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Contest entry for #Reader -Inserts
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Request by ~imahappyfox
AmericaxReader
~Believe~ by Yellowcard

A/N: Uhm before you guys start getting a tad bit confused this is AU and most part of the lyrics refere to the Allies(you will understand as you read)
IT'S A BIG ASS STORY SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME I COULDN'T PUT IT ANY SHORTER! Oh and there will be LOTS of timeskips so sorry if I mess up, I'll explain it to you if you guys find it confusing...
AND SORRY ANA FOR MAKING YOU A SAD ONE BUT IT TOTALLY FIT AND.... ;w; forgive me
Now my poor readers...GET YOUR HEART BROKEN AND ENJOY!//Shot multiple times for being creepy

-~*~-
Dizzy, you felt so dizzy.... what in the world happened?

Fire.

Smoke.

Electric cords swaying violently electrocuting everyone they touched.

The smell of burned flesh and dust.

Screaming.

Panting.

The panic.

The pain in the legs.

Too tired.

Too loud.

"COME ON ______!"

Another explosion.

"THE BUILDING WONT LAST MUCH LONGER, ARU!"

"BABE PLEASE! TRY HARDER! RUN ______!"

How could this have happened? Everything was fine just a few moments ago...

"_-______! Mon Dieu please move faster ma chére!"

"She needs help, da?". You felt yourself beeing gently picked up bridal style.

You shook  your head. Everything was fine. Everything was fine....just a moment ago...everything...crashed.

-~*~-LE 10 MINUTES BEFORE-~*~-

"Think about the love inside the strength of heart"

It was your last day of work before you went on your pregnancy leave. It was kinda busy but your friends and husband Alfred were helping you with the remaining paperwork having finished up most of it. You grabbed a file, opened it and read it. It seems it was a request folder regarding the workers input in your sector of the World Trade Center. After you filled your last report you gave a puff of exaustion.

"Ok guys that's the last of it!" You said grining with pride. Alfred smiled goofily at you. Oh how you adored that smile... It was amazing. It made your stomach flip just like when you started dating. It was amazing actually...  It was like he was made just for you. He knew every little thing to say to make you smile.

"Well of course! The hero makes everything go much faster!" ........Like that. You laughed while he did the "hero" pose and saw your co-workers give him weird looks.

"You git why do you always have to be so bloody loud?" Arthur sighed. Alfred just scoffed at him.

"'Cause i can! And besides it made my Wonderwoman laugh!" Alfred grinned and wrapped one arm around your shoulder while the other rested on your plump stomach, which made you giggle.

"Why are you so annoying-aru?" Yao sighed with annoyance but he was betrayed by a small smirk playing on his lips.

"Come on guys don't tease poor little Alfy!" You grinned at your husband while the others snickered. Said american pouted and crossed his arms over his chest childishly.

"Don't treat me like a kid!" He stuck his tongue out at you. You smacked his shoulder playfuly and laughed along with him.

"Well"- your boss and also your close friend Ivan Braginski rose from his desk with the pile of papers - "Let me just file these and we will be going, da?".

You nodded eagerly and thanked him. You were throwing a party after this with all your close friends and family for your pregnancy, it was said that you were going to have twins so it was a huge reason to celebrate. Ivan nodded in acknowlegement and went to the general archive room in the office.

"_________ mon amour are you going to invite your sweet amie Zoe?" Francis looked at you with questioning eyes. You sighed, you kinda felt bad for the guy, if he wasn't such a creepy stalker Zoe might have liked him.

"Francis your little stalking act freaked her out now she has become paranoid! You REALLY need to change tactics bro! I'm not about to let my little sis get a heart attack and lose the ability to trust men!" Francis pouted but that pout soon turned into an irritaded frown once Yao and Arthur started snickering.

"Oh, i-it's not really his fault right? It's j-just who is is eh?"- Spoke a little computer screen. It was in conference mode from your office's branch in Canada and that little whisper-like voice was Mathew.  Oh yeah Alfred's little brother Mathew worked with you too. He was the one that introduced you to your husband in the first place! He was different than Alfred that's for sure, so when you met Alfred the difference between them was shoking to say the least.

After a few minutes of laughing and trying to pry Arthur and Francis out of eachother's throats Ivan came back. "We go to party now, da?"

You giggle at his accent, it was pure adorable even if he was intimidating. You nodded.

"SEE YA BRO! MAKE SURE TO BE BACK THIS NIGHT FOR THE PARTY!!!!" It was as if Alfred didn't know that Mathew had good hearing. The poor canadian sighed.

