"Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving."

~J.K. Rowling

-Levi's POV-

As soon as we reached the main HQ, I walked straight into Erwin's office to see him calmly sitting at his desk with his hands folded as if he was waiting for me.

"Emmryn was taken," I informed angrily, and his lack of surprise pissed me off even more, "And why do you not even look the least fucking surprised by that information?" Erwin pulled out a sheet of paper from a drawer in his desk.

"I already knew they were coming after her, and I'm pretty sure I know where they have taken her," he informed, passing the paper to me with a smug expression. I looked at the paper, and my eyes widened before narrowing into slits as I glared at the blonde man in front of me.

"You fucking knew they were coming after her and you did absolutely jack shit to protect her?! What the fuck, Erwin? Having her raped and abused for 6 years in the Underground wasn't enough? You had to let her be kidnapped again? What the fuck were you thinking?" I demanded, beyond ready to jump across the table and beat the life out of the man in front of me.

"I was thinking that her husband would protect her and capture the men when they came for her," he replied without missing a beat, and if I hadn't been focused on how much time was wasting with this argument, I would have slit his throat right then and there.

"Listen well, Eyebrows. Do not blame me for you being a shitty older brother, and now, I'm going to protect her. I'm bringing her back, and when I do, I don't want you to ever go fucking near my wife again," I growled before Erwin nodded in understanding.

"I will leave her alone, but don't you want to know my back up plan? The one that will keep those men behind bars for the rest of their lives or possibly even executed? Because if not, you may just find yourself in a jail cell instead. And you wouldn't be able to protect Emmryn very well from there now could you?" I cursed every deity I had ever heard of and even made up ones as I nodded, using all of my restraint in hopes of bringing my wife back. Those bastards better not have touched her.

-Emmryn's POV-

I wake up to the feeling of cloth over my eyes and not being able to see. Great. I'm blindfolded. At least I won't have to see the mother fuckers that are going to have their way with me. My dark thoughts were interrupted by the sound of voices.

"Here ya go, sir. You said you needed some stress relief, and I got ya one of the finest prostitutes to ever grace the Underground," I heard Friar Reed's voice kissing someone's ass apparently. Whoever it was wasn't impressed with his bullshit.

"When I said stress relief, I meant alcohol ya dumbass! Not some former prostitute," the man's gruff voice and thick accent scolded back. Seconds later, the smell of tobacco filled my nostrils as the blindfold was removed, leaving me face to face with an older man with black hair, steel colored eyes, and a cowboy hat.

"Hey there, dollface. Sorry bout my rude subordinate over there. Got a name?" he asked with a smirk. In an act of defiance, I glared at him and spit in his face earning me brain rattling backhand to my face.

"Cheeky little bitch, aren't ya?" the old man glared before letting out a rather sinister chuckle, "Maybe I will break ya." I glared as if daring him to try.

"Kenny, sir," Friar interrupted coming up beside the dark-haired man with an arrogant smirk in my direction, "This bitch is Emmryn Smith, younger sister of the current Commander of the Survey Corps." At the last name, I couldn't help but correct him after how Erwin had acted before I was kidnapped.

"Ackerman," I growled in defiance causing Kenny to freeze, a shocked expression just briefly crossing his face before turning into a cocky smirk.

"What was that, dollface?" he questioned, though I noted that his tone had softened ever so slightly. Maybe this was my chance.

"My name is Emmryn Ackerman," I stated, softening my glare but speaking stronger than before. Kenny looked at me curiously.

"Now where did you get a name like that?" he inquired, the curiosity shining despite his still cocky looking expression.

"Marriage," I answered him calmly before glaring at Friar and directing my next statement, "This time you're not just dealing with an older brother who will toss his sister aside for the good of humanity." At this, Friar laughed loudly as he got in my face with a smirk, leaning down till his face was only inches from mine. Refusing to let him see me weak, I fought back an instinctive flinch and held his gaze with a glare.

"That bastard Levi actually married someone?! And a prostitute at that? Must remind him of dear old mommy-" Friar's taunting was cut short by a gunshot, followed by a sharp, searing pain in my abdomen as I saw the life fade from the eyes of the man who was responsible for 6 years of hell on earth for me. Looking down, I saw a gaping hole in Friar's stomach, and a smaller gunshot wound in mine.

"Walls, I was so fed up with that little shit's yapping, I finally pulled the trigger," Kenny complained before letting out a relieved sigh, "Now, ain't that better? Not hearing him kiss ass about everything. Yeah. This is much better." Despite the searing pain in my abdomen and the pool of my own blood that was beginning to gather at my feet, I found myself feeling relieved and at peace knowing that my rapist and torturer died first.

"Thanks, bastard," I said with a weak smirk as I looked up at Kenny earning an incredulous laugh from the man.

"Thanking someone who played a roll in your kidnapping and just shot you. Levi sure did pick a weird one! Ya know, I actually hope those guys find ya in time to save your life, dollface! See ya!" Kenny exclaimed with a hearty laugh as my vision faded to black.

Song: Sunrise by Our Last Night