Carmen AU

By: FuanhoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and what if during The Remnants…something else happened because there was something else on the minds of the detectives? Carmen receives and unexpected surprise and learns even more about the detectives, which changes how everything else happens. AU OOC some bashing some femslash)

"If you don't want to tell me that's fine." Carmen said immediately when she noticed just how tense the red head was at the mention of her real name.

"I just don't have any good memories of that name." Ivy said as she looked down at her cup of sweet tea.

"…A Fire." Carmen spoke making the two look up at her confused.

"I lost my mother in a fire before I turned six, I don't remember my father. I saw the building burn with mama inside, I don't even remember how I escaped or what my name was before the fire. Smoke induced amnesia." Carmen said making the two wince slightly.

"Car wreck. That's how we lost our parents. It was raining and a robber had driven a truck straight through a red light and into the side of our car. The doctors said that Zack and I were lucky to live, Zack didn't have a scratch on him but I have some scars on my back from the shrapnel and all." Ivy said making Zack wince.

"I looked up the report once, kind of a closure thing ya know? When they got us out of the car they said they found Ivy laying over my car seat as if she were shielding me. One cop told a reporter that if she hadn't had covered me then some of the shrapnel would have killed me or at least severally hurt me." Zack said making Ivy shrug and blush slightly under the surprised and impressed stare Carmen was giving her.

"I don't remember much. Just the squealing tires, the rain, mom screaming, Zack crying, and the crunching of metal." Ivy said although she was lying slightly but Carmen wouldn't call her out on it. She had a feeling she knew what else the red head remembered and she didn't want to bring it up.

"I don't know what my birthday really is, I took March 1st as my birthday because that's what day they brought me to the orphanage." Carmen said changing the subject and making Ivy give a sheepish smile.

"I'm not actually seventeen. I just say I am only three years older than him so that I can stay closer to Zack. I'm actually twenty. I was seven when the wreck happened and ten when I took Zack and ran from the orphanage." Ivy admitted making Carmen look surprised as she looked at the girl in a new light.

"You're only a few years younger than me. As far as I can tell I'm twenty eight this year. I left A.C.M.E. when I was eighteen." Carmen murmured making the two look surprised at that.

"We joined A.C.M.E. when boy wonder over there decided to break into their HQ to hide from some thugs that were chasing him. He hacked the system with a stolen phone and rigged up cord from the charger." Ivy said grinning at her brother who looked sheepish. Proud but sheepish.

"Like you were any better sis. You heard I was trapped in there until they found our parents and what do you do? You act like Carmen." Zack shot back earning a raised eyebrow from the thief in question.

"What does that mean?" Carmen asked making Zack snicker.

"What else? Ive snuck in HQ like a ghost, distracted all of the people that were supposed to be guarding me, grabbed me, and nearly made it back out the building undetected. It was only cause I wanted to play on the computers that we got caught but I'm certain that The Chief knew what we were doing and where we were the whole time." Zack said grinning at his sister who shrugged sheepishly.

"Hey grow up on the streets and you either sink or swim, and I happen to like swimming." Ivy said while Carmen looked impressed, it was a very difficult feat to pull off after all.

"I wish you had come to work for me. Talents like those are hard to find. Especially in ones so young." Carmen said reaching forward and trailing a finger under Ivy's chin before reaching over and ruffling Zack's hair. Ivy blushed a bit and looked away while Zack just laughed and tried to fix his hair.

"Nice. Usually Ivy's the one making other girls blush, this is the first time I've seen someone else turn the tables on her." Zack said snickering at his sister who blushes harder and glared at him while Carmen noted this feeling a bit amused and smug. So the cute red head had a crush on her it seemed. Well their ages weren't too far apart but being on opposite sides of the law might put a damper on things.

Carmen wondered how the red head would react if Carmen started flirting with her during the heists and chases. After all Ivy was smart enough to keep up with her, athletic enough to keep pace, and more than beautiful enough to catch her eye.

"The only thing we have left of our parents besides our names is this jacket of our dad's and Ivy's locket." Zack said playing with his jacket a bit and making Carmen blink as she was brought out of her schemes.

"I had wondered about the jacket, but I don't think I ever saw the locket." Carmen said looking from Zack's military jacket to Ivy who had pulled a locket out of her pocket.

"I don't wear it much while on a case or around the office, don't want to risk losing it. Our dad was military before he died, the jacket was Zack's favorite blanket even when he was a baby so dad would often wrap him in it so that he would go to sleep. He was away a lot and he brought back the locket one day when he was on leave. It was my fifth birthday present, but I was just happy that dad was home and we didn't live on the military base for much longer." Ivy said playing with the locket and hitting a button, making it begin playing a song sung by a beautiful woman voice.

"All I have of either of my parents is my locket." Carmen said pulling her own locket out of pocket and letting the two get a glimpse of it.

"Karishma." Ivy admitted after a moment of comfortable silence between the three.

"My real name is Karishma, mom and dad were in India when I was born…mama said that I was born two months early and wasn't expected to live through the first three months. They named me 'miracle' because it was a miracle I lived." Ivy said looking up at Carmen who stared at her for a moment.

"Thank you for trusting me with all of this. I think I'll just keep calling you Ivy though. Although perhaps I should call you 'Mohini' or even 'Yaretzi'." Carmen said the foreign words slipping off of her tongue easily and making Ivy look confused while Zack began choking on his macaroni.

"Should I leave you two alone?" Zack asked looking between the two blushing a bit but grinning.

"Why?" Ivy was confused but was diverted when Carmen stood up, tilting Ivy's chin up with a single slender finger as she stared into the red heads eyes.

"Thank you both for this, I would love it if we could do it again… but I think it's time for you to return the items I stole." Carmen said gently pressing the basket of stolen items into Ivy's hand as Zack packed up the rest of the food and drink, making a separate container for Carmen herself.

"I'll see you next time Zack…Mohini." Carmen said nodding to the boy and then smiling softly at Ivy who blushed even though she didn't know the meaning of the word.

"Zack… what does Mohini mean?" Ivy asked her eyes locked onto Carmen who waved as she stole the orphanage which was due to be torn down in the morning anyways, the two detectives standing by the guard shack with the stolen items and leftovers in their hands.

Ivy blushed bright red at her brothers snickered answer.

"It's Sanskrit Ivy. Mohini means 'Most Beautiful'."