Screwed up Sandiego

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)

"Why are you so mad at ACME? You asked for this!" Zack yelled at Ares two weeks later when the scarred red head was shown to be right by Carmen's side during a heist. Carmen had finally gotten ahold of the hard copy of the Project Ares files which detailed most of what they had done to Ivy, and promptly read them with Ivy's permission before handing them over to Sara.

The rest of VILE were confused at the haunted look on Carmen's face after reading those files, and then were alarmed at the loud and vivid swearing Sara let out in several different languages after she was done reading them.

No one was dumb enough to mention how Carmen had spent the last two weeks nearly glued to Ivy's hip and staying the night in the younger womans room. With Carmen there it seemed the nightmares were less frequent and none were as loud as the time when she screamed after first joining them.

"Oh so they told you that much hmm? Do you know why I asked, begged, pleaded, and bargained to be used as an experiment?" Ares asked glaring darkly at her brother who backed up a step at the near animalistic look in her eyes while Carmen quickly grabbed Ares by the arm and pulled the smaller woman close.

"Do you know why I tried so hard to let them pick me? I did it for my baby brother. My clueless weak little baby brother who wouldn't know how to throw a proper punch if I didn't teach him. I had to protect him! There were 199 boys in my testing group and we were the fourth group of experiments!" Ares snarled at Zack who blinked for a second and then his face blanched in horror.

"Four groups of 200 each! That's 800 experiments. Out of those 800 I was the only female! I was the only female and the only survivor! If my brother was taken for those experiments he would have died just like the other 799 boys! You're right I did ask for this and beg for it and pleaded to be allowed to be taken in his place…so that he wouldn't die like the others!" Ares said making Zack, Jasmine, and Li all stare at her horrified and shocked.

"I expected and agreed to the experimentation that would have probably killed me! I did not expect or agree to the 'training' after that. Why don't you go ask them what they did to finish my so called training huh? Go ask your superiors or the guards and inmates! Go ask your little techie friend Joshua! They let him have a turn as well, after all he was such a huge help in making the experiment a success the least they could do was let him have a taste of what he wanted!" Ares yelled at Zack while Carmen's eyes were ice cold as she held the younger woman close.

"Go ahead! Ask them! Ask them what all they took from her because she was a female! Ask them about how they tried for two years to recreate and reproduce her, copy all of what she could now do onto an innocent child that would have only lived to be an experiment! Ask them about how they beat her and did worse and worse every time she didn't catch! Ask them about what they did to her when they finally had enough attempts at trying to get her…" Ares cut off then, her eyes snapping closed and her breathing ragged as she tried to calm herself. Jasmine however seemed to understand explicitly what she had kept from saying because the Jamaicans teen's eyes were wide and watering.

"Ask them about what they did to her that she could never tell anyone else about. Ask them about what they did to her that would keep her own brother from recognizing her." Ares whispered weakly and hoarsely now while Carmen had begun running her fingers through the smaller womans hair.

"Ask them about how they broke their 'toy' beyond all repairs. Ask them how they made me into a villain. How they turned me into a poison that will end up wiping ACME clean again." Ares said her voice a bit stronger now while Li looked confused.

"A poison to help?" Li asked the others earning a humorless laugh from Ares.

"I see why you never made senior detective!" Ares said with a cackle that had a shiver going down the detectives spines.

"Some poisons can be turned into medicines if applied correctly and for what they've done to her…ACME has more than the prescribed dosage coming for them." Carmen said her voice cold as she kept Ares close while staring down the detectives in front of her.

"Carmen?" Zack asked frowning slightly as he looked at the master thief who tilted her hat slightly but didn't give her usual smirk or taunting smile.

"I'm a thief for the mental gymnastics mainly…and I try to make sure no one gets hurt especially children like you. I've never hurt an ACME detective on purpose or sent any of you into a dangerous situation that I hadn't put myself in. I thought I was keeping you away from the cruel nastiness of most criminals if I did that." Carmen admitted as she stared the three detectives down and there was a darkness in her gaze and voice that had them backing up a step.

"I never thought that the organization that I once worked for, the one that put away so many villains…would become worse than the very villains they send you to chase. I've been taking it easy on you boys and girls." Carmen said her voice dropping an octave as she wrapped her arm around Ares tighter, the shorter woman pulled flush against Carmen's side in a way that had Li and Jasmine eyeing them speculatively.

"Now when you get back to ACME make sure they know the exact words about to come out of my mouth." Carmen said with her teeth almost bared at the teens.

They merely stared shocked and worried and a bit confused and lost as Carmen and Ares made their escape. Carmen's words floating to them through the silent night air.

"VILE and I personally have taken Ares in as one of our own…and we will repay all that ACME has done to her hundred fold."