New Spain could hear Romano telling her to stop, but she didn't care. Then she looked behind her and noticed that Romano was almost caught up with her. In an open road anyone could easily catch up to her but not in a forest or crowded areas. That was something she had learned when she went to visit America for the past two weeks. New Spain began to slow down right before making a mad dash into the forest on her right.
"Damn it, New Spain!" Romano's cried out.
'Damn it all to hell! In the open road I could have captured her within seconds but not in a forest where she could easily hide,' Romano groaned.
"Hey, Romano, try and find me!" New Spain teased as she continued to run.
Romano stayed perfectly still so that he could hear New Spain's tiny feet stepping on dry leaves or at least a twig. He knew that New Spain did not go very far without adult supervision unless she felt perfectly safe where she was. CRUNCH! Ah-ha! Romano knew where New Spain was and all he had to do was creep up to her and not make any sudden movement or she would once more run off. There he had found her; she was sitting down on a boulder with her back towards him. Damn, New Spain made it too easy to find her. Romano quickly took a hold of New Spain's rock-hard shoulders.
'Wait a minute rock-hard-shoulders?' Romano thought as he turned the dummy around to face him.
Apparently New Spain had given Romano the slip and right now was running in her underwear and under shirt. This infuriated Romano.
'New Spain, just wait until I get my hands on you!' Romano outrageously thought.
If someone were to see him now they could have sworn they could see steam coming out from his ears. His eyes were darken and he mumbled madly too himself. He almost looked like a man possessed.
Unknown to Romano, New Spain had managed to get back on to the open road. She currently was just about fifteen feet away from where he as. Even though she was out of Romano's reach New Spain continued to run away from him. Every minute or so she would look back to see if he was there. Then she suddenly she bumped into someone. New Spain slowly looked up fearful that it might be Romano who she had bumped into. No, this wasn't Romano; this guy was a complete stranger but still New Spain remembered Spain talking about him once.
Flashback:
"New Spain, if you ever bump into some weird guy wearing a mask you run away from him. Understood?" Spain asked.
"Okay, but I don't get it why should I run away from him, Big Brother Spain? And what's the weird guys name anyways?" New Spain questioned.
"His name is Turkey, and if you don't run away he will destroy you and you will never see me again," Spain replied.
End flashback:
A cold chill ran down New Spain's back as she stared at Turkey. Turkey just looked back at the little girl in front of him. Turkey reached out to touch New Spain, who suddenly burst out crying and nearly pissing herself.
"What did you do this time, jerk?" a very annoyed young man asked.
He appeared to be around England's age or maybe a little older. He had blue eyes and brown hair. For some apparent reason when ever New Spain looked at him she felt rather sleepy.
"I didn't do anything to the damn kid. She just looked at me and started to cry, Greece," Turkey confessed.
"Sure you didn't, Turkey. The little girl just magically appeared in her underwear," Greece said sarcastically rolling his eyes at Turkey.
"That's exactly what happened. I am telling you the truth. Why won't you believe me?" Turkey asked.
"Spain… Spain…Spain…Spain…Spain," New Spain sobbed.
"Huh? Did she just say Spain?" Greece asked looking down at the little girl in front of him.
"Spain… Spain…," New Spain continued to sob for her older brother to come get her.
"Yeah she definitely said Spain," Greece confirmed.
"Hey now that you mentioned it she does kind of look like Spain; doesn't she Greece?" Turkey asked taking a closer look at New Spain.
"What's your name little girl?" asked Greece.
"N-ne-e-e-ew S-sp-sp-" New Spain sobbed.
"New Spain! Her name is New Spain!"Romano's furious shout was heard
New Spain began to quiver and quickly hid behind Turkey's cape. Apparently New Spain thought that Romano was a lot scarier than Turkey right now. Turkey however took this opportunity to quickly pick her up. New Spain quickly began to kick in the air.
"Here, I believe this belongs to you, Romano," Turkey concluded giving Romano the squirming child.
"Yes, thank you," Romano growled snatching New Spain up.
