As Emily, Bucky and Jennifer stood there that Emily felt the protection around New Rome go in action, in other words, Terminus was going up to the Argo II. Emily thought of going up there, but decided to let Jason handle it, she hoped he would be able to do it. Even after months of not being here, however she was more worried about Terminus reaction to Annabeth. As Emily, Bucky and the Romans watched the Argo II that it landed by the forum but the ship didn't touch the ground, than the ones on board the Argo II climbed down on a rope. The first one down was Steve, than Lauren, than Phil, than Aubrey, than Annabeth, than Leo, than Piper and the last one was Jason. They were all wearing camp Halfblood shirts, even Jason and Aubrey, however Jason was wearing a praetor's cape as well as the Orange camp shirt. The families of New Rome were gathering around to see the new comers, most of them seem a bit worriedly weary of the new comers. Emily made her way through the crowd along with Bucky and Jennifer, when Emily reached Reyna that the two of them walk through the crowd of which parted for them. Bucky and Jennifer remained of where they were when the three of them reached Reyna.
Annabeth was staring at them as they walked towards them, Annabeth wasn't surprised to see Emily there. Annabeth, as well as the rest of the crew of the Argo II, already know who Emily was and her two appearances and they know the role she plays at camp Jupiter. From Annabeth's stormy eyes that Emily could tell she figured out who Reyna was, Emily wouldn't be surprised if Jason told Annabeth of what Reyna looks like. But seeing Reyna and Annabeth facing each other now that Emily could see even more clearly of how much Reyna and Annabeth were like. Emily would admit that she wasn't sure what kind of reaction Annabeth would get from the Romans. Emily stood a little behind Reyna as Reyna and Annabeth studied each other, the others on the ship fanned out on either side of Annabeth. Lauren, Steve, Phil and Aubrey were looking at Emily. Emily mouthed to them, don't worry, they seem to relax some, apparently Terminus didn't seem thrilled about the Greeks of which wasn't a big surprise to Emily. After a few moments that Percy emerged from the crowd and stood next to Reyna, it was than that Reyna turned to Jason. When Reyna turned to Jason that she straightened but with apparent reluctance to turn him, it seem that she was avoided his gaze.
"Jason Grace, my former colleague... I welcome you home. And these, your friends - " The next thing that happened was clearly not planned, but Annabeth surged forward and Percy rushed towards her at the same time. Emily could feel the crowd tensed, it was clear that they thought a fight was coming but Emily knows that wasn't the case. For Emily watched them in the last many years since Arabella started at Camp Halfblood, Emily knows what kind of relationship that they have. Some of the Romans were reaching for swords that were not there, as the Romans tried to reach for their swords, that Emily send them a death glare. It was while Percy and Annabeth ran towards each other that Bucky and Jennifer made it through the crowd and stood besides Emily. Percy threw his arms around Annabeth and they kissed when they pulled away that Percy started to say something.
"Gods, I never thought - " Than Annabeth grabbed his wrist and flipped him over her shoulder, Percy slammed into the stone pavement. The Romans cried out and some surged forward. Reyna was about ready say something but shadows pulled the ones who went forward backwards. The Romans looked at Emily, Emily didn't needed to say anything for the Romans to know the look she was giving them. Of which more or less told them that if Percy was in danger that wouldn't have happened for she would have prevented it.
"If you ever leave me again, I swear to all the gods - " Percy laughed, it seem to ease Annabeth after months of worry, Emily shook her head. Emily knew of how hurt Annabeth have been. Emily comforted Annabeth as best as she could, of which was easier for Emily than mostly anyone else to do. Lauren could relate to Annabeth as well as Steve and Bucky, Bucky was unsure of handle of helping Annabeth as well as Steve. Lauren hardly knew Annabeth, so out of the four of them, it was Emily that helped Annabeth through. Annabeth was lucky through for she only have an six month separation form Percy while Emily had seventy years separation from Bucky. Emily pointed it out to Annabeth of this fact that she didn't have to wait as long as Emily did of which helped Annabeth to some degree.
