Red Stained Paper

Chapter 1

New York walked along the empty path, the night was still and silent. With the current situation, he was on edge, looking for anything that could clue him in before anything turns south. Most of the States were back at the statehouse, New York needed some space to breathe. It's not like he can die anyway, so while it might not be pleasant if the killer decides to make him a target, it wouldn't be the end of his life.
As he continued on, something caught his eye, something red. It looked like there was a hand sticking out of the brush.
Oh, oh god. That is a body.
The corpse was mangled far beyond recognition, just like all of the others. New York felt like he was going to be sick.
After taking a second to regain his composure, he continued on his walk. He would have to report this later, but New York knew better than to mind someone else's business in a situation like this.
Hours later police had investigated the scene and New York sat back in the statehouse, the other Northeastern states were huddled around him. New York internally grumbled as he knew the others would likely spend all night fussing over him and they would probably try to keep him from going on anymore walks alone at night. That last part made sense but that didn't mean New York had to like it.
"Ya know ya shouldn't be out by yourself, this killer coulda done somethin' to ya," Massachusetts said with a tone that was trying to sound cross but New York could hear the concern.
"I woulda been fine, it's not like I couldn't take this guy in a fight," New York snapped back. The two had a very aggressive way of speaking. Often meaningful conversations would sound like arguments to an outside observer. "Plus, even if I didn't win, I can't even die, so I would be back in a couple o' hours."
Mass seemed to only get more worried, "York, according to what tha authorities have shared, the victims weren't killed immediately. Please, be careful."
Georgia watched as the two states continued to talk. He was so tired, but he couldn't sleep. All of this fear was starting to get to him. He just wanted peace but every time he relaxed, another body was found. This one was one of his people, he could feel it, but he didn't say anything. The others already had enough to worry about.

Notes: Hey, I got a short little intro chapter for a fic idea I had. I like this idea so I am probably going to continue it.