What can I say? Inspiration creates many chapters to be uploaded on one day. That's why some fanfics are updated more than others.
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Bonnefoy Mansion-
Matthew had managed to sneak past his father and into his room. He inspected the goggles before putting them on. He blinked as everything was tinged pink. There were little numbers in the corner that were constantly changing. Matthew glanced out the window and saw that everyone he could see was outlined with a dark red. But when he saw a SovBot walk by, he didn't have any outline. Matthew frowned.
"Maybe that's how Alfred knew Maximo was a robot." Matthew said aloud as he raised the goggles onto his head so he could see normal colors.
"They're pretty cool though. If Papa asks, I'll just tell him Maximo gave them to me." He decided as he walked out of his room. He was about to walk downstairs when he heard shouting. He hid behind a pillar, peeking out. He saw a bunch of SovBots entering the large room. Francis was shouting at them, demanding a reason for them breaking into their house. Two blonde men were with them. One was really tall and had a dark blue trench coat while the other one was smaller and had a white beret.
"Francis Bonnefoy, you're under arrest for harboring a member of the Royal Family." The smaller one said, reading off a piece of paper. Matthew frowned when he heard this. Royal Family? he thought. Francis scowled.
"I have no idea what you are talking about. I live by myself." He snapped. The small one laughed.
"Not according to the citizenship on one 'Matthew Williams'. We know he's here, so give it up." Matthew stiffened and nearly gasped.
"It's my fault…Papa's getting arrested because of me…" He whispered aloud. Suddenly, there was a loud, high-pitched barking. Matthew glanced down to see a small white dog barking at him. The two men and Francis glanced up. Matthew frantically shushed the dog but it wouldn't be quiet.
"It appears Hanatamago found something." The small one said, grinning. Francis paled as the taller one began to climb the stairs.
"MATTIEU! RUN! GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!" Francis screamed as he tackled a SovBot. He began fighting frantically, creating chaos, as the taller man finished climbing the stairs. He stared at Matthew, who took a step back, terrified.
"St'p r'ght th're." The tall man began to walk forward. Matthew ran back into his bedroom and slammed the door shut, locking it. He quickly pushed his bedside table in front of the door. He frantically glanced for a way out before pausing at his window. He pushed it open and ran onto the balcony. He gulped as he glanced at the drop, then turned towards the rose bush his Papa had planted by his window. At this time, it was high enough to reach Matthew's window. Matthew gulped as he grabbed the vines, flinching as the thorns pricked his fingers but not letting go. He slowly began to make his way down as the man kept trying to get into his bedroom. By the time the door burst open, Matthew was already near the bottom.
"ST'P!" The man bellowed, leaning over the balcony. At this point, Matthew was close enough to the bottom to jump. He did and landed on his butt. He quickly stood up, ignored his bleeding hands, and ran through the front gate and into the city. He just kept running, ignoring anyone who tried to talk to him. When he finally couldn't run anymore, he turned into an alley and sank down on the wall, trying to catch his breath. He glanced at his bloody hands and sighed, trying to ignore the pain. He wrapped them in his now-dirty shirt.
"W-what do I do!?" He thought to himself, trying not to panic. He glanced out of the alley, but didn't see anyone suspicious. Just to be safe, he put his goggles on. Everyone on the street had a dark outline so he stepped out. He began walking, not sure where he was going. Or so he thought. He soon found himself in front of the Book Store. He hesitated, not sure whether he should go in. Suddenly, someone poked him from behind. He turned and gasped, taking a step back.
"Hey there Mattie. Why are you freaking out?" Maximo asked, a smile on his face. Matthew took a step back, shaking. Maximo had no outline and with the goggles, Matthew could see him in his true form."Y-You aren't Maximo. Not anymore." Matthew said shakily, taking another step back. Maximo cocked his head. He quickly reached out, grabbing Matthew's wrist tightly. Matthew cried out as he tried to get free.
"What are you talking about Matthew? Anyways, I found a cool place to hang out. Let's go." He began pulling Matthew away from the book store.
"N-NO! LET ME GO! SOMEONE! HELP!" Matthew began to scream, still struggling to get out of Maximo's grip. Suddenly, there was a loud noise. Maximo let go of Matthew to dodge a laser shot. Matthew fell back and glanced into the alleyway the shot had come from. Alfred smirked as he walked out of the shadows, his gun smoking.
"Long time no see. I thought you were goin' home Mattie." Alfred glanced down at the boy, suddenly noticing the blood on his hands and the dirt on his clothes. His smirk fell and a look of worry appeared on his face.
