I'm so sorry for that delay! I've been dreadfully busy but now I'm getting back into serious writing. Enjoy.

EMILS POV

We were sitting on the beach with absolutely nothing to do. No mermaids, the octopus ladies were still silent, Denmark was cooking fish...it was boring! I wanted to crawl in the shack and go to sleep. I stopped when I heard someone cough, and it didn't sound like my brother or the Dane.

When I turned around, I saw a man that looked kinda like Feli, but not exactly. His hair and eyes were a darker shade of brown and his hair curl was on the opposite side. Unlike Feli, this guy was totally nude, but strangely lacked a certain male part. Weird.

"Hello strange and random misfortunate traveler!" I said with a smile. The man didn't look impressed with me at all. In fact, he looked angry. What did we ever do to him? "I AM THE GUY YOU JUST MADE CRY'S BROTHER" He said with an eardrum breaking volume. "Oh well hi there 'Guy Who You Just Made Cry's' brother. How are y—wait a sec..." I began to say but then It dawned on me what had happened.

"You guys are gonna die" He said with a bit of an evil smile. "I KNEW IT" Denmark shouted. Me? I would have none of this. I'm out of there. Out out out out out! I ran inside the shack, not to be heard from or seen as long as that merman was there. However, I could still see the events as they happened from where I was.

"Which one of you is Lukas?" The new man asked. My brother hesitantly raised his hand and was immediately given a swift punch in the face. "GAH! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" Norway shouted as he held his jaw. I probably would have done the same thing. That punch looked like it would leave a bruise.

"It was for making my brother cry you demon!" Shouted Romano. I don't know if I had mentioned earlier, but he had said his name was Romano, and I have to admit that it's a pretty cheesy name. "That doesn't justify you punching me" Norway said. It was visible that he was officially ticked off, and my brother is nothing to play with when he's mad.

"You shouldn't have made my brother cry! You don't know what you've started!" Romano said through gritted teeth. "No, I don't, but I mean to end it" My brother said in response. Romano rolled his eyes and clicked his tongue as if to say 'yeah, right'. That action might not have been much, but it was enough to make Norway go into Viking mode.

He stood up tall, looking about the same height as the merman. "How about I kill you right now?" Norway asked, a dark purple aura starting to form around him. I honestly get scared when he gets like this, because it's the same aura Ivan gets before whacking someone's head off with his water pipe.

Romano was about to burst into laughter. It was as if he found my brother to be pathetic and weak. I assure you that he might not have superman strength, but he is a force to be reckoned with. Especially when he's mad.

LUKAS' POV

So here I am. A human against a merman. A very mean and rude merman at that. I didn't intend to start any fights, but I'm not letting anyone, not even this guy, push me around. It was obvious he probably had the upper-hand, but I would still face him nonetheless. He has to have some kind of weakness.

I noticed he didn't have any private parts, which was in itself unusual. I figured that performing a drop-kick on him might be ineffective, but I tried it anyway. He dropped to the ground alright, but not for any longer than five seconds. He stood back up and had this demonic smile on his face. "Doesn't work that well, idiot" He said darkly.

Okay! So drop-kicks don't work. Maybe stomach punches? Right under the ribcage usually causes people to lose their breath and anything was worth a try. I reared my fist back and hit right under his ribcage, but he didn't seem to lose air. However, it still caused him some pain, which was good. "Now you're just making me mad" He growled.

"I'm a Viking. I wouldn't expect anything else" I said with a smirk. He was bent over, holding his stomach due to the last hit I gave him. He was in the perfect position for one of my favorite fighting moves. I held onto his shoulders and brought my leg up, kneeing him in the face with extreme force.

Denmark was cheering me by saying things like "Go Nor!" "You're doin' it!" and the like. To be honest, I liked it when he cheered me on. I kept kneeing the merman's face until he let out a scream that could break glass. I covered my ears, but it didn't stop me from using my legs. I still kicked him wherever I could. Finally he stopped screaming and endured my kicking for a moment or two.

MATHIAS' POV

I was standing off to the side, watching. It had been so long since I'd seen Norge this peed off, and I actually forgot how kick-butt he really was. I cheered him on as he kicked that merman up one side and down the other.

The merman, I believe he called himself Romano, finally turned his gaze to me after taking a few hits. His eyes looked very unusual as their gaze met with mine. They changed from dark brown to an unnatural light blue. He just kept staring at me...and he didn't seem to be bothered by the kicking at the moment.

I felt something strange happening to me, but I couldn't not look at his icey eyes. Before I knew it, I physically could not move my own body. It was as if Romano had taken control of me. "Hey, you with the spiky hair, stop him from kicking me." He commanded calmly.

