The Devils Inside - Chapter 4 – Not One Of Us
A Few Days Later
Danielle's PoV
I Stand Next To Annie As I Try To Catch My Breath and Zeke Looks Back At Us and Asks, "Did You Guys Know?" I Raise A Brow and Ask, "Know What?" He Smiles and Continues, "They Say They'll Be Attacking Paradis In Just A Few More Years. The Time Has Come For Us To Inherit The Titans. The War South Will Be Won Soon and The Time For Us To Become Warriors Is Approaching. So, I've Heard They'll Be Reorganizing The Warrior Unit As A Part Of The Army's New Structure. Out Of Us Seven Warrior Candidates, Six Will Be Made Warriors At Once"
I Grin, and I Hear, "I Did It! Now I Can Become A Marleyan!" Porco Scoffs and Grunts, "You Didn't Do Anything. You're Obviously The Weakest In The Group. If One Person's Getting Left Behind, It's Going To Be You." Reiner Looks At Him and Asks, "What Was That?" Porco Smirks and Asks, "What Are You Good At? Are You Strong? Smart? A Good Shot? A Good Fighter? You're None Of Those, Are You? What They Saw In You Was The Loyalty To Marley You Displayed In The Written Tests, Wasn't It?"
Porco Chuckles and Continues, "I Respect You For That. You Make Sure To Lick The Captain's Boots Every Single Day. "Yes Sir, I Promise I'll Kill All Those Island Devils, Sir,"" Reiner Glares At Him and Yells "DON'T YOU KNOW WHO'S ON THAT ISLAND? DEVILS WHO'VE BROUGHT FEAR TO THE ENTIRE WORLD!" Porco Jumps Back Slightly and Gasps, "Whoa…" Reiner Walks Up To Him and Continues, "IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THEY START SLAUGHTERING AGAIN UNLESS WE KILL THEM! ARE YOU INSULTING OUR MISSION?! OR ARE YOU ONE OF THE REMAINING ELDIAN RESTORATIONISTS WHO SUPPORT KING FRITZ?! ADMIT IT! I KNOW IT'S TRUE! I'LL REPORT YOU TO THE CAPTAIN!"
That Triggers Porco and He Growls, "Hey!" He Punches Reiner In The Face and He Barks, "What Is The Matter With You?!" Marcel Grabs His Brother and He Snaps, "Porco, Stop!" Porco Struggles Against His Brothers Hold and He Roars, "Anyone Can Complain About How Much They Hate The Island! You Stay Here and Take Care Of The Place By Yourself For Thirteen Years!"
Porco Pulls Away From His Brother and Walks Off. I Watch Him Leave and He Yells, "Let's Go!" Marcel Looks At Reiner and He Says, "Sorry Reiner" I Begin To Walk Off and I Look Back At Annie and Bertholdt and I Ask, "You Coming?" Bert Shakes His Head and Answers, "We'll Catch Up"
I Nod and I Catch Up To Porco, Pieck, Zeke and Marcel and Zeke Looks Back At Annie, Bertholdt and Reiner and He Snaps, "Come As Soon As He's Done Crying. I'm Gonna Catch Another Beating From Commander Magath If You're Late" Porco Rubs His Fist and I Growl, "That Little Shit" Porco Sighs and Breathes, "Leave It. He Won't Get Chosen" I Shrug, and I Answer, "The Commanders Could Surprise Us and Pick Him Over Any Of Us" Marcel Nods and Answers, "True" Annie and Bertholdt Catch Up To Us With Reiner Trailing Behind and We All Walk Back To HQ.
A Few Weeks Later
Magath's PoV
I Watch As The Warrior Candidates Begin Attacking The Enemy Nation and I Observe Every Titan and I Say, "Wonderful. They Turned Out Even Better Than Expected"
The Female Titan
An All-Purpose Unit, Capable In Every Field.
In Addition To High Mobility and Endurance, The Titans Hardening Abilities Combined With Leonhardt's Striking Makes For An Incredible Destructive Force.
She's Also Able To Summon Pure Titans, Though Her Range Is Limited.
As You Can See, The Armoured Titan Is One That Specializes In Hardening Abilities.
One Slam Of That Body Should Destroy Both Walls and Doors.
As A Titan Who Will Act As Marley's Shield and Absorb Attacks…Well, Braun's Stoic Nature Fits The Role.
I Watch As The Armoured Wolf Titan Barrels Through The Buildings Sending Soldiers and Civilians Flying In All Directions.
The Armoured Wolf Titan Is A Titan That Is Difficult To Master. Much Like Its Counterpart It Specializes In Hardening Abilities and Much Like Its Holder, It Isn't Know To Be Friendly To Outsiders. After Many Hours Of Research, It Was Found That This Titan Has A Few Other Abilities Like Fire Breathing and Making Wings Our Of Its Armor.
It Can Also Make Weapons Out Of Its Armor, Much Like How The Warhammer Titan Can Make Weapons Out Of Anything. As History Has Stated, A Redwolf Soldier Is Rare So Making Redwolf The Holder Of This Titan May Have Been A Bad Idea But We Need All The Power We Can Get If We Want The Founder In Our Hands.
The Jaw Titan Is An Assault Unit.
Its Small Size Makes It The Swiftest Of All. It's Powerful Nails and Jaws Can Crush Just About Anything.
We Have Entrusted It To The Quick-Witted Marcel
The Beast Titan Is The Same As Ever.
