Usual Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Carmen Sandiego, Zack, Ivy, the Chief or any henchmen related to the cartoon. They are owned by whoever owns The Cookie Jar Company, WOEICS and the Learning Company, Carmen Sandiego franchise.

It's been over 30 years since Carmen was last seen. She disappeared a few days after she rescued her pseudo-father, Malcolm Avalon. Some have speculated that the experience was too much mental anguish so she quit and conformed into society. Others have said that it brought on ill health and she died. Her file, eventually, was closed due to non-activity, because it couldn't be proven that Carmen had perished; therefore, the detectives never inherited VILE.

The odd thing was that VILE was never disbanded. Crimes were still committed under the name by the usual suspects and new faces, but Carmen was no longer apart of them. When Sara Bellum crowned herself Queen of VILE her reign didn't last long, and she was brought down by people in her own organization. No one knew who ran VILE; it seemed to run by itself.

When it was apparent that Carmen wasn't coming back Ivy decided to further her education. She attended a local university and graduated with a PhD in Criminal Justice. Then got married and had three children. Zack took a few years leave to study at an Ivy League University. His college was impressed by the Zack Attack 20,000 and worked with him to patent the design for military use. He graduated with PhDs in Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics. After a few years he got married and had two children.

They're now high-ranking ACME Executives. Ivy's is the CEOT, Chief Executive Officer of Training and oversees all training from field, underwater to space. Zack is the CSC, Chief Specialist of C.H.I.E.F and is responsible for and improvements to the C.H.I.E.F program. Zack improved on the robot body making it more human-like, but Chief still prefers his pink screen.

Ivy's third child is a detective, and his partner is Zack's youngest. Their other children didn't think much about following in their parents' footsteps. From hearing the stories about Carmen, being a detective didn't seem that exciting, as there was no criminal that compared to her. The henchmen were mediocre at best, but still left clues. The clues were fairly easy and the crook was usually caught before they got to the last location.

~ACME HQ, Main Computer Room~

"I am so bored" said Mike who was reading a comic book.

"Same here Cuz" Lily said turning a page. She was reading a book about orchids.

Chief appeared on screen, sirens blaring; both detectives just looked up at him.

A stiff legged Mike got up, "Finally something worthwhile."

"Howdy-do you two. Have I got a hot tip for ya" the Chief said, as red lights flashed behind him.

"What is it Chief?" asked Lily, bookmarking her page.

"A VILE henchman has stolen; get this, the Mona Lisa."

"The Mona Lisa? Isn't that a little old hat for VILE?" Michael commented.

"That may be, but we still need to get it back."

"She's gotcha there Mikey" the Chief said.

They entered a faster and more accurate C-5 portal in that they didn't have to travel through a tunnel, past a bunch of scenes and pictures; instead they stepped in and stepped out at the location.

The Louvre was alive with police.

"Oh detectives, I'm so glad you're here" a flustered curator said

"I still can't believe what happened. It's been a long time, since anyone has attempted to steal the Mona Lisa and here we are and there it's not." She said and pointed towards the blank wall.

Mike and Lily carefully walked over to the wall trying not to step on any potential evidence. A black piece of paper that was stuck behind a neighboring painting caught Lily's eye.

"What's this?" she thought and pulled it out. "Hey Mike look at this."

She handed him the black envelope that had a Carmen Sandiego trademark on it.

"What? Carmen Sandiego? But that's impossible…" he said and looked at Lily.

He opened it up and read the letter

Detectives,

It appears you like to broaden your minds. Let's Gogh to a museum square where one building has the man in a grey felt hat, and it's not where you think.

Cordially,

DOCS

"Whoa, this is way complex than what we're used to seeing" said Lily.

"Maybe the henchmen have started to read?" laughed Mike. "Let's head back to HQ and figure this out."