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"If you try anything, I can send that room crashing down along with your friend."

I bit my lower lip in disgust. So that's how it felt to be helpless and manipulated. I hated it. But I knew he couldn't harm Krista. He thought I didn't know about his whole plan. I cold use it to my advantage. I looked at him and nodded once. With a hand gesture of weapon he ordered me to move away from the door. But instead of typing a code, he took off his free hand's glove with his mouth and placed his thumb under the metallic box. I heard the 'buzz' sound of a scanner and the door opened. "Nice trick." I commented.

"In the business I'm in, you really need to take precaution. In your father's too actually. But it doesn't seem that he obeyed that one simple rule."

I clenched my teeth so hard, I started bleeding from the lower lip. Dok gave me a small almost unnoticeable smirk and then took a few steps back. "After you Miss Ral."

I stepped out on the thin bridge. The wind blew hard in my face and made me blink a few times. I looked down. I gulped trying not to imagine myself falling. I crossed the bridge running. I arrived in front of the glass diamond shaped room. I turned around. "How do you open this?"

Dok took the remote out of his pocket and pressed on a button. Part of the glass removed itself. 'Well hidden mechanism.' The room was actually pretty big and just as I predicted you could see the outside from the inside. It was field with metallic suitcases whose contents were certainly questionable. They were pilled up. It was like moving in between the shelves of a library. I made my way through the cases at a quick pace. In the middle of the room, there was something on the floor. It looked like someone wrapped in a cover. "Krista?"

The person jumped. The cover fell down and revealed long blond hair. The girl turned around and looked at me. Her eyes were teary. "PETRA!"

She got up, letting the cover fall, and ran towards me. She wrapped her arms around my waist. I did the same. "Are you all right?"

She let go off me and grabbed my shoulders. "Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere? Did they do anything to you?"

"Shouldn't I be the one to ask those questions?" I asked a bit confused.

"I'm not the one who stormed a highly secured building filled with murderers and kidnappers!" She was really angry. "What the heck is wrong with you?"

"I came to save my best friend's butt, that's what!"I said, shouting back.

She took a deep breath and calmed down. Then she said calmly. "And now were both in trouble aren't we?"

"That's not quite true Miss Reiss. You have nothing to fear, at least not now. I can't say so much for your friend though." Dok was standing on the bridge on the front of the entrance.

"What are you gonna do with her?" Asked Krista.

"Well I was thinking of getting rid of her now, but Reiner has a point. I'll have you tell me all the dirty little secrets of your gang. The Scouts really are a bother."

"If you think I'm telling you anything, you're damn wrong." I snapped.

Suddenly Krista backed away from me. She was facing and backing up towards Dok. Her face was screaming with fear. "Kris?"

"You're a Scout?" She grabbed her right arm with her left hand. "I thought you were my friend! How could you?"

"Look I..." I took a step forward.

"STAY BACK!" She shouted backing up even more. She moved her hand up her arm and rubbed her shoulder. 'Got it, Kris!'

I stopped and stared at her, looking confused.

"Don't come near me!"

She ran to Dok and hid behind him. He chuckled. "This is hilarious! Even your friend rejects you now. What were your efforts all for Miss Ral? You know, I actually have second thoughts. I'm going to set you free and let you join your father. And don't worry. I'll soon send all you little scouts to join you soon."

Dok took out the remote and pressed a button. Suddenly, I heard a small bang behind me and the glass room started to tilt a bit on the side. I nearly fell down. The metallic belt that tied the room to the third bridge had broken. Shoot! Only two more to go. I needed to buy time.

"If you kill me like this, the cops will find my body down there you know!"

"HA HA HA HA! I don't think so. You see, all these cases, are filled with all kinds of acids, chemicals and bombs. All they will find is ash. Say hello to your father for me."

Krista threw herself on him one second too late. The second bridge connection exploded. The room considerably tilted this time and I knew damn well the last belt wouldn't hold on it's own. Dok grabbed Krista by the arm and pulled her to him. "You little pest!"

"OW!"

I ran as fast as I could the distance left between me and the last opening to the first bridge just as the transparent room was tilting faster and faster... until it broke just at that moment I jumped. While in the air, I grabbed my knife and threw it at Dok who received it in the arm. My hands grabbed the edge of the bridge but quickly slipped. For a second I fell, and really thought this was the end. But two small hands had grabbed my wrist and were holding my whole weight in suspension. I opened my eyed. Krista was struggling just to keep me from falling. I heard and felt the huge explosion of the glass room, 200 meters bellow. "What are you doing Kris? You'll fall too, idiot!"

"There's no way I'm letting go!"

"Oh but you are." Said a threatening voice behind her. Dok, with a heavily bleeding shoulder, was standing right behind her. The man stepped harshly on her arms. She screamed in pain, but didn't let go. He pressed harder but she refused to let go.

"Don't want to huh? Then I guess I will just need to give you a hand."

Dok pointed his gun towards me. Krista then panicked. "No stop! Please don't hurt her!" She begged, with a river of tears coming out of her eyes.

He ignored her and spoke to me. "Sayonara, Petra Ral."

'Krista, Levi...I'm sorry.' I thought.

POW!

