Gilbert

Francis had argued with me about leaving and now I wished I had listened as the wood underneath my foot made yet another creak. Damn this animal better not have unawesomely good hearing!

"Ivan! Ivan where are you?" I shout whispered, creeping like a ninja through the hallway going past the living room which had been abandoned and a huge room full of games such as pool and a darts board, there was even a swimming pool. "Ivan you better get your ass out here or the awesome me will kick your ass!" My journey had taken me back to the front of the house next to a set of old wooden stairs yet I had a bad feeling up going up them.

"Hm it would be fun to see you try, da?" I jumped turning behind me to see the Russian towering over me an unawesome yelp escaped my mouth. "How is Feliciano?"

"Feli is not dead if that's vhat you mean." A scream could be heard down the hallway which made me shiver. "He's in a lot of pain though I mean listen he doesn't even sound like himself any more."

"At least we noticed unlike Lovino, we should have noticed." Ivan's eyes filled with something that looked like regret, so the giant was friendly after all!

"Aw I knew you cared big guy!" I punched his shoulder with a grin as he frowned, his purple eyes turning back to piercing my soul mode; Matthew's were so much prettier even when he was angry they belonged to an angel. "Did you get the police and paramedics because it is urgent, wait for dead people do you have to ring someone?" Ivan hit me on the head.

"Ow! What was that for?" I questioned wincing, he had a hard hit.

"Look." He held up a phone that had been ripped apart, the screen was smashed and the chips crushed. Unfortunately it wasn't that neat it was as if that animal had bitten the phone and shook it apart with its head swinging from side to side. "It's smart, not a normal rabid animal."

"T-That's Luddy's phone." I gasped grabbing the remaining bits from Ivan's large hands to look over and yes there was no mistake it was my younger brothers tiny bits fell through my hands onto the floor.

"Everybody else's is the same." Ivan told me seriously his voice colder than normal. "The two landline phones down here are cut; we have no way with communicating outside."

"So this animal has cut us off from the outside world?" I looked to the Russian who nodded only making my stomach drop further. "Nobody will realise we are missing?"

"We are alone." Ivan agreed with a nod that made me gulp with realisation.

"The problem is ve're not." I muttered though Ivan heard and tilted his head in confusion.

"How come the one time you make sense it is not helpful?" He questioned a small grin on his face as I punched him again knowing that it wouldn't hurt him.

"Very funny what should we do now?" I asked him playing with my hand. "I don't want to return with only bad news it would be unawesome of the awesome me."

"Da, Yao would not be happy." Ivan rubbed his chin agreeing, see it had to be the end of the world we actually agreed with one another. "We should probably look to see if Arthur has a computer or a tablet maybe we could go online and ask for help."

"Awesome let's go!" I cheered arm up in the air turning to go back down the hall for one of the rooms, Ivan raised an eyebrow. "Upstairs is bad news I got a feeling and in these circumstances I'm not going against them, not for anybody."

"Da fair enough." Ivan shrugged as we turned to head into the living room once more.

Francis

"What's going on?" Alfred questioned answering all our thoughts as Yao ran from his position with Matthew and Antonio to the Italians side cursing Chinese profanities all the while.

"Not good." Kiku muttered his emotionless façade completely gone as he checked Feliciano before his eyes flickered back to meet mine. "He needs stitches badly; the blood loss is way too much it was a miracle he was awake till now."

"So does Arthur and we are stuck in the kitchen aru!" Yao yelled more to himself then anybody stressed. "We have no idea if the basement leads elsewhere and they won't live out the day, Feliciano won't even live out the next couple of hours aru!"

"We can use kitchen roll as temporary bandages not that it would even be anywhere near a solution." Kiku earned a nod off Yao and rushed to the nearby sink and grabbed the kitchen roll running back and beginning to bandage Arthur while Yao started on Feliciano.

"Feliciano wake up!" Ludwig still shook the small boy who refused to respond, Yao's words had sent him other the edge his brain no longer thinking just wanting the Italian to jump up and call it all a joke. "Feliciano!"

"You have to let him rest, his body will heal faster now he is asleep mon ami." I told Ludwig who looked at me sceptical as he carried on shouting at the Italian. "Not having to keep himself awake means that his body can focus on healing instead, there is such a thing as a medically induced coma for a reason." My explanation seemed to calm he as he stepped back no longer shouting as if accepting my words, if I was right was another question because personally I knew that everyone word coming from my mouth was made up on the spot, so did Yao though he kept quiet. Sometimes lies were more healing than the truth.

"Maybe you should say something aru." Yao spoke up not meeting the German's miserable blue eyes. "Just in case he doesn't make it at least you can have a goodbye aru."

"Yao!" Kiku responded sharply looking up other to his cousin.

"Feliciano gave him his goodbye; Ludwig should at least repay in kind aru." Yao answered looking back to Kiku who just shook his head looking away.

"You don't have to Ludwig-kun, Feliciano is not dead yet." Kiku told him going back to the Arthur's bandages where blood was quick to seep through turning the white a not so pleasant red.

"Nein, Yao is right." Ludwig leaned down kissing the Italians head, nose and finally lips.

"In case Ivan has failed with his mission or been attacked by the beast I want to say ich liebe dich. You are the best friend and lover anyone could ever ask for and one of the few people who didn't think me cold hearted. I remember when we first met while on a painting ball trip with the school you were hiding in a tomato create and I am glad not to have shot you because otherwise we wouldn't have hid together and had time to talk. You are the kindest person I have ever met still saying that I am selfish, please don't leave me Feliciano. Please don't leave…" Ludwig began to sob, Antonio knowing the feeling all too well moved next to German engulfing him in a hug as he let out everything, it was strange to see the two so close yet it made perfect sense at the same time. Everything was turning to hell.

"Oh Gilbert, Ivan where are you?" I looked towards the hallway doorway.

NOTE: Well Ivan and Gilbert haven't left and are actually trying to help, with Gilbert having a smart moment... Feli and Arthur are dying still and worse again Feliciano won't even last the next few hours :/ so yeah if they want to keep him alive they really need to do something however they are only teenagers stuck in a house in the countryside with a beast roaming the house and yep everyone has now worked out this ain't no normal animal. (If any of you do find an normal animal with a huge wolf appearance and a scorpion tail then run away because that ain't normal!) I wonder if Gilbert's bad feeling is correct as someone will eventually have to go upstairs but then how bad could it really be? Mwhaha!

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By the way in case you didn't catch on the scream heard by Ivan and Gilbert was Arthur not Feliciano's 'he doesn't even sound like himself' being the hint so for any of you who got that well done! Just telling you here because unlike other hints it will not be confirmed in the story.

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