OMGchaptertwoisupandwheredidthesepeoplecomefrom?! Wow, anyways, glad you all like the story. See any grammar or spelling, feel free to share. Hope you enjoy this chapter, sorry it's pretty long.


Erwin woke up slowly, hearing the same beeping she did as she had drifted off. She was worried, and panicked, and really wanted to know what happened, but she didn't feel like opening her eyes at the current moment. Never having been under anesthesia Erwin wasn't really sure what to expect, but she had to force herself awake, quietly repeating 'wake up' to herself. Only when she heard a quiet questioning of 'what was that?' did she actually force her eyes open; it took all of her concentration to open both her eyes.

Glancing around the room, she was able to see that she was right back where she started, with the only difference being the addition of a rather antagonizing cat-boy sitting calmly at the foot of the bed. She wanted to glare at him, but glaring required energy, and she just felt too tired to do anything other than go back to sleep or lay there. She moved her left hand to swat at something that was tickling her cheek, it took her a few tries, but finally the tickling strand of gold ceased bothering her.

"Oh…my hands are free…" She muttered, looking at her hands and raising them slightly; Erwin had been so tired, she hadn't even noticed. She also suddenly realized that what she thought was gold thread was actually her hair! It was now down to the middle of her back, but she found that there was a group on each side of her head that was much shorter than the rest, and still stuck out like fox ears.

"I think they look very nice on you Riko." Schrödinger smirked, suddenly holding up a mirror for Erwin to see her reflection; to say she was shocked would be an understatement. What she thought were tufts of her hair were actual fox ears, with small tufts of her own hair coming out of them. Erwin sat upright and began lightly touching her ears, and each time she did they flicked a bit, as if trying to get rid of a bug or something.

"Why are they…what are they?" Erwin looked at Schrödinger; for once she looked like a little helpless animal, but Schrödinger knew better.

"They are Fennec fox ears! You also have a tail. I don't know why the Doc did that, but he did for some reason."

Erwin suddenly noticed the fluffy thing that was touching her legs; throwing off the blanket that had been covering her, she saw the tan fluffy tail that the boy had been talking about. It had a small bit of black on the tip and near her spine where it connected, but the rest of it was the color of sand. Erwin sat on her knees and observed the furry extension of her spine, she found it hard to believe that any normal human could do this in a matter of hours.

"why?!" That was the only thing Erwin could think of at the current moment. So far, she had fallen asleep without meaning to, been kidnapped by Nazis while she was asleep, woken up in a strange bed, been brought to an experiment room, given a sedative, been experimented on, and was awake once again with fox ears, tail, and a cat-boy staring at her. "Wait…how long have you been there?!"

Schrödinger shrugged, "Not sure. Had to have been an hour for the operation on your ears, and hour-and-a-half for your tail, and then another hour or so waiting for you to wake up; sooo… about three hours, give or take."

"That math does not add up." Erwin growled, folding her ears back by accident.

"Well, my power is to be everywhere and nowhere. If you tried to kill me right now, I'd just appear by your door. This is my power. I wonder what powers the Doctor gave you?" The cat-boy mused, acting like his power explained his lack of ability to add correctly.

"Still doesn't make sense." Erwin repeated, noticing her tail-tip flicking slightly. She figured her ears and tail reacted to her emotions, and since she was angry, it was no wonder her ears were folded and her tail was twitching.

Schrödinger laughed and dismissed her, leaping off the foot of the bed and twirling a bit; despite the fact that he was clearly a boy, he acted very feminine. He leaned against the wall and stared at Erwin, observing her with his usual smirk on his face; she really hated it. She sat back down normally, being mindful of her newly acquired tail, and stared back at the cat-boy. It was only a few minutes before the Captain, Doc, and another man came in. The third man was a bit larger, not in the same way as the Captain; he was wearing a white suit, and seemed to have an air of superiority.

"Ah, so, she's finally awake." The new man observed, gesturing his arms. Erwin added that he was very flamboyant to her mental list of personalities she had met so far; these people were about as together as a tie-die shirt.

"Schrödinger! What are you doing here?! Get out!" The man known as Doc yelled at the cat-boy. Schrödinger just tilted his head and flicked his ears, pretending to not understand the multi-speckled man.