I really didn't want to, but my body did as he commanded and I seized Norway. My little Lulu was in utter shock, and so was I. "Nej! Let me go! You were just cheering me on and now you're holding me back!?" He said confusedly. I don't blame him. I myself was confused just as much as he was.

I tried to speak, but my mouth wouldn't respond. The one time I actually have a reason to talk and I can't. How ironic is that? My hands gripped him tighter and Romano looked very pleased. He stuck his tongue out at lulu, which was a sure way to get me mad. One does not simply tease my little buddy and not get a bruise. However, there was not much I could do at this time other than do as I was commanded.

Norge jerked around, trying to get free. I wanted to let him go, but what I wanted to do didn't matter at the moment. "My voice may not lure sailors to their death, but my gaze can trick the weak-minded easily" Romano said, winking at me. He was implying I was weak in the head, which was actually quite offensive.

Even Norway, from time to time, managed to admit that I was rather witty. In my opinion, I'm not that weak in the mind. However, it was a fact that Romano started telling me things to do telepathically and it was impossible for me to resist. He made me take one of Lulu's arms and twist it around his backside.

I knew it hurt Lulu a lot, but I kept pushing his arm further. Romano would either make me break it or push it to it's limit. I wanted neither. "OW OW! IT HURTS!" Norway cried out. Romano smiled and laughed. "too bad, so sad. Spiky hair is under my control" He said with a demonic grin.

My little Lukas started crying from the pain. "It's a talent I have. He'll do anything I say. Yo, spiky hair, hurt him until he begs for mercy" Romano continued. I fought the command as hard as I could, but it availed to nought. I slammed his face into the sand, and I'm sure he got a mouthful of it along with stinging pain.

ROMANO'S POV

Mr Spiky hair was doing so well. I hardly believe how easily he was influenced. It's great to be a merman with telekinetic power when you have a man that's all muscle and no brain. I was enjoying this very much, and since I hate humans, it only made it better. I could do anything I wanted to Lukas, which was an amazing ego booster. Not that I didn't have ego to begin with.

Spiky hair pulled Lukas' head up and he looked at me pitifully. "Aww what's wrong? Did that hurt?" I cooed. Lukas nodded but couldn't talk due to having a mouthful of sand. I smiled with great satisfaction. "Is this guy your friend? I bet it hurts more coming from him" I said darkly. Lukas slowly shook his head no.

As he shook his head, I noticed he had a little hair curl. Me and my brother go nuts when our hair curls are pulled, so maybe this poor little human was the same way. "Now you're going to have that curl pulled. I hope it hurts" I said with a smirk. The look that came upon Lukas' face couldn't be bought with all the pearls in the world.

He instantly spit out the sand and begged quickly for spiky hair not to do it. As cute as his begging was, I still made the taller one grab the smaller one's hair curl and pull it harshly. Lukas screamed loudly and his body shook violently. It was obvious that whatever that curl pulling did to him was not pleasant.

"Please! Stop!" He begged as tears flowed down his cheeks. I smirked again. "Why should I?" I asked. "I didn't mean to hurt your brother!" He admitted as he looked up at me. His face was red from crying and his body had only started to shake worse. "Tough luck buddy. You did, and now you pay for it" I said as I looked down at his pitifulness.

"Please, please don't make It worse" He asked desperately. I was going to make it much worse. I wanted to see him writhing around, using every last breath to beg for mercy and not receive it. The thought was delicious. Spiky hair held Lukas down harder, pulling his curl even more. "No no no!" Lukas squealed as he tried to get away.

I chuckled evilly, watching his failure.

MATHIAS' POV

Come on Denmark! You're the king of the north and you're succumbing to an evil merman!? It was true though. I was torturing my best friend and couldn't do a thing about it. I knew what it did to him when his sensitive curl was pulled and I felt awful as I looked down at his face.

Tears were flowing and he was sweating all over. His face was red and his whole body trembled with pain. What the heck am I doing to him!? I need to regain control; now. I tried my very best to block the thoughts that Romano was planting into my mind, but it was very difficult. However, I felt my grip on Lulu loosening, which meant I was slowly but surely regaining my body. "Keep holding him!" He snapped. I instantly tightened my grip again. Ugh...

Lukas groaned in pain. I wasn't pulling his curl right now, but his arm was still twisted behind his back. Romano clicked his tongue again. "Keep quiet! No groaning!" He shouted at Lulu. The merman went over to where we were roasting the fish and picked up my pocket knife. Please...dont make me do what I think you're gonna do...

He put the knife in the hand that wasn't holding Lukas' arm. Lukas saw the blade and became visibly shaken. I honestly don't blame him. His body sweated more than before, showing that he was authentically scared. "Wh-what are you going to do with that!?" He managed to ask.

