Five months later Annie layed in bed, she wanted to cry, but she couldn't, she couldn't get the baby out of her mind. Annie often slept longer and when she woke up, Eren normally already left. It was noon and Annie decided to get up. Eren normally came home for lunch around now. When he came in the door she was sitting on the couch, still in her PJs. He sat next to her. "Gee, I hope Armin get's Hanji to eat." he started. "Why, what's wrong?" Annie asked. "Erwin hasn't stopped his habit. Today Hanji just went in her office, closed the door, sat down, folded her arms on the desk, and rested her head on them. That's all she did so far today, she turns everyone away whenever we try to talk to her. She never left her office yet." Annie shook her head. "That's a shame." she murmured. "Yeah, Erwin tried to bring her something to eat but she refused, she didn't even talk to him. Her eyes are dull and her face might as well have 'sad' written on it. The only person that could talk to her today was Armin, and he's staying in her office right now, trying to get her to eat, he told me she was just picking at it last time I checked." Annie started to feel bad. "Armin said he noticed a scratch on the side of her face. All she would tell him is that she got a bottle thrown at her head for no reason." Annie got up. "Do you want a sandwhich or something?" Eren shook his head. "Nah, I'm good." Annie went to the bedroom, "I'm going to get dressed and go for walk, I really need to clear my mind." Eren nodded, "Just be back before I leave." Annie nodded. When she was done she put her bun in like normal and headed out the door. She had her white jeans, white shirt, and white hoodie on and her short, black, boots. Everything was quiet, noboy gave her a hard time, some people even told her that they heard about the baby, and said that they were sorry for her loss. Annie said thank you to each one, but wanted to walk where it was quiet, she decided that the back alleys nobody ever used would be perfect. She just stood in one, taking in the beautiful silence. Two men came behind her grabbed her. One forced her arms behind her back and the other began tieing the rope around her wrists. "Who the hell?" she asked. She turned her head, they were from the military police but they were new, she didn't recognize them. "Listen darling, be quiet before something happens." The biggest said. She struggled to get free. She kicked back, and she didn't miss. "Ahem." a grumbled voice said. Annie didn't stop struggling, until she recognized the voice. "Ah Miss Ackerman, what's the problem?" the other asked. "I thought that it was established in court that no division of the military had custody over Annie." Mikasa grumbled from the entrance of the alley. "We don't, it's just us two, really we're just taking care of a burden." the bigger one said. "Well be gentle with her, Annie's fragile, she just had a surgery." the bigger one had an evil grin on his face, "Since when do you care about her? I thought you'd rather kill her where she stands than look at her." Mikasa had a flash of guilt in her eyes. "It's true, but what's going to happen to Annie, what are you going to do with her?" Mikasa asked. "As long as we get rid of her, we don't care." the smaller one answered. "Mikasa~san please!" Annie begged, the bigger one got her in the back of the knees, making her drop to them. "Mikasa~san!" Annie begged again. "Be careful, she can put up a fight." Mikasa muttered looking away. "Well, Miss Ackerman, what are you going to do?" the bigger one asked. Mikasa still looked the other way, with guilt in her eyes. Annie looked hopefully up at her, tears in her eyes. "Take her away, I don't want to see her." Mikasa finally decided. "Pleasure doing buisness with you Miss Ackerman." Mikasa looked at Annie once more and turned away, leaving. "Mikasa~san! Please!" she yelled. While Annie's mouth was still open the bigger one slipped a cloth around her mouth, tieing around the back of her head. Annie threw her head back, trying to hit someone with it. "Ah that's enough." the bigger one grumbled, putting his hand on her head. 'Please.' Annie thought miserably. She faced down, closed her eyes, and silently cried. "Good girl." the bigger one praised. "Thanks bro." the bigger one told the smaller. "Anytime." was the answer. The smaller one walked away, and it was just Annie and the other man. "Hey there baby girl, what's the matter my pretty little flower? Did you just get rejected by someone you trusted?" he mocked, taking the cloth out of her mouth since there was nobody to yell for. "I never trusted her." Annie muttered, tears still in her eyes. "Come on now, get up." the bigger one helped her up. He grabbed the back of her arms and led her to an old run down cabin. He sat her in a small wooden chair in an empty, cement wall and floor, dark, cold, basement room. He tied her ankles to the chair, and a rope around her waist and the wooden chair, so that she couldn't stand. Her hands were still tied behind her, and tied onto the chair. "Hey there cutie." he came behind her and put his hands on her shoulders. "Get your filthy hands off me!" Annie snapped over shoulder. He retracted his hands. "You ARE a fiesty one, aren't you? Miss Ackerman was right." Annie gritted her teeth and looked down. "You asshole!" she snapped over shoulder again. "Ah gee, I ain't that bad." he smiled, putting his hands back on her shoulders. Annie struggled to get free. "Just figure it out sweet-heart, you're not getting free." Annie tryed to