"Well then try not to cause any problems to your daddy, New Spain!" Turkey teased. Then he ran off laughing his heart out.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY DADDY? COME BACK HERE AND ANSWER MY QUESTION, YOU BASTARD!" Romano shouted.
"Just leave him be, Romano. That idiot just loves causing problems and the only way to deal with them is to not pay him any attention," Greece sighed.
"What do you mean?" Romano asked quickly putting New Spain down so that she could put her dress back on.
"Just ignore him. Turkey is those kinds of guys that only annoy you because he knows he can. Besides is the kid yours?" Greece asked.
"What? No, no, no, no, New Spain isn't mine she is actually Spain's little sister. You see I just took her with me to go visit my Brother Northern Italy. Anyways Spain found her while he was in one of his Conquistadors Expeditions four years ago and you see he brought her back with him. Her mother was Ancient Azteca I am sure you heard of her. Spain says that she could rival Grandpa Rome in both intellect and strength. Oh don't worry I am not saying that Ancient Greece was not also a worthy advisory to my Grandfather. Anyways in the end Ancient Aztec fell because she worshiped false idols and-" Romano exaggerated.
"Um that is all well and good. But do you mind me asking where the girl is?" Greece inquired.
"What are you talking about? She is right here!" Romano shouted looking down to find her missing.
"Ah! Common not again!" Romano boomed.
"Alright see you later. Just so you know she cut through the forest again," Greece sighed taking a quick nap on the forest floor.
Ten minutes later, New Spain could almost see the gate that leads to her 'home'. 'Home' yeah right from the outside it looks just like she thought it was a cage. The beautiful fence that decorated the outside of the Spanish gardens looked grimy and dark. New Spain had seen many pictures of prisons that were used on humans that did very bad things and this is exactly what they looked like. New Spain huddled on the floor right in front of the fence and cried. She cried her hearts content, she cried like she must have done when she took her first breaths and ripped out of the safety from her mother's womb and thrown into the mercy of the world.
"Nantli, neh polo teh! (Mom, I need you!)" New Spain shouted sobbing holding herself tight.
Romano snuck up on New Spain quickly picking her up. The anger he felt could easily be seen in his eyes, but New Spain took no notice in them. Her body was there but her soul was somewhere else. She was remembering her mother's lifeless body.
Flashback:
It was the same afternoon that Spain had found Ancient Aztec's dead corpse. New Spain woke up to see her mother looking down at her from her bed.
"Mom," Tenochtitlan sighed rubbing the sleep from her arms.
Ancient Aztec looked just like Cihuateteo a woman who died in childbirth. It's not to say that Ancient Aztec looked beautiful. Tenochtitlan reach up to touch her but right before she could feel the white fabric of her mother's dress Ancient Aztec recoiled. Tears flowed out of both mother and child. Tenochtitlan cried because she didn't know what was going on, and Ancient Aztec cried because she knew what would happen to Tenochtitlan but couldn't say utter a word of it.
"Ay mis hijos! AY MIS HIJOS! MIS BEBES! QUE PASARA CON MIS BEBES? QUE VAN HACER AHORA QUE YA ME HE HIDO?" Ancient Aztec wailed. She cried out in a voice that only Tenochtitlan and her people could hear.
Ancient Aztec's cry sent shivers down everyone who heard it. Ancient Aztec walked out of her daughter's room covering her crying face. Her cry was considered a bad omen, for all of her years of living Ancient Aztec had never once cried, not even after Montezuma died. So this was completely horrifying for the Aztecs; as long as Ancient Aztec kept on living they had hope of returning to their once wonderful glory, but now that she was gone life now belonged to the Spanish.
"Mom! Mom! Mom!" Tenochtitlan cried out to her mother's vanishing form.
End Flashback.
Romano's face softens when he saw New Spain's tears. Romano held New Spain close and cried with her.
"That's right, New Spain, cry. Cry your hearts content, cry as if today was the first time you were born. That was you can feel like she is still close to you. As if the day she died never did happen," Romano cooed.
Romano could tell she was crying for Ancient Aztec; while he cried for Ancient Rome. Although they were no longer alive they wanted to at least pretend that they were still here with them. Even if it meant that they would have to cry for them so that they could feel close to the ones they lost.