Hallo! Welcome back to the second chapter of "Clocks".

Just as a heads up, any part that is in German is translated at the bottom

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~Westen

Ludwig looked up from the papers he was going over, seeing Feliciano in the arms of the stranger. He obviously wasn't wearing an Axis uniform, but it wasn't Russian either. He stood pulling out his hand gun and pointed at the stranger not wanting to take any chances. "Put the boy down and put your hands where I can see them."

Feliciano ran over to Ludwig. "Germany! It's okay! I found him in the no man's land. He was trapped so I helped him out."

Ludwig looked at Lightning suspiciously, "Why were you in the field? Answer me carefully I'm not afraid to use this!"

Japan watched Ludwig dispatch and proceed to interrogate the new person whom came. Lightning did as he was told and let Italy stand and watched him run over to the German. He held a straight face as he put his hands in the air slowly. He stared down the barrel of the gun and then back at the German's eyes. He said, "I..." he didn't want to seem extraterrestrial so he said, "I was flying a plane and it was shot down. Luckily it barrel landed it but I was stuck" Looking at Italy he said, "And this young man came to my aid..." he looked at Germany once more, trying to convince his lie to being a truth.

Ludwig wasn't convinced. "Who shot you down? Are you an Axis or an Ally? Tell me the truth." He cocked the gun. He was highly suspicious of anyway nowadays. Anyone he did not know had to prove they weren't an Allied Power. Feliciano on the other hand stared at Lightning. 'Why did he lie to Germany?'

He walked over and tapped his shoulder and whispered in his ear. "That's not what happened. Why won't you tell Germany the truth?" Lightning heard the incoming questions and let out a small breath and prepared to answer with more lies, assembling words in his heads.

Japan looked at Germany and said, "If he was of the Allied Forces, then he would have taken Itary hostage or kill him. He wouldn't have brought him back" Lightning smirked at japan and smirked. He felt like a bullet had lodged into his heart when he heard what Italy said. He sighed and then heard him whispered the questions and answered, "I don't want him to know that I'm-"

Swiftly, Germany pinned the taller man to the ground. "That you're what?! That you're actually from the Allied Forces!" He growled holding the gun to the man's head.

"GERMANY! Stop! He isn't bad! He saved my life too!"

Germany glared intently at the man. "I want to hear it from him!"

He gasped once he felt his back collide with the ground. He grimaced and then looked up at the other with his blue eyes and got nervous when he felt the cold steel of the gun barrel press against his forehead. He held a straight face, to show that he wasn't fazed by the other. Keeping his hands on either side of his head as he said, "I did save his life." he said with a straight face and added, "I was shot down by the Soviets, Sir Ludwig." He kept his cold gaze on the German. Japan watched how the other executed the interrogation and just ended up facepalming.

Ludwig removed the gun from the other's head and stood up. He put the gun into its holster and sat back down behind the desk. He didn't say a single word, but he nodded in approval. Feliciano just stared at the whole scene in front of him. He couldn't quite comprehend what was going on. But he walked over the Lightning and helped him up. He looked at him with a look that said 'why are you lying?'

Ludwig looked at them. "Feliciano. You came to check in. Well you are so you can go now. Make sure that man doesn't leave your sight." Feliciano saluted, and Ludwig returned it then continued to his work.

Lightning let out a breath when he was released. He then stood up with the help of the Italian and brushed off the dirt that was on his clothes. He saluted to Ludwig as well in respect and walked out of the tent. He wanted to keep going until the other two Axis were out of earshot before saying anything at all to the Italian. He wasn't terrified of Germany, just a little surprised about his hostility. It reminded him of his sister's fiancé Snow...

Feliciano looked up at Lightning. "Are you okay?" They moved down the lines toward the Italian Armies. They were receiving heavy fire as well from the Russian lines. Feliciano barked an order in Italian at a group of men manning one of the heavy guns telling them to concentrate their fire on Russia's guns. When they fired, he winced slightly and continued down the line. He looked back at Lightning "Was your war like this hell?"

