"Please, bring him back."

Sirens roared as an ambulance drove into Romano's driveway. Spain guided to two paramedics to the backyard where Romano was lying on the ground.

"He was shot?" One paramedic asked.

"Y-Yes! In the chest, I think. F-From behind, too." Spain confirmed as they rushed to Romano.

"Was it by accident?" the other paramedic asked.

"No no no, it was... He was trying to kill him."

Italy knelt down and shook Germany. Suddenly, he felt something wet and sticky. he looked down as his hands and saw blood.Germany's blood. By now, Alice had run next door to see what all the commotion was, so Italy and Germany were the only ones in the house.

"Oh god! No..! Please! Please, come on!" Italy cried, trying to shake the Germany awake. "Come on, Germany! Please, Ludwig!"

No response. Then Italy saw where the bullet wound was. Germany's chest. Straight through his heart. This sent Italy into a sobbing fit. He continued to try and awaken his lover to no success. Then it his Italy. He had asked England one day to teach him a few magic spell. Maybe that would work?

"By Osiris, bring him back!"

Alice saw the ambulance and ran to the back of the house where she heard talking. Her green eyes widened at the sight before her. Romano lying on the ground, a bullet wound either to his chest or in the main artery in his shoulder. She ran over immediately and asked Spain exactly what happened, and his answers sent her into panic.

"Pulse is 100 and weak. Lung sounds are wet." One paramedic announced.

"W-What does that mean?! Is he gonna-" Alice was cut off.

"You need to step back, okay? If you want us to help him out, we need some space." the other paramedic stated.

Romano was starting up at the sky, breathing slowly. Yes, he pulled a prank on Russia. Did he deserve to be shot in an attempt to murder him? No. He was in shock. He didn't know what to think.

Italy held Germany's lifeless body in his arms, his cheeks stained with tears. "Hear me...! Keeper of darkness!" Italy tried everything he could. England had willingly taught him magic. Black magic. Italy didn't know it was a bad thing. Magic was magic to him. And so, he called upon forces he didn't know how to deal with.

"YOU! How dare you invoke Osiris in this task!" a voice boomed as the form of a demon appeared in front of him.

"Please... Please bring him back!" Italy begged.

"You may not violate the laws of natural passing." The demon stated firmly.

"How?! How is this natural?!" Italy questioned.

"It is a human death my human means. This man was already raised from death a long time ago due to mystical force. This is not the same. It is DONE." The demon announced coldly.

"No! There has to be a way!" Italy begged.

"IT IS DONE!" The demon announced yet again.

"NO!" Italy screamed. Anger engulfed his small body, and unknowingly, so did the demon's essence. Power filled the Italian's body.Dark power. He stood up after the demon had vanished and walked out the front door. Across the street, he saw his brother on a gurney being rushed into an ambulance, Spain and Alice standing by in worry. The smaller Italian walked over.

"I-Italy are you alright?!" Alice asked.

"How did this happened..?" Italy asked.

"Eh.. R-Russia! He had a gun!" Spain said, clearly worried for Romano.

"Russia..." Italy hissed, turning and walking down the street in the direction of England's house.

"W-Wait, where are you going?!" Alice asked. "Italy?!" Italy continued walking without saying a word.

"We need to go. Are you coming with us or not?" the paramedics asked. As much as the two wanted to follow Italy, Alice and Spain were more concerned about Romano, and so, they entered the ambulance and before they knew it, they were on their way to the hospital.

Italy didn't knock. He flat out busted England's front door in, causing the British man to jump.

"Italy...?!" England stood up, alarmed.

"Where do you keep your black arts books?" Italy questioned, walking into England's basement.

"Look, I heard what happened to your brother! Alice called Shanna, and Shanna called me! Its a terrible thing but I can't let you do this!" England said, rushing after him.

"I need power." Italy announced.

"Not with those books. Italy, I can't let you! You're still a beginner when it comes to magic! Italy-!" England warned.

"Stop." Italy stated. A flash of lightning shot from his hands and hit the British nation, stopping him dead in his tracks. Italy took one look at a black magic book and sent every single one flying in front of him, creating a huge pile where only one book at the very top was left open. The Italian smirked as he pressed his hands against the book, sucking the magic from the very pages. The words crawls from the paper and slide up Italy's arms... his shoulders... his neck... all the way up until they disappeared at his hairline. As Italy removed his hands, he revealed nothing but blank paper within the dark arts books. He had sucked them dry. Suddenly, his copper colored hair was taken over by a deep, scarlet black. "That's better."

Prussia opened the front door to his brother's home, returning from a day of annoying Austria. "West?" he called. There was nothing but silence within the huge home. This peaked Prussia's curiosity. He walked towards the kitchen, seeing as Italy might be there cooking, or even West, for that matter. His crimson eyes widened as he saw his brother lying lifeless on the ground, a fatal bullet wound to the chest. He stifled a scream as he fell to his knees.

Alice and Spain stood behind glass, watching doctors as they tried to remove the bullet from Romano's chest and stop the bleeding. Alice was on the brink of tears. She hated how stubborn her brother could be, but she cared about him. She couldn't think of what life would be like without a little conflict that was started by the moody Italian himself. She simply couldn't. Spain was holding back tears. His Romano was lying between life and death, something nobody should ever face. Suddenly light began to flicker and the machines went haywire as a man with scarlet black hair and a curl walked into the operating room. Italy. Both Spain and Alice's eyes widened.

