Yes, Carmen is a bit more hard core and dark in this fic but that is just to set the mood. Let the story grow on you and you will see why I'm picturing her as that. They are also bad mouthed between them, I'm really trying to portray her with a bit more realism that what I have been portraying her. Carmen is a criminal and I will treat her as such. You rock Carmen!

But what is this fic about? Oh, keep reading, cause you know it is gonna be epic.

THE LOOK IN HER EYES chap 2

Scene 1

Washington, DC was experiencing a beautiful starry night sky(props if that song popped into your head), but it was a bit chilly for some reason.

"You are late for your presidential reunion Lincoln," Carmen smiled at the statue.

"Amazing that someone is willing to pay 5 mills for this statue." Hugo was amazed at the size. "This is the biggest one yet we have snatched this month."

"Everzhing is ready for zhem," Sara came behind them.

"Good they will show up." Said Carmen suppressing a smile as she raised her head to watch the stars.

Scene 2

"A bit chilly do't ya think," Zack complained.

"It is a beautiful night, man up Zack." Kevin said watching the stars.

"Stop with the brolove and lets go, Carmen is at work." Ivy rushed past them.

Scene 3

"They are here, boss lady," the intercom voiced.

"Excellent, wait in your positions and I'll give you the signal."

This was indeed the heaviest and biggest statue they had lifted and many more henchmen where necessary for the work. During a robbery Carmen didn't spread the budget thin, she wanted the best for the best results. As she commanded how she wanted the rig placed and bitched about the time it took her men to work around the stuff, she was in constant surveillance for the detectives.

"There is a third detective with them, this time, Carmen," Hugo made her notice as he started to prepare his muscles. "And he is a big fellow."

"Cool it probably Josha, or some other detective to make their appearance more annoying, but not tonight, tonight I'm peaceful." And she was peaceful carefully buying her time to give the signal.

The detectives stopped short of the stairs, catching a bit of their breaths. Carmen continued to direct her henchmen as planned, not paying attention to them. As soon as she heard they got composed she started to raise her hand to give the signal.

"Hello Stranger!" A loud voice over a speaker was heard.

Carmen stopped at mid signal trying to regain her bearings. 'It can't be him' Carmen though. She slowly turned around as Sarah stepped up to be by her side. Carmen walked to the start of the stairs and looked down at the detectives. There he was, standing tall and ruggedly handsome (yes, I watch it!) like always. She extended her hands and in a few seconds a speaker was placed in her hand.

"Hello back!" she answered and waited, it was their salutation code.

"You look good!" he smilled

"You too!" she smilled back.

Minutes passed no one moving or saying anything. They both just stared at each other. 'This is incredible, he made her stay in one spot for all this time.' Ivy was really impressed, looked like he lived up to his confession.

"Everything is ready boss lady, shall we move out or proceed with the plan," the intercom voiced.

"Looks like we don't have much time, but I believe this is all the time I needed to get you to kill your inner cat. Let's see if your bite is still better than your bark. See me you know where and when!" Kevin smiled as he handed Zack the speaker and ported out with the C-5. Zack and Ivy where stunned but fallowed fast.

"What waz zhat about?" asked Sarah, signaling the men to continue with the plan.

"It's a dare. Like none I have had in a long time."

"It might be a trap, Carmen." Hugo warned, he had made up his mind to go with her even if she demanded him not to.

"It is not. I know him, he is more afraid of me than anyone else in this world. Sarah your coming with me to that meeting. Hugo get the boys, stake the area I'll tell you and wait for my answers."

Sarah and Hugo accentuated with their heads as the statue of Lincoln rose to the night sky.

Scene 4

"It was incredible Chief, I had never seen Carmen stunned for so long like that." Ivy was relating the story to Chief as they waited in that alleyway.

"Nice, but what is this place, where have you leaded her to Kevin?" Chief looked around.

"Ah, it's a little secret place with an amazing view." Kevin said as he pushed the roll up door and they stepped into to the space. At the end of that alleyway there was this roll up door and behind that the alleyway continued above the city. Nothing else there but a small bar and lights leading the way on the other side of the city, very romantic if you walked a bit after the bar. There was a small bus stand there that hadn't seen any vehicles in a long while but it still provided an amazing seat for the view.

"This place is beautiful Kevin, how did you found out?" Ivy asked, as she noticed Kevin had a key to opening the rusty lock on it.

"We found it by accident. We had been stalking this jewel thief for weeks and we ended up in that bar over there." Kevin signaled the bar door and when he did someone came out.

"Hey old timer, you still haven't come this week for your weekly dose." Martin the manager saluted Kevin and he saluted back, Martin laughed and went inside.

"Anyways, our plan was to pretend I was buying some jewels for her and we were high class and all that, when we sort of got a bit drunk. The plan went a bit haywire and we ended up chasing him to this alley but finally catching him here on this bus stop."

"We?" Zack asked.

"Carmen and me."

"Wow I didn't see that one coming." Zack was as stunned as Ivy.

"Oh yes, after Carmen had trained with Sahura she became an independent detective. All independent detectives always get to travel with a partner, just like you and Zack. Kevin here was Carmen's partner in her last years at the agency. They solved many crimes together, but they were the most troublesome pair I believe in all ACME's history."

"Hey you can blame Carmen for that."

"Nonesense, you were as bad an influence on her as she was on you, so don't' pretend I don't' remember that plane ticket incident."

"Hahaha, yeah that. I was a genius with that."

Sometime passed as everyone quietly admired the view. It seemed that the memories where a bit hard on Kevin, as Ivy noted and nudged Zack to understand not to ask about it.

"She was an amazing partner Chief. I should have protected her more. I should.."

