Cat Noir didn't say a word and just hung up on Ladybug. "Rena" looked at him confused when he turned to look at her. "Everything alright Cat Noir?" she asked.
"Yeah everything's great Rena, except for the fact that you are the thief." He drew his poll ready to fight.
Carmen's eyes went wide, but then she calmed herself and put on a smile. "What are you talking about Cat Noir?"
"LB just told me the Fox Miraculous was stolen, along with the others. I doubt you're even Rena Rouge!"
"Well looks like you caught me, or did you?" She leaped over him. "Sorry to lie to you. The name's Carmen. Carmen Sandiego."
Cat Noir's eyes went wide. "You mean the thief?!"
"The one and only, now I need you to listen to me."
"Yeah, no. I'm not listening to anymore lies." Cat Noir charged at her. She jumped and dodged. She grabbed his arm and kicked his feet out from under him.
She put some distance between the two but he was soon back on his feet. "Cat Noir, I need you to listen to me. I'm not the bad guy here."
"Ha! Like I'm going to fall for that, everyone knows that you're tricky, and the last fox themed villain we fought was a liar just like you are." He took a couple more swings at her, which she blocked with the flute. Unfortunately her reputation proceeded her here.
"Well if I can't make him listen, then I'll have to show him I'm not his enemy," she thought. She continued to fight him, and at one point she tripped him up. He almost fell off the roof, if she hadn't grabbed him and throw him back up onto the roof.
Cat Noir landed hard, getting the breath knocked out of him. Carmen approached him. He clutched his hand into a fist. "You're not getting my ring," he winced.
"I don't want your ring," she stated, with that she took off, leaving Cat Noir to be confused.
She traveled a good distance away before she stopped and detransformed. Trixx had his back to her. "Everything okay?" she asked confused.
She heard sniff like he was crying. "You lied to me," he mumbled.
"What?"
"I could hear and see everything Carmen! You lied to us and used me! Master Fu didn't give you our Miraculouses, you stole them." He looked absolutely heart broken.
"Look Trixx let me explain, please?"
"What is there to say hasn't already been said?"
"It isn't what it look like, we're-" Carmen was cut off by a call from Player.
"Carm where have you been? You've been off my radar for forty-five minutes. I thought you were in trouble or something."
"Sorry Player, it's a lo-"
"No time for apologies, I can't get a hold of Zack and Ivy. Any chatter I pick up sounds like something big is going down, you need to get back to the apartment now!"
"On it Player, I might go offline again. Don't worry though, I'll be fine." She hung up on him and turned to Trixx, "Look, I know you're mad at me but right now I need to get back to my friends, they're in danger. I need to transform."
"Yes master," he mumbled.
A little after Carmen left the two siblings had grown quite bored. "Ugh! There's nothing to do baby-sitting jewelry," whined Zack. "Except have a tiny tiger stare at you." Just then there was a knock at the door. "Who's there?"
"Room services," a lady said, on the other side of the door. Zack's stomach rumbled.
"Sweet!" cheered Zack.
"Dude! Remember, no can come in here."
"Don't worry Ivy, I'll just accept it at the door."
"No!" Ivy exclaimed as he opened the door. The Kwamis quickly hid.
Suddenly door was forced open and she threw off her disguise, turning to face Zack. "Whoops, I lied." It was Tigress.
Zack grabbed the closest object, a vase and took a swing her, getting her to back into the hall. Problem was he was outside with her, standing between her and the door. "Uh, I'm not afraid to use this!" he said, raising the vase. She slashed it in half. "Uh oh." He threw the piece that was left at her ad took off running. Tigress gave chase, deciding to "not leave any witnesses."
Ivy had hid behind the couch, clutching the box to her chest. "Little tiger," she whispered. She flew over to her. "Look I need you to do that transformation thing Trixx did to Carmen."
"What!?"
"Look, my brother can't take Tigress on his own. She works for VILE. She will kill him and take the Miraculouses. Please, I need your help here. I can't let her hurt him, and I am not going down without a fight."
She stared at her for a good moment then surprisingly smiled. "Call me Roaar. Say Stripe Time!"
"Got it, Stripe Time!" Ivy was amazed as transformed into a hot pink and black striped tiger suit. "Nice!" She took off after Tigress.
