The guard shrugged and went back to ogling the armored car. He gasped as not one, or two, but five humans clamored out of the thing.
A pink human and a tiny, dark haired one seemed to be attacking a large, bald, black clad one. Another two seemed to just be watching.
"Defensive maneuvers!" He yelled to the other knights. "Intruders from the Gremlin car!"
The knights all began grabbing jousting poles and surged out of the building to defend the hotel they called home.
Agnes and Edith tugged and groped at Gru noisily in excitement.
"I call the biggest bedroom!" Edith shouted.
"Dad! You have to help me go unicorn hunting, okay?"
"Gru!"
"Dad!"
"We should-!"
"Unicorns! They're like horses, but they have horns in their heads like this!" Agnes exclaimed tapping Gru's nose.
Unable to balance the hyperactive girls any further Gru fell down into the mob of surging minions.
Margo and Dr. Nefario also got tangled up in the crowd.
Overtaking the slow moving zombies easily the suits of armor were soon before the minions with their lances forward in a threatening manor.
"Who goes there!?" The lead knight demanded.
A few of the minions squealed and hugged each other while others stood mortified. Poor David fainted.
The guards began to calm down as they saw no humans, just the little yellow creatures.
From within the cluster Gru yelled, "Please! We mean you no harm! We are simply looking for a place to stay the night!"
The group of knights turned to glare at the one who'd called for them to defend the castle. They saw no threat here.
"Our apologies gremlins!" A knight said in a pacifying manor. "We thought we saw-oof!"
Another night had elbowed him. "Don't alarm them!" He whispered.
"er...we mean we didn't expect you so early! For your troubles I'm sure the count would urge us to offer you a complimentary morning's stay!"
"Ado memerlins?" A minion asked another. They both shrugged at each other before they all ran full on into the castle.
There was much excited babbling and motion as they filled the lobby.
Gru finally managed to separate himself from the minions and up to the front desk. He limped a but as Agnes clung to his leg. He looked down at her fondly as he hit the bell with his fist.
The zombie check in clerk grunted unintelligibly in fear seeing a human.
Gru, not looking at the desk just said off hand in an inattentive way, "Yes, we need about thirty beds. The men outside offered a free morning. That's a bit odd isn't it? People usually offer a free night."
The zombie groaned and Gru looked up in suprize.