"She decided on her own Kevin. She betrayed us all, don't take the weight of her crimes on your shoulders."

"No Chief, I knew… I knew." Kevin said this looking at Chief. "Ever since we managed to catch that art thief Roy everthing changed. In the interrogation room he asked her 'How long until you realize that my side of the lines is the one that creates the puzzles little girl?' I smacked him and they took him away only to be released a few days later cause of paper work thing. She became more thoughtful and introverted. I should have warned you."

"You couldn't have known it. Kevin I know you two were close but please don't let the past come out tonight and calm yourself."

"I asked her to marry me, Chief," Kevin said this with tears on his eyes as he leaned on the wall of the buss station. The detectives and Chief couldn't' believe their ears. "She said 'Yes'. We even escaped that winter and went to Thailand to get married. We both got rings." Kevin showed Chief his left hand with the wedding band on it. "I convinced her, she left you and the agency just for me. She trusted me with her life, with her heart, she trusted me completely. All she needed was for me to trust her back, and I didn't." Kevin suppressed a sob. "That night just before we were getting married she told me about a plan she had been working on. We were both tired of being detectives, it didn't challenged us anymore. She came up with a plan to steal 8 billion dollars from the bank in Tokyo that sounded flawless and amazing. I hushed her down, and didn't respond for hours. Before we went to sleep after all the discussion she said to me 'Would you stay?' and I didn't answered I went to the balcony and she went to sleep. I stepped early morning out of the hotel and wondered the city thinking to myself. She went to the ends of the earth for me, why can't I go to the ends of the world with her. I went back to the hotel, but she was gone. I had betrayed her and with that the whole agency had betrayed her. If I had stayed I could have convinced her to forget the crazy shit plan, either that or I would have gone with her, I loved her."

After all of that, everyone was quiet, all where deep in though about all this. Many minutes passed, more closely to one hour and still no sign of Carmen. Kevin wasn't worried; there was still some time before the appointed time.

'I don't' think she is coming sis,' Zack whispered Ivy.

"Ok, I'll bite." The voice came from down the alleyway. The detectives were startled a little and Chief almost screamed, but Kevin kept leaned on the wall and just smiled. There at the end of the alleyway stood the figure of a woman with long hair, dressed in just a plain dark coat.

'Zack, it's Carmen, she came.' Ivy was surprised.

Carmen started to walk towards them and Kevin left his wall and walked towards her. Behind her none other than Sarah Bellum, Hugo was stalking her from the shadows as he was used to do in this kind of meetings his boss lady had, as other times he was right beside her. The detectives fallowed Kevin with Chief by their side. Chief seemed happy with glee and little stars in his screen, the detectives where a little excited to meet Carmen out of a work situation. Sarah was checking the alleyway out, examining it and mapping it as she was used to do for her boss.

When Carmen and Kevin met they surprised everyone with something you rarely see in situations like this. They met with a passionate kiss. Both trying to see which ate the most out of their partners lips.

'Now I didn't see that coming,' Zack snickered. Ivy was chocked and Chief started to feel gloomy. Sarah was a bit surprised but she was used to seeing her Carmen in sexual situations like this at work. Hugo clenched his teeth; he really didn't like this guy now.

They kept kissing while Kevin's hands explored every part of Carmen's body. Carmen let him excite her as she was contempt by just keeping her hands on his back and pull at his hair every once in awhile. Minutes passed while the couple satisfied their urges standing there with the entire city as view.

At last Carmen pulled back, not without putting her left hand on his lips to stop him from coming back. He felt the cold metal feeling of her wedding ring and the sun rose inside of him.

"You're wearing your wedding ring." Kevin said looking at her eyes.

"I always do." Carmen said smiling at him placing his hand on his chest.

"Eeeexxcuse me!"

"woah!" Carmen and Kevin where startled when Chief came between them and they both jumped back.

"Damn it Chief, I though you were over interrupting us." Carmen protested.

"Well, old habits die slow. Besides what can you do in an empty alleyway with just a bus stop anyways?"

"You have no idea," Carmen said this while smiling, and then she suddenly realized who where with her in that alley. "Did I said that out loud?

Sarah suppressed a laugh cause she knew exactly what Carmen was referring to, all part of the job.

Carmen looked past Chief at Zack and Ivy, she crossed her arms and yelled at them: "You guys have a lot of explaining to do. Not chasing me, letting me go without the slightest recognition. Am I suddenly to boring or old for you guys?"

"Hey, we are all down to catch you, but this time it is not us that have the problem." Zack said signaling to Chief.

"Chief here has something that he has been annoyingly wanting to ask you," Ivy also signaled to Chief. "Apparently WE aren't good enough to even know about it. He has had us just go to your heists to just try and lure you to talk to us. And suddenly Kevin here comes and you listen. Then again I can see why now."

"Really Chief? How come you didn't come yourself? I would have answered or agreed to met you at the rooftop of the old police station."

"I couldn't come. It is not that easy what I'm about to ask you. It is very ultra secret." Chief said as he begged everyone to come close.

"Chief your scaring me and that is not an easy thing to do anymore." Carmen teased him.

"Look what ever I say in here tonight stays here and NEVER leaves this place. Understand"

Everyone agreed even Sarah that had stepped besides Carmen by then.

Chief sighted, turned around a couple of times. He looked at the city while everyone waited. Everyone was looking at each other shrugging and scratching their heads.

Chief finally turned around and faced her.

"Carmen, will you steal something for me?"

End of Chapter 2

Oh, yes I went there. I had been toying with this idea for a long time and it was really creeping me out. Hope you guys liked this preview. Leave your opinions, comments and reviews, what should I take out? You guys like were the characters are going? Etc.