The Final Battle
Gilbert turned his head to the side, unable to watch Italy get choked to death by Lilith, when suddenly, coughing filled the room.
Gilbert turned back, seeing Lilith in her knees, coughing.
"Nnngh, oh God, get her out!"
Wait, was that Romano?
"I can feel her squirming! Get her out or kill me!"
The chains holding Lucifer disappeared. He quickly ran over, putting a hand on Romano's head. Romano's eyes rolled back into his head and he collapsed.
"You have two minutes to seal her."
Italy nodded fast, pulling out the amulet, and pulling out his practically shattered phone. He began to read something off of it, holding the amulet in front of him.
Suddenly, Romano and the amulet began to glow.
Romano's eyes flew open, but instead of green or red, all Gilbert could see was pure white.
Romano let out a cough as Italy finished his foreign speech, blood dripping from his mouth, his eyes closing again. Gilbert and the rest of the group approached carefully.
"Fratello?"
Suddenly, Romano shot up, coughing and hacking.
"You're too loud..."
Italy's eyes widened, and he ran over to Romano, hugging him tight, "Lovi, I missed you so much!"
Romano scoffed, "I was gone for like, three hours."
Italy gave him a watery smile, "three hours too many."
The rest of the group finally reached Romano. Hungary dropped to her knees and hugged him tight, "if you ever die again, I'll drag your ass back from hell and kill you again!"
Romano snickered, though his eyes had some fear in them. Gilbert ruffled his hair, "pretty good, for a human."
Romano glared at him, "I'm sorry, where were you when all this happened?"
"Not being possessed."
"I had no control over that, bastard!"
"Kesesesesese!"
Even Hong Kong cracked a small smile, "good to see you again."
"Yeah, it would've sucked if you died for good, aru!"
Romano chuckled and stood up, when Lucifer spoke, "hate to burst your bubble, but look outside."
The group turned, looking out the windows, seeing black masses crowding the streets.
"She was summoning demons?" Hungary asked.
"Yeah, at least you guys have your team together to fight them. I promise, these guys won't throw you into walls."
Gilbert snickered slightly, "but, we don't have Birdie back."
Lucifer looked out the window, intently, "would you like him back?"
Gilbert didn't even have to think, "yes!"
Lucifer shrugged, closing his eyes. Suddenly, he gasped, and when his eyes opened, they were purple.
"Birdie, welcome back to the world of living!"
Canada seemed dazed, "I'm literal satan..."
"Yeah, but no we've got bigger things to deal with. We can't let those demons leave the city!" China said.
"Oh... Yeah. Let's go."
Gilbert eyed Canada warily. He seemed very dazed, could he fight?
"We can't stand around all day you know," Romano added.
The group nodded. They began to exit when Romulus pulled Romano back.
Gilbert remembered what Romulus had told them and decided it was for the best they stayed back a few moments.
They rest of the group charged ahead.
Lovino was sure he was getting held back to be scolded. "You got possessed and nearly ended the world! You're brother wouldn't have gotten possessed! Blah blah blah"
But, that didn't happen.
Romulus hugged him tight, resting his head on Lovino's shoulder, tears falling onto his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry..."
Lovino was confused, what had happened while he was out?
"For what?"
Romulus lifted his head, staring Lovino directly in the eye, "for all the pain I've put you through. For not getting you away from your mom sooner, for not rescuing you, for letting your life spiral out of control, and for letting you be imprisoned. I'm so sorry, Lovino."
Lovino was in a state of shock. Romulus began to cry again, Lovino awkwardly patting his back, "I'm not going to just forgive you on the spot, you know."
Romulus sniffled, "yeah, I know."
Lovino looked up at the ceiling, "but, I can try to... Start forgiving you. It's not just going to happen overnight but, maybe in a year or two..."
Romulus nodded, "that's all I ask."
