A New World, year 2022

19 I don't know if I'll be able to run

Alternate reality STG Isayama

  Annie was using her crystal manipulation power to slowly put together something for Armin, who was looking curiously at the structure that Annie was putting together telepathically. Little by little, a very curious image was formed, a kind of mountainous terrain, but without the mountains being very high, and among all that, it left a kind of small row in which it did not form crystals, it left them completely empty, and close to a kind of quadrilateral triangle with a staggered shape was formed from that row, he looked curiously at what Annie had formed with crystals.

  I remember you told me about sand plains. - Annie commented after finishing.

  Yes... - He answered.

  What I have just created is tryna mirror a very important place in the outside world, which yes, is a sand plain... - Hearing that, Armin got excited.

  Really...? - He asked fascinated.

  Yes, we call 'em deserts... - She answered and approached him excited to tell him something that she knew would make the blonde boy feel very happy. - Long ago, before Marley or Eldia, there was a much more primitive empire, it was the empire of Egypt...

  Then she turned to see the three triangles near the row of nothing.

  See that stretch? It's the Nile River, it gave life to the desolate desert, one of the first empires in history sprouted 'cause of it. - Then the blonde girl pointed to the triangles. - That's where the old emperors rested, those big shot kings known as pharaohs, and the digs are called "pyramids", you can see them if you hit up Egypt.

  Armin was very excited with what he heard, never crossed his mind such a tale, and he felt so curious about knowing more empires before Eldia.

  Hey Armin... - She called Armin's attention, who looked into her eyes. - I can run away from here, right?

  For some reason Armin felt a lump in his throat and Annie noted that the question didn't do him much good.

  Are you okay? - Asked the blonde girl.

  Oh, yeah, all's cool... - He replied with a small smile that didn't feel very real.

  Armin looked around and sighed, as if something had dawned on him, then the boy looked into Annie's eyes with some nervousness.

  Annie, we gotta get out, it's midnight and today there's less guard than usual. - Answered the boy disappearing from the dimension little by little. - I'll catch you on the other side...

  Annie couldn't say anything, she was just a little impressed for not knowing what to do, she just got ready to start undoing her crystal telepathically, after all the crystal was hers, and she could take care of it without complications.

...

  The blond boy, outside Annie's dimension, was in his side in that dungeon in front of Annie, very tense, with sweat all over his body, what he was about to do would be something very, very dangerous.

  When the crystal melted on the part of his feet, he became noticeable again as a perfectly human limb, the melting line reached his stomach and both legs were dropped down by gravity, then it passed through his shoulders. releasing the arms and letting them fall downwards.

  The melt line soon reached her head.

  Armin stood there waiting.

  After the melting line passed through the head, the girl began a short fall to the ground, Armin immediately ran to try to help her, taking her, Annie was alive, perfectly conscious.