Gabby tosses and turns on the floor of the cottage. She wakes screaming curses at the horrors forced upon her. She looks around dark tendrils of hair clinging to her sweaty face.
"Please…Someone…" She begs curling into a ball. "Take away the pain." The wintery mixture outside was making her drowsy. Her breathing slows bringing the heart shattering images of a little blonde girl being crushed beneath the feet of the beast.
"Be faster! Maybe you wouldn't get hit so much." A dark haired man scolds. Gabby sighs cupping her sore jaw. It had been another sleepless night. The sun was just starting to come back and everyone's mood was improving. The man shakes his head at her defeat. Well almost everyone.
"Corporal, I'm sorry. I'm in a foul mood I'll try harder to concentrate." Gabby jumps from foot to foot readying herself.
"Be ready bitch." He growls.
Gabby was training to join the Survey Corps and has been pushing herself even harder since the battle of Trost. She greatly appreciates the help she gets from the Corporal.
Another blow to the jaw brings her to the ground. Gabby's eyes blur. Memories rush back heavier than her floods of tears.
The wind rushes through Gabby's long hair as she maneuvers herself around the giant buildings. Though she is much too terrified to enjoy the weightlessness. The titans had broken into Wall Rose and she was fresh out of training.
"Haylee!" Gabby paused atop a tower to call to her best friend. She turned looking across the Trost district for her small amber eyed friend. A high pitched shriek followed her call.
"Haylee!"
"Get up scum! You're never going to get any better at this if you don't work for it. You of all people should know that." Levi stood over the teary eyed girl. His expression hardens at her show of emotion. "Look I know you're in pain but-"
"Levi!"
"Gabby looks up wiping a stray tear from her sweaty face. Running towards them was a boy about Gabby's age with shaggy brunette locks.
The distance of the half dirt- half grass field outside the castle was quickly covered and the boy stood bright eyed in front of the Corporal.
"He looks like a golden retriever." Gabby thought laughing.
"Eren." Levi glared. "Shouldn't you be cleaning?"
"Yes sir!" Eren saluted. "I just wanted to see how she was doing." His turquoise orbs turn to Gabby who had calmed herself enough to stand straight. She blushed as he took her hand into his.
"I'm Eren." He smiled. "The experiment." Gabby's jaw goes slack.
"So you're the Titan Shifter!" She exclaims. He blushes.
"A simple hello would suffice." Levi was smirking with amusement. Gabby realized Eren was still waiting for her response.
"Oh sorry! I'm Gabby." She returns the smile and acting on impulse kisses him on the cheek. Gabby turns to Levi and Eren turns crimson. She draws in a breath.
"I'm very grateful for your help. I'm sorry I haven't been very focused today." Levi nods.
"Maybe you lack discipline. Eren could teach you all about that." Eren scowls furrowing his brow. Looking to Gabby he smiles.
"I could help you practice! We could kill all the-"
"That would be-"
"I don't think that's a good idea brat." Levi intervenes. Eren looks to his feet.
"Okay. I'll go finish the cleaning then."
"The cleaning will never be finished." Levi says matter-of-fact. Eren gives Levi a look. Shaking his head he says goodbye. Running back to the castle his feet kicking his backside with each stride.
"Cute." Gabby thought to herself. She then turns to Levi. "Why did you deny him practice. You know I need it." Gabby questioned. Levi starts toward the base, Gabby jogging behind him. Halfway there he stops. Not turning to face her he answers.
"I didn't like the way he was looking at you. Besides he doesn't need the practice."
The ear shattering scream echoes through her dream. "Haylee! I'm coming!" Gabby rushes towards the sound. A titan lunges towards her. Muffling a scream she dodges it continuing her search. She scales a building looking into an ally. Curled into a ball is a shivering mess of Haylee. Gabby runs to her sitting down to pet her soft blonde hair.
"I'm no soldier." Haylee sobs. "I can't even move in the face of danger." Gabby stands holding out her hand which Haylee reluctantly takes.
"You need to move. You're going to get killed!" Gabby yells. Haylee looked like she was about to say something but was interrupted by the tremors coursing through the earth. Gabby grabs Haylee running to escape the ally. Gabby trips over her own foot pushing Haylee into the street.
"Are you okay?" Gabby starts to stand stopping at the look on her friend's face. "What's wrong." Gabby is forced back by the enormous stomp to follow her question. Once again Gabby looks up and this time is met with the most gruesome sight she's seen in a long time.
A loud moan erupted from Gabby's lips. Sticking out from under the foot of the titan is a crumpled mess of blonde hair and light skin. "Haylee!" Suddenly the face of the beast appears before her. She screams in terror as it picks her up. Thrashing back and forth she screams for help. The titan takes her leg in it's mouth nibbling it. A couple of it's teeth break skin and crunch bone. Gabby cries out but her pain is short lived thanks to the slaughter of the monster.
The titan opens it's mouth allowing Gabby to fall out. "Someone has saved me!" But even her joy was cut short as her body falls several feet hitting the ground. She doesn't get up again.