Annie was very confident in her combat skills.
But then again, so was Mikasa.
The blonde managed to avoid and block all of the raven's powerful blows but some made her lose her balance.
Man, how much strength did this bitch have?
Annie frowned as she ducked, dodging another punch.
"Too slow." Annie smirked.
That comment pissed off Mikasa even more.
Annie swung her leg, aiming it at her knee but it was quickly blocked by Mikasa's foot.
Clicking her tongue, Annie raised her fist, getting ready for an uppercut.
Mikasa predicted this and blocked it with her arms.
"Annoying…" Annie hissed, trying to shake the pain away from her hand.
Mikasa wasted no time and went for a kick to her gut but this time Annie grabbed her leg, refusing to let go.
But before the blonde could do anything else, Mikasa's hand lashed out, grabbing her golden locks.
Soon they were eye to eye with each other, panting.
"Not bad…" Annie mumbled.
Mikasa said nothing.
The hatred in her eyes were enough.
"Let go of my hair and I'll let go of your leg." Annie said, her blue eyes twinkling.
"And you expect me to trust you?" Mikasa hissed back.
"No." Annie shrugged, ignoring the stinging pain in her scalp. "But it was worth a shot.
Annie's eyes flickered down at Vadil's still body.
She hasn't been moving for a while now.
This time she glanced over at Levi and Eren.
He was tending to that idiot's broken arm.
Heh, what a loser.
"What are you looking at?" Mikasa said with a deadly tone, her grip only tightening.
Annie said nothing as the cold glint in her eye slowly returned.
"Stay here, brat." Levi hissed. "Move and I'll kill you."
"Y-Yes sir!" Eren said before wincing.
His arm was beyond repair but Levi was kind enough to make a sling for him with the sleeve of his shirt.
Well it was poorly done but better than nothing.
"W-Wait, Levi heichou!" Eren suddenly said.
Levi looked back at him, raising an eyebrow.
"What…what are you planning on doing?" he asked as casually as he possibly could.
"What do you think, Eren?" he frowned. "I'm going to kill that bitch along with her titan friend." He said, pointing his blade at Annie and then at Vadil.
Eren opened his mouth to say more but Levi beat him to it.
"Don't even try to stop me, Eren." He said dangerously. "That blonde haired bitch killed innocent people. She's going to witness the same fate."
Silence.
And then,
"I know…" Eren replied lowly. "I know but-"
"But what?"
Eren wasn't sure what to say.
He didn't know why he was trying to stop Levi.
He wasn't sure why the thought of Annie dying…bothered him.
It felt like a rock was clinging inside of his chest, dragging him down…down…down…
He shook his head as if to throw all of these strange thoughts away.
Annie was his enemy.
She was a traitor…
She killed Levi's entire squad!
She killed so many innocent people!
So…so…
So, she should die…
Right?
What happened next even shocked Levi.
A sudden roar.
A sudden roar erupted from Vadil.
It was a deafening sound, it rang across the land, scattering birds all over.
It slammed against Eren, sending him to his knees while for Levi, it froze every muscle in his body preventing even the slightest of movement.
Mikasa was blown off of Vadil's shoulder and she landed with a loud THUD against the floor.
Annie had her hands over her ears but Eren caught the look in her eye.
Her goal was right there.
And she was about to achieve it.
Eren blinked and the next thing he knew, Vadil was right in front of him.
The sound waves left Eren, Mikasa, and even Levi paralyzed.
"Eren," Annie said coldly.
His pupils dilated at the sight of Vadil's arm raising.
"We finally…" Annie said, her eyes piercing themselves into his. "Caught you."