"tch, be happy you don't have to stay tied" he descended the stairs briskly letting his hand slide down to the man's wrist to accommodate for the difference in gait

Samuel gave a little smirk, "I am glad I'm not tied up. I would have to make both of loose what little sanity we have left." Because long periods of inactivy made him ansty so to even the score he would of had to annoy Leslie.

he was glad the other was behind him otherwise he would have seen a flush. he tried to ignore it "do you have numbers to lock the doors with?

"Yea," Samuel said. "And what makes you think it is numbers?" Numbers where to easy to gues being based upon 9. He prefered something a bit harder to guess then a number code.

he shrugged again though the effect was less noticeable on stairs "i don't actually know whether it's numbers or not, i use a card"

"A fucking card let you through!" Samuel screamed. All it had taken was a little wimpy card to break through his code obviously he need a better one. One that simply was not possible unless one manually entered it and had the right finger prints.

he blinked and looked over his shoulder "you sound awfully surprised, surly you'd think with algorithms as easy as the ones the towers use someone would be able to hack it?" he laughed when the other gave him a hateful stare "damn, you are sheltered, i wasn't even the one to do it, one of the newbies modified a regular hack card for it, took all of a day"

Samuel pounted, it had taken a newling to break it. This is why he had wanted something better then a simple code lock but no he had not been allowed to do it. It still stung that it was just a slightly modified card that had done it too. "Now I really need to try that virus out." He muttered to himself. His protection of a living code might not be enough and that simply was not allowed. But wait he had only protected the mantaince tunnels between towers. "Where did you come in?" If it was one of his personallly coded door someone would die.

he ignored the first comment in favor of the second "through the front door, i came in on foot"

Samuel grinned, "Then nevermind, that code is child's play. Not one of mine, it is standard level and rather pathetic protection." It had not been his code and as long as the card did not work on the maintence tunnels he was okay.

he said nothing as the other lost his ruffled edge. they came up to the first level and went in "get the lobby doors i will get the elevator, we have food and medical supplies so nothing should need to stay open"

"Okay." Samuel said before doing as he was told. He was in much better spirits now that he knew it had not been his code that had been broken. He headed towards the lobby running all the codes though his head until he found the right one.

he locked down the lobby doors and waited for the other, the began acending the stairs again stopping at each floor and locking them up, only the bathrooms were spared

Samuel finished his job quickly and return to Leslie. "Have you finished yet?" He asked.

when they were finished with all the levels he did one more sweep of the cameras. he did not want any more surprises today

Once Samuel notice that Leslie was busy on the computer he wandered over to where the other had been reading. He picked it up and flippped it to a random page.

it all looked clean and there were no more issues, he checked the box for any tampering on the console

The book did not hold his interest for long so he wandered back over to Leslie and watched over his shoulder. Samuel was content to watch the other work with half a mind ready to comment if the other made a mistake.

he slid the chair over looking to make sure all the locks were in place, he made sure not to run over the other

"So what do we do now?" Samuel asked as Leslie did a final check over.

his face flattened "well i am going to eat something and get a drink, would you like to share this time or are you still pouting like a petulant child?"

Samuel gave Leslie a glare, "I'll join you." He did not coment on the peculant child comment, chosing instead to ignore it.

he fetched food from the pile and the water from the door and wandered back over to his spot on the floor, he poured two glasses and rationed out two servings. calmly he waited for the other to decide he wanted to come sit down

Once Leslie had set the table Samuel sat down. It was a simple meal of space food that Samuel had long gotten used to.

he did not speak during the meal instead he was content to either sit in peace or let the other fill the void. this was a patience game nothing more

Samuel finished the meal in silence. He was bored but talking was not on his mind, he was bored and an idle mind was nothing if not destructive.

they finished silently and he put away the wrappers and glasss. stretching he went back over to the other "do you need to use the bathroom? i am not taking you out later"

"Sure." Samuel said not really needing to go. He figured it would be better to try now then wait until after the bathrooms where locked. Knowing his bladder it would decide it needed release right after lock down if he did not do it now.

he nodded and turned around for the door, on the way he grabbed a tranq just in case. he was sure the danger had passed but it did not ease his paranoia

Samuel followed behind Leslie wondering if the tranq was really nessisary. "Think we'll run into more?" He asked refering to the precation Leslie had taken.

"no, doesn't mean i won't keep it with, though i was not lying about it taking a hell of a lot to sedate a theodore, eventually you build up an immunity or an addiction. it'd take two of these to put me out, any senior member would be damn difficult to take out that way"

Samuel eyed the syringe then, wondering if Leslie planned on using it on him. It would make sense using the reasons provided but Samuel did not appreciate the idea of being knocked out again; especially with the idea of being tied to chair once he awoke. "A theodore?" Samuel asked to distract his mind from its previous tangent, "Is that what you call yourselves?" He was refering to the group Leslie apparently worked for.

he shook his head "no, not really, it's code for what we do, theodores are the... drastic branch, we are the dangerous ones, the arsonists and assassins, the god-hackers and the otherwise unsavory, i didn't know who that guy was but he made it here alive so i called him a theodore, though he was not a good one for damn sure." he paused at the bathroom entrance to let the other go in first. he stayed by the sinks, he had gone while the man was asleep.

Samuel finished his business quickly and returned to the other. Leslie was still standing by the sink so Samuel drew the conclusion he had gone before now. Samuel muttered, mostly to himself, "And the hackers are the worst of you equal to the murderers."

he shrugged "our hackers have prevented more death than they've caused, and i am sure it'll please you to know i mean human life, not just life in general though there is that too." he watched the man wash his hands, the wrists wre scabbing slightly, that was good

Samuel did not answer that happy to let Leslie misunderstand. The wounds on his wrists were scabbing, Samuel noticed as he dried his hands. He was starting to feel nimb again, perhaps falling down the steps would help? Samuel dispelled the ridiculous idea imediatly not even sure for where it had stemmed.

he watched the techie suspiciously when the other spent a few moments too long drying his hands. it was not hard to see the other was rubbing a little too much and too hard an his wrists. as the man passed by he snatched up a passing wrist, he held it up so the other could see and tapped the wound with a finger "you were doing good before, leaving them alone. don't get back into the habit"

Samuel glared at Leslie and took a step in, planning to remove his hand while the other ajusted. Apparently his miscalculated the time in which he could move and Leslie could react. He was now trapped by Leslie who was still holding his wrist despite this Samuel still said as he had planned to before, "What habits are you refering to?" He said it airily as though he actually had no idea.

he pinned the other against the wall with his occupied arm and held down the man's other arm with his free one "i do not like your bad attitude. if you keep trying to damage yourself i will not have any qualms knocking you back down. you will leave your hands alone, this is not a request"

Same glared at his captor well aware of how this would look if someone walked in. His mind unhelpfull provided him with the phrase 'stuck between a wall and a hard place.' He mentally sighed then said out loud to the waiting Leslie, "Why would you care if I damaged myself? As long as I'm alive you get what you want."