Note: Someone's going to die though it will be mentioned in greater detail later on when it has more victims ~ oh, almost forgot to tell you we will start from when the Nordics left for their scouting which leads into a bit of back story about some of the two weeks we were we with England. Finland's POV
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We were hurrying out of the door ignoring someone asking us about something or the other. I was more worried about Ice than anything else what had caused him to cry so publically. It was not like him at all but then ever since we got here he has been out of character, then again so had everybody. Sweden stood close to me and I could tell he was worried about Iceland too. We headed towards the inside of our area before heading out stretching further and further from the main base. The area that is what we called all of our space. We seemed to blocked off from the others we could not go upstairs and we only have half a floor, it was like we were left on our own for our final days, separated until we finally fade away. At first we questioned America about what was going on or see if any other nation knew but they were all clueless as well as vague. That and America was a lot more worried about England who was the first to fall. Most people put it down to it being the Fourth of July though Canada seemed not believe this and so when the next fell chaos spread.
"Norway?" Greece yawned looking up to see the nation collapse. Greece got over and bent over shaking the nation getting no response. He then looked around the room as if deciding what best to do. "Norway has fallen and is unresponsive." He said out loud not waning to have to repeat it though not shouting, he did not need to the room was quiet as they all turned to stare.
"Hey Norway why you laying down there?" Denmark was the first to break the silence and move, Iceland was close behind with a frown plastered on his face.
"He is probably just dehydrated or something." Germany giving a logical reason trying to calming people down.
"His pulse is the same as England's." Japan said looking up at me and the rest of us Nordics who were huddled around Norway. I remember the next few second before Japan spoke well. Denmark had wiped his smile off his face serious for once. Sweden's grip on my shoulders tightened, he was worried for Norway as well as me as if I would fall at any second. Though to be honest we could. I remember crying into Sweden's shoulder for Norway he was been a really close friend of mine and it was almost like Japan was telling us he was dead. NATIONS DO NOT GET ILL, WE DISSAPEAR. This was a sign of death and everybody in that room knew it. Weather it was plain on their face or hidden away in their eyes. They told us he was not ill but disappearing and anybody could be next. Iceland stared at Norway then at everybody else, his face still hiding the pain away before Japan told us the news.
"England is not just depressed because of the Fourth of July. We have a serious disease on our hands, one that affects nation's. I am sorry but Norway is in a dream state condition." He announced knowing that lying would only cause more problems. Iceland started crying and fell to the ground besides Norway. Denmark looked at Iceland for a second before crouching trying to comfort him. Still crying I went over and hugged Iceland, he hugged back. Sweden let one tear fall down his face before composing himself not wanting to put us on edge any more. What happens next is blurry in my mind all I remember is several people putting him in one of the bedrooms in the corridor. It was further up than England's room I think but there was still a few further up again. We went to that room often. Denmark and Iceland staying there until ordered to move. They sat their silently I half expected Denmark to shout out, "awkward!" As a joke but he didn't. They went on scouting duty with us after Germany's team and before France's lot.
I had been walking while thinking about what happened when Iceland stopped. I walked into him bringing me back to the here and now. I apologised to him but he acted as if I said nothing but standing so close I knew it was not possible.
"It's about Norway isn't it?" Denmark questioned solemnly. Iceland nodded.
"Japan told me what England told him. I was the first he told." Iceland shuffled clearly displease about being in the spot light. He was very timid even around us.
"What was it?" I asked nervously but someone had to, he clearly would not tell us otherwise.
"They get stuck in their memories. Japan told me that when he asked England his voice darkened and was not willing to share more than that. It is clearly bad if it is something that even England does not want to talk about. He has been through more than a lot of nations and reacts like that. What will Norway act like when wakes up?" Iceland breaks down again before returning to his normal standoffish self. The look on his face changes a lot one minute standoffish the next like a kicked puppy. He walks ahead letting what he said sink in. Denmark soon followed after Iceland not saying anything or comforting Iceland. He needed to sort out his own thoughts. Me and Sweden hanged back a bit longer.
