Author's note: Well, this is the second part off the story, which is a bit longer as I intended... But I still had a lot off fun writing it. As Always I'll happy take suggestions and see you in two weeks.
Finland tried to smile at Sealand, but sealand could see that he was distressed, Tino could never hide his emotions well. A hand went through his hair as Tino patted his head. But he didn't know the reason why Tino was trying to keep him distracted. Playing games, colouring in colourbooks, watching films, but he didn't see Sweden anywhere. He had gone in the basement to work on something he had said. He could see Finland jump up when they heard a sharp like sounds against their outside wall "it are the branches."
"Berwald are you done?" His voice cracked, it sounded nervous. At that moment Sweden walked in with several guns that had laid in the basement for a long time. "Had to fix 'm." He just didn't get it, why did Berwald have guns and why was Tino acting so strange? He tossed a big revolver towards Finland who managed to catch it with his shivering arms. The sharp knive like sound was heard again making Tino stand up and loading the gun, before he said something to Berwald what he couldn't hear but he could hear the fear in it. Sweden grabbed the side of Tino's head and pushed a piece off hair behind his ear and said something back. His emotionless self but a bit nervous voice, like something bad was going to happen. Sealand looked up "What's wrong?" He saw both off them look his way before Finland got his normal smile back "Nothing sweety, just continue with drawing." There was a long silence before he went further with colouring a boat. The only sound was his pencil against paper.
The sound of window breaking was heard. It made him look up, he saw fear run up Tino's whole body. Sweden looked at Finland before he nodded and slowly went downstairs. Tino grabbed Peter by his hand as they went to the other side of the upper floor. Making his drawing and pencil fall on the ground. He didn't understand it, they were hiding something from him, like he was in danger. But he's not a small child that needs protection he can fend for himself! "I know something's wrong, what's it!" Finland looked at him the fear coming off him while he tried to smile but it didn't work this time. Another crash was heard from downstairs. It made Tino all the more nervous fastening towards a big window and opening it. The cold wind began to stream inside the room making Peter shiver. Tino did his head out off the window as he looked around for something. He saw the car and big foot prints in the snow that had went around the house several times. They had seen a creature few days ago walking 10 kilometres from their home and now it was in the house downstairs. Without any explanation Sealand was grabbed by Finland who jumped out off the window. The snow broke their fall and cracked, Peter had no time to get over the fear of jumping out off the window as Tino began to rush towards the car. As soon as he stood up from the fall in the soft snow, pulling Sealand with him. Guns shots were heard before they heard glass shatter.
Berwald was thrown through the window with a deep wound on his chest as he hit a tree making him fall down. "Berwald!" Tino turned his head around as he ran further away from the house with Sealand almost not able to keep up. Fear was clearly visible on Finland's face as he saw the snow around Berwald began to get a colour of red as blood streamed out off him. With a shaking hand Tino opened the car and putted Peter in the behind seat before he threw the car door shut and began to run towards Berwald, forgetting about the creature. Peter putted his hands against the glass and looked in shock towards Sweden. Sweden groaned as he got up grabbing his chest before he screamed "Turn around now! Bullets don't work on it!" It made Finland stiffened precisely in the middle off the car and Berwald. "Go away, bring him in safety! I'll hold him off!" Tears began to form in Tino's eyes "I won't leave you alone!" As he set more steps forward. "Why won't you listen, I said go! Or it will have us all!" He could hear the fear in Sweden's voice.
"B-But.." Finland looked with his face full off tears towards Sweden who looked back in furry. "GODDAMMIT! I said leave NOW!" Finland slowly started to take steps back as his sobs became louder before he turned around and ran towards the car. Where Sealand had watched it all, he was horrified off the big gaping wound in Sweden's chest. A hard growl was heard and a big black creature came through the window, grabbing the edges of it before, going towards Sweden who held his gun at it before he shot it in his eyes.
The creature fell back in the house.
It gave Berwald enough time to run, run even though his chest hurted. A blood trail followed him. Finland had already jumped behind the steering wheel and was trying to start the car. But it didn't "Come on, not now." The creature came back through the window, it was still blind but it smelt the blood trail Sweden was leaving behind. At last the car's engine started, Sealand crying and shivering in the back. It was that creature they hid for him. Sweden got closer to the car, Finland's hope rose and waited, but it was for nothing. The creature lashed his long claws around Berwalds leg which made him fall and it pulled him back. "BERWALD!" Finland cried out wanting to get out off the car. "LEAVE!" Sweden screamed as it was holding the creatures head away from his face with his gun. It broke Finland's heart, but he had to get Sealand out of here and if he got out now, Sealand and him wouldn't survive. He kicked his feet against the gas paddle. The cars behind wheels began to the turn in the snow it didn't make any movement. It didn't help that Peter was crying out off fear. Suddenly a push was felt against the car making it get loose and accelerate fast making Tino almost lost control over the vehicle. He turned just in time before he would ride against a big tree. It had been Sweden who had pushed the creature against it.