relax, but she couldn't, she tried get free just one last time, he pulled out a knife and put an arm around her chest and the hand with the knife by her neck. "Gee, wouldn't it be a shame if I had to kill you?" he asked. Annie stopped, her eyes wide, staring at the knife. "Oh don't worry your pretty little head, just playing around with ya." he pulled away his arms and she looked around her shoulder angerly at him. "You let me go!" she yelled. "I am your damn surperior! Listen to me!" she commanded. "Now dear, I know I joined the military after you, but I'm older and stronger. I only joined late to have a cushy rest of my life inside the walls." he put hand on the side of Annie's head. "Hey there beautiful, why are you so quiet now? I love to hear that voice of yours." Annie tried to retract her head from his hand, but it wouldn't help, she could barely move. "Oh, that's right, you're fragile, aren't you." he removed his hand from her head and she looked back down. She closed her eyes and cried. "Don't remind me of being fragile." she told him. "Why is that Annie, to much of loss for a flower like you?" he mocked. 'Shut up! I don't want to talk about my baby!' she thought. "Malena was it's name, right?" he asked. "Shut up!" she yelled over her shoulder. He quickly slipped the cloth around her mouth and tied it behind her head, like he had done before. Annie looked down again and silently cried. "Let's see how much money I can get Jaegar to pay for you, to get you back." he murmured in her ear, leaving the basement, and leaving her there. She heard to people coming down the stairs an hour later, the man was behind her, his hands on her shoulders, her mouth wasn't tied but she had a cloth blindfolding her. Despite the blindfold, she silently cried. "Let her go." she heard a mutter. It was Mikasa's. "Now." there was a demand. It Mikasa and Eren in full 3dm gear so that they could have their blades. "Pay up, and maybe then you can have her back." he told them. "I'd rather kill you for what you've done than pay you." the man laughed a little. "If you do that, we'll both get killed." Mikasa told Eren. "Let me see her face, I want to make sure it's Annie." Eren demanded. The man took off the blindfold and Annie still looked down. Eren crouched infront of her, put his hand under her chin, and lifted her chin up a bit to see her face. Annie looked into Eren's soft eyes, her eyes were dull and sorrowful. Eren got up and stepped back to Mikasa, "That's Annie alright." the man nodded, "She's the real deal. You know, titans are worth alot." he put his hand under her chin, making her look up at Eren and Mikasa. Annie's eyes were still dull and sorrowful, she didn't say a word. "Just let her go already!" Mikasa shouted angerly. "I thought you'd rather her die." he reminded her. Mikasa gritted her teeth and looked down. Eren looked at Annie again. "Mikasa~san." Annie murmured. "I'm here Annie, and I won't leave you this time." Mikasa promised. The man had a evil little grin on his face again, "Come on now Jaegar, pay up." he still made Annie look up into their eyes. "No, I shouldn't have to pay, what should happen is that you should die!" he yelled at the man. He laughed and still keeping his hand under Annie's chin, he put the knife by her throat again. "We wouldn't want to kill her, now would we?" the man asked. Eren and Mikasa's eyes were wide with shock, and wild with fear. Annie's eyes had fear in them, but she didn't do anything, she excepted that she could die. To Annie, it was better than living in fear the rest of her life. He retracted the knife. After a while of silence Annie struggled to get free. It was for Eren and Mikasa to watch her struggle. "Let me go." Annie muttered over her shoulder. "Heh heh, I can't do that unless I get payed, unless you want to die, but I wouldn't want to do that, right my little flower?" he told her. "I don't care anymore! As long as I'm not here, I don't fear death!" she snapped. "I really don't want to kill you sweet-heart." the man put his hands on her shoulders and Annie looked down again, silent tears rolled down her face. "You take your hands off her!" Eren hollered. The man ignored him. "Cheer up now my little flower." he leaned down and put his head next to her's, looking into her eyes. Annie gritted her teeth. "I said get away from her!" The man laughed a little. "I don't see a ring on her." he murmured. 'Damn! If I had my ring, I could have flicked out the blade a long time ago, and cut the ropes!' Annie thought. Eren took out a blade. Mikasa took two out. The man stood back up, "Are you going to pay Eren, or am I going to keep her until I find a buyer? Honestly, I wouldn't mind just keeping her." Annie's eyes were wide with fear, though she still looked down. Eren pulled money from his back pocket and Mikasa grabbed some of her's. She handed it to Eren and he stepped forward, handing it to the man. "Here, this is what we have now." the man took the money and counted through it. "Your lucky, you have just enough." he took out his knife and cut the ropes around her ankles first. Annie through a kick at his head but missed. "I think you missed darling." he said, standing up. "Enough with the crap, cut the damn ropes." Mikasa muttered. He cut the ropes around her waist, then then the ones around her wrists. Annie shot up and ran to Eren, hugging onto him. Eren hugged back as she cried. "It's alright Annie, I'm here. You're safe now." Eren looked up at the man, "You're lucky me and Mikasa didn't kill you." he muttered to him.