Frank was tired; he had been at work since 5 am and he was still an hour away from ending his shift and going home. He was just back from a crime scene and walked across the parking lot towards the elevator. He needed to talk to Horatio and therefore pushed the button to the 4th floor in the elevator.

It didn't get further than halfway to the second floor when it suddenly stopped. Frank groaned and pushed the button again; nothing happened.

"Hello?" Came a little voice.

Frank frowned and looked at the intercom.

"Um, hello?" Frank asked.

"Yes, you pushed the button."

"What button?"

"The emergency button."

"I didn't push any damn emergency button!" Frank growled.

"Well, sir, according to my computer you did. Is the elevator stuck?" The man asked.

Frank thought he recognized the voice, but due to the intercom he couldn't be sure to whom the voice belonged.

"Listen, I didn't push any damn button except the one to the fourth floor." Frank said.

"Not according to my computer."

"Computers can be wrong! Now make the damn elevator move." Frank growled.

"I can't do that, sir."

Frank sighed and took a deep breath to calm himself. He didn't know that he was being watched and that the man performing the prank was in control of the elevator with some help from a friend who worked with elevators all day long. And the point of the prank was to drive Frank out of his mind with frustration.

"Why not?" Frank asked.

"Because something has to be wrong with the elevator if you pushed the button…"
"I DIDN'T PUSH ANY BUTTON!"

"Since the button was pushed it means something is wrong with the elevator. Now either you or someone else in the elevator pushed it and now I have to figure out what is wrong with it." The man said, "I'm sending someone over and it will cost you 500 dollars."

"Me? I didn't push any damn button and I'm not paying some guy to fix something that ain't broken." Frank said.

"Well, then I will have to call the police, sir."

"I am the police! Doesn't your computer tell you that the button was pushed inside an elevator in the MDPD building?" Frank growled, becoming extremely frustrated.

"I thought you said the button wasn't pushed?"

"It wasn't! But you keep insisting that it was and if it by God himself was pushed, shouldn't the computer tell you that the elevator is at MDPD?"

"Yes, but I can't be sure that you're a cop just because you're there. You might as well be a criminal." The man said.

"Do I sound like I'm a criminal?"

"Honestly; yes."

"I'm a cop and I'm very angry right now. I've had a hard day and I do not have time to wait for a guy to fix this shit. You make the elevator move, NOW!"

"I can't do that. I don't have any buttons to make it move again. Either wait or crawl out; those are your only two options." The man said.

"You incompetent bastard." Frank muttered.

"I heard that."

"Good, it wasn't supposed to be a secret." Frank retorted.

"Somebody has male PMS or hasn't got laid in a while."

"Very funny asshole! As soon as I'm out of here I'm going to your damn job and I'm going to shove that computer down your throat!"

"You have issues, dude."

"I'm having a bad day."

"So am I! I'm stuck talking to an idiot with no brain that pushed a button, but refuses to admit it."

"I didn't push any button!" Frank yelled; he would shot the damn intercom soon.

"I'm going to have lunch now; tudeluu, Frank!"

"Good bye you piece of shit!" Frank snapped (he was too angry to notice that the person apparently knew his name), "You said crawl out, huh?"

Frank smirked and managed to pull the elevator doors apart after fifteen minutes of trying; by then he was sweaty and even more pissed off than before. He sighed in relief when the doors opened and he jumped up grabbing the edge of the second floor.

"Somebody… help… me." He groaned as he heaved himself up on the floor and crawled out until his whole body was outside.

He sat up and sighed; feeling like he had won an important contest. Then the doors suddenly closed and the elevator went down. Frank pushed the button to bring it up; thinking it was working again. It came up seconds later with Cooper inside.

"Hey Frank." Cooper grinned.

"Hey." Frank muttered.

"Bad day?"

"Yeah, I got stuck in the elevator with some stupid guy over the intercom. He said I pushed a button that I know I didn't push." Frank growled.

"Well, the elevator seems to be working fine now." Cooper shrugged.

"Yeah." Frank sighed.

The elevator stopped on the fourth floor and Frank stepped out; he turned around and looked confused at Cooper.

"You're not coming?" He asked.

"Nah, I'm going to lunch." Cooper smirked, "Tudeluu!"

Frank recognized that specific phrase!

"Oh you little…!" Frank began to say but the doors closed and Cooper went down.

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