Chapter 6- Inhale the situation

'Sup! Abigail Izumi here with a new chapter! It's short- but- well, it explains a lot. And, well, it is a bit of Lili's thoughts. I just want you to think through this chapter. And...Enjoy!

"Mmph!"

"Mmph!"

- "Quiet!"

- "Mmphuuwh!"

- "Ruhe!"

Liechtenstein had no clue where she was or what was happening to her. She had a rope tied around her wrists, elbows and ankles, and a piece of material wrapped around her mouth and eyes. She didn't have much oxygen left for breathing, and the covered mouth made it worse. Lili realised that she was carried in a sack. But she had her eyes and mouth covered, therefore she couldn't sense much more besides that. Lili slowly felt her chest rapidly moving up and down, desperately searching for leftover oxygen in the sack.

She thought back to how all this happened.

"Well...how...about..we'll go...skiing?"- those words pleaded Lili's brother, Vash, to go to the slope. To Lili's surprise Vash agreed to go with her. Off they went to the café, Lili holding her brother's hand and walking, contented, like wings carried her.

Sometimes she wondered does he actually feel any kind of love- even brotherly love?- for her? She doubted about it mostly when he spoke to her harshly like she was his soldier, those were the days when she thought she was nothing to him. There were days when he solved all her country problems as he always did and came back home with a short, but bright smile on his face and thanked her for making him dinner. These were the days when she knew she actually was important to him. But, there were also times when he helped her out but afterwards spoke to her without feeling again. These were the days when she had no clue. "And today is that day", she thought. After a lovely time at the café Lili and Vash soon were at the slope. She was learning very quickly without the need of a teacher. She beat Vash in a race and there came the moment when she was literally shining with happiness, when she heard applause. Lili was also content to see Elizabeta with Roderich coming. They did look like a cute couple to her and Lili wondered if and when will they get married. Then, to her slight disapproval Vash began government talk with the two and Lili was left out. She took a few steps to the left, turning and looking at the aqua blue sky. That moment she noticed a piece of string tied around her left foot. She tried to get it off but at the trial the string pulled her forward and away from her brother. When she got dragged, she fell, landing on her face. Shock prevented her from screaming for help. Eventually, the sight of pine trees came to her eyes. After she saw a yellow shadow pass by in the air she felt her eyes and mouth getting covered with material and a man's hands grabbing her and throwing her into what she realised later was a sack.

Lili couldn't think about it anymore. When that happened was like an infinity ago to her. She realised that her breath was getting shallow. She couldn't breathe by now...

Language note-

Ruhe!- Quiet!(German)