.
"Let go, of my, remote!" shouted Melanie before kicking Roxanne to the ground. Melanie was wearing high heels, so the kick hurt even more. Roxanne tried to get up, but she couldn't. Melanie was in control now.
"Looks like I'm beating your fiancee," Melanie said smugly. Roxanne mentally glared at the blonde.
"Actually, I'd say it's more of a tie, at least for now."
Melanie turned her head, and saw the blue hero himself. Megamind looked as if he wasn't hurt at all, and ready to fight.
"Oh, ready for more?" Melanie asked.
"Actually, I'm ready for this fight to be over," replied Megamind, glaring at the blonde. Melanie just simply smiled.
"So am I."
Getting some control back, Roxanne lifted her head and saw Megamind, with the cannon aimed right at him. Melanie pressed the button, and everyone heard the sonic boom, but instead of knocking him far back like before, Megamind was just knocked back a few steps.
Both Roxanne and Melanie looked confused. Roxanne looked over at her fiancee, and noticed something that only she and maybe Minion would notice.
Megamind started to walk forward, but Melanie didn't look worried. She simply just pointed the remote at the alien and pressed a button. But Megamind didn't stop walking.
"What?" asked Melanie. She kept pressing the button, but nothing happened. Megamind was still in control. "What is wrong with this stupid thing?"
"I don't think anything's wrong with it," said Megamind smiling as he walked forward, "you've just lost."
Melanie glared at the hero. "I never lose," she said before pressing a button on the platform's control panel. The platform then flew straight up in the air, above Megamind and Roxanne. "Too bad you don't have your jetback," Melanie yelled down at the hero, smiling.
"Actually, I've found that rocket boots work better," said a voice from behind her. Melanie turned and saw Megamind right in front of her, wearing the same outfit as the other Megamind with the only difference being that he was wearing boots that were spitting out fire.
Melanie gaped. Two Megaminds, but... Then she remembered, Megamind had a holographic watch. She looked down, and saw Megamind's minion down on the ground with Roxanne, waving. She scowled, no wonder she couldn't control the other Megamind. Her remote could control simple electronics and humans, but not robots. She had a whole other remote for controling robots, which she had left behind at her house."
"You tricked me!" Melanie shouted.
"Oh like I haven't tricked people before," said Megamind, rolling his eyes a little. He then made a dive for the remote, and even managed to grab it, but Melanie swung him and made him let go. Once he was in front of the platform, Melanie got her cannon ready.
Meanwhile, back on the ground, about three or four more cars showed up. "Rainy, what's happening?" Deb asked, running over to her niece.
"Looks like Mel's moved the fight to the sky," commented Bernard, being an expert on villain plans, "a good strategy."
"Who's side are you on?" asked Jon. Bernard just shrugged his shoulders, his attention now on the fight.
Back up in the sky, Megamind had managed to get the remote, but Melanie was right on his tail. They were moving too fast for him to use the remote, so he just kept flying. By that time, Melanie had gotten out a laser of her own, and was trying shoot the annoying blue pest. But those rocket boots were fast. The only time she had got close to shooting him was when he turned and she shot his tie (which Megamind didn't really mind, he hated the thing anyway).
Just then, he felt a force push him into a brick building. Right, he thought before falling, she still has the shockwave cannon, of course. As he started to fall, Megamind desperately tried to turn the boots back on. "Come on, come on!" he shouted, pressing the button on the controller to the boots. He was falling fast. But then he felt four claws catch him.
"Bow bow!"
Who else, Megamind thought with a smile as the two brainbots lifted him up. But he couldn't rest for a moment, Melanie was flying towards him, and she looked pretty mad. Megamind pointed the remote, and started pressing buttons, hoping to stop the platform in time. "How does she know what each button is if they aren't labeled? !" shouted Megamind as pressed a button.
This button. Made the platform go up, narrowly missing the top of a building. But since Megamind wasn't pointing the remote at her, Melanie gained back control and quickly turned around to try and run down the blue hero again.
