Chapter 6
Chapter Six:
*M*E*G*A*M*I*N*D*
Megamind had finally gotten into his familiar villainous cape. And still no one had told him what to do. So he decided to just go Tony with the broken turbine, I mean, who could ever manage to fix a machine that was broken with Steve there? The guy was like a five year old when it came to modern technology.
But, he had not been in many rooms other than the lab in the time he was here. Why would he even bother? The lab had everything he had ever wanted, great technology, smart people. The only thing it was missing was Roxanne. But there was nothing he could do about that.
So it was just inevitable that he got lost in the twisting metal staircases and hallways. He was a little distracted every now and then when he saw something that caught his eye.
Suddenly a deep throated roar rang out through the ship, and Megamind froze. "What the..." He mutters, but shrugs. Maybe that Thor guy ran into a wall. It seemed like something he would do. "Prolly' nothing."
"Mind!" Rings over the intercom, Megamind flinching as the idiot yelled into the earpiece he had grabbed. "We need you to keep an eye on Loki!"
"Huh?" Megamind asks through the com. The other man was obviously Fury, but there was no time to fight right now, with the helicarrier falling out of the sky. "Why? I was gonna check on Tony?"
"This is obviously one of Loki's plans." Fury responds over the com. "We need to make sure that he doesn't get away. Where are you?"
"Um..." Megamind hums, looking around the dully lit room he was in. "I dunno. The boiler room or something?"
"Be careful." Fury growls, only this time he sounds genuinly concerned. "The hulk is down there. Natasha was able to get away, but he and Thor are down there now."
"Yeah..." Megamind says, starting to dash out of the metal room. "So, i'm gonna get out of here as fast as I can."
"You do that." Fury pointlessly reminds. "And get to Loki!"
Megamind sighs in exasperation as Fury cuts the connection. "That guy is ticking like a time bomb."
Halfway to the exit, an enormous green shape goes flying through the boxes to his left, Megamind screaming, only to cover his mouth and stare at the hulk who quickly attempts to pick up Thor's hammer. Megamind glances around, Thor pointing to the door, motioning for Megamind to get out.
It only took 20 seconds to get to the door, since he was running for his life. Luckily though, he did know how to get to Loki's cell. Since he had been there just yesterday.
He didn't run into many people on the way. Only a few soldiers who pointed him in the right way. "Hey!" Two soldiers yell, dressed differently then the rest. "You're supposed to be on the roof!"
"Am I?" Megamind asks, scratching his head curiously. If they kept changing where he was supposed to go, he'd never get there.
So Megamind was forced to turn around again, walling down yet another hallway. The sounds of explosions were becoming more and more clear the closer he rose to the door that led to the outside.
They must still be attacking. Guess that's why they sent him out here. Still, it was a pain to walk around with the machines on his feet and hands, and he couldn't fly in such cramped quarters. He'd just wind up blowing something up. Probably himself.
The moment he stepped onto the concrete landing pad that tooped the ship, he could smell burning gasoline, ashes floating in the air and bits of metal littering the ground. He couldn't help but wonder what the set off up here.
A huge explosion sets off once more, Megamind whipping his head to stare at a perfect mirror image of him, the only difference being the brown eyes instead of green."What...?" Megamind wonders out loud, only to stop almost immediatly. "What're you doing Music Man?!"
The image cocks his head, watching Megamind intently. "What do you think i'm doing?" He asks, a small laser shooting from his eyes to destroy a plane behind Megamind.
"Stop this!" Megamind yells and rushes forward, the machinery allowing him to go forward at a speed much higher than any normal human/alien. "You were a hero, what the hell?!"
Music Man scowls and flies forward as well. Megamind knew that he didn't stand much of a chance if they had the same exact powers. Music Man had much more practice with them then he did.
It was so strange of Music Man to stay silent. They were both so used to having a back and forth to pay attention to, and yet here they were silently trying to stop one another. But there was a difference in their fighting styles. Megamind was fighting, yes, but he was also trying to find out why Music Man was even fighting him. But Music Man was fighting to kill.
Megamind had never had to deal with the hero actually trying to kill him. Now, the image of him was trying to thrust his fists through him, to smash him head to the ground, or to toss him off the edge.
They were exchanging blows. Megamind had hardly managed to dodge his way away from them though, much less try to give him a soft blow in return.
"Megamind." A voice says calmly from behind him, and Megamind turns in shock in time to see Loki smirking, before Music Man finally manages to hit the back of his head, the small alien falling to the ground.
"So, you're Metro Man." Loki says to the image of Megamind.
"Sorry boss." Coulson chuckles morbidly. "They got rabbited."
"Just stay awake." Fury says to the delirious man in his arms. "EYES ON ME!"
"No." Coulson responds, his voice only getting quieter. "I'm clocked out over here."
"Not an option." Fury growls out. "Goddamn it, where did that moronic alien go?!"
"It's okay, boss. This was never going to work... if they didn't have something... to..." He whispers, unable to finish his last sentence as the medical team emerges from the door.
In the briefing room, all of the ones left on the ship were gathered. Fury was in the front, holding a small pile of cards. Steve, Tony, and Megamind were sitting there. But something seemed...off about the alien. They couldn't place it, but something seemed different. "These were in Coulson's jacket." Fury says and tosses thecards onto the table. "Guess he never did get you to sign them."
Steve can only look at the worn out trading cards, regret deeply written in his eyes. Tony was watching, clearly upset. But Megamind was simply staring at Fury, brown eyes blank and unnerving.
"We're dead in the air up here. Our communications, location of the cube, Banner, Thor. I got nothing for you. Lost my one good eye. Maybe I had that coming." Fury says, and glances at the people around the table. "Yes, we were going to build an arsenal with the Tesseract. I never put all my chips on that number though, because I was playing something even riskier. There was an idea, Stark knows this, called THE AVENGERS INITIATIVE. The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people, see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to, to fight the battles that we never could. Phil Coulson died still believing in that idea, in heroes." Tony suddenly stands up abruptly. Glowering and storming out of the room. "Well, it's an old fashioned notion."