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It was not often that such a meeting would take place amongst such developed intelligence in this galaxy in this universe. The last such occurrence had been eons ago. From what he remembered of that particular meeting, it had not resulted in any changes. The lesser races generally did not accomplish much in their existence before they succumbed to the ravages of time or space or dimensional pressures. When would the inferior races realize that they should not mess with the natural order of the multi-verse? Q appeared in a bright flash to the brief surprise of the other members of the meeting and interrupted their discussion.

Amongst the participants were the Metrons, the Organians, a member of the Douwd, and a Traveler. He was a bit surprised to see a Douwd at the meeting since they were generally found in other more interesting galaxies in this particular universe. His surprise was that he was surprised. Being near omniscient and near omnipotent meant that there were times that he was caught unawares of the minutiae of existence of others. Of course, if he wanted to, he could easily see the many possibilities but decided he would like to be surprised in this instance.

The purpose of the meeting was an intriguing experiment in his opinion. Another member of the Q had remembered about this meeting and the purpose behind the meeting and decided to pass the information to Q since he seemed to have such a strange fascination with this particular insignificant species and their development.

The Traveler was a bit surprised at the sudden appearance of Q. He had a few run-ins with this particular Q in other galaxies but did not expect him to arrive at this meeting.

"Hello Q, I did not expect to see you at this meeting."

"Normally such meetings are beneath me Traveler, but another member of the Continuum thought I might be interested in this meeting because of my fascination with this species. And I must say that Q was right, I am intrigued. That and the fact that it was my doing that caused the Borg to be aware of the existence of the Federation much earlier than they would have. I must say again that I am a little intrigued at the audacity of your plan."

"I would have preferred that you had not introduced the Borg to the Federation just yet. Though I do understand the need for them to be aware of the Borg, they were not yet ready. Unfortunately, many of us here are uncertain of what will happen and are a bit wary of altering the future of these people. Also, unlike you or me, the people here are primarily limited to this dimension while we are not limited to a particular dimension or a particular universe in the multi-verse. So of course, they are hesitant of interfering since they do not know if another universe might be better or worse for the remains of humanity."

"Frankly Traveler, you should not be involved either since you do not understand the consequences of your actions. Be advised that the particular universe you wish to transport this group, have some beings who might not like their presence. In fact, I dare say, your actions would result in a war amongst the various races that your group will come in contact with."

"I have traveled there before and am aware of the possibility. But I would like to save the life of a particular individual who I feel has the ability to rise above his current situation and evolve into a higher consciousness."

"You are talking about that Crusher boy on the Enterprise? Yes, I am aware of his potential and he is a fine example of the possibilities of this species. There are multiple versions of him that will survive in the multi-verse, so why this particular one?"

"Well, you are right there are many versions of him throughout the multi-verse. However, I want as many of them to survive so that they may develop to the fullest of their almost unlimited potential and I feel that his presence in this universe might have a positive effect on his development."

"Yes, I understand. I must say, I am interested in it for a wholly different reason and I will monitor the situation. However, if you do transport them from their home universe to another, the Q will not let you interfere further with their development. The Q will not permit you to contact young Mr. Crusher, until he comes to a higher understanding on his own."

"Of course, but you will allow me to transport the group and alter the natural progression of these two universes?"

"The Q will neither help nor hinder you in your endeavors. For you to succeed, I assume you will need the combined abilities of the various groups you have gathered here. You yourself have the ability to move through the multi-verse, but you do not have the power to transport the number that you intend. Will the rest of the species here involve themselves in this plan?"

The others who had gathered thought it over and decided to voice their opinions. They all knew who the Q were since the Q had introduced themselves at one point or another to every species that reached a certain level of development. The Q had also placed obstacles in the development of their individual races like the humans. While they had passed those tests, it seems that the humans were not going to succeed in this test with the Borg. The Q's near omniscience and near omnipotence only made them fickle and that made them dangerous. Of course, the Q are so much further up the proverbial evolutionary ladder than the assembled group that a comparison of an Organian or a Metron to a single celled amoeba would not be inaccurate. If the Q wanted to, any member of the Continuum could eliminate all of them from existence with a single thought. It was good that the members of the Continuum had such rigid rules against interference with more evolved life that had spared them.

The Organian representative decided to voice his decision.

"Excuse me, Traveler, but the Organians have experience with this particular species in our past and decided it was best to leave them alone after a brief involvement. However this war and resulting destruction is extremely hurtful to us and we do not wish to see humanity extinguished. Unlike you or Q, we are not able to cross to another universe. Nor do we have that much desire to cross into another universe since there is still so much to learn here. The ability to move between universes with thought is still beyond us but we will lend out power to augment your own so that you may transport humanity elsewhere."

The Metron delegate had also decided to help and voiced his opinion.

"The Metron also agree with your plans and will lend our ability to help you as well. After our first meeting with the Federation, we felt they were not yet ready for full contact with us. We had offered to the Federation that they contact us in another 900 years if they were still around, but that no longer seems likely. Humanity does have potential to grow and it would be a shame for them to be extinguished from existence at this point in their development. We will help you with your plan to save them from their current situation."

The Douwd remained seated and sighed heavily. The last time the Douwd, also known as Kevin Uxbridge, had met a member of the Q Continuum was over three years ago. He had just wiped out the Husnock species with a single thought and the Enterprise had felt they did not have the power nor right to judge him. Of course, the Q did have the power and right to act as a judge of his actions. They decided that his actions did not merit severe punishment such as making him mortal but they did prevent him from continuing to recreate his wife with his powers. The Q did not particularly care about the Husnock since they were at an evolutionary end. Also they felt that 50 billion lives extinguished with a single thought did not amount to much in the grand scheme of things.

"I will help with my power to support your plan as well." He still regretted his momentary anger that resulted in the annihilation of the Husnock. This assistance to preserve humanity would help ease his mind somewhat. He decided then and there, that once he helped to tip the balance in favor of life a little in this galaxy, he would leave and travel to another.

The Traveler nodded his appreciation at the two groups and at the Douwd. He only needed to convince the group living in the stable wormhole to allow him to change the wormhole so he could create a trans-dimensional gateway to another universe. Their completely non-linear existence was a problem since they did not understand the concept of time and therefore that life could end, but they also had the only stable wormhole in this part of the galaxy. With the added power of the Organians, Metrons and the Douwd to his own, he would be able to open a large enough gateway to transport a million or more beings and hundreds of ships. It was a shame Q did not offer to help since he could have transported humanity with the snap of his fingers.

After the approval from the various beings, the delegates disappeared one by one and soon he was left only with Q. He wondered why Q was interested. He knew that most members of the Continuum were bored with existence and therefore remained in the Continuum. He could not fathom ever being bored with the wonders of the multi-verse. But then again, he had not been in existence for time immemorial. He figured he would find out why Q was interested in his plan eventually and that was good enough. He said his goodbyes to Q and went to seek the beings in the wormhole.