Chapter 11
Chapter 11
*M*E*G*A*M*I*N*D*
"This is good." Megamind mutters through a mouthful of shwarma. He could see that Natasha didn't like it too much, probably because of all the strong flavours, but the rest of them seemed to be enjoying it fairly well.
"Yeah." Tony agrees with a broad smile. Somehow, they had managed to convince the shop owner to whip them up some shwarma, probably since they saved the world just a few hours ago. Most of them had tried to clean up a little bit. Megamind had managed to find the invisible car and Minion...actually, he had run into it in a parking lot, and Minion had rushed up to hug him. It was a happy moment, sure, only broken by Tony's sarcastic call of 'Get a room!'.
Minion was kindly sitting next to Megamind, with his hands folded over his lap. He would eat it, but he wasn't sure how to go about it. Usually when he had to eat, Megamind put it into a special hatch that dispensed it into his bowl. But with the schwarma, it likely wouldn't taste good soggy.
They had invited Metro Man as well, but he had gone to try and negotiate his subtlety with Fury. He didn't want to be a hero again, and wanted to make sure he wouldn't publicize him.
The sun was slowly setting in the background, lighting the shop up in deep red. The Avengers just ate in companionable silence. Until the cellular phone rang from on of Minion's many hatches. Minion arched a green eyebrow and took it out, everyone watching him curiously.
"Um...Sir?" He asks apprehensively as it begins it's third ring. Megamind looks up, a bit of lettuce still in his mouth. "It's Ms. Ritchie"
Megamind's eyes widen, forgetting that he had promised to talk to her again later. He motions for Minion to hand him the phone, forcing the rest of the food down and flipping open the monster age phone that had Tony wincing. "Hey Roxie." He says happily, attempting to sound nonchalant.
"Hey?!" Roxanne yells over the phone, everyone looking over with wide eyes. "Is that all you have to say to me?! Hey?! Don't you think i'd like to know when you go to New York to fight aliens?!"
"Um...how did you even find out?" Megamind asks warily over the phone.
"What do you mean how?!" She yells angrily. "You guys are plastered ALL over the news! They even want me to do a report on how you and Iron Man got out of the wormhole alive!"
"So...do you wanna come down to New York...?" Megamind asks again, still sounding unsure about what he's saying.
"Of course i'm coming down! You'd probably wind up getting arrested without me there!"
"I stopped getting arrested 5 months, 16 days, 4 hours, 51 minutes and 10 seconds ago." Megamind says back cockily.
Tony arches a brow and looks over at Bruce who sighs and shrugs.
"You only have connections with the cops in Metro City Megamind." Roxanne reminds. "Out in New York, you'll get arrested for possession of illegal weapons, contraband, and basically anything else on you. Probably even public indecency!"
"So, are you coming down here then?" Megamind asks hopefully.
"Yes." Roxanne sighs. "I'll be there tomorrow, 9 am."
"Okay! I'll see you then Rox-" He says, cutting off when Roxanne hangs up abruptly. "-ie...well, she doesn't need to be rude." He objects snarkily.
"So, who was that?" Tony asks cockily, leaning over the table with a smirk, the rest tuning into the conversation again.
"That was Ms. Roxanne Ritchie." Minion responds as he takes to cellular phone back from Megamind. "She's Sirs girlfriend."
Tony smiles and looks at Megamind, the alien blushing lightly and turning to Minion with an indignant look.
"What?" Minion asks innocently. "They were bound to find out eventually, why not just tell them the truth?"
Megamind snorts and turns away from the fish. Tony chuckles and shovels a bit more of the schwarma into his mouth, for once enjoying other people's company.
"Hey, Tony?" Megamind asks casually as they leave the wrecked restaurant. "You still holding up that offer to lend me your labs for a bit?"
Tony looks over from where he had been calling Happy to get him. "Of course. Whenever Tony Stark makes an offer, it always stands."
"Great!" Megamind says brightly, a large smile growing on his face. "Cause if me and Minion are gonna be in New York for a while, we'll need a place to stay, and the hero gig doesn't really pay too well."
"Well, the top three floors are a little out of order, but i'd say we still have room for an alien and a fish." He says, scratching his chin and rolling his eyes. "Seriously, do you even have to ask? I could probably fit all of New York in the first five floors!"
"Don't forget Ms. Ritchie, Mr. Stark." Minion adds in from the sidewalk as a limo slowly rolls up, the slightly heavy man inside staring in shock at the alien and fish conversing with his boss.
"Oh, that'll be Happy." Tony says, unfolding his cracked sunglasses from his pocket. "You guys need a ride then?"
"No, we'll follow you in the invisible car." Megamind says, walking with Minion to the slight glimmer in front of the schwarma restaurant.
"So, here we are." Tony says and motions theatrically to the huge tower in front of them. "Sorry about the bad first impression by the way, what with you having to fight Reindeer Games in here."
"No problemo." Megamind says whole heartedly, waving his hand and smiling as Minion takes his time to admire the building now that they weren't in immediate peril.
"I'm afraid we should all rest soon though, Sirs." Minion says respectably to them from the side, pointing to the clock that read 11:30 PM. "We do have to get up at eight to go get Ms. Ritchie."
"I thought she got here at nine?" Megamind asks skeptically, raising a single brow curiously.
"Well, we have to get breakfast, coffee, drive over there, get through security, which will obviously be nigh impossible, given your track record." Minion lists almost sarcastically.
"Okay, we get it!" Megamind interrupts. "Well, I guess he has a point. Where do we go Tony?" He asks Tony who had been watching Minion, getting the odd sense that him and JARVIS would get along very well.
"Extra bedrooms are on the 17th floor. Kitchen is 15, i'll be on floor 17 too, given my penthouse was utterly destroyed." Tony says with a sigh, remembering the destruction he had come home to.
"Thank you Mr. Stark." Minion says with an innocent smile.