"Never leave me." I whispered, feeling bad for Norway but I just couldn't help it. I would be lost without Su-san I had become so used to him being there if he just disappeared; I do not know what I would do. My eyes watered at the thought.
"Nev'r." Sweden told me hugging me and kissing the top of my head. He was so sweet and I lent into his body, are bodies fitting together perfectly as if made for each other. We kissed for a moment for a moment before pulling apart hurrying after Denmark and Iceland. Sweden had a slight smile pulling at his lips making him look even more handsome as a light blush appeared just underneath his glasses.
We had almost finished are scouting we just had to go along the way at the right of our area. Things had stayed silent since we caught back up with them. Iceland poked Denmark and pointed to something. I exchanged a look at Sweden asking what was going on he just shrugged not knowing either. The Dane began running over letting us see what was happening. A girl in a bright pink qipao with long brown hair and pink flowers was sprawled on the floor. I ran after them helping the girl, her eyes far off.
"They died, every last one of them dead but how? Countries cannot die. They can't die!" The girl was talking to herself.
"Did you say dead?" I gulped nervous. Taiwan's eyes became clear and stared at me.
"Yes right in front of my eyes, it came out of nowhere and before I knew they fell lifeless to the fall and I did nothing, nothing!" She screeched clearly plagued by what happen. The Nordic's glanced at each other not knowing what to say.
"This was not the dream state right? You were physically attacked?" Denmark asked wanting to make sure.
"That's what you call that coma thing? No, this was different it was real." She told them tears streaming down her face. "I am not lying they are well and truly gone."
"''o?" Sweden asked. Taiwan looked confused tilting her head.
"Who?" I translated for her.
She took a struggled breath before talking, "Ukraine, Korea, Thailand and Estonia. Ukraine came just so she could talk to another girl, me, and she died. Russia is going to kill me, no, he should kill me I deserve it. Why did I survive? Why did they not find the hole in the floor?" She smashed her head into the floor blood trickled down her head but Sweden stopped her.
"No one is killing anyone." Iceland said coolly he was fed up of people going away Finland thought agreeing.
"So what did you mean hole in the floor?" I asked her curious could they get upstairs but I thought we were upstairs.
"I fell backwards as it came at me and fell the floor was their but I fell right through it as if it was a hologram." She hiccupped before he could say anything else two screams ripped through the area.
"Not again." She moaned her eyes returning to the glazed state they found her in, taking far away from here.
"It is coming from the main base we have to hurry, what happens if whatever attacked her is there." I spoke my thoughts out loud. Denmark picked up the girl gently and started running with her in his arms. We followed worried of what it actually was.
I woke up again; this was becoming a bad habit.
"Are you alright what happened?" America was literally in his face I pushed him away to find everyone but Switzerland and Japan in the room.
"Did Liechtenstein not tell you?" I asked, not bothering to sit up as I was in too much pain.
"She is in the dream state remember?" France said as if I would not.
"I know that frog, but I made a bloody deal, she will wake up." I snapped at him, the pain made my temper shorter than normal.
"What do you mean?" Turkey asked curiously walking closer to the bed.
"I got thrown into Liechtenstein's memories. One of my own characters made a deal with me so I tried making a deal with her character. They accepted and she should up any when from now to a month time at the most." I sighed keeping it as vague as possible not wanting to breech Liechtenstein's privacy, that's not something a gentleman would do.
"What was the deal?" Canada asked quietly but I still heard him, just.
"Get me a knife and I will show you. Also grab Switzerland he needs to hear this." I told them closing my eyes preparing for what I am about to do. They brought Switzerland and a knife.
"I am so sor-" Switzerland started as he entered the room.
"Do not bother you saved Liechtenstein so do not apologise." I told him the pain was making me numb.
