Hello my prey, I do not apologise for the wait.
Contrary to the belief of many, I have a life that I must attend to each day.
I would enjoy to ignore it, but death would slow my progress with this story permanently, would it now?
I do, however, apologise for the butchery of any language and typos. I am not perfect. NO ONE IS.
Stop believing so already...
Enjoy~
"You have to tell us what happened, Gilbert…"
"Fuck you! I'm never thinking about this shit ever again!"
"Stop complaining and tell us what happened, Prussia! We need to piece this mystery together and stop the madness already!" Basch snapped at the elder German, earning a glare from the battered man.
"You will never understand the shit I've been through, Basch, so shut the fuck up!"
"Maybe if you weren't so irritating, people would stop trying to kill you! If I were you I'd just stay dead!"
"Enough!" The two stopped arguing and stared at the typically quiet nation who had yelled at them.
"Kiku…" The Prussian muttered but was stopped before he could say another word.
"We have all lost those dear to us, we have all been harmed, and we have all suffered. I think it is about time we stopped acting like children and ended this string of atrocities once and for all." The Japanese nation stated from the head of the table. "Gilbert, tell us everything you know about these monsters." He demanded.
"Fine…but I don't think I can help much. Bruder and Feli came into the room I was trapped in, for the third time, and-"
"Wait a minute, the third time?" Roderich questioned but was instantly shushed by the Prussian.
"I'll explain the second after I explain what happened to Bruder!" He barked before continuing his story. "As I was saying, Bruder and Feli came into the room I was trapped in. This time I was speared to a cross…which is not awesome. Hurt like a bitch. Bruder had to mess with some cord behind my trap to release me and the spikes were supposed to revert into the wall where he was. Thankfully that didn't happen…but the fucking spikes shot out of me and impaled Feli…" He paused for a moment and took a deep breathe before continuing. "After that Ludwig lost it and ran off with out me…but I did run into someone after searching for almost an hour…" He said as he tried to describe the scene from that point on as he remembered it.
"Bruder! Dammit, get back here! Bruder! Come back!" Gilbert called as he chased after his emotionally unstable little brother. They had been searching for an exit for almost an hour now and he was still bleeding faintly. It soon became evident that he could never catch the younger nation and he fell to him knees. He fought back tears as he yelled for his brother one last time. "Don't be a fucking moron and get back here!" He cried out as he tried to see through tear-filled eyes.
"Do you need help?" Gilbert turned to face the man who addressed him.
"You…? B…but you died!" He said before standing and hugging the cloaked figure tightly, causing the hood to fall off and reveal bright hair.
"Gil…" The younger nation sobbed as he hugged the elder back.
"How the hell did you survive, Feliciano?" He asked as he pulled away from the boy to see him tear stained face. "Hey…what's wrong?"
"W...where is Doitsu?" The 'resurrected' Italian asked, causing the Prussian to frown.
"I don't know…he ran off after you…you know…" He muttered before looking up at the Jackal masked man beside them. "Who are you and how the hell did you save him?" He asked, wondering if he had simply gone mad. The apprentice shook his head and disappeared. "Get back here you fucking-"
"Gilbert don't…he helped me…he's a nation in a trap too…" Feliciano told the elder nation who gave him a quizzical look.
"What? Jackal dude is a nation? No way. …So…who else is being trapped here like him?" To this, the Italian shook his head.
"He wouldn't tell me…He refused to say his name or remove his mask… They are afraid, Gil, we have to save them!""We can't do it alone…" Gilbert said quietly, knowing that much was true. "Let's get Bruder and get to fuck out of her first, and then we can come back and save these poor nations. Okay?" The younger nation nodded and let go of the elder.
"H...how are we going to find Doitsu?" He asked worriedly.
"Easy, yell for him until the stubborn asshole comes back. He won't ignore you." Gilbert grinned and picked the Italian up. "Shit…it hurts to carry you…but I can manage this much…" He groaned as he began to search for his little brother. The two called for Ludwig, but each was too exhausted to yell loud enough to reach the missing man's ears. Soon they became silent as they ran out of breathe. "There has to be a better way…" Gilbert whined as he set Feliciano down and slid to the ground panting. "Christ, who knew you were that heavy…" He complained.
"Ve, listen." The Italian said to quiet the Prussian. "I hear voices…" He muttered. The two listened intently to the conversation.
"Love? Who are you dammit! Italy never did anything to anyone, so why did he deserve to die?" A very pissed Ludwig shouted at someone for the adjacent hallway.
