Authors notes: I know I haven't been updating as much as I want to, things just happened to, well ya know, get busy. I have a mechanical baby home this weekend, and I was sick on top of that. (Boy that was a pain). I also have another black belt test in martial arts next weekend. So I really don't expect to post another update for two weeks. Hopefully sooner, but I doubt it. On the good note, I am on a count down! 10 weeks till I get my black belt. April 24th, 2004! I have been waiting for this day for sooooo long. On the even better note, after that date, I will have a bunch of free time to write more! Okay, enough with my life, on to the story!

'Can we fly?

Do I stay?

We could lose

We could fail'

Chapter 4

I followed Rinoa out of the training center. She seemed to almost float wherever she walked. I wonder what she had in mind for her evil plan. Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that I want to take over the world since Cid wasn't going to let me into the Garden. Rinoa walked out of the training center hallway and started towards the elevator. When we walked over there she pressed a button for the second floor.

"So where did Cid say he was going to drop you off at?" She seemed be holding back the giggles. It was obvious that she had been hanging out with Selphie a little bit too much.

"I asked Cid to drop me off at Deiling City. Why?"

"Good, I don't have to have him change the destination."

"Rinoa, what are you planning?" She just gave me an evil smile, which made me almost jump. It looked exactly like the smile from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the one where Janet gave the audience, when she was trying to decide between the audience and Rocky. Wow, I have been to that show way too much.

"We are going to cause mass mayhem." OH HYNE! SHE IS GOING TO LET ALL THE ANIMALS AT THE ZOO LOOSE! THE MOOSE! THE MOOSE! WE MUST CONTAIN THE MOOSE! Wait. Maybe this could be fun.

"What kind of mayhem are we going to create?" Camels would be fun too, but moose are better.

"You'll see." Great, that can't be good.

The elevator stopped at the second floor. Rinoa quickly pulled me out of the elevator and dragged me towards one of the empty classrooms. The classroom she choose just happened to be locked and empty. She turned her head towards me.

"Do you think you could break the code to get into this classroom?"

"Sure, let me just take a look at the panel here for a minute. You keep watch, make sure nobody catches me doing this."

Sure? How was I going to crack the code on the classroom? I have never even seen a panel like this! This is way above my technology intake! Great, me and my big ego. I can't hack everything, even though I wish I could. I looked at Rinoa and made sure that she was keeping a lookout. She was. Damn, why do I have to always accept a challenge? I looked back at the panel. It had a nice little digital screen, and numbers 0 through 9. Man, basic, but complicated.

"Rinoa, if I get a wrong access code, will it sound an alarm?"

"Only after your third try."

"Great. Also, IF it starts to sound an alarm, is there anyway to turn it off? And how many numbers are in the code?"

"Um, I don't know, and I don't know."

I stood there looking at the panel. What I could do is over flood the system with a bunch of numbers, sounding the alarm, and hopefully finding the correct access code within a few seconds, and praying the correct code will turn off the alarm. Choice two is to sit there for a few hours trying to get the code correct, on the first try. Choice three is to beat it up and cut the wires. I like choice three, even though it is a bit more unprofessional.

"I think the easiest way is to not find the code, and well, just break in."

"Well, get on with it Lea!"

I opened up the flap on Batman's case and pulled out a mini toolset. I love pocket-sized crap. I wish everything came in pocket size. I looked at the screws that were implanted in the panel. I needed a small Hex tipped screwdriver. I love this time, technology advancements, but parts are still the same! I pulled out one of my Hex tipped screwdrivers from my pocket toolset and began to unscrew the panel. After the four screws were taken off, I forced the edge of my pocketknife from my toolset under the panel. I quickly propped the face off and saw the wires connected to the screen.

"These two go to the screen, and these, go to the pad." I cut the wires from the face, put it on the ground, and pulled out my TI-89 calculator. "You have been good my friend, if I break you, I am sorry." I took the screws of the calculator and popped it apart. I attached the wires in the corresponding places on my calculator, making sure that the programs and memory wires were still in tact. I closed the face on my calculator, but kept the screws out of it, I am defiantly going to have to make a quick switch back once I flood the system. I opened the programs area of my calculator and began a code generator. The alarms suddenly went bezerk, then after another second they turned off. I looked at the screen. "Future reference, 58492." I de-wired my calculator and returned the panel to its original state. Wow, lucky me, everything only lasted maybe three minutes total. Rinoa looked at me in shock. Ok, so maybe I was smart.

"Ok, rooms open, what do you want to do with it now Rinoa?"

"I thought you were going to break in and not find the code."

"Well, it seemed easier to flood the system." I replied with an honest smile.

"Well anyway, I was going to have you copy some files from the Deiling City government files, so we could shut Deiling City down."

"All this trouble for that!? We could of done it somewhere else ya know! We have more of a chance getting caught here then in Deiling!" Great, is she blonde under all that black hair?

"That's the point! We want to get caught, AFTER we shut down Deiling. Leave some clues around and let Cid figure it out that it was you! He will HAVE to let you in the Garden then."

"No, that is just getting a warrant for the local police departments to arrest me."

"Well, you did say you wanted to take over the world."

