The Hetalia Global Warming Crisis; Get Out Alive

Arc #2: The Key

09—The Plan

Alfred hung up and tossed the phone onto the table, ignoring his brother's horrified expression. He faced the other countries and looked at them with blazing blue eyes. No one had ever seen America so angry before.

"Alright, since I'm the Hero and this is my home, I'll take command," he announced, then nodded his head at the door Romano was guarding. "See that door over there? That leads to the basement, but it's always locked. The key is in one of the other rooms, but if we retrieve it, we can make a safe camp there." He pointed to the other door where Spain stood. "That's the storage room. There's about a half year's supply of food in there for all of us. It's not locked, so we're gonna have to keep an eye on it."

"So you're suggesting we split up," Arthur said thoughtfully.

"So some of us can get the key and the others stay behind to keep this place safe," Kiku added.

"Well, I'm going to go after the enemy," growled Ludwig. "We can't ignore her."

"Then I'm going with Germany!" Feliciano said, waving his white flag.

"Yeah let all of the Axis go and leave us Allies alone," Francis sneered.

"This isn't the time to be starting a war!" snapped Arthur.

"I wasn't talking to you," Francis retorted.

"Stop…" Matthew whispered, but everyone ignored him. Kumajiro tugged at the young country's sleeve and pointed to something behind him. Matthew whimpered as a pair of strong hands grabbed his shoulders and warm breath tickled his ear.

"Shut up and let me handle this," Prussia muttered, flashing the younger country a sharp-toothed grin.

"Maple…" Canada whispered, then spoke louder, "wait!"

"Hey," Gilbert growled, then cleared his throat and roared. "HEY!"

The arguing died down as everyone glanced at Prussia. He was holding the trembling Canada close to him encouragingly. Matthew could see a spark of anger and what looked like jealousy in Alfred's eyes.

"You don't realise what's going on here," Gilbert said gruffly. "They're all after Canada. They won't care if we end up killing each other. If we're all going to survive, we're going to have to work together, whether we like it or not."

"I still say we split up," Ludwig snapped at his brother. "I'm not working with them," he glared at England, France, and America in disgust.

"Well, I wouldn't mind if you did that," Arthur spat furiously. "I would rather work alone anyways."

"Stop it!"

The quarrelling countries turned to look back at Canada and Prussia, looking guilty that they had resulted in upsetting the young country. Matthew had his head buried into the older nation's chest, trying furiously to stop crying. Gilbert rubbed Matthew's shoulders awkwardly, trying to comfort him and blushing visibly.

"Er… Canada…" Gilbert smiled sheepishly as Matthew turned back to the others, blinking.

"I... I don't want you to split up," he said shakily. "If any of you go, then there's no guarantee that you'll come back. You don't know what they're going to do to you." He sighed. "At least let me come with you, America, to get the key. Then if they attack us, I can try to bargain with them and save you."

"Hell no," Alfred replied firmly. "You're staying here, where the others can keep an eye on you. I'm going alone. At least then I don't have anyone slowing me down. Plus if anyone goes missing, it will only be me."

"Oh, no," Arthur scowled. "I didn't raise you only to throw your life away for a key, you bloody git. I'm coming with you. And I also want to see if I can get my magic back. The barriers aren't the only things sapping my strength and I'm going to see for myself what's really going on around here."

"You'll only slow me down, Arth," replied Alfred coldly. "You're not at your strongest, you said it yourself. There's no way I'm bringing an old man like you with me."

"Excuse—"

"Hey, think about it this way," Ivan interrupted Arthur smoothly. "At least it means England won't have to cook for us, kol, kol."

Alfred stared at the Russian while the others nodded vigorously. Arthur turned to Ivan in confusion.

"What—"

"Alright, that's it, you're coming with me," Alfred laughed as he grabbed Arthur's wrist and pulled him towards the door to the conference room.

"Let go of me you bloody—!"

"America!"

Alfred looked over his shoulder at his brother and flashed him a wide grin and a thumbs-up.

"Stay here, lil' bro," Alfred said with a wink. "I'll be back soon! I promise!"

Matthew tore away from Gilbert and shouted, but was drowned out by Arthur.

"I demand you tell me what Russia meant!" he was snarling, followed by Alfred's high laughter. "What did he mean by—hey! America!"

The door slammed closed and Matthew collapsed back into Prussia's arms.

Arthur and Alfred were gone.

...And thus, the second arc is born.

Hetalia belongs to Hidekaz Himaruya

PruCan and USUK people! You saw it all coming! XD I'm warning you for the next few chapters, too.

Do not hit me for all this fluffiness ^^;

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