Hey guys I'm really sorry that this is so late. I wanted to try doing one each week...but that failed epically and I would have had this done soooo much sooner if I didn't have soooo much Homework. Anyway Here the new chapter I hope you like it. :) :D

Chapter 28

"Come on! Everyone, get in the car," Germany yelled as everyone was in the process of running out of the house. One by one they stumbled in, Germany driving and Italy in the passenger seat, Russia, Prussia, and Kumajiro in the back. Before everyone got into the car, Germany had found a set of keys up on the wall and put them in the car. He turned the keys and at first nothing, but the second time when everyone began getting in the car he tried the engine again and it roared, everyone sighed in relief. The car hummed and everyone began to warm up. As the engine was roaring, Italy was looking through the glove box and everywhere around the car to find a map of some sort, but to no avail.

"Ludwig…I can't seem to find any sort of map." Italy leaned over and told Germany. Germany, though, just sighed and started backing out of the snow covered driveway.

"Well…we were at some sort of ski resort…so maybe we just need to follow the signs on the road. One of them ought to take us there." The German recited back and everyone in the car all seemed to agree.

"We have about a fourth of a tank of gas. Let's hope that's enough to get us to the cabin." Ludwig said out loud to nobody in particular. After they backed out of the driveway and followed the road for a while, they quickly noticed how bad the roads really were. At some parts, you couldn't even see the road at all, and other times there were sharp turns and hills. Russia leaned his head up against the window trying to block out Germany, who was getting increasingly angry and more irritated by the second. Things like "There's so much damn snow!" or "Move! Get off the road!" were causal things the German would yell out occasionally at the weather conditions. Didn't he know that the weather wouldn't answer him back? It's not like the weather's going to be like "Oh sure, Germany. I'll peacefully move out of your way so you can get to the cabin quicker~" with a stupid little smiley face and a happy-go-lucky tone.

Russia sighed and continued to stare off in the distance, and just looked out at all the snow and the sad memories that came from this week. Meanwhile, Prussia took a nap up against the door of the car and was lightly snoring while the little Canadian bear slept on his lap keeping him warm. They seemed to be on the road only for a little while; maybe 5-10 minutes perhaps, when Ivan noticed something shine quickly and catch his attention.

"Stop the car!" Ivan perked up and tapped the German on the shoulder. "I see something, and I want to go find out what it is." The Russian man hollered out, and Germany parked the car on the side of the road. Ivan jumped out of the car and ran over to the shiny object while the others back in the car looked at him confused. Gilbert awoke from his nap and stared around, jumbled as well.

"Hmmm- Why did we stop?" Gilbert asked with a slight yawn as Italy answered back.

"Ivan said he saw something shiny and ran to check out what it was." The Italian said as all three of them glanced out the window as Russia came in contact with the item! It was a little black item. Hard to tell what it was from their distance, but Russia seemed excited.

"I knew it! Matvey's camera! It's here!…so does that mean Matvey's here as well?" Ivan grabbed the object with a slight smile on his face.

"MATVEY!" Russia called out into the vast openness, and by this time Germany and the others got out of the car to see what was going on. Germany, Italy, and Prussia all approached Russia while the little white polar bear slept away in the back seat.

"Hey, Ivan, what's…?" Gilbert began to ask, the Russian turning and exposing the item to the inquisitive nation.

"Whoa! Is that Canada's camera? It's awesome that you found it, man." Prussia said somewhat smirking. "How did you see such a small object way out here?"

"Da, I was looking out the window when I saw the sun hit the lens and a little reflection occurred…I did find this…But… where is Matvey?" Russia looked at the camera worriedly. Germany frowned and Italy stared at the camera hopefully.

"Wow that's incredible man; you must have really good eyes." Prussia finished.

"Don't worry Ivan, we'll find him! Right Luddy?" Feliciano looked up at him expectantly. The blonde man looked over at the car, still running, light gray exhaust coming from the tail pipe.

"Ja, we can look for a while, but we should really try to get to the cabin. We don't know how far exactly we are. And I wouldn't want to spend another night in this tundra. I don't want to waste gas either…" He sighed and went back into the cab of the car and switched the engine off.

"We'll look for him in the surrounding area. Russia, start digging where you found the camera, and Italy, you look in the area around him. Come on Gil. We're going to look back farther up the road where we came from."

