Someone gave me the prompt that Edith would tag along on a mission with Gru and Lucy. (without their knowledge of course) This was fun to write! I don't know if its good enough but I tried.

Stowaway

"Do you have to be so loud?"

"Hey, you're de one who blasted in here like a madwoman."

"At least I have stealth."

"About as much as an elephant."

Even if Lucy shot him an annoyed stare he couldn't help but smirk. Secretly Gru loved being out on the field with her. They had just arrived via Lucy's car to an abandoned farm in northwest Kentucky- just an hour from one of the heaviest guarded bases, Fort Knox.

The AVL suspected a new villain had been hiding out in the area with plans to steal the gold locked away in the vaults there. So of course they sent Gru and Lucy to scope out potential threats.

The actual barn had been abandoned and it was so old that the foundation looked like it could give way at any moment. But they snuck in, ready to investigate. "If you were a super villain, where would you put the secret door..." Lucy was scoping the place with one of her devices.

Gru shook his head while he followed behind her. "If? I was one." He chuckled.

"Rhetorical question."

"Look for abnormal, dat is usually first mistake." His eyes glanced up to the loft above the old stable stalls, expecting to see something.

Lucy snapped her device closed and slipped it in her purse. "Do most villains make mistakes?"

"De new ones? Always."

"Have you?"

Gru glanced at her; Lucy was typing something into her phone before looking back at him. In the dusty air he swore she saw him smirk. "I am not de one on trial here." Rolling his eyes he turned to head out. "We should do a scan-"

An old barrel toppled over not ten feet from the pair. Gru swore he saw a shadow lurking close by and with a zip of his coat pulled his freeze ray out. Lucy followed suit, but stayed close to him. Carefully he approached, and then lunged behind the beam supporting the loft, his gun pointed to the shadow he swore he saw.

He did a double take. There was someone alright. Someone in a black ninja suit and a pink cap.

"Edith?!"

Lucy smacked his head as he yelled. "Hush!"

Edith stood there with nuchucks in hand. "Um." She whispered. "Hi?"

Gru didn't hesitate to tuck his weapon away and scoop up his daughter. With an agitated groan he quietly carried her outside with Lucy following. Once at the car he set her down. "Vat on de earth are you doing here?"

"I wanted to come! It gets boring when you leave."

"How did you even get here?!" Gru pulled out his phone. He'd have to call the minions to come and get her.

Edith knew what he planned to do and jumped up, grabbing his arm. He was stronger but it did put a pause on his dialing. "I hid in Lucy's car. When you said goodbye to us I had a window open and ready and rushed out."

For a ten year old she was definitely cunning but that just made his anger rise. "Edith dis isn't some vacation, it can get dangerous."

"It seemed dusty, not dangerous."

Lucy giggled which made Gru push his fingers on the bridge of his nose. "Keeten you do not understand. If-"

Almost on cue, something happened. Sounds of wood breaking and the ground trembling caused Gru to protectively wrap his arm around Edith. The farm they had just been in collapsed, the old wood finally caving in.

After it settled and Lucy waved off the cloud of dust she went back towards it. "I bet the base is underground, someone triggered something and it caused the barn to fall."

Gru looked to Edith then Lucy, giving a long sigh. He set his daughter down and typed a quick text. "Edith stay close to me, understood?"

"Hai!" She pulled up her mask and followed him back to the rubble where Lucy was already starting to dig through.

When she pulled out a new gadget from her purse and hit a button on it, it started beeping. "Ha! Metal! Down below!"

He did a quick look around; pausing where it looked like some old haystack had not fallen over. He heard Edith next to him as he walked over the rubble to it. When he pushed, he found the whole stack moved with a clicking sound.

"Look! It's a door!"

Lucy rushed up next to him and sure enough, a small door had been hidden there. Much too small for him, however.

"We'll have to send word to Silas, I'm pretty sure we have some robotic drones that can fit."

"Dey'd have to hurry. Likely dat sound was someone getting ready to take off."

Lucy frowned. "Can you get some of your munchkins here?"

Gru opened his phone, only to hear the little metal door open with it. To his shock he saw Edith, then poof. She went down the shaft into the dark corridor. Dropping everything he fell to his hands and knees. "Edith!" He called, trying to see down into the darkness.

Her voice called back. "It's okay! It's not deep!"

Gru was about to try and stuff himself down the square foot shaft when Lucy pulled on his scarf. "Get back up! And be quiet!"

"But.." He didn't even want to think about what could happen down there; Edith was cunning but still just a child.

The redhead tossed some goggles down. "Edith! Heads up!"

"Got em!"

"Put those on and try and be quiet!"

Still holding onto Gru's scarf Lucy pulled him to stand. Her purse opened up to show a little monitor screen, her fingers typing in something. To his amazement the screen showed what Edith likely was seeing.

"Hear me, kiddo?" Lucy spoke quietly.

"Yeah.." Edith whispered. It was some relief to him that she sounded okay but her down there was going to give him a panic attack.

"Just.. stay calm okay?" Gru sounded the worst off out of the three.

Her head was looking around as she started walking, the corridor coming to a wide opening. Down a ladder the path did become bigger, where there would have been perfect room for the adults.

"Edith, do you notice anyone?"

"No.. It just smells like Gru's plane that's all."

"Plane?" Gru pushed his brows together. "It's likely exhaust."

With a nod Lucy continued to talk to Edith. "Try and find the end okay?"

