[Black Sheep has stowed away on a VILE helicopter; her phone rings]
Can't cite the "no cellphone rule" if you're not on campus. Taking a little field trip?
Remember how I could never hack past the jammers at your school to triangulate your location? Well, guess what. Your phone suddenly lit up on my dashboard. It looks like you're currently traveling en route...
[a radio beeps]
CCleaner
Approaching drop point. Assume your positions.
Gotta call you back. [hangs up and sees that Crackle, Tigress, El Topo and Le Chevre are about to jump out of the helicoptor] I don't have a parachute!
[El Topo and Le Chevre jump out of the helicopter; Tigress hesitates]
What are you waitin' for? Cats always land on their feet! [kicks Tigress out of the chopper]
Heads up! [leaps onto Crackle, knocking him out of the chopper]
[Crackle opens the parachute and they safely land]
Are you out of your mind?! [looks around for witnesses] You just put your safety and my entire criminal career at risk! What'll the Faculty do when they discover you decided to tag along on our mission?!
Who cares? I'll be long gone.
TTigress
Crackle! Let's move!
Star here. I mean it. [goes to join the others]
Huh. Time to crash a caper. [goes to join the others]
[Black Sheep walks through the ruins and into an archaeological dig site]
AArchaeologist
Young lady? It is quite late. Do your parents know where you are?
I don't even know where I am. What is this place?
AArchaeologist
An archaeological dig site, where we search for links to our past.
You mean, like, dinosaur bones?
AArchaeologist
Anything historic. If you've been following the news, you'll know that we just discovered a relic here dating from a much more recent era: the Eye of Vishnu. My crew identified it just days ago and are carefully unearthing it at this very moment.
And you're not worried about them stealing it?
AArchaeologist
Now, why ever would they do that? My crew is well aware that a treasure such as this belongs in a museum.
Tresure? As in, worth a fortune?
AArchaeologist
Some things possess value other than monetary, young lady. Any historic find such as this gem belongs to everyone. Its theft would rob the world of knowledge, and that would be a true crime.
[a look of guilt goes across Black Sheep's face as she realize what Crackle and his team are doing]
I... I never really thought of it that way.
[the lights go out]
AArchaeologist
[over the radio] Pit crew, report, please!
Gray must have cut the power. This is the caper!
[Black Sheep looks up to see Le Chevre climbing up the ruins and sliding down on a rope, knocking out two guards; she then sees Tigress taking out a guard and two archaeologists; then she sees El Topo tunneling out of the ground with the Eye of Vishnu, and she jumps down to him]
ETEl Topo
Black Sheep? But I though you did not graduate.
[sees the Eye of Vishnu] Whoa, it's amazing!
Black Sheep! Stay away! You'll ruin the mission!
[the lead archaeologist climbs down to see Black Sheep and El Topo with the Eye of Vishnu]
AArchaeologist
[shocked] You are in cahoots with them?
Uh, well, yes... and no. It's complicated.
AArchaeologist
STOP, THIEVES!!! [runs after El Topo; but Crackle stops him] Out of my way!
ETEl Topo
Crackle, remember, leave no witnesses. [jumps into the hole]
[Crackle knocks down the archaeologist]
Wait, what do you mean, "leave no witnesses"?! [Crackle pulls out his Crackle Rod and charges it up] GRAY, NOOOOO!!!!
[as Crackle is about to fire a shot at the archaeologist; Black Sheep knocks him over, causing him to miss his shot; the archaeologist runs away as Crackle aims at him again until Black Sheep stops him]
Gray, what are you doing?! What is wrong with you?!
TTigress
[leaps down] I'll handle the runt!
[as Tigress runs up to the two, Black Sheep yanks the Crackle Rod from Crackle and uses it to hit Tigress in the face]
LCLe Chevre
She did not protect the face.
Gray! [swings the Crackle Rod at Crackle] What are you doing?!
[the Cleaners approach Black Sheep from behind and knock her out with chloroform]
BBoris
Back to VILE Island with you.
[Crackle now tells his side of the story; it starts when Crackle and the others graduate with the others]
BDr. Bellum
Graduates, you did not make it this far on your grades alone.
We have been profiling you all along, to test your allegiance as well as your willingness to go to any necessary extremes.
No one or thing must stand in the way of achieving our goals.
You've earned your place at our elite table.
Now hear the true name of VILE: Villains' International League of Evil.
[Crackle has finished telling his side of the story]
[disgusted] Evil. Hmph! My entire upbringing was a lie. Stealing isn't a game. It does harm people, especially when you're willing to steal lives.
[meanwhile, the train has started moving again; just as Chase has just arrived in his car]
ARGH!!! So close! [drives after the train; his phone rings] What is it now, Ms. Argent?! I am driving!
Inspector Devinaux, the purported crime scene is actually filled with stolen goods of all kinds. Cash, bonds, art.
[confused] What? Was the apartment owner not the robbery victim?
That's what I said. So I did some fact-checking. The owner on record isn't an individual, but an import-export company. But even more intriguing, the places Carmen Sandiego recently robbed, the Swiss Bank, the art gallery in Cairo, the Shanghai amusement park, all have ties to the same company.
Ms. Argent, what is it you are trying to say?
Well, what if, for whatever reason, Carmen Sandiego were a thief who only steals from other thieves?
