Alright! Here's another chapter! School is out for me now and I'm just really happy. And for those who are reading this chapter, I thank you for continuing this story. This chappie actually has more of the Hetalia characters in it ... with some OCs. (But don't worry, they're side characters).
Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia. You probably already know that though.
Chapter 2
"ELIZAVETA!"
A young woman with brown wavy hair and olive eyes, wearing revealing dark clothes, jumped at the sound of her name being said in such an angry manner.
Hesitantly she looked down the chamber hallway and sighed. What did he want now? As she made her way towards her destination, the torches that hung from the murky black hall began to flicker violently.
Her high heel boots harshly clanked against the stone floors and her hips swayed side to side as she continued forward. A small tail with two points at the end of it stuck out from her dress.
She halted once she reached two wooden doors. They towered over her. Quickly she fixed her long hair and combed it out with her polished finger nails. She untangled strands of hair from the two horns that stuck out from the top of her head. Finally ready, she pushed open the twin doors and entered the hallowed hall. No it was more like a narrow throne room.
A large carpet spread from the door and deeper into the room. Old chandeliers hung loosely from the ceiling. Taking a deep breath, the demonic lady walked down the red carpet. Holding her chest up proudly and breathing steadily seemed like the smartest thing to do. Showing cowardice around him only made it even more embarrassing.
Once she reached the end of the run way she bowed slightly to the towering figure over her. "Elizaveta, have you gotten word of the disaster at hand?"
"The disaster at hand?" she questioned the shadowy figure. "No, I haven't sir."
"I'm sure you know about the Crimson Key correct?"
She nodded. "Yes. You were supposed to have received it yesterday."
"You are right. I was supposed to receive it. But as you can see it is nowhere to be seen. What does that tell you?"
"That you didn't receive it."
"Yes, do you understand what I want you to do?"
"Yes, sir. But where shall I look?" she asked. She was losing her patience very quickly. "The Crimson Key could be anywhere. We don't know where it was last seen so it's impossible to-"
"It's in the possession of a human named Gilbert Beilschmidt."
She cocked a curious eyebrow. "How did you-?"
"You will confiscate this Gilbert human and bring me the Crimson Key, right?"
"Yes."
"Now, Elizaveta, you may go. Leave."
Elizaveta bowed her head and quickly raced out of the room. The doors mysteriously closed behind her as she continued down the hall.
"Miss Elizaveta!"
The lady did not turn around as a familiar man fell in step with her. She grinned, noticing his presence. "What can I do for you Roderich?"
The man adjusted his glasses. "That's what I wanted to ask you. Did the Majesty give you a mission again? He's been doing that a lot lately."
Elizaveta nodded. "Yes, he did give me a mission. I have to go retrieve something that he has lost," she scoffed at the thought. Roderich had always known how much she disliked the Demon King. He didn't know exactly why but just mentioning him in front of her made the beautiful demon frown in disgust.
"Is this about the Crimson Key?" Roderich asked.
"It is."
The two were soon at the edge of the castle. Elizaveta turned to say goodbye to Roderich. His face looked slightly troubled.
I don't want her to leave just yet! He thought to himself. I want to stay in her presence a little longer!
"W-Would it be alright if I accompanied you Miss Elizaveta?" he asked quickly, almost jumbling up his words. She cocked an eyebrow at him and gave the other demon a sly smile.
"Oh, Roddy," she giggled, amused. "Look, you are such a nice guy but … I'm distracted right now. Perhaps I will see you tonight."
He glanced down at his shoes, his face was now bright red in embarrassment. Had she just … rejected him? No, of course not. She just said she was distracted at the moment. If I went with her I'd just get in her way.
His head shot back up. "A-Alright. T-Tonight then-"
He stopped when he realized she had left while he was lost in thought. She didn't even say goodbye.
"Ha ha!"
