Devoted Me 2 Chapter 7
The minions excitedly grabbed the recipe and headed for the kitchen. ''And don't go nuts with the sprinkles!'' Gru yelled after them. Gru took a look around and saw a bunny cupcake in a glass dish. Next to it was a shark cupcake, and next to that was Lucy! She was making such a silly goofy smile that it set Gru off screaming. Startled, Lucy banged her head on one of the shelves and all the cupcakes went flying! Using incredibly complex martial arts moves, Lucy dispatched the cupcakes as they came towards her. She succeeded in destroying all the cupcakes like crazy, then turned to Gru out of breath. ''Whoa! Wasn't expecting that'' she said, striking a martial arts pose, ''Or was I?'' she added mysteriously. Then she saw that Gru had a cupcake stuck to the top of his head-icing side down.
''Oh…You got a little…here let me…'' began Lucy. She tried to clean it up, but as she wiped away a glob of icing, she just ended up spreading it even more. ''STOP IT!'' Gru exploded finally. Lucy was surprised by his outburst. ''Oh! I'll let you get it''. Gru wiped the icing off his face. ''What you just saw was a little something new I've been working on'' Lucy explained, ''It's a combination of jujitsu, Krav Maga, Atzec warfare and krumping. It is not pretty, but it gets the job done''.
''Well, the next time I'm a victim of a cupcake attack, I will know who to call'' said Gru, slightly annoyed. Lucy stared him down. ''You know, I could rip your heart out of your chest and show it to you if I wanted to'' she said defiantly, ''I saw it in a movie once, and it looked pretty easy''. She held up her fist and pretended a throbbing heart was inside it. ''Okay. That's…weird'' said Gru, then he changed the subject. ''Why are you here?'' he asked. ''On assignment from Silas'' explained Lucy, ''I'm your new partner. Yay!''. ''What?! No, no 'yay'! Ramsbottom didn't say anything about a partner''. Lucy shrugged. ''Well it seems because of your chequred past, everyone refused to work with you. But not me. I stepped up. And I'm new, so I kind of have to do what they tell me anyway''. Gru was about to respond when Dave the minion came out of the kitchen. He was carrying a cupcake shaped like a minion. ''Voila!'' he said.
With lightning-quick reflexes, Lucy went crazy again and smashed the cup, flipped Dave into the air and pinned him to the counter. ''Do you know this guy?'' she asked Gru, who stared at her in shock. ''Yes, he's one of my minions'' he said. Lucy gasped. ''Oh I'm sorry! I should have known'' she said, releasing Dave, ''You're free to go''. Dave stared at Lucy. He was instantly smitten. A magical glow appeared around Lucy as Dave fell in love and imagined their future life together. Gru's voice interrupted Dave's daydream fantasy. ''Earth to Dave! You can leave now''.
Dave went back into the kitchen, never taking his eyes off Lucy. One he'd gone, Lucy turned excitedly to Gru. ''All right! Let's see who's got the purple stuff'' she said, ''Isn't it great? Secret spy stuff! Don't you love your job? Oh, this is gonna be fun!''. Gru didn't want to work with a partner, let alone Lucy. His only response was a sarcastic ''Yippee''. A little while later, Gru and Lucy stared at a video screen from a hidden monitor inside the cupcake store. They operated the camera that telescoped out of the cherry on the giant cupcake sign in front of the store. ''A little to the left'' instructed Lucy. Gru moved the camera to the left until he stopped on an innocent looking woman at a flower store. ''OK, first suspect'' said Lucy, ''Hedda Blumrntoft, proprietor of Mom's the Word Floral Shop''. Gru took one look and replied, ''No. not her''.
Lucy moved the camera to the next suspect: a small, perky man holding an empty teddy-bear skin. ''That's Chuck Kinney, owner Stuff-A-Pet''. They watched as he shoved the teddy bear's buttocks onto a metal tube. The bear inflated until it exploded into a torrent of bearskin and stuffing. Gru dismissed him. ''I don't think so'' he said. Lucy moved the camera again and landed it on a short Asian man wearing a ridiculous blond wig. ''Next, Floyd. He is standing in front of his store, waving hello to passing shoppers. ''His only crime is that wig, right?'' joked Gru. Even though Floyd looked harmless, Lucy sensed that he must be hiding something, ''There he is! Twisted little sicko…''.
Gru was frustrated at the lack of credible suspects and snapped, ''Are we looking at the same people? Because there is no way they are villains!''. But before Lucy could respond… Ding-a-ling-a-ling! The bell on the cupcake store's front door rang, signalling a customer. Gru and Lucy quickly hid their equipment and tried to act natural, ''Buenos dias, my friends'' said a man. ''Sorry, we're closed'' replied Gru. ''Forgive me'' said the man, graciously. ''I saw the 'open' sign in the window and jumped to conclusions. I shouldn't do that. Anyway…I am Eduardo Perez, owner of Salsa & Salsa Restraunt across the mall. Now open for breakfast!''. He handed Gru a card. ''And you are?''. ''Gru. And this is Lucy. And now you may get ouy'' replied Gru.
Eduardo protested. ''But this is just gonna to take un momento. I am throwing a big Cino de party, and I am gonna need two hundred of your best cupcakes decorated with the Mexican flag. It looks something like this'' he said. With that, he ripped open his shirt, revealing a tattoo of the Mexican flag on his chest. He made it wave by flexing his muscles. ''So it's all settled'' said Eduardo, ''I'll pick 'em up next week. Have a good day. Come by if you get a chance, okay?''. Gru is relieved when Eduardo finally leaves, but after a few seconds, he popped back in, ''And welcome to the mall family!'' he added.