"Che, whatever. Get off me, you're ruining my outfit," Lovino said, feeling his own tears began to start. He couldn't cry.
Romulus didn't take it hard, and Lovino had a feeling he knew Lovino was getting just as emotional as him.
"Well, let's go get those demons!"
"You lead the way, bastard."
Matthew was felt like he was walking through jello.
He was satan? His brother was Michael, king of the archangels? None of this was making sense.
"Well, kid, you gotta make it make sense," a voice said, ringing in Matthew's ears. Matthew looked at the others, but they didn't show signs of hearing the voice.
Great, Matthew was going crazy.
"Nah, you just woke me up. Or, Lilith did. You're stuck with me now, kiddo. Alfie can hear Michael too, except Michael's commentary probably isn't half as cool as mine. And of course it all makes sense, why would Alfred be so admant about locking up his little brother?"
Matthew did have to admit, it did make sense. Why Alfred had been so cruel, tricking him into trusting him, then throwing him into prison.
Because, Matthew was literal Satan.
That still hasn't quite sunk it yet.
The group stared ahead, black masses moving slowly towards them. Demons.
"So, we beat these, and it's finally over?" China asked, eyeing the creatures warily.
"Yeah, we beat them and go home."
Romano and Romulus caught up to them, Romulus drawing his sword and Romano pulling out twin guns.
"Ready?" Romulus asked.
"No, but I don't think I'll ever be ready. So, might as well just go," Hong Kong said.
"Yeah, let's do this," Matthew agreed.
The group charged ahead.
Elizabeta reached the demons first, swinging her skillet, causing one demon to burst into an inky cloud.
One down, four hundred and nintey nine to go.
Hong Kong ran towards a building, jumping up, and beginning to climb it. Elizabeta didn't have time to track his movements, the demons closing in around her. She jumped up, kicking one and slamming her skillet down on another.
She turned slightly, the sight of Canada shocking her. His arms were glowing red, any demon that came in contact with them instantly incinerating. He was covered in the black dust that the demons left behind.
Romano seemed to be doing great as well. The demons moved aside, not moving to attack him. He simply shot them where they looked like they had heads. Some even whispered "Hail Lilith."
They must've thought she was still in there.
Italy had the amulet around his neck, barking orders at the demons. Italy was actually controlling the demons to attack each other.
Even Prussia was going well, any demon that looked into his eyes dissolving.
China was casting spells, blowing up any demons in his path.
And lastly, Romulus was swinging his sword, any demon that touched is dying instantly.
Hong Kong had finally reached the top of the building, dropping bombs and fire where ever he could. All in all, they were kicking ass.
Elizabeta killed a few more demons when there was a sudden scream. The demons had advanced on China, surrounding him, pulling at him.
Elizabeta ran towards him, knocking away any demon in her path. Hong Kong dropped a few bombs, killing some of the demons pestering China, but it wasn't enough.
Soon enough, the group had all surrounded China, killing any demons in their way. Suddenly, the group was all together.
"Back to back!" Romano shouted.
They formed a circle around China as Canada began to asses his wounds, seeing the best way to heal them.
The group continued fighting, not slipping up. Finally, China and Canada were back up. Canada's arms lit up, and he joined their fighting. China pulled out his wok and began fighting, similar to Elizabeta's style.
In that moment, Elizabeta felt powerful, unstoppable, invincible. Nothing could get them.
It was an odd feeling, feeling unified, but it was not unpleasant. Together, they were stronger than the most powerful demon, stronger than those asshole Allies or Axis.
Together, even though three were heroes, they made an amazing team.
And Elizabeta wouldn't have it any other way.
Leon created a flame in his hand and slammed his hand into a demon's head, kill them.
Leon vaguely wondered if the Allies or Axis could do this. No, they couldn't, because all of those idiots went missing.
Leon wished Emil could see him now, even though this was kind of Emil's doing.
