Don't Poke the Luna (Xena and Ryder)

Chapter 237

Xena's POV

"He's not here tonight, Jimmy explained. "He's been monitoring the cameras we set up at the tunnel entrances. Kid's a computer genius though. If anyone could hack into a phone company, it'd be him.".

"Where is he?" I asked.

'Set up in the basement with about six monitors," Bastian said. "He's been tracking everything since we sealed the tunnels. Paranoid as hell that they might try to dig them back out."

"Smart," Ryder nodded. "We should talk to him."

"The thing is," Keir spoke up, even if we get into the phone company systems, how do we know which numbers belong to Alpha Wiley? They could be under any name."

I'd been thinking about that too. "We start with the territory address. Every phone company has to have a physical address for service. Even if the account names are fake, the location has to be real for them to run the lines."

"And if they're using cell phones exclusively?" Novak asked.

"Then we look for patterns. Heavy data usage in that area, multiple lines registered to the same fake addresses, billing information that doesn't add up." I was getting excited talking through this. "Plus, if Galen's as good as you say, he might be able to cross-reference with other utilities. Electric, water, internet providers."

met yet spoke up. "I'm Drake, by the way. And Galen's taught me some basic stuff. Phone companies aren't as secure as you'd think. They're more

long would something like that take?"

on how deep we want to go. Getting basic account information? Maybe a few hours. Getting detailed call logs, location data, cross-referencing with other

don't have a day or two," William said.

account info, recent call logs.

pizza. "It's proactive instead of reactive.

of explosives left over. We could move within hours.

his Alpha authority filling the room. "Drake, go get Galen. Tell him

Alpha, Drake jumped

Penelope and Ama to start working with

minutes discussing what it would

phone company and how to do it. William stepped out of the room

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Chapter 237

to get into

asked. "We don't need to sneak into

wires?

I tried to joke.