"Now, Doctor, let him hang around with our newest friend." The large man in the white suit commented, earning a quiet grumble from the doctor and a devilish giggle from the boy. "On a different note, I hear you prefer to be called 'Erwin' dear child."

"Yes, she does; but her real name is Riko." Schrödinger chided in, flicking his ears again. Erwin glared at him once more, grabbed one of her pillows and threw it at the annoying cat-boy as hard as she could; it didn't do much, but he got the point.

"I can speak for myself, thank you very much! My real name shouldn't be any of your concern; everyone calls me Erwin. That's it." The tank-commander-turned-experiment hissed, crossing her arms. The new man simply nodded and left it at that, turning around to leave.

"By the way, I am the Major. You will refer to me as such, and you will wear the uniform provided to you; no excuses." He quickly left, with the Captain and Doctor in tow.

Erwin was left with Schrödinger, much to the girl's disdain. She didn't like being here, and if everyone cared about when one member on turtle team went missing, surely they cared that she was nowhere to be found now as well.

She looked at the cat boy and frowned, waving her hand slightly to get his attention; "When I said that my friends would be looking for me, it wasn't a threat. One of my friends' is named Guderian, she's very smart when it comes to military combat and things like that. I'm not threatening, I'm warning: beware Guderian. Beware my whole team."


Caesar ran around the small house, yelling for the blonde girl who was her co-commander; they both had to know the plan for the next match. The only issue was that Erwin was nowhere to be found. So Saemonza and Oryou came home to Caesar running around, screaming threats unless Erwin showed herself.

"Uh, isn't Erwin with Guderian?" Saemonza questioned, knowing the two girls had set up a plan to go to some movie this week.

"No, I'm pretty sure that's tomorrow." Caesar commented quickly before yelling for Erwin again.

"Well, why don't we call Guderian and ask?" Saemonza retorted to Caesar's all-too-quick answer.

"You do realize you have a phone and her number too, right?" Caesar replied, turning to face Saemonza. The two then proceeded to glare at each other, previous tasks completely forgotten.

Oryou, who had stayed out of the argument, decided to use her phone to call the panzer loader. Though, with their luck, she might be on recon or something of that sort.


Yukari leapt for her phone as the familiar banging of a tank firing indicated that someone was calling; once she picked it up and saw who it was, she quietly answered, not sure why Oryou would be calling her at this moment.

"Guderian? It's Oryou."

"I know, um, is something wrong? Do you guys need me to spy on someone? Does Erwin need more tank models?" Yukari questioned. Erwin generally didn't share her ability to sew and design clothes, but she had came up with the idea to make formal attire and other things inspired by tanks; and Yukari had agreed to help.

"What? No, look, is Erwin at your house; and if not do you know where she might be?" Oryou responded, perplexed by why Erwin was borrowing tank models from Yukari.

"Oh….uhhh…" Yukari stayed quiet for a minute, not sure what to say. She knew there was a chance that Erwin could be at the fabric store, but she also knew that if Erwin saw her teammates there she might not be too happy. Well, she's not with them and not with me..oh… "I think Erwin might be at the local fabric store."

"The fabric store? Why would she be there?" Yukari could hear Caesar yell, clearly confused.

"She was going to help me make a hat and coat like the real Guderian wore!" please let them believe me. Yukari pleaded to herself; it wasn't a total lie, but also wasn't the greatest excuse either.

"Oh. Well, thanks, we'll check there." Oryou responded, a hint of disbelief in her voice.

"And call me back if you don't find her! Okay?" Yukari half-pleaded. As far as she could tell, the only other places Erwin could be would be below the ship or on a rival school's ship; neither sounded too good. Yukari kept her phone out and scanned through the contacts list, quickly finding Erwin's number. Glancing at her door, she decided to try calling the blond commander/radio operator, after all, there was no harm in trying to get in contact. Yukari heard the phone on the other end ring a couple of times before someone picked up.

"Hello? Who is this?" The heavy German accent told Yukari this definitely was not Erwin.

"My name is none of your concern! Who is this? Why do you have Erwin's cell phone?!" Yukari demanded, glaring at her phone.

"I am Rip Van Wrinkle. Now would you kindly tell me your name, else I do something regrettable?" The woman spoke as if she were of high authority, which she might have been, but Yukari couldn't really tell.

