The Scouts all geared up as quickly as they could.

"How did they get this close!?" Astrid asked, coming up the ladder. She paused when she saw Thalia, Reigner and Bertoldt. They were staring at each other intensely. It looked like electricity was travelling through their gazes. "Uh, guys… we kinda have a little problem…" Astrid said. Scouts flew towards the titans, slaying them in numbers.

Eren and his team wandered the dark plains, frustrated.

"There is no breach," Jean said.

"Also, shouldn't we have met up with the others by now?" Mikasa put in.

"I agree, the wall isn't that big," Armin said. Eren silently voiced his agreement.

"Captain Milo!" a voice called up ahead. A horseman galloped up and he looked panicked. "The squadrons on the east side have been ambushed! The titans are cutting them down by the numbers!" he said.

"That's the squad Astrid, Reigner, Bertoldt and Thalia are in!" Armin said.

"Let's go!" Captain Milo said. They all sped towards the towers.

Thalia, please be alive… Eren thought.

Only a handful of Scouts were left from the titan attack. The titans were wearing down the tower to the point where it would topple over any minute.

"There's just too many!" Astrid cried. Thalia grits her teeth and whipped around to face Bertoldt and Reigner.

"Is this you're doing?" she hissed.

"What makes you say it was us?" Bertoldt asked.

"Oh, so they appeared randomly after you said, 'you leave us with no other choice'!?" Thalia asked. The 2 said nothing.

"Thalia, they're losing down there! They aren't going to last much longer!" Astrid shouted. Thalia stood there with a shadow cast over her eyes. Now with Bertoldt and Reigner wanting her, it would be easier for them to get to her in titan form.

"Oh, what the hell…" Thalia growled.

"What?" Astrid asked.

"I said…" Thalia started, taking out a pocket knife. "Time to give them hell!" She ran across the platform and jumped off the tower. The titans watched her fall and tried to grab her, but she sliced her hand and lightning struck. The people on the tower all shut their eyes to try and block out the massive yellow blast. Thalia's 17 meter black haired titan appeared once again and she didn't give it a second thought. She screeched and charged right into battle.

Meanwhile, with Eren and the others. They watched the blast die down with shock.

"Who-," started Jean, but was interrupted by a shriek.

"That sounded like Thalia!" Armin said.

"That's because it was Thalia," Mikasa put in. Eren went up to the man who told them about the ambush.

"How many titans are there?" he growled. The man had a look of fear and stepped away. "How many!?" he shouted. Mikasa grabbed his shoulder.

"Eren calm down," she said.

"A-at least 20," he stuttered. Eren's eyes widened, than narrowed.

"She can't take them all by herself…" he mumbled, than he took off in the direction of the lightning blast. Mikasa and Armin didn't hesitate to follow.

"Jaeger!" the captain called. "Crap…" he muttered. He turned to the other Scouts. "Follow them! They're gonna need numbers!" he ordered. The Scouts headed in the same direction.

While running, Jean muttered to himself, "Lovesick basterd."

Thalia tried not to pay attention to all the dead bodies that littered the ground. And all because she didn't act fast enough.

"No," Thalia snapped. "I won't blame myself for this…I blame them!" she said, glancing at Bertoldt and Reigner. "Maybe I can fake being on their side? No they're too smart," she cursed. "They have a plan, but what?"

Suddenly, she came to realization. "Wait, could their plan be the same one that Annie was following? But, she was after Eren not me…unless…" Thalia's eyes widened. "Annie kept me a secret! Unless, they never knew about me! My last name was changed!" She killed a handful of titans in frustration. "Those 3 were on the same side from the beginning and that look they shared before the mission…Annie knew…and she never told me! She could have saved all of this from happening! BUT SHE DIDN'T ! Annie, always keeping secrets! Always keeping to herself! But let me ask! WHY!? Why would she defend…THESE MONSTERS!" she screeched and raged. She gave the titans her wrath.

"It's working…" Reigner mumbled.

Thalia was in a trance. Slaying as many titans as she could with one move. Kick, punch, break, swing, duck, bite, step. Repeat. She can't last forever. She backed up so she was against the tower. She was steaming and breathing heavily. There were still titans coming and she growled.

"ATTA GIRL!" Astrid shouted. Thalia grunted and looked up. Astrid was smiling proudly, while the rest of the (living) Scouts watched in awe. Reigner and Bertoldt watched her, she couldn't tell what they were thinking.

Thalia stumbled and put her fists up. She was going to win this. She was going to kill these titans and then she was going to kill Reigner and Bertoldt for the sake of humanity. Reigner gave an intense look and all the titans charged at once. They grabbed her arms and legs and gnawed on them. They grabbed her hair, tugging on it, leaving her defenceless.

"No…" Thalia cursed. She grits her teeth.

"Thalia!" Astrid screamed. Everyone watched horrified as Thalia was feasted upon. "Damnit! We need Eren or Annie!" Astrid said. Thalia screeched and tried to move, but it was no use. "EREN!" Astrid shouted.

