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With the sun rising steadily and thawing out some of the snow from the night before, it's the perfect time to try out something fresh…and it certainly has been a while, Megamind thinks. Much too long, actually.
The hoverbike's cloaking is quite useful in the daytime, allowing Megamind to ride straight up to the patio of Harrison's home and park the bike quietly. Stepping off of it, the invisibility cloaking glitches off of his body and sticks to the bike as he takes a moment to straighten out his winter costume and fluffs the collar. He moves to the windowed patio door, heavy boots crunching the thin layer of snow beneath them. Taking a short moment to glance inside and double check for Wayne's presence, he grins smugly and knocks against the frame of the glass doors with the backs of his gloved knuckles.
Harrison is up and moving around, though with the light sheen of snow on the patio and window sills, he's moving a bit slower than usual. He's simply happy that he'd managed to get dressed, though his suit coat is folded over the stool next to him.
Wayne had had an early morning and was already up and gone, so Harrison sits alone at his kitchen counter, sipping Minion's expertly-made hot cocoa and munching on a toasted blueberry bagel with cream cheese.
He's idly paging through the Wall Street Journal when he hears an unexpected knock on his patio door and looks up to see his friend standing out there in the snow. Harrison heads over to open the sliding glass door without a second thought.
"Hey good lookin'. You stop by for some early morning cocoa?" Harrison asks the villain, gesturing for him to come inside.
"You could say that," Megamind answers with an amused smirk, stepping inside casually. "Mm, is Wayne out…?"
"Yeah, 6 AM patrol," Harrison says, making a face of distaste as he closes the door behind him. "Want a bagel? I also have a few cherry cheese danish if you'd rather sweets."
As tempting as that is, Megamind has his own schedule to stick to. "Actually…" There's a sudden click and whirr of Megamind's De-Gun turning on as he pulls it out and points it at Harrison's chest, grinning. "You might want your jacket. It's cold outside, you know." His voice is low, almost a purr. He's completely in The Game— much like he has been many times before.
Harrison gives Megamind a quizzical look as he regards the gun. "Uh, you planning to stick me to a wall again? 'Cuz I swear, the groping curse is over."
"Not quite," Megamind answers, much more confidently than usual. His stare is serious as he repeats himself. "Jacket or no? Your choice, Harrison."
Harrison is still confused, but he doesn't perceive the situation as threatening, not when Megamind is exuding such confidence and calm. "Uhh, jacket, I suppose. If we're going outside." He walks back to the island to put on his suit coat, quickly tying his tie and grabbing the other half of his bagel. "So, where are we going, pet?"
Megamind's gun doesn't lower as he waits patiently, smirking. "You'll see, and you'll be pleasantly surprised, I imagine." He rudely plucks the unfinished bagel from Harrison's hand, popping the bite into his mouth.
"Hey!" Harrison squeaks indignantly as Megamind steals the rest of his breakfast right out of his hand.
The movement frees up Megamind's non-gun-holding hand, which, in one swift motion, pulls the chloroform knock-out spray from the back of his belt, catching Harrison in the face with a full dose of the stuff.
The spray makes Harrison cough, but he doesn't have time to reply as he slumps forward.
Megamind tosses the can aside and rushes forward to catch the other blue man before he can hurt himself from falling. He slowly lays Harrison down on the floor. That had worked out much better than he'd expected; typically this sort of thing was Minion's job, but Megamind hadn't wanted the fish to somehow get trapped up here by the various security measures in the place.
He points his De-Gun toward Harrison's unconscious form, quickly De-Hydrating him, and then kneels down to retrieve the glowing blue cube. He pockets it in his coat and quickly turns back to the patio door, finishing the bagel just as he reaches the hoverbike again.
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It's not long before Megamind is back at ground level, hiding in one of the many empty, abandoned buildings only a block from the Metro City Mall. The lighting is awful inside— in fact, it's completely dark— but for a blue man like himself, eyesight is not as much of an issue in the dark as it would have been for a human. Harrison is no longer a glowing cube, and Megamind is doing the finishing touches of securely strapping the other alien down to something large, robotic, and moving slightly…rhythmically, as if it's breathing. Not that Harrison can see anything yet. There is a lot of low ambient noise from within the building, not so loud as to be heard outside, but enough for the empty, echoing room to amplify it.
Once Harrison is tightly secured to the contraption, Megamind claps his hands together in amusement, rubbing them excitedly as he bounces in place. It won't be too long until Harrison wakes. And then...it's showtime.
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Harrison's sleep is dark and deep, though at some point he starts to feel the pinpricks of consciousness. Or more like...the vibrations? He's aware he's lying down, and that whatever he is laying on is hard but moving. He lets out a low groan and opens his eyes. It's blessedly dark but he's still too out of it to see much.
Harrison tries to move but he can't. At first, he assumes it's because he's still sleeping, but it doesn't take him long to realize he is actually restrained. He lets out a confused whine as further consciousness greets him. The last thing he remembers was Megamind stealing…
"My bagel!" Harrison says abruptly, looking around in disorientation.
"Eaten!" Megamind chirps happily, jumping up from out of nowhere, possibly just because he had been waiting eagerly beside the bot for his shining moment.
"Gah, Jesus Christ!" Harrison exclaims as Megamind jumps up out of thin air.
Megamind's feet land on the oddly-moving metal below the both of them, his thick winter boots resting beside Harrison's ankles. He looks rather smug and proud of himself. He didn't want his creation to go to waste, after all.
"What the hell is going on here?" Harrison demands, flexing under what is clearly some type of binding.
Megamind kneels down over Harrison, not touching him, just getting closer to him and grinning.
"Don't tell me you've already forgotten!"
"Forgotten what?" Harrison replies, starting to get irritated. "This isn't funny."
"It's not meant to be funny," Megamind says, "well, for the two of you, anyway." Looking smug, he snaps his fingers sharply, which echoes through the building. Within seconds, the room lights up from twenty or so sets of red, glowing eyes. Once all are lit up and the low hum of machinery becomes a much louder whirr of robotic creatures seemingly come to life, it is clearly visible to Harrison that the robotic creatures are, predictably enough, giant, car-sized hedgehogs, complete with large metal quills laying flat against their backs and bear-trap teeth similar to the brainbots'. "It seemed appropriate, don'tcha think?"
Once the light of the robot's eyes illuminates the room, Harrison understands. "Oh my god, this is my kidnapping isn't it?" he asks breathlessly. "Holy…you made me hedgehog robots? That's..." he trails off for a moment, trying to think of the right word.
Megamind raises an eyebrow, still grinning proudly. "Incredible? Ingenious? Inconceivable?"
"Adorable!" Harrison finishes. "They look so cute! Okay, a creepy kind of cute, but still. Turn on the lights, I want to get a better look." He rolls and strains in an attempt to see better.
Megamind's grin turns into a frown. Yes, they are… adorable, sure…but this plan requires evil, not adorable! "Hey!" Megamind huffs, stomping a foot. "These are menacing, steel-jawed, quilled beasts of certain stabby death!" He wiggles his fingers at Harrison to demonstrate.
Harrison giggles and smiles, highly amused by Megamind's theatrics. "Okay, pet. Certain stabby death, check. So how does this work now?"
