"Why couldn't I have realized this sooner...?"

"Man... they've really tightened up on their security here..." Spain said, trying to open the door to Korea's house.

"...Romano...?" Mina asked.

"You know something? WE ARE GONNA DIE." America announced. "Italy's off his nut and we're all going to pay."

"Hey, at least it's not like having to babysit you and America!" Romano snapped. "Its like taking care of to socially retarded nerds!"

"Romano?" Mina repeated, gaining her uncle's attention.

"Yeah?" Romano wondered.

"What is that?" Mina asked, pointing to the sky.

As everyone looked up, they saw a gigantic fireball headed straight for them, then they also heard a familiar voice.

"MOVE!" Alice shouted as she ran towards everyone. Lucky for her, she got there in time and shoved Mina, Romano, and Belarus out of the way. America and Spain have enough sense to run.

China stumbled downstairs, tripping over rubble. He should have ignored Shanna's request for him to stay upstairs. He should have helped out. Then he noticed Shanna and Jill lying on the floor and immediately ran over.

"Shanna?! Jill?!" he said.

Shanna weakly opened her eyes and looked over and the man she loved and slightly smiled. "I... can see... where Italy is... he took my magic and the magic Jill borrowed... and now... I can see where he is..."

"Shanna, you need to rest, aru!" China declared.

"I can feel... oh god..." Shanna said. "He's going to finish it...

"Finish what, aru?" China asked.

"The world." Shanna told him.

Italy stood on Kingman's Bluff, determined to end it all. With his magics charged to their limits, he caused the giant Satanic statue that had been buried underground for centuries to arise. His mind was too clouded. All he could think about doing was destroying everything... even if it meant killing the ones he loved.

"From the pit of forgotten shadows, awake, sister of the dark. Proserpexa... let the cleansing fires of the deapths burn away the suffering souls and bring sweet death." Italy chanted. Suddenly, green balls of energy shot from his body into the statue, causing it to glow. Suddenly Romano showed up and stood in the way of Italy and the statue, causing the energy balls to stop.

"Hey, back-eyed brother." Romano chuckled. "What'cha doing?"

"Get out of here." Italy demanded.

"Oh, no. You're not the only one with powers, you know." Romano stated. "You may be a hopped-up on magic right now, but this Mafia man can kick your ass into the next century."

"I'm not kidding, Romano. Get out of my way, now!" Italy commanded, shooting electricity at his brother.

Romano flew back, but soon enough, he was back on his feet.

"You can't stop this." Italy told him.

"Yeah. I get that. It's just that you've been the only brother I've had and the only brother that I'll ever have my entire life. If the world is gonna end... why not be with my brother?" Romano stated.

"Is this your plan?" Italy smirked. "You're gonna sweet talk me and say you love me?"

"Well, I was gonna walk you off a cliff and hand you an anvil, but that seemed kinda cartoony." Romano said sarcastically.

"Still making jokes." Italy smirked.

"I'm not joking. I know you're in pain. I can't imagine the pain you're in because i never liked Germany. And I know you're about to do something apocalyptically evil, and stupid, but hey. Still wanna hang. You're my fratello." Romano said.

"Don't call me that." Italy said.

"When we were little and you broke a yellow crayon and cried because you were too scared to tell anyone? You've a long way from there, an right now it's not looking so good. And the thing is, yes, I love you. You're my brother and you're family. I love crayon breaking Veneziano and I love scary, veiny Veneziano. So if I'm going out, its here." Romano continued. "So if you wanna kill the world... well, then, start with me. I've earned that."

"You think I won't?" Italy replied.

"It doesn't matter. I'll still love you." Romano said.

"Shut up." Italy shouted. He scratched the air, but it left three huge gashes to Romano's left cheek.

"I love you." Romano repeated.

Italy scratched the air again, this time it left huge gashes to Romano's side.

"I... I love you." Romano repeated again.

"Shut up!" Italy snapped, electrocuting his brother.

"I love you, fratello." Romano said again.

"STOP!" Italy scream, going to shock his brother again. Only this time, it hardly reached far enough to hit him.

"I love you." Romano said as he walked towards his brother.

Italy tried to electrocute him again, and failed. He began to repeatedly his is brother in the chest. It was over. Romano had won. Italy soon broke down into a sobbing fit after his brother wrapped his arms around him in a comforting hug. The two fell to their knees and Romano held his brother as he sobbed. The veins on his face disappeared. His eyes returned to normal. His haired changed back to its natural copper color. Romano simply held his brother as he sobbed, repeating the phrase "I love you" once in a while in attempt to comfort his grieving brother.

Jill weakly sat up, regaining her consciousness. Shanna was the first to notice.

"Jill!" she cried, though she didn't rush over. China was supporting her and had bandaged a few wounds.

"Mom!" Alice cried. She ran and hugged her mother. "I'm so glad your not dead!"

"Y-Yeah... t-though I am in... some pain.." Jill painfully chukled as her daughter let go.

"Wait... why aren't you dead? Your injuries were severe." Alice wondered.

"The threat is gone... Italy's alive and... back to normal. The magic she took from me did what I hoped it would do... he sparked the last bit of humanity he had left... I'm thankful your brother got to him in time." Jill said.

"Romano?" Alice was puzzled.

"Yes... Romano was able to get to Italy in time... the magic helped Italy to feel, and Romano did who-knows-what to activate that... He saved us all." Jill smiled.