Pale (COUNTRYHUMANS)

16

((What happened to the stars..?))

Russia had left the hospital. He wanted to follow Germany, but when he looked around to try and find the German, there was no sight of him
He let out an exasperated sigh, deciding to just walk home instead of bothering about anything
He took long strides to get back to his house, stuffing his hands in his pockets as he looked around, observing the houses and the colors that were on them
It was until he heard something fall to the ground behind him, and another
He became confused, and he turned to see 3 small children, well, small compared to him, Russia was tall as fuck
Instead of bothering the kids, he turned and started to walk away
Until, he heard the kid call out to him

"Russia..?"

Russia snapped around at his name being said, giving the kid a glare

"Yes?"

He said, trying to hold back the annoyance he was feeling at the moment

"Can you help us? We need to get back to our father.."

Russia's annoyance lowered a little as he heard that. So, they were kids in trouble, he can't really be annoyed at that

"Sure, first of all, what are your names?"

"Well, I'm Iowa"

He pointed towards himself

"That is Kentucky and Wyoming"

He pointed towards the two that were hugging each other, tears very clear in their eyes, but they didn't fall down their cheeks
Russia then noticed, the kids had black eyes and were a bit gray, and he automatically connected the pieces

"I'm gonna guess your father is America?"

"Yeah!"

Iowa exclaimed, looking excited that he was able to connect the puzzle
Russia just nodded

"Your father is in the hospital, but I don't trust you guys walking there by yourselves, so I'm coming with"

Iowa nodded and looked towards the other two, who were no longer hugging each other

"Where is the hospital at?"

Kentucky asked, and Russia just sighed

"Follow me"

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All the states were, in fact, traumatized, seeing their siblings die
Alamaba was surprisingly calm, so was Ohio, as if this was an everyday thing
Indiana was clinging to Ohio, and Ohio was awkwardly patting his back, trying his best to comfort the other state
South Dakota was looking around, ready to warn America if another state was about to turn into dust
Tennessee was busy thinking about where the other states went, did they die? Or did they go somewhere else perhaps?
Florida was looking at the ground, staring wide eyed, as if there was a spider on the ground
Louisiana looked confused at him, but then looked at Florida horrified

"Don't tell me that you're.."

Florida snapped his head up, not nodding or denying it
Louisiana grabbed onto Florida's hand gently and looked at it, feeling it disappear in his hand
America looked over towards the two in confusion of what was happening, since Louisiana was covering Florida
Meanwhile, Florida jumped and hugged Louisiana with the one arm he still had left

"Louis, please.."

The Floridan whimpered, and Louisiana didn't have the energy to hug him back
Thankfully, Florida understood, a tear left his eye as he couldn't even pull away from the hug, both of his arms were gone by now, so he just leaned onto Louisiana

"I'm done fighting"

Florida whispered, before fully turning into a dust pile
Louisiana looked absolutely horrified at Florida's 'last' words
He let out a sob and leaned onto the state next to him, which happened to be Texas
Texas simply wrapped an arm around him, feeling bad for the smaller state
Everyone noticed the space next to Ohio was empty, and Ohio was looking next to him sadly

"Ohio..?"

Pennsylvania asked, sliding over to the sad state, eyes full of worry as he looked at his brother state
Ohio looked up at Penn, his bottom lip quivering
Penn sighed, and opened out his arms, and Ohio quickly took that chance to get a rare hug from Pennnsylvania, Penn wasn't really a hugger
West Virginia went over and joined the hug, and eventually, so did Illinois and Michigan, forming a small group hug around Ohio
Everyone hoped no other states would disappear, but it seemed that their hopes would turn out false
It seemed there was a pattern, but it was kind of a..random pattern
Who was the last state, you might be asking, well, he was named after a certain country
New Mexico looked over at Oklahoma, his eyes filling with tears
Oklahoma shook his head at this, his own eyes filling with tears

"No no, not you too"

New Mexico let out a small laugh at that, holding out his hand that wasn't disappearing, and Oklahoma immedietly took it, giving New Mexico's hand a gentle, reassuring squeeze

"I'll find you, eventually"

"I know you will, you always do"

New Mexico whispered back, a lot more quiet then Oklahoma
The state gave Oklahoma one last sad smile, before joining Florida and Indiana
America had moved away from the group, whispering curses towards himself
He didn't like the fact his children were disappearing, and there was nothing he could do about it
He felt small arms wrap around his legs, and he looked down to see Montana, hugging his leg
Oregon ran over and hugged his other leg, and America bent down to hug the two states

"Don't worry papa, we'll find them, and everything will turn out ok"