"Bruder? Where is he?" Gilbert said, trying to stand but failing. "Shit…Damn my legs…"
"Oh? Did he not ruin your chances of ruling the world? Isn't he the reason you lost?" Another man began to say, he voice dripping with acid as he laughed with every pause. "Isn't he the most irritating thing in existence aside from your moronic and also worthless free-loading big brother? Quite a group you have there, Ludwig. Worthless fools are the only people who would even befriend you. Isn't that right?" The man asked Ludwig as the volume of his laughter rose.
"W...who the fuck is this lunatic?" Gilbert stuttered, dearly wishing to run to his brother.
"You are wrong! Those two are my dear friends and there is nothing worthless about them!" Ludwig argued with the ruthless man.
"Doitsu…"
"West…you actually stood up for us…" The two looked at each other and knew they had to stand by their dear friend. Gilbert struggled to his feet and helped Feliciano stand as well. The two walked slowly to the hall where the voices sounded, but they were struck with fear when the demon began to laughed again. The man stepped out of the shadow so he green eyes, white lion mask, and messy blonde hair was clearly visible. The monster with acid eyes stalked over to Ludwig and grinned.
"What about me? Don't you just want to kill me? But, I am a nation, and a great one at that. At least, I feel I am. Oh, but how far have I fallen to accept this situation? You see, Ludwig, I freely help John. But I am only using him, because I want to kill you all! Wouldn't that be lovely~"
"Who is this guy?" Gilbert asked Feliciano, who shrugged as he whimpered in fear of the barbaric fiend.
"Who the fuck are you?" Ludwig demanded to know. The two saw him shove the man into the darkness, both disappearing from view.
"You…but…You are-"
"Spoilers~" The poisonous man said and seconds later he unloaded a hidden pistol into Ludwig's body. The German crashed to the floor, his blood flowing from the holes in his head and chest. The masked man grinned and replaced his mask upon his face, the pure, innocent white now spattered with cruel, unforgiving red. He steeped forward and smiled to the two remaining nations. "Leave now or I will kill you as well." He threatened in a sickly sweet manner.
"No! You killed my brother and I'll kill you for that!" Gilbert shouted, ready to attack the psychopathic lion.
"So you want to dance, poppet? Well, I'd love to~" The murderer said as he revealed another gun.
"Gilbert stop!" Feliciano cried out, but his cry came too late as Lion fired off three shots. The Prussian shut his eyes, accepting death to be evident after all the shit he'd gone through.
"G…Gilbert…" The German opened his eyes at the sound of another's voice to see a black haired male standing in front of him.
"So you decided your life ends here, Jackal?" Lion asked as he shook his head in disappointment. "You had so much potential. Well, if you are going to die anyway, at least let me see who you are." He reached out to take the mask away from the Jackal apprentice only to have a dagger placed at his neck. "Oh, did your boyfriend come to save you Jackal?" Lion asked with a laugh.
"Don't you fucking touch him." The man holding the blade growled in Lion's ear. "I don't know who you are, but I won't allow you to hurt him." He stated.
"Prionsa…" Jackal called quietly to his saviour. Seconds later, however, the white lion flipped their positions and pinned the black lioness to the wall.
"So I can hurt you all I want then, Prionsa?" He asked as he tore Prionsa's bloody cloak off. Wearing long black jeans and a tattered white and bloodstained red shirt, the three witnesses could clearly see all of the marks decoration his pale flesh.
"How many times have you been sewn back together, dear puppet?" Lion asked before touching the smaller man's mask. Prionsa flinched, but the taller of the two did not remove the mask. "Tell me, puppet of death, when will you live again?" He asked quietly as he stabbed a needle into the lioness-masked man and injected to content into him. In seconds, Prionsa was unconscious. "Answer me one of these days, dear brother." The lion masked man said before kissing the man on the cheek and dropping him. He left without another word. The room was left in silence for a long while.
"I have to get him to Doctor Gordon before his dies again…" Jackal said as he picked Prionsa up. "Leave before Lion comes back for seconds, he is always thirsty for more blood."
"I won't leave without Bruder!"
"Your brother is dead! Get over it and save yourselves already." The apprentice responded coldly as he pointed a gun at them. "The exit it is down the left hallway through the last door. Leave or I shoot."
"I'm not afraid of you!"
"I know, but right now the other nations need you and Feliciano needs you. Your brother is dead…You can't bring back the dead…" Jackal said as he shot on bullet at the wall between the injured two. "Leave!" He yelled and the two did just that, limping toward the exit. Soon they were in the light of the moon, which drowned them with sorrow.
