50 States: Chapter 17

"Alright Dudes, since I'd rather not get my office dirty, we'll hold the meeting on the patio." America announced after the dining room was nearly clean. The nations were still covered with food and contrary to belief, he liked to keep his office tidy and he did not want any stains on the carpet. One time when he summoned his sons who managed the farming, they failed to mention how dirty they were and got mud all over the floor. It took a long time to clean it up.

"We're terribly sorry about the mess." Lithuania apologized. "The children got a little carried away."

"A little?" England asked in bewilderment. "Those brats ruined my best clothes! If you cannot control your own little bastar-"

The Brit froze when a knife whizzed past his face and went into the wall.

"You will not finish that sentence, Anhlija." Belarus snarled, menacingly, an insane smile creeping onto her face. Russia was smiling and his aura started to grow.

"And that's my cue." America cut in before the situation could escalate and pulled out his remote. "See you guys outside."

With that he pressed the button and the nations fell through another trapdoor.

"DAMN YOU AMERICA!" England shouted before he fell.

As the trapdoor closed itself, Estonia made his presence known. "Um, Mr. America, could we just take the stairs?"

"Sure, not a problem, Dude."

Once America escorted the younger Baltics, Sealand, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein out of the dining hall, the godparents looked at each other and nodded.

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When America got to the patio, the nations were groaning and trying to steady themselves. The trapdoor in the dining hall had many loops and turns so dizziness was the first thing that struck them once the nations landed.

Alfred pulled a folder out of his bag and started handing each nation a sheet of paper. "Okay Dudes and Dudettes, I'm gonna try to make this quick. All you need to do is sign these contracts."

At the blank looks he continued. "My states are still classified information so these contracts are to make sure you don't tell your bosses, governments, or anyone about the states."

America's expression suddenly became grave. "Those who break this contract will have serious consequences. Not only will you pay for it, your entire country will."

"You can't do that!" China protested.

"What the bloody hell gives you the right to order us about?!" England shouted.

Click

Everyone froze at the sound and Germany was the first that dared to slowly turn to face the end of a pistol, wielded by Delaware who looked ready to go to war. Her jovial smile was replaced with a tight line and her eyes were narrowed. She was dressed in a camouflage outfit and her belt carried grenades and pouches that were likely filled with ammunition.

The nations were all surrounded by the states but what shocked them even more was that Prussia, Romano, Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia were among them. Each were armed and pointing a gun at another nation.

Prussia had an AK-47 pointed at Austria and Hungary and his cocky grin was replaced with a threatening glare that even made Hungary flinch.

Romano had his Beretta aimed at his Northern half and Spain. Belarus held a Makarov pistol while her brother had a Tokarev and Lithuania had his sniper rifle trained on Poland.

"You have to sign it." Delaware finally broke the tense silence. "Those who don't will go back to their countries in a body bag."

"R-Romano, per favore, put the gun down-"

"No talking!" The South Italian barked, instantly shutting up his former caretaker.

"Liet, please-" Poland tried to keep his voice from shaking. Lithuania had no trace of nervousness or hesitation upon him.

"Quiet!" The eldest Baltic hissed, looking uncharacteristically angry before turning to his younger brothers. "Eduard, Raivis, I do not want either of you to get hurt so if you would please get behind me so you will not be accidentally shot. Then, I want you two to sign the contract. Is that understood?"

Estonia and Latvia had never heard their brother speak to them in such a manner and it was very nerve racking to see him so unlike himself. Eduard gathered the papers and quickly ushered Latvia out of the lines of fire. Illinois, who had been standing next to her godfather, handed them a pen and the Baltics quickly signed the contracts.

"You too, Ukraine." Russia said, gesturing for his older sister to get behind him. Katyusha numbly moved behind her siblings and was handed a pen to sign the contract.

"Y'all better follow their example if you wanna live." Texas warned, pointing his rifle against Denmark's back.

"Better hurry, Zhongguo." California said in a sickly sweet voice while pointing a submachine gun at the Chinese man. "I've got a very, very itchy trigger finger."

"Alright! Alright, enough!" England begged as he tried to keep himself from shaking while Massachusetts aimed a rifle at his head and had a maniacal grin on his face. "W-we'll sign it."

"Good." America smirked in victory and watched as Pennsylvania handed a pen to England and told him to pass it around while keeping his luger trained on the nations.

Once every nation signed the contract, South Carolina walked around collecting the papers and handed them to her father who placed them in his bag before stepping out of the line of fire.

"Alright, ve signed it." Germany said, cautiously. "Can you call zhem off now?"

America seemed to ponder the idea for a moment. "Hmm, I don't know. Kids?"

"We got this, Dad." New Jersey said, his dark aura glowering. Alfred gave his son a nod and headed back inside but gestured for the two younger Baltics and Ukraine to follow him.

"Sealand, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, you may go with our father." Pennsylvania said. "These guys here are the ones we want."

"Besides," North Carolina added. "We prefer not to attack other kids unless they deserve it."

Switzerland glared at the states before taking his sister's arm and leading her inside for the safety of the house with Sealand running after them.

"We signed the contract so put your guns down-" China was cut off with a jab to the stomach with California's gun.

