When I open my eyes, I look around and see the simple ordinary break room. I look over at Husani and smile. I finally found him, and although just like me he looks different in Limbo, he still shines through the facade. I run my eyes over him as I wait patiently for his return, I know I have mastered how to travel between this world and Limbo, so it will probably take him a little while to fully return. I glance at the clock, reassuring myself that we have time in our break for this little interlude. I figure it might be best to pass the time eating something, since I am on a lunch break, and I don’t truly know when I will get another one. I move to one of the tables so I can enjoy my modest meal while I wait for Dr. Husani Kalifa’s return. I giggle to myself, a whole plethora of feelings taking hold as I reminisce on our conversation in Limbo and how easy it was to know he was the man I have been searching for. He was such a comfort for me while I was attempting to heal the people. He knew exactly what I was struggling with and how best to overcome those weaknesses. After a little more time, screams by, I place my hand on his shoulder and he does not even flinch, I start shifting in my seat, bouncing from foot to foot, in an attempt to invoke his presence, the silence deafening in this empty room as I wait for his return.

            “It’s getting kind of late, what is taking him so long?” I asked the room not expecting an answer back.

            As the hours tick by I grow more concerned with why he has not returned; the travel is not easy unless you do it often, but it’s not impossible and it has never been this long. I sat there watching him, my palms becoming slick, my heart beathing uncontrollably as this unrelenting feeling of unease swept over me. Something was wrong, I knew it deep within and ignoring it was not an answer. I closed my eyes and wished for the magic I use in Limbo to come to me. I need to find Husani and bring him back to his body. With my eyes closed a quietness lulled over the breakroom and a rush of cold water, followed by a strong gust of wind and a warm compress wrapped around my body like an old familiar blanket being put back in its rightful place. I took a deep breath, all the frustration and worry gnawing at me vanished in the last gust of wind and I noticed how calm I felt, I could tell something had changed within myself. I was no longer stressing about what was out of my control.

“I found you and I have no intentions of losing you Husani Kalifa!” I announce to the empty room.

I know he had a connection to me and Limbo, he’s not a lost soul and or an idle body as far as I can tell. He has to be like me special, all I can think about is another god, it makes sense I am not the only one here, I know about Seth and there’s Kalina who is Nephthys or Asten who is actually Thoth. Who has a strong connection to Isis and has not been found yet? Wait, he couldn’t’ be him, I know Kalina was laughing at Seth, she was taunting him about someone he should be worried about, but could Husani be that person, could it be that my connection is so strong because he’s my…Isis’s husband, the real one. I think if that were true I would know instinctively, I mean Seth could not be powerful enough to keep my soul from recognizing her other half and Husani has never mentioned that he thinks that way about me here or when we would find each other in Limbo. No, he couldn’t be that god, he’s much too powerful for someone one like Seth to have a chance of trapping him. Still, I do feel a romantic connection to him, and Isis is known to only have one love she scoured the earth for. I can’t think of anyone else who would be as important to her. Plus, in the myth Seth and that man did not get along, as Seth always held a jealous grudge towards him. In that case I cannot rule out the fact that Husani could be him, a god known across time, who is synonymous with the dead, the afterlife, and resurrection, but that god is also known for how powerful and magnanimous he is. Would that  mean what we are up against is more powerful than the god of death, more than I originally expected and the worst part is, there could be a real reason for why both Husani and I had to go through everything, why we had to lose each other in the beginning. I didn’t think about any of this when I learned that I am the Egyptian goddess Isis, but now as I unearth who Husani truly is and why we are both here, I have no choice but to accept all possibilities. I need to talk to Asten, update him on the situation so far and pick his brain, I need to know what he thinks about all this. I should also introduce Doctor Kalifa to Asten since he knew both me as Isis and her other half personally, he may see something that I am not able to. I will talk with Husani about Asten, that’s something I probably should have mentioned in our conversation before we left Limbo. I’m sure he will be interested in meeting Asten. I lean down and look at Husani, still in the same position, stiff as a board.

“That is if you ever wake up. Paging Dr. Kalifa! Dr. Kalifa come in!” I speak next to his ear.

The room stays quiet, no answer again. The longer I wait, the more I can’t shake this  eeriness that creeps up on me in the silence. I get the feeling that someone is behind this. I know there are many things I still need to tell Husani, but the most important is about how I feel. I sit down next to him, wrap my arms around his neck and whisper.

“I  hope you’re ok, wherever you are, I wish I was by your side the way you have always been there for me, but no worries, I will be here waiting for your return and together we will face what comes next.” I stop to catch my breath.

“I know as Husani and Eset we just met and don’t know each other all that well, but in Limbo and in my memories, or what I think are memories we have been there, living a life together, watching one another, loving each other.” I feel the pressure in my chest as my throat chokes up. I stop and inhale the sweet, scented air.

“We may not find our way back immediately, but I want you to know that I already can tell you are the one I belong with. I will find a way to get back to us and once we find ourselves, I will not leave your side ever again.” I reach for his hand and clasp it within mine.

“So, I am going to ask you for one thing. I need you to find your way back to me right now because I can’t save you if you are not here.” I beg.

The air turns cold, and lights begin to flicker, a putrid scent of death seeps in and I violently gasp for air. A damp chill surrounds my legs and feet and the screeching of lost souls crying out invades my mind. The fog is thick, but I can hear sloshing with each step I take, like I’m wading through a sandy riverbed. I feel a brief tap pass by my ankle and the cold that it leaves in its wake startles me. I jump prepared to run, but I know I need to stay where I am.

“I asked for this, didn’t I?” I tell myself.

After a minute of gathering my thoughts, I close my eyes and face down towards the ground. When I gather the courage to open my eyes, I can see transparent creatures swimming beneath me, they seem so far away I should never be able to touch one, but still after some time one gets close enough to feel the ice burrow beneath my skin. Is this where Husani is right now, I compose myself and stand still, I listen for anything related to Husani when everything goes silent, and I hear.

“Eset, I don’t know if you can hear me, but if by some miracle you can. This is Husani, I didn’t go back, but I’m not in limbo either. To be honest I think I’m in the underworld. If I don’t return, please come find me.”

The voice is clear, I knew it was him the minute I heard it. Does that mean he could hear me when I was begging him to wake up and the underworld, he’s in the underworld, does that mean my assumption was right and he is the god that is significant with death, resurrection, and the afterlife. The husband of Isis, her other half the god Osiris.