Chapter 3

Astrid woke up the next morning around eight. The sun was shining through the window of the room. She looked around to see the two Chibis and her siblings around her on the bed and all the other nations scattered around the room sound asleep. Since Astrid was an early riser, she decided to get up. She carefully placed the chibi brothers on her pillow and squirmed out from under her siblings. It was Saturday, so she could let them sleep as long as they wanted, especially after the whole fiasco the day before. She heard movement from the bed, and turned to see the chibis and Artemis sitting up, rubbing their eyes sleepily. "Mornin' sis." Artemis said, yawning.

"You're up early," Astrid said.

"Yeah. Whatever. Yesterday was crazy huh?"

Astrid nodded and stared at the sleeping nations, "They're all...just like children ya know? They just seem...so helpless when they're not in their own world," she said as America snuggled closer to Britain and Canada.

Artemis nodded and climbed out of bed, "Let's go eat something," she said. Astrid smiled and the two sisters tip-toed out of the room.

Takonna woke up by falling off the top of Astrid's dresser and landing on the rough carpet that surrounded him. After landing right on his head, he sat up, and gazed over at the other side of the room. There, he saw Latvia and Liechtenstein slouching on the side of the bookcases, but then there we two more people that'd he'd never seen before hanging from the ceiling fan. One of them looked like an artist, or an artist with a broom, and the other look like a sailor from the 1800s. Takonna jumped up at the fan and grabbed the sailor's foot, as they both fell on the floor. He woke up as Takonna's face was slammed into the floor. The sailor kid looked up. "Hey, who're you?"

"I'm Takonna! And you are...who?"

"I'm Sealand! You know that small little fishing rig off of the coast of the UK?" he said with joy

"Oh, yeah! You're a micronation...welcome to the club of nations that somehow ended up here!"

Takonna looked up at the fan, as Sealand wandered off. "Sealand!" He grabbed his necktie "Stay here, because if anybody sees you without me they'll go crazy!"

The other person who was a girl in a pink sweater with a giant broom. She slid off of the fan and landed on the dresser where Takonna had been before.

Sealand and Takonna ran up to her, although she was still asleep, somehow.

"Who's that?" Takonna asked Sealand.

"Oh, that's Wy! She's a small micronation in Australia! We're best friends."

She started to wake up, and the first thing she saw was Takonna looking down at her.

She started to become nervous. "W-w-who are you?"

"My second introduction of the day! I'm Takonna, and this is, as you know, Sealand! Welcome to my world...you guys might or might not love it, but I'll do my best to make sure you guys don't get trampled by everybody else!"

Sealand leaned over to Takonna and whispered in his ear. "How come you didn't give me an introduction like that?"

At that moment, Astrid and Artemis came running in.

"What's going on here?" Astrid said and they stared at the two new nations.

"OMG! IT'S SEALAND!" Artemis squealed and threw her arms around the micronation (who was once again hanging from the fan). Astrid and Takonna sweat-dropped.

Britain suddenly sat bolt upright. "What in blazes is going o-SEALAND? How in God's name did you get up there?" He shouted.

Startled, the micronation fell from the ceiling fan, bringing Wy and Artemis down with him. Britain ran up to the boy and started lecturing him right off the bat. About halfway through, it sounded like Britain was saying that he was glad that both he and Wy were safe, but nobody was paying attention at that point. Astrid decided to ease the tension and gave Sealand a little nudge so he fell forward. Britain caught him and hugged him tightly causing Astrid to smile warmly.

"Oh, meant to ask, who're you two?" Sealand asked, breaking away from Britain's hug.

"Name's Artemis, or Arty for short, and this is my big sister, Astrid."

By now, the other nations were beginning to wake up, feeling a bit sore from sleeping on the ground for so long. They spotted the two micronations and felt a bit relieved that 4kids hadn't tortured any more children. Just then, there was a knock on the door,

"I'll get it," Arty said and ran out of the room.

Takonna, Sealand, and Wy were now really friendly, and at this point, didn't want to have to deal with anybody else. So they all snuck out of the window on the top floor.

Takonna looked at them. "Well, guys, what do you want to do now? There's a whole world of things to do out there!"

"ASTRID! TAKONNA!" Arty screeched from downstairs!

Astrid ran downstairs, "What's wrong Arty? What happen-"

She stopped short and gasped in horror as she saw a familiar man with silver hair lying face-down on the ground in a pool of his own blood.

"He just collapsed when I opened the door!" Artemis cried.

Astrid checked his pulse, he was still alive. She rolled him over and looked at his face; there was no doubt: It was Prussia.

"Go get Germany! Now!" Astrid ordered.