"Some call me Guderian. Since you seem keen on hiding your real name, that's all you get." She replied bitterly, still glaring at her phone.

"My name is in fact Rip Van Wrinkle, you lady. I'm going to assume that by the name you gave, you are friends with our newest recruit. What was her name again?"

"Eren? Erick? Schrödinger said her name began with an 'R' though, so I don't know." Another female voice responded to the question, though this one was clearly farther off than the woman with the phone.

"Erwin you mean." Yukari corrected, slowly trying to figure out what ship these women were from.

"Ah, yes! Erwin it was!" The woman chirped, earning a mumble from the other, farther away woman.

"What have you done to her? If you intend to hurt her, I will report you to the administration; also, as soon as I figure out what ship you are on, you can bet we are going to grab her back."

"Ship? Oh, you're talking about that 'Tankery' sport thing! Silly girl, we're not on a ship or even part of that! Right Zorin!?"

Yukari stiffened; if they weren't holding Erwin because they were a rival ship, then why were they holding her? It didn't make sense to Yukari…unless… "Hey, are you guys planning to do anything to Erwin?" She questioned, hoping to figure out what had befallen her friend.

"Well, the Doctor already saw her, and Schrödinger seems to have already taken an interest in her, but I have no idea what the Major wants her role to be; we already have everything planned out." The woman named 'Rip' seemed upset as she spoke, as if trying to figure out why they even had Erwin.

"Could I speak to your Major then? Surely you can understand why I am concerned about my friend." Yukari waited patiently hearing a little bit of an argument and some angry mumbling before someone came back on.

"Hello? Who is this?"

It was a male voice, and Yukari got the feeling that Erwin would hate this man just based on his voice. Somebody give her the patients of a saint or something, because no one so far sounds like the type of person to get along with Erwin. "Yes, hello, my name is Guderian, and, well, I believe you have one of my friends. She goes by the name Erwin." Yukari spoke quickly and politely, getting to the point quickly.

"Ah, yes, Guderian. Riko has mentioned you…"

Riko? Is that Erwin's real name?

"…But, sadly, she cannot speak at the moment. I'm afraid she is…resting." The man's tone felt sinister to Yukari, who shivered before speaking.

"Well, I assume you are the one referred to as 'The Major', is that correct?" A small hum confirmed Yukari's suspicions and she continued, "while I do understand that you are holding her, and are probably treating her well," Yukari tried to sound threatening, glaring at her phone again in hopes to get the point across (Even though she knew he couldn't see) "I would like to talk to her as soon as possible. Whenever she wakes up, I request you tell her that Guderian called and would like to talk to her in private. Now, pardon my noseyness, but, WHAT IS SHE RESTING FROM?!" Yukari yelled, both agitated and concerned about her friend. If they were treating Erwin well enough that her health wasn't in danger, then there was no reason for her to be resting.

"Well, she needed a few…modifications, shall we say? After all, I don't think anyone has ever thought that a werefox might be possible; but if we can make a werecat, why not?"

Yukari stared in utter silence, not hearing what the man was saying, much too shocked; she only closed her phone and put it down when a beep had signaled that he had hung up. She sat there for a moment before standing up and putting on her usual recon outfit and sneaking out her window. The rest of the team had to know where she was going and why, after all, Erwin was their teammate, and just as important as everyone else.


Miho opened her door and quickly shut it, minding her own business, when she suddenly heard a loud sneeze behind her. Whirling around, she saw Yukari standing in front of an open window covering her nose as if she had just sneezed; Miho relaxed at seeing her loader and smiled.

"Yukari, what are you doing here? It's late and this is no time for recon." She stated quietly, noticing Yukari's clothes.

"I'm not doing recon; I'm going on a rescue mission. Erwin's been kidnapped," Yukari stated in a 'matter-of-fact' way, "and I'm going to get her back before she gets hurt!"

Miho giggled and put her bag down, sitting on the edge of her bed; "Yukari, you know the rules don't allow the other schools to harm her in anyway. Caesar told me they couldn't find Erwin, but you know as I do she's not in real danger." Miho tried to comfort her friend, but Yukari still looked upset.

"But…she's not on a ship Nishizumi-san." Yukari muttered, looking at the floor.

