I am going to put Wire in with Marconi: Howard works for the outfit, and given the rarity of meta's on their side, it would make sense if he was called to defend his bosses bosses boss. Wire chose to go with him because he figured that he could convince his bosses bosses boss to give hire him as a bodyguard. He already had somewhat of a reputation among the outfit: they were his main clients.

Thats what I'm going with, and I will have a post up shortly :D

EDIT: And it's done! Up to you what happens next MrD