A Blast From the Future, Part 1
				
				 By Masako



 	"What are you doing little bro?" asked Ivy to Zack.

	"Nothing much, Just laying around" replied Zack. 

	"What's wrong with Carmen? It's been ages since she commited another robbery. 
I'm afraid if this continues we are going to lose our jobs" said Ivy. 

	Suddenly the Chief appeared. "Hey, Gumshoes! Why looking to glum eh?" 
said the Chief. 

	"Not to offend you or anything but we are bored Chief. Are you sure 
Carmen's not doing any criminal activity?" asked Zack.  

	"Nope, zero, zippo!! But Gumshoes, here's something you can do. Say hi to our 
newest ACME detective," said the Chief.

	"I hope it's not a dog again Chief," said Zack.

	"Or someone like David," said Ivy.

	"Nope, it's a female Detective. Here is Fiona," said the Chief.

	"Hi, Zack and Ivy," said Fiona. Zack carefully observe Fiona. She was pretty 
but not as pretty as the Russian detective. She had long black hair and brown eyes. She 
looked kind of Asian and she spoke English well, though with an accent. She was also 
wearing a neat looking shirt and some pants. Zack guessed she must be either 14 or 15.

	"Well, welcome to ACME Fiona. Are you a rookie?" asked Ivy.

	"No, she isn't a rookie anymore. She was just promoted. I'm assigning you as 
her new teachers, then maybe I can pair her up with someone later," said the Chief.

	"For now, just get aquanted, okay?" said the Chief.
	
	"Are you Asian, Fiona?" asked Zack.

	"Yes, I'm mixed Chinese and Japanese," replied Fiona.

	"How old are you Fiona?" asked Ivy.

	"Me? Well I'm 16" said Fiona.

	"HOT TIP GUMSHOES!!" exclaimed the Chief.

	"What, is Carmen at it again Chief?" said Ivy.

	"Yes. Just a few minutes ago, Carmen stole the eye of Odin, one of the 
sacred treasures of the Celts. It was currently on display at the Museum of Fine 
Arts in Cork, Ireland," said the Chief.

	"Ok. We are on it Chief," said Ivy.  "Player C-5 us to Ireland," commanded Ivy.

	"Prepare yourself Fiona for the C-5 experience!" exclaimed Zack as the three of them 
went into the C-5. 

**********Cork, Ireland******************

	"Well, the policeman said that Carmen and her henchmen stole the jewel. And 
all that's left is the rubber sculpture," said Zack showing the sculpture to Ivy.

	"I can't make heads or tails of this statue," said Ivy.

	"Neither can I," said Zack as he examined the sculpture.  He noticed
it was made out of rubber and had a little bit of mud on the base. The sculpture 
had three towers on it. Two of the towers resembled the Empire State Building 
while the other looked like a baby's rattle. 

	"Hmmm, judging from the statue I say Carmen's in New York City," said Ivy.

	"I think you're right sis. This building does look like the Empire State 
Building," said Zack.  "Player C-5 us to New York-" he began. 

	"Wait!" exclaimed Fiona.

	"Why?" asked Ivy and Zack together.

	"This sculpture looks like the Empire State Building but it's not. This is 
the Petronas Twin Towers, the tallest buildings in the world. The one in the middle 
is the KL Tower, the third tallest building in the world. Both buildings are in 
Malaysia that's why the sculpture is made out of rubber," said Fiona pointing towards 
the sculpture.

	"Hey, you're right, but Carmen could be anywhere in Malaysia," said Ivy. 

	"Yes, but here is some mud at the base of the sculpture. The capital of 
Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur which also means Mud Valley," said Fiona.

	"Ok. Player C-5 us to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia" said Ivy.

************Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia********************

	Ivy, Zack and Fiona landed on a window on the Petronas Twin Towers. "Player, 
next time please C-5 us to a more safer area!" shouted Zack as he slipped he pulled 
Fiona down with him. Zack was hanging onto the ledge of the window and Fiona was hanging 
on to Zack for dear life!. 

	"Hold on little bro, and Fiona! I'm going to try to climb to the next ledge, I 
climb into the open window, attach this rope and pull you guys up," said Ivy noticing 
the window beside them was open. 

	"Hurry, sis. I can't hold own any longer!" exclaimed Zack. 

	Ivy quickly tied Zack onto the piece of rope and climbed to the other window. 

	"Ok, little bro I'm going to pull the both of you up," said Ivy. 

	"Hurry Up. I can't hang on to Zack much longer!" shouted Fiona. 

	Ivy pulled the rope and Zack and Fiona were safe. 

	"Phew, that was close," said Zack. 

	"I know," said Ivy. 

	"Hello detectives. What took you so long?" asked Carmen. 

	"Carmen what are you up too?" asked Ivy. 

	"You will see," said Carmen. 

	"The room is shaking!" exclaimed Fiona.

	"It's not the room that's shaking, it's the whole building! Carmen's going 
to steal the Twin Towers!" exclaimed Zack.

	"I love to stay and chat, detectives but I got to run. Other Dimensions 
are calling me," said Carmen she hopped onto her powerful blimp that was carrying 
the Twin Towers. 

	"We can't do anything little bro because if we cut the cables this whole 
building will fall to the ground!" shouted Ivy as she noticed the blimp was lifting 
the building higher and higher up the air. 

	"Well the other option is to jump," said Fiona. 

	"Are you nuts? Jumped from this height??" said Zack frantically.

	"Look, down there is a parachuting event. We have to aim towards the landing 
area," said Ivy. 

	"I don't like heights!!" exclaimed Zack. 

	"It's our only option!" exckaimed Fiona as she took hold Zack and Ivy's hands. 

	"Ok on the count of 3 jump," commanded Ivy as the blimp was above the landing 
area. "1, 2, 3 JUMP!!" shouted Ivy. 

		To be Continued...