"GERMANYYYYYY!" Artemis yelled running upstairs. Luckily, their parents always left early for work on weekends so they were home alone today.

Astrid managed to get Prussia onto her back somewhat and carefully laid his bloody body on the couch (thank GOD the blood wasn't noticeable to anyone else) and Artemis ran in followed closely by Germany. Germany knelt next to his brother, a look of shock on his face. Artemis grabbed the first aid kit and began cleaning the wounds being the little medical genius that she is. His body was covered with gashes, probably from a knife or blade, and he had three bullets in one leg. Luckily Artemis was able to treat those easily.

Astrid told the other nations of what happened and Hungary and Austria went downstairs to see him too. While Arty patched up Prussia, Astrid felt his forehead and noticed that he was a little on the warm side. She grabbed a pack of ice and placed it on his head, hoping he wasn't getting a fever.

"I've managed to stop all the bleeding, but I don't know how much blood he's lost," Artemis said.

"Thank you," Hungary said gratefully while Austria and Germany nodded their thanks.

Everyone then noticed that Prussia was beginning to stir. Everything hurt, but not as much; in fact he felt a lot better. His eyes fluttered open and he gazed at the faces around him.

"W-West?" he said hoarsely.

Germany sighed in relief, "Are you alright Brother?" he asked.

"I feel totally un-awesome," Prussia said, wincing at his injuries, "Where am I?" he asked, his red eyes darting around the room and looking at all the bandages on his body.

"You're in our house," Artemis answered.

"Who are you?" Prussia asked.

This time Astrid answered, "I'm Astrid, and this is Artemis," she handed him a glass of water which he drained instantly, "We're here to help you and the other nations get home."

They quickly explained what had been going on before asking Prussia what had happened to him.

"I was walking through a forest just after we all got separated. Somehow 4Kids managed to drug me and take me to a studio. The tortured me all day without end until I finally managed to escape. But they managed to shoot my leg a few times while I was running. I lost them and kept looking for any of you until I saw America's plane flying over me. I followed it as best I could and came here...that's all I remember." Prussia explained.

Astrid took Prussia's temperature and frowned, "104.8...that's not good," she said frowning. She went over to the medicine cabinet and pulled out some medicine.

She placed it on the coffee table where Prussia was while Artemis covered him with blankets to keep him warm, "We'll give him this if his fever doesn't break or if his condition gets worse." Astrid declared.

Just then, Britain ran downstairs in a panic with America, "Have you seen Sealand and Wy?" he asked frantically.

Astrid remembered watching Takonna sneak out the window with them. She heard him say something about the harbor, "Oh no..." she breathed and Artemis caught her drift.

They put their shoes on, got dressed, and gestured America and Britain, "C'mon!" Artemis said and writing a quick note to their parents should they be gone for a while.

"Watch over Prussia ok? Give him the medicine if he gets worse!" Astrid said, earning nods from Germany, Austria and Hungary.

"Where are we going?" America asked as they ran out the door.

"To rent a boat," Astrid answered.

Takonna and the others ran off downtown. "Thank god we live close to the city center! Now, we can go to a coffee shop, maybe go to the pier, whatever you want!"

Wy looked at Takonna and grabbed his hand. "Yeah, let's do something awesome before they come running after us!"

Sealand was exhilarated with the thought of going to the water. "Ohhhh you guys want to rent a boat? I can stear! I'm licensed, see?" he said as he held out his boating license.

Wy peered over at Takonna who looked at her, as Takonna just noticed she was holding his hand. Sealand looked at them, and started to pick on Wy, them being best friends.

"Wy, why are you holding his hand? Are you in looooovvveeee?"

Takonna started to step away from her, as she punched him into the wooden building. "Of course not! You idiot!"

After that fiasco, the three rented a boat and sailed out into the Atlantic Ocean. Seland was running the engines, as Takonna was steering and Wy was looking out for anything that could be a hazard.

Sealand started to start conversation with Takonna. "So, do you like us? I know we're an odd bunch..."

Takonna laughed. "Are you kidding? You guys are the best! I couldn't have asked for better boat-mates, or however you say that!"

Wy ran down from the top deck and started screaming aimlessly. "There's a...and a! It was, there's a...! It's coming...now look! Ah!"

Sealand and Takonna stared at each other in confusion, as the water started to become more heavy, and the sky became darker.

Takonna peered off at the weather radar. "They're no storms in the area...why in the world is it getting darker?"

Sealand looked up out of the window, and saw a huge shipping vessel towering over them labeled "4Kids" on the front.

Takonna started to panic. "Oh shit! They're back! 4Kids wants to kill us all!"

