Wherever I Go

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Third Person POV

With the information that Sasha and Connie provided, they were able to find Annie. She had been searching for the lost device, which Armin now had in his hand. They may just be teenagers, but when they work together, they make a good team.

Mikasa was easily able to capture her, then her and Jean worked together to tie her to a chair in her apartment. Annie put up a bit of a fight, but they finally succeeded after struggling so much.

"So if they want Annie, they'll have to bring us Eren?" Mikasa questioned, glancing at Armin. He gave a nod, then held up the device for Annie to see.

"Looking for this?" he asked.

She gave a small nod in response, trying to move her legs that was bound by some kind of thick rope at her ankles, "Was it really necessary for you guys to tie me to a chair?"

"Well we didn't know how you were going to act after you abducted my boyfriend." Mikasa answered, glaring down at her. Annie just sighed, looking down at the ground to avoid making eye contact with anyone.

"Why did you guys take him?" Jean asked out of curiosity, raising an eyebrow. He didn't completely hate Eren. Without Eren, he would get bored since he couldn't tease him.

"Can't say."

"Of course you can't." Jean said and rolled his eyes at her, then folded his arms across his chest.

Armin sat in one of the open chairs nearby while he pulled out his phone and was about to start texting. "Is there anything on her connecting to Reiner and Bertholdt?" Armin asked.

Sasha approached her and began checking around Annie's form. "Aha..."

Annie just let out a sigh as Sasha pulled a earpiece from her ear. "Looks like she was getting orders or something from this."

"Anything else?"

Sasha thoroughly began examining the rest of the devices on Annie, but none seemed to have speakers or anything. After that, she tossed the earpiece to Armin.

"Thanks." he said as he easily caught it, then he dropped it on the floor and crushed it beneath his shoe. He did the same with the small tracking device. Then he started texting Reiner, telling him that they had Annie captured and they were going to turn her in to the police if they didn't show up with Eren. After he sent it, they all waited for a response.

"So, how did all of this work out?" Armin decided to ask Annie who had been staring at the ceiling. "What was your part?"

Annie hesitated at first, but soon started speaking. "I worked with the technology and hacking... The blackouts, they were done by me. Each one was a failed attempt at kidnapping Eren."

That's all she revealed, then she fell silent. Armin cleared his throat before speaking again, "What about Marco...? Was that... someones fault?"

Annie cast her eyes towards the floor and shook her head, "Not mine."

Everyones eyes were on her, they were all in thought. They didn't know whether to trust her, but what she was saying sounded truthful. Armin was putting the pieces together. "So it was Reiner or Bertholdt then?"