Dear Followers. I am going to post a poll where you, my loyal readers through my writers blocks and short chapters, get to vote on what kind of stories you would be interested in. I already posted a UsUk chapter from the same AU as this story. Would you guys be interested in some of the other characters and their stories from this AU? If so please vote. This is not a full page however the next chapter is going to be long and from the POV of Ludwig.

Feliciano suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of dread. Henry was coming in. Now. Last time he had seen Henry the man had kissed Feliciano. He felt his cheeks get warm as he remembered the kiss. It wasn't because he wanted to kiss his owner again. No, Feliciano would never admit that. It was because he suddenly remembered his first love.

He closed his eyes and tried not to acknowledge the man standing in the door.

"Yes sir," Lili's soft voice said. She no longer sounded like the hungry wolf but closer than the soft rabbit Feliciano was used to. She did not look up from her clean up job on the unconscious man's hand.

"What happened?"

"Apparently Francis was hoping to sell a snake hybrid to a buyer. The one he asked me to look at the other week, I'm assuming. There must have been an ambush, or maybe a trap. Either way your brother got shot in the side. They missed the carotid artery by half an inch. Gilbert will be off of bedrest in two days and will be ready to go back to work by the end of the week, just because of his enhancements. For a normal person it would be closer to a month."

Henry nodded and looked down at his brother on the cot.

"He will probably be out of bed in the morning," he said with a certain pep in his voice. It was almost as though this man was laughing at his brother's injury.

Feliciano turned his head to see the large back of his captor. Henry was wearing a grey suit with a fold on the back edge of his jacket. He had his hands in his pants pockets and seemed to be standing on his toes. When Feliciano stretched he could see that Henry's feet were planted firmly on the ground.

Suddenly Henry's stance changed. His back straightened into a tight, and locked position. Feliciano couldn't stop himself from thinking of how wonderfully tight his butt must have looked under that jacket. A thought Feliciano wasn't ashamed to have. Henry's shoulders straightened and he turned around quickly, a slight woosh filled the air.

The man standing over Feliciano seemed to grow five times larger than before. He was standing to intimidate Feliciano. He wanted to tower over the boy tied to the bed. Show his power. Show that Henry had no weaknesses. Not that Feliciano didn't know that already.

"Is he healed yet?" the pep was gone.

"Yes," Lili said. "Physically he is. However mentally I would judge he is unstable at this point in time. He did almost kill himself trying to get free."

"I don't care about his mental stability. I just want to know if he can work yet."

"Yes," Lili said. "He should not be left alone though."

"That can be done," he said. He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a small brass key. The man reached over Feliciano and began to unlock his bonds. Henry smelt like peppermint and gunpowder.

When Feliciano could finally feel his fingers he sat up carefully. That was a feeling that he was not used to. He hadn't moved from his spot on the bed for two months. Lili had given him a bowl to shit in and he was fed with a spoon most days.

"I suppose I should find Edelstien to teach me how to garden," Feliciano said rolling his eyes. "Not that I didn't already know that."

"No," Ludwig said. "I have a more important job for you. Edelstein is just outside this room and he will take you to learn how to shoot a gun."

"Henry," Lili gasped.

"You are going to be my personal assistant. You will not leave my side without my permission. And of course that means that we will be going into dangerous environments and I'd rather you knew how to protect yourself," Henry said.

Feliciano smirk and stood up on shaking legs. He had to hold onto the bed to stop himself from falling back. "If that's what you say," he said getting used to his legs. He walked out the door and met with his trainer Edelstein.

This was going to be interesting.