Cats rule...

If the coolest people ever owned cats, then you'd love the little felines, too! (I think they're awesome no matter who's got them.) So every chapter in this fic will have the main character get/find/rescue a cat somehow. Each chapter will have a different person from a different movie (movies that I love). I'm not sure how many chapters I'll put in this, but Megamind and Gru are a definite yes.

Megamind

The monstrous creature stared at the blue-skinned alien, eyes alight with golden fire. Its small but terrifying body sat primly on the cold concrete floor of what had once been Evil Lair and was now Home. How it had managed to find the secret entrance was beyond Megamind. Even more baffling was how it had figured out that the seemingly solid brick wall covered in graffiti was a secret entrance at all.

Megamind stood motionless before the beast, his electric green eyes wide in horror. The urge to call out for Minion was great, but the fear of angering the savage thing was greater. So the two stared down one another in a silent battle. They eyed each other for the greater part of five minutes before the unthinkable happened.

"Meow."

"Ah!" yelped Megamind, jumping back in surprise.

His terrified voice was loud enough to reach Minion's ears. The fish, who had been working diligently in the far-off kitchen to prepare lunch, hurried over to his friend in his pink apron. "Sir? Did one of the brainbots bite you again? I thought—"

"Shhh!" cried the alien in tight black leather.

Minion cocked his fishy body to the side in his glass bowl that acted as the head of his gorilla-robot suit.

Pointing shakily at the creature on the floor, Megamind peeled his eyes away for a quick moment to look at his companion behind him. His big eyes revealed total fear to Minion and the fish craned his body to find what his friend was so utterly disturbed by.

Instantly, Minion's tight shoulders relaxed. An audible sigh escaped his mouth.

"It's horrible, isn't it!" whispered Megamind hoarsely as he slowly reached for his de-gun that rested in its holster at the lanky alien's side. "Run, Minion!" he said in another whisper.

"Uh, Sir?"

"Don't be a hero, Minion. Just go! I'll take care of this monster."

Minion tapped his friend's strained shoulder. "Sir, it's not a monster."

Megamind, still staring at the creature, furrowed his black brows. "Oh, don't be ridiculous."

"No, really. It's not a monster. It's a—"

"Meow," repeated the furry thing.

Minion smiled and stood beside Megamind, whose heart had skipped a beat upon hearing the beast's call for a second time. "It's a cat," the fish reassured.

"A what?"

"A cat, Sir. A feline. It's nothing to be afraid of." The fish patted his master's shoulder with a large, metal hand and approached the cat.

It remained still as Minion neared it.

"Don't touch it, Minion!" yelled Megamind, no longer bothering to whisper.

"It's alright, Sir. Cats are relatively harmless unless they scratch or bite you. Then there's always the cat-scratch fever. Very nasty illness." Minion realized what he was saying and turned to find Megamind wide-eyed again. "Uh, but don't worry. This cat seems, uh, pretty friendly." The fish was right. Even in his massive, strange-looking gorilla body, the colorful calico remained calm and unafraid as Minion carefully reached down to snatch it up.

"But it's eyes, Minion! He had the look of a killer!"

"A killer of mice, maybe. Really, Sir, it's nothing to worry about. See?"

Megamind relaxed slightly when Minion turned around and showed just how okay a creature the cat really was.

It purred against the faux fur on Minion's body as it lay down comfortably in his arms, its tail gently flicking. But it turned its head up to stare at Minion oddly.

As seconds passed, Megamind began to feel more and more foolish for fearing the furry ball of cuteness. Eventually, he slumped his shoulders in defeat and sighed.

"Oh, don't be like that, Sir," said Minion comfortingly. "You've never seen a cat up close before. You had a right to be scared." Suddenly, Minion saw the look in the cat's eyes. Cats eat fish, he realized. The fish gulped, but remained calm. Suddenly he was the one afraid.

Megamind's head snapped up and his posture suddenly straightened. "Scared? Scared? Me? Never! I wasn't scared. I was just…just…Why is it looking at you like that?"

Minion's brows lifted. "Uh, she must like me. I guess." He began to stroke the cat nervously, but the purrs became louder.

Loud enough for Megamind to hear them. "Why is it making such a horrible noise?"

The fish let out a laugh, but became serious when Megamind's glare reached him. "She's purring, Sir. It means she's happy." The fish gulped again when he wondered why she was happy. Did he really look that appetizing?

"Ha! Happy? Does it know who I am? I'm Megamind! Incredibly handsome master of all villainy!" He struck a finger into the air as if to say that everyone should who he was.

Minion cleared his throat at Megamind.

"Oh. Right. Forgot." For less than instant, Megamind appeared disappointed, but then his spark lit back up. "I'm Megamind! Incredibly handsome master of all things rock n' roll!"

Roxanne and Megamind thought of the motto together just a couple of weeks after the defeat of Tighten, although they were still working on something that made the ex-villian sound more heroic. But for now, Megamind really liked being the master of all things rock n' roll.

