Raiden looked nervously back to the stairs again, then grunted. He stomped over, wrapped his arms around the big desktop computer, and then heaved it in the air. “Come on,” he barked, “let’s move.”
Cash grabbed the paper files that he could, and they headed back up the stairs. “Reed’s working for someone inside Horizon Zed,” Cash whispered after Raiden, reading through the papers as they ran. “It’s not an outsider. Someone high up in the company grabbed Lawrence.”
Raiden shoved the door to the next level open with his shoulder, then took a quick scan. The place was still clear, with the men in suits propped up in their spots against the wall, peacefully passed out. “Who, though?” Raiden hissed back to Cash. “We need to know who if we’re going to find Lawrence.”
They bounded up the rest of the stairs, then entered into the warehouse. “Oh my god,” Cash said suddenly, fast at Raiden’s heel. “I think I know.” He hit his earpiece, and the noise in Raiden’s ear crackled.
“Is he there?” Seb asked. “Did you find him?”
Raiden winced. “No sign of him,” he said, his heart breaking all over again to share the news.
“Seb, I have a question,” Cash said. “Coltan. You recognized the stone I had.”
Raiden grunted, the weight of the computer heavy in his arms. Cash pulled the door to the outside open, and when they entered the night, Raiden let out a puff of air.
“Sure,” Seb said. “Why are you asking?”
“What’s it used for? It’s valuable, right?”
“Yeah,” Seb crackled. “It’s rare and in high demand, since it’s a valuable tungsten ore. It’s important for laptops and cell phones especially.”
Cash stopped in his tracks, and Raiden stumbled still behind him. They were at the hole in the fence, and trash drifted by in the dirty canal water. “I know who Reed works for,” Cash said. “I know who took Lawrence.”
