A/N – Thank you for the reviews and again sorry for the late update. :c Buuuuut here's the next chapter, enjoy!

Erwin had been working all night through, partly expecting for Hange to come barging in his office saying she'd found Levi for her experiment. But she hadn't. He had found it increasingly difficult to concentrate that night, having taken several breaks. He hadn't even gotten half of the work done. He sighed, this is going to take a lot of time. Damn it, Levi. Where are you? His captain never just went off without notifying him, even though he hadn't been gone for a long time … some things just didn't add up. He had started to get really worried when Levi hadn't shown himself during the meeting with the captains. No one knew where he was.
He stroked through his hair and leaned backwards in his chair. He saw that the sun had just risen above the horizon, which meant the recruits should have just gotten up and about doing their chores. He slowly got up and walked outside, set on finding his captain. Walking through the hallway he vaguely remembered the last time he'd seen Levi, when he'd dropped off the paperwork he'd been assigned to.
Levi usually went out at night to take a walk around headquarters, so he reckoned he'd done just that after dropping off the documents. He turned towards the exit and decided to go and take a look around the walls surrounding the building.

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Levi was shaken awake by the movement of the carriage he was laying in. He blinked a few times and then suddenly remembered what had happened. He tried to keep as still as possible and take in his environment. It was dark, but light peered through the cracks which probably meant it was day. Though, the light didn't have much to shine on as the carriage appeared empty aside from a few crates stacked in the corner.
Levi shuffled around a bit as he tried to sit upright, his hands still bound behind his back. The wobbly motions of the carriage weren't making it any easier either.
When he'd finally made it upright he looked around again, his abductors had been so confident of him not being able to escape that they'd left him alone. His hands were bound very tight and he knew he could only get the ropes off with something sharp, it'd be useless to spend time on trying to get those off.
It would also be significantly harder to move around due to the beatings he'd received earlier. He felt his ribs shifting over one another and his head was pounding forcefully. He could worry about that later – first and foremost, he had to get out of there, and fast. Those guys were up to no good and he definitely wasn't going to give himself up that easily. Pushing his thoughts back he slowly pushed himself upright and stumbled towards the wooden side of the carriage. He walked around, touching every inch he could reach to try and find a sharp splinter he could use. They were still moving at a considerable pace, so he hoped he'd have enough time. After some time he found a nail sticking out, softly sighing with relief he turned his back towards it and tried to cut through the ropes. Just about twenty minutes later his hands were finally free. He pushed back the urge to sit down and rest as he peered through the cracks in the wood on both sides. He didn't spot anyone, which he found extremely suspicious. He crept towards the back, cursing in himself as he saw it was locked. He'd have to go through the front. He turned back around and tried to go back to the front as silently as possible. He stiffened when he heard laughter coming from behind the wooden barricade. The small slot opened and a man walked in, "Now, now, captain. It's no time to be doing silly things, is it?"

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Erwin had walked around the outer walls two times and he hadn't found anything out of the ordinary, except for a somewhat battered bush, but that wasn't anything to get immediately suspicious about. He stood still and looked up, there still hadn't been any sign of Levi. He'd been thinking about getting the Military Police involved, but they weren't really fond of the captain and also … he doubted they would be of much use. He should just trust Levi and his capabilities to get out of whatever trouble he was in for now, seeing there was no way he could leave his post and go looking for him on his own. He'd have to assign a search squad later, I'll give you a few more hours.

"Commander!" Hange yelled from the entrance, waving her hands to and fro. She skipped the salute as she halted in front of the commander and starting talking immediately. "Sir! You know, I just couldn't accept the fact that Captain Levi would just go without saying anything so I assigned some recruits to look around and see if they could find anything. Now, at first they though-"
"Hange! To the point, please." Erwin interrupted before she'd fall in her habit of rambling on for hours.
"Ah yes … Uhm, one recruit found a wooden bat stained in blood, presumably Captain Levi's, sir!" She revised, this time standing in position.
Erwin tried to keep calm. Levi wasn't someone you could just sneak up on, let alone land a hit on. "Who found it? Bring the recruit to me." He ordered.
"Recruit Adelbert, I'll go get him." She said as she sprinted away.

