It w the day of the intergalactic peace summit, another annual event (or the equivalent to what annual was) in intergalactic standardized time. With his rising position in importance with the GA as Commander of all interstellar military operations, Vir advised (expected) to attend. Sunny and Krill came with as was expected, both as members of his crew and as holding important significance when it came to intergalactic relations. Conn was there too having been invited by the GA despite telling him that he had no way to speak for his people, and that it was unlikely, even if he could, that they would ever say yes to such a disagreement.

Commander Vir was speaking with one of the Iotin representatives. For both the comfort and safety of some of the representatives in the room, he was wearing gloves, and a surgical mask practically marinated in vics so he wouldn't be able to smell any of the Iotins, who were, understandably, uncomfortable with the fact that their natural scent was so enticing to humans.

Otherwise he was dressed in his military best, to match both UN and UNSC representatives.

Krill was proud of the Commander, he had come a long way when it came to social maturity, probably as a side effect of having to spend so much time involved in politics.

He could, now, hold his own with the best of them , serious and frowning as was expected of him.

Of course, Vir would always be Vir, so krill doubted he would ever grow out of his more private juvenile side. He had, in fact, just ordered a pair of heelies online for kicks and giggles after all, not that anyone minded really, it would have been a real shame if he had gone and changed THAT much.

Either way it was good to see, and Krill was happy to let the human and Sunny do most of the talking. Though she was not a member of the GA representatives, her acceptance onto a UNSC ship, and her relationship with general Cosma had spurred her into quiet notoriety. She was, in essence, the representation of what good a working relationship between Drev and Humans could be.

As for Krill, well, he was content to hang out in the background and simply watch. He was only a doctor after all and had no significant importance when it came to matters of politics. Growing bored with his position towards the side of the room, he carefully past by the commander, who, now, had a small group of delegates gathered around him.

"I am telling you bad blood with the LFIL isn't worth the internal conflict it is going to cost. If interspecies transmissible disease is what you are worried about, than its best to make it legal so that we can monitor the issue. Banning interspecies relationships isn't going to stop them, it just means that they are going to do it under the table and not seek help if they DO get sick. The spreading of disease will be more rampant. Just ask the CDC, they have done plenty of research on the subject....."

Krill turned his head over to where Sunny was speaking with the Drev and Celzex delegates on the specific uses of war tactics. On his right he passed by where the Vrul delegation was standing with the Gibb, and had to pause when he saw them acting strangely. As he turned to look at them, he watched as a couple backed away slightly.

He brushed it off and continued walking.

No matter.

The room was very stuffy and hot from so many bodies, so he stepped out into the hall where the air was cleaner.

"Dr. Krill."

He turned on the spot surprised to find the Vrul delegate standing behind him.

Off to either side, he was being flanked by two Beta handlers and their four Omega assistants. Of course he could tell which biological class each of the Vrul were. The delegat was clearly an alpha, and two beta were marked by short antenna and slightly underdeveloped hydrogen sacks. The Omega's on the other hand were easier to spot, they had no hydrogen sacks, only numbs for antenna, and they were thick about the trunk legs and arms with barely any nec to speak of, in order to support their bulbous heads.

They were ugly but functional.

Krill looked between the group of them.

"Representative? What is this?"

The two beta handlers stepped forward flanked by their trundling Omegas, "Dr Krill. The Vrul council has sent us to speak with you considering a matter of some significance." They looked almost nervous, and our omegas slowly began to fan outwards. If they were trying to be less obvious than it was not working .

Krill stood his ground, "Enough with this, speak your mind quickly."

The Betas stopped in their track glancing towards the Alpha who took a step forward, "We are sorry to have to conduct this meeting at such a time and in such a manner, but this was the only time that we could catch you in person." He looked as if he was about to step forward, but then stepped back, "It seems as if the Vrul council is rather concerned about your recent behavior."

Krill looked on in surprise, "The council. What does my behavior have to do with the council..... Why would my behavior have anything to do with the council at all and why did it even make it that high up."

The other alpha shook his head, "Dr. Is it really that surprising. You are one of the greatest medical minds in your field, perhaps ever, and your.... Involvement with the GA and the UNSC has caused some ripples throughout our community."

"Ripples." krill demanded incredulously.

"Yes, ripples. You are being called in for an evaluation."

Krill crossed his arms in surprise, "What sort of evaluation?"

"Well..... We aren't entirely sure yet. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a termination evaluation ... but ..."

"But what?" Krill elt the heat now, something that the human had taught him how to do, how to feel the anger rising up through his body.

The beta's stepped back and the Omega's stepped forward.

"Call it, an intensive psychological evaluation to determine if you are, in fact, capable of continuing your work."

Krill was dumbfounded, "Psychological evaluation- continuing my work. What sort of ass-backwards nonsense is that. I personally have no qualms with the council. I haven't seen another of my species for the past year, I hold no danger to them, and take up NO resources. They have no right to discuss termination on the basis of trumped up psychological charges."