"Doitsu…"
"How could West have died…he can't die…He can't leave us…he just can't!" Gilbert shouted as he fell to his knees once again.
"Gil…we have to go home…we have to talk to the others…" The Italian nation said quietly, trying his hardest to not break and make things worse for the elder who'd just lost his only sibling. Gilbert looked up at Feliciano and sighed.
"I guess we do have to do that…I swear I'll find that lion-masked fucker and rip his insides out one of these days." The German growled as he stood up and began to walk away from the terror of the past day.
"…Ludwig-san…how could he have…"
"I know, Kiku, I can't believe it either…Those monsters took my brother…They put me in their twisted maze three times but they took my brother instead…Why…Why not me dammit! He doesn't deserve to be dead…" Gilbert cursed as he tried to hide his tears.
"Gilbert…you mentioned three traps?" Roderich brought the forgotten matter to everyone's attention just as the doors to the room were thrown open.
"Gilbert you're okay!"
"Francis? You lived?" The Prussian stood up at the arrival of his dear friend. "How?"
"Gil you were there…"
"Actually, I was knocked at by someone during the confusion and dragged to another test." The nation explained with a sigh. "Enough about me though, I've already poured my heart out for everyone here…Oh…you don't know yet…" The French nation shook his head as the other's tone soured.
"Gil…what happened?"
"Bruder…He was murdered by a blonde haired bastard with green eyes…"
"Speaking of green eyes and blonde hair, have any of you seen-"
"Stop! Stop jumping from topics and just tell us what happened and who died, aru!" Yao shouted angrily. "This isn't a joke so just get on with it."
"R...right…Well, I was in my second trap with Francis. He, Matthew, and Angeliqué saved me from becoming a smoothie. Then we tried to escape but it seemed we had one last trap to disarm…"
"Arthur was put in a trap again as well…but we saved him! Has anyone seen him?"
"We can discuss missing nations after you finish your story." The Chinese man growled.
"A...as I was saying…" Gilbert continued hesitantly. "We saved Arthur but some Jackal masked guy told us to leave him. He was bleeding pretty badly…"
"Wait, Jackal mask? I thought the only masked man was Prionsa and he is dead." Kiku questioned.
"A...actually, there are three…"
"Three?" A few nations exclaimed and the Prussian nodded.
"Yup, three. All alive. One has a full-face black jackal mask and dark hair. Prionsa, who is alive, and has dark hair, purple eyes, and a black lioness mask. Then there is a third who killed my brother…A blonde haired creature with acidic green eyes and a white lion mask covering half of his face…Wait…Green eyes and blonde hair sounds like-"
"We can discuss those three after you explain what happened and who all died."
"R...right…Francis, you have to explain the rest."
"Oui…It all happened so fast. We were running to the exit when suddenly we were being shot at…"
"Francis, look out!" Angeliqué cried as an arrow headed for her 'father'. It was too late for him to dodge the arrow so she ran and tackled his to the ground.
"Angeliqué you saved my life…"
"Oui, now be grateful and keep living!"
"…R...right…"
"You can't get away!" A voice snickered in the darkness as the arrows flew faster.
"We have got to go!" Matthew shouted as he pulled the two to their feet and ran.
"We can't outrun this guy; he'll get one of us!" Angeliqué yelled as an arrow nearly hit her in the side. Suddenly someone yelled for the other side of the darkness.
"Look at me I'm a target!" It said and the shooter stopped. He seemed to be laughing.
"Let's get the hell out of here!" Angeliqué cried and the group ran to the end of the hall where a door was ajar. They threw it open and exited the building. The cool air contrasted with the heat of the industrial edifice they'd escaped. "W…we made it…"
"Wait, where is Gil?" Matthew asked. The three turned to see the door had shut tightly behind them.
"Dammit! Gilbert! We'll save you!" Francis yelled as he tried desperately to reopen the door.
"Papa…we have to get home…we are in no condition to go back in there.""I can't leave him! I've already lost one of my dear friends, I won't lose them both!"
"We can't save him! He has to save himself!" Matthew yelled, causing his 'father' to stop his actions.
"W...what do you mean?"
"It isn't like I agree with all of this, but that is how the game is played. Gil is strong; he can make it out of this…again…" There was a long moment of silence as the three stared at the door.
"W...we should go…We have to clean ourselves up and inform everyone else what has happened." Angeliqué muttered.
"Who is left at this point?" Francis sighed as he walked away from the grave of his friends. "Who will be left after all of this?"
