HEY THERE GAIS.

I'm sorry It's been so long since I've updated any of my stories. My computer got a virus... D: I lost a lot of things. So I have to start from scratch.

I WROTE THIS IN A DAY OR SO NOT STRAIGHTLY WORKING ON IT. I think it went well. Mmm Estonia :3

Disclaimer: I own nothing. :( Unfortunatly

Fight Fire with Fire

It was a quiet evening for the three Baltic nations. They sat with each other at their worn out oak table, quietly eating dinner. The three, rarely ate together excluding Russia. Lithuania, sat quietly next to Estonia and they exchanged light conversation here and there. Latvia sat there smiling and playing with his food quietly. The three Baltic nations couldn't be happier until a too familiar slam coming from the foyer. Russia was back, and he sounded angry.

Estonia and Lithuania jumped quietly while Latvia gave off a horrified look. The three trembled quietly, although Liet looked like he was going to die just by hearing Russia enter the house. Estonia's hand flexed into a fist as soon as he saw Russia walk into the room and Latvia stopped playing with his food instantly. The looks on their faces were almost the same; a fake contented face but fear creeping as well. The tall Russian looked over at the three of them, and said loudly in his thick English accent

"Vhat are your product stockz of zhis month?"

Estonia felt like he was going to die right there. He hadn't looked over the stocks since last weekend since he had been busy nursing Lithuania back to health after Russia locked in him a closet for three days straight. He knew that Latvia's stocks had stayed the same over the course of the month, and Lithuania's had gone up and his one stayed the same. Russia then gave him a cold hard stare, that made Estonia jumped out of his seat and rush to his laptop in the study, a room away. He calmed himself down, while his hands whipped over the keyboard expertly.

Lithuania slowly walked into the room not too long after, a calmer look on his face. He weakly smiled while watching Estonia type with rapid speed. He cleared his throat quietly, getting Estonia's attention.

"The product stocks... I'm last again" he said, biting his lip in shame. The sound of Estonia's fingers hitting the keys came to a stop. Not too long after, they started back up, typing even faster. Estonia didn't know that Lithuania looked at the stocks at the beginning at the month; he hadn't actually seen them for the end of the month.

"I don't want you to get hurt again Toris" Estonia quietly told the other nation, his fingers whipping over the keys. Lithuania's head shot up quickly, looking concerned.

"Please, I'll be fine. I'm getting used to it" he lied through his teeth. Estonia's own teeth grinded against each other and his hands came to a stop. He silently got up and grabbed the printed sums. He had been so busy typing and talking he hadn't noticed the actual numbers.

Lithuania's product stocks had only dropped 0.03 percent, while Latvia's sums had also dropped 0.04 percent. Estonia's eyes got to his own stocks and almost dropped the papers. His stocks had dropped five percent over this month! Five percent! He felt himself walk backwards into the wall, sliding down it slowly. Lithuania walked over and gasped at the numbers. Estonia was being hit by the recession! Lithuania went to help him up, but he was too late as Russia smashed through the doors, marching over to the stunned Estonian. The Russian tapped him pipe in his hand in a slow motion, a creepy evil grin slipping on his face.

"Ze papers Eduard" he said in a cold voice at the poor Estonian. He nodded quietly, got his composure back and stood up, handing the papers to the Russian. He kept quiet, scanning over the papers with ease. He stopped suddenly before walking over to Estonia, his aura growing more evil every second.

"Vhat is zhis Eduard?" he asked, showing the nation his own paper with the five percent decrease. He gulped, unable to find any words. "Vou fail me?" he asked another question while swinging the pipe. Estonia twitched nervously, something that none of the Baltic regions had ever seen him do. Lithuania was going to intervene but Latvia stopped him, tears stinging the small boys' eyes. Estonia looked up at the nation and said in a very proud voice.

"I will do better next month, Russi-"he was cut off by the sound of Russia's pipe connecting with his shoulder. "Vou vill do better?! Ha! That zis a laugh, da!" the Russian started to laugh, before swinging the pipe into the exact same spot, watching the Estonia crippled in pain. He continued to laugh before hitting the top of his shoulder, Eduard falling to the ground. Russia's aura grew even more purple, his voice and presence becoming cold and cruel.

