The Devils Inside – Chapter 10 – The Struggle For Trost Part 1

Danielle's PoV

I Sit On The Edge Of Annie's Bed and I Stroke Her Cheek and She Smiles Slightly In Her Sleep. Mina Walks Over and Whispers, "You Must Really Care About Her. I Don't Think I Have Ever Seen You Two Apart Before" I Rub My Eyes That Are Dark From Sleep and I Say, "Annie and I Grew Up Together. She's Like My Twin" Mina Smirks and Says, "But I'm Guessing You're More Than Friends Now?" I Blush Hard and I Look At Her and I Say, "Yeah." Mina Grins and Giggles, "Awwwww!" I Stand Up After Placing A Kiss Against Annie's Temple and I Say, "We Better Go. We're Both On Fixed Cannon Duty". Mina Nods and We Walk Out Of The Barracks.

I Sit On The Edge Of The Wall and I Watch The Titans Below and I Hear, "What?! You're Joining The Survey Corps?" I Stand Up and I Look Over At Eren and He Continues, "Connie... You're Number Eight Right?! Before, You Said You Were Gonna Join The Military Police Brigade" Connie Looks At Him and Points Out, "Naturally, The Military Police Brigade Is Still A Wiser Choice"

Thomas Walks Over To Them and Chuckles, "Your Speech Last Night Had An Effect On Him" Eren Looks Surprised and Connie Yells, "WRONG! It Was The Thought Of Being In The Same Brigade As Jean! I Don't Wanna Be In The Same Branch As That Horse Looking Bastard" I Walk Over and I Say, "That Doesn't Explain Why You'd Join The Survey Corps. If You Want To Be Safe and Away From Jean Then Join The Garrison" Connie Looks At Me and Stammers, "S-Shut Up R-Redwolf! I Decided For Myself! The Survey Corps Is The Way To Go"

I Chuckle and Eren Looks At Me and Asks, "What About You Danielle?" I Look At Him and Point Out, "I Told You Last Night. I'm Joining The Survey Corps" Connie Turns Around and Asks, "What About Your Little Girlfriend? Isn't She Joining The MPB?" I Nod and Say, "Obviously"

Eren Raises A Brow and Asks, "and If You Die?" I Chuckle and State, "I Won't Die. I'm One Of Humanities Strongest Soldiers" Eren Rolls His Eyes and I Hear, "Pardon Me, But…." I Turn Around and I Ask, "What Have You Done Now Sasha?" Sasha Grins and Answers, "I Borrowed A Little Meat From The Senior Officers' Private Stock" I Hear Everyone Gasp and I Facepalm With A Groan.

Eren Gulps and Asks, "Sasha? Do You Wanna Get Thrown In Solitary?" Thomas Hides Behind Me and Connie Says, "You Know, You Really Are Dumb" Thomas Nods and Stammers, "Scary Dumb" Sasha Ignores The Comments and Continues, "Let's Split It Up Later. Slice It and Slap It Between Some Bread!" Connie Glares At Her and Snaps, "Put It Back!" Mina Agrees With Connie and States, "That's Right! Ever Since Our Territory Shrank, Meat Has Become Incredibly Precious!" Sasha Crouches Down To A Box and Answers, "Don't Worry" She Puts The Meat In The Box and Continues, "Once We Recapture Our Territory, We'll Be Able To Keep More Cows and Sheep Again"

Eren Looks At Her With A Raised Brown and Thomas Walks Out From Behind Me and Says, "I See Your Point. It'll Be Like A Celebration In Anticipation Of Regaining Wall Maria. Once We Eat It, All That's Left Is Preparing Ourselves For The Worst" Eren Looks At Him and Gasps, "Thomas" I Wrap My Arm Around Sasha's Neck and I Say, "Count Me In, Sasha!" Samuel Nods and Answers, "I'll Eat That Meat, Too!" Mina Nods and Replies, "I-I'll Have It, Too! So, Save Some For Me!" I Walk Back Over To My Cannon and Samuel Looks At Eren and Asks, "What Are You Standing There Speechless For, Eren? You Wanna Get Busted?" Mina Chuckles and Points Out, "It's Not Lunchtime Yet!" and She Walks Over To Her Cannon.

I Walk Over To Eren and I Rest My Hand On His Shoulder and I Say, "Before Long We'll Have Our Territory Back and Soon, We'll Be Out In The Thick Of It" Eren Smirks At Me and He Says, "We Can Win. Humanities Counterattack Begins Now!" A Lightning Strike Hits and I Spin Around and I See The Colossal Titan. His Cold Eyes Glare At Eren and He Blows Us Off The Wall Using His Steam.

