Chapter Text
“Pleeeeeaaaaassssseeee!”
Carmen sighed and opened her laptop, syncing it to the flatscreen tv.
Ivy, Zack, and Player cheered. The Bostonians leapt onto the couch and bickered over the other being in their space. The speakers Player was connected to made a shuffling noise as the hacker left to, presumably, get food.
The red thief rolled her eyes, an affectionate smile on her face, while she inserted the drive and scrolled through the vast list of videos.
She did spend many of her years on that island, there’s bound to be plenty of videos about her that could be considered “home videos.”
Though remembering some of the...chaotic...things she and her old friends have done, she’s a little concerned about how her team will see her.
“Okay, I’m back,” There was the sound of a soda can being opened and the crunch of popcorn. “Let’s do this.”
“Alright,” Carmen clicked the shuffle button and rested her back against the couch, from where she was sitting on the floor.
[Black Sheep and Antonio walked into the kitchen, where Gray was making homemade cookies and Sheena was filing her nails at the table. She was seemingly ignoring what the Aussie was babbling about.
“So I can either bake these cookies at four hundred degrees for ten minutes for four thosand degrees for one minute.”
Antonio immediately looked distressed while Black Sheep tried to cover up her giggles.
“Gray, no. That’s not how you make cookies, mi amigo.”
Gray suddenly got an excited look as he shoved the baking sheet into the oven and slammed the door closed. “FLOOR IT?”
“GRAY NO!” Antonio held his hands up, like he would be able to stop his friend like that. Black Sheep was visibly struggling to hide her laughter, resting her elbows on the table and leaning forward.
Sheena, now paying attention since chaos was happening, smirked. “How about four million degrees for one second?”
The moody woman seemed proud at how she just caused Black Sheep to let a small laugh out.
Antonio started visibly sweating. “GRAY, YOU ARE GOING TO BURN THE SCHOOL DOWN!”
“I’M GOING TO HARNESS THE POWER OF THE FUCKING SUN TO MAKE COOKIES!”
“GRAY PLEASE!”]
“Did he actually do it?” Zack looked down at Carmen, his eyes showing hope that the Aussie lit up those fucking cookies.
“No,” The red thief snorted. “Gray was just being dramatic for Antonio.”
“Awwwww.”
[The video showed the VILE Squad calmly sitting at their lunch table.
“Can you please pass the salt?” Antonio asked, slightly distracted at the origami piece Black Sheep was quietly showing him how to do.
Gray, thinking that he was a genius, picked up Sheena and threw her across the table.
The scene changed to Gray naruto running and screaming down the hall with Sheena chasing after him with a crackle rod.]
“Truly a brave man,” Player laughed.
“I always thought it was a lack of common sense or fear,” Carmen shook her head, a nostalgic smile on her face.
[The video shows the exercise room. Gray, Black Sheep, and Sheena were silently working out.
Suddenly, Gray tripped on the treadmill and flew backwards, hitting the wall with a loud BANG.
Black Sheep started laughing wildly, causing her to miss a step on her own treadmill and fly backwards as well. She, luckily, didn’t hit the wall.
At her rival’s pain, Sheena laughed so hard she fell off the cross strainer she was using.
All three were laughing and wincing when the video ended.]
Carmen had her arms crossed as she gave her laughing crew an annoyed look.
“Yeah, yeah, you guys would have fallen off too.”
[The video starts with the Vile Squad outside, all of them sweating.
“It’s so hot,” Jean-Paul wiped some sweat off of his forehead.
Seeing an opportunity to complement herself, Sheena smirked. “Yeah, sorry, it’s because of me.”
Black Sheep, seeing a way to one-up her rival. “Yeah, because you’re a demon.”
Before Sheena could try and commit murder, Gray interrupted. “No, it’s because of climate change.]
“Nice one, Red,” Player complimented as a show of her approval.
Zack and Ivy gave Carmen high fives to show their support.
[It was Shadowsan’s class, two mats were empty and considering neither Sheena nor Black Sheep were there. It was obvious who they belonged to.
The door opened and Sheena walked in, looking pleased with herself. “Sorry I’m late, Shadowsan, I had to do some things.”
Suddenly, Black Sheep burst in through the door, looking noticeably disheveled. “ShE PUSHED ME DOWN THE FUCKING STAIRS!”
“Hey!” Sheena snapped and gestured to Shadowsan, who looked visibly disappointed. “Watch your fucking language in front of the faculty.”]
The siblings laughed, not only at the video, but at Carmen’s deadpan expression as she remembered the situation.
[The video shows kid Black Sheep in a backyard-ish area, playing with Countess Cleo’s doberman dogs. She was sitting on the ground as they all crowded around her, demanding pets and flopping on her lap.
