A Hero's Death - The Army of Erebos

Two

"Hey! Storm, wake up!" yelled a voice in my ear, startling me awake.  I saw the smiling face of Luke staring down at me.  "As your commanding officer I order you to let me sleep." I said, rolling over and stuffing my face into my pillow.  "Now can do, Commander Storm.  Erebos has called a meeting and he sent me to get you." he said, pulling the pillow out from under my head.  "Blade I swear!" I said, jumping out of bed and chasing Luke around.  "Now, now Commander, is that anyway to treat your Number Two?" asked Luke, chucking the pillow at my head.  I jumped and tackled Luke to the ground.  "No escape now,  Lieutenant!" I said.  "Get off me Jackson!" yelled Luke and he struggled to get out from under me.  I collapsed next to him and we dissolved into a fit of laughter.  "Alright, we shouldn't keep Erebos waiting." I said, wiping the tears from my eyes.  I walked to my night stand and found my ring sitting right where left it.  I tugged it on an dashed into my closet.  There was a new set of clothes hanging in the section were Erebos would occasionally send a new set of clothes that I should wear today.  Today was a blue shirt and a pair of jeans, all made to fit me right.  I threw on my clothes and pressed the stone down into the ring.  Something that looked like liquid metal flowed from the area around the stone and covered me, leaving my head exposed.  I was suddenly wearing my armor, repaired from our last fight.  Luke was gone when I came back outside but he had made my bed and place the pillow back in its spot.  I opened my door, walked out, turned back around, and locked it.  I strode off down the Hall of Strength and turned right into the Hall of Bravery.  Down from there was the Meeting Room and Erebos's own room.  I opened the door and saw that most of the army was already gathered.  "Commander! Glad you could join us!" said Erebos who was sitting at the far head of the table.  "Lord Erebos." I said, giving a polite bow.  Erebos shook his hand and told m to stand.  I took my place at the head opposite of Erebos.  As Commander, if Erebos was ever injured then I would be temporally in charge.  I usually managed the army so the fact that Erebos was here meant we had been called to fight another war.  I looked around at my army.  I saw Charles Beckendorf and Selina Beauregard sitting together near the middle of the table.  They were holding hands and smiling at each other.  Bianca was in deep discussion with Zoë.  Luke was here, of course.  Michael Yew was buried in a book while Ethan pestered him.   There were a lot of other warriors from a lot of different times all around but we'd be here all day if I tried to name them all.  "Warriors of Erebos!" I called, getting their attention.  They all banged their weapons once and fell quiet.  I sat and Erebos stood, his eyes scanning over us.  "We have a very important assignment my army." he said.  "This one may hit close to home for some of you but remember," he said, looking at me pointedly,"this is your home now."  We all banged our weapons against the table once, showing our approval.  "We head out tonight." he said, sitting down.  This was our sign that we could ask questions.  I stood but no one else did.  "Commander Storm, your question?" asked Erebos.  "Where are we going and what are we doing?" I asked.  "To answer your second question first, we are fight a war for the gods...we are the protectors." he said, a light in his eyes.  "As for your first question, we are returning to Camp Half-Blood." Erebos said, and that's when all Hades broke loose.