At A Loss Ch. 13
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Title: At A Loss
Fandom: Megamind
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I donn't wish I did.
Summary: Roxanne is finally awake and goes off to find Megamind, however there are complications...
Roxanne cringed as bright lights blinded her eyes. Where was she now? "Roxanne?" Roxanne moved her head over to the side where she had heard a faint voice. In the corner she saw a very disheveled Caitlin. "You're awake!" she cried jumping to her feet and quickly making her way over to her. "I can't believe you're awake!"
"What do you mean?" Roxanne asked. She then swallowed. Her voice was so hoarse and her throat was so dry.
"Well," Caitlin explained "The doctors told me they gave you enough of that sleeping juice to make you sleep for a week."
"How long have I been out?" she asked, her voice getting stronger with every word.
"About three days." Caitlin said simply.
"Three days!?" Roxanne cried. She had to get to Megamind! Without another word she began to remove the wires and patches attached to her, much to Caitlin's distress.
"What are you doing!?" she demanded. "That stuff's keeping you alive!" When Roxanne did not cease in her actions, Caitlin reached around and grabbed her hands. "Roxanne stop!" she snapped.
"Why?!" Roxanne asked outraged, not remembering that Caitlin was not with her when she had talked to her father thus would not know why she had to get out of there.
"Because you need your rest!" Caitlin snapped back. "I don't want you to die again!"
Roxanne paled "What?" she asked quietly.
Caitlin sighed. "Roxanne, when you were in surgery, you flat lined for over 2 minutes. The only reason they didn't stop trying to revive you was because I kept yelling at them and telling them that Megamind would be really pissed off if you died." she smiled at bit at this then continued. "They had finished giving you epinephrine and were packing up when you came back!" she cried throwing her hands in the air. "The doctors kind of stood there for a second trying to understand how you just popped back, but when I yelled at them again, they got right back to work."
Roxanne covered her mouth in an effort to try and calm down. "That's why I saw him." she whispered. Caitlin furrowed her brows in confusion, but didn't press the issue. Roxanne shook her head letting her smile show before she turned back to Caitlin and said "Listen Caitlin, I-"
"Roxanne!" Roxanne quickly turned around to see her mother, René Ritchi, running into the room with her arms out stretched. When she reached her daughter she enveloped her in a hug starting to cry. "I'm so glad you're alive!"
"Chill mom, she not going anywhere." Roxanne looked over to see her younger sister by two years, Rachel Pocket walk into the room. Rachel winked at her showing her that she was happy to see her alive as well.
"What are you doing here!?" Roxanne asked bewildered. Her family lived in a completely different state!
"Roxanne!" Her mother cried "Why wouldn't we be?!"
"Didn't Caitlin tell you, she called us?" Rachel asked.
Roxanne slowly turned around and glared at Caitlin who wore a very sheepish grin. "I forgot to tell you your family's here." Roxanne glared harder "Surprise." Caitlin said, trying to defuse her anger. She knew how much Roxanne and her mother didn't get along concerning a certain blue hero.
"I knew something like this would happen!" Her mother scoffed, drawing Roxanne's attention back to her.
"What do you mean?" she asked, raising an eyebrow in suspicion.
"Well," her mother began "if you were dating someone normal this never would've happened." Her mother said delicately.
Roxanne glared at her mother and growled "This wasn't Megamind's fault, mother. It was Chaos'." Her mother opened her mouth to speak, but Roxanne wasn't done. "In fact if it wasn't for Megamind, I would probably be dead. So the next time you open your mouth, think about it first." she snapped.
René huffed "If your father were still alive he would agree with me! He never liked him either!"
Roxanne gasped. Her father had told her that her mother would say something... "Stop it!" she snapped. Her mother was a bit taken aback by this spout of anger to say anything. Which was good because Roxanne wasn't done. "You know that's not true. Dad did too like him! Don't you lie to me about that! He told me himself!" Her mother's mouth hung wide open, caught in her own lie. Caitlin had her mouth wide open too whereas Rachel was used to it. Before her mother could respond Roxanne turned back to Caitlin and said "Caitlin, I need your help. Well you please help me out of here?" Caitlin simply looked at her. "Please." Roxanne whispered "I need to get to Megamind. And I can't do it alone." she added swallowing her pride.
Caitlin blinked, surprised at those words, but it quickly vanished as a confident smile took its place. "You got it." Caitlin said, nodding her head. She then proceeded to help her get out of her wires and machines.
Suddenly one of the machines went off and about a dozen nurses came running into the room, bringing a defibrillator with them. "What are you doing?!" cried one of them.
"I'm leaving." Roxanne stated simply as Caitlin helped her up.