"S-Sure Alfred, I'm boarding the plane in one hour so don't worry eh?". Mathew gave his goodbyes and everyone made their way to the elevator when your phone rang. "Hello?"

"________ !!!!! Like, where are you guys?? Everyone is like, totally tired of waiting for you!" Fumed your excentric neighbour Feliks. He was another one of your friends, he was "one of the girls" as you and Elizaveta would put it.

"Sorry Feliks! The paperwork took longer than I thought..."

"Like, you shouldn't over-work yourself. THINK ABOUT THE BABIES!" You burst out laughing, your imagination running wild again just picturing him making wild arms moves.

"Dude seriously you sounded like that church lady from the Simpsons!"

"Hey that woman said CHILDREN not BABIES! I totally have complete rights over this one!" You laugh along with him.

"Ok Feliks whatever you sa-" You hear a few clicking noises before you could finish your sentance "Uhhh Feliks? What are you do-"

"________________!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" You pulled the phone away from your ear wincing. After the yell calmed down you pulled it back in.

"Zoe please don't yell" You giggle. She was always so energetic. "What's all the fuss about?"

"_____ please PLEASE tell me Francis isn't going to be here!" She whined onto the phone. You sigh smiling slightly. It was adorable really, how he would try and gain her heart but messes everything up in the last second. It was like there was a mean writter dictating his fate!

"Don't worry sweety just get Lovino or Elizaveta to help you!" You ligh as she "Eureka'd" victoriously.

"Hell ______ you smart turd! I owe ya one!" You grin knowing she wouldn't be able to see it and said your goodbyes.

"Hey babe who were ya talkin to?"

"Hmm? Oh just my little sis..." Arriving at the elevator you get a bad feeling. Something was not quite right... You glanced at your phone and blinked at the date.... September eleventh... You had a doctor appointment next day... Yeah that was probably it... Doctors made you uneasy.... Yeah...

Wrong.

In just an instant everything was turned to chaos. There was an ear shreding scream and an amazing crash. The whole building shook from it's force, consequentaly unbalancing you. You tried to steady yourself but everything happened so fast, you couldn't do a thing. You fell on your back and the lights were suddenly out. There were more crashing sounds sounding closer and closer till the walls started cracking and the electric cords started breaking and becoming visible through said cracks. You heard numerous screams and what seemed like the building's very foundations bend over and crack. You felt the building tilt slightly. Panic at this point was an understatement. Your mind registered everything and nothing. Your friend's panicked faces. Their mouths moving but no sound, other than the very building crashing, was heard. There was another loud crash and you heard the ceiling cracking.

The next thing you knew it was all dark.

-~*~-

"Think about the heroes saving life in the dark"

"______!". You inhaled sharply and entered a coughing fit. Since when were your lungs filled with dust? You grabbed the closest thing to you and clung to it for dear life.

"Thank god! _________, love, are you alright?"

"Does she look alright? ________ breathe carefuly...."

You slowly opened your eyes. Everything was blurry and your eyes were stinging. You groaned and rubbed them trying faintly to relieve the awful sensation. The first thing you registered was that you smelled something disturbingly familiar. It seemed like Arthur's cooking but... worse...

Managing to finally open your eyes you took in the situation you were in... Not good. You noticed all your friend were accounted for, except for Ivan and-

"BABE! GOD I THOUGHT I LOST YOU!"

You felt yourself being bear hugged. You looked up, still in your inicial shock, to find your husband staring at you intently with tears streaming down his smudged cheeks. You glanced around finally processing what you saw and all the noise seemed to fade away. The "used to be" corridor was filled with rubble. It looked like an "after bombing" scene. Where the printor office once was, is now filled with flames, the ceiling had collapsed now showing part of the floor above, also in ruins. Where the water cooler was.... wait...

Your eyes widened in pure dread. Now the earlier smell made sense... It was the smell of burned flesh. In the place where once stood the water cooler was now a dead body next to the, now melted, water cooler.

This was pure madness... Everything completely unrecognisable.

A hand was waved in front of you and you were finally able to hear your panicked friends. The worried yelling startled you at first making your head snap at them.

"__________! ___________! Can you hear us?"

"Snap out of it, aru!"

You shook your head and rubbed it slowly. Then you turned to Alfred mumbling softly. "Is everyone ok?"

"Yes, everyone is fine. Ivan went scouting ahead. But what about you? Are you ok? Are the babies ok?"

