Chapter 24

Roxanne was awoken by a young woman bringing breakfast. "Hi, I'm Sarah, I'll be tending to you while you're here." She set the tray down on the table. "While you're eating I'll find you some clean clothes, so you can take a shower if you wish." She left, closing the door.

Roxanne figured that she would never leave this place as long as they had Megamind. Davis would keep using her to keep the super villain under his thumb. The reporter frowned as she sat down to eat, but that made her wonder why she had been snatched. It wasn't true, but everyone believed that she was Metroman's girl friend. Most times she was safe from being bothered because no criminal wanted to risk his wrath. Yet this crime lord had first snatched Megamind and tried to force him to make weapons for him. When Megamind had balked at cooperating they had snatched her. It just didn't add up in her mind.

Roxanne moved to a chair by the table to eat and found the food delicious. She needed to talk to Mr. Davis to clear some of this up if he would even be willing to do so. She had just finished when Sarah returned and laid some clothes on the bed. "Would it be possible to speak to Mr. Davis, Sarah?"

Sarah looked a bit nervous and began gathering up the dirty dishes. "I will pass the message to Mr. Davis, but I can't promise he'll see you, Miss Ritchi." She left rather quickly, it seemed that Roxanne's question had unsettled her. There was a soft click as the door was locked behind Sarah.

Roxanne sighed and looked aound, not much for entertainment. There was a TV and an alarm clock, but that was all. She stood and went over to examine the clothes that had been left for her. It was a bit unsettling to find that the clothes were her size. Jeans and a t-shirt plus under garmets which was even more unnerving. She sighed to herself then went into the connecting bathroom to take a shower.

Megamind wasn't having a very pleasent time of it either. Lewis hadn't bothered much with his comfort when he had cuffed him. His shoulder ached from being wrenched and the cuffs were so tight his hands were starting to go numb. He hadn't bothered to blindfold him this time and Megamind knew why. He ran and Roxanne was dead. It was as simple as that, her life was in his hands and the alien didn't like being in this position at all. He was a super villain and the drones of Metrosity were only useful as subjects when the city was his. It was ridiculous for Davis to think that he come be controlled by threatening one of them! He pushed away the thought that it was actually working.

The car stopped and Lewis dragged him out of the car much rougher than necessary once again wrenching his all ready aching shoulder. "Move, freak. You have a lot of work to do or the newsie pays." He hauled Megamind through the door and down a flight of stairs without care, nearly making the alien stumble several times. They entered the lab and Lewis spun Megamind around roughly and removed the cuffs. "Get busy!"

Megamind let out a disdainful sniff and walked over to the work bench, but when he was turned away from Lewis he smirked. The thug hadn't noticed, but Megamind had, a brainbit eyestalk watching from the cover of some bushes. His tiny bots must have reached Minion, help was close by and he'd soon have his freedom. There were three guards in the lab, Lewis among them. It was risky, but Megamind was confident that Minion wouls have a plan.

A maid came out to throw out the trash, leaving the door open. She went back in and closing it without noticing that something else had snuck into the house.

Sneak was the brainbot who found Roxanne for Megamind when he needed to kidnap her. Cloaked and with stealth functions, the brainbot moved slowly through the house seeking target Roxanne. After awhile the bot came to a door that was locked when the others were not. Sneak extended a metal device equipped with a camera and slipped it though the keyhole. Mission acomplished, target found. Sneak immediately mapped out a route to Roxanne's location. Task completed, Sneak sent the information to Minion and the other four brainbots hidden outside. It then went to find a eindow to let the other bots in and wait for its next instructions.

Minion had parked the invisable car out of sight of the house, so no one would see himself or Wayne getting out. The fish was monitoring the brainbots on a laptop, confident they would find sir and Miss Ritchi if she was here.

Meanwhile Megamind kept working though he wasn't worried so much about the deadline now. He had heard the door open and shut again ten minutes ago. That meant one of the brainbots had snuck inside to find his exact location. He had to be careful to keep his back to Lewis and the other two men to hide his triumphant smirk. He didn't bother putting the De-Guns together so they would work. Davis would never use them.

Minion's laptop beeped and Minion immediately looked over the information the brainbots had just sent to him. "Miss Ritchi is in the housem but they took sir somewhere else. I'm giving them the signal to go." He typed an order into the laptop and hit send...

Little short, but it's there. I think one more chapter should wrap this up nicely. Thanks for being patient! R/R please!