AN: Hi all! Sorry it's been so long! I've been in Italy for pretty much the past month without internet or a computer, so I've just now got the chance to write my stories! Hope you enjoy, and again sorry for the delay.

Chapter 2

Avery sat at the wooden kitchen table of England's London home, idly stirring the tea in front of her in hopes of speeding its cooling process. Across from her, and in the other room, the TV set squawked early news, mostly repeated occurrences from the day before. Avery was completely tuned out of the news, focused more on the rhythmic motion of her spoon than the TV. It was only when she heard her name that she looked up at the TV, startled to see her island taking up the majority of the screen.

"…Yesterday evening, around 7:30 at the site of occurrence, a mysterious and large disc shaped object fell from the sky just three miles off the shore of Avery Island, a small British and American territory in the mid Atlantic. Scientist studying the islands natural habitat witnessed the objects fall and say that it was a very sudden occurrence and that no video was taken of the objects fall. However, the scientists also say that from the view of the island it seemed as if the object almost appeared in the sky, and didn't even come from outside the earth's atmosphere…"

By now Avery was sitting rigidly on the edge of the couch, soaking up every word that the newscaster was saying. At that moment, England grumbled into the room, rumpling his already disheveled hair. Avery turned to him, standing up to get his attention.

"Dad, look at this! I saw this last night when we were on our way here. You were asleep so I didn't want to wake you up…"

"Hmmm…?" England said, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes while pouring a cup of tea at the same time. After filling his teacup, he came and sat down next to Avery, intently watching the screen while taking careful sips of the hot drink.

"…really." England muttered, eyes widening at a picture of the large splash. "You saw this?"

Avery nodded eagerly, ponytail flying wildly around her head.

"You should have woken me up, love." England said, casting a sidelong glance at her. "This is huge."

"Oh. Sorry; you just looked so tired. Should I call Mom and make sure she knows about this?"

"Call America? Uh…she probably already knows, but you should talk to her anyway. I'm sure she has something to say about this…Then again, she may be freaking out because of how close it was to your island…" England shuttered at the thought of the projectile hitting his daughter. "Yeah," England said. "she's freaking out."

Avery's hand hovered over the phone next to her, unsure weather to call America or not. However, just at that moment, the phone rang, blasting England's national anthem.

England reached over to answer it, bushy eyebrows raised when he saw it was America calling.

"Hello, love" England sang, cheerful attitude startling Avery. "How are-"

"-IS AVERY HURT?! IF MY BABY SO MUCH HAS A SCRATCH ON HER I SWEAR-"

"She's fine, America; safe and sound with me. I suppose this means you saw the projectile…?"

"OH. Yes, I did see the UFO thingy. That's what I was calling about. I just heard about it this morning and I got so worried…"

England hummed his mirrored concerned, eyes shining with parental glory when he looked at Avery, sitting curled up next to him. "I know. I was so worried too."

Avery coughed into her hand, hoping to prevent her parents from getting sappy and start talking about her in those gushy over-proud parent voices that they had.

"Dad," Avery began, "What are we going to do about this? I mean, for all I know, this could be an attack from another country."

England stiffened at the thought, and America became deadly silent on the other end of the phone.

"It's not." They both said in unison.

"It'd better not be…" England growled.

"Okay then!" Avery squeaked in an overly cheerful voice. "Not an attacking country. What is it then?"

"I don't know." America said. "I'll investigate it though. I'm actually on the way to your island right now, Avery. I have some paramedics with me too…"

"Because I really need that right now. You do know I'm in England, right?"

"Hey, I have some meteorologists with me too!"

"That's great, America" England cut in "I wish you luck on your search. Call us if you find anything or need our help. You know where we'll be."

"Okay." America said. "I love you two. Bye!"

"Love you!"

And with that, England hung up.

America's POV

-Later that day-

America squinted into the churning gray sea below her. It was getting close to sunset, and the water was reflecting brightly into her eyes, blinding her.

She swung back into the helicopter she was leaning out of, cautiously tapping her pilot so as to not startle him, but still gain his attention.

The man turned to glance at her, an unspoken question in his eyes.

"Do you see anything on the radar?" America asked through her headset. The static of the open air prevented them from speaking directly.

The pilot shook his head, pointing with a gloved hand to a black screen scanning the ocean floor below them.

America sighed, and then resumed looking into the sea below her, desperate to glean any clue of where the meteor that almost hit her daughter had gone.

Suddenly a green blob began flashing on the black screen the pilot had shown America earlier. America stumbled over, tripping over a loose rope wrapped around her feet.

"What is that?" America muttered. "This thing shows radioactive stuff, right?"

She silently commanded the pilot to fly closer to the green mirage. Once directly over it, she looked back into the water. Despite the reflection and depth of the water America felt like a faint glow pulsed off a small section of the water. "We'll get a submarine over here tomorrow." America stated, slightly unnerved by the aura given off by the water. "Check that object out as soon as the sun comes up. I want to know what that is."

AN: Okay, so you pretty much all know where this is going, right? I do! HAHAHAHA! Anyway, next chapter will have more of America's POV as well as Avery's. Hope your enjoying the story so far - if there is anything, ANYTHING at all that you would like to tell me (that has something to do with this story, please) feel free to do so! I love all reviews and suggestions, especially critique advice! Let me hear what you have to say!