"Consider me warned, I missed you, too." Annabeth stood up and helped Percy to his feet, Jason cleared his throat.
"So, yeah...It's good to be back." Jason introduce Reyna to Piper and Leo, but he didn't need to do that with Phil, Aubrey, Lauren or Steve When Leo was introduce that he made the peace sign.
"And this is Annabeth, Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people."
"You sure you're not a Roman, Annabeth? Or an Amazon?"
"I only attack my boyfriend like that, Pleased to meet you."
"It seems we have a lot to discuss. Centurions!" Some of the Romans hustled forward, included Hazel and Frank. As the Centurions moved forward that Emily noticed that Hazel was frowning in Leo's direction. Not only that but she also noticed that Jennifer was looking at Leo as well, when Emily looked at Jennifer that she blushed slightly. Emily looked over at Leo of who noticed Hazel before he looked at Jennifer, it looked like he wanted to hide behind Piper. He took a couple steps back so that Leo was somewhat behind Piper, Emily was so close of laughing. She remembered at the wolf house and what happened there as well as hearing their stories after they got back to Camp Halfblood. It seem Leo developed a crush on a girl of who was out of his league, even though Hazel has a boyfriend, she was was sure that Leo was thinking that two girls liked him. Reyna was giving orders to the centurions."...tell the legion to stand down. Dakota, alert the spirits in the kitchen. Tell them to prepare a welcome feast. And, Lee-Ann - "
"Reyna." It was one of the members of the first cohort, Thomas, that was standing in place for the last centurion of the first cohort. "I know what you said but is it wise to take them to camp." Emily looked at thomas. Emily wanted to make sure that this was not a power hungry move. But it seems Emily made her point earlier, she could tell from his eyes that he didn't say that to gain power in the Legion, he was saying it because of his worry for the camp itself.
"We're not taking them to the camp, Thomas. We'll eat here, in the forum." Thomas nodded and didn't press the matter.
"All right."
"These are our guests. We will welcome them, and we will talk to them. As augur, Lee-Ann should burn an offering to thank the gods for bringing Jason back to us safely. You have my orders. Go." Emily slipped her hand into Bucky's as Steve, Lauren, Phil and Aubrey came over to them. Reyna turned to Jason, Emily saw the gleam in Reyna's eyes.
"Let's talk, and we can have a proper reunion." Sets of couches and low tables were brought into the forum so that it looked more like a furniture showroom. The Romans lounged in groups of ten or twenty, talking and laughing while the aurae swirled overhead bringing endless assortment of food and drinks. The lares were drifting through the crowd, the fauns were doing their usual, trying to get food or money. Thron, Mrs. O'Leary, and Hannibal were frolicked while children played tag around the statues of Terminus. Emily was sitting at the table with Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Leo, Hazel, Frank, Jennifer, Phil, Aubrey, Lauren, Steve, and Bucky. Reyna, Lee-Ann and a couple of other officers sat with them. As the food was settling onto the table that Emily heard Percy whisper to Annabeth.
"I want to show you around New Rome. Just you and me. The place is incredible." Emily looked at Annabeth, concerned, Emily knows that this wasn't easy for her, depending on what Terminus said that it could have made it worse for her. For the Romans didn't respect Minvera, though there were a few others but they were not nearly badly as respected as Minvera. Children of Pluto and Neptune were among them, sort of, though children of Pluto and Neptune were considered more bad luck than have bad respect.
"Okay. Sure."
"I've been thinking, I had this idea - " Percy stopped as Reyna called a toast of friendship. The Romans and the crew of the Argo II exchange stories. When Jason reached the wolf house that someone from the first cohort, John, spoke up.
