Once Upon a Dream || Mermaid AU
CAPTURE HER! THERE ARE OTHERS! SHE'S TRYING TO KILL EREN. MARCO GET HER! WHY IS THERE SO MUCH BLOOD?! MARCO?! SHE KILLED MARCO! MIKASA DON'T KILL HER! WE NEED HER ALIVE TO DO RESEARCH!
Annie slowly opened her eyes as she stared at all the metal around her from her rock. As she pushed herself up, her eyes searched the room to see if he was still there and found the room empty. Annie flicked her gold tail in annoyance as she pushed herself into the water, letting out a series of clicks and whistles in disgust, waiting for the setanim to change out her water.
After the attack and Annie was captured, Annie was taken to what she soon learned was a lab. She was forced to learn the setanim's names repeatedly as if they thought she was an idiot. She didn't care enough to remember most of them, only the ones she'd seen daily and held her setanim's interest.
The second person they introduced Annie to was Mikasa, who had left the ugly scar on Annie's beautiful golden tail out of revenge for the one they called Eren. They soon learned not to allow the silent female into the room after Annie let out a glass shattering screech out of disgust of having the woman even near her. Annie let out a quiet pleased whistle as Mikasa gave her a death glare as they shooed her out of the room.
Eren was the third, the one they were doing this for. They needed to study a sessa or what they called mermaids because Eren had begun to show signs of scales and trouble breathing on land during certain times. Annie found him familiar but didn't care enough to put the pieces together. She didn't mind his company but he often talked about killing her own out of some sort of revenge, in return Annie often gave a warning hiss and received a cold glare in return.
Jean was the fourth who was the most cautious out of all of them, rarely ever acknowledging her. Annie learned the one she had killed was his best friend, Marco. He never spoke of revenge, but only stayed close to her setanim's side when he was on duty to make sure he would not receive the same fate. Annie was fine with that, it showed just how much of a warrior he was. One who did not act on revenge but with instinct and logic, he would have made a good Kallotom. Another who's company she did not mind.
And the first she had met, was the one that was there when she had first opened her eyes, Armin. He looked at her with the most kind eyes as he patched up her tail, cleaning it and wrapping it up with weird clothe daily. He read to her daily and tried often to get her to interact with him. Rarely ever leaving her alone with someone else. He was no Kallotom, but so much better. Annie soon decided something about the male.
He was her's.
And he was late.
She stared out the clear barrier that kept her between the setanim. Pressing her hands against the cool surface, wondering just what would happen if the barrier broke. The idea becoming more and more appealing the longer she waited.