The British Investigation

Chiron proposes a trip

Nico POV
Nico woke to a knocking on his cabin door. He grumbled and dragged himself out of bed to answer it. It was Will, of course it was.
"What are you doing here at this stupid hour," he grumbled, though he was secretly glad to see him.
"Nico, it's like, 9:30?"
"Exactly!"
"Anyway, I'm only here because Chiron sent me- he wants all councillors in the Big House for an emergency meeting." That was never good news but Nico was disappointed for another reason: he was quite hoping Will was coming to see him. No, he shouldn't be thinking like that.
"I'll be there right away, just let me get dressed." Nico replied, promptly shutting the door in Will's shocked face.

Five minutes later, Nico arrived at the Big House, where everyone else was already waiting. Not only were the cabin leaders all there, so we're Hazel and Frank, the two ambassadors of the Roman camp and the only two of the Prophecy of the Seven that chose to stay at Camp Jupiter. Chiron smiled as he slipped into the room.
"Right," he said, "Now everyone is here, we can begin. We need a quest, another big one."
Rachel, who was sat beside him nodded gravely, spreading a world map out on the table. "There are certain spots on this map which are 'Dark Spots.' There is some form of magical, mythological or any strange activity in these areas, but we don't know what."
"So California was one up till last year?" Asked Piper.
"Exactly," continued Rachel. "Now recently, I have been having some visions of the UK, so me and Chiron have been monitoring it. Whatever activity is there is growing, and at a huge rate."
The table sat in silence for a moment. "And you want some of us to check it out?" Jason inquired.
"Yes, pretty much," Chiron clarified, "I have already selected the team that I think would be best suited for the task and I have had Leo and his cabin rebuild the Argo II."
"Yep you can now all call me the Supreme Commander of the Argo III! The new and improved version of the Argo II!" Nico rolled his eyes.
"So Leo is clearly on the team," said Will, "but who else?"
"Well," Chiron said, "Percy and Jason will be needed to help get you there, not to mention their skills could be useful."
"Huh?" Percy jumped as the mention of his name woke him from his daydream. "Who's doing what now?"
"You're going on a quest seaweed brain." Annabeth rolled her eyes.
"Now the other members of the team are," Chiron continued, "Annabeth for your strategy and planning skills, Piper for your charmspeak, Hazel and Frank, your skills with the mist and transformations respectively will play a huge part Rachel has seen."
"So the seven is back together again then?" asked Hazel.
"Yes," Chiron continued, "but there are another two members I would like to add to your team." Everyone turned to him. "Nico is one. His ability to blend in with the shadows would be useful for an investigation." Nico was so shocked, he barely heard the next name. "Will is going too, hopefully you won't need a healer but I believe it would be best to take one as a precaution." Nico knew his face betrayed some of his feelings but he concealed this before anyone could see, except Jason- who shot him a glance somewhere between concerned and confused.
An awkward silence followed. "So..." said Piper, "when do we leave?"
Chiron looked at his watch. "In about 3 hours."
And with that, the group rose- the chosen demigods leaving to pack for one of the biggest adventures of their lives.