Carmen Sandiego AU

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and what if one day Ivy is kidnapped by a strange group that are after her and Zack? Now all of ACME is working together to find the missing blackbelt but there are secrets surrounding the siblings…one of which is why Carmen is so desperate to get Ivy back. AU OOC Femslash Bashing)

"Carmen! Emergency! Big Emergency!" The Chief said appearing on the wall behind the infamous thief who was planning her next heist with some henchmen, most notorious of whom was Al Loy and Sara Bellum.

"I'm busy Chief." Carmen said without looking up as she examined the map in front of her.

"Ivy's been kidnapped!" The Chief said panicked and instantly Carmen whirled around alarmed.

"If this is your idea of a joke…" Carmen growled while Sara Bellum looked alarmed as well at the news.

"No joke! Some guys tried grabbing her and Zack both but she fought back hard enough to make them let go of Zack. She was knocked out before she could get away though and we haven't been able to get in contact with her since." The Chief hurried to explain while Carmen clenched her fists and her scowl darkened.

"Sara! Get the others and get ready to go! We're going to ACME now." Carmen ordered the inventor who nodded and ran off immediately.

"Boss what about the plan?" One goon asked looking at his boss who scowled and turned around, sweeping the map off of the table and onto the ground looking furious.

"Forget the plan! All heists are on hold! No one is doing anything until we find Ivy and get her back! I want every square centimeter of the criminal underworld checked four times over! I want her found and I want her found yesterday!" Carmen snarled at them, her eyes rather feral as she glared at the goons.

"Yes ma'am!" The goons said gulping and doing as ordered as they dispersed to get the word spread and job done. They had never seen their boss like this before.

"Where's Zachary now?" Carmen demanded glaring at Chief who blinked a bit at how she was acting and then shrugged it off. It was well known by certain people that Zack and Ivy were Carmen's detectives, and she was very possessive of what was hers. Not many knew the real reason why Carmen was so protective and possessive of the two.

"He's here at ACME. We're calling in all the agents to help find Ivy and he's pacing like a caged tiger and blaming himself and we need your help to find her!" Chief said making Carmen nod her head.

"You have it. We'll be there in twenty minutes. I'm bringing Sara, Hack and Al inside with me, the rest are setting up at a nearby base and searching the underworld but will come if I call." Carmen said making Chief nod.

"None of the agents will try to arrest you or your crew. We're all too worried about Ivy. We don't know who took her or why but Zack says he has a bad feeling that he knows who and why and he's not explaining! He says he doesn't want to think about it just in case it's not true." Chief said making Carmen frown but nod. Fearing the worst but not wanting to believe it's possible.

"We're on our way." Carmen promised before turning and looking at the grim and determined V.I.L.E. Agents standing behind her. The signature members knew that the two detectives were important and precious to their boss for some reason. For someone to kidnap one of hers…they were declaring war on Carmen…and Carmen didn't know the meaning of the word 'mercy' when it came to her precious people. They knew that if any harm befell Ivy, Sara would be getting those human guinea pigs she had been asking for. That was for the lucky ones.

"Well? You heard it. Move people!" Carmen barked as she rushed past them and to the jet, Al, Hack, and Sara riding with her while the others got in various cars and other available means of transport.

Within ten minutes Carmen was striding into the ACME building with long hurried strides, Sara, Hack, and Al half a step behind her. The first thing they saw was a room full of teenage detectives working frantically to track their fellow detective, the adults helping where they can but most being moved out of the way by the fast moving teens.

Zack was pacing back and forth in front of the Chief's screen his face screwed up in self-hatred, self-loathing, worry and a myriad of other emotions while a few agents were trying to help him calm down a bit. No one noticed Carmen at first until she strode through the room as if she owned it and came to a stop right in Zack's path.

"Zachary." Carmen said his name gently, gentler than most thought she could, causing his head to snap up to look at her. Most of the adults stopped and stared in disbelief… but the teens merely nodded to Carmen in greeting and then went back to what they were doing.

"Carmen… you came to help find my sis?" Zack asked his voice a mix of emotions as he looked at the thief.

"Of course." Carmen said gently making Zack give her a weak smile as tears built up in his eyes.

"Sorry. It's all my fault. We didn't even see them coming and I wasn't strong enough and Ivy had to save me an-" Zack said apologizing and trying to explain what happened at the same time.