Sweden sighed as he saw the car disappearing in the distance, atleast they were safe. Tino didn't look back as he began to fasten the car over the snowy road, he could hear Sealand sob in the back "Sw-weden..." he now felt sorry for everytime he had snarled at him. Tino grabbed the steering wheel harder in between his fingers, he had to get out off here as fast as possible. As he looked in his mirror he saw that Berwald had gotten up and had poked the creatures eyes out before he ran off in the forest. Where the creature slowly walked in following the blood sent. He was still alive but for how much longer would he be? He already had lost a big quantity of his blood. "He's still alive, he's still alive, he's still alive..." Tino began to say repeatedly.
He had no idea where he had to go, but if Sweden would survive he would go towards Norway. The person the closest to them, but he didn't know if he had survived as those creatures, allready could have been there.
When the high tone had went over them few weeks ago, they were having a skype call with Denmark who said where he was with Norway. The loud Dane was low key annoying the Norwegian. It was high up in Norway close to the the Swedish border. In a place he didn't precisely remembered the name off. Since when he was midthrough with saying the name as the connection was suddenly lost a few minutes before the high tone came making them all loose consciousness. He then remembered they are close to the Norwegain border. He had to get to Norway's house, to find shelter and wait for Sweden if he would ever survive. After all being together was safer as alone.
"Sir are you really sure you want to leave, you've heard what's going on there. It's dangerous!" He had no time for this chit chat. People's life where depending off this. The general was looking at him nervous. He could see he really didn't want to go. "Why won't you listen to me, people are dying out there, people we can save! It our duty to safe them." He hit the table with his fist as he stood up "And no one here is trying to even help them even if we have enough man power and ships!" He looked at the left over generals that had survived the high tone. Their army had shrunken immensely but they weren't trying to help the others. If he wouldn't get help off his army he would just go to Europe himself, with the already running ships that picked up survivors at the coastal areas. The coastal areas had changed immensely, he feared that the lower laying nations hadn't survived this. Whole Denmark had disappeared under the water and half of Belguim and only a small part off the Netherlands still being left. Germany sure also suffered a big loss off land but he knew Ludwig had survived, atleast the rising sea leaves, he didn't know if he was alive now. Even though France was the closest he wouldn't take a ship to their, marines already had inspected the coastal areas and had spotted big hoards off the black creatures Ludwig had warned him about. The further up they went less creatures were seen.
"If you guys won't help me I'll go to Europe by myself. Cause I deep down know that you plan on staying isolated like the whimps you are, generals that don't even do their job, saving people's lives." They didn't respond to Arthur's frustration. They all were scared off those big creatures, spotted in France since they couldn't be killed by guns. "As I expected." He threw the door shut behind him hard as he walked away, if he couldn't count on them he would do it alone. Nothing could stop him, his desire to know if they were still alive fed, on him like a beer would feed himself on honey in a tree. The guilt growing bigger on his back the longer he was here. They off course didn't understand it, they never understood him. The many years he had lived, nobody really understood him, they did like they did, but that was never. The determination in him to help others as he was on the side line was big, it felt like world war 2 all over except it was now a battle against an unknown source. "Don't worry Europe I'll be on my way."
3 hours after the high tone
Location:Switzerland
Local time: unkown
"Big brother, I got you something to drink." She looked at her brother with her big green eyes. Switzerland stared down as he stopped with hammering nails into the wooden planks he was putting over the windows. "What did I tell you about going outside without my permission, it's dangerous." She immediately looked down he had told her to stay inside, but she felt lonely and big brother must have been thirsty off working so hard. Her knees touched one another and her toes touched the other. He sighed as he got down off the stairs and patted her head, "it's kind that you thought off me, but don't come outside without me being by your side." She gave him the glass which he drank in one go, he whipped the excess water off his mouth. "But you're now with me, so can I stay outside a little longer." She looked at him with pleading eyes as she held onto the sleeve of his jacket. He turned his head away but he still felt her eyes on him. "Fine, but don't go any further as 6 metres (20 feet) from me." He saw sparkles form in her eyes, before she walked away and sat her self in the grass and began to pick flowers.
She was so innocent, he didn't want to ruin It, yet the feeling that was inside off him tells something really bad is going to happen, can't explain it even Liechtenstein had asked him why she had to stay inside. He doesn't know what, but he's taking measurements, that high tone was the final trigger to start barracading his house. Dark clouds out off the South began to appear they looked darker as any heavy stormcloud would look, making him get back to reality, he had to hurry. He was only done with a half off the windows. As the outside was done he would do the inside as well. He grabbed another plank of wood and grabbed a few nails doing them partly in his mouth, as he began the hit one off the nails in plank making the wood part a bit when he hit the nail in the wood.
As he was done with covering the windows, he went inside right away with Liechtenstein. Before he went to his shed and grabbed the wood that he would need to cover the windows on the inside as well. Before he locked his door behind
him to not be opened for a long time. The darkness had filled his ground floor, no light came inside except for a few lonely lines where the wood didn't touch eachother. But the natural light of the sun wasn't as strong as it had been, the black clouds only let a small percentage through. He walked inside and dropped the hammer in the hallway before he strolled in the Living room and sat himself in his couch and slit down, his whole body hurting. He looked at the blank television screen, 'we don't have a connection anymore' He remembered, as soon as he had woken up, he had tried to call Germany if he knew what was going on but the only sound his phone made was "connection lost please try later again."
