Hey guys! I'm going to try and cram one more chapter into today!
AnonChan1: I can do it! Kinda. It's hilarious, but very disturbing. It just makes you laugh but wonder why it was made. Alright. It is. LL might have had to do with a bit of that. The older siblings had to teach them something growing up, right? Hopefully! (NEENEE PAPA) They are, but he never forgets that. There was a massive stab in the back by Germany that will come later in the main story. Hahaha, especially with Germany, the guy is about 200 years old! The Italian siblings are cradle robbers. Every one of them are dating someone at least six hundred years younger than them. It is... He went there and he's going to get it. I'm taking that as a request to do later~! The mafia family, jesus.
Liberty wasn't even fully awake to know something was wrong. She had fallen asleep on Prussia, not on a bed and he knew not to move her. She sat up quickly and Germany jumped up, "Vhat's going on?"
The woman looked around and noticed what was missing, "Prussia, you ass, you promised!" Germany's eyes widened and he looked around.
"BRUDER!" Japan and Veneziano got up at the man's heartbroken scream. Tears poured down Germany's and Liberty's face as Veneziano looked around shocked. "VERDAMMT!"
By the time Veneziano and Japan got the other two to calm down, Germany decided to set his mind to something productive to ignore his feelings. Veneziano decided to stay with him while Japan and Liberty decided to go check out some odd sounds coming from downstairs. The two immortals recognized the faint auras and immediately drew their blades to go help. The thing was right in front of England when the two took symmetrical slices out of it and pushed it away from their old friend.
"I won't let you lay a hand on my friends," Japan growled.
"Back off. I lost someone to you already, I'm not losing another," Liberty did in a similar tone.
England swallowed, "Japan, Liberty?"
The two looked around at the others. "Now everyone is together. How ever, I'll ask you to wait a little before we can talk," Japan requested.
China stared at them, "You did come here!"
Liberty nodded, "Yeah, but we need to deal with this."
Canada reached a hand up, "B-But it's awfully strong."
Russia nodded, "We'll help?"
The two looked over their friend's injuries and Liberty growled, but Japan translated for her, "No need to worry...It really did a number on you, didn't it? Allow us to pay it back in kind for injuries you sustained. This is quite a convenient opponent for us to unleash our wrath on!" He looked at Liberty and smirked. She snarled at the man, but turned to the beast. It hurt her family. No one touches her family.
Just as they were about to kill it, the beast noted it had nowhere to run to and seeped into the floor, disappearing. Liberty panted and ran over to the sink and began heaving as some of the others joked. Canada sent a retort to Russia and came to help his mother. He took her hair from her mid back and held it back as she coughed and rubbed her mouth, spitting the taste away. "Damn."
The man rubbed her back and smiled encouragingly, "It's ok, Maman. What happened?" She shook her head and Japan came over.
"...There are many things we need to talk about. First of all, let's go to the second floor. I know of a safe room there," He said for the others to hear and she cleared her throat. Russia took her other side and she smiled uncertainly at him.
"You will be fine, Aunty." She smiled and continued on to the room that she had first hid with Germany in, ignoring the chit-chat.
"Hey, Venie. They're here."
Her brother looked up and smiled weakly at the sight of the others, "What? So everyone is here! Let's go back to the fireplace room then! Some are missing, but we'll have an emergency meeting now." He knocked on the iron door to grab Germany's attention and looked to Japan.
He took the signal, "Germany, if you're ready, let's go. They can't wait."
"Understood," The man grunted from behind the door and pushed his way out. Venie stood and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Are you-a okay now? Do you-a want to go in-a there again?"
Germany and Liberty shared a look, "No, it's okay. And I probably von't come back here. Or rather, I hope I von't."
"Really? I hope so. Now, let's hurry up. We can't take our time here. We need to talk to them as soon as possible," Japan asserted.
Liberty nodded, "We need to catch them up on what's happened."
The blonde looked between the two sadly, "Jou haven't found him, have jou...?"
Japan paused, "...No."
"I-it'll-a be okay! Cheer up, Germany! If you're-a like that, we'll-a never find Prussia!" Venie cheered weakly.
Germany smiled at his friend's attempt to cheer him up, "You're right. Sorry."
