America walked down the hallway towards the main meeting area, dreading the chaos that was to come. He had been bearing the brunt of everyone else's anger lately, and he just wanted to curl up in a little ball and cry. It had all just been too much lately, and Alfred was not quite sure he even wanted to attend this meeting. But, heroes did not skip out on a meeting, although they may be late from time to time. So he entered the meeting hall, hoping that there would be no major fights today.
"America, late again? What is it this time?" Britain was standing at the front of the room, lecturing about this and that, probably global warming again.
"Sorry," America replied. He was starting to get a massive headache…
Everyone began to stare at the usually boisterous country, astonished at the one word phrase. China was especially disappointed; he was hoping to collect another entry for his book "most outrageous excuses ever".
"Well then. Let us get started," Germany stood up, giving America a confused look. "The main issue is that of global warming…" America tuned Germany out, not wanting the thick German accent to accelerate his headache. He just put his head down when France and England started fighting (again) and didn't even look up when Belarus began chasing Russia around the room. The meeting ended with nothing accomplished, and America simply got up and left. He was in the elevator, nausea joining his headache. Russia jumped in as the doors were closing to avoid Belarus, who had somehow smuggled in thirty feet of chain and a padlock into the meeting room.
"Amerika, perhaps you should reconsider my offer to buy back Alaska, da?" Russia was his normal self, still trying to regain back land he had lost. Normally, Alfred would have had a comeback for the rather large country, but he wasn't in the mood today. In fact, he was feeling rather dizzy. Perhaps he should sit down. Looking at the floor, he realized it was closer than he thought it should be. Was he shrinking? No… he was falling. The last thing he saw was Ivan's concerned face as the world faded into nothingness.