Arthur woke up with his hands and feet chained to a stone wall. As he roused himself from drowsiness, he could feel the dried blood spots on the back of his head and at his right elbow. Remembering where he had gotten them from, he groaned irritably.

"Bloody soldiers," England murmured to himself. He tried to get up, but his head hurt too much, and his right arm was almost useless.

The nation lay there for a while, letting his eyes get used to the darkness and attempt to take in his surroundings. A solid, iron door was to his left, and it was just as colorless and dark as the rest of his surroundings. It had small bars set on the top section of it, serving as a window for the guards so they could check on him. As of now, there was no light on the other end of the door, or anywhere else in the room.

England moved his head, trying to ignore the pain it caused him. He could see that the chains didn't extend very far. Even if he wasn't injured, he'd probably just barely be able to stand, which was a disappointment since the prison wasn't too small and it would be nice to at least walk or pace around.

Shock appeared on his features. Where were the others? The cell was definitely big enough for many more people than him. Maybe the leader separated all of them, which, he had to admit, was probably the best route for his captors to take. So exactly how big was the entire prison? Damn, those guys sure planned ahead.

Arthur shifted his skull back to its original position. His body was stiffening up from being immobile for so long, so he stretched his limbs as best he could. He noticed something in a dark corner in the direction of the opposite wall. It was a camera.

He made sure not to curse aloud. Now these idiots were watching his every move? He had to be careful about what he did or said, even though he couldn't actually accomplish much in his position.

Suddenly, in between the bars, shafts of light appeared, and the door creaked open.

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America was ready to fight with his bare fists if he had to. He abandoned Matthew so he could approach the enemy first. His brother, meanwhile, was telling him to stop and to stay inside the hotel or hide somewhere. But Alfred was out for vengeance, and he didn't care how rash his actions seemed to be. These guys might even have Arthur…!

The tall country was just about to burst through the hotel doors when the van door opened and Russia came out with a bloody metal faucet pipe.

Alfred stood, his mouth agape, as he watched Germany come out of the driver's side, and China and Japan climb out behind the aforementioned psychotic nation.

Matthew's face grew into excitement as he followed Alfred to the entrance of the hotel. "They made it out!" he cheered. "Isn't that great?"

"Yeah," Alfred agreed, his voice barely above a mutter. After a few more seconds, America's open mouth finally turned into a delighted smile as he watched his friends come toward him. He and Matthew took a step back as they all came into the lobby.

"You looked like you were about ready to kill someone, America," Germany commented first, shattering the stunned silence that fell upon them all.

"I've never seen you look so serious before!" Russia chimed in happily.

Alfred explained shyly and with a small blush on his cheeks, "I thought you were the kidnappers and had Arthur. I'm sorry. By the way, how did you guys get out?"

"England did a brave thing," Germany said quietly. "Those guys were mad." America did not look at him.

"We fought back as hard as we could until we were the only nations left not taken…" Japan explained hesitantly. "Russia said he was tired of 'playing games,' and then he beat the guards down and we were freed." He motioned to the bloody tool.

"Afterwards, we hotwired the only van that was left. The goons that had us were supposed to take it to wherever they were supposed to go. The others guys had already left. Talk about comradeship," Germany finished bitterly.

"So the others are…?" America asked worriedly.

"Gone. No one brought weapons and we were overwhelmed by sheer numbers, as you saw, aru. We're the only ones left including you, aru," China said silently. It was the first time he had spoken and he didn't sound too pleased, which made everyone turn to look at him.

"And me," Canada spoke up. But no one heard him, not even Alfred.

"I see. Do we have any other weapons besides…Russia's?" America asked.

"We took the guns those guys had," Japan replied.

"That's great. And now we have a few more people that are ready to fight. Let's all come up with a viable plan, too, okay?" America was tired of thinking and he felt he had already exhausted all possible options in his head. He stopped for a second and looked at all of their faces, one by one. "You guys are ready to fight, right?"

They all nodded their heads, including Matthew, but like always no one saw him standing behind Alfred. It seemed that they all had a reason to help: whether it be out of sheer duty, like Japan and China, or out of love for another, like Germany, because Italy had been kidnapped and he could do nothing about it. Russia's reason was probably to bash some skulls in.

"Aren't you curious about how we found you, aru?" China asked proudly, after another awkward silence had settled over all of them.

"…Sure?" Alfred said.

"I had a laptop with me and found out where you and…um…some other person was staying," Japan answered, blushing because he had hacked into the records in order to find out. After a pause, he asked, "Who is that person, anyway?"

"No clue," Alfred replied. "But wow, I'm happy that we have a very technical person here with us!" He laughed boisterously like he used to. "This is going to be great!"

As the countries continued to talk, Canada took to sitting on a bench. He asked Kumajiro why no one remembered him. The bear simply answered, "Who are you?"

Matthew sighed. "I'm Canada, your owner!"

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A/N: I was debating on putting this chapter up or not. I really hope you like it... ^^ Thanks for all the support, everyone!

Yeah, I decided that a few countries would get out since almost from the beginning. :) Thanks for mentioning it, ArrowSphere! It was a very valid point!

I kind of guessed at which nations should escape from the building, however. I'm sorry if you don't like who I've picked. :( It was very hard for me to decide!