"What happened?" Alfred asked, kneeling by the boy. He glared at Maximo."Did he do this to ya?" He raised his gun but Matthew quickly shook his head.
"N-No! Some SovBots and strange people came to the mansion. T-They arrested Papa and I barely got away. H-He…they said he was harboring a member of the royal family but I don't get it." Alfred frowned.
"I don't either. Everyone knows the Royal Family's dead. We'll discuss this later. Right now, it seems you're an illegal. So, let's get ya back to HQ." Alfred helped Matthew up and glared at Maximo, holding up his gun, daring Maximo to act.
"HALT CITIZEN!" Both boys froze as they backed into a SovBot. They whipped around, facing the SovBot.
"N-Now what!? We can't go into the bookstore if the bot is here!" Matthew hissed. Alfred was silent.
"PRIORITY 1. YOU ARE UNDER ARREST." Both boys glanced at each other. Suddenly, Alfred smirked."This is why I didn't need your help earlier." Alfred reared back before punching the SovBot straight through the stomach. The SovBot fell back and Alfred blew the debris off his hand. Matthew stared in shock."H-how…I-Impossible…W-what?!" He couldn't form a complete sentence. Alfred laughed."Let's just say I'm a little stronger than the average teenager. Now, since that's out of the way, let's go." The two ran into the book store. Kiku glanced at them as the two dashed towards the back.
"Sorry Kiku! I'll explain later." Alfred shouted as the two opened the door hidden in the floor and went down the stairs.
"Am I actually allowed to go all the way to your HQ this time?" Matthew asked as he followed Alfred. Alfred laughed.
"Well you can't really go home so yeah. Consider yourself a new member of the Resistance." Matthew frowned.
"I'm still confused on that part." The two slowed down to a walk as they got far enough from the entrance.
"Well, basically the Resistance was created to protect the poor and weak people from Braginski, the current Dictator of Hetalia." Alfred spat the last part and Matthew cocked his head.
"Dictator?" Alfred chuckled darkly.
"You really had a sheltered life huh? Yeah, Dictator. He used the robots he built to create less casualties in war to take over the kingdom, killed the King and the two Princes who were apparently still kids, and then proceeded to raise taxes to an almost unreachable amount that only the richest Aristocrats could afford. The people who could pay got to play while those who couldn't…well you saw Maximo." Alfred continued. Matthew was silent.
"But the Resistance is working on that. We pretty much attack important parts of the Soviets, like the SovBot factories and the places they roboticise people. We have members everywhere, some are less active than others." Alfred finished. Matthew frowned."So you guys are like terrorists?" He concluded. Alfred scowled and rolled his eyes.
"No we are not like Terrorists. We're the HEROES. We're saving the world from Braginski, one factory at a time." He snapped. Matthew scowled.
"Using Bombs. That totally is what makes the public think of you guys as heroes, using explosives to blow up buildings that could potentially kill the people inside." Matthew said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Alfred shot him a glare.
"The people inside are SovBots. They aren't even PEOPLE." He snapped."They WERE. Or have you forgotten that Roboticised people were once people?" Matthew argued. Before either of them could say anything else, they entered the main HQ. There were a lot of people. There was a large white board that had plans drawn out with marker by a long table where a man with slicked-back blonde hair was examining a map while on the other side of the room there was a bar nearly identical to the one at Elizaveta's that the same woman was also tending. There was a garage with various vehicles inside that a small girl with red hair and a stray hair curl was examining a tool box.
"Wow." Matthew whistled. Alfred chuckled."Still think we're terrorists? And we try not to use bombs where Roboticised people are." He whispered. Matthew nodded, still shocked.
"HEY LUDWIG!" Alfred called, waving towards the blonde. He grabbed Matthew's hand (causing the boy to flinch) and pulled him over towards the blonde by the white board. The man looked up and Matthew gulped. He had icy blue eyes that were staring intently at him.
"Alfred…who is this?" He asked slowly. Alfred glanced at Matthew, who hid behind him."This is Matthew Williams. He was living with Francis Bonnefoy until the SovBots came and arrested him. He barely escaped and I found him when he was being attacked by the same person who caused the SovBots to attack the bar earlier." Alfred explained. Ludwig frowned.
"He barely escaped? How?" Matthew gulped, still terrified.
