DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN.
Date Uploaded: February 4, 2018

Note: Advanced apologies for the OOCs.

scattershot: This is supposedly a double chappie but looks like it failed to upload *chuckles*. And yeah sorry for the bad stuff. I didn't want to make things "off-screen" to add impact. And yep waiting for the next chapter for the manga. I'm waaay off the manga now though. *sighs*. Anyway, enjoy this chapter!

Still a bonus. But after this we're back on track. Again, this may still have themes you may not like. So again, since this is a bonus, you can skip it and wait for the main chaps.

WARNING: Violence and rated M stuff!

Once again, be warned! This shouldn't really be in here but I decided not to do any off-screening so I made it a bonus. And it's really okay to skip the chapter. It may be off for Zeke's character or anyone else's. But hey, if you don't freakin' care then please, by all means read on. I won't hold you any longer.

Read on!

CHAPTER 20.2: TO PROTECT HER IS MY MISSION II
The brunette had her hands behind her back, tied by a rope. A cloth over her mouth to keep her from speaking. Her injured leg was tied with a cloth to stop the bleeding. In front of her was the sight of seeing Thomas lying down, unconscious, the remainder of his legs were numb already and he's lost a lot of blood.

Zeke was wiping his bloody hands with a cloth, humming a tune.

Sasha can try to come up many different ways to run right now if she could. Zeke would always leave the door open and unlocked but she can't eeven bring herself to run. Her leg wouldn't help her run far.

"You know, we've wasted so much time already." Zeke spoke and turns back to her. "It's midnight out there and later the sun will be out."

"..."

"I am fine with not sleeping, but I don't know about you." taking slow steps until he was close to her. "I just wanted an answer. And you two are such idiots to be willing to go through this instead of just giving me what I want."

The shifter knelt down to see her eye to eye. The fear visible in her eyes and sweatdropping because of the lack of air around.

"To save time, I'm just gonna offer you a fair trade." Zeke began his proposal. "You have someone you care about, don't you? Well, if you don't want that person to end up like your friend here, then I want you to bring me one titan shifter in exchange of your and the important person's safety. How's that? Just nod if you agree."

She didn't respond nor did she nod or shake her head.

Betray her comrades? There was no way she'd agree with it!

However, Zeke wasn't getting any patient for waiting. He dropped his hand on her wounded leg, giving it a light squeeze. The brunette grimaced and he started to rub on the part of her leg that was swelling.

She gritted her teeth to refrain from screaming but she groaned silently.

"Come on. Are you still alive?"

He lifted his hand that had her blood all over it and caressed her cheek, wiping the blood to her face, sliding down to her neck.

"You're still breathing, that's good." he says and pulled out a knife hanging on his belt. "Let's get this over with."

Putting the knife over her wound, she began her muffled screams out of the pain. Zeke didn't care and continued to plunge the knife in her leg, jabbing it until Sasha attempted to move it away from him.

"You don't want to tell me anything, you don't like deals either, so what good are you to me?"

He points the knife in her face this time, her blood dripping from the blade.

"Is Annie-chan the person responsible for your recovery?" he asked. "Or is it some sort of cure created by the humans?"

She was tempted to nod. If she were to answer, it will all be over. But what good is it to survive all this torture if she were to give up in the end? No. No. If the sun comes out she was sure that the Survey will come looking for them. She just has to hold out until that time comes.

"Why is it so important that you get that information?" she asked, trying to redirect a conversation.

"I don't see why you have the right to know when you're not in any position to ask."

"You can torture me all you want, but you won't get anything out of me." it took her all the courage she could muster to say these things to him. She wasn't even the slightest ready to be tortured by him. She saw what he did to Thomas. How inhumane it was to feed his legs to the titans, to beat him, to skin him... she wasn't sure she'd endure it at all. But if she wanted to buy some time or at least learn something from him, she needed to take the risks.

Zeke laughed at her. She was obviously bluffing with her statement and he can see that. What is there to negotiate about?

"You sure about that? Because I can go all out and I'm telling you, I won't be as gentle like I was with your friend." Zeke threatened with a grin.

He was GENTLE he says!

She wanted to freak out and panic.

But in front of the enemy, she can never show her weak side again. Just like one time how she apologized to a titan when she attempted to kill it on one of their field trainings. This time around... she's not gonna back own on her word nor would she show she's afraid.

"You can threaten me all you want, but the only thing you're going to accomplish is cover yourself with my blood and amuse yourself but not the answers that you want." she retaliated.

Her little comeback caused Zeke's smile to turn into a frown. He did not like the resolve he saw in her eyes.

Instead of seeing her broken, she build up her courage to stand up against him in this way. Zeke did not like it. Zeke was pissed. He doesn't want to be defied and he surely does not want the likes of her to beat him.

It was like seeing little Annie all over again.

"Then you and I are going to enjoy this night." he said, an obvious tone of rage in his voice as he spoke. "And we'll do this until this morning if we have to."

It's been hours.

Who knew how long it's been. But it's been freakin' hours. Sasha couldn't think or even be conscious of anything else that's going on other than the pain.

How long has it been since her resolve not to break until Zeke agrees to talk with her?

She couldn't move her fingers. Singed by a highly heated metal that Zeke would rub on her skin and poke her with needles he'd also heat in the fire. She didn't want to shout because it may give him the satisfaction to amuse himself but it couldn't be helped. Every needle he'd stuck in her he wouldn't remove until he wants to.

Her arms had the same fate. Only, he was doing it real slow. He made sure not to be quick on his torture because he had a whole lot of other parts of her body that he wants to slowly burn until she breaks down.

But there can only be one winner in this little showdown.

"Zeke!" it was the voice of the same woman from before.

Sasha couldn't see clearly who it was, but she can see a blurred figure of that person enter the cell.

"What? I'm busy at the moment." Zeke says, focusing on Sasha that was in a cruficixion position in the wall.

"Well you're wasting time. i already transferred the other one to the place you told me to and guess what? I left seeing you cut her nails and polish her feet and I come back with you doing the same thing since I left."

"Your point?"

"We've wasted too much time. We can't be here when morning comes because we should be preparing for the big attack." the woman says, putting her hands on her hips.

From the sound of it, Sasha can figure out without even sweating on it, that they are going to attack Trost. And she doesn't know if it was good news that the woman saved her life or bad news that the woman doesn't want to delay their attack on Trost.

"I know that. This won't take long."

"You're not getting anything from her and she's getting a whole lot from you." she continued to argue. "She's taking your time and she's got you in her hands without you knowing it."

"I don't want to hear that from you!" Zeke angrily retorted.

"I get it, you're reminded of someone but now's not the time to reminisce. You said you wanted to take this Sasha person to gather information. Well if she's offering to give you that information in exchange of a little something then why won't you drop that pride of yours and take it."

Zeke was silent. He didn't notice it but she was right. Sasha's making a fool out of him.

He turns back to her with a glare. "I hope your offer still stands." he says. "I guess I underestimated you, Ms. Blouse. You're more than just a soldier who'd do anything to survive. You're a true comrade who values her friends." he compliments.

Sasha was relieved that it was her win. Zeke admits it.

Whatever she and Thomas had to endure, it wasn't in vain.