"What?" He looked surprised.
"You are no longer allowed to touch Liechtenstein or talk to her when in the room otherwise the deal will be broken, understand?" I gazed directly into his eyes showing him I was serious.
"Okay." He was still confused but just nodded. I took the knife from Turkey and slit my wrist four times on each wrist.
"What the fuck are you doing?" America shouted grabbing the knife off me, fuming.
"Look at the blood." I told them, some of the pain leaving my body yet it was still numb. They look, they saw. Black fluid was leaving my body.
"W-what is that?" France was horrified of the stuff putting a smile on my face.
"This is why Switzerland needs to be here. I took away all her pain from her worst memories so I do not know if she will be the same when she wakes up. She will still have all her memories and most of them will still hold emotions, but the worst three I took in so she could wake up." I told them ready to be punched in the face. After all I did not ask Switzerland if it was alright his little sister might not be the same as she once was.
"Thank you, she may never woke up otherwise if that is the price she will have to pay I will help her when the time comes. I will remember this." Switzerland nodded heading back to Liechtenstein.
"You still did not answer France, England." America told me slowly as if he half did not want to know.
"That is her pain. The only way for me to be relieved of it is bleeding." England stated calmly.
"So basically you have her worst pain within you know and to get rid of it you need to cut of yourself." Germany stated I just nodded however that was hard when everything was numb. "Brave." He mumbled, complementing in Germany's own way before leaving. The rest followed however France, Canada and that idiot America stayed.
"You shouldn't have agreed to such a stupid deal." America huffed and sat in the corner of the room.
"I had a chance to save someone and you the hero are telling me not to do it?" I questioned him though he just grinded his teeth.
"I will get a bucket for the black vile." Canada muttered, not liking the black stuff flowing like oil out of my body.
"I will come with you mon ami." France hurrying after Canada clearly not wanting to left in the room with us.
"What would happen if you die? There are people who love you to." America said after a few minutes of silence. I blushed but had to remind myself he did not like me that way.
"Sealand has his adoptive parents and my brothers have wanted me dead since the day I existed. That is a lot of love." I rolled my eyes I knew my brothers cared really; I think on the other hand I never know what they are thinking.
"What about your friends?" America asked his voice softer now.
"If you're referring to that frog then you can both go die. Japans and I are close though, but he has Germany and Italy. Canada and I speak to each other now and again though I normally cannot see him which I feel bad for." I admitted.
"What about me?" He asked to which my face went red. I thanked the heavens that his back was still turned.
"Well, um." My mind went blank.
"I see how it is!" He shouted like a child having a temper tantrum.
"America that's not what I meant, please wait." I called as he reached the door.
"Ten seconds." He said coldly.
"Well um you know." I had no idea what to say. If I told the truth he would just laugh and run off to tell everyone.
"Nine." He said.
"Eight." He continued.
"Seven." He was not happy his eyes narrowed and if looks could kill I would have died ten times over by now.
"You stupid bloody git I like you!" I shouted suddenly not wanting him to leave me. He turned around and saw my face red; I placed a hand over my mouth. What did I say that for he will never speak to me again and tears descend down my face. Why did I get caught up in the moment?
"You what?" He asked me. I could not bear to look at him I fled I dismissed all the pain and ran out of the room leaving a black trial behind me. He did not come after me or say anything. I was not looking or caring where I went. I looped myself so many times now, shown by the multiple black lines on the floor. I stopped near a wall near the edge of an area, worn out. The heartbreak and pain from Liechtenstein made feel as if I was about to break but then maybe that would not be so bad what did I have to live for now anyway? The floor shot upwards my sight blurring I let the darkness engulf me.
England had been taken to his room again after the deal with Switzerland. Only then did Japan notice the girl the Nordics were carrying.
"Taiwan?" I blinked surprised. The girl looked up as if she was a child offered candy, her eyes lit up with hope.
