Chapter 39 - Kidnapped

" Ugh....wha....my head..." grunted Annie as she tried to move her hands but realized that her hands were chained together above her head from the ceiling, her legs were also chained up, looking like Saber when she was chained up by Medea. She could easily free herself by turning her hand into a crystal blade but decided to wait and see who did this to her. She put up with her compromising position and looked around her surroundings and discovered that she is in some kind of an underground cell judging from the lack of windows and ventilation. There are also molds and the humidity is high.

There is a chair placed in front of her and a table on her left, placed against the wall with a lamp lighting up the cell she is in. Behind the chair is a wooden door, separating her cell from the corridor. There are also two small rings on the table, a parchment, a quill, and an ink bottle. She didn't know what was written on the parchment or what the rings are for but she guessed that it must have been some form of a contract.

While she was observing her surroundings, she heard a click from the door of her cell signaling that someone had unlocked her cell door and is about to come in. She readied herself to face the person she presume to be her captor. The person who entered was wearing a long robe, covering their whole body and with a hood that was covering their face. Annie couldn't make out who it is but as the person pulled down their hood, she was surprised and confused at the same time.

" Bertholdt! What are you.....Did you do this to me?" asked Annie with a cold tone in her voice.

" Annie, I've been waiting for this day for a loooooong time hehehe.....are you happy? Who am I kidding of course you are! Hahaha" laughed Bertholdt deliriously.

" Bertholdt, what is the meaning of this?" asked Annie, her tone getting a lot colder.

" Ah? What is the meaning? It is our wedding day today and as my wife, you are to present yourself to me. I know you are shy so I had to help you out a little hehehe...hmm.....just like I dreamt of. Let's first slowly strip you of your clothes, shall we? Oh how I longed to do that hahaha," replied Bertholdt while slowly closing in on her and tried to cup her face but before he could touch her, she freed herself by cutting her restraints and jumped back to take some distance from him.

" Don't you DARE touch me! I never knew that you were such a vile person! I feel sick, knowing that I had traveled with such a disgusting person before!" shouted Annie while looking at him with disgust.

" Disgus...Disgusting!!!??? HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO YOUR HUSBAND!!!!!!" raged Bertholdt.

" Husband? Ha! Don't make me laugh, the only one who could be my husband is Asriel! I'd rather die than be a wife to a sc.u.m like you." replied Annie with contempt.

" Asriel....Asriel...ASRIEL!.....ASRIEL!!! Arghhhh Why do speak that nameeeeeee!!!! Can't you see that he had brainwashed you!!!?? Can't you see that I'm trying to help you!!!!! You are supposed to be mine!!! MINE!!!! How dare he take you away from me!!! But don't worry, everything is ok now, so COME OVER HERE!!!" screamed Bertholdt with a crazed look on his face with drool dripping from his mouth as he scream.

" You...." as Annie was about to say something, she stopped mid-sentence as if she was interrupted by something. While Annie was keeping quiet and was just looking at Bertholdt blankly, Bertholdt has calmed down and looked at her with a deadpanned expression, seeing that she won't do what he said,

" I see.....well, it can't be helped, I don't mind if you are missing a limb or two, I'll love you, all the same, these are sharp enough to cut through titans but if you move about too much, I can't guarantee to do the job in one go, so..........stay still will you," said Bertholdt and withdrew two blades from within his robe and slowly closed in on her.

Seeing this, Annie frowned and prepared herself for a fight but then suddenly she smiled.

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Meanwhile, the elite squad members were fighting tooth and nail against the titans that were slowly closing in on Eren's position. They had already lost half of their members but they didn't give up hope and continued to fight.

" Ian! At this rate, we are all going to die!" shouted Rico after finished killing a titan together with Ian.

" We have to hold on, as soon as Eren wakes up we will win this fight!" (Ian)

" There is too many of them! We won't be able to hold on much longer!! What are the people at the walls doing!??! They are supposed to distract these bastards away from us!!" (Elite Squad Member)

" Gahhhh let go of me you bastard!!!!!" screamed Mitabi who was caught by a 15m titan.

*Pshhh**Swish**Grrrrrrrrr*

" Are you alright, Jarnach san?" (Asriel)

" *pant* *pant* For a second there, I thought I was going to die, thank you, Cadet Asriel," said Mitabi while panting on the roof.

" Mitabi! Are you alright!!??" shouted Rico as she arrived beside Mitabi.

" You were lucky Cadet Asriel was nearby, don't be careless," said Ian towards Mitabi

" Ugh, I'm fine, you can lecture me later on, we have much bigger issues to deal with," replied Mitabi.

*ROOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR*

" Finally, he is awake! All squad members! Fall back towards Eren! Protect him at all cost!!" (Ian)

" Eru!" shouted Mikasa as she arrived beside Asriel.

" Hey, is everything alright?" asked Asriel as he petted Mikasa's head.

" Nnn....ah!......Eru! Annie is missing! I can't find her anywhere," said Mikasa. She was enjoying his petting that she nearly forgot what she wanted to say.

" Annie? Oh don't worry, she is dealing with some personal problems right now. She will join us in a bit," replied Asriel with a carefree tone and went towards Eren. Thinking back, he had noticed when Annie was knocked out and was kidnapped by Bertholdt, he followed them towards a building where they went down a few levels downward. He was surprised that there were so many floors underground and that Annie was easily knocked out even though he had trained with her so much and taught her to never let her guard down.

He followed Bertholdt to a floor above when he left Annie in a cell, to see what he was up to. He saw him writing down fervently on various parchments on the table and heard him mumbling incoherent things as he wrote. When Bertholdt left to go back towards Annie, Asriel checked out what he was writing, he wasn't that worried about Annie as he believe her to be able to take care of herself, though he was a little bit worried.

What Asriel saw on the parchments were plans about how Bertholdt was going to make him pay for taking Annie from him. There were also descriptions about Annie and how he love every part of her body and what he wanted to do to them. Asriel was so angered that he turned everything that was on that floor to ash with his lightening and then he heard shoutings below, so he decided to contact Annie as he moved towards her cell.

-Annie, are you alright down there?- asked Asriel telepathically, he had talked with all his girls telepathically before so that when they suddenly hear his voice in their head, they won't freak out.

-Asriel? Yes, I'm fine, only a little bit of problem I'm facing right now.- replied Annie.

-Alright, I'm halfway there to your cell. I'm going to turn that bastard into a meat past.- (Asriel)

-No, I want to take care of this myself, I want to teach him a little lesson for kidnapping me and thinking that I'm his wife!- replied Annie with a sadistic tone.

-Umm, I'm already in front of the door though but alright, since you want to take care of him then I'll punish him later, so don't kill him yet haha- said Asriel in an equally sadistic tone as he heard Bertholdt saying Annie to stay still.

-Thanks, Asriel and don't worry he will still be alive after I'm done with him- (Annie)

-Fufu, have fun then- replied Asriel as he left the bas.e.m.e.nt.