Roderich spun around immediately and found himself glaring at a man in front of him with long, blonde, choppy hair and light green eyes. The man was smiling but just barely.
"What do you want Vash?" growled Roderich at the sight of his cousin.
"At first I was surprised that you of all people got turned into a demon but now I'm even more surprised that you could fall in love with someone like her," said the other man.
Roderich fumed. "L-Love?! I-I guess you could say that but-"
"Spare me your sorry excuse. Your blushy face is already hard to look at."
"There is nothing wrong with my face!"
Vash grunted. "Well, whatever. In any case, even though I hate you it doesn't change the fact that before we were demons we were once cousins so let me give you some advice." He leaned gently against the wall as he spoke. "Don't get tangled up with her. She's trouble. I know what she's really like. A real devil if you ask me."
"Don't talk about her in such a manner!" Roderich demanded. Vash just rolled his eyes in response and kept on talking. "Do you know why she and the Demon King can't stand each other? They are two dominating forces. The Demon King likes to order people around and have everything his way. She's the same. And when two people who want it all are in the same room, there's hell to pay."
Roderich shook his head. "S-She's not like that. You aren't around her as much as I am. She's not what you say she is-"
"I may not be around her a lot in the castle but we are always assigned to missions together. I've seen what she can do. She's a devil woman. She's even worthy of being a Demon Queen." Vash paused. "Well, she's not as strong as me but she is vicious."
Roderich gave his cousin a disapproving look. "I don't care what you say. If anything, you're as bad as she is."
Vash frowned. "Well at least I have something humane to protect. I have Lili to protect!"
"Really? When is the last time you visited her anyway?"
" … Why should I tell you?"
Roderich scoffed. "See, you're too busy with assignments from the Majesty that you don't even have time to see your precious sister! You aren't protecting anything!" And with that spoken, the man adjusted his glasses once more and walked off, leaving Vash alone in the darkness.
Vash let out a low growl as he stared at Roderich's retreating back. "You'll see, Roderich," he murmured. "One day, that woman will break your heart and when that day comes I won't allow you to come crying to me."
The man sauntered off into the opposite direction, still angry with his demonic cousin.
Alfred F. Jones
Occupation: FBI Agent
Birth Date: July 4, 1992
The tall bald man cocked an eyebrow at the blonde teen not even glancing back at the card he was holding. "You expect me to believe you're an FBI agent?"
"Dude, I'm telling the truth! It's not fake, I swear!" cried the boy in front of him. He jumped up and down and pouted. As he did so, his glasses slid down his nose even more.
"Rrrrright."
"I'm serious! My name is Alfred F. Jones and I'm an awesome FBI agent!" he declared a little too loudly. "Now let me in!"
He tried to move passed the tall man before him but was blocked every single time.
"I'm gonna hit ya!" threatened the boy.
"Try it."
"I'm gonna do it! I swear!"
"Really?"
"Here it comes!"
"Hit me with your best shot little kid."
The boy smirked and got ready to pound the guy in the stomach. "1 … 2 … 3!"
"NO!"
A loud scream caused the two to stop. Another man wearing a black uniform ran towards them, a frantic look was plastered on his face.
"Don't you dare, Jones!" ordered the newcomer. He frowned at the boy and then faced the tall man. "Do you know how high of a rank this 'boy' has?! And his strength is unbelievable! You would've been killed if I hadn't stopped him!"
"M-Mr. Bartly!" exclaimed the shocked man. "S-So he really is an FBI agent?"
"Of course the idiot is!" Turning back to Alfred Mr. Bartly said, "Listen, Mr. Ross wants you in his office right now. He's losing his patience. Now skiddadle!"
Alfred found himself being pushed forward by the man and frowned. "I would've already been in his office if it wasn't for the big guy!"
"No one cares, now hurry up!"
"Alright, alright!" Alfred hastily walked away from the two men and opened the twin doors leading into the White house. He made his way down a narrow hall way and stopped in front of two closed doors. Hesitantly he knocked on them.
