Sorry I was gone for a while again, schools been keeping me pretty busy this month... Plus I've still been hard at work video gaming my fingers off! :D But enough of my procrastination, here's the next chapter.


Dull grey clouds drifted lazily past America's vision as they shrouded his floating fortress of a city in a dampening gloom of despair that seemed to match his current feelings perfectly. He closed his eyes and thought back to the letter he received from his counter-intelligence team only a few hours ago. His fingers clenched into a fist, his knuckles turning white, as he mentally reviewed the document again, thinking how in the world he could of let that bastard China capture his brother during his diplomatic trip to Denmark. To add insult to injury, China demanded that America destroy his entire stock of rifles within the next week; failure would result in Canada getting a taste of China's famous torture techniques... The thought of China driving bamboo shards into his brother's fingers made America's blood boil.

A shadow fell over his face, making him look up. Soft blue eyes stared down at him, Denmark's gaze attempting to unravel America's secrets. America met his gaze, making Denmark's stare soften at the recognition. The Dane spoke.

"Sir, after a long... heated debate, Danish Iceland has decided to follow in my footsteps and join the-" It was here that he stumbled over the latin pronunciation,"Imperium... Americae. He's here on the city now."

America stayed silent for a second, then asked in a flat voice, "Does he swear undying loyalty to the alliance?"

"Yes."

"Does he promise to serve the cause, regardless of our actions and their outcomes?"

"Yes."

America locked eyes with Denmark, judging the truthfulness of his warm blue eyes. "I don't believe you. Tell him to be in my office in an hour, I'm going to question him myself."

Denmark bowed. "Yes sir."

"Good," America replied coldly, "Now go find something to do, just stay out of my way."

"Yes sir." Denmark hurried off, leaving America with his emotions once more.

"I'm coming to rescue you Canada... don't worry..."


Short chapter is short. Sorry bout' that! I've gotten a SEVERE case of writer's block, plus I'm doing a college search right now. Like Iv'e said a lot of times before, I'll try to shorten the time between uploads...