Author's Note: YAY! TIME FOR THE WAR TO BEGIN!

Also... Wow. I just looked at the story stats, and there are a LOT of countries represented... US, UK, Canada, Iceland, Italy, Phillipines, Netherlands, Poland, Norway, and Puerto Rico... I didn't know Fanfiction was so widespread...

Anyways, LET THE WAR BEGIN!

Chapter 7:

Our voice will come out and sing

The notice arrived during the world meeting, and the bombs began to fall soon after.

It was chaos. It was carnage. It was mass destruction. It was a meeting no one would soon forget.

It was war.

The Baltic States could not help but notice that Russia wasn't at the meeting that day. They didn't know why, but they were relieved. Less Russia meant less intimidation, less shivering, and less fear. Maybe they would finally be able to get something done, instead of having to keep an eye on the large northern country all the time.

Estonia was rapidly typing up notes on his computer. Or at least he made it look like he was. In reality, he was updating his blog.

"Guess what? Russia is not here at the world meeting today. Finally we get to have some peace and quiet." He stopped typing for a moment, looking at England and France dueling it out in the corner. "Well, not completely peace and quiet..."

Latvia and Sealand were having fun pranking the other nations, particularly England. They giggled as they replaced his chair with Busby's chair. "Now he'll get a taste of his own medicine, that jerk."

Latvia nodded in agreement.

Lithuania was being occupied by Poland at the moment. The central European nation was busy showing off his new dress and accessories. "Do you, like, like it, Liet? It's too bad the store didn't, like, sell the handbag in pink, so I was forced to buy a red one... But you have to admit, it goes, like, perfectly with the sequin color..."

All around the room, nations were getting into their usual routines. America yelling about superheroes, Japan agreeing, Switzerland giving everyone a death glare and threatening to beat them with his peace prize, Italy blabbing about pasta, and Germany slowly getting angrier and angrier until...

"SHUT UP!"

To the Baltics, it was the most wonderful sound on Earth.

Finally, the meeting was getting under way. The nations were giving their presentations, adhering to Germany's 8 minute rule.

Suddenly, Sealand (who had been sent out of the room by an irate England) burst through the doors. All eyes turned to him, taking in his crazed expression.

"ENGLAND! SAVE ME!" The young micronation ran and hid behind his older brother.

"You git! Why are you interrupting our meeting like this! GO BACK TO THE HOTEL!"

"NO! RUSSIA'S THERE! HE'S KILLED ALL THE OTHER MICRONATIONS!"

The silence in the room was profound. "W-What did you just say?"

"Russia killed the other micronations..." Sealand sobbed. "He's coming after me next... Save me, jerk England..."

"THAT COMMIE BASTARD! WHAT IS HE THINKING?" America suddenly broke out screaming. He turned to Ukraine and the Baltics. "Did you know about this? Huh?"

"H-He's n-n-not c-communist anymore..." Latvia stuttered. Ukraine put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"No, America, we would not know. We have not lived together for centuries, remember. You are probably on better terms with him than I." Ukraine leveled her cool gaze at America. She had grown much bolder since the death of her friend, Hungary. The two nations stared each other down.

Suddenly, Estonia gasped. "Everyone, look at this! Oh, this is bad, this is bad..."

The nations crowded around Estonia's laptop, watching as a news report played.

"...tell us that the Russian Federation has declared war on the world. Russian forces are already stationed at strategic locations, ready to begin the invasion of the three Baltic States..."

All eyes darted to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. They looked scared and bewildered.

"Why... why is Russia declaring war on us? He's ready to invade? This... it can't be..." Lithuania racked his mind for a reason to Russia's sudden action, but could think of none.

Latvia was shaking uncontrollably. "... n-no... I d-d-don't w-want to g-go back to be-being under R-R-Russia's control..."

Estonia grabbed his laptop, banging furiously, trying to find out where Russia's troops were stationed.

Then, someone screamed. Everyone whipped around to face the door to see Russia standing there, childish smile on his face, pipe in hand.

"привет! It is time for you to die!" Russia smiled at the crowd, a strange gleam in his eyes, looking for someone...

He darted in, snatched Sealand, pulled him out of the room, and smashed his skull in. The micronation's lifeless body crumpled to the floor before anyone could react.

"Now, little Baltics, how would you like to be invaded?" From one of his numerous pockets, Russia pulled out something that looked suspiciously like...

A detonator.

"When I push this button, things will go very badly for your countries! In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you all died right here! Hehe..." The largest nation had a maniacal grin on his face.

It was then that Lithuania realized the truth. Russia had gone insane because of Belarus's death. They were doomed.

Russia scanned the three nations before him. The others had been ordered to back away and line up against the wall. "Now, who should I destroy first..."

Latvia whimpered a little, and Estonia whispered harshly, "Latvia!" But it was too late. He had already attracted Russia's gaze.

"Ah, little Latvia! Too bad, I rather liked you... Oh well..." And with that, Russia's thumb pressed down on the detonator.

Latvia screamed, falling to the ground. Blood pooled around him as he trembled in pain from a gaping wound that had suddenly appeared on his chest. Estonia immediately bent down to help.

"Ah, Estonia, I didn't say you could help him..." Once again, the detonator's trigger was pressed.

Estonia fell forward, gasping for air as what was happening to his country tore through his body.

"And now, Lithuania... You were always my favorite. Save the best for last, right?" Russia directed an almost sincere smile towards the smaller nation and pressed the trigger one last time.

Pain. Panic. Hysteria. Chaos. Shock. Despair.

The Baltic States could feel all these, and more, in their countries as they lay in pools of blood on the floor of the meeting room. Very faintly, they could hear the nations around them crying, shouting, screaming. They even thought they heard someone who sounded suspiciously like Russia saying "What have I done..."

Someone shouted their names. "Eduard! Raivis! Toris!"

But it was all so far away.

The Baltics looked at each other.

Latvia slowly reached out his hand, trembling. "I've... always... wanted a family..."

Estonia grasped it. "Same... here... We don't... agree much... but... can we... finally... agree... on... this?"

Lithuania smiled shakily and added his hand to the others'. "Yes... We're... family... now..."

The Baltics faded with smiles on their faces, tightly grasping each others' hands.

Republic of Estonia - destroyed - gone

Republic of Latvia - destroyed - gone

Republic of Lithuania - destroyed - gone

Author's Note: The title for this chapter comes from the Baltic Trio's character song, "Peace Sounds Nice". Very fitting, isn't it?

To answer a question that Dalasport had: As of right now, this story will contain 28 major nations, North Korea, and Sealand (as seen above), with possible mentions of some of the smaller Asian nations. I've already killed off 10 of them though, including Sealand... huh, I didn't think it was so many...

On a happier note, this story has already received more than 200 views! I only started writing this 6 days ago! You guys are so awesome!

Translation:

привет = hello (pronounced "privet")

Oh, is it strange that I write an author's note both before and after a chapter? Also, if you see any mistakes or are confused, don't hesitate to correct/ask!