Aftermath: A Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego Fanfic

Part 2:

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.

As Ivy and Zack went through the C-5 Corridor, a map of the world appeared before them. The Chief pointed out, "you're heading from San Francisco, California to Sherborne, England. And the Sherborne Steam and Waterwheel Centre was used to provide clean water to Sherborne for ninety years. Now it's provided by electrical pumps."

Zack added, "isn't there also a few steam engines up there?"

The Chief concluded, "right you are, Zack. But, they're mainly just for show."

Ivy added, "and the Museum of Science and Industry isn't just for show?"

The Chief answered, "not only that, but there are more than one Museum of Science and Industry. They all mainly showcase important inventions that made the industrial age possible…and the modern age too. "

Zack concluded, "like steam engines and the earliest computers, Chief?"

The Chief deduced, "yep…including the Pegasus One mainframe computer, one of the earliest mainframes ever built. But one of the biggest museums among these museums is the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, England…with five buildings and a train ride dedicated to technology. That's like having Future World from Disney World in England…but without the rides."

Suddenly, a bluish green open box shaped train ride from the Spaceship Earth ride appeared with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse inside, coming right for the Chief. The Chief called out, "look Mickey, I'm sorry…ok? You can have your million dollar rights. Sheesh!" The spaceship turned around before it hit the Chief, much to the Chief's relief.

Zack and Ivy in the C-5 Car appeared on a road near the Sherborne Steam and Waterwheel Centre. They drove into a nearby parking lot, then got out to see the two V.I.L.E. blimps and the Power Hall from earlier. The Power Hall had been lowered down into a grassy field nearby. A certain someone in a red coat and mostly red hat ran towards the Power Hall.

Ivy suggested, "it's Carmen!" She and Zack chased after the figure in red. The figure in red jumped over a rock carved path. One of the V.I.L.E blimps was lowering grayish metal plating around the Power Hall, piece by piece. Henchmen in blue were wielding holes with blowtorches into the Power Hall.

Zack suggested, "maybe we should call for backup."

Ivy wondered, "why?"

Zack urged, "look!" Ivy turned in the direction Zack was looking at…to see the big red waterwheel in the grayish yellow brick styled Castleton Waterwheel Museum building being pulled out by cables attached to hooks.

Henchmen in blue had already used little bombs seconds ago to loosen the waterwheel enough to be able to pull it out in the first place. And that's what got Zack and Ivy's attention. Smoke came from the main museum building as the waterwheel was being pulled up towards a V.I.L.E. blimp.

Ira Gation, with his short brownish red hair and tan raincoat, was pouring water from a hose onto the waterwheel itself to help it move off the ground faster. Ivy figured, "I'll go after Carmen. You see if you can get up to that blimp."

Zack insisted, "but Ivy, I don't do so well with heights."

Ivy handed him a blue net launcher, "then use this." And with that, Ivy took off after the figure in red. Zack aimed the net launcher at Ira Gation above, and fired. Ira Gation, surprised by the incoming net, froze as the net covered him.

He called out, "stop the water!" A henchman in blue stopped the water flow to the hose, as the hose hung from the blimp above Zack's head. Zack ran back to the C-5 Car to launch a spike from the front of the C-5 Car to the blimp's fuel tank. Unfortunately, it missed, much to Zack's frustration.

Meanwhile, Ivy followed the figure in red into the Power Hall, where she could clearly see a lot of steam engines and other kinds of engines around her. The places where the henchmen in blue were blowtorching through the walls were by no mere coincidence next to the steam engines.

Frank M. Poster, with his thin black mustache and his partly shaven brown hair, then turned around to face Ivy with his brown cane. He was the figure in red all along. Ivy muttered, "blast it!"

She tumbled out of the way of Frank M. Poster's cane, then side kicked him from below. Frank M. Poster fell to the floor, but then tumbled backwards and took out his own brown laser rifle. He fired at Ivy, who flip jumped over the blasts. She kicked Frank M. Poster down from above to knock him out, just before he could get back up. The laser rifle from his hand fell to the ground as Ivy landed back on her feet.

Ivy muttered uneasily, "these weapons look familiar…like Lee Jordan's." Suddenly, the Power Hall was picked up again by the two V.I.L.E. blimps, knocking Ivy off balance against a steam engine display. She groaned as she got back up, noticing through the open door behind her that the sky started to appear bigger to her as the ground below started to appear smaller to her.

Zack launched the C-5 Car into the air, with its rocket engines and wings coming out. He called out nervously, "Ivy! Hang on!" Zack muttered to himself, "it'll be over soon…it'll be over soon." He uneasily piloted the C-5 Car towards the uplifted Power Hall. The henchmen in blue got out of the way as one of the V.I.L.E. blimps lowered a complex pipe system towards the Power Hall. The pipe system was being welded to the steam engines by the henchmen in blue, while the waterwheel itself was being dragged towards the front of the Power Hall.

Ivy realized as Sara Bellum appeared in her hi-tech hovering purple hovercraft, "you needed the steam engines…but why?"

Sara Bellum chuckled, "it's so simple, Ivy…I'm going to make a tank capable of eliminating war. And that will give V.I.L.E. many new army recruits…with which V.I.L.E. would be unstoppable! But, you won't be around to tell anyone…will you now?" And with that, Sara Bellum aimed a brown laser rifle at shocked Ivy.