Wy and Sealand didn't know who 4Kids was, but they immediately took action anyway.

"Sealand? Is this boat equipped with any weaponry?" asked Takonna as he manned the shipping radar and the tiller.

"You'll have to ask Wy...I didn't make the boat, she's the architect here!"

Takonna ran up to Wy and asked the same thing, as she pointed out how to use all of the weaponry. Takonna ran back to the control center and began the attack. "Alright Sealand, we're going to bring them down!"

Sealand noticed black smoke in the air. "Takonna! They fired some kind of missile at us, but they missed..."

"Then fire our best attack!" yelled Takonna in a kind way, not a fierce way.

"You mean the-?"

"Yes, that!" Takonna said as he smirked

Sealand pressed a red button and Wy opened the hatch, while Takonna swerved the boat around to the front of the 4Kids vessel.

"Deploying inflatable iceberg now!" yelled Wy.

A huge iceberg slammed into the vessel, as giant pieces of the ship landed on the front of the heros' boat. The 4Kids ship went up in flames and sank to the bottom of the ocean. Wy, Sealand, and Takonna all yelled with glee, while the members of the 4Kids boat drowned as they sank to the sea floor.

"We're going to have to leave in case they try to counter-attack...let's use full speed ahead!" said Takonna, exhilarated.

Sealand activated the super-drives as they sped off toward Europe.

Wy started to speak more frequently. "We're headed to England first on our trip around the world. We might even find more nations on the way!"

She suddenly slipped and fell off of the boat into the water. Sealand and Takonna gasped, grabbed scuba gear, and jumped in after her.

Sealand spotted Wy, and Takonna zipped toward her and grabbed her arm. He started to pull her toward the surface, but a metal claw grabbed her and dragged her underneath the sea floor, beneath the sands where nobody can get to. Sealand and Takonna spent hours trying to penetrate the barrier, but alas, it was no use. They returned to the ship and started to weep.

"We lost her...how could we?" uttered Takonna as he started to cry.

Sealand, already crying, responded quickly. "We have to find her! We have to!"

"We will! I'm sure 4Kids took her, so let's check to see where the closest 4Kids Headquarters is."

Takonna ran to his laptop, put the boat in auto-pilot, and searched for the 4Kids Headquarters closest to them.

"Found it! We've just passed Iceland, so the closest is in Oslo, Norway. That's where we're headed!" said Takonna as he rejoiced.

"Let's do this!" yelled Sealand.

They both sped off toward Scandinavia.

The next morning, they both woke up from their rooms beneath the deck of the boat, and came to the kitchen, which was also under the deck. As Sealand sat down at the table, Takonna started making pancakes.

"How do you want yours? With or without butter?" asked Takonna.

"With butter, please." said Sealand.

Suddenly, there was a beeping sound coming from the control unit. The two adolescent boys finished eating and ran up toward the deck. They saw that the radar was picking up something flying toward them at an unimaginable rate.

"Quick! Go under the deck, Sealand! They're after you, not me, and I can't lose you too!" said Takonna in a panic.

"But I want to help you!" said Sealand as Takonna gave him a serious glare.

"Alright, good luck! I'll go watch TV..." said Sealand.

Takonna saw jets circling the boat, as one helicopter landed on the landing pad on the side of the bow. He ran to it, and saw that a man stepped out of the door, and started to chuckle.

"Well, well, well, a twelve year old boy named Sealand is on-board. Everybody, search the boat!" he screamed.

Takonna ran back to the control center and locked the entrance door. He used the intercom to warn Sealand, as Sealand his in the storage closet. Just then, Takonna noticed some old sailor clothes in one of the cabinets in the control center. He slipped into them and walked out of the door. Suddenly, a group of men with rifles swarmed him.

"Freeze!" they all yelled.

Takonna tried to use his best pirate voice. "What 'ya doing on 'me ship? I didn't give you no permits, arg!"

The leader of the group, who had been first out of the helicopter earlier, looked at him, and was shocked.

"Sir, do you by chance have a country on-board?" he asked.

"A country? What are 'ye scallywags uttering your mouths about?" Takonna said as he felt like an idiot. "If 'ye don't get off of 'me ship right now, I'll call 'ye old Coast Guard! And the Nordic Police! Arg!"

Takonna grabbed a box of sharp pegs next to the deck and started throwing them at the personnel. "Go away, arg! I command 'ye! Now!"

The 4Kids army ran back into their helicopter and flew away, along with their fighter jets. One 4Kids spy stayed aboard, though, and as Takonna changed back into his clothes and he tried to contact HQ, Takonna spotted him.

