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Petra's POV:

"Levi! Slow down!" I called out running after him.

The Scouts leader was going up the iron stairs at a quick pace, almost running. Armin and I had trouble following. He didn't stop as he replied. "We don't have time. Now that titans are on alert for us we need to get out of here as fast as possible."

"I thought our job was a distraction from the upper levels! Why don't we just give that up and help the others instead?"

"There's something we have to do here."

"You hid something from me again didn't you?" I said as I started panting. I stopped. "Spit it out! If you don't, I'm not moving from here."

"Petra! Now 's not the time to be stubborn!" Said Armin.

Levi stopped and looked at me straight in the eyes. "There's a reason why Dok was looking for a seventeen year-old blond girl with blue eyes. If we leave without knowing what it is, the titans will continue there kidnappings and rampages." He resumed his pace. "By the way, that was obvious, dung head."

"Jerk." I muttered following him.

Now Armin was the one to stop. "Chief wait. We can't go on with no communication like this. Let me go to Hanji by myself. I'll find a way to restore com." The little guy was full of determination. Levi looked at him for a while. "Are you gonna be able to find your way?"

"I pretty much memorized the blueprints so I think so."

"Not to shoot you down or anything, but if you meet titans you're screwed kid. Guess we have no choice. Petra, we go with him."

"But ..."

"Chief, let me go on my own. Logically titans won't be going to the security rooms. They'll want to pick a fight with us, so they'll go looking for us downstairs. Besides we've reached the 68th floor. And I think that there is more danger the closer you get to Dok."

Levi looked at him for a few seconds and then spoke. "You know you don't have to prove yourself to us right?"

"I'm not. I'm doing my job as the scouts strategist, chief."

Levi took something out of his pocket and threw it to Armin. "Think fast."

The blonde caught it right in front of his face. It was a switch blade. "If you can't restore communication then you and Hanji go back to the others. Don't forget what I taught you kid. And don't die."

"Yes, Sir!" Exclaimed the teen, banging his fist on his heart. We left the emergency staircase and entered the 68th floor. It looked like the inside of a luxurious hotel. In the hallways, no windows were visible. Armin told us how to find Dok's private office and went his way.

"Be careful, this place is set up like a maze." He added before leaving.

Levi and I started moving quickly but carefully around the 'maze' in question. Unlike the lower floors, there were tons of people working here. It would be hard for a couple of teens to pass as adults, especially the way we were dressed. 'Wait. A couple of teens? I don't even know how old Levi is. For all I know he could be much older. Focus Petra, now's not the time to work on Levi Mystery.' But surprisingly, the people we came across didn't seem to notice us. Well, not the ones that were working anyway. However we hid whenever we saw security guards.

"Hey Levi, I whispered. Isn't it strange that these people don't notice us? I mean we don't exactly fit the 'dressing code'.

"Unless they were told to not to worry about thug like dressed young people. Dok probably didn't want them panicking after seeing titans here. Let's keep moving."

Neutral POV:

"Darn it!" Shouted Gunther. I can't contact the chief or Hanji."

"I have an idea." Said Connie. "Try calling Mikasa."

"What good will that do?"

"Ughh! Just give me that!" Sasha said snatching the phone from her lieutenant. She dialed. "Mikasa?"

"Sasha? Thank god." Her voice was as low as ever but she was definitely relieved. "I haven't been able to contact Hanji or the chief."

"Same here. That means the jamming is only in the upper levels. How's your situation?"

"We're hiding near by, but there is a bunch of titans looking for us. I'll pass you Jean."

"Sasha?"

"Jean. Tell me what you know about electronic jamming."

"The most you can cover with jamming in a huge place like this is...I'd say about five floors."

"So the jamming obviously comes from somewhere near Dok?"

"Yeah. If I had to guess, I'd say it's probably in a security room."

"So if we send someone to tell that to Hanji, she might be able to restore it. But we have one chance out of four that it's in the North room. Maybe your team can...

"Absolutely not!" Exclaimed Gunther. "Where do you think the titans will go if we stop distracting them?"

"Then we can't do anything."

"It's too risky to send someone on their own and if they're in large groups. We have to trust the chief. Besides, they have Armin and Hanji with them."

"It's so frustrating." Growled Sasha, before telling Mikasa off and hanging up.

"The best we can do now is start evacuating the girls."

Before he could give the order loud and clear, a sound was heard. RING! RING!

"Hello?" Said Sasha.

"Alright! It's working. YAHOOO!"

"Hanji!"

"Hello scouts, good to hear you. The little genius managed to stop the jamming."

"Way to go Armin!"

"But I'm not sure it will last long so I'll be brief. You guys start taking the girls to the sixth gate and then whoever's left is gonna go help Mikasa and Eld's team. This is gonna take longer than I thought."

