Shaun walked back home, thinking of the weird situation he was in. He had agreed for the alliance at the spur of the moment but now as he had time to think during his walk back home, he realized that he had never worked with anyone not only during the hunt but also during other stuff. He was a Lone Wolf. He reached home, it was around 5 in the evening and Mary wasn't home. During the months he had been in New York, which was around 6-7 months, he had saved up enough and he also had began to think of changing the profession. Journalism, which he had thought up during his quest to find Horus, now seemed like an actual option.
Next morning, just as Shaun was about to go out to visit one of the news paper companies he got a call, it was an unknown number. He decided to pick up the phone, "Hello? ", there was a brief silence, like the caller was gather his thoughts, "Hello,
Mr. Θ, it's been a while. How are you today? ", Shaun let out a sigh, "What do you want Horus? ", Horus chuckled softly, "Why do you assume that I'll call only if I wanted something? I might be calling to check on you, like where are you planning to go? ", Shaun looked around the house, "Are you watching me? ", there was a pause again, "Answer my question! ", "Fine! I'm going to Daily planet main office, was planning to take up journalism", Horus seemed surprised, "Now what gave you that idea? ", Shaun told him how he was bored of serving coffee and journalism gives him an edge over what's happening after he had 'hunted'. Horus seemed to agree and then offered to accompany him, "So you are saying that you want to take up journalism along with me? ", asked Shaun to which Horus didn't answer but after a few seconds the doorbell rang. Shaun laughed, thinking its not possible that it's Horus, he opened the door and there he was with a broad smile, "Yes that's exactly what I'm saying, I'm gonna take up journalism along with you", Shaun sighed out loud and then grabbed his coat and closed the door behind him, "Well then we better get going, by the way, you are one hell of a stalker Horus", to which he smiled broadly.
They took a bus to the Daily planet office, Shaun had told Horus that he'll do the talking and that Horus should just be silent. Once inside, they were hit with a wave of rushing people on phones, speaking loudly, trying to get a good story. Shaun and Horus walked towards the editor's office, Shaun knocked once and then opened the door, "Excuse me? May we come in? ", the editor was a women named Sam Mcall, she was on the phone when Shaun peeped in, she waved him in. Shaun and Horus entered the office and took a seat in front of her. Putting down the phone she looked at Shaun and Horus, "So gentlemen, what can I do for you? ", Shaun adjusted his seat and spoke up, "Hello, I'm Shaun and this is my brother Horus, we were planning to apply for Investigative Journalism", Sam looked at Shaun and then at Horus, "Investigative journalism!? What can a bunch of kids accomplish?? Especially with one named Horus?? ", Shaun smiled and looked at Horus, "See, this is what happens when you decide to go by your nickname", Horus eyed Shaun and then extended his hand towards Sam, "My apologies, I'm Reed Winston and the answer for the other question about what can we accomplish, why don't you give us a project. We'll take this one for free and if you like it once we are done with it then we can talk about hiring", Sam raised an eyebrow, then sighed, "Fine, there's a case about some shady business happening at Alamo Italia restaurant, some talk about selling drugs, if you can investigate and get some evidence then I'll think about hiring you", Shaun and Horus nodded, getting up Shaun shook Sam's hand again, "We won't let you down".
Shaun and Horus excited the building, "So do you wanna head over now?? Scout the area and come up with a plan? ", asked Shaun to which Horus, stroking his stomach, "Yeah, I'm kinda hungry too". Horus called out to a taxi while Shaun picked up his phone and called his manager George, "Hi George, it's Shaun, listen is it possible for me to take a few days off? Of course you can deduct it from my wage", George seemed to agree and also said he wouldn't deduct anything from his wage. He then got into the cab Horus had called and they headed toward Alamo Restaurant.
It took them around 15 min to reach the place, it was at '3 E 48th St #1, New York, NY'. They entered the restaurant, which wasn't that filled considering the time of the day. They were offered a table near a window, Shaun ordered a spaghetti while Reed, aka Horus ordered a pasta. While waiting they started discussing the plan, "So here how its going to go, once we get the food, finish it as fast as possible and then I'm going to ask if we can visit the kitchen to thank the chef. When we are in, you memorise all the exiting areas, number of cold storage units and also search for places where you might hide drugs", saying this Shaun grew quiet as the waiter approached with their orders. They dug in and Shaun thought the food tasted delicious, "So, on a completely different topic, your name is Reed Winston huh? ", Horus look at Shaun, "Yes but I prefer it if you call me Horus", Shaun nodded and then gulping down a spoonful of spaghetti said, "Well don't call me Mr.Θ, go with Shaun or just Frost ", Horus agreed. Finishing their dishes, Shaun raised a hand signaling the waiter who approached them, "The food was delicious, is it possible for us to visit the kitchen and thank the chef personally? ", waiter smiled and replied, "I can have to chef come to you", Shaun shook his head, "I'm sure he's busy, we'll go to him, also we are kinda excited to see the place where the magic happens ", waiter nodded and politely asked them to follow him. Once inside the kitchen, which was raving with chefs running around and spouting something in Italian because the food was late. As Shaun and Horus were guided through this to meet the chef who made their dish, Shaun made a note of all the exits, cold storages and number of people working there. Which included 4 men and 3 women. Horus was focusing on the waiter as he guided them. They were introduced to Chef Marco, who seemed busy with making some fancy dish, "Chef Marco, these gentlemen wanted to thank you personally for the food", Chef looked up at Shaun and Marco, "Il cibo era davvero buono, pensavo quasi che tu fossi un mago di qualche tipo", said Shaun,
- The food was really good, I thought you were a wizard of some kind -
Horus was surprised, he didn't know Shaun could speak Italian. The Chef seemed delighted, "Grazie mille. Sono felice che ti sia piaciuto", - Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it -
Shaun gave a nod and then he proceeded towards one of the exits, but he was immediately stopped by the waiter. "I'm sorry gentlemen, but that exit is only for staff ", saying this he nervously looked at Chef Marco. Shaun noticed this and then apologized and headed back outside to the main door.
Once outside Shaun and Horus exchanged glances, laughed and then Shaun said, "We are coming back tonight for some fun".