His eyelids began to feel heavy against his will. Maybe closing his eyes for a few minutes would make him feel better. "Big brother I have made dinner." Elise said happily as she walked in the living room seeing her brother lay in the couch exhausted. He smiled at her as he pushed himself up while groaning a bit and tiredly walked to the kitchen with her. Her hands were behind her back as she followed him. "It's not much, but I tried my best." His eyes widened a bit, his favourite dish stood there Rostï. She always knew how to cheer him up. He sat himself down slowly. "Thank you Elise, it looks delicious," she felt flattered by his words, even though he always complimented her. She sat herself down also before she began to eat. It was rather quiet as they ate, Basch being to tired to say anything and Elise not knowing what to say, or rather not daring to say a thing. But her curiosity getting the better of her, "Big brother what's wrong, why did you put wooden planks on the Windows?" Basch looked at her before his eyes looked down again and took another bite of his Rostï. "I have the feeling something bad is going to happen, I just don't know what or when. But don't worry I'll be here to protect you." Her heart began to beat a bit harder in her chest, she looked worried at her brother. Unlike the other countries, micronations couldn't feel if something was going to happen they relied on the bigger nations for that information. It made her drop her fork, it had to be really bad, otherwise he wouldn't have covered the windows. "Liech don't worry I'll always be there to protect you.."
"Do you really have to go outside?" Liechtenstein looked worried at her brother, he had said that he would always be there to protect her, but how could he as he was outside? Basch walked passed her grabbing few guns and doing them around his belt and he held a big hunting gun in his arms. Their provision has started to shrink, if he wouldn't go to find some, they would run out quickly, starving was not an option. "I'll be back before you know it," his hand went through her hair, "trust me..." The guns rattled around his middle as he grabbed a average backpack he had. She followed him to the front door, not wanting to leave his side. As he opened the front door the normal clean was now air filled with black dust particles were blown inside. It made him straight away cough. "Wait!" He stopped turning himself around, seeing Liechtenstein run away. He could hear her open a drawer and shoving things aside, before she returned with a moutmask and hugged him hard. "Be save." He held her close before he slowly let go. He putted the mouth mask on, looking back at her one last time "I will, only open the door if you hear three knocks." He smiled before he closed the door behind him.
As he left it was still early, which meant he would have some more time before it would get dark again. The town he was heading to was only one mile away. Maybe he could ask about this strange thing as he was there. He didn't know what had happened only the sky was the thing he had noticed changing, even if he lived in a rural area. The clean sky was known for was far gone now, also to speak about the landscape, once full off flowers, green grass and healthy pine trees was now just a black mountains lining the On the horizon as far as he looked dead plants met his eyes, the cows laying dead in the fields as the fences fell apart. Probably from ventilating the air in, 'poor animals' he thought. His feeling was getting worse, there was something horribly wrong. Like something was following him between the pitch black trees. Yet he heard nothing. He grabbed his gun and loaded it, you never knew what is could be. The sand under his feet was cracking under his feet. Still nothing had appeared in his vision, weird normally atleast he would come across a shepherd standing in the fields or walking on the road to a new field with his exciting dogs and greeting him properly.
As he had reached the village, he was speechless, is was completely abandoned, no one there, the cars standing still on the middle off the roads, the shop door standing open and a rotting smell coming from them. Dust was blown in front off his feet. He slowly entered the streets, his feeling got even worse if he didn't had to get food he would have left immediately. The further he went the more sucipicous he got, something isn't right. He heard glass being shattered, as Basch turned around he only saw a glimpse off a shadow going around the corner. "WHO'S THERE!" He lifted his shot gun and pointed to the corner, no one came around the corner. Like a normal human would do. He lowered his gun, his mind just had made it up, he thought. But he was now fully aware of his surroundings not missing any details. The signboards cracked as they swung in the wind. Even though everyone was gone the houses were in a good state, nothing broken off no broken glasses, only the walls being stained with stripes. He sighed "come on Basch, it's just in your imagination, no one is here, everyone is gone." He looked one more time where the shadow had disappeared, before he turned himself around and straight away walked to the grocery store he always used to go to.
As he walked in He was a bit shocked, it just like everyone had vanished into thin air, without leaving any trace off leaving the town. There still stood shopping cards with shopping items in them against the shelves. Even a baby toy was laying few feet away off one card. A check still hanging by the cash register, with a shopping card full off groceries in plastic shopping bags. It made him more alert as he walked towards the canned goods shelf, it felt like he was in a horror movie where a monster would come around the corner just before he would leave the store. It made him want to leave even more and get back to Liechtenstein. He opened his bag and began to grab whatever canned product he could find, in the end leaving with 40 cans and pots in his backpack. He wasn't even going to pay no one was even here to check him if he did. He didn't give the store any last looks as he left, he closed the door that had stood up as he had gotten in, making the bell ring one last time.
