Romano's pov

"Italy?" I called over to the boy.

I walked over to him and my suspicions were confirmed, he was Italy. I could see he was breathing but he was defiantly unconscious. How the hell did he get here? It was only hours before he was in the hospital. I couldn't think about that too much at the moment, I had to free everyone. The only one that was conscious was Germany but he looked quite out of it, he looked like he was in a daze.

"Potato sucker?" I questioned

"Hmm...Romano is that you?" He wearily said, trying to lift his head from the table where it was resting.

"Yes it's me, I'm here to get everyone out of here." I assured him

I walked over to his end of the table and placed the gun down. I then started to un-pick the knotted rope that tied him to the chair.

"Everyone?" He inquired, beginning to sound more lively

"Yes, Spain, Prussia, France and Italy are tied up too." I explained

"Italy's here? Why is he here?" He asked in distress.

Before I could answer him I heard footsteps approaching. I bolted up and grabbed the gun and pointed it at the entrance of the door. My hands were shaking and it was very hard to get my finger near the trigger. Suddenly Clara came into view and she stood at the entrance of the room smirking.

"Look Luddy we have another party guest! Oh and he's brought me a gift how thoughtful." She smiled. slowly advancing towards me.

"Don't come any closer! I will shoot" I threatened

"No you won't silly, you're too scared. Look at your hands they are trembling with fright." She giggled

"I'm warning you!" I said sternly

"And I'm warning you! If you don't lower the gun your little brother will die" She smirked, pulling out a sharp knife from her jacket pocket.

I began to shake even harder and I lost grip on the gun. It fell to the floor and I fell backwards since my shivering legs couldn't support me. I sharp pain inflicted my hands and as I looked down I saw shards of glass embedded in my palms. I hadn't payed much attention to the room itself but now I noticed that it looked like it had been bombed. There were shards of glass and wood everywhere, the walls had smoke stains and holes out of them. I looked back to Clara who had now seized the gun and was pointing it at Italy who was sitting in the seat closest me.

"Why don't you have a seat Romano?" She said, grabbing a spare seat from behind her and placing it at the table beside France

I slowly got to my feet and shakily walked over to the seat. I sat down and Clara began tying me up like everyone else.

Italy's pov

There was a very strong pounding sensation in my head. I must have fallen asleep because all I can remember is staring out my window then darkness. My instinct was to rub my sore head but when I tried moving my arms I couldn't. What was wrong with me? What happened? I slowly opened my eyes and to my surprise saw I wasn't in the hospital anymore. I was in a dishevelled room, sitting at a long table. There was someone directly in front of me and as I became more awake I could make out it was Germany!

"GERMANY!" I shouted happily

"Shhh...Be quiet!" Another voice said.

I turned to the direction the voice had come from. I saw my brother sitting at the same table beside France. I then looked to the other side and saw Prussia and Spain. Germany, Romano and I were the only ones conscious.

"What's going on? Where are we? Why are we tied up?" I asked in fear.

"We are all being held hostage by Clara. I don't know how you got here but we are now in Sealand." Romano explained

Is Romano joking with me? This makes no sense! I can't think straight this is all too confusing.

"I don't understand" I sniffled, begging to tear up.

"Don't cry Italy." Prussia's voice said

I turned to look at him and he had just opened his eyes.

"How the hell did you captured?" Romano questioned

"Well we all walked in and saw West and Italy were tied up. As we tried to untie them Clara came in and knocked us unconscious. How did you get captured? Didn't you have the gun?" Prussia asked Romano.

"She had a knife and threatened to stab Italy. She has the gun now." Romano answered solemnly

"WHAT?!" I shrieked

"Don't worry Italy, I will keep you safe. You should be able to reach the knot of the rope your tied with. I made sure that you would be able to get free before I got knocked out. Please try and loosen the knot even more" Prussia smiled at me.

I stretched my fingers up and sure enough felt the knot. I began to stretch the rope and try to free myself but it was hard. The knot was very tight and the rope as hurting my fingers. It might take me awhile to free myself but I might be able to do it.

"As soon as I get free I will untie the rest of you!" I assured everyone.

"Thank you Italy" Spain's voice said.

Him and France had just started waking up and a few minutes later everyone was fully conscious. My fingers couldn't work at the knot anymore so I had to rest them. As I relaxed I looked over at Germany. Every since I had woken up he hadn't said a word to anyone.

"Germany, Are you alright?" I asked

"I'm great, I'm having the time of my life." He answered sarcastically

I guess he was still angry at me but really I should the one to be angry. He should have figured out by now that Clara had started the fire not me. I should still be mad since he didn't believe me in the first place.

"Why are you angry at me?" I whimpered

Before I could get my answer Clara walked into the room. She walked over to Germany's seat and kissed him on the cheek which made me boil over with rage.

"Now everyone is awake! How fun!" She smiled evilly

"What do you want from us Clara?" Prussia hissed

"Funny you should ask I was just about to tell you all. I will start from the begging, I just wanted Germany here so I could get my man back without any interruptions. I had to work really hard to get the distractions out the way but with Gilbert's help it was actually quite easy. When I got Luddy here he refused me and I had to step up my game! I got Feliciano here and I was going to torture him until Luddy gave in. There has been a change of plan since there is more players now!" She explained

"Players?" France questioned

"This all been a big game to me, Ludwig being the prize. The old game was boring but now I have made it so much more fun! It's a learning game where Luddy learns how I felt when I caught him cheating. So I will kill all of you one at a time so then me and luddy can be even. He will then understand how I have felt all this time. To determine the order in which you lose your lives we will be playing a game of truths which will help Ludwig's decision. Sound's fun doesn't it?" Clara beamed

I began to panic, we are all going to die and there is nothing we can do! I started to shriek and burst into floods of tears.

"I won't let her touch you Italy!" Prussia stated

"Kill me but don't touch Romano!" Spain barked

"Shut up Jerk! This isn't time for you to say stupid things you don't mean!" Romano cried

"I'm to beautiful to die!" France wailed

"You all sound so excited so we can start playing now! So Ludwig, how's first?" She grinned