They entered the house, where the girls were sitting in front of the TV. Lucy said "hey girls. What's been going on?"
"Uh, nothing. Nothing. Right, guys?" Margo snapped suddenly, prompting Edith and Agnes to say "nothing at all."
"AAAAAGGGGG-ugh! I got a phone call!" Dru said in a panic as he darted awake. He looked to see Gru and Lucy, saying "Oh... ha, ha... hey. You're back. How did it go?"
"Oh great." Gru lied. "We'll get her eventually. Just you wait." Lucy added, before saying "so, you guys have been watching TV all night, huh?"
"Pretty much." Margo answered. "What time is it?"
"Time for you three to get to bed." Gru said, before turning to Edith and Agnes. "Remember that you two have decathlon on Monday."
"Ugh. Yey!" Edith said sarcastically as the three ran upstairs to their bedroom. Gru said to Dru "let me guess, you've been there all night?"
"More or less, brother. Who was it today?"
"One of Lucy's old pals. Long story."
Paulina Painful's HQ
Paulina sat holding the emerald shard in her hand, grinning as she said "one down. Four more to go."
She placed it in her pocket, before pulling out an old childhood photo. She and Lucy were both in the photo, having taken it just after building their sandcastle. She grinned slightly, sighing as she said "oh, Loose. Why'd you have to be such a buzzkill? We could have done this together. Just the two of us."
"You're not the only one in this house, y'know." Tem said as he entered, carrying a bag full of heavy equipment and machinery. Paulina said "oh, come on, Temmy. We both know that I excluded Lucy from this deal a good long time before meeting you. And frankly, after the divorce, I'm being merciful by even letting you have a share."
Tem chuckled, before Paulina said "of course, you know I'm just teasing, sweetheart. Where'd I be without you?"
"In prison. Also, I believe I've located another piece of the puzzle." Tem said. Paulina shot up quickly, saying "where? Where is it? I gotta know? Where!?"
"Somewhere in the local residential area where you grew up."
Paulina was somewhat shocked by this at first, before grinning as she said "how soon can you get that new weapon working?"
"It might take the rest of the weekend." Tem said. Paulina chuckled as she looked at her childhood photo, saying "excellent. Maybe we can also pay my old playmate another visit."
As the girls got into bed, Gru went to kiss them all goodnight.
"Goodnight Agnes. Goodnight Margo. Goodnight Ed... hey, what are you doing?"
"Just drawing." Edith said, Gru looking at the picture of her school on fire. "Well, okay then. Goodnight, girls." he said as he kissed Edith's forehead and went to the door. As he reached for the light, Margo said "hey, Gru."
"What is it, sweetie?"
"Are we uh... well, how can I say it... are we part of this family? The Gru gene?" Margo asked reluctantly. Gru was slightly confused by what she meant, thinking for a moment before grinning as he said "you girls are all every bit a Gru as I am. And I couldn't ask for anyone better to carry on the family."
Margo smiled slightly, saying "alright, thanks. I love you."
"I love you too." Gru said warmly as he switched off the light and closed the door. As he walked down the hallway, thinking about what Margo had said, the family tree on the wall caught his eye. He grinned as he looked at what the minions had done to it, having added an extra line from his parents to put a crayon drawing of Dru at his side, while there was another line under Gru that led to the drawings of Margo, Edith and Agnes.
"Whatcha doing?" Lucy said as she came into the hallway, seeing the family tree for herself as she smiled. "They're all chips off the old block, aren't they?" she said, as Gru nodded, saying "I really think they are."
His grin then slowly lowered into a worried frown, before sighing as he added "that's what I'm afraid of."
