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Megamind had been having an off week, nothing had quite gone as planned. Delay after delay as he fought to get first the parts he needed and then had the contraption literally explode in his face. So there was downtime and healing and Minion being a worried nanny. But damn it! He desperately needed to get this plot moving!

As Minion was putting the final touches on the slap dash ‘tourture’ device Roxanne would be strapped to today, Megamind prepared to kidnap Miss Ritchi himself. This was the easy part. He just needed to surprise her and get her in the car. And hope to god she wasn’t in a bad mood or wearing stilettos.  That was a lesson he only needed to learn once.

Back against the wall of the alley where he’d parked the invisible car, he waited for her to exit the news station. According to her work schedule that he’d hacked from her computer, she should be done from work about now…

Roxanne is just wrapping up for the night, having put out a few queries for interview appointments with the Mayor and the warden of Metro City Prison on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. She’s just replying to a text from her mother as she logs out for the night and elbows her way out the front of the station door, waffling over how firm to be with her response. She really does NOT want to get dragged into Thanksgiving dinner at the old family friend’s house, an hour away, but it’s not like she has an actual excuse to use.

Roxanne sighs and sends it off, leaving it as a “maybe.”

Readying the can of knockout spray, Megamind shook it up. The sound of the rattle proved that this was yet another thing that was going to pile problem after problem on his week. The can was empty.

Muttering under his breath, “Horrible creation of science! How hard is it to pack a refill?” he angrily tossed the can away, only to flinch at the noise it made. But it was far too late to come up with a new plan now, there was Roxanne! Cursing internally, he dodged out of sight, heart pounding. 

It had to be now. Dashing out from the shadows, he grabbed Roxanne from behind. With one hand over her mouth, Megamind pulled her back into the alley.