White Lies

18 hours

Janus and his brother Virgil were hoping for a nice quiet day. They had just finished a relatively tough case, you see, so the privet detectives wanted a break.

What they weren't expecting was a call from an old friend.

Janus had just flopped on the couch when his phone started ringing.

"Oh? Who's calling you?" Virgil smirked, sitting on the edge of the couch.

Janus just glared at him and answered the call, "Hello?"

"Janus, it's been a while."

"Is this Logan?" Janus smirked.

"Put it on speaker!" Virgil gasped.

Janus rolled his eyes, but obliged.

"Yes, it is Logan." The man laughed over the phone.

"Hey L!" Virgil smiled, "you hear about the case we just solved? Even your guys couldn't get it."

"Virgil, he requested us. He knows." Janus raised an eyebrow, "but anyway, what can we do for you?"

The brothers could almost feel Logan's grimace, "How did you know I needed help?"

"Because Patton is usually on the line for congratulations." Janus sighed softly, "and judging from your grim tone, it's really not good."

Virgil frowned as he realized his brother was right.

"Do you remember Roman and Remus from high school?" Logan asked.

"Well yeah, I had a huge crush on Remus." Virgil rolled his eyes.

"Well Roman called me." Logan said, "Remus is missing."

The silence that followed his statement felt like a thousand tons of pressure weighing down in the room.

"He called earlier this morning, but so far none of my people have a lead." Logan sighed.

"And after 24 hours the chances of finding him decreases dramatically, let alone finding him alive." Janus grit his teeth.

"It's been six hours since Roman called." Logan said.

"So we have 18 hours before it gets more difficult." Virgil shook his head, "damn it, that's not a lot of time for what little your people found."

"Yeah. If you're available, could you come down to the station? Romans still here to answer questions." Logan said.

"Yeah, we'll be there soon." Janus told him.

"Thank you. I'll see you soon." Logan hung up, leaving the brothers in silence.

"Welp." Janus said after a moment, "guess we have another case."