Like the Dark Englands had promised, the Dark England that England shot didn't continue to attack. As his blood dripped down from his arm where he was shot, Dark England scowled at England and Italy. "Here lays the grave of my assumption, the assumption of which I believed to be true ere thou shot. T'is knowledge I gravely admit I knew not."

England narrowed his eyes at that Dark England and then at the other Dark Englands that surrounded the base of the tree. For some odd reason, they were somewhat stunned. "You mean to tell me that you didn't know that you won't heal? The fake ones are the ones that don't heal..." England added under his breath. A smirk tugged at his lips. "Thank you for the hint."

The Dark Englands made a movement towards England and Italy; England scowled and steped in front of Italy protectively. "Forgotten your promise, haven't you?" England scolded. "Aren't you-no, we, men of our word? Willing to break that promise already? You men don't portray me very well, do you?"

The Dark Englands glared at the real one, but they didn't do anything. England nodded at them sharply. "Right then. I bid you good day. Italy, come on. Let's go."

Korea stared at the ground. He was put into a cell hours after he had been taken from Guangzhou. Where he was at, he had no idea. All he knew that he was not in Guangzhou anymore, and he was willing to bet a lot of money that he was no where near headquarters.

Sighing, he reached up to prod at his long curly strand of hair that always seemed to stick up. His boss had told him that the single strand was the spirit of him and his people, and he was usually in good spirits. Now, it was much more lower and it uncurled; instead, Korea could have sworn it looked even a little shriveled.

Korea groaned. "If only Aniki could hear about this, da-ze. He'd be so mad that they captured me that he'd charge around the world to find me, da-ze."

Hours after he arrived at his cell, he would hear the doppelgangers bring in more people. Korea knew they weren't doppelgangers that were being taken in, but real nations because they were protesting and sneering about the doppelganger's existence and actions and practically anything else. Korea could have sworn he picked up Taiwan's voice but he wasn't so sure if he really heard her or he had imagined it. If only he had some kimchi to give him some energy, even if it's a little bit...

The cell door to his cell wall slid open. Korea looked up as the Netherlands and Thailand were thrown in. They both grunted as they hit the floor. Dark Japan had pased to examine their faces for a while and then his malevolent eyes flickered to Korea. Korea shuddered at the sheer hatred, and quite literally too, before Dark Japan backed out and slammed the cell door shut, locking it.

Korea had expected a hum of the electricity to start back on, but it didn't. He blinked. Was the electricity already off? He must have been so accustomed to it that he didn't even notice it was gone until now. Normally he'd gone over to the bars and poke it to make sure-what's a little poke?- but the Netherlands and Thailand sat up slowly, holding their heads.

Korea decided to ask them what was going on. Inside, he was relieved he wasn't alone. But he was somewhat anxious to see them captured. "Uhhh, guys, da-ze?" Korea asked nervously as he crawled over to help his brother Thailand brush off the dirt from his back. "What happened, da-ze?"

Korea and Thailand glanced at the Netherlands to see if he would answer first but he didn't say a word. The Netherlands met their gaze for a brief moment but he looked away with a heavy sigh, sticking his hands into his pockets.

"Ana..." Thailand said pensively. "I don't really know what happened, ana. Last thing I remember, I was with Mexico but something happened and I woke up a few minutes ago, ana."

Korea frowned and rubbed his chin. "Do you know where we are, da-ze?"

Thailand adjusted his glasses and said uncertainly, "I think we're in America, ana. I saw some English on some of the signs on the way in, ana. We could be in England but I'm not sure, ana..."

"Well, who else is here, da-ze?"

"A lot of people, ana."

Korea's shoulders slumped. "Define a lot, da-ze."

Thailand thought it over. "More than one, ana." he joked.

Korea grinned. "Really? I would have never guessed, da-ze. But seriously, how many, da-ze?"

"Probably about twenty to thirty, ana."

Korea frowned and fell backwards so that he would lie flat on his back. After a few minutes of thinking, Korea said, "I have an idea."

"Ana...it's a good one, right?"

Korea flashed Thailand a bright smile. "It can be, da-ze. Is Aniki here too?"

Thailand shrugged. The Netherlands finally looked at Korea and said, "China's in the next cell."

Korea pointed to the right. "That one, da-ze?"

"No."

Korea pointed to the left. "That one, da-ze."

The Netherlands sighed. "It's the only direction left. Of course."

"Ah, but there's always that way, da-ze." Korea pointed towards the cell door. "And there's always that way, da-ze." He pointed upwards.

"There's no cell over there, ana." Thailand said. "And this is only one story, I think, ana."

Korea glanced at Thaland and then at the Netherlands. "Well thanks for smashing my dreams, da-ze."

