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Carmelita sat outside the Cooper Van in the dark, cold night and stared at her badge.

Completely useless.

She wanted to throw it in the water, but that would mean Neyla had won. No, she held onto it because...it meant something to her as well. And she was getting back her position as her rightful position in Interpol had been. She just needed to prove Neyla were working with the Klaww Gang, while avoiding getting caught herself.

She looked behind her and chuckled. The van that had escaped her for years, and now she was sleeping in it. She heard the door opening. "Funny how things work out huh?" Sly said in the opening of the van. The bright light landed on the ground and revealed the snowy ground they had parked on

"You know, you don't HAVE to stay with us. It's totally understandable, and logical, to be honest, that you want to leave when we find out our next move'' "So you took down The Contessa while I was a damsel in distress huh?" The vixen let out a short laugh and the raccoon nodded "Yeah. Neyla is taking the credit, of course. Though we got the Eyes though. Captain Neyla she is now" Carmelita rolled her eyes "At least she's having a moment, I will bring her down, then be promoted back to Inspector…"

She said softly and put her badge back on, kicked the white snow, then crossed her legs. Sly closed the van door "You need help? We are pretty good at bringing down people who have it coming." Carmelita shook her head "No thanks, Ringtail. This is personal"

The morning after, Carmelita woke up in some kind of room, but it was empty. Just her bed, a dresser, and a window. She slowly got up and looked at her gun. Then at her stuff nearby, both her gun and other stuff were placed there "Hmm" She mumbled and walked to the window "Water?!" She bursted out as she saw blue water, with a couple ice blocks floating and ice bergs the horizon.

As she apparently had fallen asleep with her clothes on, there was no need to get dressed. She rushed over to the door in her room and opened it hard and rough as she thought it was locked or sealed from the other side. Her eyes went wide as she flung up the door, on the other side, three thieves looked at her

"Morning, sleeping beauty" Sly chuckled "Where are we?" The raccoon chuckled again "You rode with us to Canada, remember?" Suddenly Carmelita felt dumb.

She quickly nodded "Uh, yeah? I was just checking" She crossed her arms and turned around "I'll just head out…"

Bentley nodded "Right. Just tell us whenever you leave, alright?" Carm nodded "Of course"

She walked out the door and looked at the dock she was on. The van was nowhere in sight, but she assumed it was parked somewhere. The vixen slowly walked over and into a small town. Like most other stuff in the place, the town was covered in snow. She paced slowly over the train tracks, swaying her hips as she did, as there was no train in sight.

She suddenly heard a distant cho. She looked to her left and saw a train racing towards her in high speed.

She threw herself to the ground, barely escaping the train "Jesus!" She cursed and got back on her knees and stared at the ground in shock and she felt her heart slamming against her chest "How is that even LEGAL?" She slowly stood up, looking around.

There was one guy, a goose wearing a helmet and armed with a pickaxe who looked at her "You alright, ma'am?" He asked with a smile. Carmelita shook her head I was almost KILLED! How do you let these trains run at such high speeds?! Let me talk to the one in charge" She crossed her arms but the goose shook his head

"No can do, ma'am. Jean don't wanna see people he has no use of seein'" Carmelita's ears shot up "Jean…? Bison?" She asked and the goose nodded "Yaup!"

The vixen got on her feet and sprinted to the cabin they were holed up in. She ran through the door "Bentley!" The small turtle shot his arms up "I...I surrender!" Carmelita shook her head "No! Do a check on the trains that run through here. Jean Bison is running them"

Bentley got out his computer "Jean Bison, eh? Fourth member of the Klaww Gang. Frozen in ice for decades thanks to a mining accident. What Clockwerk parts would he use…" She looked at his computer. "Hmm, that's strange. The trains emit a strange signal...nothing like any train I've seen…" The turtle zoomed in on the signal

"That's a Clockwerk part, allright" Sly said "That means we're about to do a good ol' fashioned train robbery" He grinned and rubbed his hands together, then looked at Carmelita

"Don't worry, I won't stop you. I'm in as much police trouble as you are, so it wouldn't do anything if I caught all of you...all 3 of the Cooper Gang...and brought them all to the police…"

Carmelita drew her gun, but the second she did that, Sly yanked it out of her hands with his cane "Carmelita. We gotta know if you really are in, and we really have to trust us" The vixen nodded "I'm sorry. Instinct. I've been hunting you guys for years now, and...it's just that it's easy to grab you now, you know? I think I may sit thisa one out. I have a lot to think about"

The gang nodded "No hard feelings, Carmelita. We know you're mad at Neyla" Bentley said and Carmelita smiled softly "Good. Jean Bison? Isn't that the guy who was frozen in the mountain decades ago?"

