A/N: I know I am updating a lot in one day, but I finished this story, so here it goes.
Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia, Doctor Who, or the picture that inspired this fic!
Chapter 2- Cafes and Heroes
The TARDIS was still as it came to a landing stop. Mattie who was thrown around as it moved, stood up and dusted himself off. He glanced around before heading to the door. On the outside of the door was...nothing. There were hills and mountains in the distance, but nothing in front of him. The grass on the field was a nice emerald green.
"Oh Mattie, where are you?" The country was a little confused and even more scared. The forest of maple trees had disappeared, leaving Mattie in a strange place. The only thing he could think to do was start walking.
First though he quickly changed into something a little less dirt and sweat covered. Placing the wallet and the tool into his pocket, he walked out the door thinking,
"You never know when those might come in handy." Just a simple red sweatshirt and jeans he found in a back room were a part of his new costume. Locking the door, (as he found a key to do so), he started on his way.
The place he landed was peaceful and quiet. He walked a little ways down the hill, before a motor was heard behind him. He turned a little late in turning around and seeing the TARDIS being loaded on a truck and taken. Mattie chased it till he was out of breath. He finally gave up. Walk. All he could do was walk.
The area surrounding him looked like Earth, but with going into time, could space be all that outrageous. The Doctor did say he was an alien after all.
After a while of travel, Mattie found a small town. There were shops and little houses everywhere. There were people walking around and living normal lives. As to what their ethnicity, he had no idea. He continued down the middle of what appered to be a Main Street, getting stares from some of the townspeople. One little girl was brave enough to stop him.
"Who are you?" (Where has Mattie heard that one before?)
"My name is-" Canada stopped. Ever since he first met the Doctor, he wondered what his real name was. For whatever reason the Doctor had taken an alias, maybe to protect the flow of time? Well thinking quickly he thought of one.
"My name is Moose. Do you know where I am?" The girl didn't answer and went on her way.
"Well that was strange." Mattie turned to look for a post office or something.
"Howdy there partner!"
"Ahhh! Al, don't- Oh sorry I thought you were someone else." Mattie said as he made the mental note of being in America.
"That's ok. My name is Sheriff Marks. You look like a newcomer. We don't get newcomers here often." Mattie turned to see a man in a tan shirt and pants standing there. His shirt had a star that said 'Sheriff' on it. His hair was brown and gel to the side.
"I can tell. That girl over there... Anyway, do you know where I am?"
"Why you're in Small Town, USA!"
"Ok what state is that in?"
"What do you mean state? We vetoed the states about 50 years ago. You sound a bit lost partner."
"What? Oh no, I was just reading a book about the states!" Canada became very nervous, his face fleshed and he started sweating.
"Alright partner, if you say so. Say, what is your name?"
"Moose."
"Well Moose, if you have any questions, you can talk to me. And Welcome to Small Town."
Mattie walked down the street into a cafe labeled Small Town Cafe. He was sure here he would find a newspaper. In the cafe there were people everywhere. They were sitting at the tables talking and chatting like normal. He stepped up to the counter.
"Um, hello. Could you help me?" the girl behind the counter hopped up from her spot on the ground.
"Hello welcome to Small Town Cafe, my name is Hero Summers! How can I help you today?" the brunette girl looked at him with blue eyes hoping to be helpful.
"Hi Ms. Summers, do you happen to have a newspaper or something?"
"Um sorry sir we ran out of News papers in the year 2021. I do however have the latest news update, would you like to see that?"
"Yes I would!" He said all too excited. Hero smiled and passed him a small micro chip. Mattie looked at it as a foreign device and then at Hero. She just stared at him and waited.
"Is something wrong sir?"
"Um, I don't know how to read this. I don't have anything for this." Hero gave him a weird look.
"I think I might have a spare one. How do you not have one? If you don't mind me asking." She asked as she handed him an IPod looking device.
"I'm new here."
"Where Planet Earth?"
"Ha-ha. Good one. I broke my last one and haven't had a chance to get a new one." Hero looked at him even more. Her thoughts must have been along the lines of "Who is this guy and where is he from? Who doesn'tknow about Triacmid?"
Mattie took the Triacmid (as the name stated on the back) and powered it on. The screen lit up and the logo flashed. The words insert data chip slid on the screen. Mattie places the news chip into the slot and the news popped up.
Small Town Access November 28, 2112
SMALL TOWN GETS A NEW HERO!
Another hero announced today as a child saves an old lady's cat from...
Mattie wasn't concerned with the news so much as the date. 2112. It had been 100 years. He had actually traveled in time. He must have stared at the wall for 15 minutes thinking about the feat he just accomplished. Hero snapped him out of his daze.
