Gru and Lucy snuck into the lair as silently as they could. They had their Freeze ray's and lipstick tazer's at a ready.
As they walked through one on the many hallways of the castle, they heard, what sounded like laughter coming from behind one of the doors.
It wasn't a friendly kind of laughter, it was the kind that was making Lucy and Gru's spines trickle with an unpleasant chill.
"Come on I think we've found him' Lucy whispered, ignoring her chill.
She opened the door to where she thought that the laughter was coming from but was confronted by an empty room.
The laughter had stopped as well, much to Gru and Lucy's confusion.
"Come on we have to keep looking"- Lucy sighed.
On the end of the corridor they had just walked down, there was three more corridors for them to follow. One on the right, one on the left and one on the centre.
"Lucy go down that right corridor and see what you can find. I'll go down the left corridor to see what I can find and then we'll meet back here and go down that middle corridor together." Gru suggested.
Lucy knew why he had suggested this option, both corridors where too narrow to fit more than one person and they did need to capture this guy quickly, so sadly it was the only way out they could think of.
Gru pulled Lucy in for a hug and gave her a kiss. They soon parted and looked at eachother, with fear in both of their eyes.
"Be careful!" They said at the same time.
"Jinx you owe me a soda!" Lucy joked before rushing down the corridor.
As Lucy walked down the damp, narrow corridor, she felt very insecure and afraid. She felt like she was being watched, and she was right.
Strider grinned when he saw Lucy wondering down the hallway.
"Let's go and get her boys!" He chanted to his five henchmen.
"But what for?" Asked a henchman.
"For her ransom, I'm pretty sure that Gru will do anything to get her back, and it's also for my own enjoyment." Cackled Strider.
Lucy walked down to the end of the corridor and was about to turn back to find Gru but was interrupted by an icy tap on the shoulder.
She turned to see a silhouette of a man, lurking in the shadows. She had a defiant guess, that this was Strider.
"Hello my dear. What is a pretty girl like you doing down here?" He asked, his voice creeky like a broken door.
"Who are you?" Lucy demanded.
"I thought that you would've figured that out a little while ago my dear. And you haven't answered my question."
"You're Strider!" Lucy snapped, she reached for her lipstick tazer, only to find that her bag was gone from her shoulder.
"You're right my dear, I am Strider. And where you looking for this?" He asked holding up her bag.
"Wha? How? How did you do that?!" Lucy cried, clearly terrified by now.
"Oh I have my secrets. Now what shall I do with you? Oh I know!"
Without warning Strider grabbed Lucy from behind and held her tight.
"Gruuuuu! GRU HELP ME! Help memmmmmmmhhh." Lucy screamed before Strider slapped his hand over her mouth and nose.
"Mmmmhhhhh!" Lucy cried, struggling under Srider's tough grip.
Lucy saw five burly men walk out of the shadows. They grinned at Lucy and took her off Strider.
"Help!" Lucy started to scream again.
The men tied her arms behind her back and then tied her feet.
Then a cloth was shoved into her mouth and tied behind her head.
Lucy still screamed for Gru even though she knew that it was worthless.
Suddenly she was thrust into a cell type room and left laying on the cold, stone floor.
"Enjoy my dear!" Strider called to her.
Lucy shuffled in her uncomfortable position and felt tears slide down her cheeks.
"Gru please help me, I need you! I love you! I'm so scared!" Lucy screamed in her head.
Her eyes widened with fear as she began to smell knockout gas. She tried to hold her breath but it deamed impossible with the cloth in between her teeth.
Her world began to go black and her struggling became weak.
"Gru please help!" Where her last thoughts before she lost all consciousness.
Gru walked down to meet Lucy, he hadn't found anything interesting so he hoped that Lucy had.
When he reached the end of the corridor, he couldn't see Lucy anywhere.
He began to walk up the right corridor but stopped when he smelt the faint smell of knockout gas.
"Oh no! Lucy's in there!" Gru thought.
Unfortunately he couldn't go down that corridor as the risk for him to be knocked out was too high. So instead he decided to get some help from the AVL.
He rushed out of the door before anything could stop him, on his way to the AVL.