After a few minutes Erwin spotted Hange turning around the corner, hauling a recruit behind her. He narrowed his eyes as he saw it was the recruit from the day before. He'd wanted to check up on his admission papers, but he'd forgotten to do so. As they halted in front of him he straightened his back and looked down on the fairly smaller recruit who saluted clumsily. "Where did you find the weapon?" He asked in a low voice.
The recruit looked up, his eyes flashing in the sunlight. There was something about him, but Erwin just couldn't put his finger on it.
"I found it in the woods just outside the northern side of the outer walls, sir."
"Take me there." Erwin ordered as he grabbed the recruit by his arm and pushed him forward. Hange leaned closer to Erwin and whispered, "Don't be so prickly, sir. The poor thing didn't do anything wrong, y'know."
He didn't answer and shrugged her away. He didn't care about hurting a recruit's feelings at that moment, all he wanted was to find his captain and fast.

"I found it right here, between those trees." The recruit said while pointing at the location.
Erwin walked towards the trees, but there's was nothing out of place. What would I have expected? – he thought.
He turned to Hange with a slight frown decorating his face. "I need a group of soldiers to go and look for Levi and I want you to lead it. Leave as soon as possible." He ordered her as he walked away, pulling the recruit along. He'd wanted to guide the search himself, but he'd decided to keep an eye on this recruit Adelbert. Either way, it wouldn't be approved of if he'd left to look for one of his captains, one who was known as Humanity's Strongest Soldier nota bene.

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Levi cursed when he saw the man, who he presumed to be the leader, coming towards him. He was finally able to see the man's face, but he didn't recognize him. He'd thought that because the man had subconsciously tried to cover up his face, he'd be someone Levi knew. He had hoped to find some sort of way to get out of there, but now he was helplessly leaning against a crate … So far for not being noticed – he thought bitterly.
"Oh my, looks like you got your restraints of. We'll have to make sure to get them tighter next time." The man continued, still slowly walking to Levi his eyes locked on his movements.
Levi just stared and waited for what the man was going to do. At first he hadn't wanted to say anything, but before he would escape he'd better try and get some information.
"Who are you?" He demanded.
"Now, now, captain. Do you really think you're in the position to ask questions?" The man said seemingly innocent. Just after he shot out and hit Levi in the abdomen which caused him to double over and land back on his knees.
Levi had been surprised by the sudden change of action and hadn't been able to fend of his fist. He reckoned the guy must have had military training if he was able to move that smoothly, and above all, if he was able to surprise him. The last time someone had been able to genuinely surprise him in combat was in the Underground when he had fought with Erwin. He'd vowed to never let that happen again, so he shot up and planted his shoulder in the man's abdomen to send him flying. He heard a loud and startled grunt which led him to believe that he had hit the right spot and without thinking he jumped out of the carriage. He hadn't looked outside first, but he had expected some accomplices at the least. So he was baffled when he saw the only carriage present was the one he'd just gotten off from. Not wanting to wait and see what the hell was going on he sprinted to the woods. He'd worry about orientating himself later, for now he'd just try to get as far away as possible.
Years of training and the expeditions outside the walls helped Levi to navigate as quickly and silently as possible. After he knew he'd gotten far enough, he climbed in a tree and rested against the trunk. His ribs were aching and it felt like his head was going to explode any minute. Deciding it was best to sit down and reflect on what had happened he closed his eyes and rested his head back against the trunk.

A/N – I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter and thanks for reading! Please review if you have the time, I really enjoy reading your feedback whether it be positive or negative. It also speeds up the writing *hint hint* ;P