Chapter 16: Freezing over
Anya and Russia were walking on the side of an icy road on their way to an iced over lake to skate on. Anya had brought up how she used to be a professional until the war in her world started and Russia wanted to see for himself, so they decided to go for a little while and then go for food at Nikolai's café. The two came up at the frozen lake and put on their ice skates; Anya became more excited with every second that passed.
Before Russia had even tied his first skate, Anya was on the ice and skating around. Even though the skates were new and had to be broken in, Anya was able to skate with ease. Russia finally got onto the ice and he skated up to Anya who was overly ecstatic to be on the ice.
"Thank you very much for the skates Mr. Russia" she skated over to him and beamed innocently.
"No trouble at all, I was interested to see you skate after telling me you were a professional."
Anya was enthusiastic to show Russia what she could do so she skated into the middle and did a triple axis in the air then did a spiral on the ice. Russia watched in amazement as the little Russian girl flew in the air, doing moves he didn't even know existed.
While Anya was skating she lost her balance and fell face flat on the ice, cutting her forehead slightly. Russia stumbled over (he doesn't skate much) to Anya and helped her up.
"Are you okay?"
Anya felt her head and saw a drop of blood stained on her mitten, but it didn't hurt.
"Da, I'm fine." She grinned and started to skate again, leaving Russia to try and keep his balance.
Anya stopped to retie the lace on her skate when she heard a crack under her feet; she moved and saw a break in the ice. She tried to skate away but the crack followed and eventually the ice grew too weak to hold her. Anya fell into the icy water and began to sink down since her pink, wool jacket was soaking up water and her skates were weighing her down. She tried to claw at the ice but it kept breaking when she actually got hold, so with one last futile attempt to get to the surface, she blacked out.
*Cough* *Cough* *Cough* Anya's eyes opened and she could feel herself being dragged over the cold ice by the back of her collar. She was finally released and looked up to see Russia dripping in water and panting lightly, but he was smiling. Anya's head fell back into the snow, and then Russia did the same. Though it was below 0 degrees the two weren't feeling the least bit frostbitten (most likely because they've both lived in it their entire lives). Russia pulled out a phone which somehow was still working and called Lithuania to pick them up from the lake since the two wouldn't be able to go for food while still wet. A few minutes later, Lithuania drove up in a dark blue car, exited, and ran up to the two wet Russians.
"Mr. Russia, are you okay?" Lithuania asked, wondering why the two were wet.
"Da, we are fine." Russia got on his feet and helped Anya up.
Russia got into the driver's seat and Anya got into the passengers while Lithuania jumped into the back (they were about to drive off without him). The three drove up to the house where they were met by Estonia and Latvia.
"Mr. Russia, why are you so wet? Aren't you afraid of getting a cold?" Estonia asked.
Russia just smiled terrifyingly. "I'm Russia, why would I be afraid of anything…except Belarus?"
"But if you were to get a cold we would have to take care of you." Latvia said unaware that what he said could be taken as hurtful.
Russia walked up to Latvia and pushed him down with his hand while Kol'ing. "And why would it be so bad to take care of Anya and me?"
"I-I just meant that we wouldn't want you or Miss Anya to get sick, that's all." Estonia and Lithuania trembled in fear while they watched as Russia tortured Latvia when Anya spoke up.
" , I think Latvia was only telling us his worries. There's no need to punish him." Latvia hid behind a wet Anya while Estonia and Lithuania marveled at her.
"Oh alright, I'll stop…for now." Russia shot a horrifying look at the Baltics which got a yelp out of all of them.
Russia left to change into dry clothes after he ordered The Baltics to find clothing for Anya.
"I found one of Ukraine's old dresses for you." Lithuania pulled out a white laced dress with a bright blue buttoned top and handed it to Anya who was changing in a closet.
"She's so nice; it's hard to think she's Russia double." Latvia sighed, thankful for his rescue.
"I know it's weird. Plus, I'm actually taller than her." Estonia smiled at the thought.
"Maybe she'll rub off onto Russia. Wouldn't that be nice?" Lithuania's remark put them all into a daze when the sound of the closet opened and Anya came out shining bright like a Doitsu (Tell me if you've seen that meme :P).