You nodded softly and placed a hand on your stomach. "Everything seems fine. I don't feel any pain other than in my head."

The building shook softly again. You and your friends echanged worried glances. One thing's for sure... you had to get down and fast. Luckyly for you, you were just on the third floor.

Gently helping you up, Alfred started sobbing on your shoulder. You smilled sadly and petted his head comfortingly. You knew he could be a bit of a scaredy cat. He was probably taking the toll of this whole mess. You glanced at the others. They were just as upset as Alfred. Around you were some other survivors. Ones were only scraped. Others... weren't going to make it. You quickly averted your eyes from them.

"T-They need help."

"Alfie we can't... We don't have anything to help them with..." You rested your forehead in his. This was too much. You could just barely take it. The only thing keeping you sane was the three lives you treasured most. Your husband and your unborn babies.

The sound of footsteps on rubble snapped your atention. You rose your head and saw Ivan jogging towards you with a serious look on his normaly smiling face.

"The building isn't going to last. We have to move now."

A survivor stood. "W-Wait, how can you kno-"

"It seems an airplane crashed on top of building. Is that enough reason to get your butts to move?"

"How can that be? How is the building managing to stay up this long?"

"Don't know but we need to move now, da?". Ivan helped both Yao and Mathew to their feet while Arthur helped Francis.

Alfred held your hand tightly. " ________ can you stand?"

With shaky legs and Alfred's help, you managed to stand. You felt slightly dizzy and leaned on him for support. He looked at you worriedly and asked if you were ok.

"Yeah honey, I'm just a bit light headed...".

You saw the remaining survivors scrambeling towards the eastern staircase. They were pushing eachother and trying to outrun eachother and basicaly survive... but the way they neglected the ones they once called their friends was sickening...

-~*~-
"Climbing higher through the fire
Time was running out
Never knowing you weren't going to be coming down alive"

Ivan sighed. "I saw that the staircase next to my office is rubble free... We will go through them, da?"

"Are you sure it isn't a dead-end mon ami? I zink we could use ze one to ze east and-"

The building was suddenly shaking more. You heard a few screams and more parts of the ceiling falling. Then it was eerily quiet. You were running out of time.

"D-Did they just..." You mumbled wide eyed and shaking. They were alive just a few seconds ago... Was life really this fragile?

"Come on lads we have to get a move on!" Arthur and the rest quickly made their way towards the messed up offices and Alfred followed a bit behind. Sensing something missing he turned to you.

"Babe come on!"

However you just stood there. You started feeling cramps. 'Oh no'

Yao turned and looked at you- "What are you doing, aru?? We need to hurry!"

"I-I can't..... move.." You winced and fell to your knees from the cramps. "O-Ohhhhh... Oh no..."

"_-_____? Love are you ok?" Asked Arthur worry written all over his face.

Francis steped closer and went wide eyed. "MERDE SHE'S GIVING LABOR!"

-~*~-LE BEGINING-~*~-
"But you still came back for me
You were strong and you believed"

"WHAT?" Panicked Alfred.

"This is most inoportune"- mumbled the russian.

"GAHHHHHHHHHH!" You cried feeling yourself getting weaker by the second.

"AYIAAAA ________! S-Stay calm! B-Breathe! W-We need to get her out of here NOW aru!"

Dispite having a panic attack Alfred acted quickly and started pulling you with him.

"COME ON ______!" Arthur shouted making his way to the stairs and holding onto the crumbling doorway.

There was another explosion, making Arthur's job a bit more vital.

"THE BUILDING WONT LAST MUCH LONGER, ARU!" Yelled Yao helping Arthur.

"BABE PLEASE! TRY HARDER! RUN ______!". Alfred cried desperatly hoisting your arm over his shoulder.

"_-______! Mon Dieu please move faster ma chére!" Francis took your other shoulder, but unfortunatly he and also Alfred were injured so they weren't making much of a progress.

"She needs help, da?". You felt yourself beeing gently picked up bridal style. Ivan seemed unharmed and at full strengh.

-~*~-
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong believe

"D-Don't worry babe! Everything is going to be alright!" Alfred seemed to be struggling to keep up with Ivan. Still he smiled as he said those words.

"You can believe the git this time ______." Assured Arthur from your left.

"We are tough, da? So you can be too!" Ivan smiled but seemed uneasy.

Your felt dizzy, barely registering what they said. But the words Alfred did say were marked into your memory. He said that with so much confidence... And that smile... It was burned into your head... He was in pain... but... he actually believed.

