Chapter 2

His head thud to a faster rhythm than his heart beat, There was something rough around the edge of his mouth. Was it hardened saliva? No it was blood, blood was dried around his lips. His messy hair stuck to his forehead with sweat. His whole body felt stiff. It was as if his brain could not send signals to move even a finger. Though he could not move he could not feel any pain. He was numb and that was the worst feeling. The feeling of knowing that you are alive but feeling as though you should might as well be dead. His eyes were closed tight and then he felt a sharp knife of pain go through his temples. His mind further wandered into the abyss.

"Eren!" said a soft voice in a whisper. "Eren wake up!" The whisper grew into a softer yell.

Eren? Why does that sound familiar? Yes. Eren. That's my name. He groaned in pain. How bad did I get hurt? His head was shooting fireworks and his mind was spinning with empty colorful thoughts. Did I change into a titan? No that wasn't possible. He did not inflict any self-harm. Or did he? His mind wandered back to the voice that called him. Who? With effort he attempted to open his eyes. His eyelashes felt like they were glued shut because there was a sticky sensation when he opened them. Why is it so cold?

"Eren!" there was a soft relieved gasp. "You're awake!"

Eren blinked a few times and his eyes wandered. It looked like a cell. Much like the cell that commander Erwin put him in after he plugged the breach in wall rose a year ago. Has it really been a year? But this one was smaller. It was cold and worst of all it was dark and smelled of dead animals. Eren wrinkled his nose in disgust, still not registering what had happened. He turned his eyes to look infront of him and his eyes widened in horror.

"H-historia?" Eren gaped.

Her lips had gone blue and she was shivering under her breath. Her rosy skin had gone pale and there was dried blood on her forehead. Her arms were pinned over her head against the back of the wall behind her, chained. There was a lock in the middle. She stood upright and both her feet were cuffed together with another lock in the middle. Her long blonde hair that was usually tied in a loose ponytail was loose and fell over her shoulders. Her expression held a small smile of relief but her eyes held no emotion. Her empty light blue eyes were staring at his horrified green orbs. Eren tugged at his legs, attempting to move them but soon found that his legs were chained up too just like Historia's. But unlike her, his arms were tied behind his back explaining the lack of feeling. So that there was no way for him to change into a titan. He looked down at his waist and back to her. They did not have their 3DMG gear.

"No"

Two days ago

"Eren!" Armin yelled after his friend. He was running to the side of their cart. Please be all right. He thought. Connie ran right after him. They circled around the cart in a rushed manner and hopped inside it. Armin's eyes widened and Connie stopped in his tracks. Two men that embodied the military police insignia had Eren and Historia slung over their shoulders like a sack. They were both wearing masks that covered the lower half of their face. Armin could tell that they were men due to large muscle mass. They were quite big for military police men.

"Who are.. what are-?" Armin stammered. To his horror the man carrying Eren shot him a dirty look and both men ascended up using their 3DMG through the broken ceiling of the cart. Armin widened his eyes and through instinct both him and Connie prepared to use their own gear.

"Wait!" Connie yelled.

Before they could use their gear, Levi and Mikasa sweeping inside, grabbing the both of them by their waists and taking them outside the cart . Right before a defeated titan crushed the cart to bits. Once the 6 meter class titan fell over, Jean stood on top of it's head and glared at the horizon.

"Who were those people!? What do they want with Eren and Historia?" he yelled.

Mikasa glared, she placed Armin down on the ground and prepared to take off using her gear to follow the MP's. Just when she drawn out her swords Levi blocked her from moving any further with his arms.

"No, we don't know their agenda yet" he said.

"Of course we don't that's why we need to follow them!" Mikasa yelled. When it comes to the people she cared about getting hurt she was not the stoic person she usually was.

"They are from the military police, the kings guards, if any of you get in the way without thinking through the situation you'll be executed" Said Levi firmly.

"So you're saying that we should just abandon Eren?" Said Mikasa. She still had her swords in both her hands.

"Mikasa…" Armin whispered.

