Carmen Sandiego AU Book 2

Chapter 7

Italics: Author's text

"The last caper was a failure," Gunnar sighed. "Probably because everyone has screwed up our perfect plan."

"Well, it's not our fault that you created our plan," Brandy said, "and you made us fail. Yeah, that 'flawless' plan."

"It wasn't flawless," Saira agreed. "We can improve our plan so we can have better plans in the future, and maybe it will really be flawless."

"So, what went wrong there?" Gunnar asked.

"Brandy fell it the trap," Saira said. "My robot has well- Okay, I don't want to talk about it."

"Well  Yin and Yang almost killed Carmen Sandiego last time," Brandy said. "Cleo, you've been quiet. Why don't you join us in this conversation?"

"Well, I don't know what you are talking about," Cleo admitted.

"What do you mean?" Brandy asked.

"I don't know what happened in the caper," Cleo replied.

"How?" Saira asked.

"What were you doing?" Brandy asked.

"I ain't interested," Cleo said. "I was doing my makeup and re-doing my nail polish."

"So you don't know what happened?" Brunt asked.

"No..." Cleo admitted.

"Basically," Gunnar explained. "Brunt set a trap in the museum, but fell for it herself. Yin and Yang nearly killed Carmen Sandiego. We're fortunate that the security guard went for Carmen instead of us. Robo Thief 2.0 punched a hole in the Mona Lisa-"

"How dare it!" Cleo growled. "The precious painting!"

"Yes..." Saira murmured, a little embarrassed. "A little error there, but it won't happen again, I promise."

"Let me continue," Gunnar said. "All of them escaped and Carmen survived."

"Well," Brunt said. "Do we want her dead or alive?"

"We want her alive," Gunnar said. "So she can work for us, you know."

"Okay..." Brunt said. "So any plans for the next caper?"

"Yes, actually," Gunnar said, smirking. "Saira? You talk about it."

"Alright," Saira agreed. "Gunnar and I had been researching and found what we are going to steal for this caper. It'll be taking place in the wilderness."

"Wow, that's well- great..." Brandy said.

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"Cleo, it's your turn to do the caper," Gunnar said.

"Why me????!!!" Cleo asked.

"Because you didn't participate in the last caper, of course," Brandy said.

"B-b-but..." Cleo said. "No! Not this one! THERE WILL BE BUGS AND EWWWW- MUD AND WORMS AND-"

Ah yes Cleo, that's why we need you there in the caper to screw it up! Okay, I'm just kidding.

"Well, dear Cleo," Saira said. "You'll have to at least do something- you're one of us! Or else we'll be trapping you in the prison- with Roundabout and Madam Goldlove until I finish my great invention."

"YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO ME!!!"

"Yes, we can, since I agree with Saira, so it doesn't matter if Brunt agrees," Gunnar said.

"For your information, I'm against all the beauty and makeup and model stuff," Brandy said. "So I agree brainwashing her."

"TRAITORS!!!" Cleo screamed. Cleo hesitated. "Fair enough. I'll help for the next caper," she promised.