Carmen Sandiego Traitor AU

By: FunahoMisaki

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

"Hey what's with the glum mood clue busters? Usually you're all hyped up after a case?" Chief said and then he blinked when he realized that he was missing someone.

"Where's Ivy? I didn't get a report of her being injured." Chief asked looking around curiously for the red head, as if she were going to spring out and jump on him.

"Chief…she's…" Zack held onto her ACME badge and then reluctantly showed it to the Chief, who's holographic face went through ten different emotions in a nano second.

"She's left ACME and…and she joined Carmen." Jasmine said softly while Lee stood behind them silently, his teeth clenched as tight as his fists were.

"Uh oh. Higher up won't be happy about that." Chief said looking worried and upset at the same time. He was genuinely distraught at Ivy ditching them. She hadn't even said goodbye to him or turned in her resignation.

"Speaking of them. Can you bring them, or at least one of them, here? Ivy asked me to give them a message." Lee requested and the Chief nodded and went down for a minute so that he could talk to one of the higher ups without the kids listening in.

"You two…what I'm about to do may well get me fired…but do you both mind backing me up and telling them that Ivy asked me to do this?" Lee asked quietly of Jasmine and Zack who looked up at him and nodded slowly. After all they had both heard Ivy request that Lee tell the older agents to fuck off.

"What is this about Agent Ivory going rogue?" In no time an old man, the head of Internal Affairs, was C5'd to their location and demanding information. Zack winced at the use of his sisters full first name. She almost never used it except for serious business and no one in ACME used it either unless things were urgent or dire. Most of the other junior detectives didn't even know Ivy's full name was Ivory.

"She asked me to pass something along to a higher up sir." Lee said calmly and making the man nod once.

"Alright spit it out boy." The IA head said sneering slightly at Lee who stepped closer…and then belted the man across the jaw.

"Lee!" Jasmine nearly yelped in disbelief and shock while Zack's, and the Chief's, jaws dropped open.

"Ivy says to Fuck off." Lee said completely unbothered by what he had just done as he stared coldly at the IA head who was working his jaw as he stood back up.

"You understand that you can be fired for this boy?" The IA head asked glaring darkly at Lee who didn't look phased at all.

"I know that sir, however Ivy had requested this of me. Jasmine and Zack can both confirm, as can Carmen Sandiego herself if we manage to ask her." Lee said and when the IA head turned to look at Zack and Jasmine, they both nodded their heads slowly. Ivy hadn't asked him to punch the man, but apparently it was something Lee felt she wanted him to do.

"Suspended from active duty for a week then. Now what's this about her joining Carmen Sandiego?" The IA head asked glaring darkly at them all and making Jasmine step forward, after all she had been the only one there when Carmen had made the offer.

"Ivy and I managed to corner Carmen in a submarine during the most recent caper. Carmen said that she had room for two more on her crew since it was a pirate themed theft this time…I turned down the offer immediately." Jasmine said and then she glanced at Zack and then back to the Internal Affairs director.

"Ivy said that as long as Carmen didn't make her face off against Zack…then Ivy would join her." Jasmine said and she kept part of it to herself. She had a feeling that telling the Internal Affairs people about how Ivy had told her to leave ACME would not be a good idea.

"Was anything else said?" The IA asked with sharp dark eyes that sent chills down Jasmine's spine.

"Carmen mentioned how she didn't expect Ivy to follow her into a life of crime…that's when Ivy said something weird that I don't get." Jasmine said wondering if he'd let slip anything that might give away why Ivy had abandoned them.

"What was it?" The IA head, Jasmine thought his name was Malcom but she wasn't sure, demanded as he stared at Jasmine.

"She said that some of the things ACME's had her done in the last four years make her just as bad if not a worse criminal than Carmen." Jasmine relayed that much and Zack looked confused at that while Jasmine noticed how Lee and the Chief were stone faced out of the corner of her eye. She definitely noticed how the IA heads face went stone cold and his eyes glittered with dark malice however.

"After that?" IA asked making Jasmine look at the boys.

"After that we heard Zack calling for Ivy, she and Carmen escaped when I went to help him and Lee take care of the two henchmen chasing them. When the henchmen were down, Carmen and Ivy were making their escape. I told the boys that Ivy was with Carmen but Zack took that to mean that Ivy was chasing after Carmen. We chased them out to the escape jet and Zack cheered for his sister to get Carmen before realizing something was wrong. Carmen and Ivy spoke for a moment before Ivy said good bye to Zack. Then she made the request of Lee and told me that I shouldn't let you turn me into another Ivy, whatever that means, before she threw her badge at Zack. That's when Ivy and Carmen made their escape." Jasmine said and she kept her eyes mostly focused on the IA head but could see Zack, Lee, and Chief out of the corners of her eyes.

Her words about them turning her into another Ivy had the Chief visibly recoiling and looking away guiltily, Lee merely nodding, and Zack looking confused.

However the IA head looked furious at that, making Jasmine's eyes narrow slightly.

He knew something and there was more to Ivy's message than she thought. What had she meant about ACME turning Jasmine into another Ivy? Jasmine would have been thrilled to be like Ivy before now, be strong and smart and mature and beautiful and well rounded…but she had a feeling that Ivy didn't mean her good qualities.

Jasmine had looked up to Ivy as a role model and sort of big sister she never had. If Ivy had told her before about joining Carmen or leaving ACME…Jasmine wasn't sure what she'd do. She might have joined as well. She might have called Ivy crazy but kept it a secret.

Now though? Now she wanted to know what ACME had done to Ivy, to the big sister Jasmine never had, before she decided what to do.

"What did she mean about ACME turning Jasmine into another Ivy? I mean no offense Jasmine but Ivy was badass and one of the top detectives before I joined last year. I can't see you being as badass as Ivy is, even if you are a great detective." Zack said and Jasmine shrugged helplessly. She didn't take any offense, after all she knew that she could never compare to Ivy when it came to the more physical side of things. Then again none of the other detectives could either. Ivy was stronger, faster, and had better reflexes than everyone under the age of nineteen.

"That's classified. Thank you for your report. You'll be sent back to the Jamaican office immediately and given a week of leave to sort through all of your emotions over this horrible betrayal. Please do not leave Jamaica unless there is an emergency until further notice while we investigate this." The IA head said promptly and Jasmine nodded her head while she noticed how Lee's teeth were grinding together slightly out of the corner of her eye. Lee definitely knew something, but she wouldn't be able to ask him once she was back in Jamaica. Investigations meant that all of her electronics would likely be tapped and all of her mail would be monitored. Probably to make sure she hadn't joined Carmen and was just spying on ACME for her.

"It's me. We have another code Red Hat. Subject Ivory." The IA was saying into his phone as he walked through a wordlessly opened C5.

A C5 for Jasmine was opened without a word before she could talk to Lee or Zack.

Jasmine's fists were clenched tightly enough that her nails were digging into her palms as she walked through.

She didn't know what was going on. But she was damn sure going to find out.