AN: Thanks for reading! I apologize for the late upload. Honestly I have just been lazy.
Carmelita's eyes shot up when she heard her new alarm clock. She slammed her hand on it "Even more annoying than the last…"She groaned and stood up.
She looked around "Hm. I'm actually home" She mumbled and smiled "No more Neyla…" She said then frowned a little.
As much as she hated to admit it, she still loved Neyla, while at the same time she hated her guts.
Her phone ran "Unknown number…" She read off the phone and answered
"Carmelita, we're about to engage Ironhorse 3 and we need that aerial support now" Carmelita was shocked to hear the little turtle at the other end, but she nodded, as if that was going to help "Yeah. I'll get the chopper in the air" She hung up and ran to her helicopter. She still thought about Neyla.
Why didn't she come last night? She would know Carmelita wasn't there anymore, as she was spying on the safe house. Regardless she didn't care, and was more than happy to not see her.
The vixen approached the coordinates given by the turtle and landed near the safehouse
"I'm here" She called into the radio.
Right after that, the three thieves got into the cart and Murray started moving them forward. "No Wonder they can get anything...this hippo is cartoonish strong…" Carmelita said in shock "Very different to how he used to be" She chuckled and took off and started following with the helicopter.
After some time, they reached Ironhorse 3 and Sly jumped off and onto the prized train.
She hovered over the moving train as the raccoon made his way through. Eventually she spotted something coming towards them "Get off the roof, Sly. We got incoming" She said into her radio.
She watched the raccoon hop off the roof and inside a cart. She then focused on the incoming object. "Purple...oh…" She rolled her eyes and got the front cannons ready
"Neyla!" She shouted to her "I won't fire at you if you stand down now!" She was met by a laugh "Aww Carm! You don't think I'll do that do you? That's silly, even for you, sweetie! I would nev-" Carmelita growled and fired at Neyla's plane.
"Don't make me take you down, Neyla!" Neyla returned fire, but Carmelita's cannons were much better and did a lot of damage to Neyla's aircraft when she fired the second round "Look Carmelita! I'm only still doing this to see you, I don't care about the stupid Claww Gang, and I'm sorry I lied! Be a little forgiving, yeah?"
"You handed me over to the Contessa!" Carmelita screamed back
"I had to play along, at that time I was deeply in love with you Carm!" Neyla cried out and returned fire "I did free you, didn't I?"
Neyla's plane started to give in, so she flew away "Only to capture me for yourself…" Carmelita growled softly and spoke into her radio.
"All clear Cooper" The raccoon jumped on the roof and made his way across. Carmelita felt tears roll down her cheek "No…" She told herself "Don't cry. You're an honorable policewoman and better than her"
She nodded and kept flying over them. Even if Neyla's plane was giving in, who knew if she was really gone? She couldn't be. She was her only way of getting back. And somewhere inside her actually cared for Neyla.
The vixen shook her head "I deserve better…" She followed the raccoon's movements and blasted off any turrets that came in the way "Doing okay down there, Ringtail?" She asked
"I'm almost there, Carmelita. Thanks for the air support" She looked down at him to watch him give a thumbs up in her direction, which made her smile "It must be fun working with a former cop huh?"
"With any luck, you won't be former for long. We'll find a way to clear your name"
Carmelita smiled "Why are you helping me? You realize I will come after you, right?"
She heard the raccoon started talking, but she had to steer clear of the sudden projectile fired at her "Whoa!" She exclaimed as she straightened her chopper
"You sound surprised Carm! You of all people should know how hard it is to get rid of me!" The panther shouted and flew to her side
"Don't you realize what we could have had?!" Carm teared up "I do know! I wanted to! You ruined everything!" She shouted in extreme anger "All you had to do was not sell me out!"
The panther cursed and began flying upwards, not seeing the tunnel the train was about to go into. Carmelita gasped in both anger and shock. She didn't know what emotion was strongest "You're not getting away'' Carm hissed and without thinking threw herself out of her helicopter and tackled Neyla out.
In that moment, Carmelita was still recovering from realizing what she had done; dooming herself.
She looked into Neyla's eyes "Carmelita, are you absolutely ins-" Neyla's outburst was interrupted by a deep, long kiss from the vixen.
They kept making out, as this was their end
"I'm sorry, Carm" Neyla whispered