"Okay. Hanji, you call the chief and tell him that we're missing one girl. Her name is Historia Reiss. And there's no one named Krista."

"All right."

The second in command of the scouts hung up and dialed again. "Come on shorty, pick up!"

"I can hear you, four-eyes."

"Levi, the jamming's stopped but temporarily so listen up. Gunther found the girls. There's one missing. Historia Reiss. Also there was no Krista in the bunch."

"Okay. Thanks. I'll leave the rest of the command to you. Get back on the ground and organize the guys. Also evacuate the girls immediately."

"Yes sir. And Levi, watch her closely. You know what I mean."

"I know." He hung up.

Petra's POV.

"That was Hanji."

"They stopped the jamming temporarily." The thug explained to me what Hanji had relayed.

"Then Krista wasn't kidnapped by them?" I felt something crush inside my chest. "Have I been looking in the wrong lead the whole time. For all I know, Krista could be out of the city by now."

"Ever heard the name Historia Reiss before?" Asked Levi abruptly.

"No." Suddenly, I felt like throwing up. My head started spinning and I leaned against the wall. Levi grabbed me by my shoulders roughly. "Ouch!"

"Petra! I need you to focus now!" Once again I met the frightening stare of the scouts leader. I couldn't blink. "This girl they took in might very well be Krista."

My head stopped spinning. What was I doing? I wanted to slap myself. Even if that girl wasn't Krista, how could I just abandon her? I looked at my chief. "Sorry. Let's go."

He nodded and started walking again. "One other thing I'm sure of, is that she's somewhere up here."

"What makes you say that?"

"The kidnappings had become extremely regular in the past 2 weeks." He continued. "They would be at least one girl going missing every day. But ever the since you joined there hasn't been one. That's four days."

"So either they abandoned there project or... they found what they were looking for."

"And if that's the case, Dok will be keeping her close to him."

I followed the thug through the maze and we finally reached a door. 'N.J. DOK Private Office'. The key to enter was a passcode. The lock was a TK-400 model, highly sophisticated, just like the ones they used at the police station or even in detention facilities. Levi looked at me. "I don't suppose you could take care of that?"

"Who do you think you're talking to?" I snapped slightly vexed. "Make sure no one's around."

I kneeled in front of the door. I removed the upper part and as I started manipulating the wires, memories came back. I chuckled quietly. How many times had I broke into my dad's office just to see what he could guess it was me? Of course he did each time. Levi pulled me out of my daydreaming session. "Oi! Hurry up."

"Give me some time. I could use the night-vision camera of my phone to see the fingerprints on the button set, but if I get it wrong, the alarm might go off. I don't wanna take a risk. Almost done." I connected 2 wires together. And the door unlocked. I pushed all the wires inside the lock and placed the cover back. We went inside and closed the door. Surprisingly the office wasn't that big. The desk and shelves were huge but the room itself was small. The windows were covered. I thought it was best not to turn on the lights. Levi went directly to the desk and started looking through the files. I opened another drawer to help him. While doing that, he asked me. "You're very close with Krista right?"

"She's my best friend. I've known her for three years."

"Do you feel like you know a lot about her?"

"When it comes to what kind of person she is yes. But she always avoided telling me about her family. Just that her dad sent money for her to live every month. Why do you ask?"

"The girl they were looking for, her name is Historia Reiss. It may be just a coincidence but the name of the King and the royal family is also Reiss."

"What do you think it means?"

"Found it." He pulled a file out of Dok's desk and opened it. It was titles HR-KL. Inside were a bunch of letters written by the King and addressed to a woman called Lila. The letters all talked about one subject. A child named Historia Reiss. According to the letters this girl happened to be the King's illegitimate child. There was also the date of her birth. It matched Krista's birthday. It also described her as a very slow growing and fragile child with blond hair and blue eyes. At the end of each letter, it said 'make sure to burn this letter.' "I don't believe this. Krista is royalty?"

"No. She's illegitimate. What do you think would happen if someone got there hands on her?"

"Why didn't she ever tell me?"

"Probably to keep you out of that dirty business. Ironic, since you got involved with us."

"Shut up. So Dok wants to blackmail the King?"

BAM! The door flew open. We jumped to our feet. A tall man stepped into the room and stared at us. He was wearing a white shirt with a black waistcoat, black pants and black shoes. He had a nasty scar on the side of his head. As well as short messy brown hair and a beard. However the scariest par about this guy were his eyes. I could read the murderous intent in them, ten time stronger than Eren's, as well as an intense blood thirst. Only one person had ever been able to freeze me by a stare and I was standing right next to him. As soon as he saw the man, Levi grabbed me by the arm and brought me behind him protectively. He was staring at the man with that stare I just described. Difference was, Levi wasn't smirking.

"Well, well, Levi. It's been a while, boy. You haven't gotten any taller."

Cliffhanger! (Sry)