Hostage

Javelin's POV

"Okay, we're safe for now." I said

I closed the door and jumped down the ladder into the basement. Everyone put the gear on the table and began to assemble their stuff.

"I might be able to get a signal if I destroy this antenna." said Alpha 1-3

"Wouldn't doing that give away our position?" asked Alpha 1-2

"Yes but it's a risk we have to take." replied Alpha 1-3, "But I don't have to take out the entire antenna, if I can disconnect the right wire then I can get a signal out."

I looked at the map and this antenna was desolated in the middle of a forest.

"Let's try, we know for a fact that the Eldians would try to protect these antennas. But this is big, if we don't do this then we may die." I said

"How long will it take for you to find the right wire?" asked Alpha 1-2

"Depends 5 minutes minimum." replied Alpha 1-3

"We have to execute this properly or we all die." I said

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Gear up, we're leaving in 15." I said

Annie's POV

"Armin..." called out Mikasa

Mikasa tried to wake up Armin but he wouldn't wake up.

"How are we going to tell him?" asked Connie

"You're worried about that?" snapped Ymir

"Calm down Ymir." Sasha tried comforting her

"How can I possibly calm down?" growled Ymir

"Ymir you're not the only one who lost Bertholdt..." I whispered

But then Ymir grabbed the collar of my shirt and punched my face.

"Ymir!" gasped Jean

"This is all your fault!" yelled Ymir

She pinned me against the cold wall.

"If you kept on eye on that scumbag Eren then maybe we wouldn't deal with this!" yelled Ymir, "No if you haven't cheated on him in the first place then he wouldn't have died!"

I looked down at the ground, I didn't have the right to fight back.

"Ymir that was 16 years ago." said Mikasa, "We all know she was in the wrong that time but this isn't her fault."

Mikasa pulled Ymir off of me.

"We're not to blame Annie for this." said Mikasa

"Ymir's right." I whispered

Everyone looked at me with a sad expression.

"I'm at fault for all of this." I continued

I looked away from everyone and just sat on the floor.

"I'm sorry." I apologized

But then I heard Armin groan and he slowly sat up.

"Armin..." whispered Mikasa

Mikasa helped Armin sit up.

"What happened? I don't remember anything." said Armin

He rubbed his forehead and eyes.

"What was the last thing you remember?" asked Jean

"I was hit by someone and knocked unconscious, the last thing I remember is Eren's face." whispered Armin, "Why do all of you look so down?"

He looked at each and every one of us and the others looked at each other, waiting for someone to tell him what happened.

"Did something happen?" asked Armin

He then seemed to get it.

"Where's Bertholdt? Was he executed?" asked Armin as he stood up

"Armin, it's uhh hurts to say this but uhh..." trailed off Connie

"Armin, Bertholdt's gone." said Jean

Armin's eyes widened, I saw fear start to flood his body.

"But, the execution was done by you." said Jean

"Wh-what do you mean?" asked Armin

"You..."

Jean trailed off, not knowing how to say it without giving Armin a heart attack.

"You, inherited his power..." Jean finally said it

Armin's eyes widened and I saw his eyes swell up, tears falling down his cheeks.

"Bertholdt, I ate him?" asked Armin

Jean nodded and Armin lost it. Armin started screaming and clutching his head as he cried. He fell onto his knees and Jean and Connie tried to help but Armin wouldn't stop crying.

"Hey shut it!" yelled the MP guarding the cell.

He banged on the jail cell with his baton so Armin tried to stay quiet but he just kept crying, while clutching his chest as if he was in pain.

"Bertholdt, I'm sorry, I couldn't stop Eren." sobbed Armin

Everyone in the cell began letting tears out of their eyes, I quickly wiped mine away and took a deep breath.

"Eren..." I whispered

That's when I saw the MP gasp and salute and Eren came and stood in front of our cell.

"Eren you motherfucker!" yelled Ymir

She lunged towards Eren and tried reaching for him but she was out of reach.