"Hush. It wasn't your fault. Like you said you didn't see them coming. You were caught unprepared. Ivy just did what any good older sibling does. She protected her younger sibling. You know what she always says right?" Carmen asked putting a hand up to stop the apology and making Zack nod.

"The older siblings are born first to protect the younger ones." Zack whispered making Carmen nod with a small smile on her face although it seemed a little strained.

"That's right. That's a motto that Ivy lives by. You know she would do anything to save you, even turn herself over to whoever took her without hesitation. If they had gotten hold of you, she wouldn't be able to fight back and try to escape because she would be scared they'd hurt you. She helped you escape to benefit you both in the long run, you're here and able to help us find her. She's also free to fight back without worrying that they'll harm you in her place." Carmen said gently as she placed one hand on his shoulder.

"Look at me Zack." Carmen ordered tilting his chin up with her other hand so that his blue eyes met her own.

"We're going to find her. Every detective at ACME is on the case, and I have all of V.I.L.E. searching as well. No one can escape all of us for long." Carmen said seriously, making Zack's eyes water but he scrubbed them away.

"There's time for you to pity yourself or blame yourself later. For now taking that self-loathing and pity and hatred and turn it into determination. Put on your game face and let's bring her home." Carmen said making Zack scrub at his eyes again before he gave a strained looking smile and nod.

"That'll work for now. Sara start seeing where you can help with tracking her or building something that can, Al put yourself to use as well. You're a big guy and you have a PhD. If they need something heavy moved you help them move it, and if your metallurgy knowledge can be of use with anything… then use it! Hack, get to those computers and start hacking anything and everything you need to in order to find her." Carmen gave Zack a pat on the back before she turned and gave her two employees their orders.

"You got it boss." Al said moving to go help one boy that was struggling to move a piece of machinery by himself, easily lifting the machinery and carrying it to where the thankful boy was motioning.

"We'll get her back." Sara said with a nod before moving to the where at least ten teens were already hard at work engineering something but were more than happy to have the older womans' help. Hack just nodded and walked over to the nearest empty computer to follow orders.

"Are there any clues or evidence at all?" Carmen demanded turning to look at Chief who grimaced himself.

"I've already sent Jasmine, Tatyanna, and Max to the kidnapping sight to search for clues but they haven't found anything yet." Chief said shaking his head in the negative.

"Boss I found a video of the kidnapping, found something that might be useful." Hack called from his computer, quickly pulling it up on the Chief's screen without prompting.

"These are the idiots that grabbed our girl and she put up a heck of a fight." Hack said smirking a bit as he zoomed in on the guys loading what seemed to be an unconscious Ivy into a nondescript white van that had the license plate covered.

"They're all wearing masks, plastic ones too like Halloween masks or something. Anyways… judging by the blood on this guy in the back and the way he's holding his face I'd say our feisty red head broke his nose. The one next to him seems to have a broken arm too." Hack said with a small snicker.

"Those two are the ones that tried to grab me. Ivy hit the first one and used a move of some kind on the second, that's how I got away." Zack said nodding slightly while Carmen's hand on his shoulder gave a small supportive squeeze. Her sharp gaze caught something else however.

"Hack the one holding Ivy by the armpits, zoom in on his left wrist." Carmen ordered making the man obediently do as told and zoom in on the requested spot.

"Looks like a tattoo." Maria said looking at what had caught Carmen's eye and seeing a strange mark on the guys wrist. Carmen frowned heavily. That mark almost looked like… Zack's sharp intake of breath confirmed Carmen's thoughts.

"That brand…" Zack began to tremble hard, close to hyperventilating as he stared at the mark on the kidnappers wrist.

That's the same mark Ivy has burned into her back." Carmen said her gaze narrowing and the air around her becoming frigid.

"No. They're back. Why are they back?! Why can't they leave us alone!?" Zack began to breakdown, causing Carmen to grab him and pull him close. Camen's lips were pulled back into a snarl aimed at the screen as everyone stared at them except the V.I.L.E. agents that were still working at their separate stations.

Everyone shivered at the disgust and hatred in Carmen's voice as she barked out another order before trying to calm Zack down.

"Find her now! I don't want Ivy in their hands for a second longer!"