"What? No. She should wait dere."

"I'm on it!" On the screen all he could do was watch as it seemed Edith was running down the path.

There was nothing around her which made Gru feel slightly better but he knew a base like this would be guarded. Lucy seemed so into what Edith was doing, eyes glued to the screen.

Edith came to a standstill as there was a sound. Below his feet Gru could feel some vibrations and he instantly worried that Edith was going to be stuck down there. He went to look at his phone again, he had sent word to the minions to head here but so far the tracking in his phone wasn't picking up anything.

"Let me go!"

His fear became reality as he looked back to the screen, Edith was being picked up by some golden robot that made sounds as if was going to fall apart at any moment. To her best effort she was being dragged away by the robot only a foot or so bigger than her.

Gru was about to grab something from his coat that would blow a hole in the ground, when the rubble started to move. "Gru! Move!" Lucy rushed off and for a split second Gru wondered if he should stay and fall down the opening doors. Edith was down there, he had to save her.

But holding back a groan he rushed off with Lucy, almost slipping at the last second. All of the debris from the farm fell down what appeared to be a deep underground tower. A roar of engines could be heard and before the pair could even ready themselves a large airship suddenly came out of the gap. Its gold color seemed to be brighter in the sunlight, the whole look of it seemed hastily put together with panels missing and wires hanging out of the bottom.

None the less, it was packing a few very large missiles under its wings. Its obvious goal was going to be the fort not far away; but Gru wasn't worried about that. The beeping from her purse made Lucy check it- the device she had let Edith use had a tracking device on it. "She's on that thing!"

That was all he needed to hear. With the winds kicking around the dusty debris of the barn Gru drew out his grappling hook and fired; because of the shabby work it was easy to snag on one of the wings. A few loud pops and the ship took off- Gru rushing off with it.

He thought he heard Lucy behind him, but soon all he could make out was the roars of the turbines and wind. When he grabbed hold of a ledge, he used all the strength he could muster to climb to the main hold; kicking at what appeared to be a door on the side. When it didn't budge, he used the next best thing, his laser gun.

A whole was made and with a mild burst some of the gold-painted metal busted out. Wires were sparking and with a yell he managed to roll inside and peered around. It wasn't big; the pilot he could only assume was this new villain was glancing back at him with a wide eyed stare. To Gru's surprise, this guy looked like some punk who barely was out of high school.

Everything inside was painted a gold color- obviously why the kid wanted the gold bars that were locked up. "Wait.. you're Gru!" With his scarf billowing around him from the air rushing in Gru just glanced around until he spotted Edith; kicking the robot drone that was holding onto her. "Hey!" The 'villain' yelled, as Gru walked over and promptly kicked the homemade robot in the head- making it drop the girl.

Edith moved back behind Gru as he glanced back to the kid who was flying the ship. This kid was young, much too young to be a villain. A feeling of nostalgia swept over him, this was probably his first heist. "Land, now!" The kid looked scared, rightly so. After all Gru was pretty well known from the years he was the greatest- but Gru didn't expect the kid to hit his chair and escape using an ejection seat.

Issue was, that left him in a badly built airship that was now starting to drop from the sky. Edith clung onto his leg and he bent down to pick her up and rushed to the controls. When he hit a few of the buttons on the panel sparks started to fly from it.

"This thing is a piece of junk!" Edith gripped his scarf. "What are we going to do?"

Gru felt the force of the ship starting to fall and even saw through the front window the ground getting closer. Without another thought he ran to where he came in and held onto Edith tight enough so when he jumped out- she would stay close to him.

He knew that feeling of falling before; but it didn't make it easier. Especially when all he could think of was how Edith was with him. Maybe if he landed first he'd take most of the blow.

He stopped way before he should have and not on ground. Landing on his back with Edith on top of him Gru could only blink and notice he was in the backseat of Lucy's car- which was now flying through the sky. "Lucy!" Edith cried, jumping up from the man's chest. The top was open… Lucy must have flown in while he had jumped out. The top closed as Gru sat up, glancing around. With a long winded groan he fell back down and closed his eyes. He'd have to thank Lucy later for saving them.

Lucy and Gru sat on the ground in a field where the ship had crashed landed. As other agents of the AVL came in to do cleanup work Lucy got a call from Silas, explaining the so called 'villain' had been picked up, found wrapped up in his parachute and high in a tree. After a briefing she snapped her phone shut, looking to Edith. The girl was sitting on her dad's lap, watching as the various trucks were scooping up debris from the crash.

"Good work today Edith!" With a bright smile Lucy rested her hand on the girls head.

The blond gave a grin. "Can I come next time?"

"Dat is a no, with a capitol 'n'." Gru grumbled, still annoyed.

He didn't see the small wink Lucy gave the girl, but he did see how giddy she was. Glancing to Lucy he frowned towards her; but when she leaned in and kissed his cheek he dismissed it for now. At least his girl was safe.

A sudden beep of his phone and he answered it; listening to a frantic minion on the other line. "I texted you like an hour ago! Yes, Edith is here… what?! No no no don't bring de plane, I got her, I got her." Hanging up he looked at his daughter. Next time he'd check for methods of escape before leaving for these missions.

"Lucy, can I use those goggles again sometime?"

"Well sure you can! Oh.. We could totally dominate at hide and seek!"

With the sounds of giggling Gru closed his eyes. "Des gurls will be the death of me."