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—-------------------a few months later
They were on a UN summit in Russia! What could go wrong?
Well, for starters Russia was missing(probably in another room being restraint aswell), second the micronations were in a locked room in the basement and the nations were in the summit room chained with military grade steel, and even America couldn't break out of it, they even gave America a Muzzle!!
And on top of that the former corrupt President of Italy was there with some woman to take revenge on Canada and Italy especially the woman even shot Canada in the eye and he dropped dead, he will heal but looking at the wound it would take him hours or maybe even days to wake up, and all of this happening while Mizu is doing a Photography gig in the country just not present while the whole nation kidnapping thing happened the worst part, the nations and micronations got their phone confiscated for ‘security protocol’
"Pathetic," the woman beside the former president laughed, kicking Canada’s limp hand aside. "The 'great' nations of the world, brought to their knees by a little lead and some Steel.”
America was thrashing around trying to free himself from the chains, Italy too
"Don't waste your energy," the woman said coldly, stepping over Canada’s body "By the time your government officials realize their 'precious' leaders have vanished, your influence will be nothing but a footnote in history.”
—---meanwhile
Seborga remember he still had those Meta glasses Mizu insisted he have, he didn't think he’d need to use it but he was glad he did as he turned his back to the CCTV camera in the basement
He got a flashback when Mizu suddenly shoved the glasses to his eyes
“Trust me seb, you’ll need this. Just in case you know, your one of the oldest micronation and the nations are more likely to get in trouble”
Mizu had said while syncing his phone to the glasses immediately
“Please answer Mizu….” He was genuinely scared and the younger micronations started to make noises to distract the guards from seborga calling Mizu
—----------------
Mizu had put her phone in between her ear and shoulder as she was checking her storage space on her camera, just closing out
“Hi Seborga, what happened? Everything is fine?” Mizu said
"Mizu... we're in the basement. They took everyone. They... they shot Canada," Seborga choked out, his eyes darting toward the heavy steel door. "The big nations are chained up in the summit room. America is muzzled. They took all our phones... I’m the only one with a signal because of these glasses.”
Mizu sighed “I'll be there” then she hung up
Now she was near the hotel and used a headpiece she used to connect with her best friend Matt which Happened to be one of the best programmer, hacker, everything connected to technology
“Hey Matt, can you hear me?”
Mizu said as she loaded her darts gun with several small darts imbued with sleeping sedatives, and no joke her sedative mix was really really strong, like it even works through clothes and makes people- even nations instantly sleep
"I hear you, loud and clear," Matt’s voice crackled "I’m tapped into the building's infrastructure now. You’re lucky this place was built in the 90s; their firewalls are a joke.”
“Give me the layout, Matt,” she whispered “I need the quickest route to the basement micronation holding cell, and I need to know the status of the summit room’s door locks.”
“Two guards, both heavily armed, patrolling the west corridor leading to the basement,” Matt replied “And Mizu? They’ve got cameras everywhere. I’m looping the feed for the next sixty seconds. You have a window, but it’s tight. If you trip an alarm, this whole place goes into lockdown.”
Mizu fired the gun twice, no aiming needed just enough to hit fabric even works, actually no joke
Mizu pulled a bobby pin from her hair and lock picked the Micronation's door in the basement
“You guys follow me” Mizu said going into the vents
Once they were on top of the vent where the nations are in Mizu threw down her silent smoke grenade and it went off instantly, like usual it was no joke the smoke was THICK
"What is that?! Clear the room! Ventilate it!" the woman screamed
But it was too late, Mizu already fired the darts to her, the president and the guards as she got down from the vent
“Shit, I'm all out of bobby pins..” Mizu said, no one had any bobby pins on the either
Mizu looked at Seborga
Seborga looked back at Mizu
Mizu looked back at Seborga again
Seborga looked back at Mizu
Suddenly YANK, Mizu dragged Seborga down to Germany using Seborga’s hair curl that was unusually solid as a lock pick
"Sorry, Seb! Needs must!" Mizu shouted
"HEY! MY CURL! THAT IS SENSITIVE- " Seborga protested, well it was cut short by him starting to whimper, it was an erogenous zone after all
Even Italy and Romano looked shocked, but happy someone is saving them
When Germany was free Mizu took a pen from Germany and bent the cap
“To free the others”
“You have a lot of nerve Mizu…” Seborga said
“Less talking more lockpicking there’s like 50 nations here” Mizu said
She freed Romano, who immediately grabbed his own knife from a hidden holster he’d managed to keep concealed then Italy, who threw his arms around Mizu so hard she nearly dropped the pen cap.
