A few days later...

Right now Antonio, Lovina, Feliciana, and Ludwig are all sharing one house. Except, now Ludwig and Antonio are at a world conference and can't exactly leave at the time...

"What would you like for lunch?" Lovina looked at Feliciana who was sitting at the island in the kitchen staring out the window. She was wearing a pink tube top with a frilly design on it and capri pants on. Lovina stared at her and sighed. "Feli!" She snapped out of her zone and looked at her older sister. "What?" Lovina rolled her eyes and repeated, "What would you like for lunch?"

Feliciana thought about it then shrugged. "Pizza it is." Lovina turned around and opened her freezer. (yes, their refrigerator had a freezer.) She opened the package and pulled out a pan. She quickly put the pizza on the pan and threw it into the oven. She turned it on to 450 degrees and set the timer for twenty minutes.

Lovina turned around and looked at Feliciana who, again, was staring out the window. She sighed again and sat across from her. "Feli, what's wrong?" No reply. "It's me that should be upset," she got tears in her eyes, "Antonio has been fighting with me a lot. Especially before he left." "Yes, that was a terrible night. I should've stayed, I'm sorry." Lovina looked up into Feliciana's soft brown eyes that held an apology. "How can I get mad at you?" She gave a half-hearted smile. Feliciana nodded and gave one back. "It's ok, he'll come back. Don't worry."

They sat in silence for a bit before a phone ring broke it. "I think that's yours." Felciana pulled out her phone and looked at it. She quickly answered. "Hello?" They looked at each other. Feliciana's face got dark and she turned away. "Are you sure? ... Ok, I understand...Ok...Yeah, I'll let her know...ok, thanks...bye..." There was a click and it was silent again. "Who was that?" "It was Gilbert." "What'd he say?" "He..." "What?" "There's another country down..." Lovina's face went pale. "Which one?" "...Peter." She got some color back but not much. That was close to Arthur...

"That makes it Peter, Cuba, Twain, Mathew, and the Balkans." They looked at each other then away. It was starting to spread all over the place. The Balkans and Peter were too close for them for comfort. "What do we do now?" "We wait it out for a bit longer." Lovina nodded. Once again, silence. But the timer went off before it went too far into silence.

"Pizza's done." Lovina smiled at her sister and got up to get the pizza out. In less then three minutes, she had two plates with pizza slices on them. "What would you like to drink?" "Ummm, water please." Lovina went to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of water and a Mountain Dew.

She handed the water to her sister and they sat down to eat. It was quiet as they ate until Lovina went to get two more slices. They heard Danny in the living room crying. "Great, right as I'm on my second plate." Lovina gave a look and Feliciana laughed. "You're lucky it wasn't on your first plate." She smiled as her sister passed. When she left the kitchen, Feliciana got up and got Lovina's plate and set it in her place.

She just sat back down as Lovina walked back in with Danny and her seat. "Hungry?" "No, diaper." "Please tell me your not going to be doing that out here." Lovina laughed at her sisters disgust and replied, "no I did that in the other room." Felciciana stared at Danny as if she was from another world. Then a thought hit her...

"We should go to the conference." "You what?" Lovina looked at her sister as if she said the most craziest thing. "They've only been gone for three days!" Feliciana took a drink of her water and then set it down and motioned for Lovina to hand over Danny so she could eat. Lovina handed her over. "I know, but, Ludwig left without me. He just got up in the middle of the night and left. He promised he'd take me but that didn't happened did it?" They looked at each with understanding gazes and then went back to what they were doing. "I'm sorry that happened...but when Antonio left, I was up still feeding Danny and we got into an argument. Which would you rather have? Not knowing that he left until the following morning or fighting with him and knowing he's leaving?"

Feliciana didn't say anything. She couldn't stand the both of them. But in her heart she knew that the best one of the two would be the one she had. She sighed and set Danny in her car seat who was already asleep. She turned and walked towards the stairs. "Where are you going?" "No where..." She went upstairs leaving Lovina to finish her lunch and watch over Danny.

