Here is part 1 of the rescue. please enjoy it.
Thanks again to Dalasport for helping me along again with the plot.
Two days after the horrifying stillbirth of his best friends brother had devastated Mathias beyond belief.
He had started getting such violent nightmares that left him trembling and crying in Berwalds arms for hours. This of course left both of them very tired in the morning to a point were they couldn't and wouldn't wake up.
Sadly what started as nightmares quickly turned into Antenatal depression.
"B-b-ber. I-I c-c-can't d-do th-thi-is. I-I'm s-so s-s-scared." Mathias whimpered pathetically one chilly November afternoon. "Hey. It'll be alright. None if us will leave you alone. Don't you worry in a couple of weeks we will see our little baby and then we'll be a complete family together with Annabelle, Tino, Emil, Lukas and Arthur." said Berwald soothingly pulling Mathias close to him who sobbed uncontrollably into his shoulder.
"Speaking of Annabelle. Does anybody know where she is?" asked Lukas who was trying in vain to get a restless Diana to go to sleep. "No. I hope she is bringing the DVD to Ivan and Gilbert. Here my darling give her to me." Arthur said reaching out his arms to take his wailing daughter from her very tired mother.
"I hope so to. This is all really taking its toll on Mathias." said Tino who was rocking Emil who had just had another one of his violent crying fits. 'This was a wound that would never heal and that really had its affect on Tino as well. 'We'll help you get through this. I promise' thought Lukas looking at his finally peacefully sleeping brother.
Once Tino felt Emil go limp in his arms he laid him on a spare mattress that Annabelle had brought for them and looked at his lover with a very sad impression on his face.
Ever since Emils still birth Tino had felt a very strange feeling. Like someone had ripped a huge chunk of his heart out. Berwald sensing Tinos distress reach out his free arm and also took Tino into his arms and rocked the mothers of his children until they both fell into a troubled sleep.
After having put the two of them to bed Berwald turned to Arthur and Lukas. Thankfully Diana was already asleep in her makeshift crib her half cousin had made her.
"God. I feel so sorry for Tino and Emil." Arthur said as his daughter mumbled slightly in her sleep. "I know. It pains me so much to see my little brother in such immense pain. I...really h-hate this. It m-makes me feel s-so helpless kn-knowing that th-there is n-nothing I ca-can do for h-him." Lukas sobbed.
Berwald tried to get up to move to his lover but if course ever since three knives had made their mark from the tops of his thighs to his knees every move he made was painful to the point of sheer agony. But all he cared about was to be by his lovers side and help him through this horrifying and terrible part of his life.
When his eyes finally got heavy he could hear Mathias whimpering incoherent things that sounded a lot like pleas to be killed. 'Oh dear god. Please let the message arrive safely and please let nothing happen to my baby girl.' Berwald thought desperately as he stroked Mathias wild hair in an attempt to calm him down.
As he looked around the room he noticed that Lukas and Arthur were the only ones that truly found happiness despite the circumstances and Berwald was really happy for them. But he could only get really happy once they were all out of this hell hole.
Meanwhile Annabelle had wondered to the next village and had asked around where Ivan and Gilbert lived. Luckily for her the town was small enough so that she quickly found them.
First she expected them to shut the door in her face but to her surprise they welcomed her in.
Once they sat in the living room Ivan's and Gilbert's oldest son Nicholai came in and sat next to his parents.
When he saw Annabelle he could not stop looking into her most fascinating violet and jade eyes. And Annabelle herself was most enchanted by Nicholai's ruby red eyes that were quite stunning.
Both of the young half nations were brought back to reality by a soft grunt from Ivan who said "How about we check what's on this DVD shall we?"
Nicholai took the DVD and placed it in the player. The TV lit up in the process, showing three familiar faces. Nicholai made his way to the rest of his family which was seated on the couch and sat between his parents.
The three men on the screen gave each other an encouraging look before speaking.
"Hello, We don't have to introduce ourselves but we are all in big..." Lukas paused, giving his comrades a look "big trouble and really need your help"
Arthur patted his shoulder and continued "We have been taken by some people who want to use us to create a new world by forcing us to have lots of kids. Mathias, Tino and Emil. I don't know how much those three can endure longer. Emil and Tino have gone through horrible things that I wish to not repeat at the moment. Mathias is pregnant and is suffering a lot. He needs to get away as soon as possible. Me and Lukas have had a healthy baby but this place is not an ideal place to raise a baby in. We are all too weak to escape on our own so we beg for your help" At that moment there could be heard a low whimper, coming from their left. Lukas perked up, looking to were the sound came from with a sad expression. It could be seen that he had almost given up. He had little hope.
