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Riley left Minion to himself for the day. She wanted to comfort him, but she knew what it was like to lose a best friend. More than a best friend really, minions and sarylians had a deeper connection. When she lost her minion and her parents, she wanted to be left to herself, at least at first. So, that's what she would do for Minion, then she would try to talk to him later.
For a couple of days, she left him alone and worked on fixing her ship. Then she decided to talk to him. She found him in the living room watching the news. She grabbed the remote and turned it off. "Hey Minion… How are you doing?"
"fine." He said, then looked at her. "But then, you know that is a lie because you've been through this before."
"yeah." She said. "Honestly, I'm not so sure I'm fine, and it's been over three years. There isn't anything like the bond between a sarylian and a minion."
"mmm" minion hummed his agreement. "The weird thing is, it doesn't feel like he's gone. I keep catching myself thinking he is going to come find me or else that I need to go back and help him. I can't believe he is actually… dead.."
"I know. I felt so empty inside when Minion was killed in that accident." Riley sighed. "I'm glad I found you though. It has been nice to have a minion around again, even if we haven't spent much time together… maybe… since we've both lost those close to us... We can have each other."
Minion saw the deep sadness and longing in her eyes. The years without a minion… without anyone, had taken their toll on her. He chose his words carefully. "you know I wouldn't be able to replace your minion, don't you? Like you said, nothing can replace that connection… But I will gladly be your first friend. It isn't good for you to be alone like this, cut off from the world."
"You mean that? You'll be my friend?" Happiness started to show in her eyes.
Minion smiled slightly. "Of course! When you get you ship fixed and take me back to Metro City, you can just stay with us!"
Riley looked taken aback. "We couldn't just stay here? I mean all my stuff is here… and… well… I just can't go back to living among other people! What if they hate me?"
Minion looked sympathetic "That is exactly why you should come. To see that you can live among people again and they won't hate you." Minion smiled encouragingly, then he frowned slightly. "Besides that, I can't stay here. Roxanne needs me, now more than ever. I have to get back so I can protect her in case she's the next target of the evil genius. It is what Megamind would want."
Riley seemed unsure. Finally, she sighed and said, "Your right. Roxanne needs you, and I need to face my fear. I'll finish work on the ship by tomorrow morning."
Minion saw on her face that she didn't like what she was saying. He was glad that she agreed though. "Thank you." He said simply.
Megamind was becoming a pro at invisible living. Though he stayed in his own home, he didn't take any chances, since he knew the villain could hack into his security system. It really didn't hinder him that much. he spent the time working on building a portal device and figuring out it's energy signature. After two days of that Megamind had it built and figured out. The next day he would test it and attempt to trace the energy of the portal that villain had made, but that night he needed to rest. He had learned his lesson about sleeping when he needed it.
As his head hit the pillow that night, he was instantly asleep. Right away he was having a dream, and the weird part was that he knew that he was dreaming. He was walking along a beach and the sun was bright. He liked out in the ocean and saw a couple of fish playing in the water near the shore. He recognized them as Minion and Sara. "Minion!" he called, excited. Minion glanced over and saw him, then he swam full speed toward the shore and leaped out of the water. Suddenly he was in his gorilla suit, and Sara disappeared.
"Sir! It's really you!" Minion exclaimed, enveloping him in a very real feeling bear hug. "you haven't been in any of my dreams in a long time! But then, this still is just a dream, in real life, you were killed." He said sadly.
"What are you talking about Minion, this is my dream, and you are the one who was killed! What I want to know is, why were you on a date with Sara in my dream?" Megamind asked puzzled, and slightly offended.
"Well since I was having a lucid dream, I thought I would practice asking her out, since I'll be able to come back to Metro City soon. Though of course it's better to have this time with you, since you won't be there when I come back." Minion replied, his voice cracking.
"Minion, you're not making any sense. I am in Metrocity, and you can't come back! You are dead, I saw the explosion!" Megamind said with tears in his eyes. "it was my fault! When I contacted you it set the self-destruct sequence off. That villain had the system wired and I didn't check. I was so close to saving you." At that point Megamind was fully crying "I'm so sorry Minion."
Minion was smiling. "I knew you weren't the one who put in that awful lonely place! It wasn't your fault. And I'm okay, Riley saved me just in time. I only wish I had been able to get back in time to stop you from being killed." Minion replied, frowning again.
"You are a true friend, you fantastic fish. The good news is I wasn't killed either. Roxanne saved me, she was disguised as me she saved my life. Thankfully she is safe, the poison dart would have killed me instantly, but for her our friends and family were able to make an antidote in time." Megamind said. "Who is Riley?" He asked after a pause.
"She is a young sarylian woman who grew up on planet. Her parents and minion died in an accident a few years ago, and shortly after that she ran away from home because people were unkind to her, and has lived by herself on earth for three years, and we didn't even know it! You'll meet her tomorrow though if you really are alive, because she is fixing her ship so that I can come back to take care of Roxanne, and I think I've convinced her to stay with us."
Megamind looked at him as realization struck him. "I couldn't dream this up." he muttered. He had had some pretty strange dreams in his lifetime, but nothing quite like this. "Minion, you really are alive aren't you! And this is a real conversation we are having in a dream!" He said excitedly.
"How is that possible?" Minion asked, trusting his genius friend to figure it out.
Suddenly they were standing in Megamind's thinking room in the lair, surrounded by pieces of paper hung on strings. Megamind paced back and forth. "It must be the connection we share as Sarylian and minion. Remember how Nick and Chloe each had shared dreams with their minions, even though they had never met? This must be something like that!" as Megamind spoke, the hanging pictures around them changed to reflect his thought process.
"But Sir, you and I have met before." Minion said, raising his eyebrow.
"Obviously I know that Minion! Honestly it's like you'd never seen my intellect in action before!" He exclaimed. "I think it has to do with the length of time we've been apart. You see it's been about three or four weeks since you were kidnapped. Can you think of anytime in our entire lives that we've been apart for that long?" Megamind asked Minion.
"No, the longest we ever spent apart is one week." Minion replied promptly.
"Exactly, so it must be that if we are apart for so long, our connection reestablishes itself through our dreams! Fascinating!" Megamind exclaimed, thinking of possibilities, and wondering what they could accomplish with such a telepathic connection.
Megamind and Minion spent a long time talking together after that, catching each other up on what had happened over the last few weeks and trying to figure why someone would kill both of them and what their next move was. "One thing is clear to me Minion, you can't come back to Metrocity yet. I myself am in hiding so that the killer won't know I survived. You should do the same for now. I don't want you to put yourself in danger unnecessarily." Megamind said, looking into Minion's eyes.
"You got it Boss." Minion said, not very excitedly. "Only, you have to let me know as soon as you need me."
"You've got it Minion." Megamind said. Suddenly Minion was gone. "Minion?" He exclaimed, then realized that Minion had probably woken up, for some reason though, he had an uneasy feeling. at that moment he felt himself being shaken. His dream faded away and he opened his eyes to find Roxanne leaning over him a look of concern on her face. "Roxanne?" he questioned, both to find out why she was waking him up and to let her know that she was successful, since he was still invisible.
"You were calling Minion. Was it a nightmare?" She asked
"Not a nightmare, a blessing!" He said with an excited laugh, then he kissed her on the cheek. "Minion is alive!" He told her. "Come on we've got work to do!"