at an unknown location.
It was time for The Watcher and Null to face the council. he had assumed they were to report to the Council Assembly but instead they were being transported towards the Supreme council station. That could only mean that They were going to be presented to the Supreme Council.
The Galactic Council was a flotilla of 3 supermassive space stations and their supporting ships that constantly drifted around the galaxy. It is powered by a tether miniature black hole that would be fed old and dying stars. This provided the whole Flotilla with enough energy that every group could use the most advanced field technology available.
The council in its entirety consisted of 4 branches. The Enforcement Department, The Assembly, The Supreme Council and The Paragon Council. The first three branches were each given a station to govern.
These stations were the size of the earth's sun. The Supreme Council was given a much smaller station but it was still twice the size of the earth and it only housed the 5 members of the ruling council and their retainers.
The Paragons didn't require any permanent residence, they met so seldom and when they do meet they would bring their own or meet remotely.
Each of these branches played an integral part in the management of the galaxy. The Enforcement Department did what its name suggests. It enforced law and order within the galaxy. The Valtaui were from this branch. It was their mission to respond if a monitor called for help.
The Assembly offered a seat of representation for any current members of the council aligned worlds. They dealt with day to day running of the galaxy. They would help solve disputes between different races and was in charge of ranking new and discovered life forms.
The Supreme Council was a secretive group. Each member was directly assigned to the position by a paragon and they enforced the desires of each of their respective paragons. They had the ultimate power in all matters related to the galaxy. They were the voice of the paragons anything said by them could be considered an order for the paragons themselves.
The Paragons had their own unique responsibilities but no one knew what they were exactly, and no one would dare to try and question them.
The Watcher, Null and Unit7321 had arrived at the Supreme Council meeting chamber. The chamber was a semi-sphere the insides seems to be coated in living tissue. This tissue would constantly shift and change colour and seem to have a sound damping effect. The motion of the wall along with the absolute quiet made the atmosphere in the chamber difficult to stay unaffected by.
Each member was represented by a projection of everchanging geometrical shapes. All 5 projections were identical to each other making it impossible for either The Watcher or Unit7321 to identify which Paragon they represented.
The Watcher had foolishly hoped that he might have been able to use the political differences to divide and conquer. He knew it was Alterran alarm that has caused the direct involvement of the Supreme Council. Yet he didn't know why the council was so afraid.
"Unit7321 you were sent to investigate a code 0. Give your report" the voice seemed to have come from the room and not an individual member.
"The code 0 was not a false report. There was an Alterran magic-user. I have brought him here. I believe he is a Nullifier as I wasn't able to scan him"
The 5 shapes moved around Null.
"We agree with your assessment"
"A Human, Angel hybrid. So Sariel it seems you hadn't given up on your experiments. Were you not punished enough the last time. That was only a couple of millennia ago." Once again the voice seems to come from everywhere at once.
Sariel was The Watcher real name, and the experiment that was being mentioned was a black mark on his record. He had tried to convince multiple Angels who were capable of shapeshifting into human form to try to produce children the old fashion way. Sariel had been exiled from their house position and forced to Watch over humanity.
Sariel lacked any capability in protecting them. If they fought back they would lose.
"While I am still experimenting trying to solve the flaw of our existence. The child here was not a planned result from those experiments. Their birth was the convergence of multiple improbable events". Sariel went on the explain the beginning of the child.
"So it was an artifact that gave him the ability to use true magic and use Alterran abilities?"
"Yes"
"We will require all the information you have on that artifact"
Unbeknown to Sariel, there was an intense debate occurring between the 5 members. They like to present a unified front when dealing with their lesser but each member had diametrically opposing views on this topic and how it should be resolved.
Two of the members wanted to eliminate the threat while it was in its crib. Another wanted to train Null to be an asset for the council. The final two wanted to adopt a wait and see approach. They didn't see the child as a threat and wanted to study it in case more Alterran started appearing.
The argument to the participant might have seemed like it had lasted for a long time but it was being carried out at the speed of thought therefore in reality only 30 seconds had passed. The Supreme Council had come to its conclusion.
The council removed Null from the room and let both Sariel and Unit7321 know their decision