"I remember hearing that guy distract the other, but who the hell were they?" Gilbert wondered.
"So what is the body count thus far…?" Raivis asked quietly.
"From the beginning? Alfred, Elizabeta, Elise, Toris, MeiMei, Eudard, Leon, Natalia, Yaketerina, and Ivan from the previous traps." Yao stated.
"Carlos and Antonio…" Francis added sadly.
"And Ludwig…" Gilbert finished angrily. "They have killed thirteen of us and three are alive and helping the bastards!"
"Wait…Do you really think they are all helping freely? I don't think Prionsa is, aru."
"Nor is the Jackal one…" Gilbert added. "But that Lion bastard…He seemed so familiar…"
"You said he has green eyes and blonde hair?" Yao asked.
"Yeah, why?" Yao now turned to Francis.
"And you said Arthur is missing?"
"Oui but-"
"That murderer is Arthur than! It has to be!"
"Don't accuse people so quickly, Yao-san…"
"Shut up, aru! He killed my family! He killed so many of us for his own sick amusement! It has to be that bastard, aru!"
"So you know he is missing then?" The room turned to see Ian and Liam standing in the doorway.
"So it is Arthur, isn't it?" Yao asked. The Irishman sighed and shook his head.
"I'd like to say no, but we have not seen Arthur in a month…He…he disappeared often even before that…"
"And you never told us?" Roderich asked angrily. "We could have stopped all of this!"
"Probably not… Besides, I doubt it is Arthur." Ian growled back. "Bryn and Eric are missing as well…"
"Bryn and Eric?"
"Our other brothers, Wales and Northern Ireland…The three are all missing…So it would be appreciated if you didn't accuse our sibling of hurting them!" The Scot warned the group. "Don't say things without proof."
"You want more proof than his manner of speech and his appearance. He called Prionsa his brother." Gilbert growled.
"Speaking of Prionsa, he left me a note after my test. Can one of you two read this?" Yao asked as he handed Ian the note. The two looked at the writing.
"This language…" Liam muttered as he examined it. "This is my native tongue…But who would know that besides-"
"Eric maybe?" Yao suggested. "Maybe you should listen to our accusations. It seems that you are missing three siblings and there are three masked fiends. Prionsa-"
"Which translates to Prince…" Liam muttered.
"Is Eric. Lion is Arthur for sure. And Jackal must be Bryn. Your siblings are working for the enemy, but only one is a true traitor, aru."
"Angleterre…he can't be a killer…"
"Igirisu-san would not do that…"
"Open your eyes, aru! He has been playing us from the beginning! Acting the victim while plotting our deaths on the side. He isn't a nation anymore; he is a demon, aru!"
"Our brother is not a murderer!" The two brothers argued.
"Then prove us wrong and bring him here." Roderich muttered.
"Y...you all actually think Mama could have done this?" Matthew spoke up for the first time that day.
"No…Angleterre couldn't have! He has been in traps as well!"
"Maybe he is just good at faking pain…" The Prussian muttered.
"Gilbert…you think he is behind this as well?"
"I don't know what to think anymore…But I saw this guy kill my brother…and if it was Arthur I will fucking mutilate him for all of this pain!"
"Won't that be falling to the level of the killed?" Kiku asked the German nation as he stood up. "We cannot assume anything. Those three might be trapped somewhere waiting to be saved. How can you think about our friend like that when he has gone through the same horror you all have."
"Twice even…" Matthew muttered in addition.
"We cannot start picking fights with each other! That is how we fall apart." The Japanese nation stated. "This meeting is over. No one is allowed to be alone anymore. Stay with friends or family. Never be alone." He instructed before stalking out of the room.
Ara: Shorter than I'd planned it to be, but that is all I needed in this chapter.
Prionsa: So who am I?
Ara: You know who you are, idiot.
Lion: Hmhm, will I get to kill the rest soon?
Jackal: We will not let you do so!
Lion: You can't stop me, love. I'll tear you all apart by the end of this~
Ara/Pri:...
Ara: I think I'm going to cut this here...I own nothing, not even my own heart nor these three idiots.
Prionsa: She simply modified us to fit her needs. We are her puppets...
Ara: At least you are, my dear.
Prionsa: ...I don't like you...
Jackal: Please review this chapter.
Lion: And why not send a message to the twisted little one that is writing this.
Ara: Ah, I would love to hear from you all. If you don't have better things to do...
I am sure you don't, considering you are still here. Don't worry, I have no life as is either~ We can be empty together.
Just kidding.