"A-Are we... gonna.... make it?" You asked faintly.

"Of course, aru! Everything is going to be alright!"

"Be strong ma chere! We 'aren't zat far away!"

"Be strong believe" they all said in unison. And you did.

-~*~-LE NOW-~*~-
Think about the chance I never had to say
Thank you for giving up your life that day
Never fearing only hearing voices calling out
Let it all go the life that you know
Just to bring them down alive

You stared at the memorial stone. He was so brave... and foolish... he saved everyone... sacrificing himself in the process...oh WHY did he had to die? You didn't even get the chance.... to say thank you... and just how much....

Your ears perked up once the speakers strted working. There stood a man, an honorable man.... Alfred liked him a lot if you remembered correctly. He cleared his voice... and spoke.

"Again today,
we take into our hearts and mind
Those who perished on this site one year ago
and also,
those who came to toil in the rubble
To bring order out of chaos,
to help us make sense of Our despair"

Everyone was silent. Heads bowed and hands holding eachother. Thousands of people. All united. Your friends, your family, stangers, children, elderly, punk, policemen, every heart was one for just a moment... A precious moment. You thought back again, to what you could remember.

-~*~-LE STRESSFUL MOMENT AGAIN BUT IN AMERICA'S POV-~*~-

Wanna hold my wife when I get home
Wanna tell the kids they'll never know
How much I love to see them smile

My leg was going to give up any minute now. Oh how I wished I could go back home with ________. To her brightness, to our unborn children... I would give anything to see their smile.... How much Daddy loves them.... The building shook again. Yao found a secure escape root by a fallen pillar.

I talked to the guys.... Ivan heard.... _____ didn't.... They agreed...  It was now or never...

"I'm sorry _______. "

-~*~-LE NOW AGAIN IN YOUR'S TRULY POV-~*~-
Wanna make a change right here right now
Wanna live a life like you somehow
Wanna make your sacrifice worthwhile

You rose your head. "Amen" was chorused as one single voice by milions. A little tear found it's way to the corner of your eye bit it never fell. You felt a hand on your shoulder.

"H-Hey _______." It was Mathew. "How are you holding up?". He asked sheding a tear.

You smiled sadly. "Mattie... don't ask if I'm ok when you obviously aren't..." You hugged him. He hugged right back trying not to burst out sobbing. After his brother's death he helped raise your children. They were both boys... Twins... They reminded you so much of Alfred and Mathew.... One of them even had his cowlick, your hair and Alfred's eyes... While the other had a (insert quirk here ) very much like your own while having Alfred's hair colour and your eye colour. You never re-married... nor ever will... Alfred was your one... and only.

After that horrible day a lot of things changed... You made yourself stronger... more determined...You also quited your company and joined the American front lines against terrorism. You fought, you learned and now you were a high ranking officer in the security branch. You worked hard to get here.... so hard... for him... to make his sacrifice worth something.

Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong believe

You went wide eyed at those words.... that song.... You snaped your head around. It was a band... You listened to the song intently, as did all your family and friends.

-~*~-LE STRESSFUL MOMENT YET AGAIN BUT IN MY CREEPER'S POV-~*~-
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong believe

You turned you head to Alfred confused. "A-Al?"

Alfred kept a smiling face. But it had pain and heartbreak in it too... You glanced at his leg. "A-AL Y-YOUR L-LEG AH!" You winced at the cramps but kep staring straight at him.

"I'm sorry ______. Everything is gonna be alright, believe me babe.... I love you." And with that he leaned against a pillar you didn't even notice bending. He held it.... he kept it there... "LEAVE NOW!"

And with distrought glances... everyone did.

"NOOOO ALFRED JONES GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE WITH ME NOW!" You screamed at the top of your lungs. But it was no use.... You stared at him desperatly and could make up his final words as the pillar fell....

"Everything is gonna be allright
Be strong believe" And with a last grin...

-~*~- LE NOW YET AGAIN-~*~-

Tears fell freely down your face as you listened to the song coming to an end.... and smiled.

Everything is gonna be alright

Arthur and the others sat next to you.

Everything is gonna be alright

Zoe held your hand and whiped away your tears.

Everything is gonna be alright

Yao handed you your babies fast asleep and you held them close to you.

Be strong believe

And you did.

The man talked to the crowd once again, after the song ended.

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here."

"I'll make sure they won't." You whispered lovingly to yours... and Alfred's babies.

