“ Do you even know where this place is?” Jacob said, as they passed what looked like the same building for the third time.“ Sure I do,” answered Tyler, who adjusted the map he had
taped to his bike.“ I mean, how hard can it be to find one building?” They looked around them. For as far as they could see, there were buildings.“ Okay, it may be a little harder than I thought, but it can’ t be far,” Tyler looked at his map again.“ It says that we are supposed to go right on Edgewall, but we did.”
“ Tyler, look,” Jacob shook his shoulder to get his attention.“ Quiet Jacob, I am trying to get us there.”“ Tyler...”“ Quiet!”
“ Look behind you!” Tyler turned around and saw the interlocking hourglass symbol that was the logo of Byrin Industries.
“ See Jacob, I told you we weren’ t lost,” Tyler said happily. Jacob put his head in his hands. As they walked towards it, a person with the insignia of the company on her jacket strode in front of them.
“ I am sorry, but you can’ t go in,” she said,“ No one is allowed in because this building is going to be demolished in less than fifteen minutes.” Tyler and Jacob walked to another area to discuss this recent term of events.
“ How are we going to get inside?” Jacob said desperately,“ Never mind that, the building is going to be demolished and we’ ll lose the penny forever!’
“ Jacob, look at this!” Tyler pointed to a bicycle that was lying abandoned against a fence. It looked just like John’ s bike. Alongside it was a set of footprints left in the dust from nearby construction work. They led to a door with a padlock on it. As the two walked up to it, they noticed that the padlock was nonfunctional as it had been pried apart, most likely by an iron bar resting on the ground.
“ John, the law-abiding peaceful kid did this?” said Tyler in disbelief.
“ Lets go in, get John, and if there is time take the penny too,” Jacob said as he was opening the door. They headed inside. The first thing Jacob noticed was the lack of lighting. It was pitch dark inside.
“ Jacob, is that you?” Tyler asked with a slight tone of nervousness in his voice.