"I...I want to see her sir."

It had been approximately four months since Annie Leonhardt enclosed herself in solid crystal after her fight in titan form with Eren. No one knew how to get her out so they could interrogate her which was a large problem. So for the time being, her crystal resided deep in the lower levels of the walls.

"And why should we let you?" The lance corporal asked him narrowing his eyes.

Eren wanted to see her more than anything at the moment. He wanted to see his so-called 'friend' that he had sparred with in his trainee years.

"Because I think I know how to interrogate her." The teen answered.

"How are you going to do that? She's still in that damn crystal you idiot."

He wasn't at a loss for words but he needed a second to think of what to say.

"Uh...well...I'm a titan, right? Maybe I'll know what to do. You never know if you never try."

After a minute of hesitation the older of the two stood up from his seat and produced a key, holding it out to the titan-shifter.

"Alright, you have one chance. Only five minutes and do not do any weird shit."

"Thank you sir!"

After many steps and levels of the wall they reached the door of her room.

"Um...may I go in alone?"

"What are you going to do in there, make out with it?"

"No! I just…"

"Yeah, just like I said before, no weird shit." Levi warned before walking back without Eren following.

Now opening the door, Eren could see her clearly. She was enclosed in with a mono-clinic shaped gem with ropes tied all around it which stood atop a pedestal made of wood.

"Hey Annie…" He called out to the sleeping crystallized girl, even though she probably couldn't hear a word of it. Her eyes were closed which made her appear to be in a slumber. "You have, uh...you've missed...a lot, really. Like Reiner being the Armored Titan and Bertholdt being the Colossal Titan," He said, laughing faintly to himself, "But I guess you already knew that, huh?" He asked, scratching the back of his head.

"You don't know what kind of trouble you've caused us, do you? The trouble you've caused me Annie. I can't stop thinking about you! I don't know if it' because I'm angry or well because...I miss you, but damn it why won't it stop!?" He ranted.

Eren took a breath before starting again "look, that isn't why I came here though. I came because I missed you. Everyone else hates you but for some reason I just can't. When I saw you crying in your titan I just had a feeling that you didn't want to just hurt everyone, but that you had a reason for what you did. You must have, right?"

He looked her over. She looked the same she always had: light blonde hair tied up in a ponytail, the same hoodie she always wore, but her blue eyes were closed peacefully.

"When are you coming back Annie…?" Eren asked to her sleeping form, reaching his hand out to touch her crystal.

The boy let it all out as tears fell from his eyes and the second a drip of that water touched the gem it began to light up like a ray of sun had hit it. The hand that was touching it felt warm and his vision started to become cloudy.

"A-Annie!?" The shifter questioned, but before he knew it had fainted.