"Well, as it typically goes, when I give the signal, my camera bots begin recording us to taunt and essentially bring out Metro Man. It doesn't take long. Particularly in this case." He holds up his arm at chest-level, revealing a small metal band of sorts around his wrist, under the disguise watch. There are a series of small buttons on it in different colors, and he presses a few of them.
All of the hedgebots respond at once, aside from the one they are currently on top of. The sharp, flat "quills'' on the bots' backs shift to point outwards, revealing many smaller quills underneath. Like this, the bots really do resemble gigantic, very pointy, hedgehogs, albeit ones equipped with projectiles. "We are going to do a bit of vandalism." Another few button presses cause the quills to lay back down on all of the robots.
Harrison nods as Megamind explains, eyes wide as he watches the quills pop up and down. "Wow," he mutters, "you really went all out."
Megamind jumps down off of Harrison's hedgebot, grinning as he looks over his shoulder at him. "I did. Oh, and by the way, I considered Scott Manor for our venue, but that seemed a bit too obvious."
Harrison smiles deviously when Megamind mentions Scott Manor.
Megamind moves towards the large closed metal entryway and pauses next to the button that would open it up and allow his robots to run free. He looks at the band on his wrist again, then looks over his shoulder one last time. "Anyway. Do try to look scared. It might actually help the idiot remember to do his job."
"Oh, I promise a commanding performance," Harrison said with a devilish smile, before dropping his face to a more frightened look that said, very convincingly, 'Help me!'
Megamind's grin turns completely wicked at Harrison's willingness to play along. With a few more button presses, all of the hedgebots move towards the doorway together. Then Megamind slams a palm against the door's button, hopping up on top of Harrison's robot as the others scurry around it, bear-trap jaws snapping threateningly at the nearest citizens outside.
The civilians immediately flee in terror. Megamind does a fist-pump to see his plan working just as planned, and the hedgebot he's riding finally moves forward and out of the building to join the rest of the group.
As he balances on the hedgebot's back, with practiced ease from a lifetime of balancing on his brainbots and other creations, Megamind presses a few more buttons on his wrist and looks up excitedly to see the first few hedgebots headbutt – and effectively rip their way though – lampposts, fire hydrants, and the nearest parked cars. They're heading towards the Metro City Mall.
Megamind whistles down the nearby camera brainbot that had been waiting outside for his signal, motioning for the camerabot to begin broadcasting their actions to the entire city. Their directive: hijacking any channel available to them. Reaching out to the underside of the camerabot, Megamind draws it closer as he gives the camera his best menacing smile, brows lowered with amusement.
"We interrupt this program to bring you something actually worth watching: Me!" He touches his other hand to his chest as the other hand gently holds the floating camerabot. "It's been a while, hasn't it? Well, in case any of you have forgotten, I am Megamind, Incredibly Handsome Criminal Genius and Master of All Villainy! And as such, I would like to make it clear that I do not take threats kindly." He nudges the camera to focus on the hedgebots and the damage they are causing in the city. As they watch, the hedgebot headbutts a car's side and literally throws it across the street.
Megamind nudges the camerabot to focus on himself again. "Metro Mahn, you have two minutes and twenty-nine seconds to get here before the Metrocity Mall is leveled to the ground! But in case that isn't enough for you—" he nudges the bot to point at Harrison beside him for a small moment, long enough to make it clearly visible that there is, in fact, another blue man in Wayne's life— "if you stall, my hedgebot here will be more than happy to impale your handsome blue boyfriend on a bed of quills. I would suggest not stalling, if I were you!"
Behind him, Harrison watches, legitimately impressed by the coordinated display, if not the destruction. He listens politely while Megamind gives his speech and has to suppress his giggles at several intervals. When the camera focuses on him, he knows it's showtime.
"Help me, Metro Man!" Harrison calls, playing the perfect frightened victim. "Please! He has me at the whims of his evil machines!" Then he ruins the damsel-in-distress performance by batting his eyes at the camera flirtatiously. "Machines ready to shove their hard metal quills into me over and over again!" He gives the camera a decidedly naughty smile.
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Having done little more that day than help put out a fire and stop a few crimes, Metro Man is bored out of his skull, so Megamind's voice suddenly blaring from every TV in the entire city is actually a welcome distraction. He can't help but grin as he drifts down to watch the super villain's little speech. 'I'm going to destroy X-noun if you don't get here by X-time and here is my hostage,' yada, yada, yada. He's heard it a million times before, but hell if his heart isn't leaping at the chance to do this dance again.
(Wayne does have to put a hand over his face to cover his blush as Harrison flirts with the camera, though. The man just can't help himself, can he? Oh, good justice this was going to be an interesting battle.) Shaking his head, Metro Man pieces his composure together as he flies toward the blue duo.
He drops down to block the path of the…wait, is that a hedgehog robot? (Seriously? Walking pincushions? Well, they can't be worse than the kittens.) Cue Canned Smile Number One and a suitably heroic pose. "Don't panic, Harrison, I'm here to save you!"
Megamind is in a bit of a state. "Oh that's just…no…!" He makes a face at Harrison's attempt to flirt on air, batting the camerabot away.
The camerabot floats out some and gets a nice shot of the two blue men, and of Wayne, landing with his usual heroic entrance. Megamind smirks and spins in place, amused. "Ah-ah-ah!" He holds out a finger at Wayne, tone going much more serious as he hops down off the hedgebot. "It won't be that easy, Metro Man! Come too close to my robot here, and it will assume it's an attack. All of them are programmed to spike up when they are near you, so I wouldn't try saving your blue boyfriend just yet…" He glances up at Harrison, amused. "Unless you enjoy the idea of adding a few new holes to him…" His grin at Harrison goes a bit flirty, retaliating against his previous pervy commentary.
The nearest hedgebot stops and turns to face Wayne, its metal jaw snapping angrily at him, and its quills jutting out as it charges him with a headbutt full of metal spikes.
Harrison beams at Megamind's antics, and especially at the fact that he batted the camera away from the tableau. Mission accomplished. And he has to admit that programming the machines to spike when Wayne gets near is a smart way to keep him in "danger," especially since he isn't sure how much Megamind knows about Wayne's super speed. But it's Megamind's attempts at flirting that spark a smirk in the blue man even though he is tied to a machine of ostensible evil. Challenge accepted.
"Please, save me Wayne!" Harrison calls, hamming it up. "Before his robots have their wicked way with me!"
"Forgive me for not being intimidated by walking pinecones," Wayne mutters. He doesn't, however, get any closer. It's a known fact that Megamind always has redundant mechanisms in place to protect hostages, and so of course Harrison is going to be perfectly safe, but Wayne is still hesitant to test that. Besides, it's more fun to play along and add some drama to these things.
"Don't panic, Harrison!" says Metro Man, loudly. With a concerned look, he heroically puts his foot up to stop the robot's progress.
Harrison is batting his eyelashes into the camera. Megamind rolls his eyes and turns to glare at the other blue man. "Are we still keeping this PG, or is that a foreign concept to you?" He turns back just in time to see the charging hedgebot crashing head-first into Wayne's foot, stopping dead in its tracks while the spikes on its head bend back underneath the superhero's strength.
The hedgebot whines and pulls back, metal feet tearing up chunks of the road in the process. The bot stays focused on Metro Man, and behind the superhero are two others raising their spikes and preparing to attack.
