Chapter 6
Sadie
"Say what?" I shrieked. "The super-powerful half gods think we set Philip on them? And they're going to find us and attack?"
"To summarize it all, that's correct," replied Carter calmly, "However, I don't think tracing the Fist of Horus will be all that easy, unless they happen to have a first-class magician at their camp."
"Carter, they're going to find us and demolish our house, and you're sitting here doing nothing?" Really, my brother needs to be woken up sometimes. Since he became Pharaoh, he thinks he can control the gods. Well, he can kind-of-control Horus, the king of gods, but still, I would have thought better of him, sitting as cool as a cucumber when danger is at our doorsteps.
"Sadie, get a hold! First of all, we're not sitting here doing nothing. If you haven't noticed, we just increased the security of the mansion ten-fold. And we sent out scouts to keep a watch at all borders of Brooklyn. If you're talking about the Greeks, there's not much more we can do, unless you want to find their camp first and attack!" Carter defended himself.
"Then why can't we do that? I'm sure we could find their camp, if we wanted to. Then all we would have to do would be to launch a surprise attack. They would fall before us unprepared." I suggested.
But of course, I knew what Carter's answer would be to that. Our enemy, whoever was trying to manipulate both the Greeks and the Egyptians into fighting each other, would want exactly such a thing to happen. They would want us to fight each other and weaken each other terribly. Then the enemy would arrive and defeat both our Nome and their camp at once, easily. The only way to not play into their hands would be to convince the Greeks we were friends, and to track down the enemy and deal out a stinging defeat.
Zia, who was thoughtful until now, spoke up, "You know very well why we can't do that, Sadie. I think we should try to contact Percy in some way. We can't let this take up bigger proportions."
Carter thought for a minute and replied, "Maybe, we can contact them through their dreams. I'm sure they wouldn't doubt us then." "Are you sure, Carter? They might think of it as another plot to fool them and stop them from attacking us!" I objected. Zia looked at both Carter and me and declared, "That's why we need to give them proof. I'll find Philip and get the necklace off him. Maybe Carter can accompany me." She glanced at Carter and he nodded with agreement. I finished her plan, "Walt and I should find a way to contact Percy and the girl, Annabeth, and clear the misunderstanding planted in their minds by our enemy. And we must promise them that we'll take care of the new Son of Sobek."
"Precisely. Of course, we can't be sure it'll work, but it's our best shot. If this doesn't work, nothing else will," Carter said, getting up.
"So the meeting's over. I think Zia and I should leave immediately. We'll tell Bast first and then leave. Meanwhile, you and Walt get to work devising a way to intrude into their dreams", said Carter and walked out through the door, Zia following him. I wished her the best of luck and told her to take care of my brother. Yeah, he does need taking care of, and Zia is the best one to do that, because he actually listens to her. Shocking, ain't it?