BANG

Veneziano dropped the spoon he was using to stir his pasta into the pot. Romano jumped and splattered sauce everywhere.

Japan turned his head to look eastward.

France stopped what he was doing to look towards the New World. Spain, too, turned away from France to look towards the location of his colonies. Prussia chuckled. Soon he would be out there having fun.

China took a sip of tea, sitting calmly, senses alert.

Russia, huddling under a table, began to chant "kolkolkol." Belarus momentarily stopped scratching at the door to find the location of the sound.

Austria cut off in the middle of his concerto, annoyed that a so not in tune note had interrupted. Hungary was torn between laughing and asking him to start again.

Poland stopped talking mid "Like," in confusion. Lithuania breathed a short sigh of relief before looking westward.

Latvia's shaking intensified. Estonia gave up trying to calm the other.

Ukraine jumped before sadly wondering who was fighting now.

Switzerland heard it, but didn't let it stop him from cleaning his gun. Liechtenstein looked worried but said nothing.

Finland sighed. It had come from the territory he had once wanted. Sweden looked concerned.

Iceland, Denmark, and Norway had been sitting down to dinner and the sound caused them all to jump and drop their silverware.

Turkey and Greece stopped their arguing momentarily. When nothing else was heard, they started up again.

Egypt said nothing, but he did send a quick glance towards the west.

Belgium sighed. Another day. Another war.

Cuba groaned. It must have been the idiot again.

Canada wanted to cry. Why couldn't they just get along?

Korea frowned. It was no fun when brothers fought.

America and England looked at each other in a mixture of pure shock and anger.

"You think anyone heard that?" America asked sheepishly.

"I think the whole world did, idiot," England snapped.