Leon even more so wished Arthur Kirkland could see this, the asshole who threw him in here. His father always though Leon was a good for nothing delinquent, but here he was, fighting alongside his other father, saving the world.
Leon wasn't sure if Arthur would be proud, but Leon was proud of himself, and that was all that mattered.
Suddenly, there was one demon left. Romano quickly fired his gun, hitting it dead on, killing it.
They had done it. They saved the world.
Leon grinned, something he didn't do often. He pumped his fist into the air and whooped.
"We did it, we, like, saved the world!"
The realization seemed to hit the others, and they too cheered. Italy hugged Romano, Hungary and Prussia slung their arms on Canada's shoulders, and Leon grabbed his father, and hugged him.
China seemed to be in a state of shock. He finally hugged back, cheering along with the rest of them.
"Ahaha! Take that super hero dicks! Uh, no offense," Hungary cheered.
"None taken!" Italy replied.
Leon was positive this was the best day of his life.
"They succeeded, interesting."
Denmark shifted awkwardly, "you wanted that, didn't you?"
The figure growled, "I wanted more destruction, and how dare you not only nearly kill Romano, you allow him to be Lilith's vessel. Idiot."
"Sorry sir, I didn't account for him stepping in between Italy!"
The figure froze, "Italy? You were attacking Italy?"
Denmark looked at the man with confusion, "yeah, you said get rid of him and China, right?"
The figure was eerily quiet. Suddenly, they pulled out a gun, with intricate carvings.
"If you killed Italy, I would've killed your entire crew," the man pressed the gun against Denmark's forehead, "but, you didn't, so I'll spare you boy toy and the rest of your friends. Unfortunately, I can't let your mistake go unpunished."
Denmark shivered, "please, no."
The figure snarled, "I'll make an example of you. Anyone who touches my Italy will end up like you. I don't like when people mess with the Italian brothers, especially not my delicate Italy."
A gunshot rang out, and Denmark was no more.
"Pick him up and bring him to the boiler room, Alfred."
Alfred snarled slightly, but didn't comment.
"I expect you've sent Russia and France to retrieve England?"
Alfred nodded, "I sent them, not saying they won't just run."
"Hmm, yes, well, let's hope for their sakes they do. I assume you've heard the news about your brother?"
Alfred looked down sadly, "yeah."
The figure cackled, "this just keeps getting more and more interesting."
Alfred picked up Denmark's corpse, "yeah, it does."
The collar around Alfred's neck felt tight. He wanted to smite this sorry excuse for a man, but he couldn't.
As he walked away, Alfred damned Romano to hell.
Excerpt from Lovino Romano Vargas's Journal:
"Diary Entry #1"
Sadiq requested I write. I'm sure he just wants to read it, to make sure I'm not planning to kill him or something.
Idiota.
Life has been awful. Sadiq is cruel, and if I wasn't a coward, I would totally kill him. Not that I could anyway.
I miss Feliciano. I miss his warm smiles, his bubbly laughter, his incessant chatter. I'm glad he's safe with Grandpa Rome.
It's weird, not needing to protect him anymore. After so long of fighting off our mother, it doesn't even seem real.
I hope Feliciano is happy, and I hope he doesn't forget about me while I'm gone.
I don't know if I could handle it.
I hope this entry was good enough for you, bastard.
~Romano
A/N sorry for the lack of updates, a lot of these chapters were written long before they were posted and now I've caught up with myself. So, I have one more prewritten chapter and I have to write one or two more, then the story will be over. I will probably write a sequel, but I have no idea when I will actually do that, so I wouldn't expect one for awhile. I also like to write my stories awhile before I post them so I can plan and go back and edit chapters so they fit into the story better. Unfortunately, since Romano knows so much he won't be as big of a character in a sequel. Assuming I do write this sequel, the central focus will probably be more towards Canada and Hong Kong. Thank you for commenting, liking, ect. :* I plan to upload the final chapters Sunday, but don't get your hopes up :3