Year 2077 (Eren x Levi)

--Chapter 26--

Scream after scream could be heard from the room next door to Eren's. Levi was being tortured because of him and he could do nothing to stop it. Well, he could do one thing. He could sign over his father's company. But what's stopping Willy from taking the company and just killing them anyway. Nothing. There was also the fact Eren had promised Levi not to do whatever Willy says, and he wasn't about to break it.

"Are you gonna give up Eren, or do you wish for your friend to die?" Willy said, his patience was running thinner and thinner by the minute. Eren had kept denying him the company every time he'd ask, meaning Levi's screaming and yelling would continue until he'd give in.

"N-no..." Eren weakly said. He was drained of his will from hearing Levi's pained screams. 

"Then I guess we'll just have to kill him." Willy sighed.

"Y-you won't." Eren looked up with defiance in his eyes. 

"And what makes you think I won't?" The blonde said, returning a glare at the boy who was chained up and on his knees.

"Because. If you kill him you have no leverage to make me sign." Eren spat, returning the glare to the man.

"See, that's where you're wrong. I have plenty of leverage. They're all sitting in a locked room at the end of the hall." Willy gave a creepy and disgusting grin as he stared at the brunette.

Eren started to struggle against his restraints, hoping to break the neck of the man standing in front of him. He didn't want his friends to get hurt more than they already are because of him.

"Heh, that shut you up, didn't it?" Willy said teasingly. He knew exactly how to get a reaction out of the boy, and it definitely was working.

"Anyway, enough of that. I want to tell you a little story, and you're going to listen." Willy said as he tapped the brunette on the head a few times, making Eren flinch away from him.

"This story is about two friends who had an amazing idea of starting a company together. They wanted to change the world for the better with their new advanced ideas. They built up the foundation of their company, before deciding on what to name it. It was going to be named after both of them, but the other friend didn't like that idea. He was greedy and wanted the company to himself, so that's what he did. He went behind his friends back and named the company after himself, tossing his friend aside into the dirt. He stole all his friends' ideas and made them his own, using their company to boost his status. His friend was left with nothing. So he used the money he had left to start his own business. It wasn't something he'd like the public to know about, so for obvious reasons he kept it private. He trafficked guns and drugs in and out of the country to earn back the money his friend stole from him. He soon earned enough to get him back on his feet, and so he did the only thing he had on his mind. He sought revenge on the man he used to call his friend for stealing away the company he had helped build. He did manage to get his revenge, by killing the man and shooting him right between the eyes. And now, he's going to claim back the company his former friend stole by getting his only son to sign it over to him."

So now, Eren. As you can see, your father stole everything from me, and I want it back. So sign. Over. The damn. Company." Willy but emphasis on each word, feeling his patience become very, very thin. Meanwhile, Levi's screams could still be heard from the other room.

Eren stayed silent, contemplating on the story he had just heard. Clearly, it was about Willy and his father, he'd gathered that much. But from what he's seen of Willy, he doubts that his dad had ill intentions when cutting the man off. He's probably psychotic and clearly is a criminal. So his dad probably saw this and threw him away before he'd inevitably be fucked over by him. It was either Grisha or Willy, and Grisha just happened to draw first.