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365: May 22

Alex poked his head into Saint and Osiris' apartment. Saint was gone but Osiris was in. He wasn't wearing his normal regalia and was pacing back and forth in the living room holding his bearded chin, face set in a thoughtful scowl. Alex recognized the look anywhere. He didn't notice as Alex and Alshain slipped inside and stood by the door, closing it silently.

They stood there for a few minutes waiting to be acknowledged. It wasn't the first, or be the last time, that Osiris took a while to acknowledge them. Finally Alshain made a short static noise out of his voice box. Osiris didn't startle but he did stop and turn and look at them, his dark eyes focused. "Took you long enough," he said.

"We've been here five minutes waiting on you," Alshain said, leaning on Alex in a relaxed curve of his metal spine.

"What's up, boss?" Alex asked

Osiris' hands flexed uselessly, her eyes narrowing in frustration, anger maybe? "You boys trust me, don't you?"

"Of course," Alex said.

"Even... after Savathun?"

"That wasn't you," Alshain said.

"Would we have let ourselves get banished on your behalf and then spent two centuries as outcasts if we didn't trust you?" Alex asked him back. "We never doubted, even when you faltered. Don't doubt us now."

Osiris' face smoothed out slightly, softening. "Good. Then I need you to do something for me that by every measure is an impossibility."

"Oh so back to the normal stuff we did and not just walking behind Crow making sure he doesn't fall over?" Alshain asked, getting off Alex to walk over to Osiris, all swagger and bravado in his long cloak. "And keeping him out of trouble," he added with a scoff.

"I need you to find something that is hidden so well our scans can't pick it up. The Legion cannot find it. The Hidden cannot find it. But I know its' there."

"What?" Alex asked joining her brother in front of Osiris.

"Must be a real bag," Alshain said casually.

"A city. Hidden on Neptune. A city full of humans. A city Savathun-- I remember." He turned away from them, putting a hand to his temple and the side of his face. "I remember some of her thoughts," he whispered, caught by a vision or some mania. They'd seen it before. This didn't even move the needle on the weird shit they'd seen Osiris do. "Some of her plans," and it graveled his voice. "She knew there was a city on Neptune," he looked at them both, speaking up. "But no one can find it."

"Boss I appreciate you blowing smoke up my ass as much as the next guy but how do you suppose we find something not the Legion or the Hidden could find? We're just two Hunters," Alshain said with a frown.

"Because I trust you. And you've never let me down," Osiris said in as kind and gentle way he could manage but it was still tinged with his mania about this city. "I've asked Ikora to spend more resources for it, I even spoke to Xander-

"Wow you even asked Nightjar something nicely?" Alex teased.

Osiris scowled at him. "Ikora doesn't trust me," he said and started pacing again. "She blames herself for letting Savathun so close but in this doubt she doubts me. And Xander said he's keeping the bounty open and I get updated on it every few days. They've found nothing. Just nothing. But that's impossible! There is something! There is. Something!" he cried, looking at them both, desperate for them to believe him.

"Okay," Alshain said casually. "We'll look for the city. And if we don't find it what do you want us to do?"

"Keep looking. Until you've mapped and scanned every inch of Neptune I won't be satisfied."

"Uhhhg, that sounds so boring," Alshain groaned, leaning back, arms limp at his side. He looked over at Alex, "You think Bracius would give us a bigger ship?"

"For what? I am not sharing a ship with you and Fletcher. I refuse. Bad enough you used to bring him to our apartment," he made a gagging noise despite not having a mouth.

"We could bring Nissa too," Alshain said. "She's smart. She'd figure out a way to scan every inch of Neptune in a reasonable time," he said thoughtfully.

"If Nissa is coming then we are getting our own ship and you can share with Fletcher all on your own."

"You just miss her licking your face-

"You literally talk about Fletcher's dick during ops I don't want to hear it!"

"Boys," Osiris said before they could start punching each other. It was a near thing. Alex loved his brother. He really did but no one triggered Alex's 'punch you in the face' response quite like Alshain did. "No bickering. I know you both have your own ships. Figure it out."

"Nah. Alshain crashed his. Probably because he was thinking about Titan ass," Alex said in his best sneer voice.

Osiris pinched the bridge of his nose, squeezing his eyes closed when Alshain punched his arm so hard it dented the metal. "Speak with Bracius about a second ship. If not I will pull a favor with Amanda so four people don't have to be crammed into a jumpship," he sighed.

"Sounds great! We'll be in contact," Alshain said cheerfully. "We'll get out shit together and head out to Neptune as soon as possible."

"Good. Now get out of my hair- yes I know," he added when both of them rubbed their own bald metal heads indicating Osiris had no hair. They giggled between each other before bundling back out of Osiris and Saint's apartment.

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