The Alpha remained calm, though it appeared as if he was very nervous, "You are still a Vrul, and by GA agreement are still under the rules of your own species as was agreed. Furthermore your argument only leads me to believe what they suspect to be true."

"I am arguing because they are being stupid and irrational. There is no doubt in my mind that if they continue this course of action will cause strain throughout the Assembly. Does the council really want the Drev or the Humans as enemies? IN fact how stupid do you have to be to antagonize the TWO most dangrous species in the galazy."

"The Commander and the General's daughter are hardly representative of their species, and if they know what is good for them, they will stay out of business that is not theirs."

Krill threw his hands into the air making those that surrounded him leap back in shock and fear, "Of course they don't know what's good for them! That's why I am there!. Clearly you don't know either of them very well. Commander Vir may love his job, but he doesn't love it that much, and Sunny is generally on board with whatever stupid decision he makes."

The Alpha continued to stand his ground, "This request is non-negotiable. You either come with us peacefully, or you will be detained." he motioned to the four Omegas.

In that moment Krill wasn't entirely sure if he should be insulted or flattered. They had brought four Omegas to subdue just one of him..... He had never really thought about it, but it WAS kind of flattering made him feel a little more than powerful to think that they were so afraid of him. And at the same time he wondered if they were right, he was mad, insulted even, that they would question his behavior seemed well beyond.

However, Krill was a student of logic and knew that there was no way he would be able to fight off four Omegas or even escape them. They may have thought he was a great danger to them, but he wasn't. It was a trick that he had picked up from the commander. If you fake it hard enough, soon others will start to believe you.

He held out his hands, "No need to force anyone to do anything. He said calmly, "But I do advise that you are making a horrible political error by taking me in I have a good relationship with many humans and Drev including, but not limited to the commander and the UN representative.

"All of which are bound by the laws of GA policy."

"Policy can be changed."

"But it won't."

"Policy can also be broken. Don't hide behind rules like those are going to protect you."

The omega's had come up to his sides hemming him in between the four of them like a prison escort.... Then again that's practically what they were.

Off down the hall there was a commotion, and the group of them looked back to see, the chairwoman, commander Vir, the UN rep, Sunny, and a few more delegates storming up the hall, commander vir at their head.

It was impossible to see his face past the surgical mask, but Krill could see in the eye the anger held there one eyebrow slanted downwards.

"What is the meaning of this." The chairwoman began before the human could even begin speaking."

"The Council has called the Dr. back for a critical evaluation on his mental health."

"Were were none of us unformed on this." A few of the other delegates demanded.

"Because this is Vrul business and the Dr is not a member of the council." "He is a member of my crew." The human shot back the lines around his eyes twisting into a snarl. It was probably good he was wearing a mask so the Vrul couldn't see his barred teeth. Krill knew though.

"The council has no qualms with you, human."

"It would be Commander and I have a feeling it does have something to do with humans."

At his sides, the omegas were quelling before the anger of the human, perhaps they could see the anger welling up behind his eyes like the licking tongues of fire.

"The council is concerned at the psychological effects that humanity has on the Vrull. We are very concerned, and wished to take care of this matter privately, but here you have forced our hand."

The Un representative stepped back in consternation, "The psychological effects HUMANS have? IS your council accusing us of something, representative?"

The Vrul was staying annoyingly calm though even he was growing wary around the humans, "We are not accusing you of anything more than being yourselves. You cannot change what you are any more than we can, but that still does not change the fact that you may be having an affect on members of our species." he motioned wildly to Krill, "The doctor has shown increasingly worrying symptoms associated with HUMAN behavior including but not limited to predatory and aggressive tendencies. We have no idea what this behavior might escalate to, and must know in order to deal with whatever consequences may arise."

The human waved his hands in frustration, "We..." In Annoyance he ripped the mask from his face, "Krill has been aboard OUR ship for the past few months. He has NO contact with your species, his behavior does not influence anyone." Krill silently prayed the human wouldn't do anything rash his sharp k-9 teeth glittering dangerously in the light above. By this point Krill knew enough to know humans didn't generally use their teeth in a fight, but the others didn't know that and shied away.

"To the contrary, Commander. News of his behavior has gotten out, and is causing issue in our community. I suggest you drop your involvement here and let us deal with the issue."

The commander opened his mouth to speak, but krill cut him off, "Be very careful, Commander, the way we handle this may well shape the future of the assembly."

The two of them locked eyes, amber prisms to a single green orb.

And to krill, it seemed as if silent understanding passed between them. The human backed down, ad the others looked on in surprise glancing between each other.

The human lifted his chin to Krill.

The Vrul looked between them in confusion unable to determine the meaning of the silent communication.

"Very well." the commander said backing down eyes still locked on krill,

"Good choice, commander."

Krill was pushed forward into a scuttling walk eyes staring at him the entire time as he moved. Passing the human he looked up.

As he looked, the muscles around the human's eye twitched, and to anyone else it may have looked like a simple blink.

But krill knew better.