Moebius was wearing casual slacks and a shirt which he hadn't bothered to tuck in, he let it billow loosely around his torso, it felt better, cooler somehow. He reached into the back seat of the car and took out his briefcase. He'd instructed Darkspade and Brandon to work together to try and get Gunthers mullet to work. He strolled through the doors of the CW Headquarters and pushed the button for the executive suites, the receptionist took little notice of him as he stepped in and watched the doors close.

He could hear voices as he strolled down the corridor, he put his hand on the door knob and pushed it open. All conversation stepped as the people seated round the table turned to look at him. Moebius beamed. Richard stood to object but Jones was already standing and beckoned for Moebius to come in. Jones extended his hand to Moebius, Moebius accepted and the two shook. Jones had a smile a mile wide pasted on his face.

"Moebius! You made it, so glad you came."

Moebius smiled widely back, he found smiling this much was really hard work when Richard Arcane was in the room.

"I apologise for my lateness Reverend Jones, as I explained earlier, Charon is indisposed at this moment in time and so I will be representing her in the matters to be discussed here this day."

Jones nodded.

"I understand. Her child is missing, she must be distraught."

Moebius nodded in agreement.

"What you also may not know is that her eldest is also missing, it seems someone is determined to divide Charon's attention and away from the matters in hand. I think that it maybe a matter which needs to be added to the days discussions sir."

Jones nodded wisely. Moebius was trying to size the man up but he was interrupted by Richard snorting in disbelief. Both Jones and Moebius now turned to look at him, Jones had seated himself once more but his eyes seemed to bore a hole into Richard.

"Mr Arcane did you have something USEFUL to add to our conversation that you wish to share with the rest of us?"

He said it in the manner of a school teacher chastising a child but Richard seemed oblivious and he blundered on.

"Charon is just a cheap tramp who has kids floating about all over the place, its no surprise a couple of them got lost along the way and...and she tried to KILL me!!"

Moebius rolled his eyes, Jones slammed his cane down on the table and made everyone else jump, it also made Richard shut up. There was an eerie quietness in the way Jones now spoke that contained a malevolence and potential violence. Arcane was now listening very intently.

"The way I see it Mr Arcane, Charon Death saved your worthless life, I have no idea why she did it but she did. You're lucky she only shot you in the leg, personally, right now, I would be quite happy to have her shoot you in the head...."

The sentence trailed off as Jones noted a slight change in air pressure, Moebius had stiffened as well. Jones noted that Moebius seemed very in tune with his environment, as he himself was, he looked straight at the door as it opened. Moebius turned in his seat at almost exactly the same moment and the word surprised probably didn't quite cover the range of feelings that washed over him at that point.

Jones simply stared as though nothing in the World ever surprised him and he spoke slowly and carefully.

"Welcome Evangelion. Please feel free to take a seat."

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