Harrison simply waggles his eyebrows at Megamind this time, not even bothering to repress his smirk at the villain lecturing him about keeping it clean in front of the hero. Then his attention is called to what little he can see of Wayne smashing into the intricate robots.
Harrison watches with a technician's eye. Everything about the hedgebots is perfectly welded and polished, quills of steel glinting in the chilly winter sunshine. He's glad Megamind made him bring his coat. Not only does Harrison look good in it, but he's already quite chilled and he would be downright freezing without it.
He can't help but smile at his boyfriend winning, but he does feel a bit of bittersweetness in the victory. So much work and genius went into these robots, and it's all pissed away with every smash of mangled metal.
Metro Man doesn't even shift as the bot crumples beneath his boot sole. Though, that whine does make him wonder if these are cyborgs like the brainbots. (He'd rather not accidentally 'kill' them if they are more than just AI.) "I realize my boyfriend can be quite distracting," he says, "but I thought the snappy comebacks were supposed to be for your rival."
Megamind decides to just ignore Harrison's flirting, since Wayne has made a good point. He mockingly retorts, "Rival? I don't see a rival here."
Wayne ignores the jab. With one bot on the retreat and two others moving up for a crack at him, he turns to face them. He's not intimidated by them in the least, though he is curious as to what other little tricks they might have; after all, simple retractable spikes would be far too simple for Megamind.
But instead of doing something new, the two hedgebots charge, attempting to copy the first and headbutt the hero with their spiky metal heads.
Megamind continues. "So, Metro Man, does that mean you're done moping now?"
Wayne fumes. He did not go there. Megamind seriously went there? Oh-ho, the gloves are off. He pauses a moment to side-kick one robot into the other, sending them both flying, then turns his full attention to the villain. "Wait, wait, wait. Who's gone a year without terrorizing the city? I've been doing my job, protecting people. You're going to stand there and say that I was moping, when this is the first kidnapping you've done since we arrived in this dimension? And don't you dare give any 'but our Roxanne isn't here' garbage. There are other Roxannes here, and you know I'd come for any hostage if you couldn't kidnap a Roxanne. You've just been sulking in your Lair!"
Megamind smirks. He's getting under Wayne's skin; a favorite pastime! "Ohhh ho ho, believe me, 'sulking' has been the last thing I've been up to!" He cocks an amused eyebrow at Metro Man. "Besides, where's the fun in a kidnapping if it isn't someone near and dear to you, hm? That would just be too easy!" To annoy both members of his audience, Megamind reaches up to flick the side of Harrison's head. He knows Wayne hates it when he treats Harrison this way.
Meanwhile, more hedgebots approach Metro Man slowly from a distance, appearing to not learn from the previous robots' lesson.
Scowling at Megamind, Wayne hovers. He doesn't appreciate the man's flippant attitude to his remarks or that flick to Harrison's head. The villain never pulled that crap with any of the women he thought Metro Man was dating, so why should Harrison be any different? Megamind's attitude does, however, remind Wayne that he's not supposed to be acting all serious in front of the cameras. "Easy like how easily you are going to be defeated? Just because it's been a year doesn't mean I'm as rusty as your little toys here."
With that, Metro Man picks up one of the bots and throws it at Megamind with careful precision so that it misses Harrison and lands belly-side down. He wants to bruise his rival, not impale him.
Seeing a spiky robot the size of a small car being thrown his way pulls a yelp out of Megamind as he scurries onto Harrison's hedgebot, just barely missing the flying metal creature before it hits the pavement and proceeds to carve giant marks in the asphalt as it struggles to skid to a stop.
Swallowing hard, Megamind laughs and stands on top of Harrison's hedgebot, carelessly standing over – but not on top of – the other blue man. He preens a bit, then replies mockingly, "Considering how much grey your hair has after only a year, I beg to differ!"
The thrown hedgebot shakes its head as if shaking off dizziness, then charges Wayne again.
Since he'd rather banter than constantly have to stop and crush tenacious pincushions, Wayne opts to float higher, hovering a short distance out of the reach of the bots' extended spikes. Metro Man smoothes the hair over one temple, not embarrassed by his silver locks in the least. "You're right, Megamind. I didn't think I could look any more distinguished, but clearly I was wrong."
For his part, Megamind snorts and leans back with over-exaggerated dramatics. "Is that what they call it these days? Let's hope being 'distinguished' makes you immune to dying from old age… Or, perhaps, suffering a broken hip?"
The hedgebot stops its charge and moves below Wayne, intent on stabbing him if he drifts low enough.
Wayne bites back a comment about limping. It's best to not go there with the cameras rolling, however tempting it is.
"Perhaps you'd like a broken jaw to go with your broken humor?" Making a fist, Metro Man glances at it, then back at Megamind to get the point across.
Megamind's not bothered by the threat, leaning forward as he mocks proudly, "The jaws of evil are strong enough to take any punch you throw!"
Smirking, Wayne rests his fists on his hips, akimbo. God, how he's missed this. Over a year since they had a proper battle and a couple months since Megamind's other attack that straightened his powers out. "The jaws of evil can't compare to the shining teeth of justice!" Cue canned smile number three.
Megamind couldn't possibly agree more, unable to resist grinning like an idiot… even while knowing fully well that this fight can't possibly end without giving him a bruise or two— at the very least. "Justice can't protect your teeth from rotting under the carbonated bev-err-ahge of evil!"
"It's 'beverage'. And that can easily be prevented by proper brushing with minty goodness." On the plus side of this randomness, it might promote good dental hygiene among younger viewers.
Megamind has almost completely forgotten Harrison by this point, as well as the confused hedgebots watching them both. "Even the best dental hygiene can fall victim to the horror of cavities!"
"Girls, girls, you're both pretty!" Harrison loudly interrupts with an exaggerated sigh from his neglected bindings on top of the hedgebot.
"Eh?!" Megamind's eyes widen before he looks down at the other blue man laying between his own feet, memory refreshed. "OH! Uhm, yes. Back to business!" He lifts his arm to tap another sequence of buttons on his wristband, which causes all of the nearby hedgebots to pause, whirring loudly.
Metro Man suppresses the urge to facepalm. Either Harrison has been watching old battle videos or the man just lucked out on being such a pain in the butt.
The hedgebot directly underneath Metro Man lifts its quills high enough to display another set of much smaller blue quills underneath… some of which suddenly spark to life and shoot up like sharp little seeking missiles, curving in the air and coming straight for Wayne. If he flies off, they will follow him.
Glancing down as the robot below him shifts, Wayne's only half surprised to see a secondary method of attack. Drawing away, he lifts his brows as the little missiles follow him. He launches into a series of tight aerial acrobatics.
Harrison knows that Wayne can take whatever Megamind dishes out, but when the missiles launch, his stomach drops. He's never spent much time around heavy weapons and it makes him nervous to see them speeding towards the man he loves, no matter what his head is telling him.
Then he sees Wayne take off into the sky, turning and twisting and twirling in a display of acrobatic grace. Harrison's face explodes with a smile of pure joy as he watches his talented mate. If his hands weren't bound, he would be clapping right now.