There was a shot, but it wasn't Dok's gun that had fired. Dok looked in pain for a moment and backed off from my sight angle. "You son of a..."

POW!

Another shot was fired. Krista had her eyes closed and was focusing on not letting me go. "Petra...I can't hold anymore..."

Her hands were slowly slipping...then a firm, gorilla like grasp caught me. It was Reiner. He looked in pain. He pulled me up quickly. Krista was breathing hard. Her arm had a huge reddish-purple bruise on it. It was probably broken. My arm felt like it was going to fall. Grabbed Krista and carried her inside, but he had trouble walking. I followed. Once back inside he put Krista down and fell on his back. I gasped. There was a huge blood spot on his chest. "Damn the bastard ran off."

I was startled. "Why? Why did you help us?" I asked.

"Don't think I did it for you Sparky. It was for Bert." He chuckled but then spat blood.

"Damn it! I don't have anything to use as bandage!" I said kneeling next to him.

"Don't sweat it Petra. The bullet went through my lung. I don't have much longer."

"Don't say that dumbass! Answer me, why? Why did you betray us in the first place?"

His eyes showed surprise and then he smiled. "You finally said us."

I was so shocked at his calm and collected attitude and his answer that I couldn't speak anymore, And to my big surprise tears came out of my eyes. Why did I feel sad? Krista was crying as well.

"You're a strange girl Petra. I didn't think you were the type to cry for a traitor. Maybe that's why he likes you. " He breathed loudly. "You two should get out of here while you can."

"Cut it out! How can I not cry for someone who just saved my life and who's gonna die without getting a proper thanks?!" I shouted.

Reiner was smiling. His eyes still had a sparkle. But his breath was gone. I placed two fingers under his throat. No pulse. "He's gone." I closed his eyes.

Krista had said nothing. I guess I was the first time a man had died in front of her. 'I'll pay back my debt, Reiner. Not even in death, you can't escape my principles.' Traces of blood were going to the elevator. Dok was wounded, this was one chance in a million. But I had to get Krista out of here first. I was about to help Krista out when I heard people running in the staircase. A bunch of twenty titans came all at once out of the staircase. They looked more threatening than ever. The smiling one was here too.

"Look here, guys. Looks like we get to have fun." He said advancing towards us.

"LIKE HELL YOU DO!"Screamed a very familiar voice.

Something, or rather someone made his way through the pack of titans and jumped on the one that had just spoken. He brought him to the ground and smashed his head on the floor. The guy fainted instantly. Eren landed in front of us. He had a bandage around his head. He looked at us both and then turned around to face the titans. "You're fighting us, bastards!"

Before the titans could react, scouts appeared all around. Mikasa, Connie, Jean, Eld, Oluo, Sasha, Thomas, Mina, and even Hanji.

"You guys..." I started.

Eren ignored me and continued his speech. "You filth have done enough. No one gets away with threatening one of our own without paying for it!"

He launched himself on them again. All the present Scouts followed his leads. 9 Scouts vs 20 Titans. They were crazy. No, they were strong. Suddenly, I felt really happy I got to meet this amazing, nutcase pack of weirdoes. I once compared them to the army, but I was wrong. They're a family. And they watch each others backs. Where was my family? Then my eyes fell on Dok's blood on the floor. He was close. My dad's murderer was so close. I clenched my fist. It wasn't unusual for my anger to come out of nowhere, but I had never felt it this intense before. I grabbed the gun, Reiner had used to shoot him and dragged Krista away from the fight. "Stay here. These guys will protect you. Trust them."

"Where are you going?"

"I have something to finish."

With that, I raced to the elevator and pressed the button. Surprisingly it took three seconds for it to get there. I entered the elevator and looked at the board. The roof button was covered with blood. I pressed it. I reached the roof. Just like on the last floor there was nothing. But Dok was there sitting against the 1 foot high wall that kept him from falling. He was bleeding from the shoulder and the stomach. He got up when he saw me approaching, holding his stomach.

"So do you enjoy pain?" I asked.

"What now little girl. What are you gonna do now that you've won? Hand me over to the police? They'll never be able to prove that I'm guilty of anything. Be it kidnapping, murder or smuggling."

"I don't care about that." I raised the gun and pointed it towards him. "Did you know my dad taught me how to shoot? I 'm not gonna miss. So don't count on your precious luck."

Hate became more and more intense as I spoke. I barely recognized myself. The thing that was scaring me the most was that my hand was not trembling and not tears came out of my eyes. I was only feeling pure hate. "I'm your only judge, Dok. I'll send you to hell."

He chuckled. "Go ahead. Show your daddy that you've become a monster."

"Oh I am merciful. I'm gonna shoot you in the head instead of slitting your throat like Ackerman did with my father."

Stop. I had to stop. This was not me! Why couldn't I? Why did it feel like I would die if I did? I knew that if I did it, I'd never be able to take it back. Why couldn't I stop? I couldn't. Not on my own. My soul screamed for help. Anyone help! But my body and mind didn't seem to hear.

"Go to hell." I heard myself say.

"QUICK, KILL HER!" Screamed Dok looking behind me. I turned around as a reflex. No one was there. Shit! I'd been had! Dok had used that moment to take his gun out. I reajusted mine as fast as I could.

POW!

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