A few minutes later, she came back down and found Lovina putting away leftovers and grabbing another Mountain Dew. She turned and looked at her sister. She was wearing her uniform... She walked over and started to go through the cupboards and threw the things she found in a bag. "Feliciana, where are you going?" "I'm going to the meeting..." "No your not!" "Yes, I am!" Before Feliciana could leave the kitchen, Lovina had pulled out her phone and started to dial Ludwig's number.

"Hallo?"

"Ciao, potato. Um, your little girlfriend is leaving."

"What? Why?"

Feliciana turned and gave a grave look to her sister. "To go to the conference."

"Nein!" "He said Nein, Feli." "I don't care! I'm going."

"Herzchen, please stay with your sister..."

Feliciana looked at the phone. her damn sister turned it on speaker. "Nein, I want to come help!"

"Nein, stay with your schwester."

"Nein," She turned on her heal as she heard Ludwig tell Lovina to turn off speaker and give her the phone. She ran over and gave the phone to Feliciana as she opened the door.

"Ja, Ludwig."

They argued back and forth and finally Feliciana hung up and slammed the door. "Damn him and his persuasive skills!" She tossed the phone to her sister and took her things back upstairs. Lovina gave the stairs a worried look. She hoped Feliciana wouldn't leave like that potato...

Two weeks later...

They sat in the living room, one feeding Danny and the other reading a book. Antonio and Ludwig were still gone on their conference and they were still alone in the house. It was silent except for music in the distant. It sounded like Roderich's music that he played on his piano. He was very good and every time Feliciana heard the a piano being played she thought back to the old days when she lived under his roof with him, Elizabeta, and Holy Rome. She didn't live long with her big brother Francis and she certainly didn't live with Antonio or Lovina. It was heartbreaking, but full of happiness at the same time.

A phone interrupted the fun-filled memories. "Hm?" She looked up at Lovina who was looking at the phone on the table. She reached down and picked up the phone. "Hello?" "Who is it? Is it Tonio?" Feliciana's face went pale. Lovina had never seen her sister this white before. "Feli...?" "W-who'd you s-say it w-was?" Feliciana turned her head away from Lovina who now looked concerned. "Who is it?" "It's G-Gilbert, h-he..." Her face darkened and she nodded her head slowly. "Y-yes I understand...right...Auf Wiedersehen" She hung up and sat quietly for a few minutes. "Feli?"

Feliciana stood up and headed towards the stairs. "Where are you going?" Lovina sat in silence. Twenty minutes later, she saw Feliciana come back down with a darker uniform on. She had two bags that looked full. "Where are you going?" "I'm going to the meeting. You can come or you can stay, your choice, but I'm leaving." She headed towards the door. "I'm coming! Just wait!" She got up and set Danny in her car seat. She headed upstairs with the diaper bag in hand. Feliciana pulled out her phone and typed in some numbers. It took Lovina ten minutes to gather her things and come back down with her usual uniform on. Feliciana hung up and looked at her sister.

"Danny's not coming." "What?" Lovina snapped at her. "She's not coming." "Why not?" "I already got a sitter for her and besides she'll get hurt." "No she won't!" "Yes she will!" "No she won't!" Feliciana snapped back. "It's dangerous out there! We could be killed! It'll be safer for Danny to stay here." "I'm not leaving my child with someone I don't know, let alone don't trust! Anyways, she'll be fine, I'll protect her!" They glared at each other for what seemed like forever. "Fine...I'm not protecting her." Feliciana turned and headed out the door with Lovina scrambling for Danny and her bags and followed. She called back the sitter and canceled it. Why pay someone who's not working?

"So where are we going?" "To Elizabeta." "Oh," Lovina walked over to the car and started to throw her things in the backseat. Feliciana, on the other hand, started to walk away. "What do you think your doing?" "Walking." "But it's a block in the opposite direction..." "She's not there." Lovina grabbed her things and tried to hurry to catch up to Feliciana. She had a baby to handle and her sister didn't.

"What do you mean she's not there?" "She's hiding." "Why?" "I-It's..." "It what?" Feliciana stopped and covered her face. She told herself she wasn't going to cry. She had to be strong like Ludwig...