Just as he had gotten out off the town, he heard again something again he looked around seeing something beginning to run at him. At first it was just a black spot but soon it came clear that it wasn't any normal human or animal. As it came closer he saw that it wasn't even a car but a gaint creature running towards him like wolves would do. He quickly aimed at it and shot several times, it didn't even show any pain. He lowered his gun before his fear took over and made him run, run like he had never done. He began to run up the hill as he still was few hundreds metres ahead off it. But that distance became smaller with every step he took. His lungs began to hurt, screaming at him to stop, but he wouldn't. With less then 200 hundred metres he had run the black creature was almost on his heels. He heard the breath behind him, the claws scrapi against the stones.
As a turn came he just managed to dodge his claws, only his tunic being torn at his elbow. But the creature was soon again in his neck and a big hit threw him over the fence landing in the grass, the dust particles rising up making the green grass show that was beneath it. But he had no time to look at It. His body aching and hurting from the hit against the hard ground, but he had to run. If he wanted to lose it he would have to reach the hidden river with a deep cliff as base. He pushed himself up and ran further, the fence giving him some more time to get further from the black creature. Every muscle hurting asking him to stop to take a rest, his survival instinct wouldn't let him though. The river wasn't that far just around hundred metres from where he was.
He never had seen such a thing, he even wondered where it had come from. The claws as big as words yet so sharp as knives. The rest he hadn't seen but it was black and big. It again hit him, making him tumble and roll further. It could have killed him but the hit was so that only his legs were hurted. He couldn't get up all his muscles locking him into place. He layed on his stomach not seeing clear. It got closer and it looked and sniffed him before it carefully grabbed him between his jaws and picking him up. He felt the teeth slowly going into his skin, making him groan, the creature began to run with Basch in his mouth straight towards the river. His body just hang there not protesting, as it was to painful to move with blood slowly going on the teeth. He could hear hard and aggressive breaths, where was it taking him? It jumped over the river but the ground under his feet disappeared as he landed. The creature desperately trying to grab something to hold onto. But it fell with his back first in the hard streaming water. It pulled him under the water, it was grabbing around him but not getting up, it couldn't swim Basch thought. His survival instinct kicked in as he began to kick the creature to make it let go off him. It didn't work, his lungs began to scream for air, he began to struggle with his belt as he grabbed his knive and stuck it as fast in the creatures eye. It opened his mouth immediately making the teeth go out off his flesh. He kicked it another time to push himself up. Basch's arms hitting around as he got above water, struggling to keep himself up, with his hurting legs, fighting the pain as he began to swim towards the edge and grabbing onto a big stone before he pulled himself out. His heart racing in his chest. He stared at the river for some time, the creature never came up.
He didn't wait a minute, leaving immediately climbing up, he had to get to Liechtenstein, she would be worried about him. She could be in danger.
It had started to get darker when he was home, she looked utterly shocked as she had seen him. Right away she caught him as he fell down exhausted. He didn't remember more than that, his world had gone black that moment.
His vision was blurry when he woke up in his bed groaning a bit off the light surroundings coming in his vision. He shook his head a bit as his vision got better over time. His neck wouldn't allow much movement. He slowly turned his head a bit seeing Elise by his side, sleeping in a chair close to the head off the bed. Her head hung down and a small book in her hands as she breathed softly. He groaned as he pushed himself a bit up to have a better look around him, it was his room. 'How had she brought me up here?' The plants in his room were still blooming, the last living plants he had seen. On his right he could see the sky, it was just as dark as before. The curtains hanging to the side letting the little natural light in. He looked down seeing his bare chest and his torso was completely wrapped in bandages. 'she had cared for me' a soft smile got on his face. She really cared for him, her love was unconditional, she would go where he would go. Another groan came out off him when he moved his hips a bit. It was just loud enough to wake her up. Her eyes lazy looked at him, before widening. Tears began to form in her eyes as she ran out of her chair and hugged him hard making him close his eyes and breath in between his teeth. "I thought I had lost you..." She sobbed, the tears streaming down before being absorbed by his bandages. He closed his eyes, the only thing that mattered To him was her. If she's happy he's happy. He had to protect her, keep her safe of any danger. His hand went on her head softly pushing her head against his chest and the other hand going around her waist. He felt her shiver against him as sobs filled the room, her small hands grabbing onto him for dear life to never let go again. He began to slowly pat her head feeling her soft hair that he had known for a long time. "I'll never leave you."
His wounds healed slowly, but he was glued to his bed, relying more on Liechtenstein to take care of him. It broke his heart, he should be the one caring for her not the other way around. But his body just wouldn't allow him to move more then 10 metres at a time before they would just lock him into place making him fall down on the floor in pain. She would place him in a chair close the window so he could look out over the landscape, giving him atleast the idea that he could warn her atleast as something came their way.
Basch rushed his way to the toilet, even when his muscles began to shut down, making fall in the bathroom. It had happened a few times now, his stomach hurting tremendously. He pulled himself towards the toilet. It felt like something was kicking in his stomach, his body began to shake before he threw up. As he looked down his eyes began to shiver, a feeling of fear filled him, it was the third time this week he had coughed up blood. Not red, but dark brown. It made him want to puke again. He flushed the toilet as he heard Liechtenstein running up the stairs. "Brother, are you alright!" His head slowly fell off the toilet seat, before he laid it beside him and stared at the bottom of the toilet without any expression. "Yeah, just a small stomach ache again." He would never tell her, he didn't want her to worry or know.