"It's not good to bully others-"Estonia started before Russia stomped on his right hand. A loud cry was heard from the nation, as Russia looked down at him.

"Vou are a veak nation, da? Oh Eduard, I expected more zhan zis, da!" his tone grew louder before he stomped again on his hand, smiling satisfactorily as he heard a few loud 'CRACKS!' Lithuania tried to get out of the grip Latvia had on him. Latvia started to silently cry and he watched Russia bend down and steal Eduard's glasses from his face.

"I-Ivan plea-"Eduard was once again cut off while begging to Russia to stop. He heard the 'SNAP!' of his glasses near his face. Lithuania and Latvia watched quietly before Russia's hand connected with the left side of Estonia's face.

"Tisk tisk. I am ashamed Eduard. Truly ashamed" The Russian did his best to emphasize; only it came out like he pitiedEduard. The blonde haired Estonian said nothing, only clutched his eye. Lithuania broke free of Latvia's small grip (he could've broken through it easily, he just wanted to see what was going to happen to Estonia) and ran to Estonia, putting an arm around him. He whispered quietly in Russian, and a few seconds later the Estonian burst into tears.

The Russian smiled, knowing that his job was done. He picked up the now bloody pipe and walked out, almost a spring in his step. Once the doors closed, Latvia ran and hugged onto Estonia, careful not to touch his shoulder. The Estonian didn't know what to do, and continued to cry softly.

Three hours later, after Lithuania, Latvia and himself had covered all the cuts, his hand and his shoulder, Eduard was off to dream land. His bedroom was on the right hand side of the house, and it was only a few rooms away from the study. As Estonia slept, the other two nations wondered about what Russia would do to them, considering their stocks dropped too.

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A day later, Estonia woke up to an empty bedroom. He groaned loudly, stretched his left side and sat up. He saw a small note written on a piece of paper. It read, in simple Russian,

"Eduard,

Latvia and I have gone out for the day. Sweden and Finland said they were coming to visit you today. Also, they're bringing piiraka. Hope you slept well.

Lithuania"

Eduard smiled to himself, before he saw the door handle turn and in entered Finland, along with Sweden. Eduard watched as the two walked in, Sweden going for Finland's hand twice before he got the hint.

The Finnish man was the first to walk over to Estonia, followed quickly by Sweden. Eduard slightly smiled at the two nations approached him. Estonia noticed he also had a small basket full of piiraka. Yum.

"'r' y'u 'lr'g't Ed'r'd?" Sweden asked in his very thick accent. Estonia nodded quietly while Finland inspected Estonia with his eyes. "What happened to you?" Finland asked his voice full of concern. Estonia didn't want to tell them, but he looked down, ashamed of himself.

"My product stocks were not high enough for Russia..." he started quietly, before then he realized that Sweden's aura turned deadly and Finland looked upset.

"Why do you even concern yourself with Russia?" Finland started, getting into a topic Estonia didn't want to talk about. "Y'u sh'ul've c'me w't us" Sweden finished the topic. Estonia bit his lip nervously. Of course those two wanted Estonia to leave the Baltic region and become a part of those two. They basically wanted to adopt him.

"I-I..." he started, unable to find words. Sweden was sitting at the edge of his tiny bed and Finland was standing near his nightstand. "I couldn't do that... I-I have to protect Lithuania and Latvia."

"Y'u 'll sh'ld've c'me w't us" Sweden said, guilt sinking into Estonia. All Eduard had were excuses to why he couldn't leave, but in truth he wanted too. Once the words sank into him, tears stung at his eyes and Finland sat next to him, slinging an arm around the nation.

"And you protect them by lying?"

"It's not like that!" the Estonian defended himself. "I'm being hit by the recession"

"There is no way a country's stocks could go down that fast"

"Well they did!" Estonia felt horrible while arguing with this Finnish man. Sweden moved from the bed and sat next to Finland, his glasses showed the anger in his eyes towards Estonia.

"W'll t'lk t' 'us'ia" he said, his tone serious and demanding. Estonia did a double-take. He didn't want Berwald and Tino to talk to Russia. The Russian would try and kill those two, or worse. When the two would leave, he would kill Estonia.

But of course, about ten minutes later, after eating Piiraka, the three were on their way to talk to Russia.

I will be continuing this. Reviews please~ I hope I kept everyone in Character...