Fox stood there, his artificial tail flicking just like that of a real fox. His arms crossed over his chest as he popped his hip and raised a single brow. The smirk on his lips forward the tips of his sharpened canines to poke through. He scoffs a moment before speaking, shoulders lifting as he does.
❛ Nice one. ❜ he says, in response to the comeback, sarcasm d r i p p i n g off that tongue of his before he looks up at Miss Richie. ❛ Besides, tha lady ain’t gotta be taken ta be a vixen does she? ❜ He muses, winking at her before he unfolds his arms and shifts his weight into his other hip as he puts a hand on the extended hip and uses the other to make hand gestures as he speaks.
❛ I’m talkin’ bout tha missin’ “hero” –– ❜ He puts finger quotations around it. ❛ –– an’ tha missin’ thugs too. Ya want the info or not, big blue? ❜
Gripping the rail Megamind glared down at the kid, he was about to shout back another insult but the mention of ‘missing’ had him furrowing his brow, “Why should I care is some idiots have decided to abandon post? It just means that I’m no longer required to stare at their grotesque features when they appear on the news.”
He was lying through his teeth, already he was planning on jumping down and demanding info. Roxanne saw the shift in his body language and rolled her eyes, “I’m obviously not needed for this, I’m going to…”
Her tired brain caught up as she registered what was said. Fuck. Her reporter instinct caught the edge of the story and latched on. No way she could sleep now. Arms crossed she left it at raising an eyebrow at the boy. She really was too tired for this, but she wasn’t going to be left out.
Todd had never been the best at this whole hero thing. Not that he wanted to either! But people had seen the red-head running around in a fox suit and suddenly everyone was quick to jump to the conclusion that The Fox was friendly. Inside a week the news was reporting that the teenager had begun biting fingers and slaying people who… didn’t have any criminal histories. Not that they knew of anyway.
Todd always made sure to cover his tracks, make sure the cops knew why he had done what he did and most of the time it worked in getting him away from the cops. He was, after all, just a teenager. A homeless one in fact –– which made tracking down Todd Rebane even more complicated than it was to track the Fox.
He had come to this residence with one goal in mind. He had wanted to find out what happened to a few of the top crooks he had been hunting. Some of them just outright disappeared –– and Metro-Man along with them… He figured he’d start at Miss Richie’s place. Turns out Mega-Mind had a similar idea. Looming around the corner of the apartment complex, Todd pressed his back to the wall and looked around the corner with a grin.
❛ Psssssttt. ❜ A small little voice came from Todd’s shoulder. His Kwami –– a miniature God, which helped him become the fox –– was trying to get his attention. Todd only gave him a quick glance but that didn’t stop the Kwami. ❛ Think we can take him? ❜ Zipp asked, snickering. Todd rolled his eyes and poked the Kwami’s nose, who simply looked like a fox beanie-baby.
❛ Shush. ❜ Todd says, looking back around the corner with curiosity. He found himself growing bold and he slowly came around the corner, whistling loudly. Though apparently not loud enough. He came to stand directly below the balcony before he whistled sharply to get their attention.
❛ Eh! ❜ He shouts, just in case. ❛ Ya know I might have some info about that, Blue-Butt. ❜
The whistle finally caught Megamind’s attention along with the shout. Leaning over the edge, he glared down. Just great, another costumed person to deal with. Fox… why did that sound familiar.
“Know your turf orange-face! I assure you this isn’t it. Miss Ritchi is already taken,” he shouted down referring to both the fact that she was ‘dating’ a hero and his exclusive kidnappee.
Roxanne threw her hands up, dripping with sarcasm, “Oh just perfect.”
Roxanne crossed her and glared at the blue man sitting on her balcony railing. It would be so easy to just push the asshole off the ledge and be done with him, “What is it Megamind, you are being cryptic and I am far to tired for this shit, alright? It’s god awful in the morning and some of us have actual jobs!”
“You’re his ‘girlfriend’ you should know something!” Megamind leaned forward instantly, barely hanging onto the edge onto the railing he was perching on. They both knew that Roxanne wasn’t actually dating Metro Man, well Syx did now anyway, but she’d still been closer to Wayne for longer that the blue man had been, “You have to know what’s going on with him! Go call him up or talk to him or something!”
Roxanne pinched the bridge of her nose, teeth gritted, as she pulled her thin robe closer around her to cover her pajamas. Even after the revelation, the villain before her seemed to refuse to accept that her and Wayne Scott had never had a close relationship. She had coworkers she was closer with than Wayne, “I’m going back to bed.”
“Hey!” Megamind shouted as she turned to leave, lunging forward to stop her from entering her apartment, “Miss Ritchi, this is important.”
Pulling away from him, Roxanne glared at the super villain, “Oh dear god Megamind, I swear to god if you kidnap me to have this conversation I will drive one of those spikes through your foot.”
Both were so caught up in their heated debate they were completely unaware that they had company…
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