"Leave." he stated.

Spain and Alice immediately ran in. "Italy?!"

"Now." Italy demanded. At that, the doctors rushed from the room as Italy walked towards his brother.

"Ita, what are you doing?! He's gonna die!" Spain announced as the monitor flat lined.

"No he isn't." Italy said. He simply stared at his brother. With the new power he commanded, he made the tiny, half-inch long bullet rise out of his brother's chest and had the wound healed within a matter of seconds. Romano's flat line turned into a normal heart beat as he opened his eyes.

"Ughn... what happened...?" Romano wondered as he sat up.

"Roma!" Spain shouted, running and hugging him tightly in his arms.

"How did I... get here?" Romano wondered.

"O-Oh my god, are you okay?!" Alice asked.

"Y-Yeah... s-sure." Romano then noticed his brother. "Veneziano?"

Italy smiled, though his appearance worried everyone a little. "Romano. Hey."

"What's the matter...?" Romano asked.

"I'll explain." Italy said, turning and walking towards the door.

"What?" Alice was confused just as the others were. "Where are you going?!"

"It's time to find Russia."

Once in the car, Italy sat in the back seat with Romano while Spain was in the passenger seat and Alice was driving.

"Faster." Italy ordered.

"I'm going as fast as I can." Alice told him.

"Faster." Italy ordered. Using more magic, he made the gas pedal hit the floor as the car sped up at an alarming rate.

"Italy will you cut that out?! If you wanted to drive-" Alice was cut off.

"Ita, we gotta stop. I don't like this." Spain stated.

"We're close. I can sense him." Italy said.

"And we'll catch him, and he'll go to jail." Romano said. "Look, I'm finding getting shot very motivating, but your using magic."

"If I wasn't you'd be DEAD." Italy said coldly.

"Maybe, but this isn't right. This isn't how I want it." Romano replied.

"Sometimes you don't have a choice." Italy stated.

"I think our brother gets the tie breaker on this one. He was on the ouch end of the bullet." Alice stated.

"Ita, you do have a choice. This isn't good for you. You made a decision to stop taking England's magic lessons for a reason. You promised us, and can I just ask? What's with the makeover of the damned? I mean the hair and..." Spain trailed off.

"Turn right! Go!" Italy demanded.

"G-Go?! WHere!?" Alice asked.

"Over there! Now!" Italy ordered.

"Ita-" Spain was cut off.

"TURN." Italy said sternly. Once again, he used magic and forced the car in the direction he wanted. He drove off the road and towards a deserted area.

"Fine, fine! Puppet master wants to drive, go ahead!" Alice announced, letting go of the wheel, giving Italy total control over the car, as if he didn't already. Once he stopped the car, Italy jumped from the car and began walking towards the road.

"Italy, stop!" Alice cried.

"Stay back!" Italy said, shooting lightning towards her and the other two. He continued walking until he saw a bus coming, then he simply stood in the middle of the road. He made the bug increase its speed and had it stop right before it smashed into him, all without flinching. He walked to the door and forced them open. "Get out." he commanded.

Russia simply stood and walk off the bus, and his eyes widened as Italy grabbed him by the neck. "Please! I-I'll ...I'll do anything...!" the Russian said.

Italy's eyes turned black as 'Russia's' skin melted and an eye fell to the ground. Italy dropped the fake body to the ground as Alice, Spain, and Romano rushed over. "It... Its a robot. I... I don't understand... I... I could feel his essence. ...He tricked me!" Italy started walking away.

"And then what?!" Alice asked.

"Then we kill him." Italy stated.

Romano grabbed his brother's wrist and stopped him. "Okay you need to calm down."

"Calm down?" Italy asked.

"Look, you're angry. I'm angry too. There's no excuse for what Russia did, but that-" Romano was interrupted.

"He shot Germany." Italy announce.

Everyone was caught off guard. Silence. Nobody spoke. They didn't know what to say.

"When he shot you, he hit him too. Straight through the kitchen window." Italy stated.

"O-Oh my god..." Alice muttered.

"Guess the last shot was the charm." Italy said coldly.

"He's dead?" Spain asked.

"He's dead." Italy stated. "And now he's dead too.

"Oh my god..." Spain replied.

"Mio de Christo, Veneziano, why didn't you say anything?!" Romano asked.

"I'm busy." Italy turned to walk away when Alice stopped him.

"Big brother, please, just stop. We love you. And Germany. But we don't kill others out of vengeance. It's not the way." Alice stated.

"How can you say that? Germany is dead." Italy replied.

"I know. ...I know... And I can't understand anything. Not what happened and... and not what you must be going through. Fratello, if you do this, you let Russia destroy you too." Alice said.

"You said it yourself, Ita. The magic is too strong. There's no coming back from it." Spain said.

"I'm not coming back." Italy said, turning to leave yet again.

Romano grabbed his brother's hand. "Fratello, please- Please, we'll get through this together." He begged.

"No we won't. Not this way." Italy said, disappearing into thin air, leaving the three behind, both in worry and confusion.