Another update!

And so soon! I hope you guys enjoy it, and it's longer than the rest.

I've been working hard, and will finish up in probably two more chapters.

Review, please!

PS: Chapter 2 was uploaded from a phone, so if the writing seems weird, it's because the italics didn't work I will edit that and fix it as soon as possible.

Alfred took a seat at the table. A single glass of water was sitting for him like before. There were the same people.
The Grey Man.

Cherry Red.

Laptop One and Two.

And Mister Legal Pad Guy.
The whole family is here. Joy. He thought silently, as he took a seat.

"Alfred F. Jones. We're glad to see you've returned to us." Cherry red spoke up. Her hair was pulled back into a tight bun, and her dress was pitch black, her skirt cropped short.
"I think we've established my name, thank you.." Nodding, she remained standing, the Grey Man's hungry eyes were on Alfred.

"Of course, you are still expected to answer the questions, you are still under order by the President."
"No. Not until you tell me something first."

That stopped them.
"You're not the one asking question-"
"I don't give a shit! I'm not answering another one of your god damn questions until you tell me something!"

After looking among themselves, the Grey Man nodded, and Cherry red sighed.

"What?"

"Are my friends alright?"

"Yes."
"How?"

"We've made contact with their delegates. All the questioning has gone well. No nation has been hurt, however, some of the interrogators have suffered…minor injuries. Other than that, all the Nations have answered their questions."

Immediately, Alfred thought of Ivan, Vash, and Ludwig. Just to name a few.

Give 'em hell, guys.

"Except for the obvious ones, right?"

She stared at him.
"You still don't know some things, that's why I'm here again."

"Yes. And, we're to confirm the answers we got from other nations."
"Alright then…"

"What does the 'F' stand for?"

Alfred laughed.
"I dunno," he lied*. "Never gave it another thought. "

This time, she approached him, a careful look on her face.

She reached out to touch Nantucket.

Alfred jerked his head back. "Hey, woah! What the hell d'ya think you're doin'?" he asked. "Don't touch Nantucket!"

The woman smiled, and stepped back.

"Is that what your Ahoge represents?
"Yeah."
"And does the same…reaction occur?"

Alfred had to think about that for a second. "Oh, wait. Uh…"

A slight red tint came to his cheeks.
"Yeah. But I swear if you try anything' I'm gonna-"

"No, that's not necessary. We have enough information on that."
Alfred's eye twitched.

Oh god. What the hell did they do…

"What do your glasses represent?"
"Texas."

"Are you related by blood to any other nation?"

"Yes. Canada. He's my big brother*"
"Have you ever been married, to any nation, or human?"

"No."
"We've discovered that when nations 'marry' they actually join their countries together. Such as the Austro-Hungarian alliance. That's true?"
"Yeah. It's the way we coin it, don't judge us."

'We're not. And when one nation annexes another…"
"They become housemates. Like when Germany annexed Austria, Austria lived with him. And when he was free again, he went back to his house."
"Okay. How about when nations split. When Austria separated from Hungary."
"Divorce."

They nodded, and wrote things down.

Alfred closed his eyes, casting himself into darkness.

He really hoped he could make it out of this.

That they all would.

"Have you ever had children?"

The question struck Alfred dead, and for a moment, he sat in silence.
"No. I am not one for…raising children. That's more of Sweden, France, and England's type of thing."

She nodded, and then took a seat.

The Grey man stood up, and Alfred swallowed.

Somehow, he knew things were about to get worse.

"Alfred, can a Nation survive without it's country?"

Prussia…had they found him? Was the immediate thought. He hadn't seen Gilbert in a long time, and had heard from Ludwig that he was doin' okay, still moochin' off Austria, anyways.

"Why do you ask?" Alfred interjected, hoping to find out.

"We're just wondering. Several countries have dissolved over the years, but in the event that it happens, so they leave their nations behind, or do they die?"

"Yes. They die. If they have no people, they have no mind. If they don't have land, they have no body."

He nodded, and seemed to take Alfred's lie.

"If a nation is injured, physically, does it hurt the people, and the country itself?"

Alfred took a moment to think over the question, then finally shook his head.
"No. If you were to shoot me right now, I would feel pain, I would bleed and curse, but nothing would happen to my civilians, or my land. It's a loophole, and a damn good one at that."
The room fell silent for a while. The Grey Man thought, while Alfred sat, getting twitchier and twitchier.

"What are…'Vital Regions'?"

All he got in reply was a bout of laughter.

He couldn't help it, Alfred cracked up. The Nation sat there, laughing his ass off for a good minute, before he finally calmed down.
"V-Vital, Vital Regions are a Nation's capital." he responded, as he calmed down. His laughter confused some of the delegates, who didn't seem to catch the double meaning. They must have gotten the phrase from Roderich.

