Chapter Five

AN: Posting early tonight since its AO and I also have homework I should be doing lol.

"Vanna go for a valk?" Gilbert asked as Matthew finished his coffee.

They were still at the bar with the other nations. They were drinking, but the Prussian wasn't. He normally didn't like to drink the night before a flight. Canada had been drinking a lot of coffee to manage his hunger. He needed to eat soon.

"Okay." Matthew agreed with a smiled.

Prussia took his hand as they got up. He left some money on the table to cover their tab before saying goodbye to the others.

Canada hummed as they stepped outside. The night air was cool and the breeze was even colder. He missed the coldness of home and couldn't wait for tomorrow. He smiled as the wind blew through his hair.

"Jou're cute Vögelchen." Prussia said pulling him out of his thoughts. He hadn't realized the albino had been watching him. He blushed and smiled sheepishly. "Too cute."

"Tais-toi." Matthew grumbled as Gilbert laughed. He stretched up on his tip toes and kissed his jaw. "You're the cute one."

"Is it because I'm small?" The Prussian asked faking being offended.

They both laughed together. The pair talked as they walked through the surprisingly quiet city. The couple didn't have an idea on where they were going, but didn't mind. They both lost track of time quickly.

Canada felt the hair on the back of his neck raise. He felt eyes on him. He looked around and didn't spot anything out of the ordinary. There were a few people in the streets walking or waiting to go into bars and restaurants. He brushed the feeling off.

The pair kept walking for a while until they reached a park. Matthew was a bit apprehensive about going in, but Gilbert pulled him along. He put an arm around the Prussian's waist protectively. His instincts were telling him something was off. His senses were working overtime to figure out what was wrong.

"Liebling?" Prussia asked noticing his sudden shift in mood. He didn't seem to hear him. Canada caught an odd scent and focused on it. It was familiar, but he couldn't put a name to it. "Matthew?"

"What?" Blackbird asked absentmindedly. He was still trying to figure out what the scent was.

"Jou okay?" Gilbert asked pausing as they walked. The Canadian stopped too.

"Yeah, just a weird smell." Matthew mumbled. He finally recognized the smell. It was just like quinque, but more concentrated.

Out of the blue, they were surrounded by people. Canada immediately pulled Gilbert closer to protect him. He looked over the people, they all had the same uniform. He easily recognized them as high-ranking ghoul investigators. There were at least ten of them surrounding the pair.

"What do you want?" Matthew snapped carefully watching the Doves.

"What one was it again?" One of the investigators, a blonde woman, whispered quietly to another older Dove.

"I'm not sure. Was it the blond or the albino?" The older investigator asked.

"Does it matter? Take them both!" A red headed Dove answered. The others nodded and readied their quinque.

Blackbird reacted quickly releasing his kagune. He brought it in front of himself shielding him and the Prussian. He picked Gilbert up and flicked his wings out to push the Doves back without hurting them. He jumped into the air and started to run as soon as he landed.

"Catch them!" One of the Doves yelled.

Something wrapped around Blackbird's ankle tripping him. He protected Prussia from the fall with his wings. He growled and twisted seeing a tentacle creeping up his leg. He tried to get up, but the quinque was dragging him backwards to the investigators. He twisted cutting it with his wing. He managed to get to his feet before other tentacles started to wrap around his legs. The Canadian put Gilbert down and pushed him away.

"Go!" Matthew said hurriedly. Prussia shook his head and stepped back towards him. "Gil! Go! I can handle this!"

"Nein, I'm not leaving jou." Gilbert said shaking his head.

Canada didn't have time to argue with him. The investigators were surrounding them again. He growled picking the Prussian up carrying him bridal style.

The Doves started to attack him. The Canadian did what he could to stop their attacks, but they still managed to cut him in a few places. His balance was off with Gilbert's weight and not being able to use his arms.

Blackbird jumped back out of the way of a Doves sword, but ended up in the path of another's blast of spines from their quinque. He grunted in pain as they stuck into his back. He twisted and sent a blast of shards at the investigators. Two of them went down with crystals imbedded into them.

The other Doves quickly charged at him. He couldn't defend against them all and just made sure Gilbert was protected. He wrapped him in his wings and took the brunt of the investigator's quinque. He lashed out a few times injuring the agents. He only injured them; he didn't really want to kill them since they were just doing their job.

Blackbird was fighting through the pain from his wounds. He was wearing down and couldn't keep fighting for long. The number of wounds coupled with his hunger was slowing his healing. More and more cuts were carved into him as they fought. He was bleeding heavily.

"Birdie!" Gilbert yelled hearing him cry out in pain. He could tell Matthew was having a hard time staying on his feet. He didn't know how to help him in the fight.

Canada barely heard the albino. He was looking for an escape. He knew he couldn't win this fight, especially when more Doves started showing up. They had stopped attacking and surrounded him. He growled watching the investigators closely catching his breath. The Doves were looking him up and down and he knew they were gauging his condition.

"We want it alive." One of the investigator's said.

The Doves started to tighten their circle around him. He swatted at him with his wings to warn them to keep away. One of the investigators took advantage of the opening and rushed at him. He knocked Blackbird back and grabbed Gilbert from him. He let out a howl of anger lunging at the agent. Another Dove blocked him with his quinque and threw him back.

Matthew landed in a heap on the ground. He could hear Prussia yelling for him. He tried to get back to his feet, but he didn't have the energy to. His body had given out on him. He tried one more time to get up, but a foot was placed on his back between his kagune. He looked up and snarled at the Dove.

Blackbird twisted trying to hit the investigator with his wings. The agent easily blocked his swipe. He quickly shattered his kagune with his quinque. Matthew struggled weakly trying to get the Dove off of him. He was defenceless and exhausted.

Other investigators started to approach them. He caught a glimpse of Prussia. He was struggling to break free of one of the Doves hold. He didn't look hurt, but the agent holding him had a bloody nose. He was yelling loudly in German to let him go and not to hurt Matthew.

The Canadian felt something poke into his neck. He growled weakly feeling his eyes starting to close. It wasn't long before he was knocked out completely.