A/N: So this is the last chapter before I go in holiday (going to Australia, yay!) So there will be no new updates for a while. Do keep reviewing though, I like everyone's support.
Chapter 14
Vesper One stalked down the hallway toward the meeting room. It had been two days since he had sent the callout and everyone in the Council of Six had reported in. It was 8:03PM, he was three minutes late. But of course he didn't think of it as that. Everyone else was simply early. This was the first time in history that the Council was going to meet together since his reign. And judging from past meetings, things could get a little...messy. Which was why he had armed assassins loyally following him as he approached the meeting room. He came to the door marked Council Meeting and stopped. Inside, he could hear the murmur of voices, he recognized Vesper Four and his second-in-command. Another voice was one he had never heard before.
Vesper One turned to the assassins.
"If I say the words 'Let's see what I can do about that' loudly, you storm the meeting." He said in a hushed tone.
The four assassins nodded. They understood what to do.
Vesper One gave a slight smile to them, turned, and pushed open the door. All voices ceased. The council stared at him from the seated positions around the table. Vesper One walked slowly to his large seat and sat down before them all. He looked at each and every one of them. On his left and closest to him was Vesper Two, who had an expression of slight annoyance while still looking impeccable. Next to her sat Vesper Four who looked at him as though something he had expected was true, and it wasn't so good. On his right sat Vesper Three, who nervously darted her eyes toward Vesper Two as if she was threatening. Then she looked at him as if to say you didn't tell me about her! Next to her sat Vesper Five who stared at Vesper One as if he was an alien. And then there was the brute looking man casually sitting at the end of the mahogany table. This was Vesper Six.
Overall, everyone of them was anxious to see what their leader would say. He cleared his throat and began.
"Welcome to the first council meeting since my leadership of the Vespers." He said in a smooth tone.
"What are you talking about?" Vesper Six blurted. "You're not Vesper One!"
Vesper One stared at him from across the table. "And who do you suppose is then?"
"He is." He said, pointing at Vesper Four. Vesper One looked away from Vesper Six and followed his arm until he was looking at an uneasy Vesper Four. He narrowed his eyes at him, even as Vesper Two looked at Vesper Four in confusion.
"Care to explain?" Vesper One asked him.
"Um, perhaps later sir." Vesper Four said in a near squeamish voice.
Vesper One gave a small, satisfactory smile. "Ah. Right."
He turned to the rest of him and noticed they were more nervous than before, apart from Vesper Two who contained the same slightly annoyed expression.
"Shall we continue?" He asked. Of course, this was a rhetorical question so not one of them replied.
"Before my father died, he made me promise something. Do you know what it was? Any guesses?"
Vesper One paused to allow time for the council to think. They all seemed confused, but not quite the case for Vesper Four, who was doubting himself about what he had asked.
"No guesses?" Vesper One asked.
The council stared blankly at him.
"Get the ring, no matter what befalls you." He said.
A look of recognition crossed Vesper Two, Three and Four. The rest seemed as equally confused.
"My father made me promise I would do that, and so I did. But why is this ring special? Why did my father want me to get it? What does this supposedly important ring have to do with the Vespers and our enemies, the Cahills?"
Vesper Four seemed to know what Vesper One was alluding too, but didn't speak up. Instead, he stared at him as if he knew what Vesper One would say next.
He continued. "It is this."
A TV screen embedded on the wall miraculously came to life and presented a large object, which radiated overwhelming power and authority. It looked so precise, even when it was enormous in size.
"This, my friends, is the machina fini mundi. Otherwise known as the Doomsday Device."
Four sets of jaws dropped. Vesper Four nodded slowly while Vesper One bathed in the glory he was beholding.
After a moment of speechless silence, Vesper One continued. "That, is what my father wanted me to make."