"Eh?" Miho tilted her head in confusion; Erwin was either on another ship, or lost in their own ship somewhere. The latter seemed more dangerous, but didn't explain Yukari's behavior. "What do you mean Yukari?"

"I mean she's been kidnapped; as in kidnapped kidnapped, not kidnapped to another ship."

Miho sat there for a minute trying to understand what Yukari was saying before it actually hit her like a brick wall being pushed by a truck that was on a train. "WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL THE COPS?! WHERE EVEN ARE WE GOING TO LOOK YUKARI, WE'RE ON A BOAT!" Miho yelled, suddenly very concerned for Erwin's well being.

"I don't know! That's why I'm going to look! You have to tell everyone else what is going on, but don't let the police get involved until I know where those creeps are and where their holding Erwin!" Yukari stuttered, shrinking a bit at Miho's outburst.

"Alright, I'm sorry Yukari, it's just…how did this even happen? Erwin isn't one to be taken somewhere without a fight I'm sure, and she's not likely to fall for a trick, so how did someone even grab her?" Miho stated, calming down a little, but still upset.

"Well, first off: She was likely in her house, her room to be more specific; so it was only one person and they probably drugged her in some way. I just don't know how they got in because they all keep the doors and gate locked until one of them comes home. Climbing the fence would be difficult, and getting to Erwin's window and staying hidden once she was home would certainly be near impossible." Yukari thought out loud. She knew that herself having decided to play a prank on the blond commander once; needless to say, hiding anywhere in Erwin's room aside from the closet was pretty much impossible, as her room was filled with bags of fabric, little knick-knacks, and an assortment of other random things all stuffed into corners, even her laundry was only a pile in the corner near her closet. That being said, Yukari was still surprised when Erwin came home and told Yukari to remove herself from the blonds' closet; Yukari was both startled and curious on how Erwin realized she was there.

"I imagine that; Erwin must be rather neat and would probably notice a rug corner out of place." Miho joked, trying to lighten the situation slightly. "Anyways, what's your plan? We don't even know where she is or who took her."

"I know who, sort of." Yukari replied, perking up a little, "a woman name Rip Van Wrinkle, another woman named Zorin, probably another kid named Schrödinger, someone simply referred to as 'The Doctor', and then some guy referred to as 'The Major'. Only five, plus probably a hundred guards or so; but I think those five are the only ones who could cause problems!"

Miho nodded and handed Yukari a small device from under her bed. "It's a tracker, I actually bought it for humor purposes, but since this is really important and we don't know where she is…" Miho left it at that, knowing Yukari got the idea.

"Thank you so much Nishizumi-san. I'll find her, I promise." Yukari smiled, heading over to the window.

"Um, Yukari?"

"Hmmm? What is it?"

"Please, use the front door."

Yukari giggled and nodded, heading over to the front door and exiting the small apartment, leaving Miho to mull over the information she had just received.

Yukari leapt onto the supply ship, even though she knew it would be a while before she got to land. She had to look everywhere. Every time a ship landed, she had to ask around, when a new ship with a different destination arrived she would board, when she reached a new landmass she departed, and then repeat. She relaxed slightly, breathing in the salty air and enjoying the sun; she was snapped out of her calm state by her phone vibrating, which she promptly picked up.

"Hello, this is Guderian. Who is calling?" She used her soul name, knowing that the ones who kidnapped Erwin only knew as that.

"Guderian, it's Caesar."

"Oh! Lady Caesar, what's the problem?" Yukari asked, already having a hunch on what she was going to say.

"Erwin wasn't at the store, any other ideas on where she might be?" Caesar's tone sounded very concerned, it was clear she was beginning to worry about her blond teammate.

Yukari stayed quiet for a minute and looked at the floor, shuffling her feet slightly. "Lady Caesar…Please, talk to Nishizumi-san. She'll be able to tell you more." Yukari hung up, not giving the Rome-loving girl a chance to respond.


-*Time skips commence*-

Yukari leapt off the school ship, waving farewell to Darjeeling and Orange Peko, both of whom were happy to see the tank fan and willing to help in her quest to find her friend. It had only been 37 hours since Erwin had gone missing; plus or minus an unknown amount of time, seeing as she had been taken when no one was home. So far, Yukari had made it from the supply ship to St. Gloria School Ship. She had been found though, but once she explained the predicament, everyone was happy to help.