"Who are you?" Takonna spotted '4Kids' on his suit. "You're a spy! Sealand, quick, come up here!"

Sealand saw the spy. "Oh, a spy?"

"Let's give him a warm welcome? Shall we?" asked Takonna.

"My pleasure!" said Sealand with a malevolent tone of voice.

They tied him to a kitchen chair, and duct-taped his mouth shut. Then, they threw him in an unused and soundproof closet. They also took all of his communication devices.

Takonna twisted the lock, and Sealand entered the alarm code to ensure maximum security to prevent him from escaping.

Just then, they heard a crash on the deck. They ran up, and saw Artemis and Britain climbing off of their boat onto Sealand and Takonna's boat.

"Shit!" screamed Takonna and Sealand at the same time.

Astrid and America appeared behind them and held them each in a headlock, "We can't leave you alone for a minute can we?" Astrid growled as she tightened her grip on her brother's neck.

"S-sis! C-can't breathe!" Takonna choked.

America pushed Sealand towards Britain who took his little brother's arm roughly, "You were missing for a whole day! Do you have ANY bloody idea how worried we were? And where's Wy?" he demanded.

Takonna looked at Britain. "Well, you see, we're going to the 4Kids Norwegian Headquarters right now, because Wy was captured by 4Kids."

Britain growled at him and Astrid gave him a death glare.

"Wait, wait! There's some good news! We sunk a 4Kids vessel, tricked their European leaders and captured one of their spies!" exclaimed Takonna.

Astrid and Britain looked at each other as if they were deciding their brothers' fates, but Artemis broke the silence by pounding on Takonna's chest,

"I don't care about that! How could you do this? Prussia's injured at home and now Wy's gone? What were you thinking?" she cried as she began to cry. Takonna sighed and hugged his younger sibling.

"Show us the spy, I think it's time for a little interrogation," Astrid said as she and America cracked their knuckles.

"Here, follow us down to the armed closet, we'll show him to you." said Takonna.

Sealand and Takonna led the others down to the room where they had locked him and unarmed the security. They pulled him out, still tied to a chair and duct-taped like a muzzled animal.

America and Britain hovered over the man, glaring daggers at him. They yanked the tape off his mouth. "Now, we're going to ask you a few questions; you might want to answer honestly if you want to stay in one piece," America said darkly.

Astrid stepped forward, "Now; where's Wy?" she asked. The man stayed silent.

America grabbed him by the shirt, "Where is she?" he demanded but Britain put a hand on his shoulder.

"Let's make things a little more comfortable for him," he said with a dark smile.

He pulled out a spell book and flipped it open. He muttered a spell and he snapped his fingers. The man cried out in pain.

"This is a special torture spell; whenever I snap my fingers you will feel lots of internal pain around random areas of your body. If you keep the silent treatment going you will break a few bones," he explained.

Astrid smiled at the man's horrified face, "Broken bones will make it much harder to swim won't it?" she asked.

Britain snapped his fingers and another cry erupted from the man. That was for poor Lithuania.

"We'll ask again. Where. Is. Wy?" Astrid asked slowly and dangerously. The man began to sweat but stayed silent, resulting in Britain snapping again.

"She should be at the studio in Norway by now," he stuttered.

"Are there any others?" America asked. The man didn't answer, "ARE THERE ANY OTHERS?" America demanded.

Britain snapped twice this time, "The minute we hear a bone break, you're going into the ocean; unless you give us an answer!" Britain yelled.

The man still didn't respond which resulted in four more snaps. Finally, they dragged their prisoner outside and tied his chair to a pulley hanging over the water. They continued to asked questions and when he didn't comply, he was submerged in the cold ocean. Astrid and Artemis felt their revenge for the Baltics and the chibi italian brothers as well as any other anime 4Kids had destroyed over the years die down as the man suffered more.

Finally the man broke down, "No more! No more! I'll talk!" he cried, "The Nordic countries are there! All of them!" he cried.

Everyone looked at each other and nodded, "Thank you for the information," Astrid said. America then lifted him up and placed him in the spare boat and set it adrift.

"That should keep him busy for a while," America said smiling.

Sealand and Takonna started up the boat and turned it towards Norway. Another rescue mission; who knew how dangerous this one was going to be?

OH NUUUU! Wy and the Nordics have been captured! D: (Oh and for those who don't know, Wy isn't in the anime, only the comic and is a micronation like Sealand...just to clear that up)

Well, we're off to Norway for another rescue mission! And may I say, the torture sequence was fun to write!

I know, there ISN'T a 4Kids studio in Norway, but it's a fan fic and we'll do whatever the hell we want beotches!

Review please! ;)