"True. Fine, next time though, tell me what you are planning first, before you have me act upon it. There might be better ways."

"Well I wanted to see what you can actually do, and by the looks of it, you are a natural born criminal!"

"Nifty." Wait; do I want to be a criminal? Ya. I could get caught, and be in jail for like, the rest of my life. Overreacting! I am dreaming! Why do I keep forgetting this? Why does this feel just so damn real? It can't be! This just negates all laws of science and technology. Time travel is more realistic than this! And I don't even believe time travel exists yet either. Time to be the world's best criminal mind. Might as well in my dream, can't at home. My grandparents yelled me at the last time I tried to take over the world, even if I just started with the school. The teachers weren't too happy with me changing all the computers, and well, neither were the techies.

My grandparents. Wow, I miss them. It seems like forever since I have seen them. Even though I have only been conscious for a day, in my dream world that is, it feels like forever. Eric did tell me that I was unconscious for a few days though, not like that counts.

I was finished arguing with Rinoa about crime plans, so I walked into the empty classroom and flipped on the lights. Wow, how did I know where the light switch was? Even it was different then the ones back at home. I walked over to one of the computers and sat my butt down in the chair. Opening my laptop case, I pulled out my laptop, the power cord, my pocket toolset, and a few wires. Rinoa watched me as I worked like a robot. Everything natural. First I unplugged the main computers power. Next I took the LAN wire and connected it to my laptop, then stripped the other end of the wire. Next I crawled underneath the desk and opened a panel that led to all the wires and hardware to the computer. I quickly pulled a wire and cut it in two, stripped it a bit, then connected my wire to the main computers. I wrapped the wires with some electrical tape and climbed back up to my chair. I realized neither computers had power. Great. Oh wait, I forgot to plug them in, silly me. I got out of my chair, re-plugged the main computer, and plugged in Batman. First I turned on Batman.

"I hope this works."

"Hey Lea."

"Ya?"

"How did you know which wires to cut and connect? There wasn't a chart or anything in there."

I looked over at Rinoa. "Ya know I am not quite sure, I just, well, did. I have been taking apart and putting electronics together since I was little. I used to make simple robots out of random electronic equipment in my basement."

"Oh."

I still don't think I answered her question. The truth is, I really don't know how I knew which wires were connected to the motherboard. I was just kind of on, auto drive.

I opened up a program on Batman and ran it. I typed in a bunch of codes, and then I fired up the big computer. I am not sure exactly why I am trying to control the big computer from Batman, and interchange their information. But like I said earlier, by brain is on auto drive right now and is just working quicker than I can think. Once both computers were on I started to work the real magic. I quickly tapped into Deiling's city files. I copied the sewer, lighting, roads, network, and some government files. I also stored some random useful looking files on to Batman. I am sure that all of these will come in handy eventually in my quest.

"LEA! QUICK! UNHOOK EVERYTHING! SOMEONE IS COMING!"

"Crap." I realized there wasn't enough time to just 'unhook and re-hook' everything, so I just disconnected my LAN wire, stuffed it into the computer area, and closed the panel up. Making the big computer look like new. It should work fine; it should only be half functional when Batman is running along with it. I saved my files on Batman and turned it off quickly, and disconnected it from the wall. I stuffed everything back in to the case and gave the all-good sign to Rinoa. She turned off the lights and we hid behind one of the very back computers.

The door to the classroom opened and the lights were switched on. I heard footsteps toward the front of the room, and then the chair behind the teacher's desk squeaked. Some drawers were opened, closed, opened and closed again. And there was a lot of paper scattering it sounded like. The teacher started to hum. It was an older male teacher. He sounded like he was in his mid 30's. The chair squeaked again, the lights were flipped off, and the door open and closed behind him. Great, that was a close call.

"Alright Rinoa, we are probably really close to Deiling. And I got a lot of city files, probably enough to do all of our dirty work."

"Good, we should leave here."

"Defiantly."

"We can connect some bugs in my father's house, and make it look like it was all his fault. For all the mass mayhem that we are going to create that is."

"You don't like your father, do you Rinoa?"

"No, not really."

"Okay, just curious."

'Ding Dong. We are now arriving at Deiling City. The Garden will stay stationary for 32 hours. Do not get left behind when we leave. We will NOT be coming back this time for straggling students.'

"Fun, show time is going to start." I said to Rinoa.

"Nope, first we get you dressed in some clean clothes." She replied to me.

Author's notes: Criminals are bad; do not try to recreate anything in this fic. It can only get you in to trouble. Yes, I have gotten into trouble many times from altering school computers and getting access to some files that should have been more securely protected. So please, do not try any of this, also, note: Opening of computers and stripping wires is completely idiotic unless you know what you are doing. It can lead to serious consequences, including accidental shock, which can result in paralyzing, or even death. On the worse note, you can lose your hair if a big enough shock comes. On the good note, I went to Krispy cream the other day... It has an access point!!! I was able to WIFI from Krispy Cream!!! How ironic is that!? It might just possibly be that I have a really strong WIFI card and that there is an access point a little bit further down the road at the coffee shop, but still. IT IS FUNNY TO ME!