HetaOni

Loop 1 - Part 2

Yeah...if anyone except Keket's reading this, I'll be surprised, like I said. xD I don't wanna hear hate, as I said before too. My roleplay/story, my rules (minus the guidelines of FF, but you know...)

I don't own Hetalia, its characters, or HetaOni. (Or AoOni come to think of it.)

Three days later, England and Egypt, the latter of which stayed the past few days at England's, were awakened in the morning to England's phone going off at a high volume.

"Ughh…who the bloody…" he mumbled to himself as he grabbed sleepily for his phone, answering. "What is it?"

China's voice, speaking even faster than usual, echoed over the phone speaker, so much that England had to hold the phone away from his ear.

"Opium, ahen! Antarctica ran off to your country talking about some haunted house, ahen! She said something about it before, but she hadn't said anything about going, ahen, but I got a message from her saying she found it and she was going inside, but if I had known she was going in there I wouldn't have let her, ahen—but that was three days ago and her phone isn't receiving messages or calls! And since she's in your country I was hoping you-"

"CHINA! CALM DOWN. Ugh…it's too early in the morning for this… Now slow down and try saying that again so I can actually understand you." England sat up in his bed, rubbing his eyes. The fact that there was a time difference wasn't helping the early morning situation at all; it was daylight in China.

"O-okay…ahen…" China took a deep breath, audible even over the phone, and tried to speak more calmly, but it was obvious he was panicked, "A-Antarctica went over to your country…going to find some haunted house, ahen."

"Ah, right. I saw her a few days ago." England confirmed, and China's voice seemed to perk up.

"Really? …Well, ahen, sh-she sent me a message three days ago that she had found it, and was going inside… But since then, her phone hasn't been able to receive messages or calls, ahen. I've been trying…ahen…"

England couldn't help but feel bad for the guy. He knew what it was like to not be able to contact someone you care about; Egypt had disappeared before, leaving him worried sick. "Really… Well, I haven't seen her since the day she mentioned the haunted house. I'm sorry."

China let out a heavy sigh. "Really, ahen… Alright. I'm sorry to wake you, ahen. I guess I just got my hopes up."

England bit his lip, hanging his head a little. "…W-well. Maybe Egypt and I can go check out that haunted house."

England could hear the sudden reassured tone in China's voice. "Really, ahen! Thank you, Opium! Hey, maybe I should come over and go with you, ahen. That way we can back each other up, ahen!"

Why did that seem so familiar, England wondered… "Sure! After all, it's your girlfriend that's missing."

"G-g-girlfriend, ahen…? Sh-she's not my-"

"Ohh. So you're still at that stage, China? No worries, you'll be able to call her that soon enough." England chuckled. It was only fairly recently that he came to terms calling Egypt his girlfriend.

"No, I mean she's really not, ahen! We've never even discussed anything like that…ahen." China sounded embarrassed, England could hear it.

"Huh. Really, I would have thought it was official already. Come on, it's taking you longer than it even took me and Egypt!" England teased his ally, getting up out of bed. "Anyway. Get over here as soon as possible, and I'll see if Egypt is up to checking that creepy house out."

"A-alright, ahen." China seemed to be trying to compose himself, making England smirk a little more. It was funny to hear China, normally so composed, get that worked up over a simple word.

"See you later." England hung up his phone with that, looking at the clock. 3 am. Wasn't that familiar…was that China's revenge for the day he'd woke him up at the same time and China first met Arc? Then again, why would he want revenge for that, anyway?

It didn't take very long, it seemed, for England and Egypt to get together with China and make their way to the house. Even though Egypt hadn't relished waking up so early, after a minor tantrum, she went along with it.

"…Is this it, ahen?" China asked with a shudder as they stood in front of the large mansion. England nodded, sure it was it by the odd feeling he was getting.

"…I have a feeling it is going to affect our magic, Iggy…" Egypt pointed out, obviously feeling the same foreboding that England had. England nodded, but knew they had to go anyway.

"Let's just hope we have enough combined to fight whatever is dwindling over this place away…" England sighed, and then waved for them to follow as he walked up towards the door. Egypt grabbed his arm, holding onto it for reassurance.

China swallowed hard as they opened the door, and walked inside, immediately getting a chill once he stepped into the first room. I really...don't like this place…

"…Urgh. I just felt most of my power pushed down. How's yours, Egypt?" England's voice sounded strained for a moment as they stopped.

"Mine's been suppressed too…I guess we'll have to make do with what we have, right?" Egypt sighed, walking ahead of the two into the den. As the two followed, Egypt noticed the odd lack of dust. "It's like it was just cleaned…how odd."

"Huh…? Wow, it does aru… Maybe someone does live here after all, aru?" China considered.

"Impossible. It's definitely some supernatural force here keeping it in top shape… After all, it suppressed our powers, and not much is capable of doing that." England pointed out.

Egypt nodded, agreeing with England, and walking by a coffee table as she looked around, unaware of her skirt brushing a mug that was sitting on the table, and all three of them jumped as it fell to the hardwood floor under it and smashed.

"Woah! …E-Egypt, be a little more careful!" England tried to catch his breath, eyes wide.

"…Sorry." Egypt caught her breath too, and then looked through the door opposite the hallway. "…Let's try in there, before whatever odd presence is in here finds us because of that noise."

England and China nodded, following Egypt through the door into the next room. While England and China set to exploring this new room, which turned out to be the dining room, Egypt stayed by the door, leaning her ear against it to listen in.

"…Do you hear anything, aru?" China finally whispered, having noticed what Egypt was doing.

Egypt shook her head a little with a sigh. "I…thought I heard footsteps, but then nothing."

"How peculiar… There's something in this room that's off, as well, but I can't put my finger on it." England started inspecting a china cabinet, as if something important would be inside, while China pulled out a chair and looked under the table.

"Hmm? What's this, aru?"

Egypt and England both looked over from where they stood, to where China was. "What'd you find?" England walked over as China stood up from under the table, holding something in his hand.

"It's…" China pressed the button on the top of the small, round object as it opened up, revealing a pocket watch, "…a watch?"

"…It's moving weird. Why is it spinning so fast like that?" Egypt asked.

"I don't know…" England blinked, looking it over.

"Ugh, that ticking is maddening, aru! I can't stand it much longer, aru!" China threw the watch down, breaking the face of it and stopping the ticking.

"…S-sorry, aru… I just couldn't handle that crazy ticking-" China's voice stopped dead as his eyes seemed to haze over, and his expression went totally blank…as if in a trance.

"…China? …China? Snap out of it!"