Grr, no! [his engine begins stalling as the gas tank is empty] No, no, no, no, no, no, no! [his car stops and he steps outside and kicks the door in rage]
[Carmen continues telling her story; Black Sheep attempts to sneak out of VILE ISLAND; she steals her phone back]
Guten tag, Strudelhaus of Düsseldorf. Can I help you?
Yeah, I-I-I was looking for...
[sighs in relief] Player.
Where have you been?! Strange people have been answering your phone.
It's not my phone. I stole it.
So you're a shoplifter! And you haven't called me all summer long because you've been in jail.
[sighs] Player, remember when you told me you used your wicked skills for good?
What would you say if I told you I had wicked skills, too, from being raised in a school for thieves?
I'd say that would explain a lot.
[sees Cookie Booker arriving] Don't go anywhere. [hides in the ventilation shaft above the room and sees Cookie Booker with the hard drive containing VILE's database] Player, I'm staring at a hard drive containing data that could fuel a criminal empire for a year. This may be my only shot to secure it.
Then use those wicked skills, already.
[as Black Sheep secretly follows Cookie Booker]
If anyone sees me take it, I'll never make if off this island. I need to avoid detection at all cost. [realizes Mime Bomb is watching her] Aw, crud! [turns to Mime Bomb] Mimosa Bombosa. What are you up to? [Mime Bomb mimes picking up a flower and smelling it] Stopping to smell the roses? [Mime Bomb smiles]
This is the most one-sided conversation I've ever heard.
Shh, quiet! [Mime Bombs gives a puzzled look] Not you. Duh. Heh. Okay, happy gardening. [sidesteps away; Mime Bomb gives a suspicious look as he follows her] All good. It was just some creepy mime who hangs around campus watching everything. [realizes] And everyone. Because he's a spy and a snitch. [turns to Mime Bomb] NOBODY LIKES A TATTLETALE!!!
[Black Sheep runs up to Mime Bomb and pounces on him; she then throws him into a broom closet and locks the door; Mime Bomb picks up a toolchest until Black Sheep comes back and takes it away]
And don't even think about picking the lock. [leaves]
[Black Sheep has used the bait and switch technique to steal the hard drive from Cookie Booker and has evaded detection by wearing Cookie's red hat and coat and has escaped VILE Island on her boat]
Player, I made it. I'm off the island. I need to know where on Earth I am.
Triangulating your position. The Canary Islands.
A Spanish settlement just off the coast of Western Africa. It was an interesting place to grow up, but it's time to see the rest of the world. No more bookkeepers, and no more VILE. [is about to throw the hat out, but stops]
You'll need a passport, and I don't think Black Sheep's gonna cut it. You do have a name, don't you?
[looks at the tag on the hat that reads "Carmen Brand Outerwear, San Diego"] It's... Carmen. Carmen Sandiego. Now, about this whole "white hat" thing. [puts on the hat] Does it have to be white?
[Carmen has finished telling her story as the train stops]
End of the line. We miss you, Black Sheep. VILE wants a truce.
They want me stealing for them instead of from them.
You've proven yourself. It's all you even wanted, isn't it?
[meanwhile, Chase is following the train by a plane]
[back to the train]
The league's offering you a full pardon. Even Shadowsan's on board. They'll make things right if you just come home, where you belong.
I was hoping we'd end up on the side again tonight, Gray. My side.
[sighs] Still in a league of your own. [charges up his Crackle Rod and aims it Carmen] Bye-bye, Black Sheep.
You weren't listening. I go by Carmen now. [pushes Crackle, causing him to miss his shot; a fight occurs when Carmen yanks the Crackle Rod from Crackle and aims it at him, but nothing happens]
Huh. Fingerprint recognition. [goes to grab the rod, but Carmen kicks him to the window]
They never protect the face. [smashes the Crackle Rod]
[Chase enters the train and finds what appears to be Carmen]
Carmen Sandiego, you're under arrest! [pulls off the hat, but finds that's it's really an unconscious Crackle wearing Carmen's coat] NOOOOO!!!! [the train begins to move and Chase looks out the window to see Carmen leaving the station] NO!! NOT AGAIN!! [his phone rings] Yes? What is it?
Inspector Devinaux, we turned up something rather astonishing. I believe it's the Eye of Vishnu from the unsolved Morocco heist. We found it between the couch cushions. Almost as if--
Let me guess! Almost as if Carmen Sandiego wanted us to find it. Ha! If our thief indeed left such a treasure behind, she must have gotten away with something truly priceless!
[scene changes to Carmen riding a boat in Paris]
Wait, seriously?! You didn't take the gemstone?
Total win-win. I knew Interpol would get it back where it belonged, which left my hands free to take the real treasure: [opens the bag to reveal her old Matyoshka dolls] my oldest travelling companions. Like an archaeology find, the only link I have to my past. [removes a tracking device from the bottom of the doll] I have Gray to thank for using them to bait me. [places the tracking device on a nearby boat] Now, did you wire the proceeds from the Shanghai job to the next non-profits on my list?
Food bank, homeless shelter, orphanage. Check. I even had time to decrypt the next entry. Another secret VILE hideout, located in Southeast Asia on the island of Java.
Just when I thought I was through with islands. [sighs] Paris will be here. We need to stay one step ahead of VILE while we still have the advantage.
[unbeknownst to Carmen, another boat is following them]
ZZari
Chief, we have Carmen Sandiego in our sights.