Levi sighed, " Look, I don't know what kind of attachment you have to the kid but you really need to- "

" He's the only family I have left" Said Mikasa. She moved passed the corporal with her swords ready and her 3DMG ready to go at any moment. "I will not watch another member of my family die when I can clearly do something about it to stop that from happening". With that she prepared to take of with a swift jog.

"Mikasa wait!" Armin yelled and the raven immediatley stopped in her tracks. She turned to face the boy.

"Armin are you coming too?" she asked.

" Maybe the captain is right, we should think this through" Armin said carefully. A gust of wind blew by. His blond hair swept across the nap of his neck just slightly to send shivers down his spine. It's either that or Mikasa's stare. Armin gulped and continued. " There is always the possibility but I don't think that they will kill Eren and Historia" He said confidently. Armin stood up as the others stared. "If we formulate a plan instead of acting brash and chasing them, we have a better chance of not getting killed in the process"

Connie looked down at his feet and looked as if he were contemplating the next course of action. Jean had got down from the rotting titan skeleton and Sasha was look nervously between Mikasa and Armin. Through all this corporal Levi smirked. He walked over to Armin and slumped a hand on his shoulders.

"So what they say is true" he said simply.

"Sir? Says Armin as his wide eyes shifted to Levi.

"I've heard a great deal about you Arlet" Levi began as he looked at his fingernails. "Your strategies and tactical mind even surpasses that of your superiors, I've been impressed so far but lets see if you can formulate a strategy to get Jaeger and Reiss back without things getting complicated" He said. Levi then took his hand of Armin's shoulder and stepped closer to Mikasa.

"Listen Ackerman, what you are about to do could kill us all"

Mikasa furrowed her eyebrows and looked down at her hands. She unclenched the sword. If we fight we win. Eren's words went through her head. Those very same words had been her mantra for all these years. Just as long as we keep fighting. She thinks.

"Alright" she said, She placed her swords back into her gear. "I trust Armin's judgment" she said as she looked away from the corporal and straight to Armin.

"So.." said Sasha. Cutting of the tension. "What's the plan?"

Armin nodded and smiled. "We need to go to wall Sina immediately to negotiate with the head military police and to find out what exactly they want from Eren and Historia"

Present time

Night had fallen. Or has it? Eren could not tell. For all he knew it has been while since he had first woken up. He felt himself shiver as his sweat seeped into his clothes. He started to shake uncomfortably as he tried to get that feeling of cold sweat off him. The fact that it was cold was not helping either. Helplessly he panted as he tugged at his chains again. The sweat from his forehead slid across his face and onto the dried blood near his lips. With another willed effort he tugged again.

"That won't work" said a meek voice. "I've tried.

Eren looked up and sees Historia with her eyes closed. Unlike him she was chained up standing upright with no way to sit down. It looked as if they chained her up while she was conscious and chained him up when he was passed out. Eren's eyebrows furrowed worryingly.

"How long have we been here for?" He asked.

"Don't know" she said, her eyes still closed. "A day? Two days? Perhaps even a week?" After a moments silence Historia began to chuckle lightly.

Eren furrowed his eyebrows in confusion and in irritation, this was no laughing matter. "Why are you laughing?" She kept on giggling for a few more seconds before she suddenly stopped and open her eyes. Eren looked at her in surprise. Her eyes were bloodshed red and droopy. Has she been crying or did she not have enough sleep?

"It's so ironic" Historia spat and Eren blinked in surprise. "No matter what we do or where we go we will always end up getting captured!" Historia took a shaky deep breath. "We are nothing but cattle! It doesn't matter if the titans don't kill us because something else will!" She started shaking from the anger as she took a deep breath. Eren stared at her in dead silence for a while before speaking again.

His green gaze set on her blue hues. His stomach tightened. The only other time he'd felt the same was when Levi had suddenly sat down next to him after his staged "court room beating". And that was saying a lot. Historia had been unpredictable so far.

" You're wrong" said Eren. " If we continue to fight we will always win!"