Japan smiled weakly, "Come on, they're waiting for us." They followed him and Liberty and Germany stuck close together. When they entered the room, Liberty dove under the sheets of the bed and listened to Japan quietly.
"Sorry for making you wait. Now, without further ado, I'll explain our situation." The German walked over to the fireplace and clenched his fists. Canada came and sat on the bed next to where his second mother was hiding.
"First, as you know, I received a message from China saying that you had arrived here, and Italy thought it would be interesting and wanted to come as well. So Germany, Italy, Prussia, Liberty and I came here. First, I went to take a look around, but in the meantime, that monster you saw before appeared and attacked them."
England gulped and looked at the short man, "W-were you all right after that?"
Veneziano nodded seriously, looking into the fireplace as well. "Yeah, somehow. For-a better or worse, it-a seemed to be targeting-a me, and I'm-a good at running away, so I got to-a escape."
"You got away?! That's amazing..." China breathed, looking over the man.
Japan nodded, "Eventually, while we didn't know the true nature of that thing, we all got together again and spent the night in this room, with a sense of security because we had the key to it."
"The night..."
Canade looked to Russia, who had just spoken, "Th-that really is odd...I mean, we-oh, I'm sorry. Please go on." He gestured to Japan to continue.
Apart from them, Veneziano and Germany seemed to be having a small conversation, "We've-a run out of firewood. Can I-a burn this wooden box?"
His friend nodded, "Yes, let's burn anyzing zat can be used as fuel."
On the other side of the room, Japan continued the briefing, "We decided that one of us should keep watch and Prussia kindly took up this duty," Liberty laughed bittery, but Japan ignored her. "But maybe because of our sense of security, the four of us fell into a deep sleep..."
Japan looked down as the fireplace began to smoke, "When we woke up...Prussia was gone. There were bloodstains in the hallway, so I followed the trail, but...eventually..."
Russia picked up on where he was going, "The trail ended..." Canada swallowed and rubbed Liberty's back. Some of the nations might have had suspicions, but he knew she was crying under the covers. She reached out a hand and her took it, squeezing it reassuringly.
The other auburnet in the room continued to watch the fire eat away at the wood, "We-a tried looking for him, but we didn't-a want to-a lose anybody else, so Germany and-a I stood by. And then, Japan and Sorellona found you guys, right?"
"Yes. And that's what happened to us. But...I thought for sure that America and France would be here, too?" Japan asked cocking his head.
England sighed and ran his hand through his hair, "Yeah, the six of us came here on America's suggestion and split up into two groups. China, France and I went to check out the second floor, while America, Russia and Canada looked around the first floor."
China piped up, "We had a bad feeling while we were on the second floor, so Opium and I want to check out the third and fourth floor. When we finished looking and came down to the second floor, France was gone and I found Japan's burnt clothes in this room, and I wondered what had happened." Liberty wiped her eyes and poked her head out to look at them.
His other search buddy picked up the tab, "We came back to the first floor and found Russia and Canada fighting that Thing. That bastard disappeared the first chance it got."
"Do either of you two feel it?" Liberty asked.
England frowned, "Something isn't right about the aura of this place."
China looked at him and snorted, "There isn't!"
Liberty sighed, "China, England is better with the dead. You're more of the living aura expert. If England says there's something wrong with this place supernaturally, I believe him. He's not the only one who can feel it. The monster is practically the house itself."
"Really? But another thing about that monster..."
Germany caught onto Japan's train of thought, "It resembles a friend of America's, doesn't it?"
China grinned, "That's right! I noticed it the moment I saw it! That's definitely it! Um...it's name was..."
"To...Tommy? Wasn't it?"
Liberty and Canada shared a look, "You assholes. You met Tony three years ago and almost helped up with the Pictonians, remember?"
"She's right, it's not Tony."
Russia and Japan looked down, "We could have sworn it was that was America's friend.
"I live close to America and I've met Tony several times. I suppose they do look alike. But even so...he would never attack America."
Her eyes widened and she turned to Canada, "No, Matthew, don't tell me-"
"I don't know, Maman, I'm sorry," He whispered. She shook her head and pulled him into her arms.
"No, no nono, Attie, it wasn't your fault. It was America's decision, right?"
