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For the rest of the time spent when they were marching down the long, twisting tunnel system, all of the Countries stayed silent, not even a sneeze or a cough, since they were too afraid of making too much noise and prematurely causing the battle of the traitor and her evil minions. Plus, England threatened to flood all their houses with tea if they even dared utter a word… so that was a fairly efficient way of making them shut up. Surprisingly, they had not met any more violent penguin groups. Yet.

They had been progressively going downward as they traveled, the air getting thinner and slightly cooler. Some shivered despite their thermal suits. Most had extremely red cheeks and breathed out a small puff at every exhale - except for the Nordic Countries. Some, however, looked like they were going to pass out, like Australia, Egypt, and New Zealand.

Countries like England and Norway had managed to summon some helpers along the way. So, in addition to Australia's koala, China's panda, Kumajirou, Prussia's own mini-army of small chicks with hats, violent cats following Greece, and, strangely enough, a bunch of slow, tiny turtles following Spain, multiple supernatural/fantasy creatures tagged along, where they would be quite useful in the battle. Those included : fairies, goblins, demons, sphinxes, griffins, and a lot of other creatures that the Countries did not want to make angry in any way, shape, or form.

Especially the carnivorous animal/bat/monster thing that bore slightly unnerving characteristics similar to a Piranha Plant : spiny leaves, sharp teeth, and could breathe fire.

China flinched as a rabid-looking, extremely furry wolf humanoid of some sorts dripped drool on his shoulder. Clearly, it had smelled his meat snacks in his uniform. Meanwhile, England's personal Bulgaria, who was slightly unnerved by the eerie silence, decided having a house overflowed with tea was certainly better than this, and cleared his throat.

"Hey, everyone, why don't we sing a song?" he whispered cheerily, making sure only the ones he was surrounded by could hear him. "100 bottles o-," he started, but Romania once again saved some of their little sanity by smacking his friend in the face with his tranq gun, leaving a bright red mark on the other's cheek.

"Nope." Bulgaria looked heartbreakingly sad, eyes going darker, then opened his mouth again.

"How about-"

"No."

"Or maybe-"

" Bulgaria, if you dare to continue, you also get to feel how a punch to the face feels," called out Taiwan from behind him somewhere. He immediately shut up. England grudgingly gave her a thumbs up of approval over his head without looking back, trudging on.

"Who are you?" whispered Kumajirou, looking at Canada in confusion. The Country didn't say anything.

Finally, after what seemed like days, they reached to the end of the tunnel. There was a door, built into the side of the iceland. It was more wide than tall, made of solid steel with random markings on it. In the center of it was a symbol : a delicate snowflake with a circle around it, 2 spears arranged in an X over the top of it - the apparent new symbol for Antarctica's mutiny.

The heat sensor in England's hand clearly showed that there were multiple life forms on the other side - including the body of a thin, human being. He turned back, looking at all the bleak, tired, but determined faces of his Country Army, to be facing the penguin army.

"Ready, everyone?" he whispered, eyes both worried and slightly excited.

"Yes," came some replies, but certain Countries (aka Latvia) looked like they were going to wet themselves from fear.

"I said," England said patronizingly, a slight smirk on his face, "Are you bloody ready, you blubbering, idiotic gits?"

"Yes, sir!" they all yelled in unison.

"SHHH!" he whispered frantically. But it was too late; they had been too loud. To the horror of most of them, the door swung wide open, pinning England between the metal and the iceland. A loud, slightly dull echo drifted throughout the multiple tunnels, somewhat leaving a constant ringing in their ears. In the doorway stood Antarctica, hands on her hips, head cocked to the side, almost contemplating the motley group in front of her.

She was seriously underdressed for war, that was for sure. A simple, loosely fitted white cotton shirt with lace at the bottom, a small icicle necklace, and rolled-up dark capris was what she had on - and without any shoes. Small silver studs shone in her earlobes. Her hair was in a loose french braid, some strands wisping across her pale, "ghost" face, eyes glittering pure evil. Apparently, the continent had decided that the overtaking of the world had caused the need for looking fancier - she had applied bright red lipstick, mascara, and eyeliner, which greatly enhanced her steely, icy eyes. If they were in any other situation, some might have called her 'beautiful.'

In the room behind her, masses of penguin soldiers stood at attention; to the side was a control panel of some sorts, an empty throne made of ice now empty. A screen was attached to the wall, showing video footage of the current panic all around the world. Australia tensed at seeing the penguins terrorizing his people. The land of New Zealand was currently being invaded as they stood, staring at the grinning continent.

With a bone-chilling smile, she said haughtingly, "Well, well. What do we have here?" Some of the Countries almost laughed at those words, except for the fact they were absolutely terrified.

"I thought I would have to find you and track you down, but I suppose you have come to me! I thank you for your kindness. Now-" she gestured to her silent penguins behind her in the spacious room, standing in articulate lines, poised to fight with their little icicle swords, "prepare to die!"

"Countries!" England screamed, his voice muffled from being slightly crushed by a 70 pound, steel door, "attack!" Russia stepped forward, a smile on his face. The tall country had always been quite intimidating, but the look on his face made all of them cower in fear.

"LET'S GO!" he yelled, raising his gun in the air. With those words, the Countries broke their silent, icy state and charged to reach their enemy.

Sorry for the shorter chapter this time. I shall be posting a much longer one on Thursday. See you later!

-DragonFire0102