Ch 6: General

The countries had successfully transferred the fallen country to the infirmary of their secret base, most of the other countries closest to her crowded around her tiny form. She still slept, but her face looked as if she was in pain.

The countries looked at each other worriedly. What if she doesn't make it? Why is this happening right now? This all happened so suddenly.

In all their worrying, the tears that escaped the injured nation's eyes didn't register in their eyes. This didn't go past Taiwan's sharp eyes however. She stared at her younger sister in the utmost concern. She stroked her face to try and ease her pain.

Just then, dull brown eyes opened showing nothing but fear. A small whimper brought the attention of the worrying nations to the young girl.

Maria looked at all of them in uncertainty. Finding Mei at her side, she clutched her sleeve and tried to bury herself in her chest, trying to hide from the unfamiliar faces. Mei hugged her and patted her back, trying to comfort her.

Maria was muttering something in a low voice, but before anyone could comprehend, a loud blaring siren blasted through everyone's ears. Patches on some of the countries' uniforms started flashing. They immediately ran out of the room, leaving only one other country, which was China. Maria stared warily at them.

"Gege, what's going on?" asked a frantic Mei. China only looked at her with a solemn face.

"They attacked again, aru. They hit the Europe division; Soviet subdivision, aru."

Maria looked at him questionably.

"War...what's that?" she asked the foreign man. He looked downcast.

"It's a very bad thing Maria, aru. It means a lot of blood and death" he sighed and forced a smile.

"I'm Wang Yao, if you remember aru. I'm your big brother China, aru."

He bowed to her in greeting. As he bowed, she saw something on his back. He wore a Chinese style backpack, but that didn't catch her interest, what did was the small black and white animal hidden inside it.

"What's that?" She said pointing to his small bag. He smiled as he pulled out the little creature from his back and gave it to her. Maria slowly let go of her older sister's clothes and reached out to touch it. She gasped when she felt the animal's soft fur. Reaching out, she grabs it into a hug. Yao only chuckled at her innocence.

"It's a panda, aru. You only see them in my country though." He puffed out his chest in pride.

She wasn't paying attention though. Instead, she was playing with the small animal that seemed to take a liking to her as well.

He just continued to explain all of the great things of his country while Maria continued ignoring the Chinese man and instead played with the panda.

The young Taiwanese girl found the scene quite amusing, that is, until the serious face of Germany came through the door. He tried to ignore the weirdness of the situation and inform them of something important.

"China, Taiwan," he addressed them with their country names to emphasize that he had serious information to tell. The two paid him their undivided attention.

"The General is coming to check up on her." They both gasped in chock. The General was coming…THE GENERAL WAS COMING! This was serious. To have him come check on her instead of the other higher ups meant that this was very serious matter.

They then had a hushed discussion while Maria played still played with the tiny panda that she fondly named Mango. Why she decided to call it that, she couldn't understand.

She noticed that the hushed voices that were talking earlier stopped as she felt a tense silence fill the room. Hugging Mango close to her, she looked up to see both of her friends, who she considered them to be, and the strange light haired serious man saluting to a very tall man in a green military uniform. This must be the general the group was talking about earlier.

This is General Pangea.

He looked like a stereotypical general in what looked like his mid-forties, yet she knew that he was older. He had a gentle smile on his face but his eyes showed a different story. His eyes, to her, showed nothing but malicious thoughts. She glared at him intensely; a low growl escaped her throat. The three other nations looked at her in shock. The man just stared at her sweetly and turned to the three.

"If you three would excuse us, I would like to talk to Ms. Philippines here alone."

She shivered at the sound of his voice. Why did it sound so familiar? Almost as if…she's heard it before. It scared her. She hugged Mango close to her body, searching for some sort of protection. Three others left them alone to her dismay.

"Now Maria" he said in a dark and sickeningly sweet voice. "You're going to be a good girl right? You're going to be obedient." It wasn't a question, it was a statement.

She glared at him disdainfully. He continued to smile at her; however his eyes contained an evil intent. He leaned in closer to her, eyes staring deep into hers. Whispering, he said;

"Now my puppet. Saktan mo sila"

Her eyes dimmed as her hands let go of the small panda and landed limply by her sides.

a/n:

saktan mo sila – hurt them

Good new guys! My writer's block for this story is broken! I'm still gonna take some time in writing down everything that's going to happen though. Yeah, it's a military system made of countries. If you haven't noticed, the 'top dog' here is none other than the largest country landmass ever.

Russia: it is me, da?

Me: No Russia, it's Pangea. Or, that's what it's called…I don't really know.

Anyway, as you might have guessed, the higher ups are the ancients. Hmm…can you guess why his voice sounded familiar? If you did, cyber cookie for you! Well, until next time, Peace!