"Oh, I've waited too long for this." Louisiana smirked at the fearful expression on France's face.

"You're finally gonna get it, Lobsterback." Massachusetts cackled insanely.

"Just give the word, Del." Oregon said, pointing his pistol at Iceland, who will deny it but was clinging to Norway, looking fearful of the weapons being pointed at them.

"FIRE!" Delaware screamed. Instantly, the states and godparents pulled their triggers and the nations screamed (very feminine screams).

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"C'mon! You're gonna miss it!" America exclaimed, leading the spared, unsuspecting nations and micronation to a nearby window.

"Miss what?" Sealand asked.

"Just look!" America pointed out the window. Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, and Sealand joined America in looking out the window and gasped when they saw the states pull the triggers.

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The nations were soaked with water, and the states started laughing. Even the godparents were unable to hold back their laughter. Some of them were barely able to stand and were clutching their midsections.

"Mein Gott!" Prussia exclaimed. "We got you good! You should've seen your faces!"

"Totally priceless." Virginia clapped Gilbert on the shoulder.

Bang

Prussia was suddenly laying on the ground, dazed, and gulped at the sight of Hungary standing over him.

"Prussia," She seethed, dripping wet. "Explain."

Hungary suddenly shrieked when she was shot with water on all sides.

"Keep your hands off him, She-Beast!" Pennsylvania snapped, keeping his very realistic water gun on Elizabeta.

"Yeah, you ain't allowed to beat up our godparents on the property." Texas added.

Germany turned to Delaware. "You vill explain zhis, Delaware!"

Charity rolled her eyes. "Well, since you asked oh so nicely. We decided get payback for not only ourselves but the capitals and our godparents as well."

"Payback?!" England exclaimed. "What the bloody hell for?!"

"Liet, why?" Poland asked in bewilderment.

"I don't recall doing anything to you!" Iceland nearly shouted, his face flushed. New Jersey scoffed.

"In order, the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, World War I, World War II, pretty much all conflicts we had with you in the past. T, I'm sure you can answer that. And as for you, Iceland, unless you've got relations to a godparent who thinks you are undeserving of the prank, you'll endure it with the other nations. Do you all understand now?" The third state listed.

"Well Poland," Toris began. "I mostly went along because my godchildren wanted my help but they wanted to get back at you on my behalf."

"What are you-" Poland sputtered but was cut off by Illinois.

"Oh save your breath, Polack." Violet snapped. "You think Dėdė keeps things from us?"

"We know about you abandoning him to Russia." Scarlett added. "He begged for help but you just laughed as he was taken away."

"And you call yourself a friend." Nora sniffed.

"Alright girls, that's enough." Lithuania chastised before turning to Poland. "No worries about that, Feliks. All's forgiven now that I've seen what you look like when you are scared. I find it quite funny to be honest."

While this was happening, France was whining about his appearance. "My clothes, my hair! They're ruined!"

"Aw, zip it, Frenchie." Louisiana said, admiring her handiwork. "At least you're mostly clean from the food fight earlier."

Her gaze suddenly darkened. "Besides, this was for selling my people and bringing slavery to my land. This is child's play compared to what we could do to you if Daddy allowed it."

France gulped.

"Fratello, why?!" Italy wailed. Romano rolled his eyes while Connecticut snickered.

"Because we wanted to get back at you for annoying Zio Lovino all the time." Susanna stated. "Besides, we had Dad's permission to play our little prank on you."

"Speaking of pranks," Maryland suddenly shouted. "BOMBS AWAY!"

The nations barely had a chance to react when water balloons were tossed from the balcony above them, never once missing a target, and soaking the nations more than they already were.

"WAAAH! GERMANY SAVE ME!" Italy shouted, cowering behind the German. After a long, brutal few minutes of failing to dodge the water balloons, America reemerged from the house.

"Cease fire!" He shouted, waving his hand. "Cease fire! C'mon kids, cut it out!"

There was groaning from the balcony and Missouri peered over the railing with a blue water balloon in her hand.

"Dad, we were just getting started." She complained. Wisconsin nodded from behind her.

"I know, Becky." Alfred said. "I just needed to make sure you gave them time to breathe. By the looks of things, you really did a number on them. I approve."

England turned red once more and his hands were clenched into fists. First, he was attacked by smaller children with food, ruining his best clothes, and now he's been soaked to the bone with freezing cold water. This was not his day.

To put it simply, he was furious.

"AMERICA, I'M GOING TO BLOODY KILL YOU!" England roared but halted in his tracks when water balloons started raining down on him faster than the first time. Meanwhile, Massachusetts signaled to Georgia as he placed something on the ground. Georgia nodded and stuck out her leg when England stumbled backwards, causing him to trip and land on his rear.

BLARP

England turned an impossibly darker shade of red and pulled up what he had landed on. It was a whoopee cushion. The states burst out laughing again.

"HA HA HA! Whoopee cushion!" New York laughed. "Classic!"

Nanuq wandered over to Delaware and tugged on her leg. "Can we start Operation Red now?"

"Oh man, this is going to be epic!" Massachusetts grinned. The nations were beginning to panic.

"Vhat's Operation Red?" Germany demanded. The states looked at each other and the look in their eyes filled the nations with dread.