"What?!" the nurse, her mother, and sister cried. "I highly advise against that, Ms. Ritchi." the nurse said as the rest of them left. "You're still in intensive care. You still need to be in the hospital for at least another week or two."
Roxanne smiled at her "I'm fine, but thank you. I'll be checking out now."
"I'm sorry, Ms. Ritchi, but I'm not allowed to let you do that, at least without consent from your doctor and another person willing to take responsibility for your leaving." The nurse told her.
"I'll take responsibility for her." Caitlin said, pulling out a pen from her pocket "Where do I sign?"
"I'm sorry, but the doctor has to okay-"
"Then go get him." Roxanne said, interrupting the nurse. She was a bit startled at first, but then nodded and left the room.
"Roxanne, you are not leaving!" her mother said, finally finding her voice.
"Yes I am. I'm an adult now mother," Roxanne told her "I can take care of myself. And I'm leaving, whether you like it or not. Megamind needs me and I'm not about to let him down. He's never done that to me." she added with a loving smile at the memory of her beau.
With Caitlin by her side they headed for the door "Roxanne Ramona Ritchi," her mother began in a warning tone "I will not let you go and get yourself killed for some blue freak!"
Roxanne glared at her mother tears beginning to fall "He is not a freak, and I love him. He needs my help. And if you don't let me go," she closed her eyes for a moment gathering her courage until she opened them again, ready and determined "I'll never forgive you." René's eyes widened as Roxanne pushed past her and into the lobby.
..::-::..
After finally convincing the doctor that she was fine and that Caitlin would take care of her she and her camerawomen were on the road. "So where are we going?"
"To Megamind." Roxanne told her. "Where is he?"
Caitlin made a strange face at the mention of the hero and Roxanne didn't even know how to categorize it. "That's a great question." she finally said at last. "As soon as I know the answer, I'll be sure to tell you."
Roxanne raised an eyebrow "What do you mean?"
"Well," Caitlin began, she was trying to tell her as delicately as possible "he's been a no show for the past three days. Minion as well. The brain-bots have been pretty much non-existent too." Caitlin said.
Roxanne stared at her in shock "What?" she asked. "What do you mean, a no show? Don't you know where he is?"
"Nope. Nobody does." Caitlin said, shaking her head "I went to the lair like yesterday and he wasn't there. It was also kind-of dusty."
"We have to find him!" Roxanne told her, sure now more than ever that her father had been right.
"I agree with you 100%, but before that I think there's something you should see." Caitlin said, pulling up to the lair. Roxanne opened her mouth to ask Caitlin what she was doing, but Caitlin got out before she could. Roxanne joined her outside the car and followed her friend up to the secret entrance. Vaguely she registered that the sun was setting, but the thought left as soon as they entered. As they made their way inside Roxanne understood what Caitlin meant by 'kind-of dusty'. It was a mess in here. Clearly Minion hadn't been here for a least a few days. He never would've let the lair go like this. Caitlin began speaking again which brought the reporter back to the present. "Roxanne, I really don't know how to tell you this, but I'm going to try while I find the recordings."
Roxanne nodded telling her to continue. "Alright." she said simply.
The two women made their way to Megamind's big screen where Caitlin began combing through different things as she spoke. "This is very difficult to put into words lightly." Caitlin said rubbing her face in aggravation. This was really hard! Finally she asked "Have you ever been afraid of Megamind?"
Roxanne let out a snort. "No."
"Well I never was before either." Caitlin said nodding.
Roxanne froze "Before?" she questioned.
Caitlin sighed rubbing her face "Oh boy. Umm, you're his anchor, to, like, sanity." At Roxanne's confused face Caitlin sighed once more and looked at her "What I'm trying to say, Roxanne, is that, I think Megamind, is, losing it." Finally getting this out she added "I think he's going crazy."
Roxanne smiled "This is Megamind we're talking about here, he's always been crazy."
"No you don't understand!" Caitlin snapped. Roxanne was taken aback by this. She had never seen Caitlin act like this. "I have never in my life been so terrified of him." Roxanne's eyes widened "When we were at the park," Caitlin took a breath to steady herself "I've never seen him act like that. It's, it's like, aagh!" she said. "It's like Chaos has done something to him," she rubbed her face again exasperated. "I don't know how to explain it! He's, he's changed him, somehow." With that she pulled up several files on Megamind's computer and played them for Roxanne. They were all the interactions with Chaos and Megamind.
Roxanne's eyes widened as her face went pale with the realization of what Caitlin had said and what she was seeing. She now understood what her father had said. Megamind didn't needed to be saved from Chaos, he needed to be saved from himself! She had never seen him be so terrifying. Her father was right. Chaos does change people.
Shaking her head she also recalled that her father called her stubborn. If she had helped change him the first time, she was damn well going to do it this time! Megamind wasn't the only person who needed someone.
She needed him.