"Be grateful I killed one of our enemies." said Eren

"He wasn't an enemy!" yelled Ymir, "You are!"

Eren ignored Ymir and he looked at us.

"You probably don't know but I'm not the enemy." said Eren, "There's a traitor amongst us."

"Eren, that's you." said Connie

Eren then took out a beer bottle and handed it to Connie.

"The Swine? Do you think this is some joke?" asked Connie

"You don't know, but Zeke's spinal fluid was detected inside the beer." said Eren

Everyone's eyes widened.

"All those who consumed it are now a big threat and are contained in jail." continued Eren

"But you were always with him." I whispered, "You must have known."

"The only reason I went to his place was to ensure that he doesn't do anything." replied Eren

"It doesn't make sense, how do you expect us to believe that?" I asked

I got up and approached the bars.

"I'm no longer running away from you Eren, if you continue to do this I have no choice but to leave you." I said

"Annie..." whispered Armin

"Having you in my life does not matter." said Eren

My heart dropped but I didn't feel as much pain as before.

"All I need to know is, where's Zeke." asked Eren

"How the hell would we know?" asked Jean

"Armin?" questioned Eren

Armin got up and looked at Eren.

"I trusted you ever since we were kids, I didn't expect you to end this way." said Armin, "What happened to you Eren?"

"Answer my question." said Eren, ignoring Armin's question

"How should I know?" asked Armin

"Captain Levi and Commander Hange are missing because of Zeke." said Eren

"Captain Levi? Commander Hange?" gasped Sasha

"Since you can't answer that I'm going to ask you this Annie." said Eren, "Where's Riku?"

"You know her, you can't find her." I said

Eren looked at the ground and then two MPs came towards Eren dragging Ellie, Riku's daughter.

"Eren what are you doing?" asked Mikasa

Eren pulled out his handgun, cocked it and pointed it at Ellie's head. Her eyes widened in fear and she began trembling, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Eren!" I yelled

"P-please help me, auntie..." Ellie pleaded me

Everyone in the cell began to back up in fear and anger.

"Eren stop it! What do you want?" I asked

Eren pulled out my phone and handed it to me.

"The signals down on that phone, so call her." he said

I took my phone and I looked at it, my hand trembling. I didn't know what to do, Riku's a close friend and Ellie was just a child.

"I already told you, I'm not going to kill her." said Eren

I turned on the phone and went to contacts but before I called Riku I looked at Ellie.

"I'm sorry Ellie..." I whispered

I looked back at the phone but I also saw Ajax's number below Riku's. I took a deep breath and pressed on Riku's number and put it on speaker. The phone rang for a minute but she didn't pick up and Eren was clearly getting impatient.

But then the phone started ringing and I was getting a call from a different number. I looked at it and back at Eren and he signaled me to pick it up.

"Annie?" I heard Riku's voice

"Ri-Riku..." I whispered back

"How are you calling me? Did you escape, wait no I'm able to call how's that possible?" questioned Riku

"2nd lieutenant Javelin, it's been long." said Eren

The phone was silent for a solid 5 seconds.

"Eren Jaeger." replied Riku

"I want you to stand down and surrender." said Eren

"I'm pretty sure you know who I am." replied Riku

Eren signaled me to hand over the phone so I gave it to him and he kneeled in front of Ellie who was crying.

"I think you might want to talk to someone before she dies." said Eren

Eren put the phone near Ellie so that her crying could be heard.

"Say hi to mommy." said Eren

"M-mommy?" cried Ellie

"Ellie? Ellie are you hurt?!" yelled Riku through the phone

I wanted to help but all I could do was just watch.

"Mommy I want daddy! I'm scared!" she yelled

"Now do you change your mind?" asked Eren

"Eren you bastard, I'll rip every single one of you organs out of you." growled Riku

Eren sighed and shot Ellie in the leg and she screamed in pain.

"Eren!" I yelled

"Eren you psycho!" yelled Sasha

"Ellie! Eren you dickhead I'll fucking kill you once I get my hands on you!" yelled Riku through the phone

I tried to reach for Ellie but she was too far, her blood began to create a puddle on the floor.