Wayne can dodge them all he likes— the missiles have no intention of stopping. Megamind crosses his arms at his chest and smirks. "I'd be careful if I were you~!" he yells out to his rival, mockingly, "They'll follow anyone with your skin tone! So no turning them on me~!" He wiggles in place, proud of just how well this plan is working so far.
And only with his skin tone? Meaning if some random citizen happens by, the blasted things could turn on whoever it is. Yeah, that's not exactly a prospect Wayne would enjoy. He hits the air brakes and turns to grab the missiles out of the air as they approach. Metro Man wouldn't be hurt if he let them hit him, but trying to catch them is far more impressive.
Impressive it is, and Megamind doesn't appear bothered one bit to see Wayne grab almost all of them, while the others that manage to hit him merely bounce off and explode in the air in a puff of blue crackling smoke that would definitely be able to hurt a normal person. He looks back to his wrist, tapping another sequence of buttons. "Nice work, too bad I was just getting started~…"
Four other hedgebots repeat the same as the first one, their larger flat spikes lifting with many many many small spiky blue missiles shooting out– some heading for Wayne, but many others swerving towards the nearby onlookers that didn't move away when they arrived– previously much more interested in having a front row seat to the show. The citizens scurry away in a panic, though the missiles are moving much faster…
Harrison's jaw drops as even more missiles begin coming out of the hedgebots, their sheer number rekindling his earlier worry for his partner. But then he sees the missiles heading for the civilians and his worry shifts in an instant.
"Wayne!" Harrison shouts as the missiles begin heading for the crowds. "The people!"
Metro Man dead pans at the sight of all those missiles going elsewhere. "Of course." It's actually quite annoying when Megamind lets things get out of hand. Normally, the villain doesn't let the citizens be endangered, but, clearly, the blue brat is trying to make a grand show of things and is confident that Metro Man is capable of stopping them all. Which, he can with little effort, but the real trick is doing so without having to use his super speed.
Taking the missiles he already caught, Metro Man throws them at some of the errant missiles, making them blow up before they can reach the nearest people. Once he's out, he darts forward to grab some of the missiles already aimed for him and begins to throw them too. He could care less about the ones exploding just above his skin, they can't hurt him for all the show that they make detonating all around him. No, he's far more concerned with saving all the people as Megamind seems to think he can.
The missiles eventually are all destroyed from this round, with the only few that Wayne doesn't get following a couple who manage to scramble into their car just in time. The missiles smash the windows, but gets them exploding on the outside, just far away enough to prevent from injuring anyone. But barely.
Megamind bites his lip nervously. That was a little too close. He frowns, looking bored again as he taps a few more buttons, setting off a few more hedgebots into firing missiles, now much closer to Wayne. "You're getting rusty, Metro Man! I'm not stopping anytime soon and there are plenty more where that came from~!"
The last thing he needs is Metro Man spiraling into another bout of regret over a citizen getting injured while on the job. He'll need to be worked back up to speed, and Megamind is more than happy keeping the hero on his toes.
"Whoo-hoo!" Harrison whooped and hollered with excitement with every one of Wayne's death-defying moves. "That's my baby!" he yelled with a proud look at Megamind, challenging him even though there wasn't much he could do from his position tied on top of the hedgebot.
Megamind wrinkles his nose and glares down at Harrison, mostly for effect. "I should have stuffed a sock in your mouth!"
"You can always take the one out of your pants and shove it on in," Harrison retorted with wiggly eyebrows.
Megamind groans with mild annoyance and lifts up a foot, hovering it dangerously close to the other man's face for effect. "Yeah, no socks on me— perhaps my boot will do?"
"Ooooh, I didn't know you had a boot licking fetish. And on live tv too? You naughty boy!" Harrison chides playfully with a look that makes it clear he is not cowed.
Megamind's not thrown at all by Harrison's comments, rolling his eyes as he actually does plant the cold sole of his boot against the side of the other alien's face and presses some, though not enough to really hurt or mark him. He smirks with amusement. "Oh…? Are you offering?"
"Depends. Will you spoon me afterwards?" Harrison asks with a sardonic little pout, despite the boot heel pressing against his face.
"What is this, a date? No!" Megamind huffs, pressing a little harder as if to make his point clear. "Go get that crap from your boyfriend in tights!"
"And here I thought it was going so well!" Harrison said, batting his eyes even though the boot was smushing his cheek. "Though flowers would have been a nice touch. Suppose I'll just have to be content with my own fleet of adorable hedgie-bots," he sighed.
Megamind groans. "I didn't make them for you! Although if you want, I'll gladly let this one get quite… 'attached' to you. Or at least your back."
"Awwwww… Does that mean no good night kiss?" Harrison retorted with a fake pout.
Throughout most of this, Metro Man has just been hovering there, trying to not laugh at the pair of them. The only part of this that isn't all that amusing is the boot on his mate's face. Megamind simply doesn't pull this kind of garbage with Roxanne, so what is so different about Harrison in the villain's mind?
Snorting, he decides to take the chance to cut in before things get any worse on camera. "Hey now, I might get jealous."
Megamind is pulled from their bickering and looks up with annoyance at Metro Man. However his frown quickly turns into a nasty, evil smirk. "'Jealous', huh…? Well since you suggested it…" He removes his foot from Harrison's face, kneeling down beside the other blue man and brushing the tips of his gloved fingers very lightly up the side of Harrison's long thin neck– knowing just how sensitive their necks are. He grins up at Wayne, challenging him with lowered brows.
Harrison lets out a shuddering exhale at that touch. The smarmy little villain knew exactly what that would do to him and oh ho ho Harrison would make the other blue man pay for that little blurring of boundaries. Later. When they're alone. Right now it was taking all his self-control to stop his eyes from fluttering closed.
"So much for keeping it PG," he finally managed to say with a raised eyebrow.
Megamind rolls his eyes at Harrison. "Barely anything you've said so far was PG!"
"Megamind, he's mine. If you do that, you're going to regret it." Actually, Wayne really wants him to. Because that's hot. The only bad thing is that he won't be able to enjoy it since his enjoyment would show on camera. And, if he wasn't keeping up the pretense that Harrison is actually in danger from the spikes, Metro Man would be tempted to punt that narrow ass for putting him in this situation.
Megamind glares back up at Metro Man, grinning smugly. "Well are you going to just watch or are you going to try to stop me?" He slowly brushes his fingers up and underneath the other alien's jaw, pausing at his chin to brush a thumb through the goatee. Oh yes, Harrison would kick his ass later, surely.
This time Harrison was expecting the contact under his chin, and he doesn't do anything but chuckle and roll his eyes. At least until Megamind runs his thumb through his goatee. At which point when the villain is within reach he sticks his tongue out and unexpectedly licks the gloved thumb with a smug look that clearly shows he isn't backing down.
While the three of them are bickering, one of the hedgebots attacks Wayne from behind again, rushing towards him while more missile spikes shoot from it's back, coming straight for him.
Metro Man opens his mouth to threaten Megamind further, when more missiles fire at him and cut him off. Sighing at the interruption, he takes care of this round of missiles quickly, and decides to fix the whole problem. Several large crunches later and the four robots now have deep dents in them caused by a large foot.
Tossing and catching a bolt that came loose during his smashing, Metro Man wings it at the head of the supervillain crouching over his boyfriend. "Did you not hear me?"
