"I think this is, like, one of those old-timey grocery store things," Poland said once they made it too the source of the light.

"It looks like a drug store, and it looks liked it's haven't been used in years," Lithuania added, looking at all the spider webs and dust on the railing along the stairs of the building.

"That has to be, like, a very powerful light bulb," Poland stated, looking at the light from inside the building.

"Yeah," Lithuania mumbled, looking at the source of light.

"Mumbling is, like, a bad habit to get, Liet. It like makes you sound, like, totally annoying-sounding."

"Sorry, but is it possible for the source of light to be something other than a light bulb?" Lithuania asked. He didn't want to point out that Poland's overuse of the word 'like' was anxious.

"Like, what do you mean?"

"This building looks ancient and abandoned, so it doesn't really make sense for it to have any source of light coming from it," Lithuania explained.

"IDK. Maybe it's got some homeless guys, like, living in it," Poland explained.

"I don't think so. This building has a health warning sign on the door," Lithuania stated, pulling off a paper stuck to the front door.

"So, that's what that tacky paper is. What's it, like, say?" Poland asked, looking over Lithuania's shoulder to read the health warning.

"As of April 13, 1934, this building is closed due to public health violation law 34B," Lithuania read from the paper.

"34B. What's that, like, mean?" Poland asked, grabbing the paper from Lithuania's hands.

"I don't know. I've never learned any of the health violation laws," Lithuania said as Poland studied the paper.

"Well, like, you should have, like, learned these things," Poland stated rotating the paper in his hands.

"Sorry, I didn't think-"

"Hey, Liet, I think this is a word or something," Poland said, interrupting Lithuania's apology. "Can you, like, read this for me? It's, like, written freakishly tiny."

"Sure. Can you move your finger?" Lithuania asked, looking at the spot on the paper Poland was pointing to.

"Oops," Poland apologized, moving his finger out of the way for Lithuania to be able to read the tiny written word.

"Umm..." Lithuania mumbled to himself, trying to read the word on the paper Poland was holding.

"It's in the top left," Poland stated as Lithuania took the paper from his hands.

"May I take this?" Lithuania asked, not realizing that he already took the paper.

"You already, like did," Poland said in a voice used for mentioning the obvious.

"Right," Lithuania mumbled, staring at the paper closer.

"So, what's it, like, say?"

"It's really small. But, I think the word is 'rats', but, I'm not really sure," Lithuania said, looking up from the paper.

"Rats? As in, like, those creepy rodents?" Poland asked as Lithuania handed him back the paper.

"I'm guessing this place was closed down because it had too many rodents," Lithuania said as Poland put his hand on the doorknob.

"That would, like, totally make perfect sense," Poland added, turning the knob of the door.

"What are you doing?" Lithuania asked Poland fearfully.

"Relax, Liet, I just want to see where the light is totally coming from," Poland said opening the door.

"I don't think that's a good idea. That paper suggested that this building has a rodent problem," Lithuania said as Poland walked though the door.

"You're such a worry-wart. Nothing, like, bad is going to, like, happen. This place is, like, totally abandoned, remember? And, like, the door wasn't, like, locked," Poland stated, gesturing for Lithuania to join him in the room.

"But, what about the rats?" Lithuania asked, putting the paper in his pocket.

"It's, like, night, so, if there's, like, any rats here, then, they're, like, totally sleeping right now," Poland explained, looking around the room for the source of light.

"Wow, this place is completely empty," Lithuania said, joining Poland in the room. He was expecting this place to have at least some kind of furniture in it.

"Hey, where did the source of light go?" Poland asked, realizing that the source of light that brought them here in the first place wasn't anywhere to be found.

"That's funny, I thought I just saw it a second ago," Lithuania added looking around the empty room.

"OMG! Do you think the light was, like, some sort of spiritual ball thingy?" Poland panicked, spinning around to face Lithuania.

"I don't believe in the abnormal. Maybe we just imaged the whole light being here in the first place," Lithuania answered, not quite sure what the answer was.

"Then, why did we, like, sprint all this way? We had to have, like, seen something from the jeep to, like, run here in the first place," Poland asked Liet.

"Well-" Lithuania cut himself off when he heard a squeaking noise. "Do you hear that? Please tell me that I'm not just imaging that horrible noise."

"You're not going crazy. I'm totally hearing it too," Poland answered in a very spooked, yet calm, voice.

"I think we should get out of here," Lithuania said as turned around to walk out the door.

"Ditto on that," Poland agreed as he turned around as well.

Before they could walk out the door, the door slammed shut and loud clicking noise was heard, as if the door just locked itself.

"Please, tell me that I just imaged the door closing," Lithuania said in an over-the-top calm voice one might use to keep from freaking out.

"I wish I could, but, I totally just saw it, too," Poland said using the same, calm tone Lithuania was using.

"Strange."

Before they could say anything else, all the windows in the old drug store slammed shut, making the room even darker then before.

"I imaged the windows slamming closed right?" Lithuania asked Poland.

"If you did, then, we are, like, both losing it, 'cause, I, like, totally saw that happen too," Poland explained.

"I guess that means we're stuck in here," Lithuania said still in that overly calm voice.

"Totally fun," Poland added, using the same tone as Lithuania.

The loud noise of the squeaks began to increase in numbers. It was like the room was suddenly filling with millions of hideous rodents.

"I would say turn on the lights, but, I don't think that I would want to see all the rats," Lithuania said, faking calmness.

"Like, totally, they're probably like really ug-" Poland said before he suddenly felt a rat crawling up his leg, "OMG! SOMETHING IS CRAWLING ON ME! LIET, GET IT OFF!"

"How can I get it off if I can't even see it?" Lithuania asked panicking. He had joined Poland in losing any form of calmness they were faking.

"JUST DO SOMETHING!" Poland screamed as another rat began crawling up his other leg.

"Ugh," Lithuania mumbled, moving around panicky. "What do I do?"

"I DON'T KNOW! JUST GET THEM OFF ME!" Poland screamed again. Rats must really like bad Snow White costumes because none of them were crawling up Lithuania.

"Ugh," Lithuania mumbled, looking for something helpful in pockets.

"I THINK ONE'S ON MY HEAD!" Poland screamed again as Lithuania found a flashlight in one of his pockets.

"Don't panic," Lithuania said, turning on the flashlight.

"HOW CAN I NOT PANIC?" Poland screamed as even more rats climbed up his legs.

"Oh, my dear goodness," Lithuania mumbled; now beginning able to see all the rats on the floor and crawling on Poland.

"LIKE, DO SOMETHING!" Poland pleaded as Lithuania just froze in shock.

Before Poland could scream again, or Lithuania could do anything, a very large wave of rats knocked over both of them. The wave was so powerful and the rats were so plentiful, that if Poland and Lithuania tried to scream anything, a rat would get stuck in their month before a noise could be heard. This was truly a nightmare.

A/N

The key word is nightmare.

Special Thanks to Oxenstierna D. Yuki-Rin for Beta-Reading and being awesome. Y'all people should really go check out her stuff. It's amazing!

E/N

Not much to say, except that chapter one of a Great Gatsby parody is coming soon, starring Austria as Tom Buchanan, Hungary as Daisy Buchanan, Prussia (yes, Prussia) as Jay Gatsby, and England, Canada (who is that?), or America as Nick Carraway (the narrator).

BTW, for all you "One Piece: Parallel Works" fans out there, the new rivals to the Capricorns will be introduced in the next chapter.

Peace, since, every day, I'm NOT shuffling, as I can't stand "Party Rock Anthem" AND the shuffling dance.