Aftermath: A Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego Fanfic

Part 1:

Side note: If you haven't seen the Can You ever go Home again two parter, please do before reading this fanfiction. It'll make more sense this way.

It was dark. The mostly brown bricked museum was closed for the night…but some guards were on watch duty. Little did they know that their museum, the Museum of Science and Industry in England, was the target. Some typical V.I.L.E henchmen in bluish colors were coming towards them, but with not so typical equipment…even for V.I.L.E. They aimed their brown laser rifles at the guards, and fired. Some guards were hit by the blasts. These guards were taken out and off their feet. Some guards ran out of the way, charging at the henchmen with their own guns.

Then, V.I.L.E. henchmen Al Loy and Daryl Riska came down on tether cable lines to kick down the remaining guards by surprise. Al Loy was wearing a green cap, a mostly gray headset, black sunglasses, and a gray overshirt and pants with pockets on them. Daryl Riska was wearing a round purple mask, a thin and mostly gray microphone, grey sunglasses, a mostly blue and purple outfit, blue jeans, and purple gloves. Daryl Riska urged, "let's go!"

Most of the regular henchmen went up the tether…up to the hi-tech red and yellow blimp with circular double helium envelopes in the night sky. Daryl Riska ran towards one side of an L-shaped section of the museum, while Al Loy ran towards the opposite side. They were stringing along a couple of special purple cable, letting it loose around the building's bottom edges as they ran around the building. Al Loy had one cable in hand, while Daryl Riska had the other in hand. They suddenly bumped into each other as they were laying down the last line of cable.

Al Loy called out, "watch where you're going!"

Daryl Riska muttered loudly, "why didn't you?"

A familiar voice over their headset and microphone called out, "you each had an agreement not to talk to one another. Now, stop talking!"

Al Loy sighed, "yes, Sara."

V.I.L.E. henchwoman Dr. Sara Bellum figured with a sigh, "that's better. Now get up here…before the cables explode." Sara Bellum was waiting inside the blimp for Al Loy and Daryl Riska. Sara Bellum was wearing her typical gray lab coat, pink shirt, and gray goggles. Her medium fully sticking up grayish brown hair was standing up in a v shape. Sara Bellum was sitting in the cockpit seats of the blimp, with a typical henchman in blue beside her.

Al Loy and Daryl Riska dropped the last of their cables and ran towards the cable sticking out of the blimp. Suddenly, a series of explosions came from the purple cables. A quickly discharged laser grid burned through the concrete below, loosening the L shaped section of the museum. Another blimp of the same design came towards the building, piloted by typical V.I.L.E. henchmen. Both blimps released two big gray suction cupped grabbers onto the L shaped building and pulled up the entire building with ease.

Drivers of cars paused in the British roads to see the carried building in the night sky. Sara Bellum was laughing her head off as she steered her blimp further away from the museum and the ground.

The henchman beside her covered his ears to keep himself from going deaf. Police in police cars noticed the flying building as well. One of the policemen concluded with worry, "we better call ACME."

After watching the crime unfold, the Player typed, "what have you done with Carmen?" Dr. Sara Bellum appeared on the Player's computer screen.

She dismissively said, "I'm in charge of ACME now, so any calls for Carmen go through me. Who are you?"

The Player typed, "I'm the kid who's going to bring you down."

Sara Bellum chuckled, "what are you supposed to be…a earlier version of the Chief? No matter…you're offline now." And with that, the screen went black for a second. Then the screen turned blue again, with a game menu and a colored coded picture of the world's continents appearing in front of the Player. The Player clicked on the ACME Detective Agency button on the menu.

At ACME Headquarters…

Zack and Ivy came into the main computer room, where the Chief was waiting for them. Ivy asked in a somewhat cheery mood, "what's up, Chief?"

The Chief on the main computer screen sighed, "I don't know how it happened…I just don't know how."

Zack urged, "what happened?" The Chief showed some scenes from the Museum of Science and Industry's security cameras, much to the shock of Zack and Ivy.

Ivy gasped, "my gosh…"

Zack responded, "how would Carmen just let her henchmen…?"

The Chief sighed again, "that's what I keep asking myself. I think something's…wrong." He magnified the two blimps inch by inch, showing there to be no Carmen Sandiego logo on either one as the Chief kept talking.

Zack realized, "isn't that…Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry's Power Hall?"

Ivy reflected, "and it's only been around a week since Carmen was last sighted near Malcolm Avalon. It's almost as if…"

Zack realized, "as if someone's replaced her as head of V.I.L.E."

Ivy sighed, "she might've decided to step down, but I can't help thinking that we would have then found out for sure by now."

Zack asked, "what are you getting at, Ivy?"

Ivy pointed out, "remember when she told us that we'd be her successors?"

The Chief laughed, "oh…for a second there, I thought you said that... That wasn't a joke, was it?" Zack shook his head. Ivy just stared for a bit.

Ivy insisted, "Chief, we told you earlier. Remember when Carmen's jet seemed to…?"

The Chief sighed, "yeah…I just thought you were joking then. Just my wishful thinking."

Zack pointed out, "doesn't mean we said yes."

The Chief sighed with some relief, "least there's that to be thankful for."

Ivy wondered, "speaking of things to be thankful for, is there a clue this time?"

The Chief realized, "oh yeah…here it is." The C-5 corridor opened up a little bit, bringing a scale model of a waterwheel into Zack's hands.

Zack suggested, "Player, info-scan famous waterwheels." The main screen changed from waterwheel to waterwheel, until a certain waterwheel caught his eye. He pointed out, "that's it!"

Ivy pointed out, "umm…Zack…that's in England too. Are you sure that the head of V.I.L.E. isn't trying to throw us off track?"

Zack insisted, "no, I'm sure of it. It's the Sherborne Steam and Waterwheel Centre."

Ivy sighed, "I don't know…seems a little too easy to me."

Zack figured, "only one way to find out. Player, the C-5 Car." A blue car then appeared out of the C-5 Corridor, where Zack and Ivy strapped in.

The Chief urged, "you be careful out there."

Ivy assured him, "we will, Chief." And with that, the C-5 Corridor opened up around the C-5 Car, leading them towards England.