This was the first time Eren had said his life long motto to someone else besides Mikasa and Armin. He himself was caught a bit off-guard for saying that.

Historia glared at him "Then explain this!" Historia glanced at her hands tied over her head. "We did fight! Then why-" she stopped mid sentence. "Then how? How do we keep fighting like this Eren?" With each syllable her voice got noticeably softer. She felt a lump in her throat and feared that if she continues she would cry. No. I refuse to cry. That's something Krista would do.And that was a kind of weakness that she'd never want anyone to see again.

For once Eren did not know what to say or how to reply to that. He did not know if he could reassure her or that if she even wanted reassuring. He looked down at his chained up feet. There was no way they could fight with their arms and legs chained up. Even if they do escape there was no way of knowing that they would survive considering the fact that they did not have 3DMG gears. For all he knew they could be placed inside this cellar as titan bait. He quickly pushed aside the thought.

"Sorry" He said and shook his head, slightly irritated at her. "I wasn't really thinking of what to say…. My head's not really in the right place right now"

Historia was a little taken aback at his reply. That was the last thing she expected him to say. As far as she was concerned he had done nothing wrong. A moment of silence passed between the two-chained soldiers. Eren felt another shiver go through his legs. The cell was getting colder by the minute. He assumed that night was falling.

"You don't have to apologize to me" said Historia gently. She seemed to have gotten rid of that early anger. Eren looked up in surprise. "If anything I should be apologizing to you"

"What why?" Asked Eren thoroughly confused.

"If it weren't for me we would not be in this predicament" She said. "If I hadn't been born you wouldn't even be doing this mission and non of our comrades would be put into pointless danger" Of all the places her mind started to wander off to her childhood. Why am I thinking of this now? . Historia Reiss was never loved by anyone. No one loved Historia Reiss and no one ever will.

At this point Eren had had enough. "Stop that!" yelled Eren. "Do you realize how many times I've felt like I've put our comrades into 'pointless danger?' Eren took a sharp breath while Historia looked on with an unchanging expression. "Also Historia, stop talking like you're going to die because you're not! I won't let you!"

Now it was Historia's turn to get surprised. His snapping point dragged her out of reminiscing her non existent childhood. "How do you suppose you can do that? You can't move and neither can I" she motioned towards the chains again to refer back to her earlier point.

"I don't know" Eren admitted quietly. "But I will make sure that neither of die"

A familiar silence passed before Historia attempted a genuine smile . "You're always so sure of yourself Eren.. I envy you" She confessed softly.

Eren managed a small smile. "In a world like this, I've really got no choice but to act strong, and so should you"

Historia wanted to take those words into heart. She had wanted to listen to all the empowering speeches made by leading officials all the time. She id not want to just listen, she wanted to embody the principle and take it to her heart. But she couldn't. Not anymore. After Ymir, The one person she attached her identity to, the one person she held on for support was gone, she crumbled down like a tree loosing it's roots. She wanted to become her own roots but that constant image of her closest friend betraying her along with her childhood memories she'd rather forget, she just could not muster any amount of motivation to become her own person. Before Historia could reply they were interrupted by loud voices. Voices that sounded like that they belonged to older men. The two in captivity scrambled to look towards the direction of the incoming footsteps, their chains jingling as they heard the voices clearly.

" Can't believe we are right are almost at the border between wall Rose and Maria."

Eren gaped. We are close to Maria?

The human footsteps grew louder and louder as Eren held his breathe under pure curiosity. He shifted a nervous glance towards the girl in front of him. She did not look at him, her eyes were stone set on the incoming men.

"Looks like the brats are awake" said one of the men. They both looked like they were in their early 30's.

Eren glared. The two stopped in front of their cell. One was taller than the other and they were both wearing the military police jackets and 3DMG gears. Eren noticed that they weren't the same two people that had kidnapped him and Historia in the first place "What do you want from us? And who do you think you are!?" His eyes shot daggers at their MP emblem on their jackets. Traitors. They do not deserve to wear the uniform that's meant to protect humanity.

