By the time Germany returned to the conference room, England had finished telling the other countries about the Intelligence they had got out of him (Germany noticed that England didn't seem to mention that Dark Canada pretty much told them a lot of things on his own will). With a deep breath, England called for one of Germany's maids to fetch him a cup of tea, saying that he was parched.

The new information England had told them only led to more concern and outbursts of opinions. "So whoever or whatever we used to hate or even not like, they exist because of that?" Austria asked, his nostrils flaring in indignation. The simple thought of powerful 'beings' existing just because they had human emotions was clearly not a popular thought. Murmurs aroused for the umpteenth time and the overall tone sounded disapproving despite the fact they were talking about pieces of their true selves (or what they were like in the past).

"That's what I said, didn't I?" England huffed. "And they can grow stronger. We don't exactly know how but that doesn't matter; we can build up on what we know now." Germany's maid made her way back to England with a cup of steaming tea. After a sip, England added, "And according to Switzerland, they can't be injured by normal means. He shot enough bullets to leave a gaping hole in the middle of a body and yet Dark Denmark-the doppelganger he shot- ended up not getting hurt."

Germany cleared his throat to make his presence known. England turned around to acknowledge Germany. England nodded to him, taking another drink out of the teacup. "Is there something you want to say?"

"When you left, Dark Canada said that your particular doppelganger would have to thank him." Germany said in a low voice.

England looked startled. A glint of realization flashed in his green eyes. "You don't think..."

"I do." Germany grunted.

"Aiya," China scowled, throwing his hands up in the air in frustration. "You're not saying that they feed off of hatred are you, aru?"

Before Germany could say anything, Australia interrupted. "Hang on, do they feed on any specific hate or any kind of hate?"

"Dude, hate is hate." America said pointedly."They can bring hatred out and let it control people, they can grow stronger somehow, and they really are 'hatred'."

"Aw, Germany, you should have asked him specifically whose hate they feed off of, da-ze." Korea sighed.

"He wouldn't have said anything," England scoffed. "Honestly, he thought we were all idiots that little-"

"Well obviously!" America exclaimed, his liveliness returning. "They're 'dark', England. They insult people and things all over the place; you didn't take it to heart did you?"

"I absolutely did not!"

"Everyone is too loud." Switzerland muttered. He wasn't injured from the event earlier that day; the other two countries who were supposed to help back up the Nordics and the Baltics arrived in time to help everyone escape. If Hungary and the Netherlands didn't show up, he knew he'd run out of bullets and then he'd be in trouble. They had lost Dark Denmark but he had heard from Lithuania that a tracker had been put on him.

Germany could always feel a vein bulge whenever he got angry; he seemed to have felt it all day. He could have screamed his head off right then and there but thankfully the majority of the nations knew how to read the mood and quieted at once, peering nervously at Germany's 'anger vein'.

"Theory two," he said loudly for everyone to hear."Doppelgangers get their strength from us; whatever hate we felt in the past is still with them. Whatever hate we feel now will strengthen them; as time passes, even seconds ago counts as history."

"So what do we do Germany?" Japan asked.

There were three tasks they all felt like they needed to do; the first and the most important was to evacuate the people who had not been affected by hatred. China had said he owned an island that was not populated other than a Chinatown he built there ("Where have you not built a Chinatown?" England asked China.).

"That's great and all but there is still a lot of people out there who are safe." Spain said. "There won't be enough room."

America waved his hand in the air, eager to be picked on. "I say we send them to Antarctica!" he said with fierce determination. "No ones lives there!"

"There's a reason why no one does." Hungary reasoned. She tapped her chin thoughtfully. "Maybe they can just stay in their respective country but move them to the countryside. Japan did that and it worked, right Japan?"

Japan considered this. "It might not be flawless," he said slowly. "But this is an emergency so that will have to do."

It would be a huge mistake if everyone went their own way back to their country and evacuate without others nations to assist. Germany assigned dozens of nations the responsibility of helping other nations' people move.

The second task was to find the rest of the doppelgangers and capture them. This would be the hardest task and the second most important so far. America was eager to go back out there but Germany convinced him to rest before leaving. America was crestfallen but he had to give in due to his sudden grogginess.

