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Final Stunt

Edith slumped on the couch and thought hard. She was stumped for new stunt ideas and Margo certainly wasn't going to be of any help. Her grey-blue eyes were focussed hazily on the television as she flicked through the channels hoping to draw inspiration. "It figures. There's nothing on that's going to help me."

"Help yoo for what?"

Gru stood in the entryway to the living room and stared at his middle daughter. Edith glanced at him briefly before turning back to the television. "I was wondering what science experiments I could try and turned to the wonderful world of television for inspiration. Not one science program is on."

As images of Edith blowing up his house flickered through his mind Gru paled. "No! No science experiments! Go play outside!"

Edith rolled her eyes but complied. The screen fizzled to black and the blonde shuffled outside. The sun was bright and way too cheery for her tastes. "What to do, what to do..."

"What are you up to Edith?" Margo asked as she dragged a trashcan to the curb.

"Why am I always up to something?" Edith asked.

Margo dusted her hands off and faced her sister with her hands on her hips. "Because you are always up to something," she answered.

"The faith and trust is so overwhelming," Edith muttered sarcastically. "If you must know Dad sent me outside. I guess he figures I can't get into too much trouble out here."

"Understatement of the year," Margo snorted and headed back inside. After rescuing her sister from the bungee jumping fiasco she had demanded a vacation. Edith agreed and promised not to harm herself too severely with her future stunts.

The sunlight caught on the metal trashcans lining the street and they sparkled. After regarding them for a moment a smirk curled across her face. "Daredevil Extraordinaire Edith has an idea of epic proportions."

She hurried into the garage and gathered the necessary materials. She set them in front of her and got to work. Twenty minutes later, Edith wiped the sweat off of her brow and pushed her sleeves up. A plank of wood and a box of nails sat in front of her. "Okay, I don't know how people can do this for a living."

She had been hammering at the planks of wood and in the process she hit her thumb twice accidently. It was now wrapped in a wet bandage and throbbing insistently. Edith chanted 'no pain no gain' as she worked and finally sat back to admire her progress.

Okay, so the crudely put-together ramp was no masterpiece but it ought to do the trick. "I'm surprised Dad didn't come running out when he heard me banging."

Edith got to her feet and thought for a moment. The ramp will stay here for now. Time to collect the trash.

She dragged her own trashcan into the middle of the street and lined it up. She then went to the neighbouring houses and dragged them back into the street until she had ten trashcans in a row. She put them as close together as possible and admired her handy work. Edith ran back into the garage and rummaged through a few boxes until she found Gru's caution tape.

"This should keep the cars at bay." Edith hurried to the end of her street and roped the area off. She would take it down when she was finished. She went back to the garage and lugged the ramp outside.

At the other end of her street was hill with a road paved on it. It was sort of steep and terrible to drive on during the winter. But it should do the trick. Edith stared at the hill for a moment before lining up the ramp.

She collected her bike and slapped the helmet on her head. She added knee pads and elbow pads for good measure. She wheeled her bike towards the hill and cast a glance at her house. No one had noticed her yet.

Perched on top of the hill Edith peered down. She climbed on her bike and took a deep breath. "This is Daredevil Extraordinaire Edith ready for her epic stunt. Will she survive? Only time will tell."

Margo was reading a book when she happened to cast a glance out the window. The book clattered to the hardwood floor when she dropped it in shock and scrambled to the window, pressing her face against the glass.

Ten trashcans were lined up in the middle of her street. At one end was a crudely made ramp. "She wouldn't!" Margo burst outside and stared as Edith kicked off and flew down the hill. "She would!"

Edith was hunched over her handlebars as she soared towards the ramp. She flew through the air after striking the ramp and cleared seven trashcans before her bike started to dip dramatically. She knew she wouldn't make it, so she did the first thing that popped into her head.

She jumped.

Margo clapped both hands over her mouth as Edith sailed over the last three cans and hit the ground hard. Her bike slammed into the trashcans and they toppled over, scattering their contents all over the street. Edith stumbled to her feet and held her bleeding nose, which had broken upon contact with the cement.

Gru stormed out the front door and took everything in in one horrified instant. He started hollering at the top of his lungs and headed right for Edith with a red face. Margo stared at her sister in awe and disbelief.

"Dad now knows why you've been acting so weird. You are so grounded. Was it worth it?"

"Totally!"

Margo sighed in exasperation. "Will you quit being a daredevil now?"

"Yeah. The excitement has worn off," Edith said thickly, hands cupped over her nose.

Margo sighed with relief.

"Actually, I think I'm going to practice being a lion tamer now!"

Until next time,

AnimationNut out.

Peace!