Chapter 2
"Don't be so upset." "I can't believe you let him escape!" Carmelita snapped. Cassie huffed and answered Cassie said when they got back to headquarters. They were in Carmelita's office. The walls were decorated with light brown paint, while the floor had papers all over it. Pictures of captured culprits and wanted ones covered Carmelita's desk near the back of the room. Cassie leaned against the wall as she watched Carmelita pace the hardwood floor, mumbling things Cassie could not make out. Carmelita stepped on the papers as she paced.
"I've got it!" Carmelita suddenly said running over to her desk. She began to throw papers on the floor. Cassie walked over to the desk and looked over Carmelita's shoulder.
"I've got a plan." Carmelita said holding up a folded piece of paper.
"Really?"
"Yep."
"Alright. Spill it."
Carmelita unfolded the blue sheet of paper. She handed it to Cassie and Cassie looked at it strangely.
"What's this?"
"Information on the Clockwerk parts." Carmelita said.
"Clockwerk parts?"
"That's what Cooper's after." Carmelita said walking over to a drawer. She handed Cassie a file then back to her desk. She sat down in a chair and began fixing the papers.
"What do you want me to do?" Cassie asked.
"If we get the Clockwerk parts before Sly, he'll have no choice but to try to take them from us."
Carmelita grinned.
"Then we arrest him."
"We?" Cassie questioned, slinging her long silver hair over her shoulder. "How are we suppose to get the Clockwerk parts? Where are they?"
"They were stolen of course." Carmelita said. "Sly must not have stolen them. He came back and stole the profiles on all the Klaw Gang criminals."
"Is that what was in that bag?"
"Yes."
Cassie sighed.
"So, we steal the Clockwerk parts from thieves?" Cassie asked grinning.
"Not Steal!" Carmelita snapped. "Take by force."
Carmelita got up from her desk.
"I know the first Clockwerk piece is in this City."
"Here in Paris?"
"Yep, In the back streets, somewhere."
Carmelita walked toward the door and was about to walk out.
"Where are you going?" Cassie asked.
Carmelita shrugged and closed the door behind her.