Chapter three~ Sorry for the wait. ^^; Schools been rather difficult and deciding I didn't feel like doing math (I'll do it later), I decided to write. Oh! Though, I've made up with my little sister and I'm teaching her the ways of Hetalia~ 8D Amazing, no? Now onto the story~
Could they…? Austria didn't know anymore. Then again, he almost never did.
The sound of the helicopter was loud, and by loud, Austria meant that it was almost loud enough to destroy someone's hearing. He kept his fingers locked tightly with Hungary's at all cost. It was hard to remain calm as some people actually broke into tears.
Did they finally notice that they had no way of winning?
He took notice of a young brunette, who was on the very edge of crying. He was biting his finger harshly and twitched every time his partner touched him.
"Everything will be ok, da~?" his partner comforted loudly for everyone to hear.
It didn't appear to help… Only make the boy's crying louder.
"All Representatives, please pay some attention."
Everyone turned their heads to look at a tall guard. He held a gun firmly in his hands. Austria felt himself gulp.
The man smiled… Almost… Cruelly.
"All Representatives will have to jump from the plane and-" the man was cut off by some outburst from some of the Countries.
A man with green eyes and brown hair, yelled with a Spanish accent. "NO! THIS IS UNFAIR! HOW ARE WE TO LIVE WHEN WE HAVE TO JUMP FROM PLANES!" A girl clung to his arm to stop him from leaving her side. "Spain, please stop!" she pledged in turn.
Another. "DUDE, THAT'S SO UNCOOL!"
Another. "As long as Russia is given a safe place to land." Ok, that girl was a scary one.
The guard shot at the floor to silence them. "Fear not! We will be flying over a lake… You will get to jump when you feel ready. And hopefully… You'll land in the lake." the man's cruel smile returned.
Everyone was silenced, taking in this man's words.
"Anyone ready…?" The guard asked, seconds later.
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"I am~." the one who tried comforting his crying companion raised his hand. His partner made a sound and looked at him.
"No! Mr. Russia! Please!" his begging went unheard as Russia took hold of his arm and dragged him to the opened side door.
The guard looked at them, pleased. "May the odds…"
He didn't finish as Russia finished for him while jumping, "Be ever in your favor~"
While his partner only screamed as the two fell.
Two girls suddenly stood and quickly walked to the door.
"Ready so soon?" the guard raised an amused eyebrow.
Both girls didn't even flinch. "Russia." the one who spoken up about him earlier said and just jumped, her dress raising up. Austria was tempted to look away but he couldn't… He was amazed by her boldness.
The second girl, gave a small smile.
"We're ready." and she jumped too.
The cruel man looked at the rest of them. Who would go next? No one seemed ready.
"It's time… For the Hero to go!" the one who said 'dude' suddenly said. Austria noted that he looked slightly scared as he moved towards the open sky. His partner followed him slowly.. Quietly.
"Time to go!" he jumped as the guard started to speak.
The partner trembled and took a deep breath, "… May the odds… Be ever in America's favor…" He jumped.
The guard blinked, "Who was that kid?" he actually asked.
Hungary looked at Austria and he locked eyes with her. She only mouthed, "… Let's jump."
He knew he couldn't escape now. He was near his end… But he nodded and stood, they still locked hands as they made their way over to the guard.
"A couple, eh?" he asked.
"No. Friends." Hungary challenged.
"Whatever. Jump when you feel like it." he didn't even try to say the natural line.
But it didn't matter anymore. What favor? What odds?
Austria only held on tightly to the girl's hand.
"Don't let go, Austria. Don't let go." Hungary said to him.
He stared down at the huge lake… Watching other people fall.
Some quiet… Some screaming.
"Yeah. Don't let go." And he pulled her into the jump.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Austria heard Hungary's scream, he knew that she didn't expect him to be the one to decide when to jump. He felt the cold fear running through his veins.. But also the slight thrill. He tried hard to keep hold of the woman's hand but the wind was tearing them apart.
"AUSTRIA!" he heard her scream, "DON'T LE~T GO OF ME!"
"I WO~N'T!" he yelled back to her.
"THE LAKE! IT'LL MAYBE HURT ALI~TTLE! YOUR E~ARS WILL P~P~POP~!" she screamed out over the air, flying fastly pass their ears, making it hard to hear.
Austria's eyes could barely stay open, he was glad that he didn't need glasses to see, if he did, he would have needed to find a way not to lose them in the fall. He could only slightly make out the Game Arena. It was a huge forest and it seemed that the lake was the middle point of it. And maybe the only place to get water.
"ARE WE GOING TO MA~KE IT?" he called aloud, doubts starting to enter his mind.
"YES!" was the only answer he received.
He could make out other people screaming as the edged closer to the earth. Austria tried popping his ears to close them up for when they hit the water.
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SPLASH!