Description
Contest entry for #Reader -Inserts
AND
Request by ~imahappyfox
AmericaxReader
~Believe~ by Yellowcard

A/N: Uhm before you guys start getting a tad bit confused this is AU and most part of the lyrics refere to the Allies(you will understand as you read)
IT'S A BIG ASS STORY SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME I COULDN'T PUT IT ANY SHORTER! Oh and there will be LOTS of timeskips so sorry if I mess up, I'll explain it to you if you guys find it confusing...
AND SORRY ANA FOR MAKING YOU A SAD ONE BUT IT TOTALLY FIT AND.... ;w; forgive me
Now my poor readers...GET YOUR HEART BROKEN AND ENJOY!//Shot multiple times for being creepy

-~*~-
Dizzy, you felt so dizzy.... what in the world happened?

Fire.

Smoke.

Electric cords swaying violently electrocuting everyone they touched.

The smell of burned flesh and dust.

Screaming.

Panting.

The panic.

The pain in the legs.

Too tired.

Too loud.

"COME ON ______!"

Another explosion.

"THE BUILDING WONT LAST MUCH LONGER, ARU!"

"BABE PLEASE! TRY HARDER! RUN ______!"

How could this have happened? Everything was fine just a few moments ago...

"_-______! Mon Dieu please move faster ma chére!"

"She needs help, da?". You felt yourself beeing gently picked up bridal style.

You shook  your head. Everything was fine. Everything was fine....just a moment ago...everything...crashed.

-~*~-LE 10 MINUTES BEFORE-~*~-

"Think about the love inside the strength of heart"

It was your last day of work before you went on your pregnancy leave. It was kinda busy but your friends and husband Alfred were helping you with the remaining paperwork having finished up most of it. You grabbed a file, opened it and read it. It seems it was a request folder regarding the workers input in your sector of the World Trade Center. After you filled your last report you gave a puff of exaustion.

"Ok guys that's the last of it!" You said grining with pride. Alfred smiled goofily at you. Oh how you adored that smile... It was amazing. It made your stomach flip just like when you started dating. It was amazing actually...  It was like he was made just for you. He knew every little thing to say to make you smile.

"Well of course! The hero makes everything go much faster!" ........Like that. You laughed while he did the "hero" pose and saw your co-workers give him weird looks.

"You git why do you always have to be so bloody loud?" Arthur sighed. Alfred just scoffed at him.

"'Cause i can! And besides it made my Wonderwoman laugh!" Alfred grinned and wrapped one arm around your shoulder while the other rested on your plump stomach, which made you giggle.

"Why are you so annoying-aru?" Yao sighed with annoyance but he was betrayed by a small smirk playing on his lips.

"Come on guys don't tease poor little Alfy!" You grinned at your husband while the others snickered. Said american pouted and crossed his arms over his chest childishly.

"Don't treat me like a kid!" He stuck his tongue out at you. You smacked his shoulder playfuly and laughed along with him.

"Well"- your boss and also your close friend Ivan Braginski rose from his desk with the pile of papers - "Let me just file these and we will be going, da?".

You nodded eagerly and thanked him. You were throwing a party after this with all your close friends and family for your pregnancy, it was said that you were going to have twins so it was a huge reason to celebrate. Ivan nodded in acknowlegement and went to the general archive room in the office.

"_________ mon amour are you going to invite your sweet amie Zoe?" Francis looked at you with questioning eyes. You sighed, you kinda felt bad for the guy, if he wasn't such a creepy stalker Zoe might have liked him.

"Francis your little stalking act freaked her out now she has become paranoid! You REALLY need to change tactics bro! I'm not about to let my little sis get a heart attack and lose the ability to trust men!" Francis pouted but that pout soon turned into an irritaded frown once Yao and Arthur started snickering.

"Oh, i-it's not really his fault right? It's j-just who is is eh?"- Spoke a little computer screen. It was in conference mode from your office's branch in Canada and that little whisper-like voice was Mathew.  Oh yeah Alfred's little brother Mathew worked with you too. He was the one that introduced you to your husband in the first place! He was different than Alfred that's for sure, so when you met Alfred the difference between them was shoking to say the least.

After a few minutes of laughing and trying to pry Arthur and Francis out of eachother's throats Ivan came back. "We go to party now, da?"

You giggle at his accent, it was pure adorable even if he was intimidating. You nodded.

"SEE YA BRO! MAKE SURE TO BE BACK THIS NIGHT FOR THE PARTY!!!!" It was as if Alfred didn't know that Mathew had good hearing. The poor canadian sighed.