"Easy there kid, we just wanted to talk to the little missy over here" Eren widened his eyes as the shorter one shot a lope side smile at Historia that made her a little sick. The shorter man dug his hands , pulled out a key, and unlocked the cell. What the? Thought Eren.

"Alfred what are you doing?" said the taller man in a harsh whisper. He was obviously paranoid.

"Relax Tomasso, I just wanted to have a little chat with blondy over here" smirked Alfred. Eren gritted his teeth and glared at the shorter man as he moved closer to Historia. He stroked a strand of blonde away from her face. The girl instantly looked away making the man frown.

Alfred grabs the girl's chin to forcefully make her face him. Historia scowls at him in pure distaste. The man had large eyes that were too close together, he face was so close to her that she could see the little stubs of beard growing around his chin along with two strings of visible nose hair out of his nostrills. He pulls her chin down to stare directly at her eyes. "Pretty cute" He clicks his tongue. "Young but cute, exactly my type" Historia's heart started to rush; she pulls away her face from his grip and turned her head away. She felt like a prey that has a death wish being totured by a predator who does not have the agenda to kill. Her heart started to sink below and she felt a surge of adrenaline rush through her. Leave me alone she wanted to say but the words failed to escape her lips. Her throat became dry. This was closed to the same feeling she got whenever the trainees neared titan area. That lingering what's going to happen next feeling. She felt the man's hot breath against her neck as he let out an impatient exhale. Too close. She started to get frightened and dizzy but she dared not look anywhere else so she glued her eyes to the ground. Her eyes started to get a bit foggy and the lump in her throat grew bigger. Too close. "Lets hear the cute girl whimper" he said. His fingers started to trace the nape of her neck and began their way further down. Historia shut her eyes tighter.

Please no.

Having seen enough, Eren tugged at the chains harder and mustered himself to get up.

Sound of sudden clash of metal against hard floor stopped him mid-assault and Historia opened her eyes in shock. Alfred turned around and saw that the boy behind him was now standing even though he was still bound by chain. Eren's glare radiated of poison. His intake of breath shortened as he stared murderously at Alfred who had since let his hands fall by his sides.

"Get your hands off her" said Eren venomously, adrenaline flowing through his body. Alfred gave him a slight smirk.

"What are you going to do to stop me boy? You are all chained up!" With that the man took another taunting step closer to Historia .

"You bastard…" said Eren in a hoarse undertone. "I will rip you to shreds!" The situation felt all too familiar to him and he was not about to go down that road once again. Before he could even attempt to say anything more , he felt a similar surge of dizziness he felt last time.

"Eren!" he heard Historia yell. Eren looked at his right shoulder. Sure enough there was an arrow. Probably the kind of arrows that are used to drug wild animals.

"Eren?" He heard Alfred say. "The Jaeger kid?!"

Eren felt his vision blur, though this time he did not black out instantly. He looked. Maybe the arrow had a lesser dosage whatever it was. Through his blurred vision he could see outside the cell that there was another man behind the Thomas guy. One of the men who had the bottom of half of his face covered.

"Yes. This boy is Eren Jaeger" Eren heard the masked man say.

"This is the Jaeger boy? Y-you mean the titan shifter?" He heard Alfred stammer.

"I told you this was a bad idea" Tomasso muttered.

"I should have warned you lot to not go near this cell" said the masked man. "Both of them are humanities prized possessions"

"What do you mean?" asked Tommasso

"I mean" The masked man continued, he walked over to Eren who was starting to feel drowsy but not enough to pass out, the man pulled Eren up by his elbow, un locked the chains from his arms and feet, though he still kept the shackles on. He placed both Eren's hands behind him once again.

"Alfred, take the girl, we are moving them up"

From the corner of his eyes Eren noticed the same smirk reach the masked man's eyes. This must have been the one that kidnapped Historia, in that case there should be one more, he thought drowsily. He struggled to keep his feet on point and his eyes on focus. Eren groaned.

"Move Jaeger" The masked man commanded and Eren took a sloppy step foreword.

