Chapter 19

England's POV

(Xx Time Skip xX)

All of us watched while Germany raged around, some of us still staring at the document in front of us, others nervously eyeing Germany. The document that many were still looking at was a list made by parliament, of all the countries that recently lost communication with the UN. It was expected that these missing countries were now new members of the American Empire. The list included Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Iran, Syria and Iraq and the loss of these nations only meant the growth of the Empire.

"We need to stop him! America has taken this way too far! We cannot sit back while he goes around killing more nations! Why have we not led an attack against him yet? we have a weapon that could stop him, why are we sitting here and doing nothing?" Germany shouted.

"Because, we cannot just attack blindly, aru," China said. "While we have a weapon that can take out his arm we are still at risk! We need a plan, if we just go in there attacking he will take the souls of all of us! And I don't know about you, aru, but I am happy being alive and free to do whatever I want!"

"So we send in Canada, it's already been proven that the sword has no affect on him, he can easily defeat him," Germany reasoned.

"And what will stop America from killing him like he killed Prussia?" Russia asked. "We can't win if he is dead…."

Germany paused and clenched his fist at Russia's harsh words. He turned and glared at the Asian country that happened to be sitting next to me, his eyes seemed glow with fire and hate, the look on his face was pure fury. I felt the most fear I have ever had in my entire life, all I wanted to do was get as far away from these two arguing countries before they ripped out each other's throats, but like a gentleman I stayed seated.

"Don't…you dare… bring up… my brother!" Germany said. Each word dripping in resentment and anger, yet as usual Russia sat there smiling, completely unfazed.

"Why, he is dead, da," Russia said. "America murdered him, and this time there is no way for him to come back."

"You shut your mouth! My brother was a good man who happened to be murdered by that villain America! We need to stop him, we need to kill him! He can't just terrorize the world with no consequences!" Germany shouted getting in his face

"That is exactly what I am saying comrade, but we should stay safe, we can afford to lose anymore countries, if we are to end this we need to make sure nothing goes wrong, that is the only reason why I am here waiting with you people rather than just attacking him on my own, da." Russia said, still smiling.

"Russia is right Germany," I said. "I think if Prussia was still here he would agree, we should not simply go on a suicide mission, we need to make a plan that is fool proof."

"American proof," China chimed in.

"But he is so powerful now, how are we suppose to defeat him," Belarus asked. "Last time it took practically no effort for him to escape. These souls, they are like making him stronger." Canada sprang up with her words and now all eyes are on him.

"That's it! Before, he kept trying to make take a soul, and then he began threatening the people I loved and he literally forced me to take in souls… and with every soul I took in, which was only two, I felt stronger, and different, it was like a new sensation; just consuming a soul fills you with such power and ecstasy…. That is why he is so strong now, he has so many souls all stuffed in him, he is nearly invincible!" Canada said excitedly, he began to pace around the room.

"Well that is all fine and great Canada-kun but… how will this change anything… if anything, it makes the task at hand seem even harder." Japan said respectfully.

"Yes but… with this," Canada responded holding up the sword. "We can strip him of his power, and maybe even this evilness that seems to be clouding his mind. Trust me I have felt the temptation, the feeling of the soul in you, and the want to have more, it doesn't go away, and as you take in more soul everything grows, the want, the power, the darkness, but when Ukraine's soul was taken out of me, everything went back to normal. I may still have Italy's soul in me," Germany groaned quietly, "but I feel almost normal… we might be able to save America!" Canada's eyes seemed bright and hopeful, yet echoed by a deep sadness, I took everything he had said in. Maybe he was right; I mean the souls did seem to change them. Using Canada as an example, he did seem different. He was the same quiet, invisible boy he used to be, there seemed to be more a confidence in him, and more strength, a sense of leadership. It was plain to see how much the souls could alter the consumer, but could we really save Alfred? While Canada was different his original colors still seemed to shine through, but that wasn't the same with America… he seemed like something totally different, he was heartless and cold, but there was no logic to why that was.

"How do we know that if we do save him that he won't just do this again?" Hong Kong asked, and he brought up a good point.

"Brother, please believe me, I want nothing more than to help him but… we cannot risk this happening again, I fear that if it does we may not be able to stop it, we are already so close to falling, and we are nearly completely surrounded… we need to insure that we will never have to deal with something of this magnitude," Monaco said, he expression looked genuinely sad, France patted her shoulder, know it must have been hard for her to say that. I never really knew much about Monaco, just that she was France's daughter, but she seemed like a nice girl. For her to suggest that someone needed to be killed… I doubt Russia could even do that without feeling any remorse.

"Alright… so let's say it doesn't work and he is messed up, how are we going to kill him?" Canada asked the sadness and hope still there.

"We could kill him the way he killed my brother," Germany said. "Just let me pull the trigger!"

"Well that is an option," I said trying to keep a fight from breaking out. "But let's consider other one's as well."

"Alfred was not always a bad guy, he used to be so nice, and even if he did cause so much misery and despair, he was a nice guy…" Belarus said.