The camera turned to the source of the sound and on the floor lay Tino with an angry look on his face. He held his boyfriend in a tight embrace as Emil shook in his arms. Emil had long since shed every tear, only shaking a little every once in a while. They looked like ghosts, both as pale as the moon and thin as a tree's branches. In short words, They looked terrible.
The camera turned slowly towards another part of the room where Mathias could be seen sitting in a fetal position in the right corner. The camera turned back to the trio as they watched their family members with sad expressions.
Lukas sighed as he turned back to the camera "As you can see those three are the ones who have suffered the most. But we are most concerned about Mathias. He really needs h-"
Lukas was interrupted when a wild cry could be heard. Berwald stiffened, an angry gleam showing in his eyes. He turned towards his boyfriend and limped to his side. Mathias continued to cry out in panic, which seemed to have come out of the blue as the Swede embraced him and started rocking him back and forth. When the panic attack didn't seem to be ending anytime soon the camera turned to the remaining two men.
Arthur had embraced his boyfriend as well.
He looked down to the floor, tiredness evident in his features "Please come as soon as you can! We can't hold on for much longer."
The men disappeared and were replaced with black.
The room was now silent, with only the low crying of Annabelle. For a while it stayed that way until Gilbert stood up. He had the look of disgust on his face.
"What the hell happened to them" He growled towards Annabelle.
She whimpered as she dried her tears. Nicholai gave him a dark glare. "It isn't her fault!" he said in a low voice. He didn't know why but he felt very protective of the girl.
"No, It's okay. But I don't think I should be the one to tell you what happened. I don't even know everything, I wasn't present at some major events. I would rather wait till you've rescued them." Her eyes widened a bit in fear "You are going to rescue them! aren't you?" she asked hesitantly, tears filling her eyes again.
The three men in the room looked each other in the eyes and nodded.
"Of course we are" Ivan said as he patted Annabelle's hair. She burst out in tears.
"I'm so scared for all of them especially Mathias. He only has a couple weeks left before the baby comes. None of them should go through this." she desperately cried! "They're the only family I have. I just don't want to lose them."
Nicholai drew her into a hug. "shhhh, We will get them out before the last baby is born" He reassured her. "I promise!"
Gilbert and Ivan nodded. Ivan turned to Gilbert and said " It would be better if you stayed at home." "What? Why?" "Because, my little darling, you are pregnant with our twins." Ivan said putting a protective arm around Gilbert's middle.
"Paps is right. I wouldn't want anything to happen to my little brother and sister."piped up Nicholai.
"Alright. But I want you to take Ludwig with you. He'll be great help for you." "If that would make you happy." said Ivan.
So it was decided then. Before Annabelle left Nicholai took her softly by her arm and gave her a ring. It had a ruby red stone in the middle surrounded by little diamonds. "Take this ring. It's actually my mothers ring but I want you to have it so you never ever lose hope. Also see it as a symbol of my promise to you."
Annabelle, who was too lost for words to say anything, simply just embraced Nicholai in a tight hug and whispered "Thank you so much."
When she had left Gilbert called his son into the living room and sat him on the couch. "You are in love with her aren't you?" he asked his oldest son grinning like a Cheshire Cat. "Well I'm not sure myself. I mean she is a beautiful girl and I just feel protective of her probably because she seemed so helpless to me. But I will save her with her family. I promised her that." "That's my awesome son." Gilbert smiled.
Meanwhile Annabelle returned back home and was bombarded with questions to which she only halfheartedly responded due to a certain half Russian half German young man still present in her mind.
"Did you find them? Are they going to rescue us? Are you ok" Arthur asked desperately. "Yes." mumbled Annabelle.
What happened then was the equivalent to a huge concert. Arthur embraced and kissed Lukas senselessly. Tinos and Emils eyes lit up and they started crying for joy and Berwald whispered into Mathias ear "Did you hear that? This crap will finally soon be over." Mathias just let silent tears if joy stream down his face. "Finally." he said. Now all there was left was to wait.