He nodded weakly and wrapped his arms around her, "Oui, it was only one hit, but... America was thrown against the wall, but he was still conscious somehow and began shooting at it. It had no effect at all, though... We thought it was America's friend at first, but when it suddenly attacked America and America seemed to fight back for real... We realized that we were probably wrong."
England jumped in, "So that's why we heard shooting."
Liberty chuckled and quietly whispered, "Classic America. Shot first, questions later." Canada let out a teary laugh.
"True."
Russia shook his head, "We had no idea what to do. He was getting cornered, and when we tried to do something about it, he yelled at us to get away."
Canada pulled away from his mother a tiny bit to turn to the crowd, "I think he... wanted to handle it on his own. But it was strong even for the three of us, so we decided to get away from him. I couldn't fight it, though...I lowered my guard for one moment and was knocked out. When I came to, both that creature and America were...gone. I-I'm sorry, Russia, for all the trouble I gave you..."
The large man shook his head, "No, you weren't a burden at all! It's pretty hard to fright while you protect someone~But if you want to thank me, why don't you become one with Russia?"
"Ew, Russia, he is your cousin, quit it!" Liberty reprimanded. Russia chuckled, but continued.
"Anyway, we wanted to help him, but we didn't know where he'd gone. We decided we might as well start looking in the kitchen, and then the Thing appeared again and China joined us. In other words, three people are missing. I think we should help them as soon as possible. America has nothing to do with it, so we can't feel safe. Rather, we should expect the worst." The room was quiet and Canada gripped the woman's hand.
Veneziano was the one to break it, "Oh!"
Germany's head snapped over nervously, "Vhat's vrong?"
"There's-a something inside the-a burnt wooden box! Just a second!"
"Be careful-"
"Ow!" Liberty jumped out of the bed to grab her brother's hand and take the hot key out of it. It hurt a fraction of what it probably would and she took looked at his hand, whispering a few words. "S-Sorel-"
"All better," She whispered, looking over the healed scar. Her brother stiffened, but took the key back.
"It's a key to some room!"
China slammed his hands on the table, "We got a new breach!"
Japan looked to him sharply, "Finding a way out was our priority, but first we have to think of a way to rescue our friends. If we are thorough in our search, I'm sure we'll find them. Those three are also tenacious people. They've got to be somewhere..."
Russia smiled and looked over the group, "Friends, huh...? Sounds interesting. I was caught by surprise before, but next time I meet the Thing, I'll have a lot to thank it for."
"Get in line," Germany and Liberty growled. Russia chuckled darkly and Canada sighed.
"Let's hurry. I don't want anyone dropping out," England huffed.
Japan nodded, "Well, then, we'll split up into three groups, since we have so much to do. And no one can go alone. Each group should have at least two people."
"Yeah, there are too many rooms. There are rooms we can open with a key, rooms we can't open, and rooms that we haven't checked out yet," Venie chirped.
The new leader nodded, "Yes. Now, about our unsynchronized watches..." A loud bang made plenty of the nations jump and grab their varying weapons. One of the most surprising being Kuma crawling out of Canada's bag with a large bow and pack of arrows.
Veneziano tensed, "Eek! J...Japan..."
The man frowned, "...So, it found us, after all. This room is no longer safe."
"Was it ever off-limits? Shit! What are we going to do?!" England yelled, pulling out his spell book.
Japan growled, "My group will be in charge of dealing with the Thing. Germany, Italy, you will search for the room to open with the key."
China took a step forward and pulled out his cooking wok, "Then I'll fight with Japan!"
"Can I join you? I really have to thank it for all the trouble~" Russia asked calmly.
England walked towards Canada, "There's a room that I want to investigate with Canada, so that's where we're heading. Italy, if you make any progress, come to the room with the piano."
Venie nodded, "Okay! B-be-a careful Japan."
The man nodded, "Thank you."
Liberty looked at her brother with an uncertain gaze. He opened his eyes and looked over to Canada. She smiled and nodded, "I'm going with Canada. I'm not losing another child." England smiled and Japan nodded.
The thing burst in the room and Japan grinned savagely. "Well then, everyone... Good luck." Liberty laughed bitterly and dashed around the creature as fast as her Italian legs would take her.
Ending it here. Just as I promised! Questions? Problems with it? Review or PM!