Eren shifted his eyes towards Historia who was now in the same position he was in, Alfred held her shackled arms behind her. Historia looked worryingly at Eren.

"Eren?"

"Are you ok Historia?" he said.

Historia gave a shake nodd, her eyes were still widened with fear.

He simply moved his head to what it he thought felt like nod. He had no feeling in his body. Much like how he felt when he first woke up. Legs and arms numb, his brain might as well be numb too. Historia gave him a defeated smile.

It felt like an out of body experience, he saw himself moving foreword, out the cell, turned to the corner left, and up the stony stair case. The place was made out of cobble stone and metal from what he could tell at that point. Their only source of light was the little candlelight's. Historia was walking next to him with Alfred right behind her. He could see her shivering slightly. He couldn't tell whether it was because of fright or because of the low temperature because he couldn't feel anything against his own skin due to the duo was led into a smaller room at the end of the top of the staircase. A woman was sitting on a chair inside. she had curly light blonde hair that reached a little above her shoulders she and adorned a bright red lipstick, She looked a bit older than her subordinates and wore the military police uniform with a low cut shirt underneath. Her eyes were drooping down and expression looked that of a permanent scowl. she had a metal bottle in his hands in which she continued to slurp out of.

" Sir!" the masked man said regardless of pronouns. He let go of Eren and assumed the soldier salute. The other two, Alfred and Tomasso followed.

The woman got up form her chair, her bottle still in her hands. She smiled lazily at the three men and then eyed the shackled duo for a little more than a second.

"Well done Bastian, you've successfully captured two of humanities most valuable possessions" The droopy-eyed woman shifted her eyes from Historia to Eren and back again like a predator teasing its prey. Eren and Historia shot anxious glances at each other. The woman took another swing at her bottle. "Leader would be pleased," she said as he walked closer towards the duo. Her eyes landed on Eren. She leaned her face in down to his level.

"Rogue Titan boy, Eren Jaeger" She said slowly, each letter rolling out of her tongue like ice. She placed her fingers under her chin with a pleased expression. "What a handsome boy"

She raised her head just a little. "Tell me, how old are they?"

"16, they've both come out of age sir," said Bastian, All three men had their arms folded behind him in disciplined stance. The woman leaned down again, this time her eyes wandered over to Historia.

"Ahh the well re-known goddess of the 104th trainee corps, Krista Lenz?" she said mockingly. Then she stoop up straight and turned her back to the two. "No, Historia Reiss, the bastard daughter of a noblemen and the true heir to the throne" The woman turned back slightly just to see the shocked look on the girl's face. Historia felt sweat beading up behind her hair on her forehead.

"Don't look so shocked dear, these walls have ears." The woman turned back towards the men. "Now you can go deliver them to him"

Bastian shot two uneasy glances at the other two men. He blinked at the woman before clearing his throat. "Sir, what about our reward?" he says uncertainly.

The woman looked at him and gave a small un genuine laugh. "Reward? You haven't even completed the mission yet!"

The man in question takes a step foreword towards her. "This was our mission! You gave us two very precise descriptions and instructions to bring them to you, nothing about taking them all the way to your leader or who ever it is" There was an obvious hint of annoyance in his voice. The other two men, Alfred and Tommaso shifted uncomfortably.

The woman frowned. "Are you disobeying my orders?"

Bastian furrowed his eyes back at her. "All I'm saying is that we did not risk stealing military police uniform and 3DMG gears for nothing, we except the money you promised this instant"

They stole MP uniforms and the gears? Eren thought when the realization hit him. They aren't real MP's ! they were a fraud!

The woman placed her palms inside her jean pockets, and gave them a mock sad face. Eren widened her eyes and gaped, she took out a handgun from her pocket. He glanced back and forth between Bastian who was still standing behind Eren and the woman.

"We did our part of the deal and now it's your turn" said Bastian not wavered by the gun.