He pressed another button. Nothing happened. This one. Nothing. This one! It actually made it go a little faster. Megamind then pressed one more button before it would be too late.
The platform went to a complete stop, nearly flinging Melanie over the controls and into freefall. Megamind gave a sigh of relief, that platform was only seven or eight feet away from him. Melanie looked up and glared at Megamind, but Megamind stopped her before she could do anything.
After using a spare pair of handcuffs he had 'borrowed' from the prison a few years ago, Megamind made the platform fall slowly to the ground, where the police were waiting.
"Your plan worked perfectly, Sir!" commented Minion, smiling at his master as the bystanders cheered.
"Yeah, with your help you fantastic fish!" Megamind replied smiling. He then walked over to Roxanne, who was smiling at him. "Are you okay.
"I'm fine," replied Roxanne.
"Good," said Megamind, relieved, "you were pretty good out there as well, Roxanne."
"Hey, who said reporters don't know how to fight?" Roxanne said with a smirk. Megamind smiled at her. Roxanne's dress was covered with dirt and even a little ripped, and her hair was no longer neatly combed. But she still looked perfect.
After the applause was over, Megamind walked over to the Warden, and handed him the remote.
"I'm sure you'll put this where you put all of my inventions," said Megamind.
"Yes, we will," replied the Warden, taking the remote. They both knew Melanie would never see that remote again, even Megamind himself couldn't find the 'Confiscated Inventions' room.
Megamind looked back at his soon-to-be bride. She was standing there waiting for him. Smiling, Megamind started to walk over to her, not noticing the villainess in the car smirking. Her wrists still in handcuffs, she lifted them up to her mouth, and spoke into her diamond bracelet.
"Rockets on," she said with a smile.
Jon, standing by the rest of the wedding guests looked across the road at Roxanne. Her words were still in his mind. And Megamind, he had just stopped a supervillain, just like the hero before him did. So he wasn't lying about the hero part, Jon now believed that. But he was still going to marry Roxanne. Could he be sure that he wasn't going to hurt her? Could he trust the blue alien?
Just then, the brunette male heard what sounded like jets taking off. He turned to see Melanie's white platform lift up and rocket forward right towards
"Roxanne!" Jon shouted. The guests gasped and Roxanne turned around. The platform was heading right towards her, going at lightning fast speeds. There was no time to move, she felt herself freeze. But then she felt two arms push her out of the way.
Using his rocket boots, Megamind was able push Roxanne out of the way. He nearly got hit himself, but the platform missed him by inches, and instead hit a brick building which smashed it into pieces.
Megamind quickly picked himself off the ground and crawled over to Roxanne, who was still on the ground. "Roxanne! Roxanne, are you okay? !"
Hearing her fiancee's worried voice, Roxanne quickly sat herself up. "Yeah, I'm okay," she said. She looked up at Megamind. His green eyes were filled with fear, not because he had almost been hit, but because she had almost been hit. Those eyes nearly broke her heart. Roxanne wrapped her arms around Megamind's neck and hugged him, and he didn't hesitate to hug her back.
"Thank you," she whispered to him.
While everyone else ran over to see if the couple was okay, Jon stayed back.
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Megamind was sitting on hospital bed, buttoning up his dress shirt. It had been about forty five minutes since the battle had ended and Megamind was taken to the Metro City hospital. The doctors wanted to make sure that neither Megamind nor Roxanne was hurt. Luckily, both of them were given a bill of health and were allowed to leave.
At the fourth button, Megamind heard a knock at the wooden hospital door. "Er, wait a moment!" Megamind quickly finished buttoning up his shirt. "Okay, you can come in now." He thought it was probably Roxanne or Minion, or maybe his parents.
The door opened, and Jon walked in. Confused and a little nervous, Megamind just sat there quietly. But when Jon didn't say anything and the silence turned even more awkward, Megamind finally decided to speak up.
"Um, Ollo Jon. Are you looking for Roxanne?" Megamind asked.
