Hunter Castle

Thalia woke up to the sound of her incoming message alert. She quickly silenced it hoping not to wake Nico who was asleep next to her. She went over to her computer. She opened the message. It was from James.

"Hello, Sis. How's the Castle? Hope you are well. I was hoping you could come see Hunter Corp. this week. Any day is fine with me so give my assistant or me a call. Thanks hope all's well." She was glad he had called; she had wanted to see the new base. She quickly wrote a response, setting meeting for that Wednesday. She went back to sleep, with her biggest secret next to her.

Hunter Corp. Three days later.

James walked to the landing pad. He knew that Thalia was eager to come so he had sent her an invitation for a visit. Which was not the only reason he had wanted her to come. He needs to talk to her. But when she stepped out he realized just how hard that would be. Because stepping out as well was Nico.

After the tour they went up to his office. They sat on the sofa while he sat behind the desk. They looked nervous.

" Well, I like the place James, but something tells me that a tour wasn't the only thing you wanted out of this trip."

James sighed. " How could you without telling me. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!"

" Hey, back off!" Nico said pulling his sword, James pulled his bolt.

" Stop now!" Nico sat, so did James.

" James, you've every right to be mad. I should of told you we were dating, so I'm going to tell you that I'm-"

" If you say pregnant, I will shoot myself."

" Better go get a gun."

" Damn Thalia. Do you know what this means?"

" Yes, war. Wait how'd you know?"

" Hades and Aphrodite told me in a dream. That's how big this is."

" What do you want me to do? End it?"

" I don't know. The gods do probably."

Thalia suddenly started crying into Nico. James looked sadly.

" I'm not going to let them Artemis is coming later today. I will speak with her on what to do. Until Olympus decides something, we will protect Nico and you."

" We don't-"

" Shut it Nico, yes you do. Jen, please take them to quarters. Oh, Thalia, I'll make sure that baby lives. Anything"

That night

Artemis walked into James's office; James was sitting behind the desk. He stood as she came in. He walked to the table and sat down next to her.

" James, I have a few ideas. None of them good. The Council is split 6-6. "

As she said that James's door opened again. Revealing Zeus. James kneeled. Zeus ordered him to stand. James stood up and offered Zeus a chair. They all sat down.

" Son, as my daughter has said. We are split on whether or not the baby should live. We need a thirteenth voter."

" Well, for that Dad you'll need a thirteenth god."

" Yes we will. We, being the council, have voted. The new god will be the god of Space and Technology, since soon enough we will need to control them. There are still Titans there."

" Well, tough decision then. Who are you going to pick?"

" James, we were thinking of picking you."

James looked at him for a second before saying," Come again?"

" James will you accept god ship, so we may avoid this war?" James stared at him. "May I have some time to think about this?"

" Ten hours." The he left with nothing but lightning behind.