The woman closed her eyes and gave him a mock sad smirk. "Wrong answer!" she said. She aimed her gun right at his head, with a swift pull of the trigger the bullet hit it's target and Bastian immediately fell on to the floor. Everyone in the room stood still in shock. Tommasso and Alfred stared open mouth at their fallen leader, letting their guard down.

"Run Historia!"

Now is our chance. Thought Eren, finally broken free out of the masked man's vision. Historia stood still in shock, having witnessed a man's head blown to bits. As Eren ran passed her and towards the door he yelled at her once more.

"Don't just stand there! Run!"

Before Alfred, who was standing behind her got the chance to grab her, Historia willed her feet to follow Eren as fast as she could. It was harder to coordinate her running because she still had her writs chained up and as did Eren.

The woman growled in anger. " You fools! Do not let them get ever or I'll have your heads blown out next!"

With the shock of what had just happened and the very real threat from the woman Alfred and Tommaso sprang after Eren and Historia, even though they were a good three feet ahead of them.

The duo ran as fast as they could, their wrists were still chained up. Eren was a little ahead of Historia. When they ran out the room they turned left from the decending staircase and into a long drawn out hallway lit with candle light chandeliers. The whole atmosphere of it was eery and the predetators behind them did not help at all. The floors were a bit slipperty due to moss formation of the dark wet building. Eren felt a familiar thudding in his head. With every step he took his head hurt harder but he ignored the uncomfortable sensation and kept running foreward, occassioanly glancing back at Historia.

"Eren! Do you know where you are going?" yelled Historia. She glanced back , her already pumping heart skipped a beat. Running close behind them was Alfred and Tommasso, Worse, they had their 3DMG gear on out too.

"Eren! They're gaining on us!" she screeched.

Eren gritted his death and furrowed his eye brows. " Damn it!" he growled. He stared at his chained wrists. If only I can get these things off me.

They turned around another corner to the right and they continued to sprint until they reached a wall.

"Damn it! A dead end!" Eren yelled in agony. Historia stopped a few inches next to him and gave a half heartned worried look. The two looked behind them and saw that it was too late for them to make an escape towards the way that they came from. Two wires from the 3DMG gear suddenly attached to the wall reeling the two men who were behind them right in front of them. Alfren stood behind them and Tommaso stood infront of them. Their 3DMG swords touching on either side so that Eren and Historia were cornered on all four sides.

"Face it brats you have no where to go" said Tommasso.

Eren glared at the two men. Compared to him the men were really tall and Histora especially looked tiny. The air around them started to go a bit crisp and rotten like the cellar. They had been running the wrong way all this time. The candles were a red herring. Eren realised. He started to think of how they could manage to get out then.

" I don't mind killing off one of them, it's because of you little shits that our leader was killed" said Alfred. He eyed the back of their heads menacingly.

"Don't you dare Alfred! If one of them dies! We both die!" yelled Tomasso

Eren gave Historia a knowing glance. Getting the hint Historia nodded. Using their height to their advantage, they ducked under the swords of two opposite sides and made a run for it again.

"Oh for fucks sake!" Eren heard Alfred yell.

This time he and Historia were more than three feet ahead of them. They sprant faster and ran back the way they came from. Instead of turning right this time they turned left from the decending staircase. This time it was much like the hallway they saw before but it was much wider and brighter leading Eren to believe that they were on the right track. He glanced back at Historia who was running a few inches behind him."Stay close!" he instructed. Historia gave a brief nod. Her eyes were focused on the back of the brunets head. Completely bewildered, she wondered where and how he had it in him to keep moving. Even when the situation looked the worst and even though she had half-heartedly accepted that this was the end for them, Eren still found a way to get them out of the situation. Historia shook her head completely baffled. You've never failed to surprise me.

As they ran they saw a light coming from what appeared to be the exit. A brief moment of relief filled them."Oh! There it is! Let's pick up the pace!" said Eren. The two of them ran even faster towards the opening. Historia glanced behind her and to her surprise the two men weren't following. It was almost too good to be true. What's going on. She thought. She had a bad feeling of a pit inside her stomach.

