Carmen Sandiego

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Player P. O. V

After I finished giving them orders for exploiting. I grabbed some juice and went out to bridge, there I saw a girl dashing by me. This always happens here, everyone here likes to play. I groaned inwardly. Then 3 more people dashed for her then they also dashed by me. Weird.

I stared at my phone waiting for Carm's location to pop up. But no.

Then I replayed the events in my head.

A girl with brown hair wearing orange jacket, white top and orange jeans had a little glaring with the cashier.

Flashback.

'Is there a problem knowing that,' said the girl, Cassandra Johns.

Ivy and Zack including me were staring at her. Something about her was familiar.

' N-no, miss.....' said the cashier. I didn't remember what he said next.

Then she said moodily ' Oh, Tourist,' then she grabbed her order and her belongings and went away.

' Wow, what a moody tourist,' said Zack after she had left.

' I agree,' said Ivy

' She seems familiar.' I muttered under my breath.

' What was that?' questioned Ivy.
' Nothing. ' I said.

' Well, we must better be going,' said Zack.
Ivy nodded in agreement.

Flashback end

She reminded me of Carm.
We never got a text from her since 6 months ago. She could have joined the  V. I. L. E, or worse could also be dead.

I heard a grunt in my direction and I followed it. Cassandra looked at me panting , blood leaking down her face from the 5 deep scratches on her torn jacket, my eyes grew wide . She was carried in between the V. I. L. E members Crackle, Tigress and Brunt.

She offered me a broken smile and an almost wave. Then she yelled ' Merci'. I gasped as I realized that they were going to murder her.

' Noooo' I said before running towards her and tripping over.

I got up and saw that she yelled something to them and then they toppled her.

I stowed my phone a in my bag and then looked over the bridge and caught her looking at me.

I jumped.

I swam searching for any signs of her.
But I could only see blood. Her blood.

Why would they be after Cassandra, She was just an innocent ordinary moody tourist. Why would she look for me??

What am I missing?!

Then I caught a sight of brown hair.
I quickly swam towards her. I grabbed her and started to pull her to the surface. She was becoming heavier and more heavier by the second. But I still pulled her up.

I swam to the waterfalls rocky surface, with Cassandra in the lead.
People had already reached there and in a few minutes Cassandra was being hauled up along with me.

She looked like she had given all hope of living. Blood still spilled from the cuts and injuries on her, no doubt given from the V.I.L.E. agents.

That is never going to happen!!!
Murders were rare in Nigeria Falls. And I am not going to change that.

Soon she was sent to the hospital, while I went home to get changed into  some dry clothes before I too went to the hospital to see her.

She was alive, but breathing slowly, her shoulders and cheek had been cut deep.
I had heard the murder V.I.L.E had done in front of Carmen. But never saw myself. But today V.I.L.E changed that.

In truth, I was horrified by how they had tried to murder her.
Even Carmen hadn't told me how worse they would hurt an innocent person.

Yesterday, I was talking with Ivy and Zack when I had heard a tumble, I had seen a girl getting up and dashing in a nearby store. I had seen that she saw us through the shop window, she was actually Cassandra, it must be a coincidence or she had just overheard about the conversation that I was having with the siblings about
V. I. L. E.

Right now, she was in a terrible condition.
I had to wait for a few hours until I heard her conditon.

My phone phone rang, making me jump out of my wits.

' Hello' I said.

' Oh, player, you alright, we heard that you jumped in the water to save a stranger girl,' said Ivy.

' Well, that's true, except the girl wasn't a stranger', I said.

' Was it Carmen?!?', asked Zack.
??!

' Noo, it was  Cassandra, I' ll give the details to you two later, '

' Okay and one more thing , the plan we made right, we now found out someone had already exploited it, the person is still mysterious ', said Ivy.

' Impossible!!,' I gasped.

' Nope, we are still searching the person, ' said Zack.

' After I get home, I will start searching on who did it, okay? Guys? ' I said.

' Excuse me, you are working 24 hours daily, I and Zack need you to take rest,' Ivy said sternly.

' But-' I started.

' No buts, is that understood,' agreed Zack with his sister.

' Okay, fine,' said I.
' Bye,' we said and ended the call.

I looked at the GPS of the location of Carmen and d hoped that I would be able to locate her.
But still it did not appear on the map.
I sighed and put my cap on my head in hope of sleeping in the hospital.