Carmen Christmas
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"Start talking. Why are you sending a seventeen year old out on an assassination mission? Why the hell did you send out a fourteen year old on those kinds of missions?" Carmen demanded glaring darkly at the man before her who gave her a semi-arrogant sneer but made sure to stay out of her zone of reach.
"None of your business Sandiego and definitely nothing you were ever classified to learn, much less anyone else here." Matthew said glaring at the thief who did not look impressed with his answer and instead just looked more furious.
"Take your classifications and shove them up your ass. I just saw a seventeen year old go on a killing mission and heard how she's been sent on those since she was fourteen at the least. I want to know why." Carmen said her voice brokering no argument as her eyes resembled ice at the moment.
"That's above your classification…I will tell you this though. She's been doing those missions since she was ten years old not fourteen. She is…uniquely suited for it in a way no one else ever was." Matthew said allowing them that much information and making Carmen look downright murderous.
"I will give you to the count of ten to get the fuck out of here and run. You know about my views of children Matt. You just admitted you sent a ten year old child on an assassination mission. Run." Carmen growled out and she looked more dangerous than the detectives had ever seen her, even if she was wearing a sweater and pair of jeans instead of her usual ensemble. Matthew shivered and paled when she said 'Matt' instead of 'Mattie' which had always been her nickname for him ever since they were rookies.
"Ivy knows how to contact me when she's back. Merry Christmas." Matthew immediately booked it out the door and into a hastily opened C-5 as Carmen began counting.
"Why'd you let him go boss? I wanted to beat his face in." Dara said pouting as the C-5 closed and she was still clenching her fists. Carmen's had shadowed her eyes as they glinted dangerously in the light.
"Matthew was always an arrogant son of a bitch with a knack for planning but not very skilled with weapons or improvisation. The only reason he's the head honcho and acting as the one giving Ivy missions is if someone else is pulling his strings like a puppet. As soon as I find out who it is…" Carmen trailed off for a second as she glares at where the C-5 had been, her hands twitching as if to hit or strangle something.
"I get my human test subject?" Sara piped in with a smirk.
"For the most painful and dangerous experiments." Carmen agreed making Sara give a maniac grin that honestly scared Aileen and Tatyanna but didn't faze Zack.
"Mind if I help?" Zack piped up looking up at the two taller women who both stared at him in surprise, along with the others.
"This is the same person who makes my sister go on missions where she gets shot, stabbed, poisoned, broken bones, and internal damage. My sister hasn't gotten more than two or three hours of sleep a night ever since she was ten because of the things she's seen and done on these missions. I want to help punish the one responsible." Zack said his tone dark and his eyes darker as Dara finally had the presence of mind to close the door and stop letting the cold in.
"Like I said. Dibs." Sara said grinning as she hugged Zack again, looked like she had a building buddy and a science buddy in general.
"Last I checked I was the one wearing the 'mom' sweater." Carmen said amused as she pointed down at her shirt while Zack nodded his head in agreement.
"Yep. Carmen's pretty much the mom of the group, Professor Bellum is the crazy but fun aunt." Zack piped up and moved to hug Carmen who looked surprised but didn't resist the hug as she stared down at him for a moment.
"What about the rest of us?" Tatyanna asked amused and earning a small hum of thought from the smallest of the group.
"Hannah is the superstitious big sister, Dara's the protective kick ass aunt, Aileen's kind of like the fun cousin we get to see on occasion…" Zack said before looking at Tatyanna and Jasmine with a flat look.
"You two are the crazy ones who have huge crushes on my sister despite the fact that she's not interested in dating at the moment and can kick your asses across the ocean and back before the marshmallows in her hot chocolate melt." Zack said giving them both a flat deadpanned look and earning snickers from Dara and Aileen.
"Well he's not wrong." Jasmine admitted after a moment and earning a nod from the Russian blond next to her.
"Hey Ivy is hot. Did you see her yesterday running that training course in the gym? Just wearing that tube top and pair of shorts?" Tatyanna asked her eyes glazing over a bit and earning an affirmative hum from Jasmine whose mouth seemed to water a bit as she brought that memory up.
"Bad girls. Down." Carmen said reaching forward and smacking them both upside the head lightly. Well lightly for her.
"Ow!" Tatyanna yelped with a whine while Jasmine rubbed her head with a grimace.
"She acts just like my mom." Jasmine muttered with a small pout and making Carmen smirk since she heard her loud and clear.
"Read the shirt kiddies." Carmen said earning a pout from the Jamaican detective and a giggle from Aileen.
"She's not going to stop mothering Zack and Ivy now is she?" Tatyanna asked the other two detectives who shook their heads.
"Of course not. After all…they're my favorite detectives." Carmen said smiling fondly as she wrapped her arms around Zack who was still hugging her. The boy beamed up at her for this.
"You should have seen what she did when she found out one of the henchmen actually had a gun on him during one heist. She was furious at him at first, but then when she saw him actually pull it on Ivy…" Dara shivered as she recalled that, earning a pale face from Hannah while Sara looked stupefied.
"Is he still alive?" Sara asked staring at her boss who just gave an evil grin that had the ACME detectives aside from Zack backing up.
"Boss didn't even have the time to get to him first. Ivy had taken the gun from his hand and twisted it so that the barrel was crushed, all that without ever moving her gaze from his eyes. I swear the guy was about to shit himself." Dara said cackling a little now although Carmen frowned for a brief second.
That should have been a major clue that something was different about Ivy.
Why had she ignored it?