Once they entered the opening they soon find out that it was a large open terrace. The sky was cloudy with a light drizzle and there was a cold gust. They could see outlines of mountains in the horizon with little caps of snow at the top. It was only then did they realize that they were really high up. The two stood there. Eren eyed the place. It was a large rectangle shaped terrace with railings around the perimeter of it. Eren looked over the railing and saw that there was endless forest below with a flowing river right below them. He looked around, Four corners with no way of escaping, except for the one they came from. No other exit.

"Something doesn't feel right" said Historia quietly and Eren looked at her.

"Those men aren't chasing us anymore."

Suddenly there was a slow clapping. Eren and Historia turned around to face the entrance. The woman was walking towards them with foreboding smirk pasted on her face. Alfred and Tomasso was following behind her.

"Ah… you ran right into your own trap" spat the woman. "Just like a bunch of cattle"

Eren and Historia glared at the woman. Eren jerked his jaw.

" What do you want from us? You are not even from the military police! You're not even soldiers!" He yelled.

The woman sighed. "Look, there is really no point to this, either you stay outside and freeze to death or you come inside, you really don't have much of a choice" Eren continued to glare and heaved out a deep breath in order to say something back at her.

"She's right" murmured Historia, her eyes facing eyed the tiled floor. Eren widened his eyes at her in surprise.

"What the hell are you saying?!" he yelled.

Historia bounced her head back up at him with defeated eyes. The same eyes he first saw in her when Ymir betrayed them.

"There is nothing we can do Eren!, Just look at where we are! we are miles away from any help reaching us, we don't have our 3DMG gear and it's almost dark and getting to the point of a freezing temperature! And our wrists are still binded" Historia yelled back.

"Bastard child's got a point" said the woman.

Eren ignored the woman. " What? So you're just giving up? So you're saying that you'd rather stay here with strangers who you have no idea what they want from you!? And judging by what had happened a while ago they could be traffickers for all you know!"

"Then how do you suppose you are going to escape huh?" Historia spat. "We have got no way out!"

Eren avoided her glance and briefly shifted his eyes towards the railing and then looked back at her with a stern glare. "Trust me"

Historia shook her head sadly. "Eren please.." she begged him with her eyes.

The woman scoffed, completely disgusted with the play in front of her.

" You two better decide quickly or I'm going to decide for you!" She aimed up her hand gun towards the duo.

"Sir! I thought we were supposed to keep them alive" stammered Tommaso who was behind her.

"We are!" the woman smirked. "But I'm sure the leader won't mind a broken leg or two"

Something stirred inside Eren, He glanced back at Historia and shot her a weak grin. The kind of grin he always had when he was about to do something dangerous. Jean called it the 'sucidal bastard's signature grin', something most of the people he was closed to in the 104th trainee squad was familiar with. He faced Historia and with a determined expression that almost made Historia take a step back, he said, "Sorry Historia but after that survey corpse expedition, I refuse to leave any of my comrades behind" With that Eren took one step back. His feet nearly touching the railings.

"Eren what are you doing!?" Historia gasped. She glanced down the railings and saw that it was a high drop into the river. Eren simply looked straight at the woman with the gun. "Ok shoot me"

"Eren!" Historia screamed.

The woman smirked "Very well", she aimed the gun towards the boy's knees and pulled the trigger. As the bullet approached, Eren crouched down swiftly just enough so that the chains binding his arms got in front of his knees. The bullet hit the chains and the chain broke, freeing his arms. Not giving either one of them a chance to react, Eren grabbed Historia's forearm and jumped out of the terrace and over the railing, pulling Historia down with him. A few seconds of free falling later, Historia's surprised scream and the kidnappers anguish yells were all blocked out by the numbing crash into the icy flowing river.

A/N- Phew! That was a long one! I'm so glad to see that the few of you who read the last chapter are enjoying it. I really appreciate each and every review. It really motivates me to write the next chapter. So.. what do you think is going to happen? Levi's squad thinks that they are taken to wall Sina in reality they are closed to the borders of Maria ! Till next week! Tc!