"Cut you an apple. WHAT DO YOU THINK!?" Romano shouted. Lukas flinched at the volume. "Y-You could use it for anything! Cutting, stabbing, or cutting off my...uh..." he replied. I knew what the last word would have been, but I don't suppose Romano would have understood. He didn't have one of those. But...I wouldn't negate the possibility.

"Cutting off something? Great idea!" Romano cooed. "Nej, nej! Anything but that!" My little Lulu begged as he crossed his legs. I knew what he thought Romano would cut off, but surprisingly it wasn't that. "Human parts are gross! No way I'm having anything to do with them! I was thinking...maybe a finger?" He said with an evil tone.

"If I have to endure, a finger is better than...'there'" Lukas sighed. "Maybe I should cut off your curl!" Romano snapped. I knew very well that Lukas' hair curl was already detached, so cutting it off was a rather dumb idea. "But it's too bad that you don't get to decide anything!" Romano added.

I held Lukas' hand down despite his struggling. However, he did make it very hard for me to get to his fingers. He made a tight fist, which was something I couldn't force him not to do. Romano grunted in annoyance and stomped over. What was he gonna do?

He stepped on Lukas' hand. "If you can't get to his fingers, cut his whole hand off!" Romano snapped. I reared my hand back and was ready to bring it down on Lulu's wrist. Why was he making me do this!? Norway screamed out of total fear, and that was it. I couldn't listen to Romano anymore. I made myself throw the knife to the side.

"SPIKY HAIR! YOU DO WHAT I SAY!" Romano shrieked. I started to reach for the knife again, but Norge's voice overpowered Romano's. "Please, don't hurt me. Don't let him control you!" He begged. "N-Nor..." I began to utter. I couldn't ignore that face.

"Shut up!" Romano screamed as he kicked Lulu in the face. He cried heavily and that was all I needed to break Romano's...spell. I held Lulu close. "Please don't cry! I'm so sorry. So so sorry" I whispered. The merman looked officially peed off.

We stood up and after Lukas calmed down, he had a very angry expression that was directed toward Romano. "Should I go 2p on him?" He asked. That...actually sounded good. "Oh heck yeah" I said with a big Danish smile. Norway grinned like a little devil. The look he gave was terrifying, and I swear that Romano even flinched.

As said, Lukas did go 2p on the merman. His 2p, Lokki, loved to bite people's necks, so that's the first thing my little Lulu went for. He dug his teeth into Romano's neck without even giving an afterthought. "You go Nor!" I cheered. I was happy that Romano was getting what he deserved. He screamed again, louder than before.

Lukas, now that he was in 2p mode, did a very gross but smart thing. He spit in Romano's open mouth. Romano gagged and spit on the ground. "Gross!" He screamed. "It shut you up, didn't it?" Norway asked with a smirk. Romano scowled and kicked Lukas' crotch as hard as he possibly could. Considering a merman's strength, I knew that had to hurt. A lot.

"D-Denmark!" He shrieked, falling to the ground and shaking. I could only imagine the pain he was in. I ran over to him, but not too close. I didn't want to interfere too much. He grabbed Romano's sides and dug his nails in. "It hurts!" He cried. Romano was obviously annoyed at Norway's resistance and I honestly believe he wasn't expecting my Lulu to put up such a fight. But what can I say? Vikings don't give up.

Norway again dug his teeth into Romano's neck, but the merman had a counterattack. He pulled Norge's hair curl. The harder he pulled, the harder Lulu bit. Neither of them were going to give up, I knew. Romano wasn't going to let that curl go, and Norge wasn't going to take his teeth out. In a nutshell, they were at a stalemate.

"This isn't getting us anywhere!" I shouted, hoping one of them might give up. As expected, neither man stopped. Romano was acting out of hate, and in turn Lukas was protecting us. I am very proud for his effort, but I had to do something...but...what should I do? If I tried to pull Romano's hand off, it would only hurt Lukas more. If I tried to pull Lukas' mouth off, the merman would torture him relentlessly.

Iceland came up behind me. "How are things go- OH MY GOD—" He screamed. I suspected he'd been eating some fruit because he had juice on his mouth. "Do you mind helping?"

"What do I do!?"

"I don't know! BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO EITHER"

Iceland swallowed nervously and tried to pull Romano's hand off as I tried to pull Norway's mouth off. All our efforts counted for naught. Lukas' bite didn't loosen, and neither did the merman's grip. In fact, they probably got tighter. "Please! You're only hurting yourself!" I grunted.

Iceland called out Feli's name, and surprisingly, the merman responded.