I simply had to make you wait for chapter three, I apologize… but I could not stand to leave you with that much of a cliffhanger… Then I decided you could deal with it for a day or two.
Check the other chapters for the disclaimer.
New Characters
Lovino Vargas – S. Italy/Romano
Feliciano Vargas – N. Italy
On with the story~!
Kiku leapt back and slammed the door shut, narrowly avoiding capture. He quickly locked every door and window in the house.
'Thank goodness for my reflexes... but what the heck just happened?' he thought to himself. This was turning into an odd night indeed. His heart pounding heavily in his chest was the only sound to be heard.
The phone rang, cutting through the tense silence. Kiku gingerly picked it up, as if it were a bomb he feared might go off. "H-hello?"
"Kiku? You okay?"
"Alfred-san..." Kiku murmured, relief flooding through him. "Yes, I'm fine. How are you?"
Alfred paused briefly before replying, "Matt vanished."
There was another pause as Kiku's short-circuiting brain absorbed his statement. "Wh-what? Matthew-san is missing?" he choked out, shocked. What the hell was going on? "How?"
"I have no clue... Kumajiro's still here, for whatever reason..."
"Matthew-san would never willingly leave Kumajiro behind unless it was urgent. Something is up."
"That's why I called. Kumajiro says Matt left to get the door for three kids and never came back."
Kiku's phone dropped to the floor with a clatter. "Three kids..." he whispered, sinking slowly to his knees.
"Kiku? Kiku? What's going on? What happened?" Alfred's voice, emitted from the abandoned phone, asked, a frightened and urgent tone ringing through it.
Kiku picked up the phone with shaking fingers. "Three kids knocked on the door a few minutes ago... they tried to stuff me in a sack..." the Japanese teen whispered, his shaking voice breaking his usual monotonous tone. "What if...?"
"What if what? They were the same kids?" Alfred snorted slightly. "They'd have to have some way to get across America and across the Pacific in a matter of minutes. It simply isn't humanly possible."
"Point, but still..."
A light beeping interrupted their conversation. Another call had come in. The lines connected, joining the third person's call with Kiku and Alfred's conversation.
"Hello? Who is it?" Kiku asked.
"Ve~ Kiku!"
"Feli? What's wrong?" Alfred asked gently.
"Fratello is missing!"
To be continued...
Another cliffhanger! Did Lock, Shock, and Barrel strike again?
R+R, no flames please! Unless they're to burn Shock at stake...
Scratch that, she's necessary for the storyline. No flames, sorry!