"Aw man, I'm so tired West…can't I stay here and Italy go with you?" Prussia pleaded exhaustedly. "Hey! I got it! Why don't we go get Canada's bear to help us out? He could sniff for his owner and cut down our time." Gilbert suggested pointing with his good arm back to the car.

"Yeah that's a good point!" Italy excitedly answered back, almost hoping in place.

"No, he won't do it. That damn bear is the stupidest most useless creature on this planet. All he ever cares about is food, food, food, He doesn't even know who his owner is…..it's sad. I don't think he'll be much help…It was a good suggestion though." Russia commented back looking over towards the car with a sigh.

"Oh…sorry about that. Well let's get started then!" Italy chirped up, trying to lighten the mood once again.

"Ah…fine, fine, Italy, come with me and we'll go over here a bit." Germany called out irritated, and with that Germany and Italy walked away but not too far. They wanted to be close enough where they could all see each other and call out to them if needed to be.

Russia nodded, determined, and began digging at the ground. The others joined him in their own respective destinations until their fingers went numb and their faces bit from cold. Italy sighed and looked up at everyone else. Prussia was bent over, his hand on his knee, panting, Germany wiping sweat from his forehead, Russia waist-deep in his man-made hole that was gradually growing in diameter now almost encroaching on Prussia's territory.

"I'm sorry to say this Ivan, but I don't think he's here…" Germany spoke up. Russia angrily looked up from his spot scrambling out and heading towards Germany. "I'm not leaving here until I find Matvey!" Russia scrambled out of the hole and lifted up his hands then grabbed the front of Germany's collar.

"If it were Italy, would we not search longer?" Ivan accused.

"If it were Italy, I would have done exactly what we're doing now. I would have searched for him no matter what! But we've been here for a while now and haven't found anything…all I'm saying is that maybe someone already found him, or maybe he found his way back to the cabin already. We should head back to the cabin and see if he's there, and if not then we can warm up a little, get some supplies, and come back out here and search for him. Okay?" Germany concluded with his rational thought as Ivan thought about it.

"West is right, Ivan, let's head back and see if he's not already there ok? Maybe he's already back and he's been worrying about you. I for one, think that he's alright. He's a strong willed person, Russia." Prussia stated a tad out of breath, "Plus, I don't think I or either of us should stay out here any longer. We may end up sick."

Russia sighed and looked from the hole he made back to everyone else who were now gathered around him. He patted his coat pocket and felt that the camera was still there.

"Okay…let's go back to the cabin. I'll take your advice, just this once, but you better be right." Russia gave up on his digging and walked back to the car with the others. Everyone scrambled in the car as Germany put the keys in the slot. He turned them but nothing happened. Perplexed, he tried again, nothing…and again…nothing. Finally, he tried one last time and got the car engine to start. It rumbled around and made some strange noises but at least it ran. Germany pushed through the snow on the road in a steady pace and went around the curve. About five minutes later, there was a sign on the side of the road, but it was covered in snow. Germany stopped the car, and Italy jumped out and ran over to the sign to wipe the snow off it.

"Residential Ski Lodge, up ahead"

"Hey! Germany look! Do you think that's ours?" Italy cried out excitedly.

"Yeah…It looks like it." Germany answered as a quick smile appeared on his face. "Finally we're almost there…" he said as he continued down the road. After passing the sign, the car started making some strange noises worrying the occupants. And before they knew it, all their weight was shifted to one side of the car as it spun to the side of the road. Everyone panicked for a quick second until the car stopped on the side of the road. Germany was the first to get out, angrily throwing his door open. "What the hell? Really?" Germany looked down at the two flat tires. "Damn it." Ludwig spat as he kicked the car. Prussia, Kumajiro, and Russia all got out of the back seat to look at the damage and Italy got out of the car as well from the front.

"What on earth…?" Prussia started but was cut off when Italy yelped a few feet away from him.

"What is it Italy!" Germany ran over to him, Prussia and Russia turned around as well only to see Feli closely examining something on the ground. Germany, Russia, and Prussia all crouched down beside him and stared at what the Italian was pointing to. They looked at their tire tracks and quickly saw the problem.

"Ah! So someone deliberately tried to stop us!" Germany yelled as he looked at the barbed wire with sharp objects attached to it. "This was no accident! I bet Vash set these here on purpose just in case we ever did get to his house." Ludwig said as he sighed heavily. "Well we don't have any spare tires so I guess we'll have to walk from here." And after the German spoke, everyone got up and grabbed a few things out of the car and began trekking onward.

