Hetalia- World Meeting

[Gilbert Beilschmidt]

Gilbert sighed. "Alright. Let's do this." Since he wasn't the tallest or the shortest, he would have to be the strongest. Hopefully that was how things like that worked. Process of elimination, right? He glanced at Roderich. "I hope to Fritz you're the tallest," he added. "Because I am not measuring in the pitch darkness." He wondered if they could hear his heart pound; it seemed to be beating hard enough for this to be the case.

[Roderich Edelstein]

"Alright I'm not sure which one of us is taller and in this light it's impossible to tell." Roderich agreed, his voice a bit nervous as the elevator made yet another noise. "But it's obvious Kiku is the shortest and I doubt he or I could lift you so I suppose you're the strongest in out situation." he said glancing up.

[Kiku Honda]

Kiku forced himself to stand straight, his back screaming in pain. He wondered if he threw his back out. 'Great.' he thought. 'Just what we need right now'. "Gilbert-san, hurry, lift Austria-san!"

[Gilbert Beilschmidt]

Alright. How the hell am I going to do this?

Gilbert vaguely made out Roderich's shadow in the pitch blackness. "I have no idea..." he began. He called up to Arthur. "Uh, do I just grab him honeymoon-style and he picks up Kiku, or what?" Fritz, I'm bad at this. It's a good thing I don't give a rat's ass about being a hero.

[Arthur Kirkland]

"W-w-what? I don't know! Kiku! Try climbing on to Gilbert's back! Then Roderich will pick you up! How about that?"

[Gilbert Beilschmidt]

Gilbert was glad that no one could see his face in the pitch blackness. He was incredibly confused, but it was okay. "Alright, if you say so," he said, shrugging. After all, what the hell did he know?

[Roderich Edelstein]

"First I need to get up there." Roderich mumbled. "Gilbert!" he snapped. "Interlock your fingers so I can use your hands as a step. I'll get the exit open and from there Kiku will do the same. I'll be on top of the elevator to help Kiku up and then you, understand?" he instructed.

[Kiku Honda]

Kiku blinked in the darkness, then said nervously, "I-I don't think I can, I might have threw out my back, but I-I'll try..." he winced as he grabbed Gilbert's shoulders. "I just climb up?"

[Gilbert Beilschmidt]

Gilbert nodded to both of them in the darkness, until he realized that no one could see him. "Okay," he said. "And yes," he added to Kiku. He held his hands in such a way that the plan would hopefully work.

[Kiku Honda]

"You go first Roderich-san." Kiku told him, trying to stop the pain long enough to escape.

[Roderich Edelstein]

Roderich put his hand on Gilbert's shoulder to balance himself then his foot on the makeshift step of Gilbert's hands. He searched around blindly until he came across the handle to the exit. He quickly opened it and managed to pull himself up and out. "Okay Kiku, your turn." he called.

[Gilbert Beilschmidt]

Gilbert breathed shakily. "See," he muttered under his breath, "we're okay, everything's okay..."

[Kiku Honda]

Kiku nodded gripping Gilbert's shoulder shakily, unable to move correctly from his back. He tried to copy Roderich's movements, but he cried out when his back spasmed. "I c-cant..."

[Roderich Edelstein]

Roderich leaned down and held his arms out "I'll just pull you up then. Come on." he urged him onward. "You have to hurry I have no idea how longer this cable is going to support us!"

[Gilbert Beilschmidt]

Gilbert frowned. "Kiku," he began slowly, "If you can't get out, then I can't get out. And if I can't get out, all of my adoring fans will kill themselves." He thought of something he could say to motivate Kiku.