Romano: When I woke up I smelled tomatoes. "Romano come eat dinner." I put Axis down and shuffled into the kitchen. I sat down at the table and picked at the food that Spain gave me. "Romano what is the matter?" "Spain, I told him that I would never leave him, that I would always protect him no matter what and then because I leave the room for 45 minutes he gets kidnapped." "Romano it's not your fault." I sighed and finished eating. "I'm going to bed." Spain looked up at me with worry in his eyes. "I won't do anything I promise. I..I promised Italy I would stop." He nodded and I went upstairs. I waited for him to fall asleep then I snuck home. I got on some new clothes and packed some for Italy. I looked down and noticed that Axis had followed me. "Does he realize that I'm going to look for Italy?" I shook my head and left the house after packing food for the two of us. I picked up Axis setting him in my bag so he could look around I set off to find my little brother.

Italy: It seemed like day since I was first brought here. Russia kept taunting me and telling me that Romano was never going to come get me. They kept injecting different stuff into me. Nothing had been too awful, but the latest made me feel awful. I thought that I was going to be sick. One day I was sitting in the corner when I thought I heard someone talking to Russia. "YOU BETTER TELL ME WHERE MY BROTHER IS RIGHT NOW!" I wanted to believe that I heard Romano, but I didn't want to get my hopes up. Then the door opened, and I saw him "Ro...Romano?" "ITALY! Are you okay? Of course you aren't okay. Come on we're getting out of here." "You... You came to get me?" "Of course I came to get. Why...why wouldn't I? You are my little brother and I love you." "But...but Russia said you didn't like me and you just stayed

with me because you have to..." "Russia doesn't know how I feel, he was only trying to break you. Get down and depressed that way it was easier for him to do things. Italy I love you and there is someone else here who helped me find you." "Who?" "Why don't you see for yourself." Then Axis jumped out of his bag and onto me. "Axis! You brought him with you?" "Well he gave me no choice." I smile and gave him a hug. "Thank you Romano, can we go home now?" "Yes Italy. Hold my hand and no matter what don't let go." I grabbed his hand and we started walking. Then Russia came and pulled out a gun. "No you two aren't going anywhere." "Russia move out of the way, we're getting out of here whether you like it or not." We started walking and then Russia pulled the trigger. It headed straight towards me, and Romano jumped in front of me. "NO! ROMANO!" I grabbed him, and managed to get past Russia and got him in the car. I drove to the nearest hospital and got him into the emergency room. They took him, and told me to sit in the lobby. I found a phone, and called Spain, and Germany, and then I sat down and fell asleep crying.

Romano: I had looked all over the world for Italy. Literally all over except for Russia. Finally I got to Russia's house. I walked in and found Latvia and Estonia. "Where would Russia be?" The pointed me towards the basement. I thanked them and ran down. I found Russia and started yelling at him to show me where Italy was. I went into a room and saw Italy. After a bit we started to leave. Then Russia came in. He shot at Italy so I jumped in front him. I felt the pain as the bullet hit then everything went black.