CARMEN, riverdale.

' mahogany '

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   "I WOULDN'T doubt for even a second that you'd made a good plan, given that you're a Murdock. And your father was in the Military," Liam mused.

"It wouldn't hurt to take a few notes from an FBI field agent in training, and a man that now sold highly recommended firearms," Carmen shot him a pointed look. She pulled out a piece of paper from her bag, filled with landmarks and some notes written elsewhere, as well as a series of arrows.

"You brought reinforcements?" Elliot questions.

"The best," She nodded as they stood around the table.

"Jesus, if I didn't know any better, I would've thought this was the makings of your father."

"Flattery does not get you through the way of the world, Liam," Carmen informed him, giving him a glance. "Not always."

"You do it all the time," Liam shot back in defense.

"Because I have the information and impression beforehand," Carmen smirked with her reply, pulling out another piece of paper. This time it was larger, and had a more definitive and masculine writing. "I brought my father's blueprint. It's nearly identical, I just added a few tweaks of my own."

She smooths it out on the table, right beside the one she made. Their eyebrows furrowed as they looked down at the two pieces of paper, nearly having to look several times to catch the differences.

"This is going to be a long night."

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   AS PREDICTED, it was a long night for the four of them. With Elliot and Carmen constantly bickering about the routes, and Elliot and Liam snapping at each other in stating each other's opinions, with Wynona and Sweet Pea constantly having to step in, Carmen had to drag Sweet Pea instead to come and do the grocery. Elliot hadn't exactly equipped himself beforehand, and three teenagers, two grown men, and hunger, was not a good mix.

"So, out of all the people you could have brought, why me?" Sweet Pea looked down at her curiously.

"If you want to join in this, you'd have to be familiar with the shortcuts and where to go. I'll take you around every other day for a ride around the city, or probably more often, I need you to know every crevices here and where to run in case you need to get Wyn and yourself out of a situation," Carmen told him, lacing her arm through his as they pass through a busy sidewalk, taking a left into an alley.

"Me and Wyn? What about you?"

"Worry about yourselves, Sweet Pea. Not me, I've dealt with this longer, I can handle being on my own."

"I refuse to believe that," Sweet Pea mused.

Carmen separated herself from him, rolling her eyes. "Don't tempt me to leave you behind,"

"But you're cute when you're mad," Sweet Pea teased, chuckling darkly as he attempts to catch up to her.

She shrugged off his hand and walked faster, taking a sharp right and chuckled as she heard his hurried footsteps and profanities.

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   "SO, WHAT'S got your knickers in a twist?" Robin smirks, provoking Novak once more. The blonde man turned around with a glare, zeroing in on Robin's cruel, almost-onyx eyes and snarled.