PROLOGUE:
GRU'S JOURNAL ENTRIES
October 4,SATURDAY
8:30 PM
I still can't believe how remarkable my change of heart would be…
I thought I was alone in this world, and the only friend I got was my career as a villain.
I was close-minded man. I never thought of being emotionally good to others, and I never give a good attention to others as well.
Perhaps I got this awful intention with my mother who shows interest on neither me nor my works… Nor my dreams.
But everything changed when I met three orphan girls who I purposely adopted them just to be used as pawns for my villainous scams against that Vector…
And also when I met Lucy, a secret agent of the Anti-Villain League…
I never thought that these people would accept me as who I am. No matter how strange I look, or how odd my actions were, or how despicable my reputation was…
They all accept me… Loved me… and cares about me…
I never felt those things when in my younger years…
I always thought that the world is against me…
Perhaps I was wrong…
I was wrong about the world…
I was wrong about the people around me…
And most importantly…
I was wrong about myself…
I thought being a villain was my destiny, my mission, my sole purpose…
But I underestimate myself about being innocent…
I guess being good is that bad that all…
And I hope that I'll become a good parent…
And a good husband to my Lucy Wilde…
OCTOBER 6,MONDAY
10:59 AM
Another day, another father's duties…
Woke up early…. take the kids to school… minding my jam and jelly business and freelancing as an Anti-Villain League agent… take down minor bad guys… go home… pick up kids from school… help them do homeworks… go to bed and sleep…. REPEAT TO THE NEXT DAY, THEN THE NEXT DAY, THEN THE NEXT DAY! Blahblahblahblahblah…
Yep, everything changed since I quit being a villain but I never thought being a father can be this hard…
I mean, I'm glad I became a good guy and married a good wife and had a quiet life, but I never thought living a TOO quiet life can be this boring…
Sometimes, I couldn't help but to recall my villain job, the time when I was free and worriless.
I recall the days when me, Dr. Nefario and my minions took away the Time Square Jumbotron in New York, those people were like "Oh no, Gru strucked again!"
And also the time when we stole the one-million worth pint-sized Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas. The casino guys were like "OMG! That thief Gru took it away…"
But most importantly, the time when I stole the moon! Boy, I can imagine those people looking at the sky and say. "Eeeek! Gru the master criminal took the moon!"
I hate to say this but I MISSED BEING EVIL…
Now, I know what Dr. Nefario felt when he thought the same one time.
Large scale crimes…
Criminal adventures…
Respect and Power…
But all I can do was to sighed and accept that all those things are in the past now…
What matter most is in the future….
Where I must raise my three daughters and protect my wife at all cost.
But things changed when Kevin, one of my minions, came into my office and gave me a letter from someone I knew… It's form the Bank of Evil.
OCTOBER 7,TUESDAY
2:30 PM
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! Mr. Perkins is still demanding me his money, even though I'm not a villain anymore…
He's demanding me TWO MILLION DOLLARS for all the expenses in my last villain scams, and also included my moon-stealing scam.
And it says here I need to give to him within seven days (in short, almost one week), or else….
One thing I know about Mr. Perkins is that he and Vector WERE FAMILY! A father-and-son thing…
How can you NOT be suspicious if Vector's surname is also Perkins?!
And I bet he's doing this because of what I did to his son back at the moon-stealing heist…
But still I don't see what that involves in my bank problems? This is business, not personal…
I don't want my family to know about this yet. Besides, this is my problem during my villain days, and I don't want them to be involved…
The first person I told about this is my old friend, Dr. Nefario. And he too was shocked by this issue.
This is bad! Really bad… If I didn't pay him within this week, I'm a goner!
He can take away my lab…
My minions…
My technologies…
And also my family's future!
I felt my world is breaking apart when Dr. Nefario gave me a stupid idea…
He asked, why can't I go back of being a villain?
I blinked in surprise and said That's a stupid idea! I can't sacrifice my family, just to become a villain and pay that bank debts!
I also told him I can't trust him on that idea, considering that he had that same idea when he joined El Macho's side and almost helped him destroying my minions, and Lucy too!
But Dr. Nefario looked at me and said, "This isn't about them… it's about you!"
He explained to me that my jelly-jam business will not be enough to pay the bank within just seven days. Mr. Perkins is pretty serious about this and he wants the money ASAP!
And the only thing to get money EASILY AND INSTANTLY is to become a villain and make a really despicable crime, capable of creating huge amount of money in just seconds!
I can't believe I'm saying this, but he's got a point…
My jelly-jam factory is somewhat a huge flunk! And it's not enough to gather money in just one week…
Being a villain is a lot easier. Not only because it's freelance itself, but because it gains more money with less worries. You can gain billions of dollars by just pulling off some bad trouble!
But I can't become a villain again. Lucy and the girls would never allow me, not to mention I'm doing a freelance anti-crime job in the Mr. Sheep's butt organization.
But if I can't be a villain again, I'll lose everything…
This house…
My Laboratory…
The Minion's salaries…
And even my family's future as well…
I felt torn… I mean, I missed being evil so badly and I would gladly go back being a villain once more. But I can't put my family at stake just because I need to gain money instantly and pay my debts.
If only I can do two things at the same time, without messing anyone out!
I need some time to think, I need to decide, I need to be alone…
I sighed and told Dr. Nefario to leave me for awhile, I need to think this through…
As Nefario left the office, I stood up and took a deep breath…
What an unexpected disaster! How could I forget about that money problem when I was still Gru the greatest criminal mind of the world?
I went to my bookshelf and pulled out a random book, maybe a good reading can relax me a little…
I slouched in my chair and take a look at the book I unmindfully picked out…
Robert Louise Stevenson's THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
What a weird book to get inspired! How can this classic novel help me with my heavy bank problems?!
I groaned, All of the books I can picked out, why this?!
But I just opened the book, hoping a thrilling part of story can wake up my brain and find a solution to my problems.
I flipped through the pages and randomly select a part of the story. Then I stopped on the part where Dr. Henry Jekyll, a talented medical doctor, tells his story that he was a man full of vices and because of that, his reputation as a doctor can be at stake…
To avoid damaging his medical career and at the same time, still enjoy his bad vices, he made a potion to can help him separate his good part and the bad part of himself…
Now, Jekyll can have "fun" without feeling ashamed of himself. He can be Dr. Jekyll the fine gentleman doctor, and at night, he became Mr. Edward Hyde, a free-spirited, pleasure-loving bum…
Then, a thought is slowly growing around my mind…
I believe this book got a point…
The human mind itself is divided into two parts: The good and the bad!
My good part of me is being caring and loving, responsible and supportive, innocent and fatherly…
My bad side of me is being impatient and selfish, spoiled and awfully rude, Cruel and despicable…
Then, I had the craziest and beautiful idea popped into my head!
Of course... OF COURSE! What was I thinking?!
Why am I taking this problem so seriously?
Where I can just gain money easily, pay my debts…
Go back to my villain job and spent time with my family…
AT THE SAME TIME?