"Mizu! You’re the best! I knew you weren't just a regular human!" Italy sobbed
"Don't get mushy on me now! Grab England and France! We need to move!”
"America, you big idiot, stop thrashing!" she yelled
"I can't help it! My muscles are literally too big for these chains!" America said
SNAP.
The pen cap broke. Half of it stayed lodged in the lock, effectively jamming it from the inside.
Mizu stared at it
"Oh, you have got to be kidding me.”
Then she grabbed the darts gun filling it with actual bullets and shot it on the chains and it fell off easily
After all the nations are unlocked she told them to get outside of the hotel, she was going to look for the still missing Russia who was locked and restricted in another room
Luckily from a third party she retrieved their luggage and phones and the receptionist gave them their stuff back while Mizu was still looking for Russia
“Mizu, you can't do that alone! It's a suicide mission!” America was genuinely worried
“I’ll be fine, Angels never die” She smiled, even if her smile didn't reach her eyes
"Matt. I'm moving toward the top wing. I need the map of the ventilation flow to that specific cell block. And Matt?"
"Yeah?"
"If I don't make it... delete my browser history."
"You're a brat," Matt replied, his voice shaking just slightly, "but you're a brat that's going to make it out of there. Get him, Mizu.”
She got there easily, well not really she found an alternative route and got in the room without alerting anyone
She used a grapple hook to lockpick the chains
“You came for me..?” Russia asked
“Of course, it wouldn't be fair right?” She replied and then looked outside, lots of snow, the ground is so far away, it really is a suicide mission
“Ivan,” She said giving him another grapple hook “we’ll be fine” she reassured as she shot the window, the glass shattered
"Mizu," he said. "You... you could have just taken the van. You did not have to jump."
"I told you, Ivan. Angels don't die," Mizu said smilling
Then they both shot the grappling hook together, the other nations were already in the back
It was great, until it was not, it was just..so cold. Mizu knew she wouldn't survive, she wasn't too used to the cold and she wasn't a nation, her nose started to bleed
She hit the ground, the snow, it was freezing, it was cold, her ears started ringing, she had gave up on surviving
“Mizu!!” America immediately ran after her, it might be too late she was really really really REALLY close to death, it's like trying to save a dead cat at this point
She smiled before she closed her eyes, for a few days, years or maybe forever?
Honestly she could hear them talking, she missed when England would lecture her, how China would say that she’s ‘uncultured’ for not understanding Mandarin despite being of Chinese bloodline, Canada’s soft voice, Indonesia's scolding…
“How am I going to explain to her parents…?” Indonesia said “‘oh yeah, your daughter you entrusted to me is dead’, wake up Mizu…."
“Mizu…you’re not done saving people yet” A voice said in her head, she couldn't open her eyes but she touched whoever was beside her, it was Finland who was looking at her waiting for her to wake up, when suddenly he felt her hand on the tip of his jacket
“She's holding on…” Finland said
—-------------------------
Mizu woke up in Norway
"She's awake," a quiet, calm voice said
Mizu turned her head, Norway was sitting in a wooden chair, his expression as unreadable
"You're in my house," Norway started "we brought you here. It was the closest place with the… infrastructure to reverse the frostbite.”
Mizu spoke “what about the others…?”
"In the living room," Norway answered "They have been arguing for three days. England is lecturing the wall. Romano is threatening to break the furniture. Indonesia… he has not slept.”
Mizu stood up and we'll, tried to run but her legs weren't strong enough yet, her hair was more messy than usual
“Your alive!” America went and hugged her “and you smell like maple syrup..”