"W-Well there were some guys who looked human with the SovBots and then a dog kinda gave me away and I sorta…climbed down the rose bush by my room. There were a lot of thorns. I ended up by the Book Store and well…Maximo was there." He said quietly. Ludwig raised an eyebrow."What did these 'humans' look like?" He asked. Matthew blinked, confused.
"Um…both were blonde. One was small and had a white beret and the other was taller with glasses and a dark blue trench coat. Their dog was white and small, but barks really loud." Ludwig sighed as he rubbed his temples.
"Great. Just what we need. He hired the freakin' Nordic Bounty Hunters." Ludwig muttered. Alfred frowned.
"Nordic Bounty Hunters? Who're they?" Alfred asked.
"A group of men who excel at finding their targets. Mathias is the leader, he's in charge of finding clients and making sure they pay up. Erik and Lukas are the tech guys, they can hack into virtually any system. Finally Tino and Berwald, with their dog Hanatamago. Those two do the dirty work. They go and capture the targets or, if necessary, kill." Matthew gulped.
"W-why were they after Papa then!? We haven't done anything! We just paid the taxes this morning too!" Ludwig frowned.
"That's what I want to know. Did they say anything at all?" Matthew frowned."Did they have a weird reason for arresting your dad?" Alfred asked. Matthew snapped his fingers.
"That was it! They said he was under arrest for 'harboring a member of the royal family'. I think they said something about how Papa didn't live alone. He did say earlier I was just a nephew when the tax collectors asked…" Ludwig's eyes widened."Royal family!?" His voice rose and echoed. Everyone went silent and glanced towards them. Alfred frowned."Aren't they dead? That's what you told me." Ludwig shook his head."We thought they were. But when we went to the supposed gravesite, the graves were dug up, obviously by some grave robbers, and there wasn't anything inside. No bodies, jewels, there wasn't even a blanket. At first we didn't think this was surprising since any part of a Royal grave would be valuable to someone but when we did some investigating, it turns out there was never anything in the graves in the first place. The graves were recently dug, despite the family supposedly being dead 15 years ago. It seems Braginski lied about the Royal Family being dead and they are alive somewhere, most likely in hiding." By the time he finished, there was a small group of people around them. They all burst into angry shouting.
"Why aren't they back then!?" "Yeah if they came back everyone would join us!" "Braginski wouldn't stand a chance!" Alfred scowled.
"ARE YOU ALL STUPID?! If the Royal family came when we and everyone else weren't ready, the SovBots and Braginski would destroy us trying to get to them and then probably publicly execute them to crush the hope of all the citizens. Think about it, would anyone be ready for a full-force SovBot attack?" Alfred shouted over everyone else. Everyone went silent, obviously shocked.
"B-But they said Papa was hiding one. If they're attacking the mansion, won't they find him?" Matthew whispered. Alfred frowned.
"No. They won't." Everyone jumped as a figure suddenly appeared, wearing a dark purple cloak and standing on top of the table.
"Who are you?!" Someone raised their gun but the figure raised his hand and the gun fell to the floor."Peace. I am the Oracle, allied with the Royal Throne." Everyone seemed to calm down when he said that.
"What do you want? What made you come here?" Ludwig asked. The Oracle chuckled."Don't you want to know what truly happened to the Royal Family? Why the SovBots attacked the Bonnefoy Mansion?" He replied coolly. There were a few murmurs here and there as everyone waited for an answer.
"W-Why did they arrest Papa?" Matthew asked quietly. The Oracle turned to him, his eyes brightly twinkling.
"Child, why don't you take out your most prized possession? It should be in your pocket." Matthew frowned."I'm pretty sure it's still in my ro-" Matthew froze as he put his hand in his pocket. He took it out and in his hand was a red string with a silver moon attached to it.
"My necklace…I left it on my end table!" He looked up at the Oracle, shocked. Suddenly, Alfred grabbed his wrist. Matthew glanced up at the boy, whose eyes were wide and he was shaking."What's wrong Alfred?" He asked, worried. Alfred reached into his pocket and pulled out a necklace almost identical, but with blue string and a silver sun. Matthew's eyes widened.
"Why do you have my necklace?" Alfred asked softly. Matthew shook his head.
"Why do you have mine?!" The two both glanced up at the Oracle, confused. The Oracle chuckled.
"I remember when your father gave them to you. He was visiting me, almost 15 years ago. He was devastated when I told him the only way to save his kingdom was if you were separated. Of course, when he left you both on his friend's doorstep he didn't expect one of you to be stolen and raised with thieves." Alfred turned red as he looked at his feet, everyone now staring at the two boys.