"Remember, don't stay out past dark!" Darjeeling called, waving politely to Yukari.

"And don't wander around alone! Especially in alley ways and such!" Orange Peko added, smiling sweetly.

"I won't forget! Thanks you guys!" Yukari called back happily, setting off into the city once the ship started to depart. "Okay, time to look around. I have to find a private detective or some group like that." Yukari muttered, only to be interrupted by her phone.

"Hello?"

"First off: never hang up on me again. Secondly: if you have a suspicion about one of my teammates, tell me before the rest of us go running to the store and getting confused because we don't understand the difference between silk and polyester." It was Caesar, and she was very clearly pissed.

"I see no difference but the price!"

Yukari tried to stifle her laughter as she heard Oryou yelling in the background. Erwin had tried to explain the differences to Yukari once. The most Yukari understood was that adding boning to a dress was like adding extra armor and a larger gun to the maus tank; made it more difficult to move and gave it a different shape.

"Don't laugh at us Guderian! Miho explained to us that you went looking for Erwin, but you don't even know where she is!" Caesar responded to the quiet laughter, growing more agitated. "What is the plan here? Do you even know?!"

"Well, I'm looking." Yukari muttered, passing a dark alley. She was sure she could feel someone watching her. "I got some names. I'm just concerned about what the Major guy is going to have the Doctor guy do to Erwin." She looked back, but saw nothing unusual aside from the busy street.

"Well, what do you plan to do if there are more people? Or if they brain wash her? Guderian…" Caesar was quiet for a minute, thinking of how to word her thoughts. "Yukari, you are only one person; a high school girl from Japan, running around the world looking for someone with fairly ordinary features. What if they change her appearance too much? Lengthen her air, dye it, take away her clothes, sell her to someone, keep her locked up." Yukari stopped walking, surprised by Caesar's words. The fellow loader was trying to sound normal, but Yukari was quite capable of hearing the sorrow in her voice.

"I know that." Yukari responded, after a few minutes of silence. "But, I'm not going by her appearance; I'm looking for her personality." Yukari smiled, knowing it would be difficult to change the blond girl's attitude. "I spoke to the Major guy over the phone, I really hope Erwin can get some patients, for that guy's sake."

Caesar laughed quietly on the other end, clearly in a better mood thanks to Yukari's little joke. "Well, let's hope she's safe until then."

"Right, and I won't stop looking until I find her!"

"Good luck on your mission Guderian, bring our radio man back safely."

Both girls hung up, a little less stressed, but still aware that their friend was in danger. Yukari resumed walking, she had no clue where she was going, but she made it looked like she knew exactly where she was going. It worked well enough, those she bumped into apologized and left her alone, no shady figures approached her to see if she needed 'help'. She soon made it to the edges of town, still unsure of where she was going and aware that her available excuses were running out.

Erwin, please, hold on. We'll find you.


"So, this 'Millennium' group is expanding?"

The woman was unnervingly calm; hands folded neatly and resting on her desk, chin resting against them, no emotion evident in her eyes. The man in front of her bore the same attitude, but the young lady standing next to the dark man was clearly concerned.

"And this new person is named?" The woman behind the desk did wait for a reply from either, they never lied to her when it came to such important information.

"We are…unsure, to say the least ma'am." The younger woman spoke, sounding very polite while she straightened up to stand at attention.

"From what I saw, she prefers to be called Erwin." The man replied. He knew no other information on this strange girl, or why the cruel group even decided they needed her do badly that they kidnapped her. It was too strange.

"I see…" The woman behind the desk muttered, swiveling her chair to look out the window behind her. "When you two find this girl, bring her here. If she refuses or sides with Millennium, get rid of her. That is an order, understood?" She spun back around to face the two people.

"Yes ma'am."

The man nodded and both left the dim office, allowing the older woman to think.

"'Erwin', huh? Interesting name for a girl…"


Oh god this took me forever! *dies* Welp, time to work on chapter three! I'll try to post it sooner than this one, but with school I give no guarantees. Sorry 'bout that. Blah, lots of stuff in this chapter. Sorry for any major oocness, I'm trying to keep everyone as in-characters as possible. I'm probs failing right? :'D