"Impossible! That's our most sacred place. If the giants had imprisoned a goddess there - "
"They would've destroyed her. And blamed it on the Greeks, and started a war between the camps. Now, be quiet and let Jason finish." John opened his mouth but no sound came out, Emily snorted and did her best of trying not to laugh. Emily watched as Reyna looked between Jason and Piper, it seems that it was becoming clear to Reyna that Jason and Piper were a couple.
"So, that's how we found out about the earth goddess Gaea. She's still half asleep, but she's the one freeing the monsters from Tartarus and raising the giants. Porphyrion, the big leader dude we fought at the Wolf House: he said he was retreating to the ancient lands - Greece itself. He plans on awakening Gaea and destroying the gods by...what did he call it? Pulling up their roots."
"Gaea's been busy over here, too. We had our own encounter with Queen Dirt Face." Than Percy told them the story of when he woke up in the wolf house, coming to the camp and Han going to Alaska before heading back to Camp Jupiter. Emily watched Annabeth during that time, it looked like she was trying not to cry as Percy told the story.
"No wonder they made you praetor."
"Which means we now have three praetors! The rules clearly state we can only have two!"
"On the bright side, both Jason and I outrank you. So we can both tell you to shut up." Emily smiled when John turned purple as a camp Jupiter shirt. Jaoan gave Percy a fist bump. Reyna managed a smile when Percy said that to John.
"We'll have to figure out the extra praetor problem later. Right now we have more serious issues to deal with."
"I'll step aside for Jason no biggie."
"No biggie? The praetorship of Rome is no biggie?" Emily rolled her eyes when John spoke up. Percy paid no heed to the one member.
"You're Thalia Grace's brother, huh? Wow. You guys look nothing alike."
"Yeah, I noticed. Anyway, thanks for helping my camp while I was gone. You did an awesome job."
"Back at you." Emily noticed Annabeth kicked Percy, she was glad that Percy and Jason were getting along. For Emily was worried that they may not get along with each other.
"We should talk about the Great Prophecy. It sounds like the Romans are aware of it too?"
"We call it the Prophecy of eight. Lee-Ann, you have it committed to memory? Recite it, please. In English, not Latin."
"Eight half-bloods shall answer the call. To storm or fire the world must fall - "
"An oath to keep with a final breath. And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death." Everyone stared at Annabeth, even Leo. Though Leo has been talking with Jennifer the whole time till than. Emily looked around the forum before she spoke.
"This feels like when Jason got to Camp Halfblood and finished the prophecy in Latin." Frank sat forward and stared at Annabeth in fascination, as if Annabeth grow a third eye.
"Is it true you're a child of Min - I mean, Athena?"
"Yes. Why is that such a surprise?" John spoke up.
"If you're truly a child of the wisdom goddess - "
"Enough, Annabeth is what she says. She's here in peace. Besides... Percy has spoken highly of you." Reyna gave Annabeth a look of grudging respect as she spoke. It was than that Emily realized that Reyna must have made a move on Percy, but he turned Reyna turn down for Annabeth. Emily felt worse for Reyna, the things she has went through for the last few months with having no one to help her lead expect for Emily. Though Emily wasn't exactly a leader in Camp Jupiter, she was just the ambassador and protector, nothing else.
"Uh, thanks. At any rate, some of the prophecy is becoming clear. Foes bearing arms to the Doors of Death...that means Romans and Greeks. We have to combine forces to find those doors." Emily notice that Hazel picked up a ruby before putting it in her pocket.
"My brother and my sister, Arabella and Nico, went looking for the doors."
"Wait. Nico di Angelo? He's your brother? As well as Arabella?" Hazel nodded when Annabeth said that, but Emily spoke up.
"Annabeth, do you really think Nico only has one sister, while three sisters since I made it plain that I was adopted by Hades before you learned that I was a daughter of Demeter and that he has another half sister, Arabella. Besides Arabella, Bianca and myself, he has two other sisters, Jennifer and Hazel." Annabeth looked at Jennifer of who was the only one that looked like she could be Nico's sister unless if Emily was in her daughter of Hades appearance. Of which she was at the moment, Arabella has enough similarity with Nico that it was clear that they would be related to each other.
