The room had people inside, lying in types of tubes. Every person was almost unconscience like in coma. A red mist in the air, and some people walked by with masks on. Peter felt an oppressive aura as in a far side of the room was a person with a long samurai sword. A girl, a lot like Kiku Honda. She gave orders back and forth. The room was so dark that the Nordic Knights slipped in easily. Peter held on to berwalds coat, and Berwald grabbed the little jokers hand and lead him through the darkness. As the Nordic Knights gazed at the experiment, they made no noise as they watched. When Sakura began yelling loudly.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CANT REPLICATE KIKU!?" She yelled as Daniel Hédérvary as she tried to kick him but he grabbed her foot and she twisted away.
"I told you, you're his twin! It can't be done!" Daniel yelled back.
"You are telling me, that if the person has a twin they cannot be duplicated with my magic?!" She yelled less loudly back at him. Daniel sighed loudly and just groaned in annoyance.
"That's the freaking point! Do you think I am wrong?" He asked her quite angry himself. Noah Zwingli, the Diamond Queens gender bender replicate laughed in the darkness. His green eyes mixed with red.
"Shouldn't we go to dinner? I'm pretty hungry. Besides we have replicated at least 150 people today thanks to their DNA. We don't need more. Besides Our King says that without the Queens the military can't be trusted to win a war" Noah said as he began walking towards the exit. Sakura sighed and nodded,
"The Queens are what keep the kingdoms balanced just because of their magic. It's a shame that this castle likes to restrict magic" she said as she walked towards the exit as well. Daniel stayed for a little and looked around, gazing at every person who was in a tube. He stopped at the sight of two younger girls. A Prussian girl with white long hair. She wore a white shirt, short skirt and long boots, beside her was the Austrian girl with a long purple dress and one piece of hair stood up. He lightly touched the tubes and sighed.
"If I could just save you two..." He said as he shook his head and began to walk away. Peter gazed at the Hungarian man quite confused when a notepad appeared before him. He read through the notes quickly and smiled. Lukas began to come out of hiding when Peter stood up.
"Please break those tubes in exactly 5minutes. Rescue the Prussian and Austrian girl. They were replicates of two strange people I know very well." Peter informed as he began heading towards the exit. Mathias began to protest when Lukas only gave him a face that said 'trust him'.
"Exactly what do you want us to do?" Mathias asked
"Save the queens, they are the future of the Kingdoms. I must follow orders too" Peter said as determination was written on his face,
Mathias nodded and sighed, "Tino go with Peter, sve, you too. I'll stay with Lukas. Protect him...he's our new little brother" Mathias said with a smile as he held his long axe in his hand. Peter laughed,
"As if I would be your brother, ya git" he said with a laugh as the the swede and Finnish man began leaving with the small joker.
Mathias slightly sighed, when Lukas began to ask, "who do you think is the Colorless King?" He asked
"An old comrade...at least" Mathias said as he sat by the tubes of the Austrian and Prussian girl. "Oi! Why do you think they don't have replicas of us? I'd like to see my female version" the Danish man said amused and happy. Lukas back slapped him,
"Then she would beat your ass, women can win by their own accord" Lukas said as he sat by Mathias.
Peter walked up into stairs and tino beat two guards quietly. Peter gazed at the Finnish man confused as to how could such a kind man could be so deadly and mean. As the three went up the stairs, the found a long hallways leading into one room. They entered the room, feeling a huge magical barrier. Peter sighed in exhaustion. "I can't...get through" the little joker said through a painful face. Sve slightly looked at Peter in confusion and worry when they gazed inside the room. Finding the Clubs queen lying there asleep. Tino walked in, he held no powerful magic but he shook the clubs Queen. Awake.
"Queen Hédérvary" he whispered and she slowly opened her eyes, she looked so tired and feverish.
"T-Tino?" She asked. Tino smiled and picked her up. "We came to save you and the other queens" he said with a smile. The clubs queen nodded as Tino held her in his arms.
"She's feverish. I'll take her out of the castle first. Sve save the other ones" Tino said as he began leaving. Peter smiled as he saw the clubs queen.
"She'll survive, she has to because she loves her people" Peter said as they made their way into the dinner room. The Swedish man busted the door and soon three replicates were on him.
Arthur watched as one of his Knights broke in. The three replicas, Noah, Daniel and Alice were on him. Sakura stood by Davie, the Colorless King. Berwald began attacking with some water magic, that slowly turned into ice as it kept slashing at the duplicates. Alice back flipped into Arthur. Arthur smiled as his hands held flames and he threw a punch at her, landing an affective punch into her stomach. She fell back into the wall, spitting blood out and only smirked as she cleaned her blood form her lips. Her green calm eyes turned red with fury, "now this is fun" she said In a cruel voice. Arthur smirked,
"come at me, bloody idiot" he yelled as Kiku began fighting against Daniel Hédérvary.
Kiku opened a magic circle under him summoning up his long samurai sword, a fine piece of weapon that glinted in the presence of the light. He held the sword in his arms with a stern face as he got in a position that was anxious for attack but yet ready.