Megamind yelps at Harrison's lick of his thumb, jerking upwards to pull it away just in time to get beamed just under the eyebrow by the bolt. He yelps again and stands, covering his eye and… backing himself up and off of the hedgebot, crashing to the ground in a crumpled heap of blue and black. "OW!"
He rolls around on the ground a little, whining with over-dramatics. "Oh god I might be blind…! Assault…! That was assault…!"
"Oh for the love of…" Harrison snorts off as he watches Megamind flap, flop, and flail around when he finally lands on the floor. "You're joking, right?" he asks in response to Megamind's claims of assault. "You're just jealous that I'm a taken man!" he adds with dramatic flair. Or as much dramatic flair as he can, given that he's still tied up.
For all of five seconds, Wayne was worried that he'd actually hurt Megamind, but as soon as the blue man starts wailing about maybe being blind, Wayne knows he's okay. You don't just complain like that if something's actually wrong or, at least, Megamind doesn't.
Metro Man just rolls his eyes and watches Megamind's theatrics, seemingly bored by it instead of smiling with the amusement he actually feels. "I warned you. What's mine is mine, be it a city or a person."
Megamind is listening, but since he is well hidden behind the large metal robot, he takes this opportunity to tap a few more buttons on his wrist. One of the hedgebots rolls up into a ball, it's spikes pointing in every direction, and begins to roll towards Metro Man. While he is distracted with that one, four of the other bots closer to the mall do the same, balling up and rolling straight through the glass doors to inevitably cause havoc inside. Meanwhile, Megamind watches and laughs from his safe spot beside the hedgebot holding Harrison.
Oh, how he loves to be ignored. Not looking pouty or irritated in the least, Metro Man kicked the dented up robot towards a building, where it sticks much like a velcro ball. "I'll be right back, love. Just… stay put."
Smirking, he flies after the rolling nuisances, he manages to completely smash two of the robots before they reach the mall and one he swats away from a group or people too stupid to run, but that means that the one Metro Man didn't get to in time and the one he hit end up crashing into the building— one through the doors and the other through one of those nice floor-to-ceiling windows. He dives in through an unshattered pane of glass to chase after the dratted things. "Move, citizens!"
"I'll wait right here baby," Harrison replies with a little snort, then sits back and watches his boyfriend smash up all the hedgebots in reach before diving into the mall.
Megamind stands up and moves around the bot to get a better look at the hedgebot now oddly velcro'd to the wall. The hedgebot kicks and flails its feet, to no avail. "…Huh. That's odd…"
Harrison looks over to Megamind. "Wasn't there something about a timer? Two and a half minutes? You still doing that?"
He glances up at Harrison as he speaks, and then back down at his wrist as he taps more buttons. The hedgebot in the wall attempts to fire its missiles in response to his commands, hoping to dislodge itself, but instead backfires with a loud bang as its red eyes dim to black and its body droops and hangs from it's velcro'd spot on the wall, smoke pouring out from it's spiked back and the wall itself. Megamind winces. This is a problem.
"Unlike you, I was still counting time…!" Megamind snips to Harrison, looking over towards the nearby mall with a hint of nervousness to him. While some of the hedgebots remain outside, mostly to keep the police at a distance, many of the others roll into balls and charge into the mall as well.
On the inside of the mall with Metro Man, the citizens listen and flee, but almost get hit by the newest set of hedgebots that roll inside, just barely missing many of the people dropping to the ground or hiding behind the check-out counters to avoid them. Another two camera brainbots float around inside, filming what they can.
Metro Man darts ahead of two robots, grabbing one in each hand with the intent to just carry them outside. But here come more of the things. Crab nuggets.
Throwing the robots like very spikey bowling balls, he attempts to halt the progress of the incoming machines or even throw a couple of them back outside. Why can't Megamind make these things in smaller numbers when they're so dangerous to people who can't seem to notice the pointy ball of death rolling towards them?
Once knocked around and thrown outside, two of the hedgebots become stuck like velcro in the pavement, being rolled the wrong way at such a force. Megamind winces again as he sees the hedgebots get stuck. If he's lucky, Wayne isn't catching on to that little error in foresight.
Taking a precaution, he crawls back onto Harrison's hedgebot, balancing with little effort as he stands and pokes at his wristband some more. The hedgebot appears to break from its idling status and moves closer to the mall. Megamind is going to need a better look. Or a plan to flee. But first he'll need to see where this goes, especially with a few more hedgebots charging in, uncaring of the dangers ahead.
"Oh god," Harrison says once the hedgebot starts to walk. "We're moving. I'm coming baby!" he says in his best hero voice, well aware that he certainly has nothing to offer his boyfriend in this situation. But it amuses him. "Charge, hedgiebot!"
More robots get chucked back out the doors and windows by Wayne, the point being more to get them and their missiles out of the building than anything else. He can worry about smashing the things after the mall patrons are safe.
Metro Man lifts a brow at Harrison's goofy cry and looks up to see the blue boys' approach. He's not sure what Megamind is up to, but their presence does cause him to have to aim his throws a little more carefully so that he doesn't, you know, impale his mate and his rival on one of these things.
Megamind rolls his eyes at Harrison's comment, clapping his hands together near a cheek and posing more daintily, batting his eyelashes for effect. "'Don't worry, baby~! I'll protect you with my charming good looks~!'"
The current situation with the hedgebots doesn't seem out of order from what Megamind expected. If nothing else, he can find places to hide within the mall if he must. But for now, he's amused by the sight of his poor giant robots being rolled and tossed right out the doors like giant spiky bowling balls. What Wayne doesn't realize is that while they aren't 'alive' like the brainbots, they are still capable of learning and responding. If tossed out enough times, the missiles can and will fire again as a change in tactics.
As Metro Man moves closer to the doors and has the robots' front lines pushed back, he more begins to try to pile up the things, not caring if they get a little mashed in the process. As long as they aren't rolling into more trouble, he doesn't care. It would just be nice if he wasn't so busy that he could actually see Megamind's mocking.
"I knew you thought he was good looking!" Harrison quips back at Megamind as their hedgebot lumbers closer. Another hedgebot is hurled past their heads, however this one turns mid-air and fires its missiles. Harrison flinches instinctively as they soar past the two blue men. He's never been this close to a firefight and now the missiles are streaming right for his mate…who is just now looking over, his attention drawn by Harrison's return quip.
Wayne catches the pair of missiles with his face. It doesn't hurt, but he does have to switch to x-ray vision to make sure that no other missiles are heading for other targets.
Megamind is currently doing a headcount of how many hedgebots are left. Realizing that there aren't too many left (at least, ones that aren't stuck in the ground or buildings…) he begins to look around at his surroundings. The Metro City Mall has a second floor and an escalator nearby, so with a bit of careful planning, he may actually be able to get away…
While Wayne is distracted by the other hedgebots and their weaponry, Megamind hops down off the hedgebot and gives Harrison a small wave as he stands at the robot's side. "Ah, well then I regret to inform you, Mr. Drake, that your services in this are no longer required." He taps some more buttons on his wristband, which sets off many of the hedgebots into firing their missiles, distracting the hero some more. Megamind grins at the other blue man. "Thank you for traveling Megamind Airlines~!"
