"Vesterrrrrrrn." Germany sighed and turned around at the exclamation of Prussia's nickname for him, his black suit and blue tie making a slight swishing sound with the motion. Before he could react to his brother's presence he felt the albinos hands grip his collar tightly, startling the German whose eyes widened considerably as Prussia yanked him forward until they were almost nose to nose.
"Vat Bruder?" Germany finally managed to force out while the grip on his collar tightened slightly as Prussia pulled him even closer.
"Canada." Prussia cried out, still panting after his rush to search out the tall blonde having taken him down three halls, the foyer and several rooms until he had finally located Germany by the door of the meeting room.
"Vat?" Germany asked again, hoping his brother would clarify what he wanted.
"Canada... he has... been kidnapped... by elephants." Germany blinked several times at that in complete confusion.
"Who?" Prussia scowled as he regained his breath, finally stopping panting.
"Canada, blonde, vears glasses."
"You mean America?" Germany asked in confusion. Prussia's scowl deepened and he released the other nation with a snort of frustration.
"Nein, Canada. I need a gun, the big one." Prussia insisted to which Germany just sighed and shook his head.
"No for several reasons. One, the meeting starts soon. Two, I didn't bring the big gun. Three, I think you need some of Italy's Ritalin." Prussia just glared at his brother and threw his arms up in frustration.
"God, vatever I'll find him myself." Prussia turned to leave when Germany grabbed his arm and began pulling him into the meeting room. "Vest, vat the hell?" Prussia exclaimed as he attempted to free himself from the taller Germans iron grip.
"No, the meeting vill start soon. If the nation is here he vill show up." Prussia struggled even harder as Germany began to pull him past the large double doors.
"No he von't, he vas kidnapped by elephants, elephants I tell you, elephants!" Prussia cried as Germany pulled him past the threshold of the meeting room before closing the doors behind them.
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"Did you find him?" Vietnam asked Taiwan, worry forcing its way into her voice. The pair had met up at the closed conference room doors after searching their respective hallways. Taiwan shook her head rapidly.
"No, you?"
"No, damn where is he." Vietnam exclaimed irritably, frustrated and more than a little concerned for the blonde's fate as she glanced out one of the windows. Taiwan gave her sister a sympathetic glance but knew that they would not likely find him before the meeting began. Solemnly, Taiwan extended her hand to her sister's shoulder, prompting Vietnam to look back at her.
"The meeting is about to start we can't wait out here forever."
"But-." Vietnam began and Taiwan, seeing that she was going to try and interrupt rushed her explanation to her sister.
"Listen, you're the host nation, you can't just not show up." Vietnam still looked on stubbornly but Taiwan could tell it was weakening.
"What if he's in trouble?" Vietnam muttered.
"He's probably already in there." Taiwan tried instead, pulling the raven haired nation towards the doors. Vietnam gave a last mournful look at the hall before permitting herself to be lead inside.
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Canada really wished the elephant would release its grip on him. Sure they were still moving and should the elephant let him go he would likely be trampled by the pachyderm and its huge feet but the possibility of being trampled was infinitely preferable to what was occurring now.
Due to the fact that an elephant was squeezing him with its trunk, he found it very difficult to breathe.
"Ana- ok we should be safe." Thailand said with a last glance back towards the conference building as the elephant stopped, still holding Canada unfortunately. "Ana- that was close, good thing we were there to save you Matthew." Thailand informed the violet eyed blonde, sliding down the elephant's leg and landing on the ground with a practiced ease, still eying the conference building in the background.
Canada responded with a strangled gasp, causing Thailand to turn to him with a happy smile before turning to one of panic.
"Ana- oh no ถั่วลิสง, he's turning blue!" Thailand cried out in panic, the elephant looking at the nation in its grasp for the first time since grabbing him before dropping Canada in shock.
"Th-." Canada began before Thailand wrapped his arms around him and pressed a fist against the blonde's chest with the other hand over the fist.
"Ana- he must be choking. Heimlich manoeuvre!" Thailand shouted with a smile of confidence and immediately began pressing his fist into Canada's chest. As such, Canada found it even harder to breathe. "Ana- breathe Matthew breathe!" Thailand cried as he continued forcing nothing from Canada's throat. Thailand paused as the elephant tapped him on the shoulder, causing him to glance at his elephant affectionately.
"Ana- yes?" Canada gasped, thankful beyond imagining that the elephant had managed to distract the well meaning smiling man long enough for him to regain sufficient breath to speak.
"Thailand... I'm fine." Canada choked out prompting Thailand to release his new friend before hugging him tightly, once again forcing what little breath the blonde had managed to collect to be lost yet again. Canada was fortunate however that this time Thailand released him shortly and before he began to change colours again only to be bombarded by words instead.
"Ana- oh Matthew I was so worried! When I woke up and found you kidnapped I was so scared."
"Wait, you thought I was kidnapped?" Canada asked, confusion lacing his voice. Thailand smiled brightly once again before patting the elephant's trunk.
"Ana- yes. Peanuts and I came to rescue you." Thailand stated proudly. Canada blinked a few times as his mind raced to catch up with the events presented to him.
"... Wait, his name is peanuts?" Canada asked the smiling man, pointing at the pleased pachyderm curiously. Thailand smiled even wider and patted his elephant affectionately.
"Ana- of course, would you like to know how I named him?" Thailand asked Canada with a curious tone.
"Actually, th-."
"Ana- It all began several years ago." Thailand began, leaning against the elephant's leg while Canada groaned internally, realizing it was likely a rather long story. "Ana- I was wandering around all alone in my younger days when, all of a sudden I came across a baby elephant." Thailand sighed affectionately at that.
