— Paris, Le Cafe Blanc —
『Guy-1』 "You know I should get an Oscar's for the drama I played out at the morgue."
"Though it took a while to get in character, I still managed to make the G-man fell for the whole fiasco."
Says the one balding 5'8 ft tall with large rimmed, anti-reflective tint eyeglasses to his colleague next to him.
Who is wearing an expensive custom-made suit with, a black fedora hat on his head as they sat down for a coffee.
『Guy-2』 "See, what'd I tell you? You were the most crucial part of the plan all along."
"Had you not been there by his side after my 'death', he would've been onto my ass as soon as he realized we pulled a fast one on him."
Not forgetting to stroke his friend's ego for a job well done and flawless execution of the long con that lasted for a whole year.
『Guy-1』 "By the way, are you sure we should be giving him a clue on your whereabouts?"
"You know he is like a stubborn bloodhound that will chase you to the ends of the planet just by getting a whiff of your scent…"
Taking a long sip of the freshly brewed coffee he ordered.
『Guy-2』 "He'll get over it."
"Besides, he won't be coming after me so soon as he will be busy taking care of junior."
"And his work as not just the guy sitting in charge but one who does fieldwork as well."
Replied while shaking the hand carrying the coffee slightly.
『Guy-1』 "Ohh, so you plan on stacking or filling up your fresh blank slate first so that he will have a lot of reason to chase after you again."
"You sure you wanna be back to wearing your favorite accessory so soon?"
Replied as if he had an epiphany while he asks worriedly to his colleague towards the end of his sentence.
When their conversation was interrupted by the one sitting next to their table.
『Davion』 "I think your friend here is just homesick. Ah, where are my manners…"
"I'm sorry, my name is Dav-"
standing up from his seat walking to them and interrupted the two but was also interjected halfway raising his right arm before he could introduce himself.
『Guy-2』 "Mr. Davion Wayne of Wayne Ent. Nice to meet you."
Shaking the half-raised hand while placing his left above the wrist of the one he is shaking to show his enthusiasm upon meeting a celebrity.
『Davion』 "Good morning gents! I see that my reputation precedes me reaching even here."
"May I?" shaking back firmly before asking to sit with the two.
『Guy-1』 "Gladly! Please take a seat. Let me help you. Can I have your autograph?"
Trying to stand up and assist him. While giving a table napkin and pen for the celebrity to sign.
『Davion』 "It's alright, no need for formalities. I'm just a tourist just like you guys, so just call me by my first name."
"Haha, we'll have to do that later if there is still enough time" taking a seat in front of Guy-2 with Guy-1.
『Guy-2』 "That explains the lack of bodyguards of a high-class person as you in public like this."
"Well then, is there anything we could help you with John?"
Smiling amicably while also giving a concerned look to the young gazillionaire in front of him.
『Davion』 "Actually, yes. I believe only the two of you can…" replied with an exasperated look.
『Guy-1』 "Well, 'We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.' – Ronald Reagan"
Showing his willingness to assist in any way he can by quoting someone.
『Davion』 "You guys are very hard to find, and still very suspicious."
"You do know you two still haven't introduced yourselves…" eyeing the both of them for any suspicious movements.
『Guy-1,2』 "…" keeping quiet waiting for him to continue while they think of ways to get out of the current situation.
『Davion』 "Ok then. If that's how it is, I'll get to the point."
"But first, what should I address you both with? Nicholas Bennett? Neal Caffrey? or Nick Halden?"
Asked while looking to the man opposite of him than facing his right.
"Which do you prefer? Mozzie? or Teddy Winters now?"
Inquiring the bald man who is sweating like bullets already in this cold weather.
"For a regular human though I can't help but be impressed for the dedication of faking your death to protect the Burkes family."
"And those close to you in the Bureau from the Pink Panther's retaliation and even from Keller just in case he managed to run."
"But sadly Mr. Suit had no choice but to put him down."
"Though I'm guessing you planned that too to remove a weed from its roots especially with the surprise baby on the way."
"I would have done the same thing."
"Of course, it's Mozzie that I liked the most for his loyalty to you even though he never stopped having your back even after you lied about him regarding the manifest."
"he still kept his blind faith in you that you'll always pull through."
Patting the shoulder of the guy in his right, who is already feeling smug of the compliments he is receiving from one of the young genius celebrities he looks up to.
"And I like that aspect of both of you."
"You know each other so well that even without spoken communication, you find ways to assist the one who is always in trouble even at the last minute."
"Though you have great skills Mr. Caffrey, still it was mostly Mozzie responsible of helping you whenever you are in a pinch."
"With his brilliant mind but as his loyalties lie to you, I have no choice other than considering both of you as a one package deal for my offer-"
*Clap! Clap! Clap!*
『Neal』 "That was a great pitch, and your 'allegations' are full of crap."
"But, first, call me Nicholas Bennett and my friend here Teddy Winters."
"I don't know any Neal Caffrey, Nick Halden, nor this Mozzie that you mistakenly referring to."