Suddenly, a figure swooped over their heads.

"I hear ya!" a voice shouted. Astrid felt like she could cry. She recognized that cocky grin anywhere.

"Eren…" Astrid sighed. "Took you long enough!" Astrid called out. More Scouts swooped in and Eren landed on the ledge.

"You know, timing is everything for me…and I always feel the need to make an entrance," he said, quoting Thalia, before jumping back into the fight.

Reigner and Bertoldt growled.

"This wasn't supposed to happen," Reigner hissed. Bertoldt looked angry, and then he grinned.

"We can still pull this off," he murmured. Reigner turned to him.

"I'm listening…"

The Scouts cut the titans off of Thalia. She could barely move so the Scouts had to defend her best they could. Annie's group eventually joined them and even with them, despite their best efforts, it seemed there were just too many titans. More titans were being attracted by the commotion and the screams of Thalia as she tried to break free from her prison.

Meanwhile, Bertoldt had explained his plan to Reigner.

"You think it will work?" Reigner asked.

"Thalia will be unconscious when she emerges from the carcass, for now we keep the titans coming and in all the chaos, we'll slip away," Bertoldt explained. Reigner nodded.

"We should take Astrid too," he said. Bertoldt raised an eyebrow.

"Why?" Reigner shrugged.

"We don't know how much she heard, can't be too careful," Reigner reasoned. Bertoldt paled.

"Okay, getting Eren angry is one thing, but getting Levi angry…well, I don't exactly plan on finding out," Bertoldt said.

"It's either that or our plan goes up in smoke, which would you rather have happen!?" Reigner asked harshly. Bertoldt sighed.

"Fine…you got the stuff?" Bertoldt asked. Reigner smirked and pulled out a vial with purple liquid in it.

"Always." Bertoldt nodded and looked forward. The only ones remaining on the tower was them and Astrid. Bertoldt unsheathed his blade and walked up to her. Before she could even turn around, Bertoldt hit her on the side of the head with the flat of his blade. It wasn't enough to kill her, just enough to knock her out long enough for their escape.

Bertoldt shook her a bit just to be sure. When he was convinced, he gave Reigner a nod and the blonde jumped over the side of the tower straight towards the unconscious titan that is Thalia Leonheart. He sliced her out of the carcass and pulled her out. Both men climbed on horses with a female in each of their arms and rode off to their destination and then titans not even giving them a second glance. They slipped out unnoticed by anyone…except for the person who used to be part of their plan.

The titan ambush was pushed back and everyone couldn't help but sigh of relief.

"That was insane," Jean said, summing it up. The smoke cleared and everyone heard the hiss of titan steam. They turned to the tower and saw Thalia's titan carcass, but it was already disenagrating.

"Why is it disenagrating?" Armin asked. Mikasa shot her cables at Thalia's titan's head and maneuvered to her nape. She searched the general area of the skin on her nape, but Thalia was nowhere to be found. Mikasa's heart sunk. Had she been eaten?

"Mikasa?!" called Sasha. "Did you find her?!" she asked. Mikasa sighed. She jumped into everyone's view.

"Thalia's gone," Mikasa admitted. Everyone's eyes widened. Eren opened his mouth to speak when Annie's voice rang through them.

"Astrid's gone too," she stated. Everyone looked at her.

"How do you know that?" Eren growled. Annie shrugged.

"Reigner and Bertoldt took them," she said. Everyone was taken back.

"Why would they do that?" Armin asked. Annie took a breath and explained everything and why they took Astrid and Thalia.

Astrid's head throbbed with pain. She groaned and tried to move her hands to rub her eyes and head, but she realized she had them tied and they seemed to be wrapped around something. She was about to say "what the hell?" when she realized she was unable to speak. She seemed to be moving on something. Her eyes snapped open when she realized the thing she was wrapping her arms around had a heartbeat. She saw landscapes racing by and she noticed she was on a horse. Her head was resting on a man's back. She lifted her head and tried wiggling her hands.

"She's awake…" the man said. She felt the vibrations in his chest. She knew the voice, but the question was…why the hell was she tied to him!? "Astrid I can't have you struggling, okay?" That only made her struggle more. "Astrid please!" the man said.

"Hey Bertoldt!" a voice called from her right. "Want me to knock her out for you!?" he asked. Bertoldt responded but Astrid gasped when she saw Reigner. Thalia was unconscious and she was tied the same way she was, arms around Reigner and gag in her mouth, she was also blindfolded. She was steaming…she was also missing a leg. Astrid wanted to cry out her name, but it only came out a whimper. What was going on? Where were the others?

"I know you have questions," Bertoldt said. "I assure you that all will be explained when we arrive at the forest, so please stay calm, we don't want any harm," Bertoldt explained. Astrid took deep breaths and laid her head back on Bertoldt's back. She is exposed and vulnerable, so there is nothing she can do…she hopes they have a good explanation for this. Both men were bigger and stronger and they have the advantage. The best thing she can do is wait it out.

I don't own anything except Astrid and Thalia.