It had been surprisingly easy to infiltrate the place. All he'd had to do was be careful not to let anyone find out that he was a nation too. As far as they were concerned, they had caught all of the nations. He was lucky he was so good at acting or they might have caught on that the he was still out there and captured and put into one of those glass cages as well.
He was glad now that he'd taken all those government jobs in the past and had gone back to school many times to continue his education in so many things so many times. Those experiences gave him credibility with these scientists now.
He'd even managed to become the "scientist" monitoring Mathew Williams, Canada's, cell. His boyfriend who was still continuing to pace around the small compartment time and time again even after so many months of being trapped in there.
Having a short conversation with the nation he was "studying" would be fine, right? He could explain it away. He'd already taken care of the listening devices installed in Mathew's cell after all.
Mathew was always prone to worrying about everything. Even in the poor quality of the security feeds from Mathew's cell Arthur could tell that he was agitated with the expressions he made as he paced back and forth. Hopefully he'd be able to assuage those fears.
Mathew didn't even really know what was going on, what little he could tell him should bring Mathew an immense amount of relief. He couldn't keep worrying over how new he was to this position. He needed to take this small chance.
"Mathew," Arthur called as he stepped through the stainless metal door that slid shut immediately behind him. Good thing he'd brought his security card with him.
Mathew whipped around, he'd still been pacing when Arthur walked in, and moved to hug Arthur before he remembered where they were and what had happened lately. Those people here might have sent Arthur in here so that they would both lower their guards and they could do...something to them.
"Relax, Mathew. It's just me, and don't worry, I turned off the feed sending everything we say to the control panel. We can talk easy here, for now at least."
Mathew nodded then started firing off questions. "Arthur, what's happening? Something happened at the conference room, I'd gotten there early one day, and I think I was hit with a tranquilizer or something and now I've been here for who knows how long. I can't keep track of the days besides with how many meals I get and this is just...Arthur, you're the first person I've seen since I was brought here and...I'm scared, Arthur. What is happening?"
Mathew's forehead was creased with worry and he looked like he was ready to cry.
Arthur admired that he hadn't yet cried, not in all the days that he'd been watching the Canadian nor in all of the feeds from his cell before he had gained the scientists trust enough to let him watch Mathew on his own.
"They're conducting a study," Arthur answered Mathew.
That changed Mathew's look to one of confusion. "A study?" He asked. "On what?"
"They're seeing how nations work. The tests they'll be doing are set to start in a few days now that they are sure your bodies have adapted to the meals they are feeding you and everything to keep everyone calm. The other reason they are starting now and not before is that they believe that they've captured all of the nations. I managed to hide and later integrate myself into the organization. I'm going to try to get us out of this, but I couldn't just sit there and wait for you to have a panic attack or something. I had to explain things to you, and just talk to you at least once. I don't know if I'll be able to come in here and talk to you again though after I leave."
Mathew nodded.
"I-I see. What tests will they be doing?"
"Mostly fitness ones, some painful ones, they want to see what effect your emotions will have on your country. I think they plan to get you high at one point too."
"They could have just asked if they want that knowledge."
"You know that's not the way humans work. Anyways...I must be going. I don't know how long it will take for them to notice me missing, and I'd rather not find out."
"Alright, bye Arthur. Thank you for talking to me. It was nice to see you."
"I love you, Mathew. Be strong."
Mathew nodded and Arthur turned to walk out the door when Mathew spoke again.
"Please, would you tell my brother I'm alright?"
Arthur paused. "I'll try. I don't know if it will work though as I'm the one assigned to your case and it would look weird for me to visit him seeing as each nation has their own person assigned to their case."
"Please try as best you can."
"I will, Mathew. Goodbye."
"See you soon."
"Perhaps."
