"What are you doing back so soon?" a voice asked in a drawling tone.

Korea froze, realizing that he was not alone. He had his back turned on whoever was in the room and he didn't intend to turn around.

"Hmph, turn around already." another said impatiently.

Korea glanced over his shoulder and he practically died inside. On the inside, he felt like making a run for it. On the outside, he kept a calm gaze as he faced Dark Japan, Dark Hong Kong, and Dark Vietnam. Dark Japan and Dark Hong Kong were sitting on the couch inside the room (which appeared to be a lounge) with their legs crossed and a fierce look of indifference gave them a distant feel. Dark Vietnam was in one of the two armchairs with her head turned to look at Korea with the same indifferent gaze.

"I thought you were scouting." Dark Hong Kong said. "And what happened to your eyes? Or are you not who we think you are?"

Korea cocked his head a little. "Contacts." he said promptly, remembering the fake contacts that Dark Estonia had worn to fool him and the other real nations. He wasn't sure why he was pretending to be his own doppelganger, but he rather pretend than to be chased by three other doppelgangers. He knew that Japan and Vietnam can be very scary, and he also knew that Hong Kong was already gifted in kung fu; he didn't want to know how well Dark Hong Kong can be at kung fu.

"And why are you wearing them?" Dark Japan asked coolly.

"I wanted to try them out, da-ze." Korea said, shrugging as if it was nothing big. "And I'm done scouting, da-ze." He noticed that they were waiting for him to say more. He gave them a scoff like his doppelganger might do and said coldly, "We got America and Hungary, da-ze." He didn't dare mention that 'they' found him as well.

Dark Vietnam glanced at Dark Japan and Dark Hong Kong. Then she said, "Then sit. We're about to discuss something important."

Korea felt his blood chill when he came closer to the three doppelgangers. He felt their dark red eyes follow him until he sat down in the armchair opposite of Dark Vietnam. He leaned back and folded his arms. "So what?" he asked, hoping he didn't sound too rough.

Dark Vietnam eyed him. "Why do you have dirt on your clothes?" she asked quietly. But her voice was a frightening kind of quiet, almost like a threat, but not exactly.

Supressing a wild shudder, Korea said, "Like I said, America was there."

Dark Japan then spoke up. His voice was quiet like Dark Vietnam's and it had the same malevolent edge. "And so was America's hatred."

Korea gave Japan a look. "It doesn't matter, da-ze. I thought we have something important to talk about, da-ze."

Dark Hong Kong leaned forward. "We do." he said. Unlike the other two, his voice wasn't soft. "Liechtenstein's history isn't as bloody as we wanted."

Korea made himself raise an eyebrow. "And?"

Dark Vietnam clasped her hands together. "Her hatred isn't as strong as we wanted. If we get rid of her, then it's one less country to worry about."

Korea was numb. They didn't want to eliminate Liechtenstein, did they? He only blinked once and said, "To get rid of a country, one will have to take the governamnt down, da-ze."

"Exactly," Dark Hong Kong said, nodding curtly. "Even if Liechtenstein's hatred is gone, our forces won't be affected. We have her with us us, like, right now. But she still has a government and she still has her people. We need to, like, get rid of them."

Korea's mind jumped in alarm. He had a feeling that he should tell Germany about this right away. However, he couldn't at the time, and so he said, "So how? Are we all going out there, da-ze?"

Dark Japan folded his arms, his dark red eyes scanning Dark Hong Kong, Dark Vietnam, and Korea's faces. "No, just one of us." he said. "Hong Kong's hatred, are you free?"

Dark Hong Kong's eyes flickered to Dark Japan. "I, like, have to get more weapons for the others." he said. Korea wondered who the 'others' were but that was the least of his worries at the moment.

Dark Japan then turned to Dark Vietnam. "What about you? Are you free?"

Dark Vietnam crossed her legs and gave Dark Japan a cool look. "I'm busy this week. However..." Dark Vietnam glanced at Korea. "South Korea's hatred isn't. South Korea's hatred, you'll have to kill Liechtenstein's people, eliminate her government, and deal the final blow to her."

Dark Vietnam looked at Korea expectantly, her red eyes gleaming in the light. Korea glanced over at Dark Japan and Dark Hong Kong to see them looking at him. The longer he held his silence, the narrower Dark Japan's eyes became. "Why so hesitant?" Dark Japan asked in a low voice, giving Korea a glare.

Korea cleared his throat casually. "Well, I think it's a waste of a hatred, da-ze. Liechtenstein's hatred can grow."

Dark Hong Kong sneered, "There isn't time for her to grow."

Korea stared at him blankly as Dark Japan said, "Have you forgotten? We only have a few weeks."

Korea nearly asked 'Until what?' but thought better of it. He knew by the way they looked at him that they were already suspicious. Asking 'Until what?' would only raise the suspicion.

"Tomorrow then." Dark Vietnam said briskly. She stood up and brushed the imaginary dirt off of her. "You know what to do. There are missiles and explosives for you-"

"Wait Vietnam's hatred." Dark Japan said, stopping her. He got to his feet and glanced down at Korea. "He hasn't agreed yet. South Korea's hatred, will you kill Liechtenstein?"