And with that, he side-kicks a hidden compartment on the hedgebot before jumping back. Large blades appear through slits on the sides and shred the bindings around itself and Harrison easily, only squeezing them against the bound blue man briefly as they tear off. Just as the other alien is free, the entire back of the robot comes loose and springs upward, firing Harrison into the air and through the Mall somewhere.
Harrison had gasped when the missiles hit his mate, but he was quickly relieved when the smoke cleared and Wayne seemed no worse for wear. But the shocks don't stop there. Just as he turns to face Megamind with a quizzical look at being dismissed, his ropes tighten then fall away. His first thought is that the villain is letting him go…. but of course it is not as simple as that.
Without warning, the hedgebot launches him into the air and Harrison can't help it. He screams. More of a shriek really, as he's launched up among exploding missiles and flying hunks of hedgebot. He screams and his only thought is to pray that Wayne will hear him. And catch him.
And while it IS hilarious, Megamind wastes no time as Wayne deals with that problem– that scream instantly has Wayne's attention and he's there to catch Harrison in a flash– he jumps onto the robot's back right as its back-piece returns and snaps down.
Since the "quills" on this robot are not designed to lift and poke (only to look like they could), he is free to sit down behind its head and grab the small joystick-like ears, directing the robot to move. And with that, he scurries off riding on the robot, leaping up the escalator's hand-rests and up onto the second floor, running down the hall in another direction.
Wayne lets him go for the time being. The missiles and Megamind can wait, Metro Man's first priority is getting Harrison the hell out of there. While the missiles might not be targeting the blue man, there is always a possibility that Harrison could luck out and get in the way of one as he fell. Not to mention the fact that shrapnel from stuck robots firing their missiles and blowing each other up unintentionally is flying indiscriminately in all directions. Which puts his boyfriend in a very dangerous position.
All the other people have run off to safety, so they aren't a concern and Megamind will be busy for a while looting. Tucking the smaller man into his arms, Wayne tries to cover as much of Harrison as possible...but there's still no way to cover all of him securely, their size difference simply isn't enough for that. So it's very worrisome as he flies through the chaos. It's made worse when an errant missile blows up in front of them.
When the smoke clears, both he and Harrison are equally unscathed. Yet, somehow, there are bent fragments of metal resting on top of the blue man's exposed parts.
Wayne's eyes widen at that. "I don't suppose you know if your species can spontaneously gain invulnerability."
"What?" Harrison asks, befuddled and brushing charred bits of metal off his shirt and hands. He's just so excited for that dramatic rescue, and he'd clung to Wayne for dear life though all the zigging and zagging. Although he trusted Megamind not to make something that would actually hurt him, he trusts his mate more.
Doesn't mean that the whole thing wasn't heart-pounding however.
"Uh, never mind." Getting Harrison to a clear area, Wayne sets him down and gives him a quick peck on the lips, heads back into the action. "I'll get him for you."
With his robot moving forward and learning its own way to direct itself through the building, Megamind can let go of the controls and pull out his De-Gun, de-hydrating the larger displays and register countertops. During all the chaos, a small swarm of brainbots has flown in, and they are quick to come and snatch up all the cubes that drop, loyally following their daddy through the halls.
Stomping on the remaining machines for good measure, Metro Man quickly flies up after Megamind, owing the supervillain for flinging his mate around. He presses his fingers to his temples and blasts the dehydration gun out of his rival's hand. "Give it up, Megamind. You're going to jail."
Megamind grunts in a jolt of surprise as the gun is shot straight out of his grip, looking over his shoulder to see the superhero right there and quite unhappy. Just as planned. He slams his palm against the hedgebot's ear and hangs onto them both as the hedgebot makes a hasty retreat by leaping off of the second floor and crashing down onto one of the water fountains. The hedgebot scurries away just in time for the water pipes to spray Metro Man down and soak his outfit and cape as he follows, and Megamind can't help but laugh as the bot rushes off towards the food court.
As the water harmlessly drenches him, Metro Man's expression becomes a touch more irritated and a lot more sullen. He is all wet and squishy and, even if he did a super spin dry, it's still gross fountain water. Meaning when he gets home he'll have to take a shower before he can do anything with Harrison and then shower afterwards. Yay for wasting water. Sighing, he bends the pipes closed before following after his nemesis. "Your little tricks have not dampened the flames of justice!"
With the hedgebot moving on its own, Megamind smirks and spins around on his butt, now facing Metro Man and looking quite amused. "Oh really…? Because it looks like evil will stomp out your flames~!" He snaps his fingers, and flying high between them the brainbots bowg and begin to toss cubes at the soaked hero. Once bumping into him they re-hydrate instantly, returning to their original forms– desks, cabinets, vending machines, counters, chairs– all piling together to get in Wayne's way.
Wayne lifts a brow as the useless little cubes are thrown at him, but he gets Megamind's plan the instant the first one reverts to being a counter. Normally, this would be pretty effective to distract Metro Man long enough for an escape, but he's set on capturing the villain this time. You don't just go harassing his boyfriend like that and expect to get away.
Spinning, he flings the debris away, knocking brainbots down with the heavy objects and clearing a path to his target. "Looks like evil just isn't big enough to handle stomping me out."
Megamind gives a small yelp when Wayne doesn't seem bothered at all by the debris, looking around for anything that could buy him some time. He grabs a chair as the robot passes by it, throwing it at Metro Man even though he knows it's useless. Without his gun or his brainbots, the best he can really do is run. A lot. And for now, the hedgebot is fast, though not fast enough.
Metro Man just gives Megamind a flat look for the chair throwing. Clearly, the blue man has spent too much time around Roxanne if he's pointlessly throwing things.
Unsure what else to do, Megamind reaches down into his belt and pulls out a small capsule. He stands up on the hedgebot and throws it down onto its back, and suddenly the room fills with blue smoke pouring from it.
After that, Megamind hops down from the hedgebot and leaves it to be a loud distraction to bait Metro Man away as he navigates his way back through the food court, trying his best not to bump into any chairs or make any obvious sounds or escape. While his vision is good in the dark, he can only see so well when it comes to the smoke.
Now, most times when Megamind uses a smoke bomb, he lets him get away. Not always, but most times. And today is not one of those times. Switching to his x-ray vision, Metro Man flies quietly through the smoke to get ahead of the supervillain. Fist cocked back, he waits for Megamind to take those last couple steps towards him, wanting his rival to see the blow coming and know that his goose is cooked.
Just as Megamind begins to think that he's going to be able to sneak out of this, the hero appears right in front of him. And frankly, it's scary as hell. He yelps and begins to attempt to turn and run.
Metro Man doesn't give the supervillain a chance to retreat, instead socking Megamind in the jaw and knocking him off of his feet. Reaching down, Metro Man picks up his rival by the front of his suit, holding Megamind at eye level. "What happened to your manners? As host of this party you haven't been very courteous to your guests."
Oh, that hurts. With a whine he reaches up to grab Metro Man's arm for leverage, wriggling in his grip and kicking at the hero uselessly. "..Ngh! The heck are you talking about?!" He winces, letting the adrenaline dull the pain of the punch the best it can. "Evil doesn't have manners!"
