London, England
"No, we can't afford that sort of publicity……I don't care what CyberNet are doing….I know that but this isn't the right time…..don't bloody argue with me. I'm the head of Relations, I say what goes and if you even try to go against me I will bring you down so hard your bones will shatter……I'll tell you when we can go ahead with it….yes, alright good bye" Blythe slammed the phone down. He was still very angry about the night before.
"I never knew you could be so ruthless" said Mike. "You don't really look the type"
"Well it's always the people you least suspect and you know that I'll do anything to get what I want and lets face it this company would be completely fucked if I wasn't so ruthless" he laughed and turned to Mike. "I sent you over the completed tests by the way"
"Oh cheers B. I don't know how you managed to do it. You really are a genius"
"It's not really that hard to do if you run more than one test at once you get the job done quicker and if you program the computer to 'auto-mop' than you cut down your work load by approximately 33%"
"Can you program mine to 'auto-mop'?" asked Mike fascinated by Blythe's incite
"Of course I can. I designed the software. I'll do it now for you" Blythe unfurled his legs, stood up and walked along the office to Mike's desk. L's probably made arrangements for a meeting with Interpol now he thought. I mustn't get side tracked from my work though. He typed and clicked away at the computer and was done within minuets. "Ok that's all done for you" he smiled and got up. One of the chains on his trousers got caught on the chair. "Damn it" he moaned. "Hey Mike are you gonna come to karaoke tonight?" he asked un-hooking himself
"Yeah why aren't you?"
"No I am. I'm just gonna be a little late tonight. There's some stuff I need to sort out"
"No worries, I'll save you a seat"
"Cheers mate"
"Hey what are best friends for" Mike shrugged and patted him on the back. Blythe smiled, put his hands in the pockets of his black & red Tripps and made his way back to his desk. He had already planned what he was gonna do. He was gonna take L head on. He knew that L would've noticed the pattern that with everything he did America would always be first. The night before he had even made sure the American police would be able to know he hacked into their records. That would all be done in good time though he had other things to worry about and he did have a life outside of L. Blythe sat at his desk with his knees against his chest and scratched his black choppy hair before turning back to his computer screen. He can damn well wait 'til I'm ready he smiled and continued to do his work. Every so often he would pick up a jam doughnut and take a bite out of it. The taste of the jam calmed him down.
After work he headed on home. There were a few things he had to prepare before he could go out to karaoke. He poked around his bedroom and attached a cable to a camera which he was going to use to transfer the sound that he would record. There we go L I'll see you soon he thought while fixing up a voice distorter. He smiled and picked up a printed out photo which he had framed. He looked at it and then at the mirror. "Like father, like son" he said hugging the photo a small tear formed in his eye but he shook it off. Blythe switched off the light in the bedroom and walked out the door. He picked up the black leather jacket that was lying on the sofa and put it on. Then picked up his bag and keys and headed out the door.
Washington, America
The large hall was filled the hustle and bustle. Police from around the globe where gathered in that one hall. Each person arguing with the other. Some claiming the hacker to be a terrorist, others claiming it to be a big joke and some claiming it to be an informant it was hard to tell what each person was saying the way they were shouting over each other. The police were arguing amongst themselves. Then a man in a dark trench coat and hat holding a laptop computer walked into the room and everyone quietened down. He opened the laptop and a white screen with a big black letter 'L' in Old English font appeared on it. The room quietened down. "Good afternoon everyone. This is L" said a synthetic voice from the computer. The man plugged in a microphone to the computer and voice carried on speaking. "I trust you all understand why I have called you together"
"You're going to help us stop the terrorist!" yelled out one of the officers. Then another roar of people arguing started. "Hold on a second. This person is not a terrorist." The synthetic voice insisted
"Are you insane? He's hacked into military information. He could take down the entire defence system." Protested another officer
"If he was a terrorist and that's what he was going to do he would've done so by now" the room fell silent. "Listen to me. This person does not want to take down the militaries defence but he does have the ability to do so. That is his trump card. I think that he doesn't want to commit a crime but he will if he is threatened, ignored or provoked"
"He has committed a crime though by breaking into military information" yelled another officer and the roar from the crowd started again. The synthetic voice just continued. "Not necessarily. This person could be a legal hacker so we cannot say for sure whether he is breaking the law. Rest assured though he is not a terrorist but he is dangerous if we do not co-operate"
"But what can we do? He hasn't made any demands"
"That is because he doesn't want money or power. What he wants is information but not information about military tactics. He wants to find something or someone." The room went quiet and everybody just looked at each other. "I am aware that more countries militaries have been hacked into and you all have great concern. Therefore I would like to request full co-operation from the police worldwide, especially America" The police chatted amongst themselves for a moment. "Why so much America, L?" the American representative called out
"A very good question and the answer is very simple. America is the only country he has been consistent about" more mutterings came from the crowd. "The first 5 countries he hacked into were USA, Russia, China, Korea and Germany. He hacked into the USA first. Next he tipped off the media in those countries causing panic but not in that order according to the post dates. He sent it USA, Germany, Russia, China and Korea. He has always kept America as No.1 which is a clue. Tell me, have any of your police records been hacked into?" the representative put his hand to his mouth and thought for a minuet. "Now that you mention it L. Somebody did hack into the records but he only hacked into cases that concerned Los Angeles."
"Was anything taken?"
"Yes, some information about the culprit in one particular case but not much was known about him so we just brushed it off"
"Which case?"
"Actually it was one of yours L. The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases." L remained quiet for a moment and the whole of the hall exchanged glances
"That changes things completely, I only need co-operation from America and therefore I request that the investigation headquarters be in America. I also would like you to send me all the information you have on that case and its culprit" the synthetic voice said firmly
"Well of course the United States would be happy to co-operate with you L but what makes you so fixated on America?" the representative asked
"Because I think that our hacker has just found part of what he's been looking for"