LA FEMME ROUGE

V.I.L.E.

~~3 Months Later~~

Coach Brunt's POV

When we heard of Carmen Sandiego being presumably dead, we, the heads of V.I.L.E., had mixed feelings.

We were glad that Carmen Sandiego wouldn't interfere with our affairs.

But Carmen Sandiego was also Black Sheep.

Black Sheep was basically our daughter.

Me, Cleo, Bellum, Maelstrom, and Shadowsan were basically her parents.

We watched her grow up.

We raised her.

We actually... mourned.

And Tigress, who killed Carmen, was grieving for six months.

We let her have that time off.

It took us six months as well to recover slightly.

When Black Sheep left, we became furious.

When Carmen Sandiego died, we felt empty.

Things will try to continue as normal.

But our hearts grew shallower and darker.

Roundabout replaced Shadowsan soon before Carmen died.

He wasn't as sad as us.

Now, we were having a meeting in one of our bases, because we were were still waiting for the main base to be built, to discuss a new threat to V.I.L.E.

Carmen's crew started to destroy our bases.

They steal from us, and then burn down our strongholds.

Thankfully, no casualties.

And this new threat has been stealing millions of dollars worth of artifacts from V.I.L.E. for the last three months.

"This person has been really affecting our affairs for the last three months." Said Maelstrom, showing their picture on the screen. "She calls herself La Femme Rouge. We don't have a face. But we can identify her clothing appearance."

I saw that they wore a Skull shaped Red Mask.

That won't save them.

"They also use guns, it seems." Continued Maelstrom. "They shoot tranquilizer darts luckily. So no casualties. How do you all want to solve this problem?"

"We can pay her to steal FOR us." Said Cleo.

"We could reprogram her." Said Bellum.

"How about we BREAK EVERY BONE IN HER BODY?" I said slamming my fists on the table.

No one except Roundabout flinched.

"All we have to do is find her." Said Cleo.

"Well," Said Maelstrom. "She is no stranger to saying where she'll strike next. She says she might rob the stronghold we have in Shanghai. It's all over the dark web."