Tutting, Metro Man shakes his head and pats Megamind's bruised cheek with his free hand. "That's quite obvious. You invite me and my boyfriend to this little shindig of yours, then act rudely. You never treated any other 'hand picked' guests so callously as you did Harrison. Perhaps you should have a nice long time out to reflect on your choices." His voice becomes more and more condescending as he continues.
Megamind rolls his eyes at first, but the last comment is definitely a hit below the belt, reminding him of the "time outs" he got back in school with the young hero. He sneers and spits in Wayne's face, knowing that it's one of the few things he can do to get even.
Metro Man recoils at the wet projectile and paws at it with the back of his hand, thoroughly disgusted that Megamind would even go there. There's also a part of him that takes that as a severe insult and it's this pride that makes him lash out, backhanding the villain across his other cheek. "That was immature."
Megamind cries out with that backhand to the cheek, his head turning with it as he winces. He sees stars briefly and shakes them off, then manages to grin wickedly through everything and glare at his rival. Oh-ho-ho, Wayne didn't like that, huh? He does it again, spitting in his face once more just to piss him off further.
Reflexively, he flings Megamind away from himself. It's better that he do that than hit the man again. He roughly rubs the saliva away, glaring at his nemesis who is now sprawled across a broken table. "Sometimes, I really do wonder whether or not you enjoy pain." Metro Man floats towards Megamind, intent on reacquiring the supervillain.
When Megamind is thrown he's not all that sure where he'll land, but when he hits the table and it's legs snap from the force of the throw, he crumbles down with it while giving a small yelp.
As Metro Man approaches again, he attempts to sit up but can't exactly figure out how and slides back down the tabletop to the floor again, slightly dizzy. His rival's comment is amusing, however, and he decides to play along. "…Don't flatter yourself in thinking that I would enjoy anything from you. It makes you look like even more of an idiot than you already are. And that's quite a stretch of the realms of possibility!"
It's a little concerning that Megamind isn't right back up and trying to run, but the snarkiness lets Metro Man know that he's mostly okay and likely just stunned. He towers over the blue man, making it clear that escape isn't going to happen, but not picking Megamind up just yet. Since the villain seems to be channeling a llama, he can just stay on the floor for a bit. "If I'm the idiot, why are you the one who always loses to me, then?"
With the smoke still around them, the camera brainbots can't find or record them well, so Megamind has some freedom to speak of other things. "Oh, you know what, that's my fault. I should have crushed you like a bug under my boot with my last machine." His words are sarcastic as he glares up at the hero– who he'll never admit is actually rather frightening in this current position.
Wayne's expression sours a little with that reminder. In the context of public battles, Metro Man has always won, but that private battle well and truly was a loss. Yeah, in the end it turned out to be a good thing, but a loss is a loss, no matter how positive. "You enjoy our battles too much. Besides, as you said then, you wanted to fight me at full power or it just wasn't the same. But I'm not surprised you're regretting it now."
Megamind rolls his eyes. "No, I hate them. That's why I spend weeks on top of months building machines. You've nailed it. As for regretting it…" He gives a small smirk as he vaguely spots two red glowing eyes in the smoke behind Metro Man. "Not on your life." The hedgebot leaps at Metro Man, being programmed differently than the others and never learning better from its similar brothers. It's spikes are still laying flat and useless but it's bear-trap jaw is about to bite as hard as it can. When it attacks, Megamind darts off to the side and runs again, even though there really is no way out of this, especially not that easily.
Startling as a massive weight slams into him, Metro Man grunts in surprise. As the robot chomps down on his side, he gives it an irritated look. You'd think these things would be smart enough to notice their teeth bending instead of crushing him, but, no, Megamind's projects very rarely are that bright. He digs his fingers into the metal of its back and peels the thing off, flinging it in the supervillain's general direction. "You can run, but you'll never escape justice. Not this time."
Megamind glances over his shoulder and sees his robot– the size of a car mind you– flying at him. He throws himself on the ground to avoid being hit by it as it flies over him and crashes, scraping on the ground with a loud robotic whine, skidding and crashing into the nearest food vendor. It shatters the glass sneeze-guard and smashes the soda dispenser in the process. The soda spills into it quickly and the robot's eyes spark and short out, going black, it's limbs going limp as it powers off.
Megamind is in shock for a brief moment but is soon back to scrambling onto his feet to get away.
Well, that was fairly impressive, Wayne thinks. Pity it's going to be chalked up as part of Megamind's 'rampage' instead of his own mess. Oh well.
Metro Man floats towards the fleeing villain and quickly catches up to him, grabbing his nemesis by the massive collar of his costume. At least if he's got Megamind held this way, the little brat can't spit on him again. "Any other little tricks? Or are you ready to go to jail now?"
Being picked up by the collar is uncomfortable, and thus the villain tries to thrash, gripping it near his neck. Two could play this game.
"Nope!" He chirps, quickly unclasping the logo in the front, which thus pulls the pieces apart and gives him the chance to slip out and land safely on his feet before running away a little more.
Metro Man sighs out through his nose as Megamind takes off running again. Clearly, he's not going to be allowed an easy win. Tossing the black leather onto a ledge where he can retrieve it later, Metro Man follows his rival. "Do I need to melt your boots again?"
This chase is going on a little longer than the usual, but given the amount of time they haven't done much of anything, it's quite forgivable.
Megamind hurries through the slowly fading smoke more easily now without the added weight of the collar and cape, but where he can go is anyone's guess. And then he sees it– a single, hovering red light… "Oh!" He hurries towards the brainbot and grabs onto its arm, smacking its side hurriedly. "Move move, you wonderful piece of metal, you!"
The brainbot bowgs and hurries off and up into the air, although it is equally lost in the smoke and very confused, not really getting him anywhere.
Seeing Megamind's clearly desperate attempt at escape, Metro Man can't help but roll his eyes. Like a single brainbot can move very fast even without the smoke? Maybe if the blue man were perched on top, then it might be more plausible. As it is, Megamind's dangling body is just a hindrance, one he takes advantage of. Grabbing the supervillain's leg, Metro Man reaches up and flicks the small bot away.
The brainbot is flicked and bowgs in surprise as it flees, knowing it's no match against the hero. Megamind falls upside-down in Metro Man's grip with a small yelp and flails his arms as if he'll fall to his death, even if they're really not all that high up. "Aah-AHH!"
Being the jerk that he sometimes is, Wayne drops down to the floor, but holds Megamind up just high enough that those leather clad fingers can't quite touch the floor. He shakes the supervillain a little, to get his attention, not wanting his rival to ignore him entirely in favor of the floor. "Now, are you going to come quietly?"
Being shaken makes him a bit dizzy, but regardless Megamind lashes out in grunts and wriggles like an angry chihuahua. "Ahg! Never!"
"Good point. I don't think you know the meaning of the word." He can't help but grin cheekily at his purple faced rival. With that, Metro Man begins walking towards the source of their chaos, knowing that the police have to be outside waiting by this point and there's another blue man waiting on him out there.
Megamind barks insults as he dangles by the leg. "And you don't know the meaning of blood-flow! You're making me dizzy, you fool!" There really isn't a way out of this one, is there? He knew it was a very likely risk when he began, but it's still highly annoying.
Being upside down doesn't bother Wayne in the least, so it's actually something he has to remember is an issue for other people. Not that he's concerned, honestly. "Aw, is the poor little baddie getting a headache?"
