Disclaimer: Not mine.

Warnings: cursing, smart! America, my grammar, usage of human and country names (there's list on my profile if you don't know them) and confusion on the parts of other nations—you have been warned.

Summary: Inspired by the movie "Thirteen Days", and a reviewer's request from MochiUS.

Era Clip I: Cold War

Russia must have thought he was stupid.

Alfred thought glancing at the enlarged photo's displaying the nuclear war heads. He was sitting in the President's Office waiting for the rest of the Executive Committee to gather, while across the room President Kennedy was staring out the window, trying and failing not to look stressed.

Alfred didn't blame him.

Off to the side, on one of the hidden doors, a knock came.

Alfred sighed in thanks. "Come in!" He yelled, placing the set of pictures neatly back on the President's desk.

The door opened.

A man leaned in sending a nod toward Alfred, before looking at Kennedy.[1]

"I've gathered the others, Mr. President. They're waiting for you in the Briefing Room."

The President nodded, and rose from his seat grabbing his coat. "Alfred, you are going to attend as well, if not the Committee might well forget what this meeting is about."

Alfred smiled tightly. "I planned on going anyway."

Kennedy nodded. "Good…let's go."

XXxxxxXX

"According to our analysts the weapons being placed on Cuba are small to medium range nuclear war head, and could potentially take out any of the vital functions necessary to maintain the United States Government," the spokesman's pointer moved over a map of the US, showing exactly how serious the situation was when almost eighty percent of the east coast was highlighted.

Alfred hissed.

Damn them.

On his left side the commanders of the United States military conjugated whispering to themselves in hushed tones while on the right side the Secretary of State along with the political cabinet members were going over the options on the table.

So far, besides the initial idea of 'quarantine' nothing concrete had been decided.

Now, everything rested almost completely on the shoulders of President Kennedy.

"What do think, America?" Kennedy asked quietly, purposely using Alfred's title—something he almost never did.

Alfred turned ever so slightly in his seat. "Under normal circumstances I would rather avoid conflict with other countries…especially Soviet Russia, and his weapons—but if my people have no choice but to attack—I will, without hesitation."

The President nodded, and prompted another question—a more emotional one. "Even if you're fighting against your friends?"

'Even against Lithuania?' He seemed to ask.

Alfred frowned but nodded. "Yes, because a nation must be loyal to his people, even if it's against family…"

A look passed through his eyes, and Kennedy thanked him glancing forward as the military reached a conclusion of all possible options.

"In the event the Soviet's decide to ignore the quarantine, we will have no choice but to attack. We cannot allow them to have more nuclear warhead then the ones currently on Cuba." The military spokesmen said.

Kennedy nodded. "I agree…continue quarantine but do not go to Death Con two—the last thing any of us needs is for the Soviet's to have any knowledge that we know what they're planning." He made a note on his papers.

"I also want up-to date information about the current nuclear warheads on Cuba." Alfred added, nearly causing the military men to jump.

Mostly of them had forgotten his presence in the Briefing Room, even though they all knew who he truly was.

"O-of course, General Jones." One of them said moving off to make some phone calls.

"Meeting Adjourned." Kennedy said moving off to his office, while Alfred listed off some more orders. They're really wasn't any need for his presence now that Alfred had taken control, Kennedy needed some time to think.

What was he going to do?

"How fast can our cameras take pictographs, and how long does it take to develop them?" He asked grabbing some clean pages from the table.

"About every fourteen hours, with an addition forty minutes for development."

Alfred notes this down. "Good, then I expect copies of everything to be sent to Kennedy's office. If anything changes—I can be reached through the President's Private phone in the Oval Office…dismissed."

The men saluted, and started gathering their things.

It was one thing to disagree with your President but no one ever disagreed with Alfred F. Jones during times of war. [2]

Chapter Notes:

[1] Kennedy was President during the Cold War.

[2] A lot of the other junk was mostly fictional, or taken from the movie, "Thirteen Days".

Head Canon:

Compared to Arthur and Matthew, Toris (Lithuania) has been a more steady friend to him. It was only during Lithuania forced annexation by the USSR did Toris stop talking to Alfred, but immediately started to communicate again after he was free-so Alfred sees him like a brother and best friend rolled into one.

Yes, Alfred was award a four-star general's rank as he fought in multiple wars, and top military brass is always notified of his true identity to insure that no matter what happens there is always someone in charge in a worse case situation.

In Regards to Requests (Please Read): I'm so glad I got so many reviews…but I'm a little confused on where the readers want me to go with some of these. For those who have sent in requests and those who are going to, if you are going to request something from a different series — do you want me to show what Alfred thinks about it-or a what-if situation where the requested series has to deal with Alfred? Make sure to specify!

I'm really kind of upset I didn't get to finish this, but today was particularly difficult. I only got twenty minutes on the computer-so I apologize if its terrible. I will continue this again (hopefully with my next post). I'm sorry, MochiUs! I'm a terrible, horrible person for taking so long!

Any how's please Read and Review, and don't forget to your requests, if you have some!