"Okay. You were saying?"
"Nico and Arabella disappeared. I'm afraid...I'm not sure, but I think something's happened to them."
"I know that Nico and Arabella are together though Gaea told me about Arabella while Gaea told Hazel about Nico."
"We'll look for them, We have to find the Doors of Death anyway. Thanatos told us we'd find both answers in Rome - like, the original Rome. That's on the way to Greece, right?"
"Thanatos told you this? The death god?" Emily nodded when Annabeth said that before Percy went on.
"Now that Death is free, monsters will disintegrate and return to Tartarus again like they used to. But as long as the Doors of Death are open, they'll just keep coming back."
"Like water leaking through a dam."
"Yeah. We've got a dam hole." Emily looked at Arabella, both of them were close of laughing, Emily thought of keeping it going but decided against it. It was only because that they were in Camp Jupiter, otherwise, Emily would go on with that old inside joke.
"What?"
"Nothing, Inside joke. The point is we'll have to find the doors and close them before we can head to Greece. It's the only way we'll stand a chance of defeating the giants and making sure they stay defeated." Reyna plucked an apply from a passing fruit tray, she turned the apple in her fingers.
"You propose an expedition to Greece in your warship. You do realize that the ancient lands - and the Mare Nostrum - are dangerous?"
"Mary who?" Emily rolled her eyes when Leo tried to say Mare Nostrum.
"Mare Nostrum, Our Sea. It's what the Ancient Romans called the Mediterranean."
"The territory that was once the Roman Empire is not only the birthplace of the gods. It's also the ancestral home of the monsters, Titans and giants...and worse things. As dangerous as travel is for demigods here in America, there it would be ten times worse."
"You said Alaska would be bad. We survived that." Reyna shook her head, her fingernails cut little crescents into the apple.
"Percy, traveling in the Mediterranean is a different level of danger altogether. It's been off limits to Roman demigods for centuries. No hero in his right mind would go there."
"It's true Percy, I haven't been to Greece. But I have been in Italy during the war before I even knew about the Romans. Thankfully the weapons, counting the guns, the howling commandos has some celestial bronze in it as well as the normal metal. That was done because of Steve and myself. I took care most of the monsters but there some monsters that I couldn't handle by myself that were Greek, not HYDRA. I think Hitler put most of the monsters somewhere during that time for most of the time the monster attacks were pretty much like the ones here in America. But after the war ended, I went to Italy one time and it seem like I couldn't go three miles without being attacked. That was just Italy, just think of what Greece would be like, however we must go to Greece, it is the only way to stop Gaea."
"Then we're good! Because we're all crazy, right? Besides, the Argo II is a top-of-the-line warship. She'll get us through."
"We'll have to hurry, I don't know exactly what the giants are planning, but Gaea is growing more conscious all the time. She's invading dreams, appearing in weird places, summoning more and more powerful monsters. We have to stop the giants before they can wake her up fully." Emily saw Annabeth shuddered when Jason said that. Emily figured that she has been having nightmares.
"Eight half-bloods must answer the call. It needs to be a mix from both our camps. Jason, Piper, Leo, and me. That's four."
"And me. Along with Hazel and Frank. That's seven. Who is suppose to the eight." Emily knew who the eight member was, there was no doubt in her mind.
"Jennifer." Everyone looked at her, even Jennifer and all of them seem surprised by that. Emily just knew that the eight was Jennifer, for Emily watched all eight of them in the last month since she learned Frank was one. She knows Jennifer was one of the eight in the prophecy, for it makes with her heritage since she was both a legacy and a demigod, one of the few that was both. Just like Arabella was a demiwitch for a demiwitch, or demiwizard, were just as were as a demigod that was a legacy. John, once again was trying to make the Romans distrustful of the Greeks, shot to his feet.
