"Hello Ishar. As for your question, no. We haven't found the dimanium yet. Venkatesh has been with me, studying all scriptures, texts and stuff for a hint of its location, but we haven't got it."
Ishar furrowed his brows. "How did you know my question? Okay, just leave that, I called you to say, hurry up. We don't want to die, do we?"
Ishar could literally hear Tanik roll his eyes. "No. We don't."
There was a brief moment of humor. Then, after bidding goodbye, the phone call ended. Ishar went back to the room outside. Everyone was doing their own work, researching, uploading programs, etc.
Naren, who had been sitting in a chair and studying the blueprint with Anjani and Gargi, suddenly stood up. The two women had shocked expressions as well. Ishar looked at them suspiciously. What had happened?
"Hey guys," Naren started, "I think I found something, almost unnoticeable in the light of the screen."
He pointed towards a box in the photo that lay beneath an aisle of some kind. Pratap, Aniket and Karan, who had been uploading the satellite's program, walked over to him.
"Oh wow." Karan said, "What an amazing box. Really brings out the color of the blueprint."
"Shut up and read what is written. I think we have found our culprit."
Ishar casually walked over and glanced at the label. And in the blink of a second, fury coursed through his veins like a raging river. He gritted his teeth to avoid punching the wall and doing something stupid, like tearing the blueprint.
On the ivory box, in bold, blue words, read the name,
WeaponsR Industries.
How could he have missed it? All the illegal scams, corruption near the Arabian Sea, the search for dimanium, the military contacts…it all added up to one thing. Dev Rathore was either helping the aliens, or trying to conquer India himself.
There was no bound to Ishar's fury, and he was sure that everyone in the room felt exactly the same. He opened his bag furiously (almost tearing it in the process) and took out the search warrant for Dev Rathore, Sandeep Khurana and Varun Gujar.
"I'm going to find him, and I'm going to arrest him. I am going to do everything in my power to arrest him! I don't care how big his contacts are!" Ishar said, angrily.
Pratap nodded. "I will join you in your mission, Ishar. I hate that man now. But before we get to that part, let's be sure to ship this device to the ISRO HQ."
Naren stood up and said, "How about we split our missions now? Ishar, you and I will go and drag that Rathore out of his hiding spot. Meanwhile, Pratap, Karan and Aniket will go to Shimla Science Centre to get everything up and ready. We should also call Venkatesh to come with us, and check if Tanik has found the dimanium. It shouldn't reach the hands of Rathore."
Ishar nodded and calmed down. After all, he would vent all his anger while 'interrogating' Rathore.
"Yes, you are right. Come on everyone. Let's do our job and save the country from doom."
"You mean the world?" Pratap corrected.
"Yep." Ishar said, "The. Entire. World."