[Denzel continues to tie up her arms with the wires. Crocker states very obviously before questioning himself. After all even if Crocker may not like Team Rocket in some ways he also doesn't want to lose the lab he has easy access too for his personal projects and it would be on his shoulders if he let someone get away who was an intruder.]

I'm obviously tying you - up?

[He pauses in his work when a note is mentioned and Crocker pauses. Ah... CRUD.]

And what exactly did this note say?