OOC - From Lucario's point of view.
"Damn. Someone found the tap. Well," Lucario thought, "I can play that game too."
Lucario changed out the wiretaps; swapped the flash-memory tap for an old-fashioned tape 'tap. He then waited and hit 'TRACE SIGNAL'.
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...
Lucario quickly checked the IP address in Gaz's notebook.
Lucario double-checked. Then triple-checked. And checked again.
Either someone was tracking it from Gaz's laptop, which means Gaz had been held hostage, and Gaz either gave them the code or typed it in...
...Or Gaz was tracking the signal.
Lucario went into the in-hacking-tool command prompt, and typed in "tracert 192.168.31.255"
"Tracing route to 4092017698 over a maximum of 30 hops...
* * * Connection timed out.
* * * Connection timed out.
* * * Connection timed out.
* * * Connection timed out.
Lucario sighed, "Yup. it's Gaz."
Lucario looked at the command prompt and thought.
Chess. Move, countermove, counter-countermove... Gaz was basically playing chess with the person on the station's computer. The wireless system made Gaz able to do work in the armory-
Wait. Wireless?
"Check and mate," Gaz said. He then typed:
chgwep 192.168.2.255 "0586230412"
Gaz watched the screen.
A little tooltip window popped up and said, "Wireless disconnected due to WEP change". Gaz clicked it and typed in 0586230412. He then hit "Enter".
That would solve the problem. Unless it was Lucario on the other end.
A wiindow popped up on the screen. "WIRETAP DETECTED".
"Hello, Lucario." He set his cell phone right beside the laptop's antenna and dialed it.
5-5-5-3-7-0-1.
"Verizon wireless", the ERI service alert said.
Suddenly the phone spurted, "This is the Eterna Volunteer Police Department's automated answering service. To call the front desk, press one. To dial a specific room, press 2. For emergencies, hang up and call 911."
Gaz pressed 2.
"Please enter 6 then the room number at the tone followed by 'pound'."
There was a pair of clicks, then a beep. Gaz pressed 6-1-7-3, then #.
The phone buzzed.
There was a click, then a deep voice said, "Hello?"
"Lucario, this is Gaz. I know it's you. Remove the tap. Now."
The busy tone sounded, so Gaz retried.
There was three high-pitched beeps, then a female voice said, "We're sorry, this phone number is not in service or has been disconnected. To check the connection status or for help, hang up and dial your operator."
There were another three beeps, and the female voice said, "Lo sentimos, este número de teléfono no está en servicio o se ha desconectado. Para comprobar el estado de conexión o para ayudar, cuelgue y marque con su operador."
Gaz hung up.
Gaz though aloud, "Damn it, Lucario!"
He then walked over to the bedside nurse buzzer, and pressed it.
A female nurse walked in and said, "Yes, Gaz? Can I help you?"
Gaz replied, "I'm going to temporarily check out. Can you call the Department and ask for a transport for me?"
"Sure, please wait."
A few minutes later the nurse came in and said that the transport was here. Gaz went downstairs and climbed into the back of a Bureau van.
"Eterna's volunteer plice department, please," Gaz said to the driver. He then proceeded to check his pocket, only to find a small key. THe key to room 137 of the PD.
When Gaz arrived, he went to his office and unlocked it. When he opened it, Lucario was sitting at a desk and the phone was disconnected.
Gaz reconnected it, closed the door, and locked it. He went to the desk and said to the Lucario to sit on the other side.
The closed bulletproof shutters didn't allow much light in, but the indirect lighting systems were set to keep the room dim. Gaz strode over to the lighting system control and slid the dimmer to the top.
The room almost immediately got brighter.
Gaz sat down behind his desk and looked straight at the Lucario.
"Why?" Gaz finally spoke after a few minutes of silence.
"Why what?"
Gaz stared over his glasses at the Pokemon in front of him.
"Why what?" The Lucario repeated through telepathy?
Gaz looked around, and, satisfied that no one could see into the room, Gaz signed to the Lucario.