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MISSING PIECE

Gru and Nefario continued to work on their project. After a long day of work, It was albeit finished around 3:00. Gru had been so busy with his project that he had forgotten his lunch. He hurried out of the laboratory in time to see the girls get off the school-bus.

Agnes was jumping around and she obviously had had a good time. Edith looked like normal, and fortunately Margo looked mostly normal too. Except for the blank look on her face. She usually had a little more expression. Gru assumed that she must be thinking about something, or tired after the school-day. A blank look could mean anything. "Hi mister Gru!" they greeted him.

"Do you want to play with us?" Agnes asked joyfully.

"Eh, no, not right now, tanks, I haven't eaten since breakfast. I was going to head een and grab a bite to eat. Ow was school?"

The three of them responded at the same time;

Margo: "It went great."

Edith: "It was OK."

Agnes: "It was FUN!"

"Well, dat's good, you girls have fun and play, I'm-a go find some lunch."

The girls played around outside for a little while, and eventually wandered their way inside. Edith was on the lookout for something to do. She spotted Gru's chair. "Hey, let's go down to the lab!" she suggested. The other two agreed and Agnes pressed the button (on the large chair's armrest) that opened the passage to the lab. They descended and looked around for things to do, which the minions were good at finding. The girls split up to explore the area again, wondering what the little yellow minions were up to this time.

Edith decided to practice her Ninjutsu techniques on her obstacle course. Stewart happened to be carrying the gas bomb project to a wielding station so he could firm up the last couple pieces. A loud noise from Edith's activities startled Jerry causing him to run into Stewart, who dropped the bomb. Pieces spilled everywhere. The two minions began bickering about who's fault it was and about how mad the boss would be, etcetera, etcetera.

The pin piece that resembled a small hair-comb landed near where Agnes was playing with her Unicorn toy. She recognized it as a piece to one of her play-sets and stuck it in her pocket. In the mind of a six-year old, anything can be a toy.

The minions picked up all the other pieces, unaware that they were missing so crucial of a piece.

Gru entered through the elevator and walked over to Dr. Nefario. He tried to ignore the noises of the girls' playing. "So deed dose minions wield on dose loose pieces?"

Nefario perked up. "They're working on it right now, actually."

A loud noise of metal banging against metal got Gru's attention. "OK! I can't concentrate weeth dat racket! I am sorry, but you'll have to go play somewhere else."

"Okay." Edith answered while getting down from the obstacle course and sheathing her Ninja-To blade.

"Sorry." Margo left toward the elevator.

Agnes grabbed up her toy unicorn and followed her older sisters back to the house, still with the little piece in her pocket.