"Japan is that really you? Please do not let this be a dream." She spoke cautiously.
"How? What?" I looked at the Nordics who avoided my gaze.
"It killed them, it called them all before they even entered the dream state." She stated hysterically. Other nations looked to see the newcomer.
"What killed who?" Germany and Hungry asked simultaneously.
"Ukraine, Korea, Thailand and Estonia." Finland said sadly. Some of the nations sighed in relief. However as annoying as Korea and Thailand were we were still close especially when we were younger. I let my hair cover my face so I could cry unseen quickly taking Taiwan off Denmark, she leaned into me and cried, then we walked to a bedroom further down the corridor and locked ourselves in. We needed some time alone.
Greece was about to go after Japan but I stopped him shaking my head.
"He needs to be alone." I told him placing a hand on his shoulder.
"How do you know Turkey? After what has happened here no one is what they were." He told me sighing. He shrugged my hand off his back offensively though the act was only half-heartedly.
"I know that." I snapped.
"I know that." He mimicked me in high pitch voice.
"Stop being so childish." I told him, I had the most fun when arguing with him.
"Stop being so childish." He mimicked again smiling. We both knew that we weren't arguing but enjoying the only thing that remained the same since all this happened. At first we did it to annoy each other but somewhere along the line it was the thing we clung to as to stay sane.
"They were killed and not by the dream state what does that mean. They died countries cannot die!" Austria asked Hungry. I thought I just misheard what Taiwan said but apparently I did not. We all gathered in the centre of the room whispering. Japan was with Taiwan. Belarus disappeared after the first week when she was looking for Russia. England was unconscious in his room with America, Canada and France. Norway was in his own room still in dream state but unlike Liechtenstein for him there was no hope in sight. We sat there in a circle me, Greece, Switzerland, Austria, Hungry, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Germany.
"Yeah apparently it attacked them right in front of her eyes." Finland told us.
"What is this it?" Switzerland asked. Sweden shrugged they did not know either it seemed.
"Do you think this it killed others?" Denmark asked. Germany paled at this but then both his brother and Italy were missing.
"We are going to have to assume so." I said truthfully we could not rule it out.
"But what can attack a country?" Germany put forward. Nobody knew a lot of looks were made between friends saying what words could not.
"Then should we be ready in case it attacks us because it probably will sooner or later." Iceland said.
"We should stay together." Greece yawned tired whatever the situation.
"It would be impossible all of the time." Hungry stressed; he could not blame her we now had to deal with the dream state and this it which could kill countries. What was once though impossible though in this house anything was possible.
"We could just stay in twos." Austria sighed wishing he never brought this up.
"Twos but what about when I am with Liechtenstein?" Switzerland asked not willing to leave her alone.
"I will stay with you." I said.
"No I will." Greece said staring at me not backing down but I would not cave either.
"You will both stay with Switzerland." Germany told us and before we could argue he cut us off. "That is the end of it." Most of us went to bed. There would be no more scouting from now on it was too risky this it would have to find us we were not going to look for it, we had enough to deal with without this. Us three stayed in the room for a few days. Then we herd England was waking up. Switzerland sent us to find out what was going on, I think he felt bad. He thinks it was his fault he forced and pled with the man and the man helped as much as he could only to end up unconscious. Though to be honest the only people to blame here were there bosses. They went to the room where we ended up having to bring Switzerland in the end as well. He tried to apologise but England said he should not he got what he wanted and in England's own way he was trying to be humble, I think. We found out Liechtenstein was going to wake up though we could no longer touch or talk to her. Germany left first most of us followed. Everyone went their separate ways to sleep though each group had a person stand guard in case it shows up.
America was now stood their speechless. He said it, this wasn't a dream was it? He pinched himself and he was still there. Finally he admitted it, yes! Maybe something good would come of all this. What should they do as a couple first, I can't wait he was going to tell everyone. This was going to be awesome.
"America where is England?" Canada shook me back into reality.
