Hi everyone :) This is my third attempt at a crossover (First attempt: Good, second one: Not so much), and my first attempt at an AU (so please take it easy on me). I've had this idea in my head for a while, and being my two favorite Dreamworks movies, I couldn't resist. So, please enjoy this as much as you enjoyed the movies. Okay, enough of my intro: First chapter starting...now!
It was just a normal day at the Metro City Prison for the Criminally Gifted. It was Christmas morning. A couple of the prisoners were at the prison church service. Others were waiting for family to visit. But most of the prisoners were outside in the court yard, enjoying the nice weather. Not too hot, and yet not too cold. It didn't really feel that Christmassy without snow, but that didn't matter to most of the prisoners. They were just happy to be outside.
One of the prisoners, number 18-67-09 (aka Roger) was just leaning on the brick wall. He was bald and a little heavy set with a bit of an accent. He mostly kept to himself with only a couple friends in the prison. And frankly, that was fine with him.
"Hey Rog." Speak of the devil, thought Roger as he turned to the prisoner next to him. He had short black hair and was skinny, practically the opposite of Roger in looks.
"Hey Dave," replied Roger, "waitin' for anyone?"
"Nah," said Dave, "Doubt anyone will want to visit me. You?"
"Same." And so the two just stood by the brick wall. For such a joyous and exciting holiday, it sure did get the life sucked out of it in the prison system.
Just then, Roger heard a few prisoners shout. Was something exciting happening? Heck, he'd even take a petty prison fight as entertainment at this point. But there were no fights going on. In fact, all the prisoners were standing still, and staring up at the sky. Following their gazes, Roger saw what looked like a comet, heading straight for the prison! "What the...?"
The small orb crash landed in the middle of the courtyard, shaking the ground around it. It even cracked the concrete! "What is it?" Roger heard someone ask. Whatever it is, it must be pretty freakin strong, thought Roger.
Being two of the more braver prisoners, Roger and Dave stepped slowly towards the orb, with others following. It definitely wasn't a comet, in fact, it looked like a spaceship. The cracked door opened up, and revealed something that not even the prisoners who had done drugs ever thought of seeing.
It was a small, newborn, blue baby. Literally, it had blue skin! It was wearing a small blue onesie with a lightning bolt on it. It also had bright green eyes and a head that was about twice the size of a normal baby. In it's small hands, was an orb with a creature in it that could only be described as a piranha combined with an octopus and a watermelon. Despite the crash landing, the baby looked up at the prisoners with curiousity and no tears in sight. The fish looked at the prisoners with curiousity as well, but also with a little distrust.
The prisoners looked at the alien baby. What could they do? What should they do? Should they take it inside, tell the guards, the warden? However, Roger had a different idea.
"Can we keep it?" Roger asked. Dave gave him a look. "Well, can we?" Dave looked back at the baby. If they told anyone, he might be taken away or dissected. Dave may've been a criminal, but he wasn't heartless. But on the other hand, it was an alien baby! How in the world were they supposed to take care of it?
"I'm up for it," said a random prisoner.
"We can teach 'im the ropes," said another one. The prisoners all started voicing their opinions, and it was clearly unanimous. Dave looked back at the baby, who gave a small smile at him.
"Ah, what the hell," said Dave. Roger took that as a 'yes' and picked up the small blue baby with the fish still in his hands. Two other prisoners lifted up the orb, and a small group of them went inside with their newest inmate.
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The next day, the Warden came back from his small holiday. He had taken Christmas Eve and Day off, but now it was back to work. He gave a small nod to the gate security guard and then went inside. As he walked down the small path, he couldn't help but notice the small crater in the courtyard. He would definitely have to ask someone about that.
"Good morning Warden," said a young guard, who looked a little uneasy, "how was your holiday?"
"What happened Greg?" the Warden asked with a stoick face. No guard acted this polite with him unless something had happened while he was gone. It probably had something to do with the crater.
"Well, uh, Sir," said Greg, as he walked beside his boss, "yesterday morning, a...spaceship landed in the courtyard."
The Warden stopped in his tracks. "A what."
"A, a spaceship, Sir." Was this a joke? Warden gave him a look that would make him knock it off it this was all joke. "And, there was creatures in the ship, Sir." Apparently he wasn't joking.
"What kind of creatures, Greg?" asked Warden. The guard opened his mouth to reply when he stopped. The was a sound outside, it sounded like...helicopters. The sound gradually got louder, and the Warden quickly went to his office. When he got there, another guard was on his phone.
"Sir, the government is arriving," the guard said.
"The government?" Warden repeated in disbelief, "for what!"
"For the baby." The what?
Men started coming down the main prison hallway, and within minutes, they were at the Warden's office. They were all holding traqulizer guns to use if necessary, and in front of all the soldiers was a sharp dressed, middle aged man. He had graying hair that wasn't completely white, but was clearly getting there. He was wearing black shoes, dark green pants and a dark green jacket to match, complete with medals of honor. The man looked at the Warden with a no-nonsense face that the Warden himself has used many times.
"Good morning, Warden," said the man, "The name's General W.R. Monger. I'm here for the alien creatures."
