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Megamind ran to Roxanne, pulled the dart out so it wouldn't poison her further, and took her pulse. It was weird to see his own body unconscious but know that it was actually Roxanne. Her pulse was there, but faint. Megamind scooped her up in his arms and stared running back to the lair. On the way a patrol officer saw them.
"Miss Ritchi! Er Mrs. Blue! What on earth has happened." The man asked.
"No time to explain, I need to get to the secret lair as soon as possible." Megamind heard himself say in Roxanne's voice.
"Do you want a ride?"
"No time!" Megamind called over his shoulder as he was already several feet down the street. He hoped that was a satisfactory answer. He was having trouble thinking about anything except Roxanne's life.
He rounded the corner and ran through the secret entrance. "Minion!?" He called, momentarily forgetting his friend was gone. No answer came. Megamind could have cried if there were time. Instead he laid Roxane on the couch and ran to a computer to find out what the poison was and if he could make an antidote. He scanned the dart and watched the computer scroll through the list of known poisons. It seemed to take forever. Finally, a message popped up. "UNKNOWN." Megamind groaned in frustration. How was that possible?! Unless the poison was not from earth…
He hit the communicate button on his watch. Lianne, Nick, Cloe! I need your help. It's Roxanne!" he realized he still had Roxanne's voice. He clicked his watch and said as himself, "I mean it's Megamind speaking but Roxanne was poisoned!"
"How was she poisoned?" Lianne's voice replied with an urgent tone.
"With a dart. But the man thought it was me. I've never seen anything like it, that is why I called you. It's not an earth poison."
"I'll be right there." Lianne said.
"Us too" came Nicks voice.
While Megamind waited for his family to get there he gently lifted Roxanne's hand and flipped the switch that would revert her appearance to herself, not him. Then he kissed her hand and laid it back down, and watched her silently, hoping she would be alright.
All three sarylians and their minions were there within 5 minutes for which Megamind was grateful. Lianne walked in the secret entrance straight to the computer and pulled up the scan of the poison. She gasped. "This is a well-known poison among Sarylian communities. And it is deadly." Her face went pale. She ran to Roxanne "But she is still breathing. How?..." Suddenly she started running all over the lair and shouting commands to Cloe and Nick and all three minions.
"What is going on?" Megamind asked, noticing that Cloe and Nick seemed to understand Lianne's train of thought and he was the only one out of the loop.
Lianne answered while she worked "Well you see on Sarylia everyone who went through high school chemistry was required to memorize how to make the antidotes to several poisons including this one. I thought it was pointless except as a practice exercise, since reblogaal kills almost instantly. But I taught it to Cloe and Nick when they were in high school anyways and I'm so glad I did, because apparently it does not kill humans instantly. But we must hurry because I have no idea how long it does take to kill humans."
"Alright, what can I do?" Megamind asked his aunt.
"I believe the six of us have it handled." She glanced at him and saw the look on his face. "You should go to your wife and talk to her. I've heard stories of that helping those who are near death, to hear the voice of their loved ones." She silently added "and perhaps it will help calm your nerves."
Megamind simply nodded and ran to Roxanne's side, apparently agreeing with his aunt. Lianne looked back at him for a moment remembering what he said "but the man thought it was me" She realized she had almost lost her nephew whom she had only recently found out was alive. She shook herself and focused on her work.
Megamind set back down by Roxanne and took her hand in his. "Roxanne, My beloved Roxanne I'm here. We're working on a way to save you. Just hold on till it is finished. Just hold on." Megamind caught his breath as he looked at her pale but beautiful face. "You risked your life for mine. You saved me. Again. Oh Roxanne please don't die. I need to apologize to you. I've been so wrapped up in looking for Minion's killer. And you have been so loving and patient. But you were right I wanted Revahnge. But now all I want is to protect you. I'm sorry darling." Megamind kissed Roxanne's forehead. "I'll have to continue trying to find the man who did this, But I promise to rest and to include you in what I'm doing. Only I need you to get better. So hold on Roxanne. I love you."