"What? We're just supposed to accept that? Without a vote in the senate? Without a proper debate? Without - " Emily held up her hand and John stopped, Emily stood up and walked over towards him as she spoke.
"There are things that can't be voted by the senate, there are things that were made to be from the fates. This one of those things that can't be debated."
"But it's not right. It has be debated. Not only that but why Greeks? Give me a reason of why we should trust the Greeks?" Shadows slammed into him causing him to fly across the forum.
"Unless if you forget, I am Greek. I told you this once already earlier. Did you not see what happen last night and didn't you learn anything this morning?" Emily turned and looked at the legion. "I know that this rivalry goes way back. But times demand a change besides things change. So I will make sure you understand this. That the Greeks are not here to harm you, you know as long as I am standing here that New Rome is safe and protected. But know this, when the ship leaves with me on it as well as the eight and the five that you meet in the last few months, that if anyone tries to rally the legion against the ship or the Greeks that is the moment I will drop the protection of the legion and camp Jupiter. The moment that happens that no help will come, no protection will come, and if you war against the Greek that New Rome will crumple. When that happens that Rome will never be build again and that your legacy will be lost. I will put that curse on this camp if you go against the Greeks. However if only some of you do this, that I cast you out, not the whole legion. I would put on a curse on the ones that demand war and try to gain power, as well as the ones that want to go to war for the sake of war."
"Ambassador, that is not ... " Emily turned to John.
"Yes, it is needed. The Romans and the Greeks need to work together, there is no other way around it. Gaea wants the Romans and the Greeks to fight each other, so that she can destroy the demigods and their legacy. Unless if you forget that in many ways the Romans and the Greeks respected each other and both Greek and Rome have changed since than and grown." Emily looked at the Romans and spoke. "I told you all many times in the last many months, that you shouldn't have someone like John in a position of power." Emily nodded towards John, of who kept counter her words or even Reyna's. "Romans are power hungry but this is not the time for power hungry people to be in charge, we are at a time of war against the earth itself and you need a warrior leader that take action and do what is best and needed for the legion not a leader that is full of words." Silence fell upon them, tan John spoke up.
"How can you be ... "
"John." Thomas got up from where he was sitting, John looked over at Thomas. "You are shaming the first cohort by counter her words and your hungry for power. If you try to go in the path you are going on now that I will make sure you are kicked out of the cohort and if it is all right with Reyna to kick you out of this camp and that you will have no honor here in camp and be called traitor. We don't need to ask Rachel, since she made it plain that if you not careful that you will be casted out. So get it though your thick to stop countering her." John turned white when Thomas said that and Emily spoke.
"You better decide wisely, more so when the Argo II leaves, for if you try to go against the Greek and fail that I will make sure your after life would be an awful one for and trust me if that happens, your punishment would be lighter than a traitor's punishment but just barely." John walked past her and sat down once more without saying anything, when Emily saw down next to Bucky that both Phil and Steve were looking at at clearly said, I am glad I am not at the end of your anger. Than there was a yell.
"Percy!" Tyson bounded towards them with Thron and Mrs. O'Leary at his heels, on the back of Thron was Ella. Tyson stopped by their couch and his one eye was full of concern. "Ella is scared."
"N-n-no more boats. Titanic, Lusitania, Pax...boats are not for harpies." Leo squinted and looked at Jennifer of who was sitting next to him.
"Did that chicken girl just compare my ship to the Titanic?" It was Hazel who spoke,
"She's not a chicken. Ella's a harpy. She's just a little...high-strung."
"Ella is pretty and scared. We need to take her away, but she will not go on the ship."
"No ships," Ella looked straight at Annabeth. "Bad luck. There she is. Wisdom's daughter walks alone - "
"Ella! Maybe it's not the best time - "
"The Mark of Athena burns through Rome. Twins snuff out the angel's breath, Who holds the key to endless death. Giants' bane stands gold and pale, Won through pain from a woven jail." Emily bit her lip when Ella said that, Percy was the first at the table to recover and he took Tyson's arm.