"No, I wanted to talk to you," said Jon. Considering the fact the last time the two talked face-to-face Jon had threatened the alien, Megamind didn't exactly feel any better about the situation.
"Okay," Megamind said, not knowing what else to say.
"I just wanted to say, I'm sorry," said Jon, looking at the floor like a child in trouble, "for acting like a jerk."
Megamind just looked at him, surprised at the apology. Jon continued.
"When I first found out Roxanne was going to marry you, I hated the idea. I've always known you as the villain, the bad guy..."
"Yeah, most people used to think that," Megamind said, looking down at the floor.
"I never thought you could be a hero. I thought this was some plan just to either get Roxanne's money or some..er..." Both Jon and Megamind turned red (or in Megamind's case, purple). The alien bit his tongue to keep from yelling at Jon asking how he could even suggest something like that.
"I didn't want Roxanne to get hurt by you," explained Jon, "she's more than just my cousin, she's like a second sister."
"I know, she told me that," said Megamind.
"But today, when that platform flew towards her, I thought..." Jon looked back down at the floor, "I thought I wouldn't be able to protect her this time. But then, you pushed her out of the way, and almost got hit yourself. I didn't know if you knew you weren't going to get hit or not, but you still saved her."
"I didn't know," Megamind said truthfully, "but I didn't care. I, didn't want her to... get hurt." He didn't want to say the other D word, he couldn't even think of something so tragic.
"And then, before you did anything else, you made sure she was okay," said Jon, "that's when I could finally tell that you care about her just as much as I do." Jon looked up at Megamind, and gave a small smile. "To be honest, you're not such a bad guy, at least now you are. So, how about we just start over?"
"Um, okay," said Megamind, giving Jon a small smile. He cleared his throat. "Ollo, I'm Ouwan, also known as Megamind."
"I'm Jon," replied Jon, "Nice to meet you."
"Same here."
"I know you'll take care of Roxanne," said Jon, smiling a genuine smile.
"I will," promised Megamind.
"Megamind?" Megamind and Jon looked over at the doorway, and saw Roxanne. She was no longer in her wedding gown, but a pair of her own clothes the brainbots had got her after she was cleared by the doctors.
"Hey Roxie," said Jon, "I'll just leave you two alone." And with that, the brunette man left, leaving the soon-to-be married couple by themselves.
"I see he's starting to like you better," commented Roxanne.
"Yeah, I think he does like me," said Megamind, smiling. But then, his smile went away. "I'm sorry."
Roxanne raised an eyebrow. What on Earth is there to be sorry for, Roxanne asked herself. "For what?" she asked Megamind.
"For missing the wedding," replied Megamind. Roxanne could help but smile. She then kissed him on the cheek. "First off, I missed the wedding too, and so did everyone else, so it's not like you were the only one," said Roxanne, "Second, you were doing your job as a hero, it's not like you forgot or anything. And third, you saved my life, I think that makes up for missing the wedding."
Megamind gave a small smile. "Besides, to me, we're already married," said Roxanne.
"Hmm," said Megamind, "Well then." Megamind grabbed his tuxedo jacket, and put his hand in the pocket. He pulled out something small and round. "You'll need your ring." Megamind slipped the ring over Roxanne's slender finger. Roxanne smiled at him. "So, may I kiss the bride?"
"You may," replied Roxanne. They both leaned in, and kissed each other lovingly on the lips. Roxanne was right. They may not have had an official ceremony, but to them, they were already Mr. and Mrs. Mind.
Wow, this is my longest chapter yet at almost 4,000 words! It was also one of the hardest to write. I swear, I think I had to rewrite the action scene like three times. I may be able to write good emotional scenes and fluff scenes, but I think I fail at action scenes sometimes. I really hope it turned out good, I tried to make it non-repetitive (which is how all my other action scenes turn out :P )
And no, this isn't the last chapter, there will be at least three more chapters. I will probably wait until Thursday to try and update again (stupid finals). Until then, please review and if you want, wish me luck on finals :)