Everybody was standing up and facing the door. Mattie turned and stood just as huge brown bug humanoid like creatures stepped through the door. They wore a black kind of armor and had pinchers on their faces. Attached to their ears, they had ear pieces, probably communicators. A symbol resembling a "Z" with an eight layered on top of it. They carried guns and a sinister look.
Without hesitation, Hero opened the register, pulled out the money and started towards the leader of the small platoon. Just as she was about to hand the money over, a man from the corner jumped up and grabbed the leader.
"Long live the resistance!" His voice echoed as one of the other members shot the man. Only making it clear to Mattie that the gun ,was a laser. The man designated and the leader turned to the horrified crowed.
"Any other rebels will be terminated on the spot. We will leave in peace this time, but let this be a warning to all of the citizens of Small Town, the next interference with the Zumbalo will cause an end to all." Mattie would have laughed at the name Zumbalo, but he was afraid of dying.
The aliens left and everyone went back to life as normal, with a sort of shaken up atmosphere.
"What in the world was that? Why did he take your money? Is that guy dead? What is going on?!" Mattie was freaking out. He just didn't understand so he was spewing questions.
Hero untied her apron came around the other side of the counter placed her hands on his shoulders before, SMACK! Mattie held his now red cheek whilst looking at the brunette.
"You sir need to calm down. Come with me." She whispered, turning to the rest of the cafe, "It's alright everybody, he is just jittery after the incident, I'm going to take him home now." The restaurant just seemed to not care, and went back to their lives.
The pair walked out of the cafe and down the street into a small light blue house. There was a white picket fence and a green lawn. The porch was covered with colored flowers and the shutters around the windows were white, just your basic Small Town house.
Hero led Mattie into the house. The pair stood in the kitchen. Hero got the frazzled man a glass of water to help him calm down.
"Now slowly and calmly tell me what the matter is."
"Well I just got here so I don't know much about what is going on. I want to know who they are, why they are here and how did they take over." Mattie's voice was strained and serious as he thought of his brother, worrying of the horrors he had to face. Hero sighed and started to explain.
"They are the Zumbalo, similar to a cross between a cricket and a beetle, only larger in size and humanoid. No one knows exactly where they come from, they just sort of appeared one day, guns and all. Now as for how they took over, easy they held the country leaders at gun point and said 'Give us power.' We have tried to resist but one wrong move and you're a pile of dust. The resistance is however trying to find a way around it."
"So what happened to the states? Why are all the people bunched up in towns?" Mattie tried to ask without sounding too abnormal.
"Moose, you sure are one out of tune dude, but I'll humor you. When the rebellion started, all the people came together to fight the Zumbalo, the streets were lined with posters that said 'United We Stand', my father helped then." Her gaze got distant as she recalled the times her father told her stories of all the pride the people felt. She could hear the shouts of 'For America, For the World.'
"Anyway," she continued, "We are the 2nd generation of rebels, and we think, we are almost there. We might be getting close. Freedom is in our grasp!"
"Well I want to help! What can I do?" Mattie didn't know where his amazing spark of courage came from, he's probably hanging out with America too much and his I-Have-To-Be-A-Hero-All-The-Time attitude rubbed off on him, or was it the phrase Hero seemed to have pulled from his memories, making him want to find Alfred and maybe even the others.
"One question though, before we move on." Mattie gulped. "Have you heard of a man by the name of Alfred Jones?"
"No, who was he?"
"He was sort of a government worker."
"Like I said before, any government worker was either killed or taken into captivity. That was almost 50 years ago, so even if he was only taken into captivity, he would be dead now. Sorry." Hero studied him for a moment.
"How do I know I can trust you?" She questioned. Here this clueless guy comes with no idea where he was or what was going on, and now he wanted to help them? What's his play? Is he an ally to the Zumbalo? One way to find out, she told herself.
Hero smiled a coy smile before dragging him into the basement all the while explaining.
"You're in luck Moose! You just so happened to have met the leader of the resistance. My father being the first, before warned being apart of the resistance will put your life in serious danger."
"What do I have to lose?" he said remembering the TARDIS.
"Good, remember that."
She led him to a huge silver door hidden by a quilt on the wall. She pressed in a code and the door opened. There was a tunnel leading to who knows where. Gulping Mattie stepped in, feeling as though the light of day might not grace him for a long while.
A/N: wow long chapter.-_- bye! Um for those wondering, I just kind of threw letters together to come up with "Zumbalo" I think it sounds sort of comical. As far as it sounding like an alien race, well, just use your imagination. Anyway, here is chapter 2. Remember to review.
