Listening to his voice after a while made his knees shake like jelly and his eyes water up like he could cry any second. He felt weak for reacting this way after hearing his voice but he couldn't help it, Levi was in danger and this was making him so worried.

He grit his teeth and grasped his phone tightly in his hand and nearly tripped when he dashed to the entrance of their apartment to throw on some shoes and a sweater. He rushed out the door and out of the building into the cold, heavy rain. He wasn't able to drive because Levi was the last one who had their vehicle but it didn't matter anyways. Town was only fifteen minutes away if he walked.

He whipped out his cellphone and called his mom. He had to let her know where he was before he went out because anything could happen. If he did end up in the same situation as Levi, he would have an advantage because first, he had his cellphone with him and he just realized now that he had a pocketknife in his pocket which he had carried around with him when he went out in public just in case.

He ran as fast as he could despite all the rain and the puddles on the street. His clothing was already fully soaked within five minutes and he could feel the water dripping through his sweater. He was shivering but he didn't care.

He wanted to save Levi and see him again.

By the time he reached town, he was shivering like crazy and he was completely drenched in water. He could feel water seep into his shoes and it wasn't comfortable at all. His vision was blurry because of all the damn rain but even so it was pretty easy to spot the liquor store. He headed inside in a flash and tried to wipe the rain off his face.

There was a man stacking bottles of vine in a glass shelf, sending curious stares at him, and Eren figured that must be Hannes since he was the only one here at the moment.

"Hey, kid, I'm not really sure if you'd like this kind of stuff," he commented as he jutted his chin towards all the bottles of alcohol. "Pretty tough stuff here."

"I'm not here for that," Eren said and waved his hand in dismissal. "My boyfr- a friend of mine told that a man with the name of Hannes works here. That's you, right?"

"Ah let me guess," he said a reply and tipped his head. "You're Eren Jaeger, that kid Levi's going out with."

"I'm not a kid," he mumbled and looked away. "Whatever. Have you been notified of Levi's disappearance?"

"Yes I have actually. I can't seem to find out where he is and I'm guessing you have something important to tell me me. What is it, Eren?"

"I got a phone call from him," Eren answered and fumbled for his phone and waved it a little.

"Really? Is he okay? Who took him?" Hannes asked curiously as he eyes slowly widened.

"My bastard of a father took him and I don't think he'll he okay for long," he replied with a sad sigh.

"Could I have your phone for a sec?"

"Yeah, sure." Eren handed over his phone and watched as Hannes turned it on and looked at his contacts history and gasped a little when he saw a contact that belonged to Grisha Jaeger.

"Ah there you go..." he trailed off to himself. "I'm sure I'll be able to track him down without any problems."

"When are you going to chase after him?"

"As soon as I can start working my computers to find him. I don't think it'll take long and I'll start right now since you seem to be a very important person in Levi's life, kid," Hannes told him sincerely with a small smile. "You can follow me down here if you want." He started to walk towards a counter and escorted the young male to his oh-so secret room.

-

Eren was so impressed and was kind of surprised that Levi knew these kind of people, especially ones that so happened to be kind of like hit men. He was a little shocked at first but the more he thought about the personality of Levi, it become less surprising.

The man was tapping away at his many keyboards, giving worried glances and stares at the phone when something so happened to be wrong. He kept asking Eren questions like what his dad looked like and what his twisted personality was like, but they didn't really help in the slightest. Hannes was having a very hard time trying to track this man down.

"It...it keeps showing me a location but here it says it no longer exists...what do you think that might be?" he asked Eren desperately.

"No longer exists? Maybe it's a building that crashed or burned down..."

"So it once did exist, didn't it?"

"Yeah I guess," Eren said with a shrug. "I don't think I know any place that's burnt down...nothing I remember of anyway."

Hannes slammed down his fist on the computer desk and grit his teeth angrily.

"I don't understand! How could they be kept in a place that so happened to be destroyed and doesn't even exist?"

Eren thought about his words for a while and concentrated hard and suddenly remembered that his house had burnt down when Grisha tried killing him that one time a long time ago and he remembered where his room was located, which was underground. He gasped quietly and spoke up.

"The basement!"

"What-"

"Give me the phone. I need to make a call," Eren cut him off.

"Whatever," Hannes replied and handed over the phone. Eren fumbled for it and turned it on, aggressively pushing on the buttons and dialing his mother's phone number. She answered shortly.

