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"Where's Russia?" Lithuania shook Estonia and Latvia awake. "He left for that meeting thing a day ago. Shouldn't he be back by now?"
Estonia yawned and peered up at him. "Why did you wake us up in the middle of the night just to ask that? And why should we care? As long as he isn't here, we're free to go."
Lithuania hung his head. "Well, you know me, I worry a lot. Even though I don't really like him either."
Latvia, looking like a baby bird swaddled in blankets, said nervously "There was that big explosion that really hurt yesterday. It went on the news too, remember?"
Lithuania nodded. "I remember. It hurt."
Estonia said, "Can I go back to sleep?" Without waiting for an answer, he flopped back onto the pillows.
"I….I guess we could look around or something in the morning," offered Latvia timidly.
"You could ask General Winter," said Estonia into the pillows.
"It's summer," pointed out Lithuania.
"Mmf. Yeah." said Estonia, sounding asleep already.
Latvia lay back down. "We'll look for him in the morning, Lithuania. You worry too much." His voice was muffled as he snuggled down into the blankets.
Lithuania stood there a moment longer, then turned away and said, "Yeah, I do."
In the morning, Lithuania's wake-up call was literally a call, from Austria. As soon as he picked up the phone, he heard the other nation's harried voice. "Do you know where Germany is, Russia? I think you saw him last."
"I'm not Russia," said Lithuania, rubbing sleep from his eyes.
"Then who are you?" The other nation could hear the frown through the phone.
"Lithuania."
"Ah. Okay. Do you know where Germany is?"
"No, I haven't heard from him since the meeting. Why?"
"Without Germany, who'll keep this idiot in line?" Lithuania could hear Prussia shouting in the background, and Austria sighed. "I swear Hungary's about to-"
There was a clang and a clatter, and Prussia shouted out in apparent pain. "-give Prussia a concussion," finished Austria.
"Germany could be with Italy," said Lithuania.
"No, I called Romano too. I believe his exact words were, "How would I know where my little brother is? Last I saw he was off to the meeting about the aliens with the potato bastard! Stupid question. Aren't you supposed to be the smart one?"
Lithuania swallowed a snicker. "Typical Romano."
In the background there was another clang, and then Prussia's voice was silent. "I have to go," said Austria. "I think Hungary just sent Prussia to the hospital."
Click.
Lithuania stood blinking at the window for a moment before going to wake the others and change out of his pajamas.
"…so Italy and Germany must also be missing." explained Lithuania as they hurried down the streets, under the sky still covered in spaceships.
"But why are we headed to Asia then?" asked Estonia.
"To ask one of the others if they'd seen China or Japan since they'd gone to the meeting." repeated Lithuania.
"Isn't that Hong Kong?" asked Latvia, gesturing at a person walking quickly down the other side of the road.
"I think so," said Estonia, and walked over to him. The other two followed. If this wasn't Hong Kong, they'd have to explain themselves, and that never ended well. Especially that one time with the fans… They'd literally had to flee from people who loved them.
The person turned his head as he sensed the others approach, and Lithuania let out a quiet breath of relief. It was Hong Kong after all.
"You're Estonia, right?"
"Yeah." The bespectacled nation nodded. "Oh, by the way-"
"Have you seen China?" interrupted Hong Kong. "He owes me money."
"I-I was about to ask you that." stammered Estonia in surprise.
Hong Kong put his head to one side. "Why?"
"Because Germany, Italy, and Russia are missing, and we're wondering if the aliens have anything to do with it." said Lithuania.
"Why should you care? Doesn't he treat you awful anyway?"
Lithuania sighed. "Why does everyone ask me that?" But it was true, he remembered. He was always treated the worst. So far he'd been able to keep the scars a secret, from all of them.
"Well, I guess you should add China to the missing list, then." Hong Kong's voice was neutral, but his eyes told a different story. "I guess I'll help you look, too."
"Thanks," said Lithuania gratefully. "We'll the extra eyes, I guess."
His phone rang suddenly. He pulled it out. "Who is it?"
"Hi, Liet!"
"Oh, hi, Poland!"
"Didja hear about the aliens?"
"Of course!" said Lithuania, glancing at the darkened sky. "They've only been here for two days."
"Aww." Poland sounded put out.
Lithuania realized he could ask Poland if he'd seen someone, and he began, "Poland-"
"Sorry, Liety, I'd promised pony I'd go, like, ride him today!" And Poland hung up.
Lithuania stared at the phone. The rest stared at Lithuania. "Well, we could call, ah, what's-his-face, Canada, to see if he's seen America or France." said Hong Kong.
Lithuania agreed that that was a good idea and, after a few seconds of remembering, dialed. A minute or so later, he hung up grimly. "Canada hasn't seen them either."
"You know what would make this faster?" remarked Estonia.
"What?"
"If we all called someone to ask about this."
"I'll call Belarus," said Lithuania immediately.
"We can go in here and make a plan or a list or something." Estonia pulled open the door to a café and they walked inside, picking a table near the window.
"So we've called…Austria, and he didn't know where Italy and Germany were." said Hong Kong. Latvia pulled out a piece of paper and jotted that down, as well as 'HK-China; Canada- France, America.'
"Who else could we call?" Estonia tapped a pencil against his lip.
"Everyone?" suggested Lithuania.
"Just about." Estonia reached out to take the paper from Latvia and write down their four names. "Okay, so Lithuania, you wanted to call Belarus?" The nation nodded, and Estonia wrote Belarus under Lithuania's name.
And so on.
An hour of calls later, they'd learned a little more news. No, Belarus didn't know where anyone was. She told Lithuania to 'shut up or she would maim him.' Lithuania didn't seem to care.
No, Taiwan hadn't seen anyone recently. Finland hadn't seen a few since the Christmas party last year.
Turkey didn't know. Denmark said he thought Norway had seen England at magic convention, and a quick follow-up call confirmed that. Sealand had seen 'jerkland' more recently, right outside the building until England had told him to go away.
Greece's response to the call was interspersed with meows, but Hong Kong thought he'd said he'd seen Japan right before Japan left for the meeting. Spain might've seen Germany recently, but he 'thought it was a dream, because he was trying to eat my feet while juggling tomatoes.'
Estonia mentioned France to Ukraine and she yelled a string of words so foul he flinched. At the end of her tirade, she said no to seeing anyone but Russia before the meeting.
At the end, having called everyone they could think of, they were disappointed and worried. Estonia put his head in his hands, pushing aside the dregs of a coffee.
"We're doomed."
Latvia looked at the bellies of the alien ships outside the window, while the others exchanged a glance.
"This is serious."