He thought it was just those would be the only moments, he was wrong. It began to happen more often and the blood had coloured black.
It was after he had puked again, some had gotten on his shirt. He had to wash it immediately, he lifted his shirt over his head. He looked at the mirror, making him step back and drop his shirt. His skin turning black where the creature had bitten him. He slowly got closer to the mirror, looking at himself. He looked in the mirror when he touched the spot. "No, this can't be happening." He could hear his own fear and stress in his voice. He had to put a hand in front off his mouth to make Elise not able to hear him as he began to sob. "What do I have to do... It will break her heart, if she finds out." A white glaze was forming in his eyes. He was turning into one off them. "What if I kill her..." it made him grab his hair in his hand and grabbing it hard between his fingers. "No I won't let that happen." He pressed his hands down hard on the sink. "But if I'm gone she won't survive long." He couldn't tell her, but if he didn't he would feel so bad. It slowly spread across his torso. He didn't know what to do. If he wouldn't find a solution soon, he would be gone and she would be killed by him. The thought that he would kill her was what made him not able to sleep in the night.
Sweating if he did to wake up to a nightmare. A nightmare where he sees Liechtenstein holding her arms in front of her bleeding ribcage, breathing softly. His shadow dooming over her before he went down and would bit her head off. He couldn't handle it any longer. She had to get away from him, before it would be to late.
Liechtenstein was sitting in her brother's room where he was laying in his bed, reading in a poembook. It had been quite, the plants hanging soft not of not enough water but the shortage off sunlight. The windows had turned a bit black of the dust stuck to it. She was staring at the only road going past her house, hoping something other than dead plants would come by. But she had lost her hope a long time ago. She sighed and looked to her brother, she gave him a small smile he only looked up before faking one back. She turned towards the window and shifted a bit in her chair.
Something caught her eyes, something was moving in the distance. She first thought it it was just a big bundle off dead plants coming their way. Just being blown by the wind over the road. As it go closer, she saw it wasn't some plants, but...
"A PERSON!" it made Basch almost jump up in his bed throwing the book in the air and making it clatter on the ground. "A PERSON IS COMING THIS WAY!" Both didn't believe it, Elise her eyes and Basch his ears. He hadn't seen anyone, it must be illusion. She got out off the chair and putted her head and hands against the glass. "WHAT! Let me see!" She had completely forgotten about her brother that moment. He already had moved himself to the edge his arms stretching out for support. She looked at him before she looked back through the window and back to him. She left the window and went towards his side. As she was there he was already sitting on the edge laying one arm around her shoulder and her other arm going around his waist. He was moving with pain towards the window, groaning a bit, but he had to see this. She putted him in the chair and putted it bit closer to the window. He saw it now himself, it had gotten closer, it was riding something. Maybe it would stop at their house and could take Liechtenstein with him. But he didn't know of He could trust this person. His hope was cut short as he saw another pitch black spot appear in his vision. It was much faster as the person on the vehicle. It was one off them...
"Elise, look away." He knew what was about to happen, it would be killed just like it tried with him. She looked at him confused, why should she look away, if a person came to their rescue. "Why brother?" She followed the person until he disappeared behind a hill. "I said look away." She turned herself around, while he lifted himself a bit in the chair when the other black spot disappeared behind the hill. Disappearing out off his vision. She stepped away and grabbed the poembook off the ground and read the poem that was on that page.
Even if everything turns black,
There is still a spot in my heart,
That will take me back,
To the sweet moments we had,
And you'll always be by my side,
Even if the world may turn bad,
You'll be my light guide,
Through my darkest nights.
"Come on whomever you are make it towards the house." She looked at him, it felt like the writer had seen this happening. She wanted to look but her brother told not to so she wouldn't.
He breathed out again when he saw the person appear over the hill close to their home, only 50 metres left. The person was on a bike he could see and was cycling for it's life. But the creature was now only a 10 metres behind him. It wouldn't take that long before it would jump out to him. It was in front off his house that the creature hit the person off the bike making him roll over the grass. His bike was thrown across the road. He couldn't see the person's face since it had a motorhelmet with black glass in front off his face. It made him come away with no injuries to his face or any damage. The person grabbed towards a gun around his belt and pointed it with a firm grip towards the creature like he wasn't fearing it.
"He's going to die..." Basch mumble, he had tried the same, which hadn't shown any affect on it. It made Elise look up from the book and looked at her brother, she couldn't hold her curiosity anymore and walked over settling herself behind the chair. Basch almost fell out off the chair as he was trying to follow the person as good as possible. "What's that thing?" He looked around seeing Elise beside him in the window. "Didn't I say you had to look away! Whatever it's now to late. I'll tell you later."
The creature got closer to the person laying on his back, still holding the gun pointed at it. Like he was waiting for the perfect moment to shoot. "That creature also attacked me... he's not going to make it." The creature was almost bent over the person, his teeth shining from the little light there was. "We've to help him!"
"If we do that we're going to get killed." Elise couldn't watch it anymore, she just couldn't watch a person getting killed in front of her. Just at the moment Basch thought it was done, two shots were heard. The creature began to step back with his claws covering his eyes. Basch didn't understand it, the shots he had fired were useless yet this guy got the creature screaming in pain. "This your time to get away! Just run, run as fast as possible!"