She thanked them for the clothes then went into the room with the fireplace and sat down in the arm chair that was parallel from the one Russia was sitting in. She took the shot of Vodka Russia had poured for her and drank the entirety of it, trying not to make a scene of overjoy because of the taste. Russia looked at the fire and then at her.
"What are the Baltics like in your world?" Russia asked as Anya poured herself another shot and drank it down.
"Why do you ask such a question?" Russia took a swig of Vodka and then poured Anya another shot, wondering if he should just get Anya her own bottle.
"I'm just wondering." The real reason was that he was wondering why Anya liked his Baltics so much, especially Latvia.
"Oh, well Estonia ships out medical supplies to the colonies while Lithuania creates and exports laser weaponry."
"What about Latvia?" The Baltics heard their names and started to eavesdrop into their conversation from outside.
Anya took a deep breath in and took another shot. "She's in a coma at the moment."
The Baltics were shocked to hear this, and then they looked at Latvia who was shivering at the thought of his other self being in a coma. Russia was also shocked, only he didn't react to it as much. Anya looked into the fire and continued to talk.
"You see, before the countries banded together, we all attempted to protect ourselcves. The Baltics were trying to create a wall around their territory to keep invaders out since energy fields weren't created for the public yet. Latvia was on top of the wall one day when Kaydom's attacked and she fell off. I never saw her after the first visit to the hospital and nobody ever visited me; I could not leave because I was busy protecting my land. Even Belarus was too busy to see me."
The Baltics couldn't help but feel bad for Anya while Russia tried to get the thought of being alone again out of his mind.
"I wish I could hug my little Latvia again, even if I did scare her." She took another shot and sat back in her chair.
Russia could see that Anya thought of her Baltics as her own children even if they thought otherwise; she truly was Mother Russia. It must have broken her heart to see them leave her. The eavesdropping Baltics wanted to make Anya feel better even though they faced punishment from Russia for spying, then Estonia and Lithuania looked at Latvia thinking the same thought; though it took Latvia a moment before they realized that they wanted him to do.
"No." Latvia said flatly.
"Come on, she obviously misses her Latvia so you might cheer her up if you go up and give her a hug. It won't kill ya." Lithuania tried to shove Latvia into the room but Latvia fought back.
"Do you know how weird that would be?" He argued.
"It's only weird if you make it weird, now go." Estonia helped Lithuania and they all ended up falling into the room, getting both Russian's attention.
They quickly got up and stood shaking from shortest to tallest, preparing to get the worst from Russia when something surprising happened.
Anya stood up and stood in front of them then said "It's rude to eavesdrop, da?" She took out her shovel and began to kol at the three, but then stopped when she saw their scared faces.
She instead put the shovel away and smiled. "But I will take that hug ^J^."
The Baltics weren't sure whether or not to trust Anya but they didn't have much choice so Estonia and Lithuania pushed Latvia in front of Anya while he looked at his feet, quivering. Anya was a couple feet taller than him so she was still a little threatening, plus she had changed her mood so quickly from angry to happy that he didn't know what she was really feeling. He felt himself get picked up like a child and Anya held him like one too, and this made him feel severely awkward and a little scared. Russia got up and said he was going to go to bed and then he told the Baltics to keep Anya company until she went to bed as well.
Anya sat down while still holding Latvia who was shooting Lithuania and Estonia a "What the hell do I do" look.
They all sat there and eventually Latvia fell asleep while Anya was still holding him, so she gave him to Lithuania and told them to go to bed. She continued to sit there alone.
"She acts like such a mother." Estonia rubbed his eyes tiredly.
"Seriously, did you see how she handled Latvia?" Lithuania said as Estonia opened the door to their bedroom.
"Still, I don't blame her. Hard to think her Latvia is in a coma." Estonia got into his separate bed and pulled up the covers.
"Plus, she was left all alone to defend herself; must have been hard." Lithuania put Latvia in his bed then went into his own.
"Maybe she's the person Russia refers to when he says something about Mother Russia." Estonia laughed at the thought and they fell asleep.
Anya stared into the fire and thought to herself "In the name of Father Russia, I will protect them."
-DONE! We finally got through all the one on one chapters and now we can get back to the story. Also, who's your favorite Nyo?...No reason for asking *suspicious whistle*
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