"Systra…" Russia said surprise and she looked at him.

"Big brother… I know you don't like him, but he really helped both me and Kat, when we needed it, he and his brother have been nothing but nice to us, and I think if we have to kill him, we should still treat him like the good country he used to be," Belarus said, a huge change of pace from the type of person she usually is.

"I agree, before all of this, to most of us America was a friend, and we should still honor him for that friendship, even if we must still do what is right for the world…." I chimed in.

"But after what he has done to my brother, and my friend, hell he even burned down my house, and you what expect me to treat him with honor and kindness, excuse me if I have some beef to settle with him, I refuse to show him anything except for hate and anger!" Germany shouted.

"But he is different!" Canada argued. "We are talking about a man that up until recently couldn't hate anything, and now look, he is like a new person, hell he even left Tony for dead," he gestures to the sad little grey alien. "I'm not sure what, but our mother changed him, she did something to his mind, she tried to do the same thing to me but it didn't work…. She couldn't get through, I have a feeling that it did however get through to America."

"Well what could she have done to make him this bad?" Australia asked.

"Well actually that would make sense, we have concluded that Ms. Native America is a vengeful spirit, it is said they have the power to change anyone they touch, and she could have easily changed him. Most legends tell of the spirits taking and altering someone's soul, changing them forever…" Japan said, he look really uncomfortable as Germany glared at him for arguing against him, Germany was not too happy about his friend speaking for the other side, but Japan had been close to America as well….

"So you are saying Native America… recreated America's soul?" I asked. "What exactly did she do?"

"She took out his love," Canada muttered. "Think about it, he is full of hate now and he cares for nothing, America used to never let anything bad happen to his friends or family, now he just doesn't care…. He… loves nothing… almost like he can't anymore… she took out his love and his hate filled its place!"

"So you are saying that all this happened because America can't love?" Germany asked skeptical.

"Think about it, if he no longer love's anything than nothing matters to him, the only thing that is pulling him is the pull of the souls, that's what causing him to do all this, he doesn't care about anyone, and he just needs to satisfy that hunger…" I said catching up to Japan and Canada.

"So what does this mean, aru? So it is not his fault, that still doesn't excuse everything he did!" China argued.

"And if anything his new changed state would make it even more probable that he would do this again, we must kill him, but I think in light of what we have found he should still be honored, with a memorial of some sort, or a funeral, but we should honor the life he used to live," Vietnam said.

"Alright, then we will put this to a vote, all in favor of an honor death raise your hand," I said, All the members except for two raised their hands. "And those against," I asked even though I already knew what the results would be. Russia and Germany raised their hands. "Alright so we know that when we do kill America he shall have a memorial or funeral…. The last step is to figure out just how we shall kill him…." The words tasted like dirt as they left my lips, I wanted to believe I was killing this monster that invaded America's body, but still the words brought the treasured memories I've had with America to my mind, making it hard to fight off tears.

"I think Canada should be the one to kill him…" Germany muttered.

"WHAT?" France shouted speaking for the first time this meeting. "What, just because you lost your brother you feel that the others must suffer! You lost your brother, and it is bad enough that he has to lose his as well, but for him to kill his own brother, would you be able to do it?"

Germany sighed, his eyes looked grey and dead, but not in the same way as the servant…. "That's not what I meant, he obviously is the one who should be able to do it, if they are both suppose to be opposite warriors, then it only makes sense that he is the one to kill him. For all we know he is the only one who has the power…."

"If that's the case then what are we suppose to do, we can't let him go alone, and this whole of the alliance is to work together to stop him…." Taiwan asked.

"We will be there as well, we will act as back up, keep everyone off of him and make sure that Canada is able to get to America, we will also be able to help the wounded as they are brought back to their normal states," Germany said.

"Alright, that is a good plan," I agreed, "but how will we arrange all of this to happen, fighting in his territory didn't exactly go well last time…."

"With bate…" Russia said joining the discussion as well.

"Alright, what shall we use as bate…? I mean it can't just be letting them capture Belarus again he won't fall for that again," I said.

"No, we'll need bate that will believable… perhaps someone seeking revenge for a fallen brother…" Russia trailed on. We all turned to look at Germany.

"You want to use me as bate?" he asked, his eyes were still dull, and his face showed no emotion toward his stance on the proposition.

"It will be simple, da," Russia said. "All we have to do is release a false report to the world that Germany is pulling out of the alliance, and then you can send a message telling America that you want to settle… what is the term… 'Man to man.' Tell him to come alone, no troops, which we know he won't do, and then when he comes to attack you, we can ambush him!"

"That's brilliant!" China shouted. "He is so power hungry he will be sure to fall for it, aru." The other members seemed to agree getting riled up at the new plans, and I had to admit it certainly was a good plan, yet I could seem to convince myself that this was really happening….

Sorry for the long awaited review, I had a schedule for when to update, but to be honest I got lazy, and then I got major writer's block, I don't want it to seem like it is dragging on but the end is so close that I need to wrapping things up, so yeah this a boring chapter, but the action is on the horizon.