The majority of the countries were given this task and thanks to some research in Germany's library (and the internet) they had a good idea of which countries were less aggressive than others. Some doppelgangers like America or China would be incredibly difficult to handle and would require at least six to ten people (or more; they didn't have the experience to truly distinguish the variation of strength between doppelgangers). Some countries that didn't seem to have such a bloody past seemed much more easier to handle and a minimum of two to three people were sent out.

The third task wasn't as important as the other two but was a major problem; finding the missing countries. There was still no sign of Italy or Prussia and it worried Germany. He was sure Prussia could hold his own but Italy was another story.

France was still gone, Russia was missing (much to Belarus's dismay), and many more were no where to be found.

Back at headquarters, Germany would have normally kept England and Vietnam back but he knew they were both capable of handling bigger things. He would have sent Estonia out as well but Japan had gone out to help evacuate so he had no one else who was a whiz at technology like Estonia. Everyone else who would be perfectly fine with this sort of task was either sent out or missing.

"It'll be fine Germany." Estonia said, pushing his glasses back up the bridge of his nose. "I can handle things here."

Germany himself would be helping with searching for doppelgangers; he had his eye on one particular one and that was his own. Deep inside he knew he had a bloody history and he wondered just how strong his doppelganger would be. With him he recruited Cameroon, Sweden, and Switzerland. He certainly didn't want to hog other nations and he planned to have some of his own men with them.

All of the planning and preparing took two days. Though it was only two mere days, it felt like forever and everyone was anxious to get on their way. Two days had been too long of a wait.

"Are you sure everything will be okay, Estonia?" Vietnam asked him, putting on her ear piece. Along with England and Canada, the three were to search for France. Germany knew that the three countries had something to do with him in their past. England had hated him (Germany told England to watch out for his own doppelganger in case if seeing France's face would trigger a wave of frustration). Vietnam had been in his control for nearly a hundred years (Germany also wondered if Dark Vietnam was going to be around). Canada had also been under French control (Germany knew that Dark Canada was locked up so he didn't really worry too much.)

"This shouldn't take too long." England said, finishing his tea before he and the other two went off.

"It depends on whether you find him or not." Germany said shortly. He too was getting ready to depart. His comrades were waiting by the door, doing a last minute check up. "Where are you looking first?"

"His house," England said. "Isn't that obvious?"

"There might be a trap."

England chuckled. "That's what grenades are for."

"As long as you throw them right..." Germany muttered. He remembered that Italy and his brother Romano tended to throw the safety pin and not the grenade itself. He had no idea how they managed to survive but then again, no country could truly fall unless their people fell with them. As far as he knew, nations can withstand injuries that would be lethal to normal people. Although there were rumors that if a country got injured, their economy somehow manages to fall and correspond to the severity of the country's injury. Nothing had confirmed this but it was a well known rumor.

Germany sighed. He didn't want to admit it but he missed Italy's carefree personality. He even missed the pasta he used to make for him and Japan.

England, Vietnam, and Canada left soon after America, Spain, Romano, Australia, and New Zealand departed to look for Russia (Germany thought it was an odd group but didn't say anything; he didn't feel like dealing with America's explanation for why he chose who he chose. If anything, he learned that America was America; that was it.).

There were several other weird groups made up of nations that seemed to not have any relations with each other; trade didn't really count because everybody pretty much traded with anybody.

Germany had seen Thailand, Mexico, Greece, and Belgium talking pleasantly with each other; the four were preparing to set out and evacuate Mexico. Then there was Norway, Egypt, Poland, Iran, and Macao who were discussing the entire situation as if they were neighbors. Technically it was Poland and Macao talking while the others listened.

Perhaps the mix matching of nations could help simmer the hatred of the doppelgangers. Dark Canada had scoffed at the idea of World Peace because he said that every country had hated another at one point (or something like that, Germany didn't have his journal with him so he didn't take notes to be exact; he relied on England to remember). The other nations were being sympathetic with each other, especially with the ones who seemed to be falling in a horrifyingly rapid rate. So far, Germany heard that Moldova, Belize, and Kenya were lying down somewhere in some of the many guest rooms in his house trying to recover from a cold or fever.

"Germany."

Germany turned away from watching Korea joke around with Paraguay and glued his eyes on Cameroon. Cameroon raised an eyebrow. "Are you ready?"

Germany gave him a nod. Cameroon smiled gently at him. "Then let's go find your doppelganger, Dark Germany."