But the person didn't, it stood up slowly, whipping the dust off his arms and legs. Like it was normal to do that if you were escaping a monster. Before it grabbed a long black object the had hung on his belt. Out off Swiss's horror the person approached the creature. "Stupid jerk! You're going to get yourself killed this way!" The person didn't hear him and got closer to the creature. He grabbed his long object and held it with his two hands. He swung it to his behind like a baseball before he swung it right through the creatures torso making the upper part fall off his hips. Black fluid streamed out off the gaping wound. The arms were still moving and his head twitching. The person got closer and putted the long object through its ribcage and turned it. The creature stopped moving and the screams stopped. The person pulled black object out off the creature's chest. He sat a foot on the creatures head and pressed down untill it broke under his force. He took a few steps back to take a look at it. He lifted the helmet a bit up and spit on the creatures crushed head and did his helmet on again. Basch could see the person's chest go up and down quickly as it took another few steps back, before he fell back on his back and not moving anymore. "That's impossible! We have to get him inside now!" Elise looked through the window with her hands still in front off her eyes, looking through her fingers. She turned around immediately when she saw the creature's crushed head and it's body cut in two. Basch lifted himself up, but fell down in his chair again. "Help me, get downstairs." Elise looked at him, "you won't go outside!"
"If we don't go outside our only hope will be killed. So help me downstairs and get him inside." It was true this was the only person they had seen out here and just had killed a creature like that. He didn't care who it was, it was alive and had to be saved. He looked serious at her, he pushed himself up and held Elise by his side as they started to walk down. There is hope for Liechtenstein, this person can protect her, unlike him, he was good for nothing, he was only a burden to her. He hoped he could pursue him to take her with him, he would atleast know that she would be safe then. He had to get the person inside. The stairs went far to slow to his likings, but he couldn't do much about it. He almost began to run when he was downstairs pulling Liechtenstein with him towards the door and throwing it open.
The person only laid a few metres from their front door. He could look at the person more clear now. Theperson was really tall he could see that, it had a backpack on, so he was prepared for a long journey. He wore a dark blue shirt with army green pants. On his upper legs a fresh cut was visible, the blood was still slowly streaming out off it. He didn't care who it was right now getting him inside was the most important thing. He grabbed one off the person's arm and Elise the other and they began slowly to pull the person inside. The hands softly grabbed hold off their sleeves. It was like it was trying to say I'm alive. They got over the threshold off the door and let go off him when he was fully pulled inside. Liechtenstein went away and closed the door again. Basch on the other hand was staring at the helmet. He putted his hands on it and pulled it off...
A familiar stare was looking up at him, his mouth open and taking in deep breaths. He couldn't quite place the face, he had seen him but he had forgotten his name. Liechtenstein bent down just like Switzerland and was looking at the person. His green eyes were shooting from one to the other. "Netherlands?" Basch said, his expression was confused. How had he gotten all the way here? "Is it you?" He tried to speak, but nothing came out off his mouth only cracks of his voice, his hand slowly lifted up and grabbed onto Basch's arm. "Grab some water form him Elise." Liechtenstein got up and ran towards the kitchen. He again tried to speak. But it was to soft to hear, but his hand tightened the grip around his arm. "How did you even survive out there?" He saw Abel grab towards his leg, he clammed his hand around a long thin thing, he slowly lifted it over his chest and handed it him with a shivering hand. He grabbed it out off his hand and looked at it, but how was this his key to survival? He wanted to ask more but Elise came back, with a glass of water. She sat herself down and putted her hand under his head before setting the glass against his lips. He drank it immediately all together. She laid his head down again. "Yes... I'm Netherlands, Switzerland. You don't know how long it took to get to here. But I found you." His other hand grabbed Liechtenstein's wrist. A smile formed on his face as he looked at them. "How many off those things have you met?"
He didn't say anything, but Switzerland felt one finger at a time tap his arm. "Six, all dead now." He set himself up with much difficulty. His hands let go of their wrists. "But I'm planning to leave soon, I have the Idea that they're following me." Basch got a little shocked when Netherlands said that. "Big Bruder shall I grab some bandages?" He saw Abel swallow hard as Elise said that. He just nodded, she stood up again. "You can come with me. You won't survive here much longer." He tried to stand up but fell down again, he groaned and grabbed his leg. "Verdomme, it got my leg. Just like the others, they all grab towards the legs."
"I know, I was also attacked by one." Abel looked at him in shock, "you survived... How?" Switzerland took a sharp breath in and grabbed towards his side feeling the sharp teeth going into him again. "I was getting supplies, until it ran towards me, hit me, making me land in a grass field. I ran away again but it hit me again in my legs this time, making me fall again and unable to move. Instead off killing me it grabbed me in my torso with his mouth and began to run. My dumb luck was that it fell in a river and I could pierce his eye with a knive off mine making it let go off me."