"S-Sure Alfred, I'm boarding the plane in one hour so don't worry eh?". Mathew gave his goodbyes and everyone made their way to the elevator when your phone rang. "Hello?"

"________ !!!!! Like, where are you guys?? Everyone is like, totally tired of waiting for you!" Fumed your excentric neighbour Feliks. He was another one of your friends, he was "one of the girls" as you and Elizaveta would put it.

"Sorry Feliks! The paperwork took longer than I thought..."

"Like, you shouldn't over-work yourself. THINK ABOUT THE BABIES!" You burst out laughing, your imagination running wild again just picturing him making wild arms moves.

"Dude seriously you sounded like that church lady from the Simpsons!"

"Hey that woman said CHILDREN not BABIES! I totally have complete rights over this one!" You laugh along with him.

"Ok Feliks whatever you sa-" You hear a few clicking noises before you could finish your sentance "Uhhh Feliks? What are you do-"

"________________!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" You pulled the phone away from your ear wincing. After the yell calmed down you pulled it back in.

"Zoe please don't yell" You giggle. She was always so energetic. "What's all the fuss about?"

"_____ please PLEASE tell me Francis isn't going to be here!" She whined onto the phone. You sigh smiling slightly. It was adorable really, how he would try and gain her heart but messes everything up in the last second. It was like there was a mean writter dictating his fate!

"Don't worry sweety just get Lovino or Elizaveta to help you!" You ligh as she "Eureka'd" victoriously.

"Hell ______ you smart turd! I owe ya one!" You grin knowing she wouldn't be able to see it and said your goodbyes.

"Hey babe who were ya talkin to?"

"Hmm? Oh just my little sis..." Arriving at the elevator you get a bad feeling. Something was not quite right... You glanced at your phone and blinked at the date.... September eleventh... You had a doctor appointment next day... Yeah that was probably it... Doctors made you uneasy.... Yeah...

Wrong.

In just an instant everything was turned to chaos. There was an ear shreding scream and an amazing crash. The whole building shook from it's force, consequentaly unbalancing you. You tried to steady yourself but everything happened so fast, you couldn't do a thing. You fell on your back and the lights were suddenly out. There were more crashing sounds sounding closer and closer till the walls started cracking and the electric cords started breaking and becoming visible through said cracks. You heard numerous screams and what seemed like the building's very foundations bend over and crack. You felt the building tilt slightly. Panic at this point was an understatement. Your mind registered everything and nothing. Your friend's panicked faces. Their mouths moving but no sound, other than the very building crashing, was heard. There was another loud crash and you heard the ceiling cracking.

The next thing you knew it was all dark.

-~*~-

"Think about the heroes saving life in the dark"

"______!". You inhaled sharply and entered a coughing fit. Since when were your lungs filled with dust? You grabbed the closest thing to you and clung to it for dear life.

"Thank god! _________, love, are you alright?"

"Does she look alright? ________ breathe carefuly...."

You slowly opened your eyes. Everything was blurry and your eyes were stinging. You groaned and rubbed them trying faintly to relieve the awful sensation. The first thing you registered was that you smelled something disturbingly familiar. It seemed like Arthur's cooking but... worse...

Managing to finally open your eyes you took in the situation you were in... Not good. You noticed all your friend were accounted for, except for Ivan and-

"BABE! GOD I THOUGHT I LOST YOU!"

You felt yourself being bear hugged. You looked up, still in your inicial shock, to find your husband staring at you intently with tears streaming down his smudged cheeks. You glanced around finally processing what you saw and all the noise seemed to fade away. The "used to be" corridor was filled with rubble. It looked like an "after bombing" scene. Where the printor office once was, is now filled with flames, the ceiling had collapsed now showing part of the floor above, also in ruins. Where the water cooler was.... wait...

Your eyes widened in pure dread. Now the earlier smell made sense... It was the smell of burned flesh. In the place where once stood the water cooler was now a dead body next to the, now melted, water cooler.

This was pure madness... Everything completely unrecognisable.

A hand was waved in front of you and you were finally able to hear your panicked friends. The worried yelling startled you at first making your head snap at them.

"__________! ___________! Can you hear us?"

"Snap out of it, aru!"

You shook your head and rubbed it slowly. Then you turned to Alfred mumbling softly. "Is everyone ok?"

"Yes, everyone is fine. Ivan went scouting ahead. But what about you? Are you ok? Are the babies ok?"

