At A Loss Ch. 11
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Title: At A Loss
Fandom: Megamind
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don’t, wish I did.
Summary: Megamind and Roxanne are on a date, but things go very wrongly, very quickly. When the hero gets called into action and a minor bump on the head turns into a nightmare for Roxanne. But when a new bad guy comes, will Megamind be able to beat him?
About 10 minutes later the three of them, Caitlin, Minion and himself had arrived back at the lair. Megamind didn't bother to go and get the disk himself so he sent his brain-bots to do it. Instead he went straight to work on deciphering what Roxanne had told him about where she was being held. Eliminating every building that wasn't along the harbor, he quickly looked up the docking schedule. Finding that a tanker left about 30 minutes ago off the east dock of Metro city he then eliminated the used warehouses within hearing distance. Narrowing the search down once again he came to 10 warehouses. He then grabbed the car keys and left.
"Brain-bots," Megamind said addressing all of them. "when we get to the first warehouse scan for life." After a moment he added "And if there are any holes in the roof." They beeped in response. They pulled up to the first warehouse and the brain-bots quickly went to work. It was about 2 minutes before they returned. The scan brought no amounts of life and none of them had a hole in the roof. It wasn't until the 6th building that Megamind stepped out of the car.
"The brain-bots' scan says there's no life here." Minion said beside him. "But there is a hole in the roof."
"This place reminds me of Costco." Caitlin said coming to stand next to them.
Megamind pulled his gun out quickly and began to move to the large door. Caitlin and Minion ran in beside him pulling their own guns out as well. Once inside Megamind couldn't see a thing! It was pitch black. But then something caught his eye. It was a little moon beam coming down from the ceiling. This was the only light in the place. His heart started to race as he remembered what Roxanne had told him about the warehouse she was being held in. Caitlin leaned in next to him and asked quietly "Are we going to spread out or stick together?"
"Stick together." he said simply as he lead them around a rather large crate.
"Good." she sighed. "That would be just stupid, because then I would probably just run into the bad guys." He looked at her "Sorry," she said "I watch way to many Scooby Doos."
Megamind couldn't help the smile creep across his face when she said this, but it soon left when he noticed a large and narrow stairwell leading up. He smiled again when he saw a door at the top. Signaling Caitlin and Minion he led them up. "That was a good find, sir." Minion said when they made it to the top.
Megamind nodded, but didn't say anything. He wanted to be quiet in case there was something on the other side of the door. He turned the knob slowly then threw the door open pointing his gun into the room. Caitlin and Minion jumped in beside him doing the same only to find that this room was empty too. The only light was coming from a large screen in the middle of the room. The trio walked into the room to explore. Megamind made his way over to the screen. Caitlin found her way to a chair and Minion walked over to a table. Realizing this was the room Roxanne had been held in, Megamind screamed punching the screen "DAMMIT!!" he cried making Minion and Caitlin jump in surprise. Megamind pulled his fist from the screen making glass fall as it came out. He didn't even care that his hand was now bleeding.
"You really should watch that temper of yours." They all snapped to attention when Chaos popped up on the screen.
"Shut the fuck up!" Caitlin snapped.
"Where is Roxanne." Megamind said darkly.
"With me of course." Chaos said nonchalantly. Megamind's eyes narrowed darkly and Chaos chuckled "Oh, I suppose you wish to see her." He moved away reveling Roxanne once again in a chair, but she looked like she was sleeping. "Ms. Ritchi."
Roxanne opened her eyes weakly "Megamind." she whispered, her voice sounding small and frail.
Chaos held up his watch "You better have my disk. You're running out of time." Just then Roxanne started to cough. Chaos turned, showing her. Roxanne coughed again covering her mouth. When she removed her hand, the light reflected of a red liquid.
Blood.
Falling from the chair she hit the floor and started coughing uncontrollably, blood coming out at every cough. Her breathing then got shallower and quicker. Chaos simply raised an eyebrow making no effort to try and help her. "Hmm. It seems your body reacts quicker to the poison than normal." turning back to Megamind he said "I suggest you hurry."
"Listen and listen well, Chaos." Megamind snapped "If Roxanne dies, I'll kill you." he said at last without any hesitation.
Chaos smiled "Then I guess I should keep her alive." he then added "But it's not up to me. It's up to you and weather you make it to the church on time."
Not wanting to hear his voice any longer Megamind shot the screen blowing it up on the spot. "Let's go." he commanded.
Minion and Caitlin quickly followed him out, but on their way to the car Caitlin held back calling to Minion to do the same. The fish slowed and looked at her as she asked "Minion, when Megamind told chaos that he was going to kill him, he wasn't serious right?"
Minion sighed "You know, if you asked me that a few days ago, I would've said no. But now," he looked to his boss "I'm not so sure."
..::-::..