"Ana- anyway, after eating the elephant, which was rather rubbery," Canada's eyes opened wide in surprise, "I continued on my way and crossed a river where some other elephants were drinking. It was there that I met a juvenile elephant all alone." Thailand looked into his elephants eyes with a wide smile.
"Ana- As I looked into his wide innocent eyes, I couldn't help but feel as though he was trying to communicate with me, and a connection was formed." Thailand continued his eyes boring into the elephants. "Ana- as I continued to stare into his eyes, a word entered my mind unheeded. It was then that I knew his name." Thailand turned to regard Canada with his smiling mouth and eyes.
"Ana- Peanuts."
"... I see."
"Ana- yep. And he's followed me ever since." Thailand said happily, giving the elephant one last affectionate pat before approaching and standing before Canada with his trademark grin. "Ana- so, we should get you back to Vietnams before she grows suspicious." Canada let out a tired sigh at that before reaching an arm out and grasping Thailand's shoulder. Behind Thailand, Peanuts settled loudly into a lying position and adopted a relaxed expression.
"Thailand, Vietnam brought me. Prussia saw me, and he actually remembers me so I had to come today or else he would become suspicious and if he told America..." Canada trailed off, the threat hanging in the air. Thailand nodded in both understanding and joy. Canada clearly cared for Vietnam's well being if he was going through such lengths as faking a kidnapping to keep her safe, ergo it behoved him to assist Canada in some way, but how.
"I'm sorry but Thailand, do you have the time?" Canada asked Thailand shyly, not wishing to interrupt the raven haired nation's inner monologue but feeling it necessary. Thailand started and, after another bright smile whipped his wristwatch out and checked the hour.
"Ana- it is eight fifty two and fifty seconds, fifty one, fifty two, fifty three, fifty fo-."
"Maple, the meeting already started." Canada exclaimed horrified. Thailand glanced up from his watch losing his place as he did so.
"Ana- so?"
"Well, I should be there. Though, no one will likely even notice." Canada muttered somewhat morosely as he began fiddling with a loose thread on his sleeve. Thailand gave his blonde friend a sympathetic look at that, then a shrewd one. He had just realized how he could help Canada.
"Ana- Matthew."
"Yes?"
"Ana- we need you to be noticed at the meeting correct?" Canada gave him a curious but apprehensive look at the eager glimmer in the smiling man's eyes.
"Yes, but they lock the doors when the meeting start, and they always yell so loudly they won't hear us." Thailand nodded absently. This was all known to him but a plan had begun to formulate in his mind.
"Ana- I know how we can get them to notice you." Thailand told the violet eyed nation with a devious smile. Peanuts perked up at the look and rumbled to his feet while Canada gave back a wary smile of his own.
"Really?"
"Ana- yep, we need to make an entrance." Thailand cried enthusiastically. Canada's smile became very tight at that.
"What kind of entrance?" Thailand looked back to him and smiled a Cheshire cat grin, practically splitting his face open.
"Ana- the best kind." Canada gulped at the evasive answer and disturbing grin.
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Taiwan watched Vietnam give the opening speech in concern. Her sisters normally bright eyes were somewhat dimmed in concern for her not quite yet boyfriend. She gave a sigh, causing Japan to look to her in concern.
"Taiwan, are you all right?" Japan quietly asked the Chinese girl seated beside him, not desiring to be rude by interrupting Vietnam so kept his voice a whisper. Taiwan gave him a shy smile and a light blush tainted her cheeks at the Japanese mans attention.
"I'm fine." She assured the composed nation beside her, who eyed her suspiciously for a moment before turning back to regard Vietnam as she ended her speech, Taiwan slumping in her seat in relief. She looked back to Vietnam, her podium set higher than the table the nations were seated at and before a large window, made to frame the speaker while they stood there.
"And so, I would like thank once ag-."
"It's back!" Prussia shouted abruptly leaping from his chair and pointing towards Vietnam who scowled at the albino for interrupting her in the middle of her speech.
"Bruder." Germany chastised, latching a hand unto Prussia's shoulder and attempting to drag him back down though unsuccessfully.
"It's come back for me!" Prussia exclaimed before grapping Germany's collar once again. "Give me the damn gun!" He demanded of the blue eyed blonde in his grasp.
"Holy hell." England exclaimed with wide eyes. Vietnam looked around the table at all of the nations around it, staring at her with surprised and wide eyes. It was then that Vietnam realized they were not staring at her. They were staring at the window behind her.
Vietnam slowly turned her own eyes widening in shock as she saw what was outside the window.
"Stampede!" America cried out as he jumped to his feet.
At that exclamation, an elephant suddenly smashed through the large window, spraying the area directly behind Vietnam with glass and plaster from the wall it had trampled before the invading elephant gave a loud trumpet of victory over its glass opponent and stomped back out of the room crushing the wall some more leaving an entrance you could drive a car through. Not a smart car kind of car, but an SUV size entrance.
From the ruins of the window two figures walked in through the dust cloud left behind by the elephants retreat (or rather one walked in and another was dragged by the first).Thailand stood proudly in the ruins of the former window while he gripped Canada, who was desperately trying to disappear to little effect as all the nations in the stared at them in complete slack jawed shock.
"Ana- now that is an entrance." Thailand stated proudly, his voice booming in the complete silence surrounding them. It was as though those words broke a spell over the room which had been holding them silent.
"Mattie, what the hell! That was awesome!" America exclaimed. Thailand grabbed Canada's shoulders and gave him an enthusiastic shake, said blonde's head flying back in forth like a rag doll.
"Ana- see? It worked, he recognized you!"
"Oh god." Matthew exclaimed quietly, covering his beet red face in embarrassment with his hands.
It took me awhile to decide whether or not to have additional elephants barge in. I decided to just go with Peanuts in the end and also to cut it off here as it seemed like a natural ending. Read and Review please.