The purring calico seemed not amused by Megamind's attempts to sound powerful. Instead, it simply said, "Meow."

"Ugh. Fine. Don't fear me then, you small animal of strange sounds." He glanced up at an expectant Minion. "What?"

Shrugging nonchalantly, he responded, "What are going to do with her, Sir?" He nervousness was dissipating. The cat was obviously not about to jump at his bowl and try to eat him. Not at the moment, at least.

Megamind rubbed the bridge of his nose, conflicted. "It obviously came from the streets," he said, indicating the dirt-infested fur. "So just put it back where it belongs."

Minion gasped loudly, causing the cat to leap from his arms and onto the floor beside Megamind. The fish was startled by the lightning-fast movements of the cat, but calmed down immediately. He needed to relax because animals could smell fear and he didn't want to give any more reason for the cat to eat him.

The blue genius cringed and took a step back away from it.

"But Sir!"

"Don't 'But, Sir' me, Minion. What would we do with a cat, anyway? This is Evil Lair—I mean home. There's no place for a creature like that here."

Minion didn't bite. Yes, he was a fish and that was a cat, but he couldn't stand the thought of throwing the cat back outside to fend for itself. It was a living thing after all.

"Besides, it's filthy." He looked down at the feline by his leather boots that now lacked the spikes.

It looked up at him expectantly and meowed.

Megamind breathed in deeply and looked at Minion.

Was that a hint of sadness lingering in those vivid green eyes? wondered Minion.

"And we have no food for it. No place for it to sleep or…um, relieve itself."

Minion's eyes lit up then. "We could buy kibble for her! And a litter box is all she'd need for those, uh, bodily needs. And she could sleep anywhere!"

"Minion, why do you keep calling it a 'she'?" He put a fist to his waist and cocked a brow.

"She's calico, Sir. Almost all calicos are female. It has to do with the animal's chromosomes, I think." There was a silence until Minion grinned happily down at his friend's feet. "Oh, Sir! She likes you!"

Sure enough, it appeared the cat did, indeed, like Megamind. She rubbed her thin body against his boots, leaving gritty white and orange hairs clinging to the material.

Megamind grunted and looked down at the cat with a dissatisfied expression. "That…means she likes me?"

"Yep! Can't you hear her purring?"

The blue alien, with his sensitive hearing, could not only hear the purring, but feel the vibration through his boots every time the cat's throat came in contact with them. He sighed and sagged his shoulders. In an act of pure curiosity, Megamind bend down to carefully grab the cat.

Green eyes met golden ones as the two stared for the second time. The feline's body dangled before Megamind as he held onto her with each hand around the upper part of her. Her tail refused to stop flicking happily.

Relaxing, Megamind understood that this feral, street cat was in need of a home. It was obvious that all she wanted was a gentle hand to stroke her fur, as dull as it was.

A third meow escaped the calico's lips, but this cry sounded like a question, as if the cat was asking if she could stay.

Minion waited patiently for Megamind to decide the life of this particular cat.

After minutes ticked away, the lanky alien sighed. "The fact that it—she managed to find her way into this place is a feat in itself. She must have an ingenious mind for a feline."

Minion cleared his throat casually.

"Cats are smarter than most people think."

Megamind's head shot up like he had just been struck by lightening. A grin spread from ear to ear on his blue face as he watched Roxanne emerge from the secret entrance. He hadn't even see her come in, having been too busy talking about the dangling cat held out in front of him. "Roxanne!" he cheered excitedly. "You're here!"

"Of course I'm here! You invited me to lunch, remember?" She giggled as she walked up to Megamind and planted a loving kiss on his cheek. Her giggles intensified when he blushed purple. "Hi, Minion," she added kindly to the fish, nodding in his direction.

"Hello, Ms. Ritchi! Uh, well, look at the time," interrupted Minion as he looked down at a non-existent wristwatch. "Gotta go finish up lunch." And in a hurry, he disappeared around the corner to leave the two lovebirds alone, shaking off his fur-covered apron and praying that neither of them found any fur in their sandwiches.

Roxanne watched Minion leave and then turned back to her new boyfriend.

He was still beaming brightly, having completely forgot about the little cat in his grasp.

"You should support it a little bit more," advised Roxanna, gently taking the cat from Megamind and cradling it in her arms. The purring grew loud and made Roxanne laugh.

"It's actually a 'she'. Almost all cal…cal-ee…" Megamind struggled for the word.

"Calico?" offered Roxanne sweetly.

"Yes! Calico! Almost all of them are female."

"Wow, I never knew that."

Megamind acted as though he had known that all along and that he hadn't been enlightened by Minion just minutes before.

"So what are going to do with her?" she asked curiously.

"Um, well, I haven't quite decided yet." Pulling his hands behind his back, he shuffled his feet.