The turtle nodded and pulled up a data file on him "So what's the plan, guys?''


The blue haired vixen walked around in the wilderness to clear her head, after all she hadn't had the time to think about the events that had taken place the last month.

It must have been a month. As she was being pulled around everywhere, fading in and out of consciousness.

She closed her eyes, and her mind did exactly what she feared "Sweetie I'm sorry. You forgive me right? It was just an act, I promise!" Carmelita growled at the sight of her ex in her mind and snapped her eyes open and found herself in the entrance of a bear cave.

"Just what I needed" She sighed softly to herself and stepped inside.

The cave was dark, though she saw the light on the other side. She wandered in some more "Thankfully, no bears…" She said and glanced at the opening light on the other end.

Suddenly, a figure stepped into the light in front.

Carmelita saw it and gasped "Is that you, Neyla?!" She yelled and ran towards the figure.

The figure, or person, disappeared when Carm started running.

The vixen got out and into daylight. She looked in all directions to find the person who was there just seconds ago, but she saw no one. Carmelita let out a sigh and turned around and went back into the cave, and back to the safehouse. She wasn't sure if she was comletely sane anymore.

She looked around at the various Clockwerk parts scattered around. His wings they stole right in front of her, the heart, eyes and talons. Sly must really want them gone...but why not just destroy them now? As Carmelita was deep into her thoughts, the door opened "You're done alread-" She looked at the door

"...Neyla?!"

She grabbed her gun. The purple panther smiled "Heey sweetheart! Do you mind if I come in?" Carmelita fired of a warning shot right beside her "Move forward and I will zap you with max setting!" She yelled and charged her gun "Don't you get it? We are done! I don't want to be anywhere near you!"

Neyla smirked "What are you doing with Cooper, eh? Doin' a little operation with the thief huh? It's a nice place you got here. You realize that bad stuff will happen if Interpol got their hands on this info? Imagine the headline: 'Captain Neyla catches the infamous Cooper Gang along with rogue cop, Carmelita Montoya Fox and gets promoted to Inspector'" She smiled "You would be put behind bars for a lifetime, Carm. None of us want that"

Carmelita slowly "What do you want Neyla?" "A kiss" The panther smiled and stepped forward. Carmelita cursed under her breath and put her gun down "Fine! Just be quick about it" She hissed and sat on the table after moving some equipment onto the floor.

"I don't remember working with a Captain. Only Constable" The vixen tilted her head

"After capturing The Contessa, yes" She paused for a bit "She went rogue in the Klaww Gang, soo I exposed her and brang her down" The panther smirked and slowly sat on her ex's lap

"There was a time you would beg me to kiss you, Carm" Carmelita rolled her eyes "There also was a time where you didn't sell me out so it would look better for your career. Oh and how was it working for a Klaww Gang member? No wait, how is it working for both Interpol and the Klaww Gang? Must have been a lot huh? What are you up to, Neyla?"

Neyla laughed softly "Just shut your mouth and kiss me, yeah?" She locked their lips together. The vixen resisted the pleasure it gave her but she kissed back. They kept in that position until Carmelita decided they kissed enough and pushed Neyla away.

"That's enough. Get out of here before anyone returns"

Neyla smiled "It was nice catching up with you Carm. I have some business to attend to though. Bet I'll see you again though" She blew a kiss and disappeared out the door.

Carmelita looked down and cursed. Neyla now knew their location and could use that however she wanted. And now the parts were exposed as well. Carmelita was so confused. She was both in Interpol and The Klaww Gang. And she's sitting on both things that they want, so why had she not exposed them? Maybe she liked toying with the vixen.

The gang returned with both of the robotic bird's lungs "Already? You guys work awfully quick" She commented, and the raccoon chuckled "You're surprised?" Carmelita shrugged "Guess not. Look I have to leave you guys behind. Things got complicated" She said and stood up "Neyla is here, and probably followed me here to the hideout. I'm really sorry"

Bentley shrugged "You could prove useful to our last operation. We're gonna need some air support to rob the last Ironhorse train. My RC chopper was damaged on the last Ironhorse and is incapable of flight. It with the air security on Ironhorse 2 in mind, number 3 is sure to have a lot more!" Carmelita nodded "I got my chopper. I can provide support from there. Just call me up whenever you need it" Carmelita got on a train back to her home.


The ride gave her time to think.

Think about the last month.

Think about what she was doing, think about Neyla.

What was she doing? What did she want? Now that she was both an member of Interpol and Klaww gang?

Was her motive connected to Carnelita? Or was the whole falling in love thing just a set up to make her weak?

She grinned as she pulled out her tape recorder. This was the key to clearing her name. And Neyla. She was bringing down Neyla in too.

She was going to pay for everything she had done.

Despite her love.