Who the hell took Ivy? (Carmivy)

ch. 8

"Carmen's gone on a spree and Ivy's nowhere to be found but the note said that she was safe. What is going on?" Maria asked as everyone gathered about two months later, trying to figure out where their red head kickass detective had gone this time and why Carmen was suddenly stealing again.

She hadn't stolen anything in two months and yet now she was stealing random objects like the cradle for Napoleon's baby?

Something was definitely up, especially since Zack didn't look worried in the slightest.

"Well Ivy is safe I know that much. Problem is…she should also be added to the list of stolen goods." Zack added dryly as he added his sisters picture to the list of things Carmen had stolen in the last two days.

"Carmen…stole Ivy?" Tatyanna asked making Zack nod with a perfectly straight face.

"Well what do you expect? Carmen is incredibly possessive and protective…and Ivy is her wife who is still recovering from the Incident. Of course when she starts stealing again the first thing she'd steal is her wife so that she could make sure Ivy rests and stays safe." Zack said shrugging slightly and making the other agents pause for a moment before nodding in acknowledgment.

"Makes sense. But Carmen almost never steals anything not related to her 'theme' and what does Ivy have to do with a baby cradle, a Greek painting, a Gerber sign, and a test tube?" Max asked looking confused as he examined all of the items Carmen had stolen as well as the clue to her whereabouts.

"If this is Carmen's way of telling Ivy that she wants a baby then I'm not amused." Amati said point blank and making a few of the agents blush brightly while some snickered.

"Oh but I would be. It would be just like Carmen to do something like that." Jasmine said with a grin.

"What if Carmen isn't trying to tell Ivy that she wants a baby? What if she's trying to tell us that her and Ivy are going to have a baby?" Tatyanna asked tilting her head at the clues as she studied them again from a new angle.

"Hey. Any clue why Carmen has Ivy at her French house with a bunch of stolen baby things?" Al Loy asked as he and a few other V.I.L.E. people came in looking confused, the VILE agents used to working with ACME agents now. While they might clash sometimes, especially when the VILE agents were breaking the law, they generally just treated it as more of an ongoing game between the two groups. Honestly it wasn't strange to see the random VILE agents, especially the upper class ones, hanging around ACME HQ helping some of the detectives with more dangerous criminals or teaching the ones interested in their specialties.

"How long before they try to storm the French house?" Sara asked Zack in a whisper as the two of them tried to hide their grins. Carmen has been planning this heist for the last three weeks since her wife was discharged from the hospital.

"I give it a minute longer, tops. Got your cameras?" Zack asked making the inventor give a quiet snicker.

"I've got cameras for days." Sara said making Zack blink for a moment confused.

"Camera's for days?"

"Camera's for days." Sara didn't change her words or look the least bit like she cared about Zack's puzzlement over the rather strange sentence from the scientist.

"Why don't we just go to the French house and ask Carmen ourselves while getting the stuff back? I really don't want to know about whether they're considering a baby or not, it's none of my business." Li said making the others nod and the Chief to open a C-5 corridor straight to Carmen's house.

"What took you so long? We were expecting you at least an hour ago." Carmen said not looking bothered in the slightest as they appeared in her living room. She didn't even look up from where she was laying on the couch with Ivy laying on top of her taking a light nap, both of them having their hands over the small baby bump that was starting to form. Ivy was already three months pregnant and it was starting to show a little bit.

"What's with all the stolen baby related stuff Carmen? If this is your way of telling Ivy you want a baby of your own it's not very funny." Max said making Jasmine snort slightly.

"Speak for yourself. If this is her way of telling her that, it's hilarious." Hannah said grinning slightly and earning a high five from Jasmine.

"You haven't figured it out yet?" Carmen asked amused as she looked at them all, giving Sara and Zack a pointed look to signal them to get their cameras ready.

"Figured what out?" Ira asked looking at his boss confused as she smiled softly down at Ivy, her arms tightening around the smaller woman just a little bit. A few of the girls had to bite their lips to hold in their 'awws' and cooes over how sweet the two looked together. They knew Ivy would say something shameless that would just embarrass them and Carmen. Carmen on the other hand seemed to be a bit of what Li called a Tsundere. She was soft inside but if it was pointed out she got embarrassed and prickly.

"You guys need to reroll the intelligence check a few times." Ivy said with a sleepy chuckle, making Carmen blink slightly unaware that her wife was awake. Then Carmen got the reference and snickered a bit.

"You've been playing Dungeons and Dragons too much dear." Carmen said with a slight grin on her lips even though she didn't release her now awake wife. For her part Ivy was more than happy to stay in the taller womans' warm embrace.

"No such thing. So are you going to tell them or should I?" Ivy asked with a small grin on her face as she cracked one eye open to look at the others in the room. Most of the Upper VILE agents and the ACME agents that Ivy was closest with.

"Tell us what?" Joshua asked eyeing the two women warily.

After Ivy dropped the bombshell, the only sound for at least a full minute was that of jaws dropping and cameras clicking.

"I'm pregnant. Me and Carmen are going to be mothers."