"I know! How about you take Ella to get some fresh air? You, Thron and Mrs. O'Leary - "
"Hold on. What was that she said? It sounded like - " It was John who spoke but he stopped when Frank spoke.
"Ella reads a lot. We found her at a library."
"Yes! Probably just something she read in a book."
"Books, Ella likes books." Ella seems more relax after she said that prophecy, Emily knew it was a prophecy, for she heard too many of them that it was hard not to know when one hears a prophecy.
"That was a prophecy. It sounded like a prophecy." Emily wished she could say or so something but nothing came to mind, Steve, Lauren, Bucky, Phil and Aubrey were looking at her asking to do something. Emily shrugged showing them that she has no idea what to do but thankfully Annabeth spoke and forced a laugh.
"Really, John? Maybe harpies are different here, on the Roman side. Ours have just enough intelligence to clean cabins and cook lunches. Do yours usually foretell the future? Do you consult them for your auguries?" Emily smiled when Annabeth said that, the roman officers laughed nervously, some sized Ella before looking at John and snorted. Emily knows it as just as ridiculous to the Romans as it was to the Greeks that the idea of a harpy issuing prophecies.
"I, uh... No, but - "
"She's just spouting lines from some book, like Hazel suggested. Besides, we already have a real prophecy to worry about." Than Annabeth turned to Tyson. "Percy's right. Why don't you take Ella, Mrs. O'Leary and Thron and shadow-travel somewhere for a while. Is Ella okay with that?"
"'Large dogs are good,' Old Yeller, 1957, screenplay by Fred Gipson and William Tunberg."
"Great! We'll Iris-message you guys when we're done and catch up with you later." The Romans looked at Reyna, it was hard to Reyna but Emily has a guess of what she might be thinking.
"Fine, Go."
"Yay!" Tyson went around the couches and gave everyone a big hug, both Emily and Bucky rubbed their ribs, Steve was about the only one that didn't do that after Tyson hugged him. That was only because of the serum in him, in the case of a Cyclopes, it was unfair that Steve has that advantage. Than Tyson climbed onto Thron before they dove straight into a shadow on the senate house wall and disappeared with Mrs. O'Leary right behind them.
"Well. John is right about one thing. We must gain the senate's approval before we let any of our legionnaires go on a quest - especially one as dangerous as you're suggesting." It was than at the wind spirits began clearing the plates, Emily was about ready to say something but than there was yelling and screaming and the Romans pointed up at the sky. Emily looked up and gasp, for there was a blue light coming down from somewhere high above and it hit the protection around New Rome. The blue light seem to want to get into New Rome but it went skipping along the protection when it was unable to get through it. The blue light seem to spread out along the whole protection, when the blue light touched the ground that Emily almost screamed, unlike Lauren of who did scream. For when the blue light touched the ground that HYDRA soldiers, from World War II had appeared where the blue light appeared. When the last blue light stopped that Emily was forced to stifle a scream, for standing there was the Red Skull.
Steve turned to Emily, Emily looked over at him, she knew what he was thinking as well as what was she thinking. How is possible that he managed to get here out of all places, after Thor took Loki back to Asgard that there was a chance that the redRes Skull could come back. But it was unlikely since he needed the Tesseract, but Emily was wondering of how he was able to get to Camp Jupiter. The HYDRA soldiers were trying to get inside New Rome but Emily's protection was blocking them from entering. The red skull reached out to get through but like with his soldiers he couldn't enter as well. Emily was rather glad that it was her protection doing this instead of Terminus, because she began to think of what could happen if it was Terminus that was protecting New Rome from the red skull. The red skull was looking at the Romans in the forum as though he was searching for someone, there was a chance that he could have came here either because of the demigods or Steve. So he was either looking for the leader of New Rome or Steve, but he stopped Steve quickly though.
