Star Rebellion by Alicia Howell Page B

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                  “Snowstar,” he said to the white haired girl who had stayed by the door as was normal of ambassadors during meetings. She walked forward to Arctic. “Please make seven copies of this.”
                  Snowstar nodded her head once and disappeared out of the door.
                  “The papers that I have asked her to copy are reports on all known demons. If my team does engage in a fight with him, then demons will stream to both Calsh and Earth. I take it that you assumed these demons would only plague Calsh. That is why this will be bad for you.”
                  “But what if they defeat Lucifer?” Washington asked, a slight panic creeping into his voice.
                  “Even then, the demons will come. If Lucifer is defeated, then there will be no one to control the demons in his place. If he defeats them, then he will take out his anger and all humans, without care of who was and wasn’t involved.”
                  Paris rubbed his face with his hands. “I knew we shouldn’t have consented to this two years ago. I just knew it! I mean, even Vatican isn’t spewing on that with God’s will we can all survive!”
                  Vatican looked up sharply at Paris before turning back to what he was scribbling furiously across a notepad that he had brought with him. Arctic had thought this a bit strange, but didn’t put any meaning to it.
                  “Then is all hope lost?” London whispered into the depressing silence.
                  “No. For my pupils, yes, but for our worlds, no. If they are defeated in the Shadowlands and Lucifer doesn’t discover their actual reason for going down there, then no. We would all be safe then. If they manage to get past the Gates, then yes, everything is lost.”
                  “What should we do if that happens?” It was Tokyo this time who spoke up.
                  “The packets include different ways that we believe, they haven’t been confirmed yet, of how to battle demons. How many people on Earth know of the existence of Calsh?”
                  “Most, because of the colonization attempts in the previous century. They're still widely discussed during politics.” Washington did not seem to like that fact.             
                  “Then will you be able to tell them on full all about the demons? Or would it be better to tell them that you must prepare the country for terrorist attacks?”
                  “Terrorist attacks will probably be the wiser,” Washington said immediately.
                  “Lying is a sin though,” Vatican put in.
                  “Yea, well sometimes you’ve just got to lie. Speaking of which, why aren’t the rest of the leaders here? I just realized that Moscow isn’t yelling at everyone,” Berlin said as she pointed out the empty seats.
                  “You seven are the largest world powers that there are right now in Earth, if I am not mistaken, so I called only you to come to the meeting. You will tell the rest whatever you please, but I’m leaving you in charge to be sure that everyone can do as they need. You are all also the wisest and most cool headed; I trust that you won’t let this power get to yourselves and only save your country, that you will help everyone try to get through this. Every leader of every country on your planet has been through these halls, and you are the seven that I trust the most with a situation such as this. Please, make sure your planet is fit to survive this.
                  “Also, Mister Vatican, please talk to Rome about what happened seventeen years ago. I think that he may be able to send some answers to things I need answered. There might be some light at the end of this night if my suspicions are correct, but