Lovina stopped next to her, looking at her carefully. "Feliciana?" "I-It's Roderich...h-he's..." She broke completely and cried hard. "Oh, Feli..." She hugged her sister as she cried. They stood their as the world passed them slowly. People walked by and looked at them with pity.

After a while, they broke and Lovina wiped away the rest of Feliciana's tears. "All better?" Feliciana gave a small smile and Lovina gave an encouraging one back. They nodded at each other and headed on their way.

About an hour of walking, a car pulled up behind them. "Who's that?" "I'm not sure..." Lovina checked her mirror on her phone. It was a dark color and was very sleek. "I don't recognize it..." It pulled up beside them and stopped. They stopped and watched carefully as the window rolled down.

"Hm?" Feliciana walked over and started to talk to the person as Lovina stayed back. Suddenly, Feliciana waved her hand over and Lovina walked over. "Yea, we're just headed to find Elizabeta." "Oh, we were headed to her house." The man had dark skin and emerald eyes...

"Antonio!" "Hey, poco de tomate! Hop in!" She happily bounced herself to the other side and slid her stuff in the back. "Oh, there's no room." "She can sit on my lap." The window was rolled down in the back and there sat a blonde hair, blue eyed german. He gave a sneaky smile towards Feliciana and she blushed. She looked away and started to walk. The two men looked at each other. "Hallo, Herzchen!"

Antonio drove up next to her and slowed down. "Get in the car, please?" "Feli, get in the car!" "Herzchen..." "Feliciana..." She stopped after the last voice. She looked inside the car and there in the passenger seat sat Yao. "Yao?" He nodded, but quickly looked away. She gave a small giggle.

Ludwig looked at her and shook his head. "Bitte, we'll go to Elizabeta's house." He smiled at her and she shook her head. "No! She's not there! I know she's not!" "Feli..." "She...she's not! I know it!" Antonio looked at Yao and he looked back. He gave a nod and Yao understood. Antonio put the car in park and Yao got out. He walked over to her and gave a face. "I'm sorry, but this will only be for a minute..." He moved with graceful quickness.

Suddenly, Feliciana saw the ground coming up at her until she was caught. "Why'd you do that?" "We had no other choice, tomate." Ludwig opened his side and sat Feliciana on his lap then shut the door. He walked around and got back in as Antonio changed to drive. He turned the car around and headed towards Elizbeta's house.

"Here." Yao shone a green light towards the window and another one blinked back. Lovina smiled and got out leaving Danny in the back. Ludwig and Antonio got out and put the bags in the trunk as Feliciana followed Lovina up the steps to Elizabeta and Roderich's house. It was big and very well looked after. It had huge bushes in the front of the house and had large windows hovering over them.

"See? She is here." As the door opened, a light brown haired and green eyed girl smiled at them. "Feliciana!" She hugged the light red head and looked at Lovina with displeasure. "és te?" "Uh, I'm the Southern part of Italy remember?" She thought and smiled at the dark haired Italian. "Oh, yes! I do." They stood smiling at each other in an awkward silence.

"Oh, where are my manors?" She stepped aside and gestured in. Lovina smiled and walked in. Feliciana started to but someone stopped her. She turned her head to see Ludwig hanging onto her wrist. "Ludwig..." "Ich habe ein schlechtes Gefühl bei ihr..." "Hm?" "Won't you come in as well, Ludwig?" "Oh, nein, I'm staying in the car... Danke." She smiled at him as he let Feliciana go and she walked in.

When the Hungarian shut the door, it was dark. There was a scream. "Feli!" "Lovi!" "Hush, meine schwester..." "Gilbert?" Feliciana felt something cover her mouth and she suddenly felt dizzy. It pulled away and she felt her knees dropping. "L-Lovina...where are you?" She let out as she felt a coldness on the floor.

"Is she coming through? Oh, dear do you think we gave her too much?" There was panic in the voice. Feliciana opened her eyes slowly and shut them slowly. She caught a glimpse of white hair and red eyes..." Gil...bert...why?" She was out again.

Feliciana came through again on something soft. Her eyesight was blurry but was slowly coming into focus. She sat up slowly and looked around. Her head felt like it weighed a ton! She shook it and looked around some more.