Liechtenstein came running down with some bandages in her hands with a siccor and some alcohol. "I got the bandages." She wanted to start working on his leg but Abel pushed her away. She didn't understand it, neither did Basch. His leg had to be taken care off otherwise it would become an infection. "Let me do it myself. I've done this enough times to know how it works." Liechtenstein was worried by this statement. How many times did he mean by that. Abel rolled his pipe up showing his lower leg. "Look. It's full off old wounds." If Basch saw it right he saw atleast nine cuts in his lower leg some old, some fairly new. Some even had become scars. "These aren't the worst, the worst one is on my back, I'm almost covered in them." Liechtenstein was shocked by the amounts off wounds that were alone on his left lower leg. "That's what you get when you survive each attack." He sighed. He did his pipe down again and did his jacket off, showing his arms that were also full off wounds. On one arm was a bandage around his bicep. "I see it as survival trophies." None of his skin was black, like his whole chest and stomach. Basch grabbed the black thing in it. "How did you get this, it seems that only this kills them."
"Found it by dumb luck after climbing out off a ravine, it turned out to be a claw off such creature. I had a sword once but that didn't work so this is my only weapon that works." Basch got a cough attack and turned his head away, catching the blood in his hand and smearing it on his black pants. Abel wanted to stand up, but his leg protested making him fall down again. "Looks like I'm gonna be stuck her some days."
"Mr. Netherlands, what happened to your country?" He turned towards Liechtenstein, her small hands were tangled up in her dress. She was too shy to ask more. "Deep down under the sea. I don't know anymore was by my sister when it happened." He had it hard to hold his emotionless expression as he said sister. They looked at him like they felt sorry for him. "Where's your sister Neth?"
"Don't know she was gone when I got back to consciousness." He lied, he couldn't say that she was dead, when Liechtenstein was around. He knew Liechtenstein had a good relationship with her. "I hope you'll find her soon." Elise said, he felt his eyes becoming a bit watery. But kept the tears away. "I hope to." Why was he saying this, she's dead, he won't find her anymore, his brother was also possibly dead. People said he had dissapeared and hadn't been found anywhere.
Netherlands was there for his third day, when he felt that he could move without much diffuculty. His feeling of danger rose he knew they were coming and would arrive here soon. He would leave tomorrow. They could come with him or stay here.
"Had anybody else got here?" It was around eleven o'clock in the night. Liechtenstein was already laying in bed trying to fall asleep. Basch and Abel were sitting by the fire place that was the only source off light and heat. "Yes, the Italian brothers. Although Romano had lost half of his left arm. They were on their way to Germany searching a safer place after volcanoes began to erupt saving nothing from their lands. They had asked me if I wanted to come with them and I said no." Abel's hands went around his cup and listen focused to him. The Italian brother were alive then, but he didn't know if they were now.
"Well I'm leaving soon and I'm gonna ask you the same question. Do you want to come with me?" He saw Basch look down and grabbed his cup a bit harder. "I'm afraid that's not possible for me. You know how bad I'm able to move around, I'll be a burden and that's not the worst... I'm turning into one off them." He saw Abels eyes widen, he looked down to his cup before he took a sip off it. "Since the attack my bodily functions started to fail and something else replaced them, I don't know what. But I cough up black blood and my body is turning black. And a white glaze is forming in my eyes." He saw Abel look at him, while he took a sip. The wood in The fire place cracked and the flames dancing gracefully. "You want me to take Liechtenstein with me. To care for her and keep her safe."
His words were just stolen out off his mouth, how did Abel know this. "How do you know that is was going to say that?" Abel rolled his eyes. "I would have asked to same if I had been in your position with my sister."
He looked down "Will you, without anything in exchange for it? I'll give you anything to keep her safe."
"I don't want anything for it" he said. Basch didn't believe what the Dutch said. He knew how he always would want something in exchange for it.
"I won't plunder a men on his dead bed that is just unrespectful. But there's another reason why I'll do it for free." He saw that his eyes became a bit foggy. He was already happy that Abel would do it. She would sure be safe with him. He had killed six off those creatures and had gotten all the way here. So he would be able to find more if he would go further.
"What is that reason?" Basch said a bit worried. He never really knew the Dutch man but he knew he always kept a promise.
"I had lied about my sister. She's actually dead, I saw how the creature ate her. It will never leave my memory. I just couldn't say it when Liechtenstein was there." He saw the Dutch's eyes began to water. Before a small smile formed on his lips, "The reason why I'll do it, is because Elise, reminds me off her, Bella. It's just like my sister is with me if Elise is around me. It feels like my little sister is here again." Basch almost himself got in tears, maybe Elise would see himself in Netherlands. They have some similarities, being stingy, stubborn, not the most emotional and protective of their sisters and only open to people close to them.
"But I have to ask you for another favour." Abel raised his eyebrow a bit, "What's it?"
"You've to kill me..." He knew he would be gone not soon after they would leave, but this pain was already unbearable and the idea of turning into one of them isn't what he wants.
"Why? You sure?" The Dutchman's voice didn't raise a bit. But he got a doubtful look that pierced right through him.
"I'm tuning into one off them soon I'll become one and I can't stand the thought that I might come after you and kill both off you. I'm in constant pain, I don't want to suffer any longer." Abel nodded, it was silent for a bit. As he didn't know how to react to this.
"You'll have to tell her about your decision, she won't come with me if I just killed you." That was a good point. "She can be there by your side."
"I will..."