"Help her up." Chaos said duly. Two men picked Roxanne up off the floor and placed her back onto the chair. Roxanne didn't even have the strength to swat their hands away. "Get the car ready then head to the church and secure everything." Chaos continued. "We should arrive before them." the two men nodded and headed out of the room. Unlike the last one, this room had only the chair and a screen. This screen was half the size of the last one. Chaos continued to type away at his screen when a different man came into the room. "Take her to the car."
"Where would you like her?" one man asked. He was American, unlike the other two men. "Trunk or back?"
Chaos thought for a moment then said "Back is fine. It is almost one in the morning."
The man went to grab her, but she managed to swat him away. "Answer me one thing Chaos." Roxanne breathed, fighting against the urge to grab her chest in an effort to speak.
Chaos and the men looked up at her. "Yes?" he asked.
"Why-why are you doing this?" she whispered. Roxanne didn't even have enough energy to be angry about how pathetic she sounded. "We haven't done anything to you! Why are you hurting-hurting Megamind!?" she cried finding some strength.
"That is two questions." Chaos said with a teasing smile. Roxanne glared at him and he laughed that creepy laugh. "I suppose I can indulge you." he clicked out of whatever he was doing and walked up to her with his hands behind his back. "When I was younger, my parents were killed in a car accident and I was sent to live with my grandparents. I was just a child, far too young to remember what happened. It was at the age of six that I realized my love of torture. I began to experiment on anything I could get my hands on. It then evolved into people. I found out that I was very good at Chemistry. I used this to make sure my test subjects did not recall who I was. At 15 I decided I no longer wanted to just abuse my test subjects, but I wanted to test my designs and the poisons I had developed." Roxanne's eyes widened at this. He had been awful from the start! "Who better to test this on then the two people who didn't have to survive?" he asked as if it were nothing.
"You killed your own grandparents?!" Roxanne whispered outrage in her voice.
"I had to test my poisons somehow." Chaos said smiling at her. She shivered and slunk back in the chair. "But more to the point, besides my need to test different things, my business with Megamind is mine and mine alone." He then waved his hand and the man went to retrieve Roxanne. She tried to fight him, but she only managed a pathetic slap on the face before she was slung over his shoulder.
The next thing she knew, was being thrown into a car. The back seat was like one of those old movie cars where the seats are black leather. The man came into the car and began tying her hands and feet together. He then put a blind fold over her eyes. Roxanne then heard the car's back doors closing then the front doors opening as the car shifted from side to side. She assumed Chaos and the man were getting in the front.
She felt the engine rumble to life and the car moved forward. Without a seatbelt on she fell to her side, laying on the back seat. She moved her hands in front of her, but they were met with the seat. She was facing the wrong side. Roxanne glared at them under the blind fold, but an idea popped into her head and she sighed loudly before relaxing her body and making her breathing as even as she could. This got Chaos' attention "Is she alive?" he asked indifferently.
She heard the seat creak as the American man moved "Yeah," he said "just sleeping." There was a moment of silence before the man spoke up "Sir," he asked. Chaos made a noise so he continued "I was wondering what your plan was?"
Roxanne smiled, she couldn't have asked for a better thing to say. "My plan is very big, Roger." Chaos told the man named Roger "If I tried to explain it to you, your head would simply hurt."
Roger seemed okay with this answer because he then asked "So why did you asked for the money? They aren't unmarked. If you try to use the bills you'll be arrested on the spot."
"Yes, well there were several reasons I asked for the money." Chaos told him as the car made a jerk to the left making Roxanne hit her head rather hardly on the car door. She had to force herself not to hiss. "The first and foremost was because, he would have gotten suspicious if I hadn't asked for anything." Roxanne knew who Chaos was talking about and he was right. Megamind would have been suspicious if he hadn't of asked for money. It was like a villain law or something. "Number two," Chaos continued "I needed to see how far Megamind would go for Ms. Ritchi."
Roxanne wanted so bad to rip the guys heart out seeing as how he wasn't using it! "He actually surprised me. I didn't think he cared that much for her, but I'll admit I was wrong. The next reason I wanted to the money was so that I could throw him off. What I really need is the disk. After that I will no longer need Megamind and Ms. Ritchi will no longer be a problem."
Roxanne's heart fell and her face went pale. Was Chaos going to keep his promise and give her the antidote?! Or was it worse? Was he going to hurt Megamind too!? In her panic she almost missed what Roger asked "Are you going to give Ms. Ritchi the antidote?"
"Of course I am." Chaos said dryly. "I keep my promises, Roger, you know that."
"I know, sir, but you just said-"
"I know what I said." Chaos spoke again interrupting Roger. "What I mean is, the poison I gave her is affecting her body far more rapidly than any normal human. Even if I give her the antidote after I get the disk, at this point, her body has suffered to much damage and a simple cure isn't going to solve the problem. In other words, it might already be too late."