"Hey West, can you help me with this jacket? I can't get it on with one arm, bro." Prussia asked as the others were busy grabbing their things and putting on their coats and gloves.

"Ja, come here." Germany said and helped his brother zip up his coat and helped get his gloves on. A few minutes later, everyone was set to go again, and they were off.

"Well…at least there was a sign. So we know were going the right way." Prussia stated as he looked back towards the car.

"Yeah, but who's to say that Vash didn't just put that there, da?" Russia chimed in and everyone's face fell.

"Oh no! D-do you really think he would have done that?" Italy cried at the thought but Germany stayed stern-like.

'We'll he did put the barbed wire there so I guess it's possible, but who's to say? We don't even know if he was the one who put the barbed wire down in the first place…" Germany stated, and he was right. Who's to say that any of this was Switzerland's fault? Yes, it is highly-likely, but you never know.

The group walked for what seemed like forever, until it was way pasted mid-day now. If they had to guess, they'd say sometime around dinner, maybe 6 o'clock? Soon Italy's stomach growled.

"Ah, Germany, I'm soooo hungry…are we almost there? I could really use some pasta right now~" Italy asked Germany as they trudged up a hill on the side of the road, the snow getting thicker.

"It shouldn't be too far away…hopefully just over this hill. Hold on just a bit longer ok Italy." Ludwig said as he walked stride after tired stride up the hill and finally for the first time in what seemed like forever, Germany and everyone else was truly happy. Finally, the cabin was in sight, and all Ludwig wanted to do was cry. No, all everyone wanted to do was cry. It's been so long since they have had anything to feel happy about this was defiantly an improvement. .

"There, what did I tell you Italy, right over this hill." Germany half teased, half laughed as he spoke to his precious Italian.

"Ve~ were home! Come on guys let's go!" Italy happily shouted as the four of them, plus Kumajiro ran back the cabin in hope that everyone else was alright.

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Japan slowly walked out of Romano's room and down the hall towards the kitchen. First though, he wanted to make a quick stop by Spain's room to see if Romano and him were ok. Japan slowly opened the door to the Spaniards room only to see both asleep, Romano in a chair by the bed and Spain in the bed. Both looked peaceful as they laid there with hands connecting. Japan stood, tears forming in his eyes as he longed for Yao to be back so he could do this to him…but that would never happen.

"Ro-" Japan began but thought better of it and shut the door quietly. "I should let them sleep, they've been through a lot…" Kiku thought and continued down the hall until he finally got to the kitchen, went over to the instant coffee maker, and poured himself a glass. Kiku then proceeded over to the couch and sat down sipping at his coffee, Canada sleeping on the couch next to him. "I wonder if he knows", Japan thought looking over toward the Canadian, "about America…?" Just then though, Matthew stirred and slowly woke up, stretching his arms out.

"Ah, good morning, Japan." Matthew said with a small yawn.

"Good morning, Canada,…but you know it's afternoon, actually it's past dinner time." Japan informed him pointing to the big windows. Matthew looked up and was temporally shocked. "Oh wow…I slept late. Anything new happen? Anyone else back yet besides Spain and Romano?" the quiet Canadian looked at the Japanese man and asked.

"Uh, yes, more people have returned and some died…" Japan said almost on the verge of tears again. Canada looked up confused for a split second at what he just heard.

"Dead? How can we die? What happened Japan!? Who's dead?" Matthew asked shocked by Japan's statement.

"Well, for one…Ch-C-China didn't make it. And well, America neither…but Finland's ok" Japan stated silently crying into his coffee.

'WHATTT!? A-America….my brother's DEAD!? B-but that's impossible! He-he can't die he has to be the annoying hero that makes everyone irritated and-and- it….cant…...be…I saw him…it was only for a second when I was with Sweden but…..he-he was looking for me and I-I don't remember much but- I saw him alive!" Matthew shouted out with tears falling down his face. "How? ...How did he die?" Canada asked through snot and tears, taking the sleeve of his shirt to wipe his face.

"I-I don't know…I just know that he and Finland are back and are in Tino's room right now with England." Kiku said trying to bury his face into his hands. Matthew was pissed, angry, sad, confused, and in denial, as he got up right away and ran down the hall.