Screwed up Sandiego
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"Carmen! Where's Ivy?" Zack yelled as he chased the thief a few days later, Tatyanna and Jasmine chasing her as well.
"I set her free." Carmen said looking unbothered as the three detectives cornered her on a roof top after chasing her from the room of the large party she had been attending. Carmen still hadn't gotten hold of the girls hard copy files and Manny had said there had been extremely heavy traps and codes and all sorts of nasty bugs on the girls files to keep them from being hacked into.
"End of the line Carmen!" Tatyanna said only for Carmen to chuckle slightly.
"Not just yet. After all there's someone I want you to meet." Carmen said as another person jumped up on the roof, this one a woman as well that nearly blended in with the shadows.
"Who are you?" Zack asked staring at the woman who was wearing a tight black dress that showed several prominent scars on her shoulders and back. The woman had blood red hair done up in a small braid, jade green eyes that stared at them coldly from behind a simple black shimmery fabric over the top of her face and lightly tanned skin that was set off by the pearl earrings and the solitary pearl hanging around her scarred collar bone and neck. She looked familiar but they couldn't put their fingers on it.
"This is the newest member of VILE. Although I'm disappointed that you three wouldn't recognize her. Especially you Zachary." Carmen said looking honestly disappointed in the three as they exchanged confused looks at that. It was true that the woman did look familiar but they never recalled seeing anyone covered in scars like this woman was.
"I'm the Ram." The red head said her voice tickling their minds as if to bring up memories or possible identification but the three looked confused.
"The Ram?" Jasmine asked confused, what the heck kind of name or title was that? Seriously at least most of Carmen's group had what they did hinted at by their names such as Al Loy being an expert with metal and Sara Bellum being a scientist. What would someone called 'Ram' do? Steal sheep?
"Yes the Ram. The Ram of Aries." The woman said her voice a bit scratchy but still familiar. But why couldn't they put their fingers on it? It was just on the tip of their tongues but the only person they could think of was missing in action and would never work for Carmen.
"What do you want then oh Ram of Aries?" Zack asked sarcastically as he stared at the woman who reminded him of his sister but that wasn't right. His sister would never join Carmen or work for the red clad thief.
"Simple. ACME has turned me into a poison. Some poisons can be used as medicines…and ACME deserves a strong dose for what they've done." 'Ram' said her voice cold as she stared them down while Carmen stepped forward and placed a hand on the smaller womans shoulder. It seemed Jasmine was the only one to notice that this was the first time they had ever heard of Carmen touching one of her henchmen, especially during a chase.
"ACME's the good guys. If you're mad at them then it's probably because you're on the wrong side of the law." Zack said making Ram snort slightly at that.
"So naïve for one so smart. If you haven't heard this saying before…then you either die a hero…or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. I was a hero for a long time, but now…I've become the villain." Ram said mockingly as she gave them a taunting smile.
"Exactly you're the villain. And it's our job to stop villains." Tatyanna said before she lunged at Ram, hoping to take the red head off guard.
"Foolish girl." Ram sneered as she easily stopped Tatyanna's lunge cold just by grabbing the blonds collar with one hand, causing the Russian to nearly jerk from the force of her own momentum being stopped suddenly.
"You missed the entire point. I became the villain for a reason. Why don't you go back to your masters with that information? About the new villain that they created." Ram said tossing Tatyanna back into Zack and Jasmine who were sent sprawling by the Russian's weight and the force with which Ram had thrown her.
"ACME stops the villains not creates them!" Zack yelled as he struggled out from underneath Tatyanna as Jasmine pushed the blond up and then helped the Russian herself.
"Sure. Go ahead and believe that. Why don't you ask your techie friend? Or how about the Chief? Or even the Head of ACME's technology or weapons departments? Ask them about their secret project." Ram said her lips pulling up into a dark cruel smile that had the three teens shivering slightly in fear.
"Ask them about what they've done to the innocent Ram to make its dull horns grow into spears. While you're at it why don't you deliver a message for me?" Ram taunted them as she stepped back closer to Carmen who wrapped an arm around the girls waist and pulled her close as they stood together at the edge of the roof.
"Looks like it's time for us to leave now my dear poison." Carmen said noting the police cars surrounding the road at the bottom of the building. Ram didn't glance at her but merely nodded her head.
"I'm glad you could join us detectives but tonight was just so that I could introduce you to my new protégé and quite literal partner in crime. You three disappoint me." Carmen said tilting her hat at them a bit but frowning and making them flinch in surprise or look shocked. She had never said she was disappointed in them before or looked so upset with them. It was if they had failed an obvious test.
Ram merely sneered out the words towards them before she and Carmen fell from the roof, Carmen activating a jet pack and easily carrying Ram to safety as well.
"Tell them that when they forged the perfect weapon then they should make sure that the God of War couldn't go against the ones that made her."