Annie knew exactly how this might turn out.
And it won't turn out pretty.
"Vadil!" she snapped.
She was sitting in the damn titan's hand but she knew that Eren and his friends were just outside these massive fingers.
"Get out of here! Now! That midget and Asian chick is no joke! If they team up-"
A roar suddenly ripped through the air causing Annie to slap her hands over her ears.
Mumbling a few curses underneath her breath, the blonde bit her lip, trying to think of a plan.
She had no energy to shift, Vadil was probably getting the shit beat out of her, and the strongest duo wanted their heads.
There was no plan.
"Fuck! Vadil!" she exclaimed. "Get out of here!"
Another roar.
Annie gave a small gasp when she felt the fingers start to shift. She also felt gravity push her against the titan's palm.
Was Vadil raising her arm?
Annie blinked when Vadil slowly opened up her hand, dropping Annie next to her ear onto her shoulder.
"What are you doing?!" Annie hissed. "I'm out in the open and-" she stopped.
Her eyes widened at the sight of Vadil's bloody body. She was cut all over the place, smoke was drifting from her wounds, she was missing an eye, and an arm was also gone.
Annie whipped her head back only to see Mikasa skimming through the air, her swords raised and ready to tear through the titan's body once more.
That one moment of eye contact was enough to make Mikasa stop in her tracks.
"You…" she breathed, her eyes drilling into Annie's blank, blue ones.
"Vadil," Annie breathed. "Can you hear me? I know you can understand me so listen up," she hissed. "Get out of here. Run. Run as fast as you can. You won't win against them." Her eyes flashed towards Levi's direction.
Levi was just staring at her, his expression still blank and stoic, but Annie could sense danger.
"Vadil, get out of here now. I mean it." She growled, grabbing a few of the titan's wiry strands of hair.
"I won't let you escape." Mikasa suddenly said, her pitch black eyes shooting daggers at Annie. "I'll make sure you stay dead this time. I won't let you take Eren."
Speaking of Eren,
Annie turned her head, observing the forest.
Where was he?
Knowing him…
Annie gave a small smile to herself.
He would never leave a fight.
And she was right, because in the corner of her eye, she spotted the tip of a familiar green cape.
"ANNIE!" Eren's voice boomed throughout the land, his 3D maneuver gear guiding him through the thicket with an excessive amount of speed.
"Eren! No!" Mikasa exclaimed, her eyes filled with fear.
"That damn brat." Levi hissed angrily.
"Vadil," Annie whispered, her eyes not leaving Eren's. "He's here."
Almost on instinct, the titan jerked its head up then opened its mouth, letting a blood curling scream pierce the air.
Annie smirked as she watched Vadil's wounds finally finish healing.
"Eren, no!" Mikasa cried, shooting her metal hooks at a nearby tree, trying to cut off Eren's path.
Eren wasn't sure why he leapt off of Armin's horse.
He wasn't sure why he was heading towards Annie with a tremendous amount of speed.
But when he saw her pinned up against a wall…
His body just moved on its own.
Did he want to help her or did he just want to kill her while he still had the chance?
He didn't know.
"EREN!" Mikasa screamed.
Eren also did not know when the titan appeared before him, but he felt its hand wrap around his body, nearly crushing his bones.
"Gah!" he felt the air escape from his lungs, pain shooting up from his shoulder down to his fingers.
"You really are an idiot." Annie's cold voice slapped Eren across the face.
He slowly raised his head until he was staring into an icy pool of light blue.
"You just let yourself be captured, that's not really smart, now is it?" Annie said quietly.
"A-Annie," Eren coughed. "Why are you-"
Blood.
Blood splattered against Annie's and Eren's face as Vadil screamed in agony. The hand that was holding Eren flew off, landing with a crash against the forest floor.
"How much of a fuckin moron can you be?!" Levi snapped, holding Eren by the back of his shirt as they flew through the air.
"L-Levi heichou, did you just cut off her arm?" Eren asked dumbly.
They both landed on a tree branch, the gentle breeze blowing some of the heat away.
"Vadil!" Annie said in a higher pitch than usual. "We have to get out of here. It'll take too long for you to finish healing and you just lost another damn arm. Stop being so stubborn and get out of here!" she ordered.
Vadil heard her.
Annie was sure of it so why won't she just do it!?
Danger. She sensed danger.
Annie spun on her heels, just in time to block a powerful blow to the face.
"Oh?" she said lowly, peering at Mikasa through her golden locks. "Why, hello there, monster."