Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia
Shattered.
Prologue:
Officer Basch Zwingli sighed for what had to be the hundredth time in the last hour as he reviewed the case his boss had assigned him.
A serial killer was targeting pregnant women and taking their babies all across Europe. The European Union suspected the infants were being taken to sell on the black market, which was why Interpol was now in charge of the case.
So far, the killer had claimed the lives of three women and severely injured a fourth. Basch doubted they were the only victims out there, however, they were the only ones they could link.
The identity of the victims had caused quite a frenzy once the media had gotten ahold of the case, it was because of who the women were; which, put more pressure on Basch to solve this case. He picked up a photo off his desk; it was of Amelia Jones Kirkland, the first victim.
The young mother to be was the wife of a former lieutenant of the British Air Force, Dr. Arthur Kirkland. One of Great Britain's leading trauma surgeons.
Amelia had been eight and a half months pregnant with a baby boy. According to the police report, Dr. Kirkland had come home at ten P.M. to find his wife dead in the bathtub with her stomach ripped open. The baby missing.
The medical examiner had placed the time of death to be anywhere between three or five o'clock. The report further stated that Mrs. Kirkland had suffered severe trauma to the face and neck, but her official cause of death was blood loss. That meant Mrs. Kirkland had been alive at the time they removed her baby.
It sickened Basch to think of that poor woman being alive as she was being cut open, he hoped she was unconscious. He placed down her photo and picked up the photo of the next victim Felicia Beilschmidt.
Mrs. Beilschmidt was the wife of former Navy Captain Ludwig Beilschmidt. Now one of Germany's top trauma surgeons. At the time of her death, Felicia had been nine months pregnant with a baby girl. According to the medical examiner, she suffered the same injury's that Amelia Kirkland had. The cause of death was also the same.
The most disturbing aspect of the Beilschmidt murder to Basch was that Dr. Beilschmidt had been found cradling his wife's body. It was obvious the man had loved his wife.
Basch put down Felicia's photo and picked up another. It was of the third victim, Sakura Karpusi. Mrs. Karpusi was the wife of Heracles Karpusi, Greece's chief prosecutor; she had been eight months pregnant with a boy.
Sakura like the others had been brutally beaten before her child was taken. Her official cause of death was blood loss. It was Mrs. Karpusi's case that got Interpol involved.
As the police could no longer deny that the cases were closed incidents. Sadly that decision had not come in time to stop the perpetrators from attacking again. Putting down Sakura's photo, he picked up the last one in the stack.
It was of victim number four, Anna Bondevik. The only living witness to the crime, at least for now. The doctors weren't sure if she was going to make it and she was currently on life-support. Her baby was also missing.
Mrs. Bondevik was the wife of Lukas Bondevik, one of Norway's top CEO's. Anna had been eight months pregnant with a baby girl; she was found by her live-in brother-in-law Emil after he came home from a school field trip. The doctors said it was a miracle she was alive. There was still a chance she could die, though.
Busch put down Anna's photo. This was going to be a difficult case but this killer needed to be stopped before he could hurt anyone else. Plus, those babies needed to be reunited with their daddies. Although, if it involved the black market, that might be impossible. He had to try though.
"God it was not a good year to start a family," Basch thought.
Author's note: So what do you think?