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."

me some basic stuff. Phone companies aren't as secure as you'd think. They're more focused on keeping people from stealing

something like that take?"

to go. Getting basic account information? Maybe a few hours. Getting detailed call logs, location data, cross-referencing with other services? Could take a

or two," William said. "Not

"Basic account info, recent call logs. See if we can identify any patterns or important

of pizza. "It's proactive instead of reactive. We've been playing defense this whole

oldest among them leaned forward. "If we find the location, we still have a considerable amount of explosives left over. We could move within hours. I have some that were mainly prepared for the tunnels

filling the room. "Drake, go get Galen. Tell him to wrap up whatever he's doing with the

Alpha, Drake jumped up

start working

spent the next several minutes discussing what it would mean to break

do it. William

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Chapter 237

done remotely. We don't need to get into the lines to eate

asked. "We don't need to sneak into

wires?

been watching, Ocean's Eleven or something?" I tried to joke. "No, we can accomplish everything without