Greatest Criminal Mastermind

One

Lucy stared at the paper in her hand, the report's words like a mix of jumbled symbols she'd never seen before. The only familiar phase she could make out were three letters; 'Gru'. While she had been staring at the item in her hand the elevator she was standing in came to a stop, beeping to let the passenger know it had arrived. It must have been an mile below the surface where the stronghold of the secret AVL base resided. While she usually wasn't given this type of clearance, Ramsbottom insisted she be the one who attempted to interrogate the prisoner.

The echo of her heels hitting the slick paved floor came to her as she walked down the pathway; stopping only when she approached the single small desk by a large set of doors. The buzzing from the florescent lights was once again the only sound as a guard sitting behind the desk stared at her. Lucy couldn't see him check his computer, which was scanning her person.

A nod from the guard and the double doors slid open with a soft sound; letting Lucy continue her walk inside the hold. This time the walk was shorter to reach the destination. With just one more door where she keyed in a code on the pad next to it and she slipped inside the thick-walled prison cell. The feeling she got as her eyes scanned the room was borderline disgust; it wasn't much to look at with its metal chair and table and a simple cot with a mattress no thicker than a slice of bread.

The man inside was sitting, but on the ground. His eyes narrowed as she spotted him; but none the less he spoke with a soft tone. "Of course de would send you."

"Gru.." Lucy heaved a light sigh. While the walls seemed thick and no windows were around- cameras and recorders were everywhere. "I just.. I have some questions."

He stood as she spoke, coming closer. Gru was an intimidating man to any who knew him and even if they had dated for a few months now, it did cause her to get a little nervous by how he was staring at her. None the less Lucy tried to keep herself strong. "Don't worry, okay? I am sure we can get you out of here once things are set right."

"What, you think I am worried about myself?" Hands rested behind his back. There were dark circles under his eyes, he had been locked down here for two days now and she was sure he didn't sleep. "My gurls…. What about dem, hm? Did you tell dem their father is locked up?"

That made her inwardly cringe. "I have them with your mother." Her emerald eyes looked to the report in her hand. "The evidence against you is critically high, Gru. When they found the bombs planted under the Red Square in Moscow not only was your symbol planted on every single one, traces of your DNA was located on scene."

While he stood there, his eyes closed. Index finger and thumb rested on the bridge of his nose while he tried to keep a calm demeanor. "Lucy, if I am currently working for de AVL, why would I try and become a villain once more?"

"It's called espionage." His eyes snapped open, as if in disbelief that she was actually insinuating such a thing. "The AVL doesn't take this lightly, Gru." She tried her best to sound like she wasn't having doubts but it was hard not to.

Shaking his head, he turned away from her and walked to the simple chair and desk in the center of the room. "I've not been to Moscow… in a very, very long time." He glanced over his shoulder. "You should know dis, we've been spending quite a bit of time together."

Lucy could almost feel the cameras zoom in on her. Before she didn't know why her director wanted her to come down here to question him, but now a realization came to her. They knew the two had become close and now they were going to try and play off the emotions they had for one another to find some kind of evidence. "I.." She wanted to argue, wanted to agree and all in between.

Closing her eyes the woman took a deep breath. "I know only what we've done together recently. This could have been orchestrated before our first encounter." Eyes opened, and the look on his face was making her heart break. Gru wasn't going to understand this right away but Lucy had to be very careful with her words. "Can I ask now, if this wasn't you… who could it have been?"

"Dis is a set up and you know it." He lowered to sit on the chair. "I have quite a few enemies; such is de business of being evil." Gru hunched over like he was already defeated, eyes away from hers to just stare at the smooth floor.

In her hands she rolled the paper report up like a scroll, unsure of what to do with it. "Your family originated from the Soviet Union, correct?"

"You know dis, Lucy." His brows were knit together; the anger starting to flare behind his eyes.

The questions she had lined up were starting to leave her completely, knowing that each one would only elevate the tension between them. For a long moment she stared at him in the bright glow of the lights and for the life of her Lucy couldn't see anything evil about Gru anymore. He was a father, a great one at that. His usual angle never involved blowing up populated landmarks.

She ignored the fact that cameras were on her and approached him. Lifting to sit up Gru watched her, his own uneasy feeling that she was going to try something flashed across his features. And while Lucy did try something, it wasn't what he expected. Her torso bent and she placed a soft, loving kiss on his lips. He was shocked, but thankful all in one second of time.

"I'll figure this out, babe." Her tone was cheerful, loving. With the little pet name Gru knew that her doubt, as well as his own, was gone. He gave her a thankful smile, his hand raised to quietly take hers. While they said nothing more, Lucy gave him a little wink before exiting the cell.


Anon Prompt: While Gru and Lucy are still in their dating phase, Gru is framed and arrested for a villainous crime he didn't commit. For the first time in their relationship, Lucy expresses a little doubt about Gru's change to the good side, since the evidence is actually kinda solid.

Here is the start of a new story! I loved that prompt so I took it to a larger scale. I hope you guys enjoy it as I go along~