Hi,
Before we start I'd like to kindly address the two guest reviews
Yes, Carmen is Head of VILE. I'm assuming you're only familiar with the Netflix show
Yes, Chance is rather messed up I'll grant you that but I'm assuming you've never seen my Btas crossover work or you'd know Melissa isn't f-up. Just working with the hand she was dealt.
Now, onto the story:
…...
Ignoring everything was hard. No matter how she tried to focus on the documents opened in front of her, her mind kept wandering. Wandering and wondering. It was enough to drive her to the point of insanity. Giving up, she put everything to do with her work away proceeding to stare out the window at the shoreline. The sky was cloudy, the water restless. Foul weather was coming.
I wonder how Zack and Ivy are doing right now?
…...
"Someone knew she'd drink the coffee without questioning it," Ivy pointed out, tacking a picture to their 'murder board'.
"They also knew she was home when the shooting happened," Zack replied adding the crime scene photos to the board.
"Melissa is a creature of habit, she'd live in her office if we didn't make her go home," Chief pointed out, "Ironic"
"What is?"
"That was Carmen's office before the expansion, she lived in there twenty-four-seven"
"Huh, that is ironic but it doesn't help our case," Ivy shrugged, "Maybe we should go to the school? See if she has any enemies there while we wait on clearance for the past cases"
"Good thinking"
…...
"Avalon, do you want breakfast?" Carmen asked from outside the door.
I have two options, stare at the ocean with an empty stomach or stare at the ocean after I eat, Melissa thought to herself watching the waves crash on the beach. With the way, her stomach growled it was an easy choice.
"Coming"
Chance was noticeably absent from the breakfast table which relieved Melissa while it worried Carmen. Chance didn't miss meals. Ever. Figuring he was angry Carmen decided to check on her son after the meal.
…...
Chance had fallen asleep clutching his thumb drive. Something, there just had to be something he could pin on his goody-two-shoes detective sister. Now he swung his legs over the side of the bed, disregarding how his mother had clearly covered him up at some point he stumbled to his closet which was just as dirty as the rest of the room.
Cluttered with robotics projects and swim gear there were no clean clothes of any sort. Chance simply shrugged hiding his thumb drive in an old shoebox before pulling on some sand-covered swim clothes.
When he entered the dining-room he found Avalon sitting at the table with his mother.
"Good morning, Chance," Carmen greeted with a smile, "How did you sleep?"
"Fine," Chance replied giving Avalon a look that she chose to ignore.
"What are you going to do today?" Carmen asked next.
"I dunno"
"Avalon, what about you?"
"Work"
"You're going to let her?" Chance looked between the two, "Seriously? She's an ACME agent"
"So was I Chance," Carmen smiled, "So was I"
The teen rolled his eyes, "Perfect Mini you"
"Chance," Carmen warned, "You don't need to be starting trouble, understand?"
"Yes, Mother," Chance drawled sarcastically.
"Chance"
"Sorry"
…...
Work can only go so far before it becomes tedious. The weather's turned gray. I think it might storm but Chance is still surfurfing so I guess it can't be that bad. I'm going to sound like a broken record here but I really want to go home.
I hope Zack and Ivy are hard at work.
…...
"I get the feeling no one from these cases has it out for Melissa," Zack tossed the file into the box with a sigh.
"Why?"
"It's a bunch of old guys in prison"
"Oh"
"What now?"
"I don't know. Zack, I don't know"
"Maybe we should go over her apartment again, now that all the tape is gone?"
"Good thinking Zack, Let's go now"
…...
Melissa stood on the beach, watching the sky darken, and the waves swell. There was a storm coming, she could feel it.
I don't like storms she shivered with the thought.
Something was coming.
…...
Locked inside his room, Chance went through the thumb drive file by file. Older heists long since thwarted by Acme were the only things he saw until reaching the end of the list. At the very bottom, there was a folder.
Project Second Chance.
Opening the folder he was greeted by a plethora of video files and documents. After locating his headphones he opened the oldest video.
Doctor Sara Bellum's face filled the screen.
"This is day zero"
…...
Carmen stood at the window watching Avalon pace the shore, swept up in memories.
"You can't get Pregnant again, Carmen it isn't safe for you."
"I want a family, Sara, I NEED a family, after all, I've been through"
"You could DIE, Carmen"
"THEN FIGURE IT OUT!"
And, she had.
Okay, I swear I'm alive! see? Here I am, anyhow I know this is shorter than usual but I've had a hard couple weeks.