What's stolen

Thank you for the Jewel

"I really dislike this!"

Ivy points out, from Julia's spot behind her she can see how the hand that's holding onto the flashlight is shaking. And Julia can't blame her, she would much rather have stayed away from the dark corridor they are now walking down. But Zack had to challenge his sister, which had led to Ivy pulling Julia with her.

"Everything will be alright; it looks like this was a dead end after all. The amount of untouched dust in this building, it's clear no one has been here for years."

Julia explains, hopping this would calm Ivy down. Seeing the ginger haired girl in front of her relax slightly made Julia smile. That's when things suddenly went down hill.

A hand in the darkness suddenly grabbed hold of Julia's right arm, pulling her into the shadows. The sudden action left no room for her to call out in alarm, and the short ACME agent finds herself being pushed up against a wall, her capture standing only a centimetre from her.

Feeling how both her arms are being held in place, Julia takes a deep breath, ready to scream. Only to be silence by a pair of very familiar lips against her own. Realising who had pulled the stunt that have now taken 5 years off her life, Julia relaxes in the kiss from her girlfriend. As they break apart, a light was turned on and Julia is meet with the signature grin of Le Femme Rouge.

"Fancy seeing you here Jules."

"Carmen."

"I got her; you can drop the note Player."

Oh, Julia did not like the sound of that. Carmen alone where easy to handle alone, the fact that she had Player in on this, what ever they are doing would be hard to stop.

"Oh, don't worry, everything is under control."

Carmen tells her, seeing Julia's reaction.

"Carmen."

"Can't a girl take her girlfriend on a nice and well-deserved vacation?"

At this, Julia blinks a few times. Not following along with what is happening.

"What are you up to?"

"Quite simple, I called Chief and ask if I could take you away on vacation. She on the other hand thought this would be the best opportunity to test the rest of your team. She wants to see if they can handle something like this without the obvious brain in the group."

"This doesn't sound good."

"Don't worry, the clue we left is an easy one. They should figure out who is behind the kidnapping of you in no time."

"What exactly is the note saying?"

If the Chief is in on this plane, at least she hopes they have thought everything through. She just had to make sure of that herself.

"Thankyou for brining me the Jewel, now we finally have the last piece to bring forthher end."

Yeah, this wasn't properly thought through. With a heavy sigh, Julia leans towards the wall once more, only to come to think about something else. Looking around, she realises that she and Carmen is standing in a hallway she had no idea of even existed.

"I didn't know this place had servant corridors."

She points out, with a glance towards Carmen and her smile Julia shakes her head. Now wasn't the time to get side-tracked.

"We can deal with that later, you do realise that once Ivy and Zack figures out that the jewel is pointed towards me, their first plan of action aren't about calling this in to the Chief. They are going to plan a way to go and meet with you!"