It's a Bit Larger Than The Others But A Bit Smaller Than The Armoured Wolf Titan But That's Far From All.
Who Would Have Thought That Its Throwing Abilities Could Become Such An Awe-Inspiring Weapon…
Most Of All, There Is The Power Hidden In His Blood
The "Boy Wonder" Has Given Us A Miracle.
The Cart Titan, With Its Unusually High Endurance, Is Well Suited To Long Missions. This Allows Us To Equip It With Armaments, Expanding The Variety Of Tactics At Our Disposal.
Giving It To Pieck, Who Shows Strong Judgment, Is Surely The Right Move.
And
The Colossus Titan
It Is A God Of Destruction.
It Almost Makes Me Feel Sympathy For Those Island Devils
"That Thing Is Going To Show Up One Day Out Of Nowhere and Start Killing Them" I Look Over At My Comrade and I Say, "Yes, Our New Warrior Unit Is More Powerful That It Was In The Past. Training Them Since Infancy Has Paid Off" I Sigh and Continue "But I Still Have Doubts About The Army's Decision. Entrusting The Plan To Retake The Founder To Five Children? It Just Doesn't Seem Sane To Me" He Smirks and Says, "Oh? But Those Very Children, Just Now Crushed An Entire Nation Before Our Eyes. Anyway, You Should Be Proud. Your Daughter Is A Warrior Now" I Nod and We Head Back To Base.
Back At Base
Danielle's PoV
I Stand Next To Annie and Dad States, "Beast, Cartman, You Are Needed Here To Threaten The Enemy Nations Into Submission. You Will Not Participate In This Mission. So, The Plan To Retake The Founder Will Be Carried Out By The Jaw, Armor, Colossus, Female and Armoured Wolf Titans." He Looks At Us and Says, "Danielle, Annie, Marcel, Bertholdt and Reiner. We Leave This To You"
I Lean On The Table and I Hear, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO GET PICKED?! YOU WERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GROUP SO WHY WOULD THEY PICK YOU OVER ME?!" I Look At The Two Boys and Reiner Asks, "This Just Means That You Were At The Bottom Of The Group, Eh Pock?" Porco Growls and Screams, "YOU LITTLE- "
I Grab His Wrist and I Say, "Enough. You'll Get Your Shot Porco Just Not This Time." He Looks At Me With A Blazing Fire In His Eyes and Marcel Asks, "Porco? Are You Disobeying The Military's Decision?" Porco Grunts and He Walks Off With Marcel. I Send A Glare At Reiner and He Seems To Cower Under My Gaze.
I Shake My Head and I Walk Over To Porco and I Say, "Are You Alright?" Porco Shakes His Head and He Mumbles, "I Was Sure That It Would Be Me. I Failed Marley…. I've Failed Everyone" I Rest My Hand On His Shoulder and I Say, "You Haven't Failed. Trust Me Porco" He Looks Up At Me and He Stands Up Pulls Me Into A Tight Hug.
I Pat His Back and He Breathes, "Give Those Devils Hell" I Nod and Say, "I Will" He Nods and I Walk Over To Annie After Pulling Away From The Hug. Annie Sends Me A Stoic Look and We Get Taken Outside and Paraded Around Liberio.
At The Marleyan Ship
I Walk Out Of The Crowd and I Hear, "Danielle" I Turn Around and I See Uncle Lucan and Mom. I Smile and Say, "Yeah?" Mom Pulls Me Into A Hug and She Murmurs, "I Love You Darling. I Know You Will Come Home Safe" I Nod and I Pull Away and Uncle Lucan Ruffles My Hair and He Grunts, "Be Safe, Kid" I Nod and I Begin To Walk Away.
Someone Grabs My Wrist and I Spin Around and I See Porco. I Am About To Question What He's Doing When He Pulls Me Into A Kiss. I Stiffen Slightly But I End Up Relaxing Without Actually Kissing Back. He Pulls Away and He Mumbles, "Promise Me You Won't Die" I Nod and Choke, "I Promise" He Nods and He Walks Back Into The Crowd Of People.
I Turn Around and I Walk Onto The Ship and I Stand Next To Annie and She Asks, "What Took You So Long?" I Gulp and Mumble, "Porco Kissed Me" Annie Looks At Me and Squeaks, "What?!" I Look Down, "Porco Kissed Me" I Repeat.
Annie Clenches Her Fist and I Say, "Hey, Hey. Stop It" Annie Growls and I Grab Her Shoulders and I Say, "Annie, Calm Down. Please" Annie Shakes Her Head and Growls, "He Put His Filthy Eldian Hands On You" A Small Smile Graces My Lips, "Annie Leonhardt…. Are You Jealous?" Annie Shoves Me and Snaps, "As If" I Chuckle, and I Reply, "I Didn't Kiss Him Back. You Have Nothing To Fear" Annie Sighs and Answers, "Sorry" I Grin and Reply, "Don't Worry About It" Annie Looks Away and I Say, "If I Didn't Know Any Better, I Would Say You Had A Crush On Me. Do You Have A Crush On Me Annie?" Annie Turns To Look At Me and As The Ship Begins To Leave, She Grabs The Straps Of My Uniform and Pulls Me Into A Kiss.
She Pulls Away Before I Get The Chance To Kiss Back and She Asks, "Does That Answer Your Question?" I Peck Her Lips and I Answer, "Yes. Yes, It Does" She Nods and Pulls Away From Me and I Sit Against The Railings With A Stupid Grin On My Face.