It was breakfast and he hadn't told her it, he just didn't know how to bring it up. All three off them sat at the table, it was dead silent. Basch couldn't get anything inside. Liechtenstein didn't dare to say something. As Abel chewed on his bread he looked straight at Basch. "You have to tell her." Elise looked up and watched both off them. "What do you need to tell me brother?" She just looked so innocent, too innocent for this world. He grabbed her hand and made eye contact. "You'll leave with Netherlands this morning." She glanced at Abel for a while.
"Aren't you coming with us?" She was so confused, she wouldn't leave his side ever. He was her protector. How was she sure she could trust him.
"No, it's already to late for me..." one hand grabbed her cheek, a tear began to form in Basch's eye.
"What's wrong then?" Tears were forming in her eyes, he tried to say it but he couldn't just say it to her. Abel coughed a bit getting their attention. "He's turning in one off those creatures..." Abel said it without showing any emotion, he was just eating further. His voice didn't even change. Switzerland turned his head to the side. The paper cracked as Abel was reading to old newspaper off two months ago. How was he able to stay so calm.
"He'll take care off you, Elise." He looked up with his watery eyes, he held her face with both off his hands. She looked towards Abel who nodded in silence. "What will happen to you then?"
"He asked me to kill him." Abel had laid the paper aside and had joined the conversation. He saw Elise's eyes widening her hands went in front of her mouth. More tears streaming down, "It's true, Elise. I asked him. I'm in so much pain. That I hid from you."
She couldn't still believe it. They had gone upstairs and had laid Basch on his bed she was holding his hand tightly. She just couldn't look towards Abel who was loading his shot gun and checking it to be sure, Basch wouldn't die in much pain. Instead she looked at her brothers face, she saw the white glaze in his eyes. He had shown her his black torso, she couldn't believe that he had hid it from her and this was happening right now. His head was turned towards her with a soft smile on his face as his head lay in the pillow. "I'm ready, take your time." Netherlands had the gun on his shoulder looking down at the emotional scene taking place. He got it hard to keep his straight face and show no emotion "Thank you, Netherlands." His voice had become worst. "Elise, remember I'll always be there even if I'm no more."
Her eyes began to water, it was getting closer "I'll never forget you!" She saw his smile grow on his face, "Come don't cry, I'll never leave you. My edelweiß." She grabbed his hand tighter. "Netherlands, shoot me..." He lifted his gun and pointed it towards his chest. She saw that Abel had it hard, his arms was shivering and his finger trembling as he putted his finger on the trigger. He looked towards Liechtenstein before he turned back to look towards Switzerland. He closed one eye to focus on the place where his heart was, but his gun was moving to much in his shivering arms. "Netherlands just do it..." He saw Basch looking at him in pain. He got his focus back, his finger tightened around the trigger, Elise turned her head away. A shot was heard, it had gone straight through his heart. Abel lowered the gun with a trembling arm, his face was yet emotionless. "Elise, I love you..." She felt his hand loose his strength.
She looked at her brother's face, tears streaming down before she got out off the chair and hugged him tight. He felt one arm going on her shoulder. His breaths got slower and softer. "I love you too..." His hand fell down and his eyes shut to never open again. His shirt was soaking the black blood up. Abel left the room silently, he would grant her some time with him. He himself couldn't believe that he just had killed another personification. A dark feeling got inside off him, something was going to happen... He had to fill his supplies and get away as fast as possible...
"We've got to go" he slammed the door open, where Liechtenstein was still holding onto her dead brother's body. Her cries were soft and filled the room with it. He walked over to here and pulled her away. She began to fight his grip, "I won't leave him behind!" Abel stayed calm and lifted her out off the room. She began to scratch, hit and kick him but he didn't let go off her. "They're coming..." if it wasn't this way he would have stayed here longer for her to have more time with her brother. "You're heartless, let go off me!" A empty glass bottle hid his head from behind. Abel groaned and dropped Liechtenstein on the floor, before he grabbed towards his head. She looked at him in fear. His eyes were closed before he looked at her, "you don't know how I feel!" She began to sob, curling up in a ball. "I lost my sister... she's dead just like him. The difference is I couldn't be there for her."
He began to tremble and grabbed his hair, before he stopped and looked at her. "You can come with me and survive for him or die here." Elise still stayed in a ball. His hand reached out at her, Her hand trembled before she slit it in his. He pulled her on her feet. "Do you know how to use a gun?" Elise nodded. "Here hold this one always close to you. Always shoot the eyes." She held the gun silently as he walked with her to the front door, she whipped a tear off her face. She looked up at Abel, he was having it hard to keep himself together and not break down in front off her. "Here put it over your mouth, it's to protect your lungs." He went through his knees and his hands putted a mouth mask on her face, his hand disappeared in his pocket and grabbed his goggles and did them over her eyes. He grabbed the helmet he had, and putted it over his head. "Are you ready?" She nodded, it made Abel stand up again and grabbed her hand. The door cracked as he opened it, his backpack was filled to the edge with food and amunition. The black particles flew inside as they stepped over the threshold. Her head lowered to the ground and she looked one more time at the house where she had felt so safe for all her time here. His hand held her's tight "Where are we going, Mr. Netherlands?"
"Austria..."