"Two, Regular Humans? Hahaha, so what are you supposed to be Aliens?!"
"And Pink Panther? Keller? Faking my death?"
"What are you even talking about? You know…"
"For a young billion-dollar enterprise owner, you should try writing a novel with the story you just told me and make bucks out of it as a sideline."
Interjected Neal, still trying to keep his poker face and think of ways to run.
While his partner, on the other hand, is murmuring in the low voice busy piecing the clues he got from the pitch Davion gave.
*Sigh*
『Davion』 "You had a one-year head-start after regaining your freedom and all you did was lay low."
"Go underground with nothing to pass the time other than booze, paint, and ladies."
"Can't blame you for getting rusty, after putting your all on that last con."
"SO, is that all? What does Mr. Winters have to say then?"
Stated while looking a little sleepy at Neal's interjection.
While Mozzie's right hand is busy tapping the table rhythmically from the pinky to index finger thinking of asking the right questions and after a while.
『Mozzie』 "Hmm… According to what my friend here said, you have spun quite the tale."
"I bet you, you are not even who you say you are as even you didn't introduce your name as I recall."
"You let us assume who we thought you were and just didn't correct us."
"That is a CON ARTIST 101! And you, my friend are quite the conspiracy theorist, referring to us as 'Regular Humans'."
"What, you think you are of the higher race, an alien perha-"
*Yawn*
『Davion』 "Man can we skip the doubt routine already? I'm getting bored…"
Interrupted Moz before he gets caught up in his own theories and stall for Neal to figure out a way out.
"First of all, Neal, man, bro, stop thinking of an exit plan."
"Second of all, no Moz, can I call you Moz?"
"I will call you Moz. I won't correct you whether I am of a higher race or not because it's just another type of 'human'."
"Which I'm guessing you have already gathered enough rumors of 'Meta-humans'."
"So, I hate to break it to you that I am not an alien."
"Though you were correct that our government already confirmed their existence."
"And kept under the wraps waayyy long before even Pompeii got buried under by a volcanic eruption."
"I see that you both are of 'Seeing is believing' type."
"So why don't we take a short trip back to New York for Neal can take a good look at his junior namesake huh?"
While creating an Eldtrich portal next to their table that made both men stand up in surprise.
"Oh, don't be surprised. No one will notice what we are up to as we have been in the Mirror Dimension since I sat at your table."
"FYI it is a parallel dimension that allows the magic-user to practice their magical abilities and fight their enemies without the public's knowledge."
『Both』 "MAGIC?!" shocked at the revelation of its existence breaking their fundamental beliefs in science.
『Davion』 "Come along now, I don't have all day."
Davion said as he is smirking evilly at the two that beats Neal's by a large margin.
Stepping through the portal that exits through the inside of Burke's house.
The two following Davion quickly to make sense of the current situation.
Mostly with Mozzie light on his steps acting as if he was in cloud 9 that was interrupted when he was suddenly pinched by Neal.
『Mozzie』 "OUCH! Neal, what the hell was that for?!"
Rubbing his right arm that was suddenly pinched by his best friend.
Before covering his mouth with both hands as he noticed what he did, making him slip out his real name.
『Neal』 "Thought I was dreaming."
"Relax Moz, if he was a con artist then he is so damn good and dangerous for knowing the exact details of Peter's house which means he has enough info on us."
This time he pinches Mozzie's cheeks making him yelp out again.
『Mozzie』 "You know, you are supposed to pinch yourself to check if you are dreaming or not!" complained.
『Neal』 "I can't believe it; we really are back in New York."
"He's also telling the truth as Elizabeth hasn't turned around from washing the dishes even after you yelled twice."
Walking around Elizabeth's figure at the Mirror Dimension and eyeing her intensely to check if she was an impostor or actor John hired.
『Davion』 "Alright, I will give you 30 mins to bond with your junior namesake unnoticed freely so make sure to savor the moment and not do anything funny."
Making some hand gestures cloaking Neal in a 'Notice me not' like a charm from HP series equivalent on Eldritch magic.
『Mozzie』 "Now that we are alone, I'm guessing you might want to continue where you left off?"
"About making an offer before Neal so rudely interrupted you sir?" now acting politely against John afraid of scaring his potential mark.
『Davion』 "Ah yes that! Before I continue though it is better if you both hear it at the same time."
"I assume my previous statement of you coming as a package is correct?"
Davion says while looking at a teary-eyed Neal Caffrey who is bonding with his nephew.
『Mozzie』 "Yes, he is like a brother to me whose bond is thicker than blood-"
『Davion』 "Speak no more, let's just wait for him to finish before I elaborate on the matter."
"Till then, I bet you have tons of questions and we have time to kill so, would you like some cup of tea?"
Conjuring a tea set as they sat on the Burke dining table next to Elizabeth who is busy washing the dishes.
『Mozzie』 "So magic, aliens, and meta-humans."
"What else does the government hide from us?"
Spamming questions after question asking like a curious little boy, he was familiar with.
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