Nations, Immortals and Heroes

Chapter 6

*Nations*

~America's POV~

My phone buzzed, signaling that there's a new message. I picked it up and saw that it was Hermes texting. I groaned, honestly, I'm still stressed out from yesterday's meeting with the Olympian Council. Seriously, there's another problem but this time it involves me! But then again, they said that if I didn't know about this, it will hurt more. So that explains why Greece and Romano were out of commision for 1 month after the Giant War...

I read the message Hermes gave me, it said, 'Emergency meeting @ CHB NOW.' Welp, time to go up and moving.

While I was getting ready, I would often yawn and rub my eyes. Consequences of juggling a lot of work. Not to mention the fact that the gods and goddesses would discuss a lot of things with me lately, which includes armor preparations, defense tactics, and trying our best to gain as many allies as possible. Definitely tiring.

~Time Skip to Camp Half-Blood~

I went to the Big House and decided to stay in the living room and sleep while waiting for the others to arrive. But of course, Chiron just had to wake me up and told me the meeting was at the rec room. I trudged all the way there and Chiron chuckled at this, "Need some sleep, Alfred?" I nodded at him. Chiron reminds me of England from time to time, but with more wisdom. I guess you get wisdom if you've been through a lot of stuff.

I sat on my designated chair and the entire Olympian Council filed in and sat on their chairs. A demigod might've been nervous with so many gods around him/her but this is normal to me. Kind of like World Meetings but calmer and...probably deadlier.

Zeus started the meeeting promptly, "I'm sorry for holding this meeting on such short notice, but this is an emergency." The others nodded, even Apollo looked as sleepy as I. Athena said, "I actually was the one who noticed that an emergency meeting must be held. It seems that our enemy...is quickly advancing than we thought." I blinked at this newfound information. Last time we checked, the enemy was somewhere from another dimension, and the enemy seems to be trying to break the barrier that seperates this world from theirs. Actually, this wouldn't have bothered me, considering we nations had a problem like this as well, if it weren't for the fact that the enemy is also trying to break the invisible force shield of Olympus as well.

Ares said, "What?! But you ensured us that we still have time to get ready for this and not tell the demigods yet!" Athena sighed, "It seems that we are wrong. Or the enemy has found an easier way to break the barriers." "What should we do?" Poseidon asked warily, most likely concered for his son. Percy's awesome, in my opinion. I mean, I could've gotten more injuries because of the 2nd Titan War, but the son of Poseidon definitely tried his best to minimalise my injuries. I'm really grateful for that.

"Jones," Athena called, "what do you think we should do?" "Uh," I began, "shouldn't you guys be the people planning the tactics? I'm more like the guy who helps with the execution in this type of things..." Hera tsked, "You don't understand, Jones. We gods and goddesses could be healed, no matter what kind of wound. But you," she paused, "your scars will stay, depending on how badly the country is hurt or destroyed." "We're worried about you." Hermes chimed, "Remember, after the 2nd Titan War, either Apollo or I checked on you to see if you were healing properly?" I nodded. He was right, Apollo and Hermes would often visit me personally at least once a week to check on me to see if I was healing properly.
Athena continued, "So, Jones?" I tapped my chin in thought. I had a feeling I know who the enemies could be, so I said, "I could check on Heracles Karpusi, Lovino Vargas and probably his brother Feliciano to see if they are in tip-top condition already. If they are, I could tell them the problem and ask if they could help us in this time of crisis." Athena nodded, "That could work, if in any case the enemy would be planning on advancing to the ancient lands. That way, the two personifications would have lesser injuries." The others nodded in agreement. Zeus dismissed all of us and I left, considering it was already 10:20 and there's a World Meeting in 10 minutes.

Maybe I could ask Greece and Romano to help us in this problem later at the meeting.