"'Getting'?" he snaps back, shaking a fist at Metro Man upside-down. "Your mere existence has been my headache for thirty-six years!"
Wayne would argue that they haven't been battling that long, but they've long since had the 'discussion' about how Megamind ending up in prison is all his fault, after all it was his pod that hit Megamind's. Yada, yada, yada. "If you'd prefer, I can give you something for your head." Hefting his fist, Metro Man makes it clear what he means.
Megamind puts up both of his own fists, huffing. "Bah! Come at me, you big-chinned buffoon! You don't have the garbanzos!" Granted, he's the last person who should be claiming that, but it helps him feel better.
Seriously? Megamind is dangling in his grip and yet is claiming he doesn't have the balls to hit him? Maybe he really has held the big-headed man upside down too long.
Hoping to right the situation, Metro Man flings his rival into the air and catches Megamind by the back of his suit. Then, for good measure, he punches Megamind on the head. Not enough to do damage, but enough to hurt and convey his point. "There. Now be happy."
Being flung is not fun, oh no. The villain yelps with his limbs flailing before Metro Man grabs the back of his suit. When he's struck it isn't all that bad, but it still makes him a slight bit disoriented for a moment. "Guh-GAHa aaaahhh ow ow ow…!"
Blinking a few times he growls and tries to thrash in Wayne's grip, refusing to back down even now. "That hurt! Believe me when I say that next time I'll–!"
Rising back into the air, Metro Man holds the villain with a fairly relaxed arm so that Megamind's head is about waist height instead of at face level that way the little brat can't spit in his face anymore.
There is a pause as the soft leather fringe on Metro Man's gloves brushes against the side of Megamind's bare neck. His eyes go wide and the sound he makes is a mix between a squeak and a moan. He then goes oddly quiet and still, afraid to thrash again and repeat the experience. Maybe Wayne won't notice. Probably not.
"You'll what? Turn into some sort of parrot?" Lifting a brow, Metro Man looks down at Megamind and tries to figure out why the normally excitable man is being so calm. Before he can get the chance to ask, they arrive back at the disaster that they originally made at the entrance. Straightening up and plastering on canned smile number two, Metro Man flies towards his awaiting public and the police holding the crowds back. The act of straightening up has the unnoticed side effect of brushing his fringe against Megamind's neck again.
Megamind makes a small squeak sound as he resists the urge to shudder. This is highly awkward. He grits his teeth and reaches up to swat at the offending fringe, hoping Wayne will get the damn hint, especially now that they're back in the public eye. "Your tacky gloves are annoying!"
The camera brainbots are lingering around but keeping a healthy distance from Metro Man, knowing quite well what will happen if they get too close.
As soon as Harrison had been deposited, he tried to get close enough to see the action without being injured. He was doing a good job keeping track of the boys, even following them deeper into the bowels of the mall, until Megamind set off his smoke bomb. It also coincided with the MCPD finally showing up on the scene, and before he knew it, he was told to keep back. He could hear sounds of battle, but he couldn't see a damn thing. He frowned into the smoke, trying to see as the smoke receded.
Then, out of the remains of the smoke, Metro Man flies out with Megamind in tow and Harrison's face bursts into a jubilant smile just in time for the press to arrive. As his mate approached, looking stronger, prouder, and more heroic than Harrison has ever seen him before, the blue man's heart swelled with pride.
"Baby!" he called, waving to his boyfriend with an excited jump into the air and a fist pump. "Whooo! That's my baby!" he boasted.
Megamind's whining is ignored in favor of the crowd's attention and, even better, Harrison's enthusiastic cheering. Metro Man blows a kiss towards Harrison, then redirects his attention back to his job, carrying Megamind over to the waiting police. "Here you go, officers, one supervillain, on the house."
As he shifts his grip on his rival's suit to set him down, Metro Man's fringe brushes that thin neck one more time before he lets go and two officers latch onto Megamind's arms.
As Metro Man approaches the police, Megamind's wrists are grabbed and cuffed in an instant, the officers not taking any chances. The fringe brushes against him AGAIN and he makes a small sound of annoyance, all but jumping out of Wayne's grip and into the officer's.
While he is restrained, bystanders take a few rushed photos before the police drag him over to a police car. The back door is opened and he's pretty much thrown inside. While they continue to stand near the open door, Megamind nudges himself into a sitting position and scowls, glaring daggers at Metro Man.
Wayne smiles back at Megamind, though, for once, it's less a 'ha ha, I beat you again' smirk and more of a 'this was fun!' grin. Because this really had been a blast. Sometimes the supervillain's plots are annoying, but he honestly and truly has missed this.
Harrison rushed over to where Megamind was being over turned over to the police. "Haha, I told you my boyfriend would stop your evil," he boasted theatrically to the villain, even going so far as to stick out his tongue at the other blue man once he was seated in the back of the police car. The flashbulbs of the numerous photographers explode in light, almost blinding Harrison.
He turns and looks up at his boyfriend. "My hero…." Harrison said proudly.
Looking down at Harrison, Wayne's smile shifts to a more loving one. This had turned out fantastically and, best of all, Harrison is okay. Wrapping his arms around his boyfriend's waist, Metro Man plays it up for the cameras a bit as he leans down to give the blue man a very firm, but certainly PG kiss.
Harrison returns the kiss just as chastely, and again he's aware of dozens of flashbulbs going off. But this time his eyes are closed in a moment of bliss, and so the light doesn't bother him at all. When they part, he looks up at his man with an adoring little sigh, which is yet again captured by the media.
"Thank you for rescuing me," Harrison says sweetly. "I knew you'd come."
From the police car, there are overly loud cough and gagging sounds, making Megamind's disgust at their public display of affection quite apparent. The police by the door look over at him like he's insane. Which is probably a good idea.
"Of course I would and I always will." He gives Harrison a side hug as he turns to face Megamind… who is being an absolute dork inside the cop car. While it's tempting to accuse Megamind of being jealous, doing so publicly is likely a bad idea. "Evil has been foiled by justice again. Enjoy your defeat."
Nudging Harrison, Wayne silently asks if the businessman is up to dealing with the crowd at all. Normally, he wouldn't bother and would just fly off after a few courageous words, but proving that he can be both Wayne and Metro Man is easier done with both sides of his life involved.
Harrison smiled smugly at that last bit of banter from his boyfriend, as the doors to the police cars were slammed. Harrison continued to smile as the police drove the villain away, no doubt transporting him directly to prison.
Waving his fingers at the police car as it drives away, Metro Man just can't help that last little bit of smugness. Yes, he's glad that Megamind went to all of this trouble at least partially for him, but winning still feels good.
Harrison looked up at Wayne once more. "Time to face the media, you think?" he asked, taking Wayne's hand in his with a gentle squeeze. "I'm sure they'll want to cover my very first kidnapping. Mind coming with me to deliver a few soundbites?"
Nodding, Wayne squeezes back gently. He's still a little nervous, but it's not showing outwardly in the least. Right about now, he's riding an edge between being the city's confident hero and being himself. It's not exactly easy to show your more 'human' side without spoiling some of the image he's built up, but hell if he isn't going to do his damndest. "Of course. Maybe if we're lucky, there'll be a Roxanne to talk to in the crowd."