Lightning said, "I'm fine..." Truthfully his heart and mind ached although he refused to show it. He watched as he saw the bullets and cannons fire back and forth. He shut his eyes and refused to cry, it would ruin his dignity. He heard the other ask about the war and said, "The war I grew up with was much worse than this one..." He looked to the side and said, "So much blood and gore, you hardly ever saw your family. Actually... That war had been going on for about 100 years and to my era is still continuing..." He looked at Italy, he wanted to tell him about how this war was going to end... but... it would screw up time even more if he did so. He sighed and just kept his mouth shut after that.

"My Fratello is really against me fighting with Germany in this. He didn't want me to leave." He looked down at the pure white snow. "That is a long war. Like the one England and France had…." He was cut off by shell landing right in front of the gun they were standing near. The impact knocked him to the ground.

Lightning was about to reply to him but when he saw the Italian go down from an anti-aircraft shell. He caught the other and said, "Be careful..." he stood him back up. He blinked as he felt a rumbling on the ground. However the pattern was choppy as if it was an animal, not a tank or an airplane. Looking around, he tried to pin point the source. "Run" he said and made a dash to where the German line was intercepting the Russian line.

Feliciano was slightly dazed from the impact. Instead of running, he followed Lightning. He saw Germany in the thick of the fight firing his gun and shouting orders frantically. "Lightning! What's going on?!" He already had his pistol out and was loading it while they were running.

The looked at Italy and said, "I am serious! Just go with Sir Ludwig!" He tried to keep the other back. His shield morphed on his left arm as he pulled out the sword in his right. He braced himself for what was to come. Out from under the snow came out a monster with a 50 foot wing span and a 20 foot long body. It hissed as he looked at the German's forces. It must have been the hugest thing in the world! Lightning just looked at it and raised his sword straight up in the air, a mark on his arm glowing the color of blue and yellow.

Feliciano froze in fear. He had never seen anything like this in his life. The creature towered over him. "G-Germany…" He whimpered. Ludwig looked up at the creature. "What the hell is this?! Kiku! Is this one of your creatures?"

Kiku shook his head, "N-No!" He looked at it rather surprised himself. Lightning focused, then bringing a knight about 35 feet tall to his aid. It was huge! He looked up at the huge knight and nodded and it shifted into a horse. Lightning leaped on to the steed and took the two huge 10 feet blades, one in each hand. Immediately, it took off running towards the creature. The creature rose in the air with huge flaps of its wings. Being sly, it lashed out a bladed wing at Germany and his front line in order to distract Lightning.

Feliciano saw the creature attack Ludwig and started running toward him. Ludwig ducked just in time but one of his men wasn't as lucky. He heard the sickening slicing sound of human flesh and blood squirt against the back of his head and neck. He turned around finding one of his officer's head at his feet. There were other men sliced in two. Others had limbs missing. Ludwig turned and started shooting at the creature finding it taking no effect. He heard Feliciano call his name. "Feliciano! Run! NOW!"

Lightning stood on the back of the horse, trying to concentrate. With a leap, he took into the air and slashed at the creature's face with a full force. He grit his teeth as a green blood like substance hit him and he kept on the onslaught till the creature was on the ground on its legs rather than wings. Kiku pulled out his katana and looked at Germany, "Cover me" he ran out onto the battle field. He then started lashing at the creature's body. The pink haired male smirked and continued their onslaught.

Ludwig nodded and ordered the men to open fire on the creature distracting it. Feliciano reached Ludwig and stood closely beside him firing his own pistol at the creature. It turned toward them. Several more soldiers were cut down by the creature's wings. Feliciano felt queasy again when he saw all the blood around him, but he kept firing toward the creature.

The pink haired male stabbed one of his swords into the creature's skull. It got stuck and he tried to rip it out. The creature however, started to swing its head around, trying desperately to get Lightning off. It swung its tail but the tail was too short to reach the creature's head. It put its wings down to defend its stomach and other vital areas. However it's long neck was exposed which was a grave mistake.

"Leave Mein Bruder Alone, You Arschloch!" A man with silver hair and startling red eyes leapt out of nowhere one leg raised and his saber raised above his head. He drove the sword into the creature's neck spraying disgusting greenish blood everywhere. He landed skillfully with his sword resting on his shoulder. The creature's head landed with in shower of its own blood. The albino nation looked up and smirked. "The Awesome Prussia once again saved your asses."

Mein Bruder: My Brother
Arschloch: Asshole, Motherfucker, Bastard.