Germany POV

Germany looked into the last cupboard of the kitchen and found a bottle of maple syrup.

'Nothing here either. Then again the kitchen is probably the least likely to yield results.'

He opened the fridge and found an uneaten burger, 'But I must be thorough for everyone's sake.'

Germany moved on to the next room. Which turned out to be a small room with wood floors and a stand up piano in the corner. He looked in the bench and found old ragtime sheets. 'Ragtime. The only music Austria won't play.' he thought to himself, 'I think America owes everyone an apology for the invention of such a thing. I'll bring it up in the next meeting.'

This room didn't have much else in it, besides an old stool. Everything had a thick layer of dust on it. Germany moved into the adjoining room. This room was even smaller and completely bare except for a broom closet that was opened to reveal-what else?-cleaning supplies. But Germany noticed something different. The closet had a false back. He tried to open it with the latch, but it was stuck on something.

'It won't budge. Should I get Russia to break it open?' Germany wondered. He quickly dispelled this thought though, 'We don't want to compromise the contents...whatever they are.'

Through about fifteen minutes of fiddling with the damn thing, he finally got it open. It revealed an old bow and a quiver of arrows, and spear sitting in the corner. Further investigation showed two folded animal skin outfits, and a small sack of what appeared to be multicolored marbles glowing with a strange fiery light.

'What is the meaning of all this st-' his line of thought was interrupted by the sound of the door opening.

Germany jumped a bit, "Show yourself!"

Japan walked in, followed by Russia. "Sorry Germany-san. You were not in the meeting room when we got back so we went looking for you," said Japan.

"No need to apologize. I was just startled. This place is rather foreboding, and I think it might be getting to me."Germany responded.

Japan looked over Germany's shoulder,"You found something rather interesting too I see."

"Yes I did and- Russia what are you doing?" Germany watched as Russia knelt down and picked up one of the outfits in the closet.

"This is the outfit that Canada was wearing in the painting we found," Russia stated.

"Painting?" Germany asked.

"We'll explain when everyone is in the meeting room." Japan responded.

Germany gathered up the things in the closet, "Alright. Let's take these things with us. They could answer our questions later."

General POV

"Okay, where's France?" asked an impatient Prussia, "I want some answers!"

"As much as I hate to say it, we have to wait for the Frog. We can't have anyone not knowing something, it would just cause more confusion." england responded.

"Isn't there some way you can entertain yourself?" Japan inquired.

"No. I usually talk to-" he was interrupted by the a banging on the door.

"Let me in s'il te plait! I want to live!"

"Oh. There he is." Prussia continued.

"AHHHH! Hurry up they are GOING TO KILL ME!"

"He sounds rather distraught..." Japan mumbled.

"I'm not in any hurry to save the frog." England stated.

Germany sighed, "Russia could you please open the door?"

Russia walked over and opened the door.

"Oh, Merci Beacoup! I am alive!"

Germany tried to sooth him,"Calm down France, now what's wrong?"

France collected himself, "There was something down there... i-it had a terrible grip and...and it almost caught me!"

"What was it?" Prussia asked.

"I don't really know. I t was unlike anything I had ever seen before!"

England said,"Well you're here now, and the monster evidently didn't follow you here. So please tell us. Did you find anything?"

France sat down, "All the windows were nailed shut, and the backdoor had been glued closed. America's room had bars on the windows."

"Alright then. England, what did you and Prussia find?" asked Germany.

"We found a cell in the basement that was completely trashed." Prussia reported.

"We also found this piece of animal hide. We think that one of the people outside somehow got in and ransacked the place, stealing it's contents."

"Any clue as to what those contents were?" Germany inquired.

"Well we also found what used to be a pedestal, and a small broken chest."

"Good work you two. What about you Japan? Did you and Russia find anything?" Germany asked.

"Well, we found a very old painting that showed America and Canada in outfits similar to those of the people outside."

"They were much younger I assume?" England asked confused.

Japan looked at him surprised, "Well no. They both seemed to be about the same age as they are now. What makes you think they were young?"

"When I found America, he was very young, so wouldn't he have to be younger for the painting to be that old?"

"Well we don't know about that, the painting was extremely old and definitely authentic." Russia put in.

"We'll just have to ask them when we find them." Germany said, "Anyway, I found something that might be of interest to everyone." He brought out the items he had found.

"Where were these?" asked Prussia.

"In a secret alcove in a broom closet." responded Germany.

"Doesn't this spear look familiar to any of you?" France asked.

"It looks like the ones of the people outside." pointed out Russia.

England suddenly perked up,"Can I see those marbles?"

"I don't see why not."

Germany gave the small sack to England.

England picked a yellow marble out of the sack and gasped, "These are magic!"

Japan looked at him like he was crazy,"Did I hear you correctly?"

"Yes, they're magic!" England repeated.

He was getting strange looks from everyone now. "He needs help..." someone whispered.

But Prussia seemed to believe him, "He's probably right."

"Oh bruder not you too!" Germany moaned more to himself than anyone else.

Prussia gave Germany a sidelong glance, "England, prove it to them."

England threw down the marble. It exploded in a odorless yellow smoke, which quickly became a highly concentrated mini dust devil.

'Hmmm...weather magic.' England thought.

The dust devil went to France who was immediately picked up from his chair,"Oh!" and thrown to the other end of the room, "Ouch!"

"Anglettere you wound me so! Whatever did I do to you?!"

"You were unified."

Prussia interrupted the brawl he knew was coming, "Okay! So, now that that's taken care of, all thats left is two things. How do we get out of here, and where are the North American brothers?"

Russia looked up and said, "We will fight our way out the front door, Da?"

Japan put in, "We don't have much of a choice. The front doors are the only option."

Germany got up and walked toward the window, "Yes and when we get out we will go to our cars and...," Germany looked out toward the parking lot, "actually, we won't go to our cars. They've completely destroyed them."

There was a collective, "WHAT?!" as the nations crowded to the windows.

"No! That was a rental!"

"Kolkolkol...they will pay for that, Da?"

"How did they even manage that?!"

"What now?"

Germany called everyone to attention, "Quiet! It's already been done! There's nothing we can do about it now. The new plan is to go to that gas station across the street to see if there is a phone!"

"What about America and Canada? We can't just leave them." Japan said.

"I think it is evident that they aren't here." Germany responded, " When we find a phone we will attempt to call them got it?"

Everyone nodded in the affirmative.

"Then let's go."

Huzzah! Longer chapter! I WILL BE THE ONE TO SURPASS GOD!

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