The Watcher had been observing the boys the whole time during the testing of their new battle suit. 'Field manipulation, how? It should not be possible' thought The Watcher. The Watcher glided into the twin's workshop and observed Null in a full panic. They weren't worried as Angels were near impossible to harm even hybrid angles like Infinity.
"Null calm down, it will be ok Infinity just needs time to recover" They turned off the alarm and gave Infinity a quick scan. The Watcher siphon off some energy and transferred it to the Angel hybrid which allowed Infinity to revive.
Null could now feel that Infy was waking up and he slowly calmed down. "Sorry Zero, we didn't know that would happen. We just wanted to have the same powers out here as we do in the pod."
The Watcher knew now, he would have to expose the twins to some universal truths. The worry was exposing them to this knowledge would make it harder for them to return and integrate into human society as they were not ready for this knowledge.
"Well, it seems we won't be able to get around it, I suppose it's time I teach you about one of the secrets of the higher races and the universe."
Drones went to fetch some equipment from the other lab.
After checking that Infinity and Null were both ready. Zero started the lesson.
"Before we start, It is important to understand that there are only two factors that affect the tier of a race. The first is how far they have progressed down their evolutionary tree and the second is their ability to observe and manipulate fields.
"The universe is controlled by the laws of physics and cause and effect, but did you ever think about why are they the laws? What decides how the universe will work?" asked The Watcher. He didn't wait for an answer before going on.
"The answer can be found in the study of fields. Fields permeate the whole universe and affect the laws of physics and nature. I wasn't planning on explaining this to you, as knowledge of fields and how they work is the domain of the higher race's and not something you should know. Except you have just demonstrated that you can accidentally manipulate the fields."
This was a far greater problem than The Watcher was letting on, but he needs more data before coming to any conclusions and taking any drastic action.
The drones had returned with a box of what looked like crystal balls. "Now for this lesson, we will be using these Zallium crystals. Zallium is a heavy element crystal that allows for the storage and manipulation of what are called field essences. Here take this one" Zero then got one of the drones to hand Null a ball.
As Null held onto the crystal, He and Infy both had the same reactions. They could hear the voice of the universe louder and clearer than ever. "This is the tune we just used to teleport" Null responded while he passed the ball from one hand to the other.
"The voice of the universe, as never been this clear!" Infy kept listening to the tune to see what other mystery he could discover. 'This has to be related to space, It has been isolated from the rest of the voice. The more I listen the more I can decode.'
The Watcher had a keen interest in how the two would react, the study of fields was an advanced topic and to manipulate them you would normally need to capture the essences in Zallium and program it to react with the local field to get the desired results. Yet it appeared that Null and Infy, could somehow directly affect the fields. The Watcher wasn't sure how they accomplished that feat. The Watcher was looked forward to researching this topic with the help of the boys and then maybe he could finally solve the reproduction issues of the angels.
"You have both spoken about the sound, what is the sound?"
It was now Infy time to explain. "Since birth, we have heard a tune playing in our mind. While in the pod we studied this tune and it allowed us to use powers. Outside of the Pod, it was a more complex and complete tune but listening gave us insights into the laws of the universe. We called this tune the voice of the universe". Infy continued to explain some other details to Zero but that was too technical and boring for Null so he went over and started to handle some of the other crystals.
The Watcher was confused in all of his studies into the fields he had never heard of anything like this voice or of anyone being able to interact with the fields without the use of Zallium or its synthetic cousins. 'I guess it must be because of their unique nature, but they are plenty of strange races and I none of them being able to do this.'
The Watcher still had more to teach. "Angels currently know of only 10 fields, there might be more but only the higher tier races would know them. Each field follows a basic set of principles. Each field has its own inertia. It requires energy to shift from its default state. The more drastic the change or the length of time required, the more energy required. When we want to manipulate the fields you will use a pre-programmed Zallium crystal and a reactor to power it"
"That would mean you couldn't change the programming on the fly, and it doesn't sound very portable. Also how do...Null stop it!" while Infy was explaining, Null had become bored and had been trying to juggle 3 of the crystals but each time he would touch one it would change the voice in their minds.
The Watcher had to sigh at their antics and remember they were still both very young. "Infinity you are correct, normally when using the field you have to spend time programming the crystal and making sure everything works correctly". The Watcher listed the 10 fields that the Angels currently knew.
The 10 fields are:
· Space
· Time
· Mass
· Electromagnetic
· Quantum
· Potential Energy
· Gravity
· Soul
· Life
· Motion
Infy was deep in thought 'we can already change the fields, and now that I have listened to all 10 fields, I should be able to isolate them. That still leaves the problem of powering the changes'