Austria barely had time to hold his breath as he hit the water at full speed, he felt his fingers be broken from Hungary's grasp. He opened his mouth to call for her but his mouth was only filled with water. Where was the surface? He kicked around as he felt other people falling into the water. At one point, he felt someone land on top of him, making him silently scream, more water entering his lungs. Was this going to be it? Dying so soon? It didn't seem fair…
He felt someone grab his arm and pull him above water. Austria gasped and choked, "H-Hungary?" he splashed his arms around.
"Shut up! Where is Liechtenstein? Do you know?" it was the green-eyed beauty who saved him. His blonde hair was wet and he, himself, was gasping for breath.
"No, I don't. I didn't see her!"
"ITALY, ITALY!"
"ICELAND!"
"BELGIUM!"
So many names were being called, so much confusion. No one was bothering to attack each other yet.
Austria swam with the beauty to the edge of the water, where many people were heading. Some were heading for the pile of weapons and supplies. Some were only going to the edge to get out of the water.
He climbed out and looked out at the water, "HUNGARY!" he yelled.
"LIECHTENSTEIN!" it seemed like a mouthful to yell.
Austria looked all around, but it seemed useless. So many heads were swimming in the water. Some weren't even moving.
Passed out, maybe?
He could only hope.
"Where are they?" he looked towards the blonde who stood with his fist clenched.
"How am I suppose to know, Smart-one!"
"ITALY!"
"ROMANOOOO!"
Austria looked to the side of the lake and saw two boys who clenched onto each other. The one with darker hair was trying to pull the one with lighter hair onto land.
"It hurts!"
"What does?"
"My arm! No! Stop pulling, Romano!"
Austria stared at them, having a impulse to rush to their aid. He took a step until he remembered that he needed to find Hungary first. The beauty seemed to be starting to freak out.
"Liechtenstein… Where are you…?" he mumbled under his breath.
"H-hey B-" Austria cut off… He about called the blonde "Beauty". It wasn't his fault. He didn't know of what else to call him.
The young man looked at him, wide-eyed. "Were you about to call me a bi-"
"B-brother…"
Austria never heard him finish as he looked towards the water and they both as his sister swimming to the edge. The guns-man ran to the water and pulled the girl out of the lake.
"Can you run..?"
He received a nod. He turned to Austria and gave him the smallest of nods. "Good luck with finding your teammate. Remember watch out for ones who view you as cat food!"
The siblings turned and ran for the woods. But the beauty made sure to knock Greece down to take his gun.
Austria looked around, checking his back to make sure no one came up behind him. Where was she? He saw a bow and pack of arrows, he picked the item up. It was his best way of defense at this point in time. He wondered if Hungary died from the fall. She couldn't be, not now. Not ever.
Everyone was moving so fast…
"Austria, mooooove!" The brunette looked to the side to see Hungary ingaged in battle with Prussia. Move? She said move.. He barely had time to turn around as he was hit to the ground.
Ow! He was hit in the stomach... Hard. He looked up to his attacker to see the one called "Russia".
"You become one with me now, da?" He asked, holding a pipe up to hit him again.
"A-a-ah.. No!" he readied his bow and arrow, pointing it up at the Russian's heart. He felt his hands tremble.
"Aww, to bad," he smiled and leaned down close to Austria while the Russian's partner stood behind him to cover his back, "But you're also of no use t-" he fell over onto his side as it seemed that Prussia flew through the air and tackled him. They were in a bundle of kicks and punches as they tried to knock each other out.
Russia's partner was looking at the mess, not seeming to know what to do. "M-mr. Russia?"
Hungary was by Austria side, seconds later. "Austria! You ok? We gotta move!"
He climbed to his feet with aid from the girl and they both ran towards the woods. The safe zone at that point. He noticed that Hungary carried a sword in her hand. So she did make it out of the water. They were just separated for awhile. At least they both were armed.. In case of another attack.
The team wondered through the woods. Heading away from the sound of screaming and yelling. Austria wondered if anyone was killed yet. The image of the two boys came into his mind. He actually hoped that they were okay. They seemed young…. Well, younger than Hungary and him anyway.
"Austria… We got enemies…" Hungary spoke him out of his thoughts.
"Of course… Everyone here is…" was his simple reply.
"No. Prussia… He came for me personally… Told his brother to leave me and… "Pretty Boy".. You. To him… Austria, Prussia is going to try and hunt us down."
Okaaaaay~ Finally finished this chapter. I'm sorry if it's derpy. Cause, personally, I've never written out a fighting scene so I didn't really know what to do. Took me two days to write.
Well, I didn't want to completely copy the Hunger Games so I'm changing a lot of stuff up so I'm sorry if it seems weird, odd, whatever you wanna call it. Review please? ^w^ Oh, and if you have questions, please don't be sky~