"You're a thief?" Matthew frowned. Alfred grinned sheepishly.
"Gotta eat somehow. Not all of us were raised with a silver spoon. What's with the look Ludwig?" Alfred added, glaring at the blonde. He was scowling furiously.
"Lars said he found you abandoned and by yourself, not in front of someone's doorstep with another child." Alfred rolled his eyes.
"Does it really matter now? What happened happe- wait. Earlier, did you say that those Nordic people could hack into virtually any system?" Ludwig raised an eyebrow.
"Ja but don't change the subje-" "LUDWIG. Could they, oh I dunno, use the cameras at some bomb factories and slow down the image, make it clear, and see whatever is in the film, no matter how fast they were going?" Alfred interrupted. Ludwig's eyes widened.
"Mein Gott." Alfred scowled."So much for sneaky huh? I gotta go." Alfred jumped off the little stage they were on and began to push his way through the crowd.
"What are you doing?" Ludwig shouted. Alfred turned, scowling as he walked backwards, heading towards the garage.
"Saving the people who I grew up with and have been spotted with multiple times." He snapped, turning and running towards his motorcycle. Before anyone could do anything, Alfred snapped on his goggles and sped off.
"He's too late." The Oracle murmured. Matthew glanced over, the only one who heard. The crowd began to disperse, returning to work.
"Hey Matthew, I bet some of Alfred's old clothes will fit you. Come on, I'll make ya look like a real Resistance member." Elizaveta grinned as she gently took Matthew's hand and led him down a hallway.
"What about Alfred?" He asked. Elizaveta chuckled."He's a tough kid. He'll be fine. But let's get you fixed up." Elizaveta paused at a doorway.
"Go ahead and choose whatever you like. Alfred probably won't mind sharing." Matthew nodded and entered the very messy room.
Thieves Den
"LARS!" Alfred skidded to a stop, shocked. He got off his motorcycle and ran towards the den. One of the hanging lights were broken and flickering, the bench was knocked over, random comic books were ripped and flying around in the breeze.
"No…NO!" Alfred ran around the den, trying to find some sort of life. There weren't even any rats.
"No…they didn't do anything. How did they even find this spot?" Alfred scowled as he kicked the bench. He took a candy bar out of his pocket but before he could take a bite, it was shot out of his hand.
"HALT CITIZEN." Alfred turned as a group of SovBots appeared, walking through the front entrance. Alfred scowled.
"PRIORITY 1: PRINCE ALERT!" Alfred blinked as he put on his goggles. He could see the total amount of SovBots, about 5. But there was someone with a dark outline behind them.
"Look who we have here." Alfred heard behind him. Before he could move, someone hit him on the back of the head, causing the boy to crumple, unconscious.
Resistance HQ
"Wow. You look good. Like a real Resistance member." Elizaveta whistled as Matthew walked out. He now wore a red vest similar to Alfred's but with a maple leaf instead of a star on his chest, which was also on the opposite side (Right side instead of left). He wore a black tank top underneath and had identical black gloves. He wore black pants under black combat boots and his goggles were resting on top of his head. He was frowning though, obviously worried.
"What about Alfred? Isn't it dangerous for him to be by himself if the Soviets know we're…it's really weird to call myself a Prince." Matthew admitted. Elizaveta laughed.
"It probably feels weird for Alfred too. But as long as he hasn't used full strength recently, he'll be fine." Matthew frowned."Full strength?" Elizaveta nodded."Al's a strong kid. I've seen him punch a hole in a wall. Of course, we have no idea why he can. All we know is when he uses his extra strength, it burns up calories quickly. Usually he eats something but if he doesn't use his strength, he'll be fine." Matthew gulped.
"Would…punching a hole through a SovBot count as using full strength?" He asked. Elizaveta frowned."Well…considering they're made up of high-strength metal with a bunch of electric parts inside…probably. But it's not like he punched a hole in a SovBot recently, right?" She laughed until she realized Matthew was serious. Her smiled dropped.
"Uh-oh."
DUN DUN DUUNNN! Isn't this getting good? XD Action right off the bat! And I get that I'm sorta reusing Alfred's thing from HetaRangers but it works. Don't question me.
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I know I did this last time but:
RESISTANCE MEMBERS:
Ludwig-Germany
Elizaveta-Hungary
Kiku- Japan
ORACLE- nobody, just a random psychic guy with powers that can tell the future and teleport, and then some. He's allies with the Royal Family.