Dark Japan, Dark Hong Kong, and Dark Vietnam waited for Korea to do something. Korea returned their looks with annoyance even though he was far more concerned and worried. If he made a run for it now, they'd surely catch him. If he agreed...

"Yes," he heard himself say in a low tone. "I will kill Liechtenstein."

Prussia glanced at his rough hands. His skin was caked with mud and dirt but he had grown accustomed to them. Though it had been a couple of days, probably a week by now, he had worked hard to try to get out of the cell he was put in by some Germany look-a-like. He knew that Italy was in the cell next to him but lately Italy was a little more quieter than usual.

Prussia sighed and picked up the plastic spoon again. It had been his friend for the last past week. It was what tool he had used to dig a hole-now about six feet deep-and the Germany look-a-like didn't even know any better!

There were times where Italy would ask him what he was doing but Prussia only answered, "It's a secret!"

His yellow companion, (Gilbird as some liked to call it) was perched in a cage above his cell where he couldn't reach him. Prussia glanced up at his companion and groaned. If only he could find a way to get up there and free his friend. Maybe he'd try to throw the spoon after he finished digging, but that probably wouldn't work seeing that the spoon was plastic.

He went to the corner of his cell and pulled his cot away from the corner. When the cot was pushed aside, it revealed a hole big enough for a human (or a country that looked like a human) to fit in to. Prussia planned to dig a hole out for himself and come back with better equipment to rescue Italy and Gilbird. He wasn't sure when exactly that would happen but he truly hoped that it would be soon.

"Ve, Prussia?" Italy asked from the other cell. "What are you doing?"

"It's a secret!" Prussia called out from his hole.

"Um..."

Prussia sighed. "Look, trust me, it's going to be awesome. It's my plan and if it's from the awesome me, the plan's awesome. Now shut up and go to sleep!"

"Ve? But it's not nighttime."

"How do you know?"

"I have a window. It's afternoon."

Prussia froze. How come he didn't have a window? "Damnit, even that West look-a-like likes Italy better." Prussia sighed wearily. Shaking his head, he continued to dig.

"Prussia?" Italy called again.

"Yeah, what is it?"

"Are you digging a hole?"

"What of it?"

"Umm..." Italy sounded unsure. "A hole that leads down?"

"Well obviously. And it's a pretty damn awesome hole too." Prussia growled. "Now shut up! I'm trying to save us all."

Prussia heard Italy grip the iron bars of his cell. Unlike Italy, Prussia had thicker bars and they were somehow electrified. He had a red welt on the palms of his hand the second he was thrown into the cell; from then on he tried to avoid going by the cell doors as much as possible.

"How deep is the hole, ve?" Italy asked.

"Six feet." Prussia said proudly. "Pretty awesome, am I right?"

He heard Italy exclaim in disbelief. "I know, I know. It wasn't easy but I did it in a week with a plastic spoon." Prussia grinned.

"No, Prussia! We're already underground!" Italy wailed. "You could have dug a foot or two and then dig to the side. Then you could have dug upward."

Prussia ceased his digging and stared up through the hole, his eyes glued firmly on the ceiling.

"Prussia?"

"You mean..." Prussia said slowly. "That I dug this deep for nothing? Nothing?"

Italy sounded nervous. "Prussia, it's okay. The deeper the safer, right?"

Austria sighed when the city of Berlin was evacuated. It was the last city on his list. He knew that Taiwan and Norway were somewhere in Germany and they should be finishing their evacuation as well. In fact, Austria was sure that after he was done with Berlin (which he was) he'd be able to go help evacuate his own country. He knew that Ireland and Romania were there but he couldn't help but go monitor the evacuation process.

He was on his way back to Germany's house, which wasn't too far away from Berlin, when he heard a peculiar sound. It was like a yell or a shout. He wondered who could make such a sound in the middle of an evacuated city and decided to ignore it, assuming it was some stray animal that closely imitated a human.

Only, as he walked down the street he heard another shout, and it was angrier. This time, he coud make out the words. "Are you kidding me? Are you effin' kidding me?"

Austria cleared his throat and glanced around the streets. It was empty, and yet he could have sworn he heard someone.

"Ve, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'll let you dig! I'll let you dig! Ve!"

Austria perked. He knew that voice. It was Italy! And the other one must be Prussia. Austria sighed heavily. Of course it was Prussia; who else could it be? As the shouts continued, Austria searched the streets for the source. At first he wandered around the street, pausing for the shouts to start again and seeing if he was getting closer or farther. When he found that the west side of the street was closer than the east, he started to step into the alleyways and listen.

"Okay, I can still do this." Prussia's voice said shakily as if he was trying not to shout again. "I can still get us out. It's been delayed but this plan will be even more awesomer than the last, okay Italy?"

Yup, that was Prussia. And the fact that he adressed Italy made it clear that Italy was indeed with him.

"Okay Prussia. Be careful!"

Austria smiled when he caught a glimpse of the top of Italy's head when he glanced down near his feet. There was a small window that showed the top of Italy's head several feet down.

Austria was certain that he found them and he reached up to contact Japan back at headquarters. He heard Japan say his usual, "This is Japan, is there something you need?"

"Japan," Austria said in a business like tone. "I believe I found Italy and Prussia."