"Come in," responded a voice from inside.
Alfred opened the doors and stepped in. "Good afternoon sir. Alfred F. Jones speaking!" he exclaimed with much enthusiasm.
"God, you took long," frowned the gentleman sitting at the small desk in front of him. "Close those doors."
Alfred did as he was told and faced the man once again. "You wanted to see me Mr. Ross?"
"Yes … you do know about … um … demons, correct?" asked Mr. Ross.
"Demons? Of course. Don't we have one of our own Demon hunting divisions in Washington DC?"
The man nodded. "Yes, we do. You see, not just a few days ago, three obnoxious demons attacked one of our Military bases. Our military took them down of course but, they … they threatened us."
Alfred cocked an eyebrow. "Um … doesn't their very existence threaten us?"
"No, that's not what I meant. They told our men that the 'Demon King' was planning to take control of all humans or something like that. They threatened every world government by saying that they'd attack and end all of our civilizations with the … uh … Crimson Key."
"What's that?" Alfred asked.
"It's a crystal. A red crystal with unlimited power … Well, that's what the word is, at least."
"So … basically it's a mineral?"
"No! It's not just some mineral! It has the power to destroy us all! It has the power to destroy our government!" Mr. Ross sighed and leaned back into his chair. "That's where you come in. I need you to take Vice commander, Robert Lee, Lieutenant Bradly, and Agent Natalie with you to England."
"England?"
"Yes, we already scheduled a meeting date for you to talk with the Parliament. All you have to do, is convince these men to agree with an alliance. This doesn't just involve demon hunters anymore. It's about time we took a stand. The President agrees as well."
"Wait, wait … I'm a little confused-"
Mr. Ross immediately cut him off and handed him a pile of papers. "Here are the documents needed for this mission. Take it and get out."
Alfred took hold of the papers. "Fine … you don't have to be so rude about it …"
Mr. Ross sent Alfred a glare, making the blonde boy leap towards the door. "OKAY, okay! I'm leaving!"
"ALRIGHT!" Screamed Gilbert at the top of his lungs. This caused a flock of birds to fly away. "Kesesese … So where do we go?"
Ludwig sighed. "I don't know. I asked you the same question not too long ago and you said-"
"Yeah, yeah, I know what I said. But I was just trying to sound cool. Now I'm serious. Where do we go?"
The two finally had reached a road but it was practically empty. Ludwig frowned. "You're serious right now? Really?"
"YES! Just because I'm smiling doesn't mean I'm not serious!"
At this, his brother rolled his eyes. "Whatever."
"Don't roll your eyes at me little bruder! I'm awesome!" Gilbert exclaimed. Ludwig didn't even try to respond. This didn't seem to worry Gilbert at all. The two Germans walked on in silence until finally the 'awesome' one made a suggestion. "Hey! How about this?! We can go see Lili!" He nodded as if agreeing with himself. "Yeah, that's it! We haven't see her in so long! Plus she's probably feeling lonely in that big house, all alone, you know … with Vash now being a demon and all …"
"But wouldn't going there put her in danger?" Ludwig asked.
"I doubt it!" He grinned happily. "Come on Lud! I'm sure she'd love to see us again!"
"Yes, and I would love to see her again too, but- … Bruder, I didn't mean it like that! Stop wiggling your eyebrows at me!" Ludwig sighed as his brother continued to cock a knowing eyebrow at him. "Listen, I'm not sure if going to Lili's is such a bright idea."
"It is! Believe me!"
"It's really hard to do so."
"Shut up!" Gilbert grabbed hold of his brother's hand and began to drag him along. "Come on, little bruder! TO SWITZERLAND!"
There goes the end of the second chapter. Also, when they mention England I bet it was pretty obvious that Arthur would be coming up soon. XD
So ... um ... yeah ... Reviews are welcome? (For some reason it feels awkward to say that).