I Grit My Teeth At The Burning Pain and I Hook Onto The Wall. I Hear A Loud Smash and I Look Down With A Smirk. Eren Looks At Me and He Pulls His Blades Out and I Get The Message and I Pull My Blades Out. I Look Down and I See Samuel Fall. Sasha Unhooks and I Yell, "Sasha! What The Fuck Are You Doing?!" She Shoots Her Hook At Samuel and It Grabs His Foot and She Yells, "Samuel! Don't Move!" Thomas Whimpers and He Stammers, "It Broke Through The Wall…"

Connie Nods and Stammers, "Again… The Titans Are Gonna Come In Again. Damn It! The Titans Really Are Gonna…" Eren Growls and Yells, "Sasha! Take Care Of Samuel!" I Look At Eren and He Yells, "Fixed Artillery Squad 4! Prepare For Combat!" Eren Glares At The Hand Clutching The Wall and He Continues, "The Target Is Here! The Colossus Titan! Don't Let This Chance Get Away! Only The Colossus Titan Can Destroy The Wall! If We Can Just Kill Him!" He Runs Up The Wall and I Follow Him. We Land Either Side Of The Colossus Titan and Eren Growls, "Hello There. It's Been Five Years, Huh?" The Colossus Titan Swings His Arm Around and I Jump Onto It and I Hook Onto His Flesh and He Takes Out The Cannons. Eren Does The Same and We Run Up Both Of His Arms and Eren Yells, "Danielle! Keep Him Occupied! I'll Go For The Nape!" I Shake My Head and I Am About To Reply When Eren Goes For The Nape and He Gets Blown Away By Hot Steam.

I Hook Onto The Wall and The Titan Disappears. I Look Down and I See Bertholdt Running Through The Gate. I Smirk and I Run Up The Wall and I Jump Down The Other Side and I Run Towards Bertholdt. I Sheathe My Blades and I Say, "That Was Close, Bert" He Smirks and States, "That Little Pipsqueak Is No Match For Me" I Chuckle, and I Say, "We Better Get To HQ" Bert Nods and We Run Towards HQ.

At HQ

I Look Around and I See Annie Filling Up Her Cannisters. I Jog Over and I Say, "Annie" She Turns Around and Stands Up. She Punches Me In The Shoulder and Then In The Gut and Growls, "Where Were You?! "I Wince, and I Say, "I Was On Fixed Cannon Duty. I'm Sorry" Annie Nods and I Fill Up My Cannisters and I Hear, "You Trainees Passed The Graduation Drills! You're First-Class Soldiers Now!"

I Fill Up My Canisters and I Sharpen My Blades, Paying No Mind To The Sparks That Fly Off The End As I Hear, "This Is Your First Operation But We Expect You To Contribute!" I Press A Kiss On Annie's Forehead and I Say, "I'll See You After, Alright?" Annie Nods and Pleads, "Don't Die. I Know You, You'll Go Where The Fighting's Thickest. Just Don't Die" I Caress Her Cheek and She Leans Into My Touch and I Say, "I Promise I Won't Die. Same Goes For You" Annie Nods and I Run Outside.

I Stand Next To Eren and I Hear, "Just Like In Your Training, Each Squad Will Take A Different Street. You're Under Garrison Command!" I Look At Eren and He Nods At Me and I Hear, "Your Duties Are Support, Communications, Titan-Killing and Anything Else That's Needed!" The Captain's Eyes Scan Our Fear Filled Faces and He Continues, "The Garrison Will Take Vanguard, You Trainees Are Middle Guard and The Garrison's Elite Unit Will Be Rear Guard!" I Let Out A Breath "Time For Us Freeloaders To Pay Our Tab. We've Gotta Defend Wall Rose To The Death Until Every Last Man, Woman and Child Has Safely Evacuated"

I Clench My Fists and I Hear The Blood Pumping In My Ears "Oh, and As You're Aware, Deserting In The Face Of The Enemy Is Considered A Capital Offence. Be Prepared To Sacrifice Your Lives, People. DISMISSED!" We All Salute and Yell, "Yes Sir!"

I Run Over To Bertholdt and Jean Whimpers, "Why Did It Have To Be Today?! I'm Supposed To Go To The Interior Tomorrow!" I Roll My Eyes and I Say, "Bertholdt. Can I Speak To You?" He Nods and I Pull Him Over To The Side and I Say, "You Remember Our Callouts Right? From When We Would Playfight As Kids?" He Nods and Answers, "For You and Annie Its LeoWolf and For Reiner and I Its Reibert. For Me and You Its Wolfbert and For Reiner and You Is ReiWolf." I Nod and Say, "We Are On The Same Squad Right? Squad 19?" Bertholdt Nods and Answers, "Yeah. Marco's Squad" I Nod and Say, "We'll Use Those Callouts For Calculated Attacks. That Way, We Kill More Titans But Have A Lower Risk Of Being Killed" He Nods, and I Say, "Relay That To Annie and Reiner." He Nods Again and Runs Off. I Sigh and I Run Off To Join Marco.