"Captain America, I wondered if you were still alive after all this time." Steve got up from where he was sitting and walked around the couches, Emily got up as well and stood just behind Steve. There been a few times of when Emily fight along Steve fighting the red skull, but back than she could only really on her abilities from her mother as well as her sword and staff. She didn't have her Hades or Hestia Powers when she last saw and fought the skull, nor did she have her second appearance, the appearance she was in now. Steve was about ready to walk forward but Emily grasp his arm and he looked at her, he nodded when he saw the look on her face. He stepped back as Emily stepped forward, the red skull tilted his head as Emily took a few steps towards him. He smirked a little before looking back at Steve. "You know, with the expedition of your sister, it's a bit unusual for you to allow a woman to fight or face me." Emily took a sharp intake of breath, she wanted to change her appearance but it would be better if she didn't.
"What do you want here?" The Red Skull looked at her.
"What is to you?"
"I am the protecter of this city." A chuckled left the Red Skull when Emily said that, he gestured to New Rome.
"I have done and seen much in the last many years since that last fight between Vaptain America and myself. I will admit during that time I had wondered of how was it that Lieutenant USA have those powers of hers when I saw her use during the battles on my bases. More so when no one else have those expect for the one woman who sometimes join her and the howling commandos. But her powers were different from Lieutenant USA, of which was strange. But since the I had found out that there demigods that roam this plant, she, along with her brother were some of them as well as that one friends of theirs." Emily bit her lip, she knew where he was going with this. It was clear to her now. "Who would have thought that there are mortals with the power of the gods." Emily stared at him.
"Funny thing, you wanted the power of the Norse gods or the Asgardains. But now you want the power of the Greek and roman gods. It would be quite impossible for you to gain the powers of the Greek and roman gods." The red skull glared at her, if this had been their first meeting, she would have backed away from the glare. "The only way, you can possible gain the powers I or any of us here have if you were born to one of those gods."
"Wouldn't you think that cross my mind and I do believe that I found a way around that." Emily tilted her head and smiled slightly, she has an idea of what he was talking about that would be a fail. For there have been a couple of people that tried that before but it didn't work out of where they tried to figure out of how to transfer those powers to themselves. If it was mutants, it might be able to work out. Emily wished that the red skull would go after the mutants instead of demigods.
"It won't work, a couple of mortals were aware of the demigods have tried and failed."
"Haven't you learned from the stories of Captain America and Lieutenant USA?"
"Haven't you learned anything from the war? That villains never win." The red skull glared at her before he gestured. Suddenly a bunch of blue light hit the protection. Emily was forced herself onto one knee from the impact, she strength the protection but it was rather difficult to do that. The Romans and the crew of the Argo II tried to fight back or do what they could, Bucky had come running over her and helped her to her feet. Emily could feel her protection weaken and some of the blue light enter New Rome and hitting the buildings and some of the blue light hit the Argo II. Some of the soldiers entered New Rome but they were thrown back by Terminus, Emily noticed that some of the Romans were out of the city limits fighting with their swords and other weapons. Frank was an eagle and Steve has his shield was fighting with the red skull, but the red skull managed to run away and Steve followed. Emily wanted to follow but didn't, mainly because most of the attack was around New Rome, Emily watched as a plane appeared and the Red Skull grabbed the rope and was pulled up before Steve could kill him. Steve walked back into the city as the HYDRA soldiers managed to get away before they could be killed. As Steve entered New Rome city limits that Reyna walked over to Emily and spoke.
"Who was that?"
"He is unimportant now. So his name is unimportant." Emily looked around and spoke. "But I do believe that the eight and the ones that are going to go with them should get going though, the last thing New Rome is for another enemy of the avengers that to come here now that one of my old enemies managed to find this place somehow. But I don't think any of the other enemies would come here but with what Gaea is doing, I don't want to attract attention. But let it stand that the eight have been decided." Reyna nodded when Emily said that, Emily and the others climbed aboard the Argo II and sailed off to repair the ship since they didn't have the all the needed supplies at New Rome.