“Thanks…?” Mizu said akwardly
“She's always been smelling like that Alfred.” Indonesia said
“Yea, I use maple soap and perfume..” Mizu muttered
“Your a stupid, reckless kid” Indonesia said
Mizu just stabbed Indonesia’s arm with her sedative-laced dart and Indonesia fell asleep right then and there
“That's strong stuff….” America muttered
“Okay, okay! Point taken!” America stammered “I wasn't criticizing! I was just... observing! Honestly, I think he needed the sleep, but maybe let's not make a habit of that, huh?”
“He has been pacing for seventy-two hours,” Norway said “He was becoming a nuisance. Efficiency is appreciated.”
Mizu just took her dart gun and replaced the actual bullets with darts from a box in her bag that had like thousands of small darts, now they understand why Mizu arranged it so neatly, one contact on the wrong side and it's over for them
“You know,” America said “I always wondered why you were so obsessed with color-coding your ammo pouches. I thought it was, you know, just a 'photographer thing'.”
“purple is for the sleeping one, green is straight up poison, red is explosive, blue is for getting people to speak up without telling any lies” Mizu replied nonchalantly “oh and white is the thick smoke one similar to red but comes out smoke and not actually fire”
“Mizu, your crazy!!” America said
“Just in case..” Mizu replied back “It's because I’m always prepared!”
“Not wrong, she bought me those glasses just in case, it would have taken longer if I didn't use those glasses” Seborga interrupted
“I told you! I'm your ‘Angel’!” Mizu said
“An angel who embarrassed me Infront of 50 nations! That curl is an endrogeous zone!” Seborga screamed
"It is sensitive! It is private! And you treated it like a common tool!" Seborga wailed “You are no angel! You are a menace! A chaotic, dart-shooting, curl-yanking menace!”
“And I still saved your asses” Mizu said handing Seborga a free meal coupon to Italy’s most expensive and fancy restaurant “The boss gave me this while I was photographing at that time in Russia”
"Is this..." he stammered “Is this the place that serves the truffle-infused risotto with the 24-karat gold leaf garnish?
"The very one," Mizu said “the boss had connections and I was nice and had good photos enough to gain that”
"The boss… you actually got these?" Seborga whispered "I haven't been able to get a reservation here in years! The waitlist is longer than my history book!"
"I told you, I'm the person you want to know," Mizu said
Suddenly America interrupted “and she's not wrong, she knows alot Alot of people even my president loves her and follows all of her social medias!”
“I'm pretty famous around the globe” Mizu said
America interrupted
“Seriously! I was in the Oval Office yesterday, and the President was literally scrolling through your feed,
He was like, 'If she gets a shot of the interior of that base, give her a medal!'”
“You’d be surprised on how much notifications I get everyday” Mizu said before taking a selfie of herself and posted ‘still alive, I’m safe dw the Angel isn't dead c;’
—--------------a few days later
Mizu was at home, things at home were normal as always, honestly her parents were planning to pull her out of school because of how much more time she spends with the nations instead of school, despite still passing in top 10 out of her 40 classmates but like who needs school when nations are there to teach you am I right heck it's not even just that! Her teachers and principals were wondering why she was friends with the Nations
Now during a parent-teacher conference Mizu walked in with her parents, what she wasn't prepared for was the whole United Nations was there in her school
“Mizu!!!” America was the first to run up to her
“Mizu…” he father started “is that the united states of America…?”
“In the flesh! Hey dude!” America said at her father
“I…” her mom followed
America interrupted
“Your kid is a total legend! You’ve done a great job! Seriously, the tactical intuition? The photography skills? She’s basically a national asset at this point!”
“It is a pleasure to meet the people responsible for such a... unique talent. Though, I must insist, your daughter's grasp of Mandarin remains tragically 'uncultured.' Perhaps we should discuss a more rigorous tutoring schedule?” China said. And then Indonesia Interrupted
“Oh, for heaven's sake, China, she just got back from a near-death experience!”
“What near death experience..?” Her father asked, now Mizu was always honest and told storied, the only story she hadn't told to her parents was how she almost died, because if she did tell them she would probably never see the light of day again
The whole of UN stayed quiet for a good minute
“Near-death?" her mother repeated “Mizu? What is he talking about? You said you were just... on a photography project in Russia. You said it was safe.”
