Rerouting the wires

Valerie carefully took off the casing surrounding the keypad. Behind it was a small plaque with a serial number and some technical information, along with collection of differently colored wires connecting different places on the circuit board. She described it to Iris.

"A standard factory issue design.", replied Iris. "It should be simple - all you need to do is reroute the wires in a specific order, and then any combination will be accepted as correct."

"How do I do that?", asked Valerie.

"In the order that I tell you, cut the wires and reconnect the ends to different ones. Be careful - you need to seal the exposed wires. Any accidental overlap and you will trigger an alarm."

A brief wave of nerves entered Valerie's head before she calmed herself. How was she supposed to insulate the wires? Her spare equipment had tiny cutters, but nothing to repair wires.

"Ready, Valerie?", asked Iris in her earpiece.

A realization dawned on her. She didn't like it, but it was the only way for her to do this.

"One sec.", she replied.

She reached behind her, arriving at the small of her back. This was where the tape Hawk had used to repair her outfit began. Before she could talk herself out of it, she ripped it off in a clean motion. She brought her hand up to her face - she now had some tape at her disposal. She felt her suit shift slightly, the two seams spreading further apart, exposing her crotch ever so slightly.

"Ready.", she said to Iris, who began to guide her through the process of cutting some wires, then joining them in different ways, then pressing some buttons on the keypad, and repeat. For a few minutes, she did as Iris said, using up all her tape in the process.

"Come on", said Iris. "Not long left. We're halfway there."

Valerie gulped. She would need more tape to continue her work. Her hand went to the side of her hips, where Hawk's other cut on her suit had started. She ripped off the other row of tape, which went from her one side to another via the apex of her butt. She felt air on her still tender skin as the unsupported flaps drooped low, exposing her ass.

"What next?", she said, partly just to keep her mind off what she had just done.

Iris continued to guide her, until finally she let out a sigh. "It's done.", she said. "If you enter any number now, the door should open."

Valerie keyed in a four digit code. She gulped, her finger over the enter button. She had no way to know if this had worked. But there wasn't much time, and there was only one way to find out.