"You have 20 minutes to decide, surrender." said Eren

"Eren you-"

Eren ended the phone cutting off Riku.

"Take her away." said Eren

"Ellie!" I yelled

Ellie was passed out from the pain as the MPs dragged her away, leaving a trail of blood. Eren leaves us in complete shock and I collapsed onto my knees crying while holding onto the bars.

'I'm sorry Riku.'

Javelin's POV

I crushed the burner phone in my hand, enraged by what Eren just did to my Ellie.

"Ma'am please calm down." said Alpha 1-2

"You think you would be able to calm down if your child was hurt?!" I snapped

Alpha 1-2 slightly back up in fear.

"Ma'am we're nearly there." said Alpha 1-3

I prone onto the ground and hid waiting for the Eldian patrol to pass, I could see the telephone antenna, it was huge with many wires hanging on it.

"It's a whole electrical field." said Alpha 1-1

Once the Eldians passed we jumped over the ten foot fence and quickly set up a perimeter while Alpha 1-3 hooked up a computer onto the antenna.

"Got it, I just need a few minutes..." whispered Alpha 1-3 as he got to work

After about a few seconds I heard Alpha 1-3 groan.

"Dammit." he sighed

"What's wrong?" asked Alpha 1-2

"This is under military signal, once I hack into it, lead is going to drop." replied Alpha 1-3

"We don't have a choice." I said

Alpha 1-3 took a deep breath and started going back to work.

"Entering it in 3, 2, 1." counted Alpha 1-3

I waited for the Eldians to show up as I cocked my UMP45.

"They're closing in on us." said Alpha 1-3

"We're going to kill them stealthily." I said, "Alpha 1-2 take the north, Alpha 1-1 take the west."

I put on my cloak.

"I'll take the south and east. Try not to kill them." I said, "Don't fire unless necessary, don't want unnecessary noise."

I turned on my invisibility cloak with the others and hid behind some of the electrical power boxes which were huge and waited for the Eldians to come out. I began to see flashlights scanning the area and finally I saw a squad of Eldians approach us.

I pulled out three knives and waited for them to get close but then another squad was closing on me from the south but they weren't close to my position.

I threw the three knives, three of the knives hitting them and then I pulled out three more knives and threw them at the remaining Eldians before they even noticed that I took out three of their squad mates.

I pulled out six more knives, three on each hand and waited for the next squad to show up and once I saw them I threw the knives hitting all of them instantly except one girl who was able to dodge it.

She aimed her gun at me so using my last knife I had I threw it at her gun, forcing it to not work. She threw her gun at me but I caught it and threw it onto the ground. I became visible and she ran to me and tried to punch me but I grabbed her arm and threw her over my shoulder but then the girl grabbed onto me and forced me to fall onto the ground with her.

'She's not bad.'

The girl got up and tried to punch me so I moved my head avoiding it and then grabbed her head and kneed the side of her head. I got up and kneed her stomach and slammed her back onto the power generator but before I could kill her I got a good look at her face and I recognized her.

"Gabi Braun?" I questioned

Gabi looked up and seemed to recognize me.

"It's you, you're one of the Ghost team members." whispered Gabi, "I didn't know you were here."

"Staff Sergeant are you there?" I heard a voice coming from her radio

I grabbed her radio and crushed it in my hand.

"I didn't kill your squad mates, I hit them in a certain area in their body where they faint once it's pierced." I said

"Ma'am it's-"

Alpha 1-3 stopped midway and aimed his sword at Gabi but I signaled him to lower it.

"Did you find it?" I asked

Alpha 1-3 took out a knife and threw it at a wire at the top of the antenna cutting it.

"The signal should be back on." he said

I checked my phone and he was right.

"Get out of here with the others." I said, "I'm turning myself in."

"Ma'am that's not advised." said Alpha 1-3

"Just do it, my child is on the line." I said

Alpha 1-3 nodded and left.

"Take me in." I told Gabi