“it is safe mom! It was near death for me because I lost my SD card in the office! I keep saying I wanted to die every mandarin tests and near deadlines remember?” She countered perfectly, being a bit dramatic did pay off
“Oh thank goodness, can you please elaborate?” Her mom said
“So…that SD card had the photos I took of the company, and they were offering me a huge pay off the bat so when the card went missing of course I panicked!” Mizu said
“Seriously, you gotta stop being over dramatic…” her mom said before she and he parents went into the classroom where her teacher was already sitting expecting just Mizu and her parents…
“Uhh….” Mr.Elliot said
“Don't mind us teach!” America said
“Okay then….well for starters Mizu is a great kid it's just her absence in school has been a concern…” he started
“And we have said that to the school board 3 years ago when she started to go to other countries more and more,the school board agreed, her assignments are finished and her tests too, I don't see the problem” her father said
“I understand …but the policy-” Mr.Elliot stammered
"The policy is for students who aren't gaining real-world experience," Mizu’s father interrupted "Mizu is passing with flying colors. If she can manage the curriculum while traveling, then the school is doing its job. Are you suggesting she be penalized for being exceptionally capable?"
“No! Of course not” Mr.Elliot said
"If there's nothing else," Mizu’s father continued “We are going home”
“Alright then, Thanks for taking your time here” Mr.Elliot said
“Okay dudes I booked us lunch at Haidilao, lets go!” America said enthusiastically, well that makes up for the coupon for that place in Italy Mizu gave to Seborga
"Haidilao?" China asked, his eyes sparkling "Well, that is significantly more acceptable than a school cafeteria. I suppose I can spare the time to ensure the broth is seasoned correctly."
Mizu’s father looked at America, then at his daughte then he sighed
"You really do have the most bizarre group of friends, Mizu," he muttered
“Sorry rents’ your kid is coming with me in my car” America made no wasted time as he immediately grabbed Mizu
“It’s alright I can drive your car to the place..” Canada said politely
“You smell like our daughter” Mizu’s parents both said, noting the maple syrup like smell from Canada
“She’s always wanted to go to Canada” Mizu’s mother said
“I’m aware” Canada replied
The nations had separate cars, well all of them were still carpooling, Mizu’s parents were sharing their car with Japan,Germany,Italy and Canada driving while the others had SUVs
Of course Mizu was with America, China, France, Russia and Indonesia
—------------In haidilao
Turns out, America booked the whole restaurant well, there was alot of nations there after all
They had a lively lunch, Mizu’s parents were talking to China in well- Chinese, from that China learned that Mizu knows some words, better than knowing none at least(Mizu legit picks up more swear words in different languanges that normal words)
“Putain de merde (Fucking shit)”. Mizu had said when she accidentally put too much spice on her meat
“Mon dieu..” France just giggled, well..she was glad her parents doesnt know any other languange that English,Indonesian and Mandarin
"So," her mother said to Indonesia, who was sitting next to her. "You're the one who keeps her out of trouble, right? You seem the most... responsible of the lot."
Indonesia choked slightly "I try my best, ma'am. Though, she often finds herself in the middle of situations that are quite... unavoidable."
"She’s a magnet for it," Germany added "But I will say, her ability to handle pressure is better than most of the military personnel I train. She just needs to stop picking up the local curses before she learns how to say 'please' and 'thank you'."
“Bitte un danke (Please and Thank you), Большое спасибо(Thank you very much) お願いします (Please) s'il te plait et merci (Please and thank you)” Mizu suddenly said
The table went silent
“Okay…you have a very bright kid..” America said to Mizu’s parents
“Very bright..” They both said back
—----A few weeks later
Mizu’s nearsighted eyes got slightly worse wow! So her parents got her glasses they were silver rimmed with round lenses, like Canada's glasses, it was great having glasses she wore them sometimes when she really needs them, France kept saying that what if Mizu became Canada’s micronation idk maybe suddenly becoming outer balodonia, of course it’s just a joke because Mizu likes Canada and admires him and all. Also one thing everybody noticed was that she used to have long hair during middle school, but when she got into highschool she has a tendency to keep it short, whenever it gets too long she cuts it,she still had her bangs though..her bangs reached under her eyebrow but she doesnt care about it because she looks good with it anyways even if she said she wanted to grow her hair out seriously people keep calling her a boy whenever she goes out because she cut her hair with layers
Today they were in Ottawa, Canada for a United Nations meetings, nothing to worry about since Canada is a safe country
Mizu was outside Canada’s house playing hockey with some random kids, she had alot of hobbies like..legit no one knew she could play hockey despite never actually playing it before
“Hey, nice stick work, kid,” one of the boys said, clapping her shoulder. “You play for the school team?”