"That wasn't a dream." the Netherlands said in a low voice. He sighed again and said, "There are a lot of countries here, and we need to get out. From what I see, there are more of us than them."

Thailand nodded enthusiastically. "That's right, ana. If we can get everyone out, we can overpower them, ana."

Korea's eyes flashed eagerly. "That was my plan, da-ze! I thought up of it, da-ze. You're welcom-"

The Netherlands shot Korea a small look and Korea faltered a little. "There's no time to claim rights." he said. "Is there anything we can do to get out of here?"

Thailand walked over to the cell door and gripped the bars, peering to the left and then the right. It was oddly silent; wasn't there just twenty or thirty other countries around? What happened to them all?

Thailand glanced to the left when he heard footsteps and his face fell. Korea and the Netherlands noticed his sudden graveness and went to his side. "Thailand, da-ze. What's wrong, da-ze?" Korea asked. He stared at Thailand's face nervously.

Then out of the corner of Korea's eyes, a dark figure stepped towards them. Korea sighed heavily. "Of course, da-ze. It's always you guys, da-ze. Okay, now which one are y-" Korea stopped. "Oh come on, da-ze!"

Dark England raised one bushy eyebrow at Korea. "How now? Thou art weary of me? Not a second past ere thou breathe so tiringly."

Korea stared at Dark England. "What, da-ze?"

"Hear you not? A deaf ear thou hadst turned upon me."

Korea glanced at Thailand. Thailand shrugged and then both of them glanced at the Netherlands, but if he understood what Dark England said, he didn't show it. He merely glared at Dark England.

Dark England sighed heavily. "No one man understands me? What good shame."

"Shame is a good thing, ana?" Thailand whispered to the others.

Dark England snapped his attention to Thailand. "Art thou not Siam?"

Thailand smiled humbly. "Ana, I haven't been called that in a long time."

Dark England huffed. "Thy former suits you." Then he bent down and reached past the bars, grabbing a hold of Thailand's collar. He pulled Thailand up to the bar and said in a low voice, "Speak. How fares Malaysia?"

Thailand's face darkened as Dark England smirked. His smirk disappeared when Korea and the Netherlands grabbed a hold of Dark England by reaching past the bars and holding onto his collar.

There was a small silence before Dark England said calmly, "Release me, gentlemen."

Korea laughed darkly. "Oh, I don't know about you, but I'm not gentle." Korea glanced at the Netherlands. The Netherlands caught his eye and nodded. Then, together, they yanked at Dark England's collar as hard as they could and Dark England's head collided into the bars with a gruesome crack.

Thailand was released and he fell back, staring in horror. Korea asked if Thailand was okay and the Netherlands only watched indiffrently as Dark England's head started to heal.

China had heard Korea, Thailand, and the Netherlands talk and he heard Dark England converse with them. Their tones then had darkened and he grimaced as a loud sound that sounded like bones cracking echoed in the hall.

The other countries were dead silent, waiting for something to happen. With China, he had Greece and Finland, both staring at the wall to their right. Something had happened in the cell right to them, and whatever it was, China hoped that it wasn't very bad. ut then again, everything was starting to look bad anyway.

The three listened as Dark England scowled at them, but they weren't sure what he was exactly saying. All they heard was that Dark England was biting his thumb at them multiple times, whatever that meant.

When Dark England left them, the countries around them started to talk again. From far away, China heard Belgium ask, "What do we do now?"

"We get out out, da-ze!" Korea's voice chirped.

"How?" asked Mexico from the cell to the left of China, Greece, and Finland's.

"Uh, search for something to break the bars or something, da-ze? It can't be too hard, da-ze."

"Have you seen the bars?" Finland asked, gripping the metal bars. "My fingertips barely touch one another."

There was a small silence. "Maybe they're hollow." the Netherlands suggested. "They may be thick, but they may be hollow."

China stood up. "Hollow, aru? Well..." China cracked his knuckles. "Let's see, aru!" He got into position and kicked at the bars. If he could kick walls over, he could definitely snap a couple of bars.

Only, he didn't, and he hopped away after the loud metallic clang, his foot vibrating in a not so pleasant manner. "Aiya..." China groaned. "I can't, aru."

Groans echoed in the hall. "Aiya, at least praise me for trying, aru!" China exclaimed.

It's been a while since I've done a small history lesson, yes?

Well, anyway, the deal with England, Thailand (Siam), and Malaysia was that England and Thailand signed the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 that states that they would share control of Malaysia, technically. I'll assume that Thailand regrets that and since Dark England brough it back up, I bet it made Thailand feel worse.

Ana, don't worry Thailand!