DISCLAIMER: I seriously don't want to do this, but I am not Rick Riordan and I do not own MCGA, HoO, PJO, or TKC. Even though I wish I do.

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Chapter 6

POV: Carter

Being a big brother is a bit hard. But not when you have so many great people around you. Sadie seemed a bit more mature now that so many gods and heroes were around. But the feast was around the corner. I was surprisingly hungry, but I guess that happens when a council of gods abducts you against your will. We were escorted out of the conference room by Bob while the gods said that they had to finish up their meeting. We went into the elevator and Bob pushed a button and we started heading down. Music started playing, something that I thought was very inappropriate for this time. The elevator stopped after a little while.

We got to a floor with a long wooden table with padded armchairs. A gigantic chandelier hung from a tiled ceiling. A giant fireplace on the side withheld a scorching hot fire. Metal plate covers covered beautiful plates. Bob lead us to some of the chairs on the side. Sadie, Magnus, Sam, Alex, Carter and I sat on one side while Percy, Annabeth, Hazel, Frank, Jason, and Piper sat opposite of us. Sadie and Magnus sat on either side of me. We sat there and talked about the mission while waiting for the gods.

"So, anyone know whether we want to expel the Alliance into the Duat or kill them?" I asked. I had been wondering the question ever since Poseidon had mentioned it.

"Yeah, I mean, I'm all for killing monsters, but we can't really let these guys regenerate. I think that we should put them in the Duat, but only if you guys are up for it." Percy said as he indicated Sadie and I. Now that I thought about it, that did make a lot of sense. I flinched when Sadie spoke because it was like she read my mind. I guess she could because she had my secret name.

"Yeah, now that you think about it, we should probably expel them for good in the Duat. That wouldn't give them the chance to regenerate." Sadie sounded a bit more serious than usual. Everyone nodded.

"So, were in agreement. We will try to expel them into the Duat." Annabeth said. Everyone nodded. Alex hesitated, but still nodded. She, or he, it's getting a bit easier to tell but I'm still confused. Well, Alex seemed the most unsure of all of us, maybe because of her relationship with Loki, but Sam didn't seem to have a problem. Maybe it was just because of their history. I shuttered and shook away the thought. Just then, a loud ring rang across the room and the elevator shook open as voices were heard within the compartment.

"I hate these small confinements, why couldn't we just teleport to the freaking dining room."

"Why Hades, you know that teleporting would make the mortals uncomfortable. Haven't you learned by taking those anger management lessons?"

"Horus, if you mention that again I will tell everyone your little secret." Laughter filled the room as the gods filed into the dining room. They had shrunk into our size. Or, seven feet tall. Close enough. I still didn't get how they were even here. I was told that they couldn't manifest, only in another body or form. But, I guess they could, no big deal. Despite the importance of the mission, I missed Brooklyn House. I missed Zia. I hoped they would do fine while Sadie and I were gone.

A few months of having a normal life is all I get, then we check out a magical surge and my life gets screwed up again. Ugh. We waited while the gods calmly strolled to their seats. The setting reminded me of when Bes, Sadie, and I had gone through the Duat but we encountered Khonsu, the god of moonlight, and had to feast and bargain with him. Not one of my best experiences. I saw Percy rub his hands together in excitement. I tried to stifle a laugh but only ended up choking on my own spit. Sadie chuckled and I proceeded to slap her in the arm. She then glared at me in a very evil way and I slapped myself in the face. Hard.

"Ow! Did you do that?" I exclaimed.

"Maybe. Maybe not." Sadie grinned and I could feel my cheeks and neck burn with embarrassment. I still kind of regretted revealing my secret name to her. Everyone laughed except Sam. She just ignored us and lifted the metal display covering. And revealed a plate full of… nothing!

"Um… is there supposed to be a plate full of air here?" Sam asked as she set the display covering back down onto the plate. Everyone except for the gods started lifting up their display things as well. All of them revealed nothing.

"Yes, well, we can fix that problem for you!" Odin clapped his hands and a screen rolled down behind him. It showed an image of a display covering being lifted and a cornucopia full of food being under it." You now have the ability to think of any food and it will appear on your plate. But please do sacrifice it to the gods first, we do like the smell very much." He clapped his hands and the screen behind him disappeared.

Percy was the first one to try it. He squinted his eyes in concentration and lifted his covering. A grilled steak sat on a plate with a side of green beans. No, wait, the beans actually looked bluish. A smaller platter held a pile of blue chocolate chip cookies and a goblet was filled of what looked like blue soda. What was it with him and blue food? He nodded, impressed, and then walked over to the blazing fire and tossed in a cookie. Poseidon said thanks, as did Zeus and Hades. I guessed that they had smelled the burnt offering.

I was skeptical, but I concentrated on what I wanted and lifted the cover. And sure enough, food had appeared before me. A goblet was filled with apple cider along with a small dish containing slices of bread and butter. A bigger plate held spaghetti and meatballs while a small bowl withheld some Cheerios. I guess life with Khufu had influenced me. A line had formed at the fire, so I got up and joined them. I took my bread plate and tossed two slices. I concentrated on my sacrifice. To Horus and Dad, help us on our journey. I looked at them and saw them smiling and nodding. I nodded back and headed to my chair. Not surprisingly, I wolfed down my food. Nothing but crumbs and sauce were left on my plates. I had scarfed down my Cheerios and drained my apple cider. The feast was filled with small talk by the gods. The retold each other what they had been doing. Bob just ate in silence. At one point during the meal, I thought that I had seen a fluffy tail at Bob's legs.

I didn't talk the whole time. I just sat there and ate. All of the demigods and such finished before the gods. The council just talked for about 30 minutes after we had finished. I got bored and could tell that the others were bored as well. The gods finally finished up and told us that we should train until our mission in a week. I thought that the wait might be too long, but I had to say, I was getting rusty.

"Okay, we have six suites for you guys, so five of you will have roommates, but one of you will have to sleep alone. I hope you don't mind." We all nodded. I glanced at Sadie hesitantly. She nodded and leaned toward me.

"So I get to bunk with my brother. Great." she whispered sarcastically. We then got up and were lead to the elevator. We went down a bit and found a long hallway. There were four doors on each side of the hallways. The first on each side were bathrooms for each gender while the other six doors lead to our suites. Magnus slept alone while Percy bunked with Jason, Annabeth with Piper, Frank with Hazel, Sam and Alex, and Sadie and I. Frank bowed his head while Hazel and Percy laughed. We all said our goodnights and went to our suites. With Sadie bunking with me, who knew what was going to happen in the next week. All I knew was that we needed to train.