"Megamind Wake up." Megamind felt a tap on his shoulder and heard Cloe's voice. "It's morning and Roxanne is safe." At that he sat bolt upright.
"Roxanne?" He asked.
Cloe laughed "We finished the antidote about an hour after you fell asleep last night. We gave it to Roxanne and waited till she showed signs of improvement. We all went to our own guest rooms, but none of us had the heart to wake you up and make you go to your room. You looked so sweet there sleeping by Roxanne's side and holding her hand. She will probably wake up soon herself, but for right now why don't you join us for breakfast and tell us what happened. Andrew made pancakes."
Megamind got up to follow, but he glanced back at Roxanne. The color had come back into her cheeks and she was breathing evenly. He was so happy she was alright.
Megamind sat down to breakfast with the others, and after three pancakes and a cup of coffee, he told them what happened. Everyone was quite for a while after he finished.
"So you have no idea who this man is or why he would want to kill you?" Nick asked finally.
"No. I don't know what his purpose is. None of what he does makes sense! Why would he kidnap minion only to blow up the satellite when I found him? Then why would he decide to kill me too? The clear thing is he knows a lot about my technology. But apparently, he knows about technology I am unaware of as well. It is very mind boggling." Megamind said.
Lianne spoke up. "Well I know one thing at least. That is that you Megamind, need to stay in hiding if he thinks you're dead we should let him, so that he doesn't come after you again." Megamind opened his mouth to protest but Lianne fixed him with a stern gaze. He shut his mouth again.
"Yes, I believe you are right." He said and flipped his watch to invisible. "I will stay invisible or disguised from now until we track this man down. In the mean time I will work on creating a portal device like the one I saw he had. Then perhaps I can also trace the energy it uses once I know how it works." Megamind paused. There was something he was forgetting. "Oh!" He said and grabbed the remote to turn on the TV.
As if on cue what appeared on the screen was a police officer being interviewed on the news. "I Saw Roxanne Blue Run by with Megamind in her arms saying she was in a big hurry to the lair. He was unconscious and she seemed very worried."
The clip was cut off and the reporter Nathan Nelson appeared on the screen "Still no word from Roxanne or Megamind about what exactly happened, but all of us in Metro City are hoping that our Hero is alright. This is Nathan Nelson with KMCP news channel 8.
Megamind turned the TV off. After a moment he said. "I think one of us should disguise as Roxanne and go report that I am dead"
"Not one of you." A voice said behind him. "I'm completely fine now, I'll do the report myself."
"Roxanne! You're awake!" Megamind went over to his wife and kissed her on the lips, forgetting she couldn't see him. "I love you." He whispered.
"I love you too." Roxanne said looking where she thought his eyes would be. She turned to look at the group. "I will go make that report about Megamind's death. I'm the experienced reporter, and I'm me, so I should go."
"Megamind knew she was right, but he was worried. "Are you sure Roxanne? What if you're the next target?"
"Yes, I'm sure. I only know I can make it convincing enough for that… Killer!" Roxanne had an angry look, then it past. "I'll take a few brainbots with me for safety if you want me to, but I better go soon."
Minion saw Riley approach and he surfaced. "Hey Minion, I'm sorry about yesterday. I shouldn't have even thought that about Megamind." She said. Minion gave a slight smile to show his forgiveness. "Anyways, to make it up to you I fixed the Satellite so we can get the KMCP News channel and find out what is going on." She said smiling.
She grabbed the remote and turned on the TV. Roxanne was on the screen doing a report. It made minion so happy to hear her voice again!... Until he noticed the look on her face and realized what she was saying.
"Our dear hero Megamind was killed last night by a poisonous dart. The man who shot him remains unknown at this point but the other Sarylians believe he may also be responsible for the kidnapping and death of Minion these past few weeks. Here is a picture of him from a security monitor. If anyone sees…" Minion stared blankly at the TV. The headline read "Metro City Hero Murdered" Minion saw the tears rolling down Roxanne's face. His best friend was dead.
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