The meeting took somewhere around 30 minutes, and finally, when the Chairman ordered the room open and welcomed Josephine Wong back into the meeting room, all those that came with her had already left, and she came into the room alone.
"Where are your friends and colleagues, Liaison Wong?" The middle aged woman asked.
"They went back to tend to their own preparations for war, per my request." Josephine Wong nodded: "My apologies for this rash motion. But time is of the utmost essence right now, esteemed council. Even if we have the mobilization authorization of the fast reaction forces, we have only a little bit more than one day's time to prepare."
"The council takes no offense, and we appreciate your caution and tendency too. And now you are going to provide guidance and information to the council on how the fast reaction forces will move and go into this war." The chairman walked away from his chair and laid his hand on the chair's back: "For we have just reached a conclusion, you have the council's support and authorization to mobilize the fast reaction forces. You know the process right?"
"Yes, thank you Mr. Chairman, and council." Josephine Wong let out a long sigh of relief, then nodded and said: "I will initiate the mobilization."
"And I will go with you. " The female mage wearing a meticulous diadem stood up and said: "Our church is small, but we believe in doing the right things and maintaining the balance of all things. Tell me how we can help, and we will find you on your battlefield."
"I will send some forces as well." The young looking warrior wearing a suit of dark green armor stood up as well: "I have received more worrying signs of things in the world. And if what you said is true, I think we might just have to join forces."
"Thank you, Lady Ryleen, Bruj, I will provide you with a coordinate and badges, when you're ready, teleport to the location, and we can join us." Josephine Wong smiled.
"Let's talk about the case that you are wrong." Just this moment, the middle aged woman said.
"I don't see how that could be the case. But of course, the authorization bears consequences and responsibilities." Josephine Wong let out a quick sigh and asked with a calm and collected voice: "What would you suggest?"
"If it turns out that our fast reaction forces are mobilized due to false alarm, then it would be grounds for negligence and intentional waste of Division resources." The middle aged woman said: "And should that be the case, I must insist that I have no stock in it happening, I reminded the council that this kind of behavior, combined with deliberately interrupting a Security Council meeting, should be reprimanded."
"I object, this is what our emergency clauses are for - when events of high urgency and potentially great negative impact occurred, high ranking members including liaisons should be able to report to the council directly." Lady Ryleen shook her head: "And let's not forget about the report submitted by Liaison Wong - the resurgence of the Hellingers and the new intelligence about the remaining members of that wretched family trying to reobtain its long lost powerful artifact had already proved useful and insightful. I see no grounds for potential reprimandation."
"Let's hold this discussion off til the next time we convene a meeting." The Chairman said: "For the time being, liaisons you may proceed. Liaison Wong, you are now officially authorized as the commander of the fast reaction forces. Lady Ryleen, as a member of this council, you will be the supervisor of this operation. Please beware: per the Constitution of the Division, all intelligence gathered through the operations performed by the fast reaction forces should be shared with the council. You may proceed."
When Josephine Wong sped down the hall of the first floor of the Division Headquarter, she heard different alarms sounding from different directions.
"What the hell is happening?" Josephine Wong asked.
"The disturbances in energy fields are causing abrupt changes in the environment as well, while the magical families are still comfortable in their own realms and enchanted mansions, the civilian world is getting hit by the natural disasters they bring." Bruj sighed and said: "But let's focus on what we will be doing - Defilers, I read your report on the Clearwater Municipal Hospital, Wong. Don't take this the wrong way, but how do you plan on defeating a whole horde of them? When you, Master Nameless and Pei and the like couldn't even do much to one?"
"Our faith in the tenet of Lox will empower us to fight the breakers of balance and corruptors of peace. But that kind of power cannot be shared lightly." Lady Ryleen said, shaking her head: "My apologies for not being able to provide more help."
"My associate Jianmen Yu has a way, it's costly, but I trust that it will work." Josephine Wong answered with assuredness and certainty: "It will work. I'm sure of it."
"My father once told me, dying for a cause is okay, but the important thing is to die fighting and not impaled on a pike naked and armless." Bruj chuckled.