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Regrets, Carmen?

A few perha...

*She stops in the middle of her sentence, turning away from her computer to face her partner. No. Ex-partner. The same man she left in Switzerland not 48 hours ago. What is he doing there? How did he...?*

Ben?

*leaning casually on the doorframe*

So what regrets does the world's greatest thief have? Inquiring minds want to know.

*She's having a hard time getting past the part where he's THERE. In her compound. Well, one of them. This one happens to be in Vermont*

Ben, what are you doing here?

There you go, underestimating me again. I worked with the best, you must know I would have picked up a few tricks.

*Okay...she likes this compliments thing. But still...WHAT THE HELL???*

True. True...

So what? You've come to arrest me?

To be honest, I've been considering your proposition.

*pushes off the wall and saunters further into the room.* Is the offer still open?

*EXCUSE ME??? Hopefully she doesn't look as shocked as she thinks she looks. She's wanted this since she left, but she never thought she was going to have it. Ben was always so adamant about staying with ACME*

Always...

*grins* I thought it might be.

So you're really...I mean you're here to...

*OH MY GOD. Words, Carmen. You know how to use them.*

You're really here to stay?

Well, I already left a "catch me later" note. So looks like it.

*It takes all of two second for her to get up and close the space between them, kissing him.*

*wraps his arms around her and returns the kiss*

*Well...her funk is definitely gone now as she is smiling as she pulls away. Slowly, of course. But she reminds herself that now that he's there, they can do that whenever*

Now to plan your debut. It has to be something amazing...

*still has his arms lightly around her* I'm sure we'll think of something spectacular.

Without a doubt.

*There's the tiniest of doubts nagging at the back of her mind. But she silences it immediately. Ben's here. There's no need to question it.*

But I feel it should be something...with meaning.

I agree. We'll have to think of something special.

*And the wheels are already turning. See. Stu had nothing to worry about. Carmen was still Carmen, just now with Ben. What they needed to worry about was when this was all over.*

Let's see...

It should be something impossible. Something that no one will believe we could do. And when we take it, it will shock them all.

*She begins pacing, a list of possibilities forming. But in the end, there's only one choice. One perfect heist.*

Alcatraz.

*laughs* Perfect!

My thoughts exactly.