"Dudes, let's play firemen!" The Polish boy cheered, the three boys stared at each other before turning their attention towards Feliks
"Sure! Let's be firemen!" Francis, with face full of paint, cheered back
"Non virgins can't be firemen" Lovino provocated, causing Francis to start a fight with the Italian
"Shut up, traitor!"
"Don't call me that, you stupid pervert!" How they got the nicknames are for another chapter. Anyway, after awhile, they settled their differences. Tolys rolled his eyes before turning his attention back to Feliks
"Anyways, let's start a real fire, then we could be heroes!" Tolys' eyes widened, as so did Lovino's and Francis'
"You know that's dangerous! And you don't even know how to start a fire, jerk!" Feliks ignored every single words Lovino threw at him and pulled them to the kitchen, where a matchstick met their eyes
"You're not seriously going to start a fire, are you?" Feliks hummed, considering Lovino's words for awhile; on the one hand, he felt and itch to start the fire, on the other hand, he did not want to hurt anyone. After considering, Feliks shook his head, the others sighed in relieve
"Glad you thought about it. Come on! Let's go bu-" Before Tolys could finish, they jumped in surprise as they heard a loud clang. The four turned their heads to see Emil, Lukas' little brother, licorice all over him with the candy jar beside him, the four sighed in relieve once more and left the little boy to do his business
The same Chinese man watched from the distant and clicked his tongue as Feliks ignored the match on the table
"If that boy won't start that fire, I will! Or maybe, he will" The man watched as Emil chewed five licorice in his mouth at once. Emil scanned his surroundings before his eyes met the match stick. The Icelander picked it up and started rubbing it on the stoned walls forcefully, thinking the little match was a crayon until a small flicker of fire appeared
Bright and orange. From the view, the boy's violet eyes turned bright crimson red. Emil cheered in joy as he waved the fire around. The chinese man smirked
"Basch" Then, a blonde boy similar to Feliks appeared beside the Chinese man with a shotgun on his hand
"Aim for the gas" Basch nodded and aimed for the gas tank visible below the stove. The Swiss pulled the trigger, gas appeared, and the orphanage caught on fire in seconds.
"Good boy" The Chinese man patted the boy's head who nodded with the same strict expression on his face
The kids went scattering around inside. Elizabeta went to the kitchen with the three older kids. Jakub gulped, Tolys froze in place, while Feliks was just staring at it like it was nothing
"Kids, evacuate!" The other kids escaped even the three oldest. They were running with Elizabeta behind them before Lukas turned around and ran towards the fire
"LUKAS!" Mathias ran towards Lukas and held him back before the Norwegian could reach for the kitchen
"LUKAS! STOP! THE EXIT'S THAT WAY!" Tears streamed down Lukas' eyes as he whimpered in Mathias' hold
"EMIL IS STILL TRAPPED IN THERE, YOU IDIOT!" Mathias held Lukas back, the latter whimpered some more as more tears streamed down. Feliks turned around and saw Lukas crying, the Norwegian never displayed emotions before. Sympathy striked Feliks fast and before he knew it, his legs took him running towards the kitchen
"FELIKS!" And Tolys ran after his foster brother. Feliks finally reached the kitchen where the fire burnt the brightest. In a mist of smokes, a flash of platinum blonde was spotted and Feliks ran towards where Emil was not moving with a fascinated expression
"FELIKS!" Feliks dived in the fire and grabbed Emil, pulling him to a tight hug. Tolys panicked as fire began surrounding the two
"TOLYS, RUN!" Tolys had no choice, he fled as fast as he could, which was pretty fast. Feliks smiled as he watched Tolys escaped and embraced Emil, the building started going down. Tolys escaped, while the two did not. The orphanage was burned down whole with only a few rubbles left. The fire department came and extinguished it. Lukas cried the loudest when his little brother was still in there, Tolys could only stare at the rubbles that used to be the kitchen
"Are these your kids?" The policeman asked as Elizabeta tended the children
"Technically no, but I'm their caretaker" The police nodded and scribbled down some informations on the clipboard
"Name?"
"Elizabeta Herdevary"
"You take care of them alone?" Elizabeta froze for awhile, she remembered Roderich, he used to be her partner in taking care of the kids before he left for teaching back in Austria
"Yes" After a few informations written down, the police sighed
"I'm afraid these children have to be sent to a special facility since the place is all burnt down" Elizabeta's eyes widened. Take the kids? Were they insane?
"But sir, they're my kids! They can't live without me!"
"I'm sorry, miss... But it's the only place the kids could actually live in..." Elizabeta sighed
"If it's for the kids then... Alright..." The police nodded and gathered all the kids in one of the military transportation. Nobody bothered investigating the scene though
After midnight, the Chinese man dug through the rubble and found Emil and Feliks, barely alive with burn marks and scratches, it was a miracle for the two of them to survive. The Chinese man smirked as he caressed their faces
"Do not worry my children, you're in safe hands now, aru"