“I don’t actually go to school around here..” She replied with her soft voice, of course her voice was soft it always has been that way
"Oh, my bad! You just look like you've been playing since you were five. You've got that aggressive edge." The guy said
Mizu offered a small smile "I guess I'm a fast learner,"
"You're a natural," another kid chimed in, skating up to them "You visiting Ottawa for the summer?"
"Something like that," Mizu said
“Hey wanna be friends?” The kid said
“Sure..” She said and they exchanged phone numbers and those kids went away, but not before yelling out “Play with us tomorrow same time!”
“How does she make friends that easily?” America said to Indonesia
“She has a charm that draws people in” Indonesia replied
"Seriously, though. I try to talk to people and it's all 'Oh my god, it's America!' or 'Can you sign this flag?'” America sighed
“Hey Indonesia, when are we going back to Indonesia?” Mizu asked going to Indonesia
“Depends, maybe one more week” He replied
“Oh okay, because those kids asked me to hang out with them this saturday in some mall” Mizu said nonchalantly
“WHAT?” America yelled which brought the attention of half of the nations to him
“It’s a mall..not some house in the middle of nowhere” Mizu said
“"You can’t just 'hang out' at a mall with random kids! You’re, like, internationally famous! What if they find out? What if they ask for photos? What if they realize you’re the girl who’s been photographed with half the G8 leaders in the last month?" America rambled
“America. Im not five” She said
“Fine, you can protect yourself anyways” America gave in
—-----------------the next day (Tuesday)
At the time most kids go home at there was a knock on Canada’s door which Canada answered
“Yea…? What is it?” Canada said
“Hi Mr.Canada, we were wondering if Mizu is anywhere here? We want to play with her in the frozen lake again” The taller kid- Avery brown was his name only because he was wearing his student information on his neck
“Do you guys not have exams tomorrow?” Canada asked
“But we wanna play with Mizu now!” Avery protested
“You guys need studying” Canada said
“Please Mr.Canada..?” Avery pleaded and the other guys also started pleading
Canada sighed “Fine, one hour-”
Suddenly America interrupted them “Canada, one hour is way too much! They have exams!”
“We studied on the bus! Please Mr.Canada and Mr.America” Another kid- Leo pleaded
“Well you guys can get her yourself if you can find her in this house” Canada said getting off the door
Wasting no time those 5 kids ran inside the house, Mizu had no work there she was someone Indonesia liked bringing so at that point she was drawing on her tablet in the kitchen table while China cooks
“Mizu!! Whoa those red pins on the map is really cool” Leo said
“Don’t touch them, they’re explosive” Mizu said, she had used her darts to pin those red pins on the map
“Oh okay” Leo said
“We are so sorry Mr.China we are going to borrow him- her or.. Them? We’ll bring them back in an hour” Another guy- Leslie said
“Uhh,Aru.. She wasn’t really doing anything, Aru go ahead.” China said not looking away from the pan
“She/They” Mizu said before grabbing Canada’s skates (he let her borrow it even if it was too big for her)
—----------------------
The next day,
Mizu was in the meeting room, the nations were using her darts to mark things, well only she was the one putting it on the map so that’s why she’s sitting in the front, one not careful move and the darts go off well…mostly that applies to the red and white ones
"If we move the strategic reserve to the border," Germany said, pointing at a region on the map, "then we can- Mizu, aufpassen (watch out)!"
"Relax, Germany," she said "I know exactly where the pressure point is. If I wanted this room to go up in smoke, I would have done it before the coffee arrived."