Black Sheep was visibly crying as she touched foreheads with a very happy looking dog.
Dr Bellum, who was watching the child with slight concern, finally spoke up. “Um, Black Sheep, are you...okay?”
She looked up at her mom figure with big sad eyes as another doberman licked her cheek. “I don’t have enough hands to pet all of them.”
A look of realization came across the woman’s face and she nodded. “I once felt the same about a litter of kittens I found.”]
“That’s the cutest thing,” Ivy cooed, leaning forward to rest her chin on Carmen’s head.
“I just wanted to pet all of them,” The red thief’s voice getting a little watery as she thought back of the memory. “They’re such sweet dogs.”
A look of realization came across the older sibling’s face. “That’s why those dogs were so happy to see you when we broke into the mansion!”
Carmen gave a knowing smirk.
[The video shows Professor Maelstrom’s class. One of the Cleaners came in and whispered in his ear.
“I have to step out for a moment students,” The faculty member told them before following the Cleaner out.
As if they could mentally read each other’s minds, the VILE Squad started stacking the desks and chairs they were using for the lesson in front of the door. They made sure there was a small window in the middle of their barricade.
They now started making the room look like they had trashed it, but nothing was actually broken. Just carefully placed sideways or leaned against the wall.
The moment Professor Maelstrom opened the door and attempted to process that fact there was now a barricade blocking him, the students started yelling, chanting, and marching around.
“VIVE LA RÉVOLUTION! VIVE LA RÉVOLUTION! VIVE LA RÉVOLUTION!”
Professor Maelstrom looked defeated, his head in his hands and his elbows on the desks that were blocking him.]
“It’s THAT easy to defeat a member of the faculty?!”
“Pft! No, he was just disappointed in us.”
[Sheena glared down at Black Sheep. “I could kill you if I wanted to.”
The youngest looked done at the moody woman’s shit. “Yeah? So could another human being. So could a dog. So could a very dedicated duck. You aren’t special, Sheena.”
Sheena blinked in shock, seemingly unable to form a response to that.]
“Wow, Carm, who pissed in your cereal that day?”
“It was just a bad day,” The red thief sighed, she covered up a yawn.
[Antonio, Gray, and Black Sheep were in a training room, training together.
“For self-defense reasons, I’m going to pretend to be a burglar and you guys have to act wisely,” Antonio separated his feet and bent his knees.
“Okay,” Black Sheep looked confused at the scenario, but went along with it.
“Sure,” Gray shrugged.
The short man nodded and changed his face into a firm look. “If you want to live, give me all your money.”
“Bold of you to assume that I have money,” Black Sheep smirked.
“Bold of you to assume I want to live,” Gray placed an elbow smuggly on little sister-figure’s shoulder.
Antonio sighed in defeat.]
“It’s a wonder you guys learned anything in that year,” Player snorted, taking a sip of his soda to try and calm his laughter.
“Honestly,” Ivy nodded in agreement, now leaning backwards on the couch.
[The video starts by showing an entire class panicking because there was some large bug flying around the room.
Black Sheep, the only one not freaking out, sighed with a slight attitude and stood up. She walked over to Dr Bellum’s desk and grabbed a rubber band.
She then stood on top of the nearest desk and took aim with the rubber band.
The youngest fired, knocking the bug out of the air.
Everyone stopped and stared at Black Sheep as she climbed down the table, she looked at them and raised an eyebrow.
“What?”]
Zack and Ivy looked at the thief with shocked/awed looks. She never failed to amaze them.
“Can you still do that?” Zack whispered.
Carmen smirked. “You can find out next time there’s a fly in the warehouse.”
The siblings looked excited at the possibility to see that trick in person.
[Black Sheep rubbed her eyes sleepily while walking into the kitchen area. She paused and looked at the scene in front of her.
Gray and Jean-Paul were arguing over something she had arrived too late to know.
“THAT’S IT!” Gray yelled. “YOU’RE GROUNDED, GET ON TOP OF THE FRIDGE!”
Jean-Paul yelled, as he was climbing on top of the food storage. “THIS HOUSE IS A FUCKING NIGHTMARE!”
Black Sheep blinked once and quickly spun around and walked back to the dorms, deciding it was too late to deal with whatever bullshit those two were getting into.]
Carmen leaned forward and closed her laptop, taking the drive out of the laptop. “Alright, crew.” She gave a loud yawn. “It’s time for bed.”
“Awwwwww,” The three voiced, but otherwise didn’t argue.
“Goodnight.”
“Night.”
“Sleep tight.”
“Don’t let the VILE operatives bite.”