You nodded softly and placed a hand on your stomach. "Everything seems fine. I don't feel any pain other than in my head."

The building shook softly again. You and your friends echanged worried glances. One thing's for sure... you had to get down and fast. Luckyly for you, you were just on the third floor.

Gently helping you up, Alfred started sobbing on your shoulder. You smilled sadly and petted his head comfortingly. You knew he could be a bit of a scaredy cat. He was probably taking the toll of this whole mess. You glanced at the others. They were just as upset as Alfred. Around you were some other survivors. Ones were only scraped. Others... weren't going to make it. You quickly averted your eyes from them.

"T-They need help."

"Alfie we can't... We don't have anything to help them with..." You rested your forehead in his. This was too much. You could just barely take it. The only thing keeping you sane was the three lives you treasured most. Your husband and your unborn babies.

The sound of footsteps on rubble snapped your atention. You rose your head and saw Ivan jogging towards you with a serious look on his normaly smiling face.

"The building isn't going to last. We have to move now."

A survivor stood. "W-Wait, how can you kno-"

"It seems an airplane crashed on top of building. Is that enough reason to get your butts to move?"

"How can that be? How is the building managing to stay up this long?"

"Don't know but we need to move now, da?". Ivan helped both Yao and Mathew to their feet while Arthur helped Francis.

Alfred held your hand tightly. " ________ can you stand?"

With shaky legs and Alfred's help, you managed to stand. You felt slightly dizzy and leaned on him for support. He looked at you worriedly and asked if you were ok.

"Yeah honey, I'm just a bit light headed...".

You saw the remaining survivors scrambeling towards the eastern staircase. They were pushing eachother and trying to outrun eachother and basicaly survive... but the way they neglected the ones they once called their friends was sickening...

-~*~-
"Climbing higher through the fire
Time was running out
Never knowing you weren't going to be coming down alive"

Ivan sighed. "I saw that the staircase next to my office is rubble free... We will go through them, da?"

"Are you sure it isn't a dead-end mon ami? I zink we could use ze one to ze east and-"

The building was suddenly shaking more. You heard a few screams and more parts of the ceiling falling. Then it was eerily quiet. You were running out of time.

"D-Did they just..." You mumbled wide eyed and shaking. They were alive just a few seconds ago... Was life really this fragile?

"Come on lads we have to get a move on!" Arthur and the rest quickly made their way towards the messed up offices and Alfred followed a bit behind. Sensing something missing he turned to you.

"Babe come on!"

However you just stood there. You started feeling cramps. 'Oh no'

Yao turned and looked at you- "What are you doing, aru?? We need to hurry!"

"I-I can't..... move.." You winced and fell to your knees from the cramps. "O-Ohhhhh... Oh no..."

"_-_____? Love are you ok?" Asked Arthur worry written all over his face.

Francis steped closer and went wide eyed. "MERDE SHE'S GIVING LABOR!"

-~*~-LE BEGINING-~*~-
"But you still came back for me
You were strong and you believed"

"WHAT?" Panicked Alfred.

"This is most inoportune"- mumbled the russian.

"GAHHHHHHHHHH!" You cried feeling yourself getting weaker by the second.

"AYIAAAA ________! S-Stay calm! B-Breathe! W-We need to get her out of here NOW aru!"

Dispite having a panic attack Alfred acted quickly and started pulling you with him.

"COME ON ______!" Arthur shouted making his way to the stairs and holding onto the crumbling doorway.

There was another explosion, making Arthur's job a bit more vital.

"THE BUILDING WONT LAST MUCH LONGER, ARU!" Yelled Yao helping Arthur.

"BABE PLEASE! TRY HARDER! RUN ______!". Alfred cried desperatly hoisting your arm over his shoulder.

"_-______! Mon Dieu please move faster ma chére!" Francis took your other shoulder, but unfortunatly he and also Alfred were injured so they weren't making much of a progress.

"She needs help, da?". You felt yourself beeing gently picked up bridal style. Ivan seemed unharmed and at full strengh.

-~*~-
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong believe

"D-Don't worry babe! Everything is going to be alright!" Alfred seemed to be struggling to keep up with Ivan. Still he smiled as he said those words.

"You can believe the git this time ______." Assured Arthur from your left.

"We are tough, da? So you can be too!" Ivan smiled but seemed uneasy.

Your felt dizzy, barely registering what they said. But the words Alfred did say were marked into your memory. He said that with so much confidence... And that smile... It was burned into your head... He was in pain... but... he actually believed.