"Mom? Mom!"

"Calm down, Eren, you scared me there for a sec."

"Mom, the basement in our old house had a lock, right?" Eren asked frantically.

"Yes, why ask? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine I just had to remember something. Thanks, Mom, bye."

"What was all that about?" Hannes asked and raised an eyebrow curiously.

"The basement!" Eren exclaimed and started to exit the room.

"What basement? What the hell are you talking about?"

"They're hidden in the basement! The basement of my house that was burnt down!"

-

"Eren, slow down!" Hannes yelled after him as he ran out of the liquor store. "I'm coming with you!"

"No! This was my problem in the first place!" Eren shouted over his shoulder.

"So you intend to just run in there with no weapon? That's a suicide mission you're going into and I don't think Levi would be so pleased if you do that!"

Eren skidded to a stop and turned to face the other man, rubbing the nape of his neck as if embarrassed. The more he thought about it, the more stupid and idiotic he felt. It was true that he couldn't just run in there, he would probably die within five minutes even though the place was once his home.

"Do we even have a plan?" Eren asked with and he tried to catch his breath. "I don't really know how this kind of thing works."

"Well first I'll contact the police since I now know where your house is so you can go ahead and watch the ruins from a distance just in case something happens. Don't go in there unless any help arrives, alright? Also, I should give you this," Hannes explained to him as he handed him a small pocket knife. "It isn't much but it'll have to do for now just in case. Stay safe and don't get yourself killed please."

"Alright..." Eren trailed off, finding it odd that he was actually letting him run off to find the basement by himself. If it were Levi, he'd never let him ago, maybe even lock him up from's harm's way if he could. Now wasn't the time to think of Levi, he had to find his house...or what was left of it.

--

The pain has gone for many long minutes.

"You can kill me," Levi muttered as he spat out blood. "Just don't kill Eren."

"Oh, young man, that won't do any good for me. I'm just using you to bait him in, and the more hurt you are, the more he'll want to save his precious Levi. I'm correct, aren't I?"

Levi glared at him as he received another kick to face. Erwin began to stir but he looked like a lost cause. He was barely moving or even breathing and the thought of his best friend dying here in a place like this terrified Levi. It was his fault and he knew it, it was his fault for being so stubborn and selfish and thinking he could fight Grisha without even warning Eren.

He was a pathetic excuse of a human.

He knew he wasn't going to get out of here unless Eren actually did was he was told and went to Hannes but that was a small chance. It hasn't even been a day but being away from him felt like a million years, and he hated it to the extreme.

His whole body hurt and his heart was beating in a fast rhythm inside his rib cage. His face was probably swollen and bloody and he didn't want Eren to see him like this because it would be the same as to be seen a failure.

"I'll ask one more time," the crazy doctor told him. "Where did you live with Eren?"

"Like hell I'd tell you," he snapped as a response.

"Well I guess I'll just have to get rid of your friend over here then. Decide now."

Levi thought about it for a while and the more he thought about it the less sense it made. If Levi told him, Eren would be dead but if doesn't tell him, Erwin would be dead. He was a loser either way and he was already accepting defeat.

He was too weak to stand up or fight back but he suddenly noticed a small looking knife just beside the tip of his foot, but of course he didn't make it obvious that he was staring at it. He moved the knife by using his feet and of course the crazy maniac couldn't see him do this because the room was too dim which was his advantage.

"Time's ticking away, my friend."

"I..."

He slid it enough just so it could be at his side and with all the remaining energy he had left in him, he leaned down and brought the knife up with his hands that were tied up. He knew he couldn't kill Grisha but he knew the reason why Eren and Erwin were in deep trouble was because of himself and he couldn't forgive himself for that.

He pointed the tip of the blade towards his heart and sucked in the air. His heart was beating quite faintly but he knew it would stop any time soon.

AN:

if you cant tell, im a terrible person

i havent updated for almost a whole month and i used to update every 2 days then every week and now its like every month ;-; i am so sorry

shun me my children

i have finals coming up so i hope yall can understand that :/ also it was short bc i wanted to end it in a cliffhanger

again

anyways if you enjoyed, please vote and comment bc i appreciate those a lot! thanks for reading!

~Your Friend Takeshi

ps

planning to make an anime rant book and a gigolo! eren fic soon ayeee