"Why do some nations have Ahoge's, and others don't?"
Still smiling, Alfred lifted up his chin, in a slightly better mood, now, thanks to the man's earlier question.

"Dunno. It's a conundrum."

Actually, that was a lie, too. Alfred had a slight speculation onto why some nations had Ahoge's and why others didn't, but he wasn't about to tell them that.

"Can Nations get sick, catch diseases, or viruses?"

"Yes and no."

"Explain."

"I can get diseases, viruses. But, I am immune to certain ones. As a Nation, getting sick can't kill me, I can't afford it to kill me. I can't get Cancer, or anything like that, nor STD's. Anything like that, it applies to all of the nations."

Sighing softly, Alfred noticed how tired the other guy seemed. He felt a slight pang of something, in his chest. Was it pity? Maybe. After all, these people were his citizens, and Alfred knew they were trying to do their jobs.

"Do Nations have a preferred sexuality?"

Sighing himself now, Alfred knew he should have expected this.
"I'm…not entirely sure."
"What, then, is your sexuality?"

Alfred blushed some, thinking of Arthur.
"I…think of myself as Bisexual." he muttered. Immediately, he got a cross look, but nothing else was said.
"Out of all the Nations I know, only Sweden has actually got a grip on what he is. As far as I know, he's homosexual, for Finland. But other than that, the other nations are a mystery. I don't think we really do have a preference, for, like, when it comes to 'marriages'. "
The clicking of keys were loud in the small room.
Alfred shifted uncomfortably.
"Alfred."

He looked up at his interrogator.

"Yes?"

"How do you kill a nation?"
"Fuck off, I'm not telling you. I already explained that. Ask again, and I might just break you in half."

The man's eye twitched, and he turned, and spoke softly with the people around him. They spoke so soflty, Alfred could not catch much.
"Test….more quest….two."

After they finished, The Grey Man looked back at him.

'Alfred, you may go. We expect you tomorrow. It will be the last questioning, I assure you."

Alfred stood, and left, flipping them the bird as he walked out.

Later, that day, he received a call.
He picked up his phone, and was surprised to see it was Arthur.

Immediately, the phone went to his ear, and he answered.
"Arthur? Hey, how's everything going? Have you been through-"
"Are you in a place you can be overheard?"

"Yes."

"Move to a different spot. Sixty seconds."

Click.

Alfred ran.

He went to the back of an apartment building, no one was around, and a few windows were even smashed.

His phone rang.
"Arthur?"

"I'm here. You've been under interrogation, right?"

"Yeah. Everyone else, too. Do you know about the others, are they alright?"

"Francis and Yao have both reported in. They're fine."
"Ivan?"

"Hehe…He got mad, and beat up one of his interrogators when they made a remark about his sisters"
"Ouch."
"They tried to scare Feliciano and Lovino into talking, but they pissed Lovino off so much, he went bonkers, and jumped one of the questioners. He had to be dragged from the room."
"They're alright?"

"Both of them, yes. Kiku…is like a stone they can't break."
"What about Ludwig?"

"They're giving him a hard time. He's being stubborn, and they've threatened to hurt him, if he doesn't talk."
Alfred frowned.
"What about Gilbert?"

"He's staying with me. They haven't found out about him yet. It's too dangerous with Roderich or Ludwig."
"Good. I'm just glad everyone seems to be doing fine. I can't wait for this to get over…They won't get any real answers outta me."

"I know you can be stupid, but surely you aren't that much of a git. Do you honestly think they won't do anything to get an answer out of you?"

"Of course I know that…Geez…"
There was silence on the other end, before Arthur spoke.
"I gotta go. Be careful."
"Hey ,Arthur?"

"Hm?"

"I love you."

There was a pause.
"And I love you, too, damnit."

Alfred went back home.

He ate, talked to Tony, drank a little, watched a movie.

No one bothered him, and no one called again.

The next day, he was left a message.

He was to go to the interrogation hall.

This would be the last time.

Alfred prepared, ate, locked his house up tight, and sent Tony away. He didn't want the little guy hangin' around, in case his people discovered him.

He left his house at eight AM.

And arrived at nine-thirty.

But something was different this time.

Instead of taking him to the same room, they lead him to a different place.

This room had glass walls on two sides, and a heavy, steel door. The remaining walls were white.
No one else was in the room as the door slammed shut behind him.
Alfred swallowed hard, and took a seat in the only chair.

On either side of him, the 'glass' walls lit up, revealing people behind them.

He looked to his right.

He saw some unfamiliar people, wearing dark suits.

And on his left, The Grey Man, Cherry Red.

And in between them, tied to a chair, and bleeding from a bad head wound was
Arthur.

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Well…there we go, third chaper done! Let's hope I can get the fourth one out soon!

*1-The 'F' – I really don't know what it stands for. Hehe.

*2-Big Brother—I think of Matthew as Alfred's big brother, it seems right to me.