Chapter 14
People were already going about their morning routines when a meeting within the United Nations New York building had started. The meeting was taken place in an oval shaped room. The room that the meeting was being held in was not the biggest meeting room in the United Nation building. Hanging in one of the walls was a wall mounted smartboard with a projection being projected onto it. On another wall was a wall mounted TV that was showing the same news report that Steve had seen earlier in the morning before both Leatherback and Seth trashed his apartment.
In the middle of the room was a round table where there were many people sitting at with formal suits or dresses. Even if these people were in formal dress and were known military or government personal they were all shouting at each other like school aged children as they tried to come to an effective conclusion for the meeting that had been called after recent attacks within many countries and cities around the world. These people came from many different countries around the world and they were all the government heads behind the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. At the moment, their biggest problem other than the increasing alien invasions that had been stopped by both the Doctor and Nightshade was Leatherback. The giant scaly ape was back after 15 years of being silent after the end of the second world war. On the edge of the table close to the smart board was the small projector that was projecting an image onto the smartboard. Scattered all over the table was paperwork that had been signed or needed to be sing by the people in the meeting room.
There was not just the round table in the room there was another table. This table was much smaller and could only have one or two people sitting at it. At the moment, there was only one person sitting at the table. This person's fashion was far different than the others in the room. They wore a Victorian styled pirate hat that had a red feather sticking out of the fabric as the hat covered her face. Wearing a black coat that covered a white shirt along with black trousers that were tucked into brown boats that may have been new had seen a lot of action. A cutlass was placed onto the surface of the table that was being used as a paper weight for the paper documents that they had.
"We must find Leatherback quickly! He is causing problems all around the world!" a United Nations delegate shouted at the other UN delegates that were gathered in the meeting room.
Another delegate stood up from where he was sitting at the round table. "This is what he did 15 years ago, that resulted in the deaths of two Japanese agents!" he said causing many of the senior delegates to nod their heads in agreement. "If I remember correctly they had a little boy who had just turned a month old when Leatherback committed that crime!" he continued causing more of the delegates to shout at what Leatherback had been doing since the end of the second world war.
A third delegate rose from her seat. "He would have killed that child if it was not for Nightshade and Edward!" she said looking to the lone seat at the corner of the room where Nightshade sat. "Please tell me, Nightshade that you are at least closer to capturing this monster before he kills again?" she asked Nightshade.
From where she was sitting, Nightshade had listened to the whole meeting. Grinding her teeth against each other, Nightshade looked at all the delegates that were gathered for the meeting. "We are getting closer on finding out what Leatherback is up to thanks to Julian's undercover work. But we have uncovered something bigger than Leatherback just attacking your world again!" she said to delegates keeping to her seat some distance away from the delegate table.
The second delegate who had spoken looked round over at Nightshade. "What have you found out? Has Leatherback teamed up with Loki and both are planning on invading the Earth again?" he asked glaring at Nightshade.
Nightshade kept on her seat as she looked over to the delegate who just spoken to her. "We have found out that Leatherback has formed an alliance with an unknown creature! The only thing that we have got is the name of this thing; Seth!" she said keeping to her seat. She noticed the shock looks coming from some the delegates that was gathered in the meeting room. "What?" she asked.
The African delegate rose from his seat. "You have not heard about all the history of our world? Have you Nightshade?! he asked looking at her.
"I am afraid that I have not had time to read up on your worlds history! I have been meaning to!" she replied shaking her head.
The African delegate walked to the computer that was connected to the projector that was showing a map of New York City with red circles marking where Leatherback had been attacking. The delegate was quick to get dismiss the map and go into the internet. Typing up a name the delegate clicked on a link and instantly the screen was filled with an image of something that looked like it had crawled from the Underworld. The creature wore armour like the armour an Egyptian Pharaoh would wear when he went to war. Holding two wicked blades in his hand the creature could do more damage than the sharp teeth that filled its mouth. Standing like a man the Egyptian god had the head of a creature that Nightshade nor any of the UN delegates were similar with.
"Is that Anubis?" asked a delegate as he looked at the projected image of the Egyptian god.
The African delegate took his seat again and shock his head. "I wish it was, but it is far worse than that!" he said looking at the projection of the creature that caused chaos in Egypt for centuries before he was banished by the High Priest Imhotep. "This is Seth, the Ancient Egyptian god of chaos! According to the legends that historians have found from ruins in Egypt said that Seth was the bringing of the end of the world. It also says that he ruled over the Kingdom of Egypt for a thousand years before he was overthrown by the other Gods and by a High Priest who has vanished into myths with no sign of his tomb being found!" the African delegate said as he looked up at the projection. "If Seth has returned he will need to find the Book of the Dead!" he finished looking back at the gathered delegates from around the world along with Nightshade who had made her way up to the big round table that they were all sitting around.
"What is this Book of the Dead?" a delegate asked he studied the picture of Seth.
"The Book of the Dead is a piece of work that holds all the ancient spells of the Ancient World and it is best known for bring the dead back to life!" Nightshade said from where she was standing behind the British delegate. The British and American delegates both looked at each other. This was when Nightshade would provide the rest of her knowledge to the gathered delegates. "Even I know about a long-lost book that was made from black gold!" she said when she saw the strange looks she was being given by the delegates from around the world. "But what I don't know is why Seth needs the Book of the Dead?" she asked the African delegate who had plenty of knowledge on the matter of Seth.
Taking his seat, the delegate who knew the most about Seth looked back at the shape shifter who was still standing behind the British delegates chair. "He needs it to retain his powers!" he said to her. Nightshade nodded her hat covered head at his words. Seeing that she understood what he was seeing he turned his attention back to the other delegates of the United Nations. "With that being said I think it is time we call this meeting at an end! I am sure that Nightshade and her team will be busy in trying to find the Book of the Dead along with dealing with Leatherback!" he said keeping to his seat as he spoke to the other gathered delegates from around the world.
"Agreed!" another delegate from across the table said from where she was sitting at the table. "Nightshade, please tell me that you can keep all of this under wraps. We cannot have news of an Ancient Egyptian god spreading chaos to reach the publics ears! It could cause panic and I think I speak for the rest of us that we do not want SHEILD or the Avengers to get involved after that mess that they made in New York City!" she said looking at Nightshade.
The delegates began to talk silently with each other as Nightshade approached the table that she had been sitting at for the past few hours. Grabbing her cutlass, she dragged it off the table before slinging a part of the belt over her right shoulder she continued to fasten the rest of the belt around her waist so her cutlass hung at her left hip. She listened to the delegates as they also stood up signalling the end of the meeting that she had to attend. Turning on her heels she found many of the delegates walking out. Some were for heading to get coffee before they went back to the airport to get a plane back to their own countries. Others were for staying in New York city for another few days before heading home. Nightshade would not have that comfort. She and Edward would not be returning to Scotland until they finally bring Leatherback in or if worse comes to the worse killed him. Something that she didn't want to do. But before she could do any of that could be done she would have to find Edward.