Daniel got into a fighting position with just his fists as he charged with a kick. Kiku deflected the kick with his samurai sword without cutting him. Alice charged at Arthur once more pinning him to the ground, and landing punches at his face. He laughed cruelly as he opened a magic circle with water.
"Mergunt!" Arthur yelled as the water concealed Alice in a bubbled full of water. She began losing her breathe. Noah charged at Arthur trying to stop his concentration against Alice, Arthur opened more magic circles around him, fire becoming a barrier from Noah's interference. Lily watched from afar as Noah noticed her and began running after her. She stood ink one spot as she began reciting a spell. "Protection of the Diamonds, that the Clock has placed upon thee, protect me!" She yelled out as a ton of knives appeared behind her and started flinging themselves at Noah. The colorless King watched in amusement as Sakura deflected the knives from hurting Him.
The Swedish man beat Daniel down, leaving him bloody and unconscience. Alice fell to the ground unconscience from almost being drowned. Noah had cuts on his flesh, still trying his best to stand up but most of his leg muscles were cut at by Lilly.
The colorless King smiled as he watched the show, and clapped at the end.
"This was entertaining!" He said in a loud laugh as Sakura gazed at her king confused.
"Sir?" She asked and he only ignored her.
"Sakura let them go, we will see them in the war. Let's see their people die instead" he said as he stood up and began walking away towards an exit.
"B-but sir!" She began protesting and he only looked back at her with a glare.
"You dare defy me?" He asked in a serious tone.
"N-no...sir" she said quietly l
"It's King." He demanded as he began walking away, she slightly clenched her fists and nodded.
"Leave." She ordered as she began leaving the room as well. The Queens smiled as they began leaving quickly, not being defied at all.
Some alarms started to go off as the Queens began leaving. Mathias and Lukas had two girls on their shoulders still unconscience. Mathias began running towards the Queens taking Lily by her waist and slinging her over his shoulder. "let's get out! I broke a couple tubes and such. And maybe busted their machines also. But let's run!" He yelled as each Nordic Knight took a Queens and began running for it.
A lot of people from the castle began to run away. An explosion happening in the lab area of the castle.
Once safe the Nordic Knights stopped running. Meeting basch in a spot. He ran to lily and hugged her tightly. "You're okay? You're safe? You're not hurt right?" He asked her all at once and she smiled at him,
"I'm fine, don't worry" she told him with a kind smile as he hugged her tightly,
"I was afraid of losing my sister" basch said with sad eyes almost ready to cry. She giggled and hugged him tighter.
"I'm okay"
The little joker appeared at basch' s side and smiled, "you saved the Queens! That's good! Thank you for bringing those other two" Peter said as he pointed at the Austrian girl and Prussian girl.
"Why did we have to save them?" Mathias asked
Peter smiled, "that's for the future to tell" he said with a smile as the older joker appeared, holding a clock in his hand.
"Peter, you did very well. One day you'll be as amazing as me" he said with a laugh until his eyes captured the sight of the Austrian girl and Prussian girl.
"Anneliesse Eidelstein and Marie Beilshmidt" the Joker said as he kneeled down to see them closely. "From what I can see, they were replicates...but if you can fill their heart with kindness then they shouldn't be deadly" Gilbert said with a smile. "Peter did you see something in them that I can't see?" Gilbert asked Peter. Everyone stayed quiet as Peter hesitated to answer.
"I know...the request was not to save these girls...but I saw...hope in them...so please don't erase them" Peter asked in a pleading voice.
"Hope? You know that's rare..." Gilbert said as he stood up and gazed at Peter. He patted the little boys head and smiled. "I won't erase them, but you'll take responsibility for the outcome lil man" he said with a laugh, "now let's go back home" the joker said as he held his hand out to the little joker.
The Knights and Queens gazed at them in confusion, "what do you mean hope?' Arthur asked
Gilbert gazed at Arthur and smirked, "in a new peaceful era. These two will be the start of an accepting society" Gilbert said as he began disappearing. Peter was left and he gazed at Berwald and tino the most. He ran to them and hugged them tightly, "thank you for everything!" He said as he began to disappear.
Berwald smiled slightly and tino was getting teary eyed. But they both smiled at eachother and began to move back home.
The Hearts Kingdom was the closest to the place that the Queens and the Knights were At. They knocked at the closed iron gates as Kiku smiled seeing his home. "Open for thee" he said as he placed his hand on the gates bars and they opened. "Please make yourself at home" he said kindly as he walked into the kingdom and leaded the way into the castle. Feleciano saw Kiku and ran toward him and hugged him tightly.
"Kiku! Kiku! You're okay~!" He yelled out in happiness. Ludwig walked into the courtyard holding documents in his hands.
"Feleciano what have I told you about-" but he stopped at the sight of Kiku. "K-Kiku?! Kiku!" He said with a smile as he walked towards him and hugged him tightly. Kiku smiled kindly,
"Tadaima. I'm home" he said in Japanese and English.
Ludwig let go of Kiku and looked at the other Queens. "I will have your bedrooms prepared for you, as well as a nice dinner. I'll inform your Kings as well...but Arthur...Alfred has been poisoned. He is still resting, but he has woken up from his minor coma and is definitely getting better" Ludwig said as he went back into the castle, asking servants for the preparations of the arrival of the Queens
