A/N: Hello everyone! I hope you guys are having a good week! ^.^ Now, let us pick up where we left off ;)

EDIT: 4/28/13 I'm off of hiatus now! Yay!

Chapter 5

Unit Control

America and I waited at the police station. A police officer gave me a few papers to fill out about my unit and its past history of violence.

"Yo, Val, when they speak to you, act like you don't know English." America whispered to me. I understood and nodded my head. We both figured it would give me some sympathy since I'm just a new immigrant and all.

"Valerie Falcone." A man stepped out from a back room. America nudged me and we both stood up and approached the man.

"The lead investigator is in the back and would like to speak with you. Your unit is still in custody." The officer said.

I made sure I seemed confused and said to America, "Che cosa sta dicendo?" What is he saying?

"Sorry, officer dude, but my girl, Valerie, doesn't know a lick of English. She just got here from Italy a few days ago." America said.

The officer narrowed his eyes at me and said, "But, she filled out the form."

Sure enough, there was my handwriting in English on the form. America couldn't pass it off as his. My handwriting was very neat and several words were probably misspelled. The officer laughed and took me by the arm. "Nice try. You aren't the first person to try the whole 'Don't know English' trick."

"Shit," I cursed.

The officer led me into a room where a man with a thick brown mustache and bright green eyes was sitting, drinking some coffee. "Ah, you're here. Please take a seat."

I took a seat in the chair opposite of the man. He clasped his hands together and said, "Hello, I'm Investigator Collins. For the past month, I've been looking for a prostitute and drug dealer, Sleazy Jane."

Sleazy Jane? What kind of name is that? I couldn't help but giggle just a little bit. Investigator Collins continued on, "Anyway, I finally caught Sleazy Jane...and your Arthur Kirkland unit. Which I understand is a pirate?"

My face went red from embarassement. Were they-? "E-England was..."

"Your unit was paying for drugs."

I sighed a breath of relief. I'm surprised that he wasn't trying to buy That manual really made him out to be such a horrible unit. Maybe he wasn't so bad...

Investigator Collins sighed, "Anyway, ever since these Hetalia Units came out, some have been defectetive. Your Arthur Kirkland unit is going to cause a lot of mayhem in Sarasota." He glared at me, "I don't want a lot of mayhem. I already have to deal with the crime with actual people-"

"Don't talk like he's not human." I said. Investigator Collins looked surprised that I just interrupted him or the fact that I just defended my unit. "Yes, he's a robot..." I stumbled over my English a little. "but, he's like a, uh, human at...heart. Yeah, that's right."

"Either way, I don't want you letting him loose around the city again."

"Si."

"If it keeps causing trouble, then your unit is out of here."

Did I just hear that right? Did he just call England a it? Instead of yelling at him in Italian, I bit my tongue and said, "Si."

Investigator Collins stared at me for a little bit and I was getting creeped out. He finally leaned back in his chair and muttered my name. "You're from Italy, right?"

I gulped and said, "Si."

"Valerie Falcone. A police officer in another city in Florida mentioned that the Mafia's Princess ran away. He said something about how the mafia is looking for her. They're restless."

Oh my God. My brother was right. They would always find you no matter what. I desperately wanted to call Antonio and Lovino and see how they were doing.

I'm scared.

Very scared.

"Well, I come from Northern Italy." I said. "South Italy is the one with all the Mafia buisness. North Italy is quiet, peaceful, and we love to eat pasta and take siestas." I said cheerfully.

Investigator Collins nodded his head and shrugged, "Ok, well you and your unit are free to go."

*( Sometime later)*

"Arr, good 'o be home." England said as we stepped into the house. I rubbed my temples and glared at him. He smirked and slapped me hard on the back. "Wot be wron' wench?" He asked.

"If you cause more trouble, you're going to get deactivated and taken away from me." I said.

England rolled his eyes and held the sword at his side. "I make 'em walk thee plank if they try."

"England," I growled. "Stop it."

"Stop what?" I hadn't realized it, but we were all alone. America went off somewhere, Andy, Roxy, and Russia were probably in their rooms. The other thing I hadn't realized was that I backed up against a wall and England was pressing himself against me.

"Get off me." I tried to push him away, but he didn't budge. I take back what I said earlier. The manual was right about him being horny.

England smirked and ran his hands along my face. His fingertips, which had hard callosus, trailed their way down the side of my face and down my neck. I shivered. If I looked up at him again, I'm sure I'll be mesmerized by those beautiful green eyes.

"Wot's wron' love?" He whispered, his hot breath tickling my cheek.

"Oh nothing. Except for the fact that you're practically horny." I said sarcastically.

England let out a hearty laugh and backed away from me. My cheeks felt hot. "W-What?" I asked.

Before England could respond, Andy and Roxy came down. I quickly got away from England went over to greet them.

"Hey, Val." He pointed to England. "What'd he do?"

"He bought some drugs. If he keeps acting up like this, some investigator will label England as defective and deactivate him."

Roxy's eyes widened, "That's real? America used to tell me rumors about that happening. They're called Unit Control. Oh gosh..."

"You'll need to control him." Andy said in a father-like tone.

"Yer talkin' bout me bein' defecti'e. Ain't nothin' wrong with me, ya bloody gits!" England yelled.

"You'rer not defective. You're-" I struggled to find the right words..."different...yeah."

England growled and glared at us. I know he's not defective. He's just the way he was programmed to be.

The rest of the day was awful to say the least. Russia had been crying and fussy all day and no one could figure out what was wrong. Roxy and Andy had been talking about what to do with rent. England was being a jackass to everyone, even America surprisngly. And for some reason I was falling back into my old habits of speaking in Italian and forgetting a lot of the words I learned in English. I must be home sick a lot more than I thought.

A week later, Aiden Kirkland arrived. It was strange that our new roommate had the same last name of my unit. Aiden has blond hair that was a bit messy and almost touched his collar. We had the same eye color: hazel.

His unit was unusual to say the least. It was Fem! Prussia. I don't know much about Prussia except that it was dissolved after World War II. The fact that they sold that unit was a surprise itself. Speaking of units, I was still waiting on my surprise unit to come. What was taking so long?

Anyway, Aiden was majoring in History and he was a server in a café, which just happens to be rivaling the place where Roxy works. So, they would always argue about which place was better, but all in all we got along. I was surprised that that he and England were good friends.

Because Aiden was a History wiz, he could talk to England about the pirates. Prussia and America got along great. Sometimes, Prussia and England would flirt with each other, but Aiden always broke it up. Andy was speculating, but he thinks that Aiden and Prussia may have friends with benefits relationship going on.

It's pretty weird, but our whole unit family is pretty weird actually.

But, I'm still worried about the mafia looking for me. I seriously need to change my appearance.

That's why Roxy dyed my hair auburn, but it looks a bit more red than brown.

"Val, you look so cool! Red definitely suits you!" America exclaimed.

Aiden winked at me. "Yeah, you look nice. All the boys are gonna be all over you."

"Thank you." I said.

The rest of the night was eventful. We invited Mackenzie and China over and we had a movie night. It was fun and we planned to do this once every week.

Life in America is good right now, but what Collins said still bothers me.

Tomorrow, even if it gives away my location, I have to check on Lovino and Antonio.

A/N: Well, semi-boring chapter. Anyway! Val's second unit will come in next chapter. I'll try to add more screen time between Aiden and Prussia since they didn't have much to say ._.

So, I hope you enjoyed ^.^

Updated: 4/28/13