(The time frame is after the episode "Retribution Part Three")
[Pax Kids Logo]
[Carmen's Theme Song]
[Title: "April Fools!" by David Erhman
[Globe sign appears]
[ACME Headquarters]
[Zack and Ivy enter. They see Carmen with the Chief]
Carmen: Chief, I decided to come back to ACME, I already disbanded VILE.
Zack and Ivy: WHAT?!
Ivy: Why?
Carmen: I thought it was a bad idea.
Ivy: Oh boy.
[Fade in to Player.]
Player: Ha ha, very funny, Carmen. What's the gig?
[Nothing]
Player: Carmen? Are you there Carmen? Carmen?
[CM]
[Menu appears, Player clicks "ACME Headquarters"]
Zack: What happened? All of a sudden you want to come back to Acme, next
thing I want is that Tatiana is mad at me.
Ivy: Player, info--
Player: Forget this, I'm playing Tomb Raider!
Zack: Great. Player's kaput.
Ivy: Let's talk about this--outside the Agency.
[Both of them leave]
[In the hallway, they run into Armando.]
Zack: What's with the suit?
Armando: Oh, I decided to wear something different today.
[Ivy and Zack scream and run out of the Agency.]
Ivy: What in the world happened to everyone?
Zack: I dunno. Chief, find--
Chief: Oh, go look it up in an encyclopedia. I'm playing SimCity.
Zack: Aw man!
Ivy: Here comes Tatiana. And she doesn't look too happy.
[Tatiana goes up to Zack.]
Tatiana: Divorce me or the computer, Zack!
[Tatiana leaves]
Zack: Sheesh, what's wrong with her?
Ivy: Did you get married to Tatiana or what?
Zack: What made you say that?
Ivy: She said, "Divorce me or the computer!"
Zack: I'm too young to marry!
Ivy: Fine, whatever.
[Lee Jordan strolls down the street reading Carmen's memoirs]
Lee: Let's face it, Carmen was right, I was wrong.
Ivy: Did you hear that?
Zack: Even Lee's affected!
Ivy: Who's next?
Zack: Ivy, I'm going to my friend's house. I left something there two days
ago and I really need to get it back.
Ivy: [absentmindly] Okay, whatever.
[Zack leaves.]
[Josha comes up.]
Josha: Hi Ivy.
Ivy: Hi Josha.
Josha: Ivy I love you.
Ivy: In your dreams, techno nerd.
[Ivy leaves]
Josha: Wait!
[But Ivy is gone.]
Josha: Oh darn.
[While Ivy walks down Sunset Boulvevard, she stops suddenly at what she just
said to Josha.]
Ivy: Have I just said something I would never say?
Acme Headquarters
[Ivy and Zack go into the control room. They see Maelstrom along with Carmen
and Chief.]
Ivy: What's Maelstrom doing here?
Maelstrom: Group hug, everyone!
[Zack and Ivy scream again and run out of Acme]
Zack: This is weird!
Fisherman's Wharf
[Ivy sits on an empty crate waiting for Zack to show up]
Ivy: Where the heck is Zack?
[C-5 opens up and Zack steps out]
Zack: Sorry I'm late, sis. The Player said he had to go to the bathroom when
I told him to C-5 me here.
Ivy: What on earth is going on today? Carmen decides to join Acme, Player
goes and play Tomb Raider, Armando wears a duit, Chief goes and play
SimCity, Tatiana yells at you, Lee Jordan reads Carmen's memoirs, Maelstrom
decides on a group hug, I don't get it!
Zack: That's seven people affected so far.
Ivy: I know! And I'm about to go as insane as Sara Bellum if no one explains
to me soon enough!!
Zack: Uh, Sara doesn't know what's going on right now.
Ivy: Well, whatever.
Zack: Don't you think today's all wrong because today's April Fool's Day?
Ivy: That's ridiculous. I think it's something else that's causing them to
go nuts.
Zack: But still...
Ivy: Hey, maybe we should ask Suhara for advice.
Zack: Good idea! Player, C-5 us to Suhara's home!
Northern California
Ivy: Hi Suhara.
Suhara: Hello Ivy. What brings you here?
Zack: Everyone we know at Acme are acting really strange today.
Suhara: Zack, in order ot think with a clear mind and figure out a problem,
you must appreciate the value of rock and roll...
[Zack and Ivy scream and jump back into the C-5]
Suhara: Now what did I do wrong?
Acme
Ivy: This is great! Now Suhara's affected!
Zack: I don't know, but here comes Lee Jordan!
[Lee appears]
Lee: I'm going to the drugstore to pick up some razors. I'll be right back.
Zack and Ivy: WHAT?
[They stare on as Lee walks past them]
[Carmen walks in, reading Silence of the Lambs]
Carmen: Let's face it, Hannibal Lecter was right, I was wrong.
Zack: Huh?
[Carmen walks past them, unaware that Zack and Ivy are present]
Ivy: Okay, Chief, 'fess up. What's the gig?
Chief: Who, moi? Why would I want to play a gig on you?
Zack: Let's just get out of here, sis!
Several hours later
[Zack and Ivy are walking down the hallway]
Zack: Uh, sis...do you have a feeling we're not alone?
Ivy: No, why?
Zack: Because I got feeling someone's in here--other than you.
[Ivy turns on the lights]
Suhara, Carmen, Armando, Tatiana, Chief: SURPRISE!
Carmen: April Fools, detectives!
Zack and Ivy: This was all a trick?!
Ivy: Why didn't you say so?
Carmen: It was a trick, remember?
Zack: Yeah, but why on us?
[The tricksters look at each other]
Ivy: So, I guess everything is still the same, right?
Armando: Muy bien, Ivy.
Zack: What about the Player?
Chief: The Player was in this too. Along with Lee and Maelstrom.
Ivy: Well, speaking of jokes, Zack and I decided to quit Acme and join VILE.
Carmen: WHAT?
Chief: Why? This is great, I already lost one great detective, and now that
makes three! Oh, emptiness syndrome!
Tatiana: Please don't go! I love you Zack!
Zack: Sorry, I decided on Sara.
[Tatiana sulks]
Armando: You can't be!
Ivy: No, we can't.
Chief: Say what?!
Ivy and Zack: APRIL FOOLS! Gotcha!
[Everyone laughs]
[fade to Blue]
Player: That was a good joke they played on you, Carmen.
Carmen: Well, April Fools to you too. Until next crime....
[Credits roll while a twenty-six second mini show goes]
Chief: But, seriously....
Sara Bellum: I rather think of it as "sanity challenged!"
Ivy: Chase after Carmen, chase after Carmen, Chief why don't you get
yourself some legs and chase after Carmen yourself!
Zack: I don't know that language...
Carmen: Next I think I'll hold up a Seven-Eleven!
Maelstrom: When I get out of jail I want to become a kindergarten teacher!
Zack: Hey Ivy let's forget catching Carmen for today and go rent Titanic!
Ivy: I don't feel like going after Carmen today.
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