"A-Are we... gonna.... make it?" You asked faintly.

"Of course, aru! Everything is going to be alright!"

"Be strong ma chere! We 'aren't zat far away!"

"Be strong believe" they all said in unison. And you did.

-~*~-LE NOW-~*~-
Think about the chance I never had to say
Thank you for giving up your life that day
Never fearing only hearing voices calling out
Let it all go the life that you know
Just to bring them down alive

You stared at the memorial stone. He was so brave... and foolish... he saved everyone... sacrificing himself in the process...oh WHY did he had to die? You didn't even get the chance.... to say thank you... and just how much....

Your ears perked up once the speakers strted working. There stood a man, an honorable man.... Alfred liked him a lot if you remembered correctly. He cleared his voice... and spoke.

"Again today,
we take into our hearts and mind
Those who perished on this site one year ago
and also,
those who came to toil in the rubble
To bring order out of chaos,
to help us make sense of Our despair"

Everyone was silent. Heads bowed and hands holding eachother. Thousands of people. All united. Your friends, your family, stangers, children, elderly, punk, policemen, every heart was one for just a moment... A precious moment. You thought back again, to what you could remember.

-~*~-LE STRESSFUL MOMENT AGAIN BUT IN AMERICA'S POV-~*~-

Wanna hold my wife when I get home
Wanna tell the kids they'll never know
How much I love to see them smile

My leg was going to give up any minute now. Oh how I wished I could go back home with ________. To her brightness, to our unborn children... I would give anything to see their smile.... How much Daddy loves them.... The building shook again. Yao found a secure escape root by a fallen pillar.

I talked to the guys.... Ivan heard.... _____ didn't.... They agreed...  It was now or never...

"I'm sorry _______. "

-~*~-LE NOW AGAIN IN YOUR'S TRULY POV-~*~-
Wanna make a change right here right now
Wanna live a life like you somehow
Wanna make your sacrifice worthwhile

You rose your head. "Amen" was chorused as one single voice by milions. A little tear found it's way to the corner of your eye bit it never fell. You felt a hand on your shoulder.

"H-Hey _______." It was Mathew. "How are you holding up?". He asked sheding a tear.

You smiled sadly. "Mattie... don't ask if I'm ok when you obviously aren't..." You hugged him. He hugged right back trying not to burst out sobbing. After his brother's death he helped raise your children. They were both boys... Twins... They reminded you so much of Alfred and Mathew.... One of them even had his cowlick, your hair and Alfred's eyes... While the other had a (insert quirk here ) very much like your own while having Alfred's hair colour and your eye colour. You never re-married... nor ever will... Alfred was your one... and only.

After that horrible day a lot of things changed... You made yourself stronger... more determined...You also quited your company and joined the American front lines against terrorism. You fought, you learned and now you were a high ranking officer in the security branch. You worked hard to get here.... so hard... for him... to make his sacrifice worth something.

Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong believe

You went wide eyed at those words.... that song.... You snaped your head around. It was a band... You listened to the song intently, as did all your family and friends.

-~*~-LE STRESSFUL MOMENT YET AGAIN BUT IN MY CREEPER'S POV-~*~-
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Be strong believe

You turned you head to Alfred confused. "A-Al?"

Alfred kept a smiling face. But it had pain and heartbreak in it too... You glanced at his leg. "A-AL Y-YOUR L-LEG AH!" You winced at the cramps but kep staring straight at him.

"I'm sorry ______. Everything is gonna be alright, believe me babe.... I love you." And with that he leaned against a pillar you didn't even notice bending. He held it.... he kept it there... "LEAVE NOW!"

And with distrought glances... everyone did.

"NOOOO ALFRED JONES GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE WITH ME NOW!" You screamed at the top of your lungs. But it was no use.... You stared at him desperatly and could make up his final words as the pillar fell....

"Everything is gonna be allright
Be strong believe" And with a last grin...

-~*~- LE NOW YET AGAIN-~*~-

Tears fell freely down your face as you listened to the song coming to an end.... and smiled.

Everything is gonna be alright

Arthur and the others sat next to you.

Everything is gonna be alright

Zoe held your hand and whiped away your tears.

Everything is gonna be alright

Yao handed you your babies fast asleep and you held them close to you.

Be strong believe

And you did.

The man talked to the crowd once again, after the song ended.

"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here."

"I'll make sure they won't." You whispered lovingly to yours... and Alfred's babies.