What in the world is this guy's game? He even want me to tell where we are?! This definately smells like a trap.
Leon: "Im fine. The only part that is hurt is my pride. Heh... I would have never imagined, that I would end up like this. I look around and the only two people in sight, is a maniac and someone who seems in the mood for killing anyone and everyone. Besides those two nothing, but droids that is wandering around like zombies.
*Sigh* I have to tell you that, I may never come back... This man who appears to be the leader, has already promised to set me free, but as you can hear... Im still here. I should have known better. Oh and since you have hacked your way into his communication system, I guess you haven't given up on me. Just be careful! This man is both insane and smart. That is a very dangerous combination. Oh and as for our position... I actually could tell you, but I refuse to play his little game."
Leon looked directly into Derilos eyes as he spoke those last words.
"Im fine. The only part that is hurt is my pride. Heh... I would have never imagined, that I would end up like this. I look around and the only two people in sight, is a maniac and someone who seems in the mood for killing anyone and everyone. Besides those two nothing, but droids that is wandering around like zombies.
*Sigh* I have to tell you that, I may never come back... This man who appears to be the leader, has already promised to set me free, but as you can hear... Im still here. I should have known better. Oh and since you have hacked your way into his communication system, I guess you haven't given up on me. Just be careful! This man is both insane and smart. That is a very dangerous combination. Oh and as for our position... I actually could tell you, but I refuse to play his little game."
At the sound of Leons voice Jose relaxed a little and realised he'd been in danger of breaking the microphone as a result of holding it so tightly. Pressing the button on the microphone he said "It's good to hear your voice Leon. You should know we don't give up easily".
Taking his thumb of the mics switch Jose turns to Valeria, Rodrigo, Cruz and Selena saying "Will one of you see if you can run a trace on this communication channel....? If I can keep him talking long enough we might be able to follow it back to the point of origin. It won't work if he has taken any sort of precautions and encrypted the signal, but he might have overlooked that".
Turning back to the microphone Jose pushes the switch to activate it. "Leon do you know what this High Charity wants? He seems a little vague..... Is there anything that we can give him that might result in him releasing you?" Jose asked.
Releasing the mics switch and turning it off Jose asks "How we doing on that trace? Part of the problem of keeping people on the channel is that they need to talk back to you occasionally and I'm not sure how long this channel will remain open".
Returning his attention to Leon. Jose again presses the activation button on the mic. "Leon, will you ask what we need to do to secure your release?"
"Let me see what I can do..."Rodrigo said and walked to the other side of the room and sat at Jose's Computer, then tapped the screen and it turned on."Jose,"He whispered, Jose muted the mic again and turned around and looked at Rodrigo,"I'm gonna get on your Channel now, but keep talking so they wont notice the bandwidth change."Jose nodded and looked back to screen, Rod looked back to computer and started the Source Indicator program, it wasn't the best software around, but was good enough to locate low encrypted signals. He kept looking at the codes running on screen. He started adding the known mirrors to the list in case the signal was rerouted at some point."Alright, Let's see..."He told himself and continued to check the signal. The only problem was, the signal was weak, either being transmitted from a long distance via multiple mirrors, or was being transmitted from a smaller source. Rod hoped it was the second one. After a few more minutes, the software finally started showing the possible location of Signal, but it was still so early to say. The Area shown on the map covered nearly half the Kusari Space, Sigmas and part of Omicrons. After receiving a few more strings of data, the indicated area started to contract, But as it was closing in around Sigmas, signal strength started to drop and indicator started to expand again. Rodrigo turned to to Jose and whispered,"Nearly got it, but keep him talking!"and turned back to the screen again.
Jose nodded his assent when he heard Rodrigo's comment. It seemed that if he could manage to keep Leon on an open comms channel for a little while longer then they might manage to locate the point of origin of Leon's signal.
Jose was not entirely sure what they should do if they did manage to locate where Leon was. It depended on where it was, although if a rescue was required it seemed likely that a certain amount of combat would be required.
This High Charity didn't seem entirely sure what he wanted and his motivation for holding a Benitez captive seemed somewhat vague. Returning his attention to the microphone Jose determined to wait until he knew where Leon was before he made any decisions.
Jose: "It's good to hear your voice Leon. You should know we don't give up easily".
Leon sighed.
Leon: "I know I can't stop you from trying to rescue me, and neither would I. It is your right. However... Keep this in mind. I've seen more droids on this ship, than I've seen on planet Gammu in Omicron Kappa! Mr. Crazy here is not without forces. It won't be easy to get me out of here. Killing a cretan Fanglizard with your bare hands would be easier."
Leon turned his head to face Derilos. He was glaring at the stars, that he could see through the top of the huge window located on the main deck above this trench.
When he realized that Leon wasn't speaking anymore, he turned his head towards him and raised an eyebrow, as to ask "is there something you want?"
Derilos had lost interest as usual, he couldn't stand conversations that lasted longer hen they had to. So, he typical started staring into the blue sky. Soon the conversation zoned out and peace of mind ensued. But it didn't last long, flashes of his inevitable task kept popping up, becoming a great annoyance. seeing no where else to turn to, Derilos started to tune back into the convo, for lack of a "safer" place. When Leon stopped talking it struck him as an odd feeling, so he turned around. Leon stood staring back at him, Derilos started to admire his courage, but at the same time, Derilos wished he could actually hurt the corsair. If only his programming allowed it...
I know I can't stop you from trying to rescue me, and neither would I. It is your right. However... Keep this in mind. I've seen more droids on this ship, than I've seen on planet Gammu in Omicron Kappa! Mr. Crazy here is not without forces. It won't be easy to get me out of here. Killing a cretan Fanglizard with your bare hands would be easier.
Jose turned to look at Rodrigo. "Have you found them yet? I'm not sure how long this connection is going to be allowed to remain open". Rodrigo held up 1 finger to indicate that he would have traced the signal in another minute.
Jose returned his attention to the microphone and pressed the switch with his thumb that turned the device on. "Leon we are havng some problems with this communicator. Is High Charity there? Can you tell him that if this line goes dead it is not because we have cut it off or anything, but because we are having some problems? Some of the parts that make this thing up are not in as good a condition as I'd like them to be!"
Turning the mic off and turning to look at Rodrigo Jose asks "C'mon Rod... How are we doing?"
Rodrigo held up one finger to indicate that he would have traced the signal in another minute, then turned back to screen again and started checking the analyzed data. He heard Jose talking Leon on the mic and continued his work. Signal was strong enough to keep the process going. After a short while, the Signal indicator contracted around Sigma-19 System, so Rodrigo started the new task on the program to trace the exact source of the signal. After waiting a few seconds, he finally saw the flashing dot on top right corner of the map, so grabbed a piece of paper quickly and wrote down the co-ordinance of the source,'Sig-19 G-5/6'and passed the note to Jose.
Jose took the piece of paper that Rodrigo was offering him and scanned the words that were written on it, as a smile spread across his face. "Well done Rod. I think that High Charity is not as clever as he likes to think he is."
Returning his attention to the microphone Jose presses the small button that activates it. "Leon, I'm not sure if you can still hear me but this communicator is starting to get excessively hot and there is some smoke. If we get cut off tell High Charity that I will try and rebuild it as fast as possible" said Jose.
Without bothering to turn the microphone off Jose then pulled the power lead out of the communicator, and wayched as the LED's slowly dimmed before going out.
"Right" Jose said, turning to those assembled. "Let's go get airborne. It seems we have a rendezvous with this High Charity fellow, and a fellow Benitez to bring back home".
Jose rose from his chair and headed for the door, and the spaceport beyond.