Hi again guys! I know your probably expecting some massive one shot like usual, but I'm sorry to say this is just a short 2 and a half paged one this time. I'm working on other much longer chapters (two of them actually) but my cousins were here for a week and during that time I couldn't write so they are going to take longer than usual. However, last night my brain kind of exploded and this came out. I've been thinking of the concept all day. Anyway, I wasn't going to post it, but I felt bad about taking so long with the next chapter and I decided to give you at least SOMETHING. This one takes place in the distance future (something didn't think I would be writing for this fic). So I hope you enjoy this really random one-shot, and I'll see you next chapter where the girls are young again.

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Chapter 3: Life Lessons

"I just… I don't know what to do Margo. My sister didn't deserve what those girls did to her, but- but- I don't know what I can do to help her."

Margo put down her coffee and looked across the table at her coworker. "Well, you're not going to let them get away with it are you?"

"Wha- what are you talking about?" Jane sniffed, whipping a tear from her cheek.

Margo narrowed her eyes, but spoke calmly. Jane was a sweet unassuming girl and a good friend of Margo's. They were both seniors in college and worked together at the local convenience store for the summer. "If someone did that to any of my sisters I would make them pay… I would get revenge in the worse way I knew how." Margo's eyes glowed and Jane gaped at the protective and dangerous tone in her voice.

"I-I could never do something like that!" she squeaked. "I'm surprised you would be the one to suggest revenge… your always so kind and patient with people." Jane's tone became lecturing, "getting back at people is never the way. Violence… or whatever you're suggesting will never solve anything!"

Margo shook her head, a cruel glint in her eye. "No, but it will make you feel better… and your sister too. And if those girls know you are willing to fight back then they will stop causing problems for Claire, especially if you hit them where it hurts."

"Margo! This isn't like you!"Jane gaped in disbelief. "I know what they did was… horrible, but your suggestion isn't any better! What would your parents say if they heard you talking like that?"

Unexpectedly for Jane, her comment made Margo burst out into laughter. "My Dad? Jane, you have no idea. Just be glad you will never meet him, I don't think you could handle it."

"What are you talking about?"

Margo managed to get her laughing under control, but she still had a slight smirk on her face. "Let's just say my sisters and I weren't brought up on based on…" She paused, searching for the word, "morals."

Jane just stared at her, forgetting her coffee.

"I know that must sound horrible to you, but that's just how we grew up."

"So… your Dad didn't care what you did?" Jane looked at her with pitting eyes.

"No! It's not like that! It's just- he- we didn't-gah!" Margo exploded in frustration. "THIS is why I don't explain my childhood to people, they just don't understand- they can't." Margo took a calming breath and tried again. "My father just had a different way of doing things, and although morals weren't important to him, we were. Family, that's what matters to us. We weren't taught the right thing to do if someone drops twenty bucks on the ground, but if someone messes with one of our own, we protect them. And we make sure it can never happen again." Margo ended her speech by taking another sip of her coffee, her eyes alight with fire.

Jane swallowed. "I think I get what you're saying… so if someone hurt one of your sisters…"

"I would make sure they get what they deserve, we all would."

"Edith I can see, but not Agnes," Jane denied, having met her younger sweeter sister.

"You'd be surprised. She's actually pretty decent with a gun… she's better with hand-to-hand combat though…" Margo mused to herself, not noticing the vital mistake she made.

"A gun!" Jane shrieked, nearly falling out of her chair. "Exactly what kind of revenge are you talking about?"

Margo blushed sheepishly, she had meant something non-lethal like a freeze ray, but Jane didn't know that.

"Umm, that's not what I meant. It's not like I'd kill someone…" Margo thought for a moment. "Not unless they really deserved it," she amended. "I was just trying to prove a point. My sisters and I were all raised the same way, and although Edith is usually the more violent one, we are all willing to do what it takes to protect each other. Besides… its better we take care of it then if our Dad tried to step in. Now THAT would get messy." Margo grinned to herself.

"Wha-what do you mean by that?"

"Umm…" Margo tried to think of a way to explain what her Dad would do without scaring her. However, she couldn't figure out a way to sugarcoat her Dad's actions, so she just gave up. "You don't want to know, really."

"No offence Margo, but your dad doesn't seem like a good guy."

"Oh, he's not." Margo informed her nonchalantly, taking another sip of her coffee.

Jane stared at her friend wide-eyed for a few moments before looking back down at her own drink.

A few minutes past before Jane spoke again, softer this time. "Margo… I think I need to do something about this. I think I need to talk to my sister and my parents. Those girls cheated her out of everything, she has no money or job anymore, and she might even lose her home. I think we need to take this to court. Is that- is that what you would do?"

Margo beamed at her friend proudly, happy she was started to show some backbone. "No, that's not what I would do, but my first instinct would make my father very proud, and like I said- he's not a good guy. So I think you're better off going with your idea."

Jane nodded numbly. "Thanks for talking to me. You've given me a lot of courage, though I'm not as brave as you. But your right, I can't just let my sister take this lying down. She has to fight, or if she can't, I'll have to fight for her."

Margo smiled encouragingly at her.

"Just one thing… will you help me Margo? I've never done anything like this before." She looked up at her friend hopefully, biting her lip.

"Sure, I'll help you organize everything you need and gather all the proof you have against them. Claire will win this case Jane."

And if they didn't win Margo had a few favors she could call in, knowing the ins and outs of the villain world had its advantages. Yes, perhaps that could be considered cheating, but her father always taught them cheating was the best way to win. Even though right and wrong seem to blend together for Margo and her sisters, she didn't mind how they were raised. Their father, although he had skipped most of the conventional life lesson, had taught them that family was what truly mattered.

And unbeknownst to the three girls, they had been the ones to teach Gru that same lesson all those years ago.

So basically I wanted to write this to test out older Margo. I wanted to show how being a daughter of a super villain who doesn't have many morals would affect her. And I used Margo instead of Edith because Edith is who you would suspect to be this cut-throat, but I wanted to show that even patient level-headed Margo could make a pretty decent villainess. And so could Agnes.

And Margo is a little a little extra violent in this, but that's because they are talking about someone hurting her sisters, not just someone being a jerk to her. And Margo is already very protective of her sisters. If someone had hurt their family I think revenge would be the first thing on the girl's minds. The "violence never solves anything" speech was never given to them by their father.

And sorry about the grammar, no beta this time. I just wanted to get this out quickly so I could work on something else.

And thanks for voting in my poll everyone! I'm already working on the winner, and thinking about how I can make the rest possible. Also, people were curious on where I got E.G.O. (the evil genius organization) from in the last chapter. I'm happy no one got it, I already felt bad about stealing it. Anyway, it's not Anton Ego from ratatouille. It's actually an organization with the same name and acronym from Lilo and Stitch the series that Jumba is a part of.

Please let me know what you thought!