𝒮𝑜𝓊𝓁𝓈 𝐼𝓃 𝒯𝒾𝓂𝑒 [A Statehuman Story]

The burning pit..

In the morning the sun hit the broken windows, Texas woke up having a headache and his stomach hurt, wondering why there was a coat on him, he realized that he was not in the same carpet he was used to sleeping on for the past two years.

He sat up and looked for his siblings and heard giggling and laughing, he was very surprised, he got out of bed without realizing that he left a small puddle of blood on the sheets.

He only had the bandages and his oversized shirt on and some shorts which he always wore around the house.

He looked outside and saw his siblings and his new friend playing in the snow, he smiled but immediately stopped due to the pain that he felt when he did so.

He was confused so he went into the bathroom and looked at himself on the broken mirror, he was startled from his expression. The giant cut was horrifying, he saw it was already healing, out of curiosity he opened his mouth and the flesh showed some of his teeth and parts of the inside of his cheeks.

Quickly closing his mouth he looked around in the bathroom and found a black facemask that his 'dad' used.

He picked it up and dusted some of the dirt off, then he put it on and placed his hair beside, he looked like a girl.., he sighed and grabbed a brush and started to untangle it.

It was a hard job due to the pieces of dried blood on it and multiple leaves, once he did that he went for the big red coat he found himself in and put on some boots. He grabbed his hat and before he put it on he made himself a braid.

Once he walked outside he saw Moscow sitting by a nearby tree, he went to sit next to him. He couldn't run, when he first tried to his stomach hurt.

He walked to the tree without his other siblings noticing him, "good morning.." he mumbled trying not to move his mouth a whole lot.

The red state beside him was startled but relaxed, "morning..arre you ok?" He asked trying to look at the injuries, Texas nodded, "brother!" Said Virginia finally noticing bringing the attention of the rest, Louisiana saw everyone moving in one single direction fast and looked over where they were going until she also saw her brother.

They all ran to him except Florida who had to be carried by South Carolina who was trying to get to him as fast as she could but also trying not to drop Florida.

"Im sorry!" Said Virginia hugging him, Texas only patted her head in response. She sniffed a bit but returned to her usual self, "are you ok now?" She asked him.

He simply nodded, he turned towards South Carolina who had her hair a tangled mess, probably another episode..thought Texas.

He indicated her to sit down, she did and placed Florida in between her legs, the sunshine boy was falling asleep.
He looked to Louisiana and made a motion of brushing her hair, Louisiana nodded and rushed inside the house, a few minutes later she came back with a brown wooden brush.

She gave it to Texas and he started to untangle her hair, when he finished he made a bun and tied it around with a string he found inside his pocket.

After that they all went to play again, Moscow noticed the Texan still had his coat on and smiled at his friend. "Hey, I vas vonderrin.. vould yu lik dis?"

He handed him a shiny pocket knife, Texas politely declined, but the other grabbed his hand and placed it on there. The other tried to give it back but Moscow had rejected it and put his hands in his pocket.

"I hav a felling you vill need itz" he simply said, the Texan considered it and sighed, he put it inside a pocket inside his sleeve that he had made for some reason.

× × ×

St. Petersburg and Kiev walked on the snow full of leaves, their father had made them look for his brother who had been disappearing almost every day, when he came back he was all bubbly and smiling, which is something he never does.

Once he came back without his coat and dad got mad at him because he thought someone had robbed him.

Honestly, Kiev was pretty curious who or what was making his brother this happy, they marched with their pocket knifes in their hands.

"Брат I hearrd somethin" said Kiev, he heard some laughing somewhere east. St. Petersburg rolled his eyes and followed Kiev who was already running towards the sound.

When they reached their destination they saw about ten kids playing in the snow. "Lokk brrother!" Said Kiev pointing to the tree which their brother and two other people were.

They saw that Moscow was chatting with someone, well mostly with the smaller person who was in-between another's legs. The boy had a cross and a small yellow dot on the front.

The one who the boy was placed in between had his head placed on their brother's shoulder seemingly asleep, and he seemed to also have his coat on and a brown hat.

Kiev walked closer and started listening to the conversation..

"So he likes snow, flowers..his favorite are bluebonnets which we found growing in a big field, though I can't remember when or where that happened.. anyways, he is a big apple lover and his favorite color is blue!" He said, their brother was listening intensely at the little boy who seemed to be around eleven mabye?

St. Petersburg stepped on a stick which made a very audible snap. Moscow turned his head around and his heart dropped when he saw his siblings. "W-who's that?" Said Georgia who was being dragged away towards the rest closer to Florida.

"Those arr my siblings.." said Moscow standing up, waking up the Texan, he looked at him in confusion, "I need to go..sorry" he said.

The Texan nodded and stood up weakly, he motioned the other's inside and once everyone was inside Texas let North Carolina carry Florida and he looked at Moscow one last time before going inside as well.

× × ×

"Comm on tell uz!" Said Kiev in his poor English, "нет I alrready said no" said Moscow looking very angry but also worried, his stomach was sinking even deeper as the sun set and the sound of far away owls engulfed his ears. The three kept walking, whenever they made it to their home they weren't surprised the door was unlocked and that their siblings were all talking.

Their father usually had his meetings with B.R.I.C.S or I think that's what they called it at this time.

All three marched inside and immediately Moscow pushed past his siblings and rushed to his room, the sinking feeling getting stronger and stronger as the minutes ticked by, he sighed and grabbed and extra coat and hats, he had a spare pocket knife and squashed it inside his pockets.

He jumped out of his window towards the branck of a tree, and when he got down he sprinted west towards the American household.

× × ×

The kids were all asleep, Texas was now on his usual spot with the coat still on him.

The mysterious man walked closer and with several ropes, he tied each and everyone of them together. He put them on the floor.

He walked outside and grabbed the seven gasoline jugs and started to dump them all over the garden, front door and roof, then he moved his truck towards the front door and covered the windows with it. He dumped another two jugs on the car and then he cut the apple tree which fell on the truck.

He grabbed matches and lit everything, it all rose into flames as he chuckled, as he took out a gun from his belt  and pointed it at his head...

BANG