"Why he is just...Where did he go?" I looked around confused.
"He could not just disappear Amérique what do you last remember." France told him. Well me just asked him out and he, wait.
"How long had you been gone for?" I asked wanting to confirm my suspicions.
"Ten or fifteen minutes I am sorry but we do not really have many supplies we had to rummage around to find it." France apologised. So he and England were silent for five minutes then they argued and England confessed his feelings that would take no longer than two to three minutes. So he had froze somewhere from three to eight minutes.
"Fuck!" I cursed. He must have thought I rejected him letting his pride take over and running off. What have I done? He is in no condition to even move let alone run off though with the time he had he could have crawled away but this was not the time to think about that. "Why are you standing there we have to find him!" America commanded the two nations running ahead. We had been looking for England for hours but all we had found was back vile and a lot of it. England was very likely in a bad shape.
"We have to tell Germany." France told America finally.
"Yes, he and the others could help look." Canada agreed.
"Fine." America sighed I just wanted England back. I had failed England so far, I need to make it up to him. I need to tell him that I felt the same way. I had failed as a hero. No, I was no longer a hero but a idiot in love who had made a stupid mistake and needed to fix it.
"Before we go to Germany we should tell Japan though they were close." Canada said and I just nodded.
We entered the room and found Japan looking up at us.
"Why are you here?" He asked a lot calmer than he was a few days ago.
"England's gone missing, I am sorry." America told him.
"I have lost someone once again." He sighed shaking his head then he looked up confused. "But you three are around him twenty four seven how did he go missing?"
"Me and Canada left to get a bucket but Amérique was there." France said looking at him, Japan was not the only one who wanted to know.
"It's my fault." I cried I couldn't hide my emotions I had screwed up badly. They looked up at him disbelieving.
"America?" Canada said his name though it was more like a question.
"I asked him why he did he do the stupid deal, that people care about him. He said his brothers want him dead and Sealand's got Finland and Sweden. I said what about friends, he mention you three. I asked about me and he is lost for words... I got mad and was going to leave. He begged me not to and I told him he had ten seconds to change my mind. He confessed to me. Then I was going to say yes but I started daydreaming and only snapped out of it when Canada shook my shoulder." America confessed. Japan was horrified it was so rude, if he did that in his country it would be considered unforgivable. Taiwan next to him was silent. France just stood their mouth open how could he betray love. Love is a delicate rose that should be nurtured not left to wilt. Canada could not believe what his brother had done and he snapped.
"You spoilt little brat. Do you know what you have done? England has been through shit since we been here. First in the dream state nobody even tried to help him to Norway fell. Then he goes saves Liechtenstein putting himself in greater pain than whatever trauma he went through in his head. Now you break his heart while you two could be happy! You are a piece of fucking shit that should be thrown to the curb. He was already having problems outside of this. Do you even understand what I am saying? Is any of this going through that thick bloody skull of yours?" Canada was unforgiving; he punched America straight in the face and stormed straight out of the room. He was going straight to Germany to ask if a search party for England could be organised. He had to clean up America's mistake. France looked surprised at what the Canadian had done but went after him.
"America I am sorry but you needed to hear that what Canada had said, it is true. He swallowed his pride and told you. You know how much he values his pride you have broken him." Japan told him before in the first time in days walking out of that room.
"I...Broke...Him..." America repeated slowly letting it sink in.
Note: Well it is over 4,000 words, is still playing around to see what comes out best. I am writing it quick at the moment as is really enjoying this and has no homework, sort of. Anyway glad people are still reading and I got new followers! Thank you to my six lovely followers by the way and to the people that review and my two favourites. When I see all of this I feel it is all feels worth it. (Me and Italy jumps up and down happy ~ ve) Soppy moment their sorry anyway a lot of UKxUS though that went wrong (not me I meant them in the story), I am trying to hint TurkeyxGreece and SuFin as promised.