Warden looked at the guard, hoping for at least a little bit of an explaination. "Um, I'll take you to their cell," the guard said sheepishly. Cell? What, now the aliens were his prisoners? Following the young guard, the Warden couldn't help but feel a little curious himself. Who were these ubiquitous aliens that everyone in the prison but himself knew about. Apparently one was a baby, but that wasn't much of a description. Warden prepared himself to be surprised by the creatures, and when he finally came to their cell, he was surprised. Not really by how they looked (though he was a little surprised), but by who else was in the cell.
In the middle of the cell was a small baby. He was blue, had a bigger than average head, and was sucking happily on a binkey. Next to him was a small orb, and inside it was a fish-like creature. In front of them was prisoner 18-67-09, and he was...playing patty cake with it? Sitting on the small cot was 18-67-09's roommates. All five of them looked happy, until they saw the warden and the soldiers.
"What are they doin' here?" asked Roger, getting a bad feeling in his stomach.
"I'm afraid that's classified information," said the General, he then turned to the Warden. "Unlock the cell please." Warden did as he was told, and opened the cell.
"They're gonna take 'im away!" shouted Roger. He and Dave immediantly got up and tried to take a swing at the general, but were brought down quickly by the soldiers quick skills. The third roommate tried to pick up the baby, but was quickly stopped.
"Take them to another cell," said Warden over the angry cries of the prisoners.
"He's just a kid, just a little freakin' kid!" shouted Roger, "You can't just kill 'im!" He and his roommates cursed at the two men as they were dragged away. Warden, ignoring the angry cries, went into the cell. The baby looked up at him, his emerald eyes curious about this stranger. Who was he? Why did he take away his friends? Was he going to take his other friend away?
The Warden picked up the baby, who quickly started to give small, pitiful cries, the binkey falling out of his mouth. The baby stretched his hands towards the orb as if it was a security blanket. Seeing this, the fish rolled his ball towards the Warden and growled at him. He tried to make the ball bounce and hit the Warden, but failed and ended up getting picked up by the general.
"Thank you for the cooperation," said Monger, "Now, hand me the alien." Warden looked down at the small blue infant, who was still crying.
"No!" the baby shouted. Warden's eyes widened. It could talk? It looked only a week old! "Du-dou tt! No!" It was clear that this wasn't the familiar, heartless, personality deprived aliens he had seen in the movies. It was intelligent, and besides it's skin tone and abnormal head size, was a normal baby.
"Warden," said Monger, a little more serious.
"What will happen to him?" asked Warden, trying to show no emotion despite being worried for the little alien.
Monger stayed quiet for a moment. His face stayed still, but his eyes said it all. "That is classified."
"I was afraid you'd say that," mumbled Warden. He looked back at the general. "General, he's just a little kid. Can't you make an exception?" As Warden said that, the baby had calmed down a little and was currently interested in the Warden's hand.
Monger silently sighed. The thing is, he couldn't keep making exceptions. He had already visited another crash landing sight this morning. The couple, or at least the wife, was devastated to learn that their little 'gift' was going be taken away. The baby had special abilities like flight and super strength, but other than that, was a normal looking child. So, the general let them keep the child, as long as they promised to keep it's powers a secret.
The general knew he couldn't try to hide this from the public. It didn't have a familiar skin tone, it's head was huge, and it would be impossible for it to blend in with society. People would find out, and he couldn't let that happen. But, maybe there was one last option. He may have to pull a few strings, and they might not be to happy about it, but Monger knew he had to at least try. It was just a harmless baby after all.
"I can't let him stay here," said Monger, "but I can maybe be able to promise you that I can put him somewhere safe." Warden frowned. That was probably the best he was going to get. After removing his hand from the baby's grip, Warden handed the baby to Monger. The baby smiled, and happily hugged his fish who started nuzzling up to the glass.
"What about that?" Warden asked, gesturing to the fish. Monger thought for a moment.
"We'll keep 'em together, they came here together right?" asked Monger. Warden nodded, despite not knowing for sure. These two only had each other, he wasn't going to let them be seperated.
"Bie bie!" said the baby, reaching for the hard, dull gray floor. It's binkey laid glowing on the cold floor, but was rescued by the Warden. He handed to the baby, who happily accepted it.
"Well, thank you for your time, Warden," said Monger. Normally he would've saluted him, but couldn't since his hands were full. So instead, he just simply nodded and started to walk away, with the soldiers following.
"Captain," said Monger to the man beside him.
"Yes General?" the Captain asked.
"Make sure these two stay together," said Monger, referring to the aliens, "and take them to containment unit 52-M-09."
The Captain gave a confused look. "But Sir, that area is for..."
"I know what it's for Captain," said Monger, "now make sure they get there, I'll be checking."
"Yes Sir."
As the Monger and the soldiers left the prison, the Warden started his patrol of the prison. When he passed one cell, he saw three familiar and angry faces. Two of the prisoners started shouting curse words and insults at the Warden, but it didn't bother him, he had heard it all before. Roger however, stayed quiet. He just simply glared at the Warden, his eyes full of hate.
He didn't bother telling the three that the alien was being taken somewhere safe, they probably wouldn't believe him anyway. So he just continued walking, and hoped that Monger kept his promise.
Okay, so that's the first chapter, really more of an introduction. Next chapter, we'll see more familiar faces and get a little more Megamind and Minion scenes. Please review.