“That scares even me..” Russia said
—------------------------the next week came and Mizu went back to Indonesia, well it was going fine like usual…except her new additions of friends who despite only knowing for 3 days still kept contact with her and how she is attracting more stray cats
Mizu and Indonesia were at the park where a lot of stray cats came up to her
“Seriously..? I can’t take you all home..” Mizu said to the cats
“You know…What if we get another UN summit in Russia and I actually die?” Mizu said to Indonesia
“God no please, I don’t think my heart could handle that” Indonesia said
“Don't even joke about that," he said "Mizu, if anything happened to you... the world wouldn't just be 'sad.' You’ve seen how these nations act. They are barely holding it together as it is. If you were actually gone? I don't think I could stop them from turning the entire planet upside down to find whoever was responsible.”
“Intrusive thoughts” Mizu replied
“I get it..intrusive thoughts are hard” Indonesia replied
—----------------------A few more weeks later
Mizu was in another UN summit in Moscow, again it was going just fine, normal even
Well…that was until Russia’s boss apparently got bored and decided to terrorize them, Russia seemed to feel the air in the room and had a bad feeling
“What’s wrong Russia?” Mizu was the first to ask
“The air feels a little thin…” Russia whispered
“Your boss?” Mizu asked
“Da” Russia replied
“Okay break time guys! Let’s go outside and explore!” Mizu suddenly said
“But- we aren’t” Germany interrupted before realizing the situation by how Mizu’s eyes was darting towards him and the door
“Okay..break time everyone out now.”Germany said and so everybody grabbed their bags and went out, Mizu was walking a little behind though and near the front door she got shot in the leg by a man, out of instict Mizu threw her gun and America grabbed her darts, her gun was taken by Germany
“Target immobilize” the man said
“Ow ow ow ow, I’m so gonna get locked in my room” Mizu whisperred dragging herself through the floor and grabbed her bag but not before getting shot in her arm
“One more move, and it’s the head you don’t wanna die right now, do you ‘Angel’?” The man said
“Oh you wanna take my headshot? Sure I’m pretty aren’t I?” She said sarcastically as America was trying to grab her white or purple dart without accidentally triggering the red darts
“You know, for an angel you’re pretty, mind If I take you home?” The man said with a predatory gaze
“Oh…gross, I like women. And men my age.” Mizu said holding her fingers in a peace sign signalling America to take the red dart
America looked at her wide eyed he was thinking “red dart? Are you trying to die? You said that was explosive!”
Mizu noticed the look and put her hand in a thumbs up
America threw the dart to the floor beside the man, America has never seen the red dart do work since Mizu never used it near anyone
“Close your eyes, Mizu” Indonesia said
BOOM
The explosion was loud and Big they are pretty sure Mizu was dead from it, and she really was. She knew the consequences and she still did it, her bag was under England’s feet, If she was going to die she won’t be forgotten atleast
“Mizu…?” America whisperred and went to the body, that Mizu was a fucking robot, She was smart…Really smart
“A robot…? She wasn’t real at all?” America asked
“Of course I was real Idiot” Mizu said right behind switzerland for some reason, yes her leg was bleeding
“Mizu!” America ran up to her and hugged her “You’re safe right?”
“Your bleeding on my pants Mizu.” Switzerland said
“Sorry Vash. And two I’m safe, I didnt get shot in the leg, it was from the red darts on the map but it wasn’t fatal, I ran to the window in time and threw the decoy on the floor at the time one of the white darts on the map went pff”
“I thought I killed you! You said those were explosive!” America said frantically
“Explosive? Yes, but I never said that I would stand next to one or am I stupid enough to be next to one while it went off” Mizu said
“You are reckless and crazy, Mein Fraulein” Switzerland said
“Thanks, now can someone give me a cloth I can wrap around my leg?” Mizu said
Prussia already handed her a piece of his own uniform and Mizu wrapped it around her leg
“Alright! Now let’s get out” She said
“Not with your leg you aren’t mein Fraulein” Switzerland said carrying her up in his arms
For starters, Mizu had come clean to her parents some while ago, they didn’t get mad, they saw how Mizu’s mental health had gotten better being around them, but her parents did say that if she actually died they aren’t going to her funeral and Mizu was okay with that
Paparazi were taking photos of her and she was smiling while being carried by Switzerland