I Love You... In Every Universe (AOT Alternative Universe)

27. Mercy

"Armin and Faye figured it all out." Erwin said and Eren looked at them. "She's also suspected of killing those two captive Titans. She might be your former fellow trainee from the 104th."

"The 104th?" Eren asked with wide eyes.

"The name of the woman suspected to be the Female Titan is... Annie Leonhart."

"Annie's the Female Titan?" Eren asked with surprise.

Erwin remained stoic.

"She knew your face from the beginning" Armin answered. "Not to mention, she reacted when I referred to how you 'sought to die so soon,' which nobody outside the 104th would understand and mostly because I'm pretty sure she killed Sonny and Bean, the two experimental subjects."

"I... Don't know what to say anymore..." Eren replied, shaking his head. "But, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"No, I'm pretty certain." Armin replied.

"I got that, kid." Levi interrupted their conversation. "Do you have any other evidence?"

"Umm... She didn't want us to join the Survey Corps." Faye said.

"In my opinion," Mikasa said, turning to him. "the Female Titan resembles Annie."

"And that's should be enough proof that Annie is the female titan." Armin said.

"Even if that's not enough proof, we'll still do it." Levi said.

"But, what if it isn't Annie?" Eren asked calmly, still holding his head.

"If it's not Annie, then she'll be cleared of suspicion." Mikasa answered.

"True, we'll have put her through a terrible ordeal. But if we do nothing, you'll be sacrificed to MP Brigade's whims." Armin said.

"Hmm..." Eren replied, looking down.
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The explosion sent several Scouts flying.

The Female Titan stood, transformation completed.

Blood had splattered the walls of the tunnel. Armin and Eren stared at the crushed and bloodied bodies.
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"Shit!" Armin cursed when a massive arm came in.

Mikasa yanked Eren and the three ran away as the hand came after them.

"Damn! The way she was acting... She must've seen through me right away!" Armin said. "She knew we were gonna ambush her underground!"

The large hand searched for them blindly.

"There must've been some other way to do this!" Eren said.

"You'll have time to think about that later. What should we do now?" Mikasa asked.

Armin took a second to think.

"First of all, we need to rendezvous with Team 3 on the surface then according to the backup plan, fight Annie... the Female Titan." He explained then looked at Eren. "Eren, you'll have to transform and assist with her capture. That okay?"

"Yeah." Eren replied, looking ahead.

"Hey!" A Scout yelled, waving ahead of them.

"It's Team 3!"

"Did your capture attempt fail?"

"It did!" Armin replied. "Move on to the next station!"

Suddenly, a giant foot came down, smashing the two Scouts.

The three stopped and a gust of wind hit them, sending dust flying. They lowered their arms when it cleared somewhat.

Armin gasped. "She kicked it in?!"