Roxanne read his body language like a book. "You want to keep her, don't you?" Her smile never faltered. "I think that's wonderful, Megamind!"

Her reaction stunned Megamind. "Really?"

"Of course! Taking in a stray animal is such a kind, heroic thing to do." Roxanne looked down at the cat, softly petting her. It was the most content feline she'd ever seen. Despite the fact that she was quite obviously a stray, Roxanne wondered if, at one point, the cat had had a family of her own. She seemed way too friendly for the average feral cat that would never let anyone go near it.

Standing tall again, Megamind announced, "Alright then. I'll keep her." Then he lowered his shoulders slightly, asking quietly, "But I've never had a pet before."

Roxanne giggled. "Don't worry, Megamind, I'd be happy to help. I have experience with cats. When I was younger, my mom brought one home to us to teach us responsibility. It ran away one day and we never found it." The memory seemed a little painful to the reported. Her eyes lowered sadly and her grin disappeared.

Megamind placed a gloveless hand on her shoulder, which perked her up pretty quickly, and he looked into her ocean-blue eyes that stared back at him. "I'll make sure this cat is safe and never runs away."

Her smile returned then and she said, "Well, if this is going to be your cat now, I guess you should probably—" She was interrupted when the calico suddenly jumped from her arms and landed perfectly balanced on Megamind's shoulder.

He gasped, surprised, as the cat turned around to face forward before it sat down.

"Wow! She's a shoulder cat." Roxanne couldn't contain a laugh.

Megamind returned it with his own nervous giggle. "Will it do this often?" he questioned his girlfriend.

She shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe. She definitely likes you, though."

Sighing again, Megamind didn't fight the cat perched atop his skinny shoulder, although he wished she was wasn't so dirty.

A familiar voice made him turn around. "Sir, Ms. Ritchi. Lunch is ready!"

"Thank you, Minion. We'll be right there," responded Megamind.

"Uh, is that the cat on your shoulder, Sir?" asked the fish in a slightly confused tone.

Megamind grumbled as his answer, making Roxanne smirk.

"Minion, is that a pink apron?" she attempted to stifle another laugh.

Unaffected by the question, he responded delightedly, "Yes, it is!"

"Okay, just wondering." A generous grin went across Roxanne's face then. "Well, time to eat. Are you going to show me the way?" Her question was directed at Megamind.

He cocked his head. "You've come here many times already. You still don't know where the kitchen is?" His question wasn't derogatory in any way. He just couldn't believe that Roxanne still didn't know how to find her way around the place.

Thankfully, Roxanne didn't take offense. "Of course I know the way. What I meant was that I'd, well, just come on." She kept the smile plastered on her face as she looped her arm around Megamind's.

He immediately understood and quickly took the lead towards the kitchen, guiding Roxanne like a gentleman with the calico still on his shoulder.

"You'll have to come up with a name for her," said Roxie, eyeing the kitty.

"Hm," Megamind said thoughtfully. "How about AC/DC?"

The look in Megamind's eyes made her realize that he was serious about suggesting that name. "Uh, well, you can name her that. That wouldn't have been my first choice, but what ever floats your boat!"

"How could a name 'float my boat'? Names aren't buoyant or even tangible. How could one—"

Roxanne shook her head. "Forget I said that. AC/DC is a great name for a…female cat."

Megamind beamed at Roxanne's approval for the name. He turned his head just enough to see the cat in the corner of his eye. "Then welcome, AC/DC!"

"You know, I'm surprised Minion isn't so afraid."

"Why do you say that?" asked Megamind, confused.

"Well, he is a fish and she's a cat. Cats eat fish."

Megamind gulped and stopped in his tracks.

Roxanne's arm became detached from Megamind's as she walked ahead, not stopping in time.

"Cats…eat…fish?"

"Well yeah. You didn't know that?"

The blue alien was frozen. But then, as if a switch had been flipped, the distressed look on his face disappeared and he was content again. "Minion knows how to take care of himself. Besides, this cat would have to be pretty dumb to attack a big fish with razor-sharp, serrated teeth."

Roxanne's eyes widened slightly, fearing a little for the cat now, and less for Minion.

"Oh, don't worry," reassured Megamind. "The cat wouldn't be able to fit into his bowl."

She sighed, relieved. "Good."

"And if it did, then say bye-bye kitty."

Roxanne's face went pale.

Megamind saw it and burst into laughter. "I'm kidding! I'm totally kidding! I'd never allow my newfound pet to get eaten by Minion! Minion wouldn't be capable of doing such a thing anyway."

"Oh, thank goodness!" cried Roxanne, letting out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding. "That's not funny!"

"Oh. I thought it was. Now, lets go enjoy lunch," said Megamind, changing the subject.

"Meow," said AC/DC, still balancing skillfully on the alien's shoulder.

The two of them laughed then and Roxanne took Megamind's warm hand, which squeezed hers in response.