She was siting in what seemed like a living room. There was a couch and a few chairs and a long coffee table in front of her. She heard some footsteps and immediately laid down. She wasn't sure if that was what she was supposed to do, but something in her gut told her to do that.

"I do hope she's awake..." "Nein! Ich gern when their out!" "Why?" "So when they wake up, you get that satisfaction of them screaming and the terror that fills their eyes!" There was a pause and then laughter. "Your right! But I love it much more when they're awake and they scream for mercy!" There was more laughter and this time, it was in the same room.

Then there was silence. "Doesn't seem she has..." "Damn... Let's take her anyways!" "No!" Feliciana had spoken then. They both looked at her and the albino german walked over to her. "Warum nicht?" His voice had a tint of seduction. What was he trying to do?

Feliciana moved her arm and slapped him as she quickly got up. The Hungarian, or the fake Hungarian looked at her in surprise. "So you are awake!" The albino looked at her with distaste and stood up. "No wonder meine brother wanted you...our fiesty!" He gave Feliciana a wild look, but it suddenly turned to a dark one.

"Now come, we need to fix you up." Feliciana stood there and then turned quickly and ran out the other door she just caught sight of as she got up.

"I need to find Lovina!"

She ran through the hallway and entered into the kitchen. "Lovina!" "She's in the kitchen!" Feliciana looked behind her and ran towards another door. She opened it only to find a cupboard full of jars. She quickly shut it and headed towards another door. She opened that one and found stairs leading up.

There was footsteps that were outside the kitchen. No other choice but to go up. She ran up the stairs, shutting the door behind her. She found herself in another hallway and went to the first door on her right. She opened it and saw a bed and a dresser. Nope. She shut it and went to the next one. In this room it was dark.

She felt along the side of the wall and found a switch. She flipped it on and shut the door. As she turned, she found her sister laying on a bed with her right arm over the side of it. She quickly walked over and looked at it. It had a small cut on it. "Lovina, Lovina!" She had to wake her up to find out what happened to her. "Lovina, wake up!"

There were footsteps out in the hall. Feliciana looked towards the door with a panic look and then back at her sister. She had no choice. She squatted down and tried to lift her sister up on her back. She heard a gun shot that rang in her eyes. She slowly turned around to see 'Gilbert' standing there pointing a gun at her.

"You really are a pain in the ass." She stared at him with terror and he gave a evil grin. "That's what I like to see, terror!" She set her sister down and turned to face him. "W-who are you!" She yelled. The Hungarian laughed as if it was all a sick game they were playing.

"We are scientists. We like to run tests." "Especially on you." She looked at the albino and stuttered out, "W-what do y-you mean?" The albino took his turn to laugh. "We run tests on people like you. Those who are countries!" Feliciana felt her face grow to utter terror and couldn't move.

He stopped and gave her a grave look. "But I'm afraid we can't run tests on you... you know why? Because you squirm and run!" "Just like her sister, but she didn't put up too much of a fight." The Hungarian moved towards Feliciana. She stepped backwards towards the other corner.

Elizabeta leaned over her sister. "Your sister was a whiner to...I love when they whine." She gave a wicked smile to her sister and then shot her head up to her. The albino slowly moved over to his partner. "Then why...why do you look like Elizabeta and Gilbert?" She screamed at them. It was terrifying. This is what they did to them? Abuse them?

"We took some of their DNA and transformed ourselves into them." Feliciana's face went white. A thought went through her head, "Danny's all alone... In the car with Antonio, Ludwig, and Yao..." There was a sudden reliazation that spakrked in her head. "They could be fakes to!" She couldn't take it anymore. "Liars!" She turned and pushed the window open. As they were talking, she had unlocked the window. Luckily it was easy to open. She heard another shot and felt numb.

She stumbled out on the roof and fell down to the edge. She looked over it and saw the bushes. "Bitch!" She looked back at the window she had come from and saw the fake Gilbert there. He was wearing another evil grin. "Now, now, come back to your brother so you don't hurt yourself. I promise I won't hurt you anymore." Feliciana gave him a look and rolled over the edge.