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Chapter Cover: Sarah holding a little knife in her hand with blood red petals dancing around her...

Chapter Twenty-One

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When Mikasa opened her eyes, she was lying upon a bed with a cover upon her body. The dark haired girl blinked to awakening slowly as she took in the room she could see around her. This wasn't her room, she realized as she slowly stepped away from sleepiness to fully awake. Sunlight was streaming from a nearby windows meaning that it was midmorning from how high the sun was and it made her wonder why she was still in the bed, after all, she isn't one to oversleep…

A new sound reached her ear, the sound of some scratching at something with a sharp object and Mikasa turned toward where the sound was finding Sarah seating on the bed she was lying in with a knife in her hand and working upon a piece of woods in her hands. The blonde girl was completely focused upon what she was doing, her dark eyes fixed upon the little object in her hands. Watching her, Mikasa realizes where she is.

She had stayed in the infirmary last night with Sarah, looking over the girl's trembling form and trying to calm her down and bring her some form of comfort, but she doesn't remember when she fell asleep last night.

"This always relaxed me," Sarah spoke out drawing her attention, "Just to be able to create these little things. I don't know why I like doing them…I just always do."

Mikasa seated up as Sarah turned her gaze toward her.

"A…Are you okay?" she asked, "after last night…"

Sarah gave her a smile.

"I'm fine," she said, "I must have really worried you if you stayed here with me all night."

"Of course I was worried," Mikasa told her, "You're my friend."

Sarah chuckled softly as she turned her gaze back to the carving she was working on.

"Then I'm sorry for making you worry," she said, "It never gotten that bad before…maybe it was because I never transformed into a Titan before."

Mikasa observed her silently.

"Those things happened to you before?"

Sarah nodded.

"It's been that way my entire life," she said softly, "Ever since I was younger, I don't remember a time where I don't see these images in my mind. Before all of this, and learning of my Titan shifting ability, I simply believed them to be dreams because of how horrible they were but with what Squad Leader Hange said…it made me wonders why I have these memories in my head. Doctor Karl did everything he could to help me…but nothing he did helped…"

"Doctor Karl?" Mikasa repeated.

"He is the man who took me in when I didn't have anywhere to go," she said a light smile appearing upon her face as she worked upon the piece of wood, "He was my doctor at first, him along with Dr. Yeager and they both took care of me when I was younger…he became kind of like a father figure to me in the few years after the fall of Wall Maria."

"He…He is dead?"

Sarah nodded at her.

"Yes," she said, "Three years ago."

"I'm sorry," Mikasa whispered.

Sarah didn't say anything else but she gave the girl a little smile.

"It's finished," she said.

She blew softly upon the piece of wood she was holding in her hand before extending it toward Mikasa. The dark haired girl blinked, noticing that it was the horse head she had given back to her when Sarah was in the cell.

"You're giving this to me again?" she said shocked.

Sarah laughed softly.

"I promised you if we came back alive from the Expedition that I will finish it for you," she said, with a small smile," and it was a gift Mikasa, my gift to you."

Mikasa seated up from her position, putting herself upon her elbow as she stared at the object in her hand. It was more detailed than before and she can see the horse mane had been fully detailed and that it had small eyes and a mouth. She was amazed that Sarah had managed to add such details to it with just a little knife.

"It's amazing," she said.

Sarah gave her that smile again.

"Thanks again for staying at my side last night," she said drawing Mikasa's attention back toward her, "It reminds me of the time I spend with my best friend back at the orphanage."

That got a confused look from Mikasa.

"We used to get into so much trouble," Sarah continued a far away look appearing in her eyes, "and we used to sleep in the same bed together, pretending that we were sisters so that we wouldn't be lonely. She was always worrying…"

"Sarah,"

The blonde glanced at her.

"What is it?"

"I thought you said you grew up with Doctor Karl," Mikasa told her.

"I did."

"Then…you wouldn't have being in an orphanage," she told her.

Sarah opened her lips to answer but froze. She had a frown upon her features as she stayed silent, thinking about what Mikasa had said. The look on the girl's face causes Mikasa to instantly seat up and takes her into a hug.

"Mikasa…there is something wrong with me," she whispered softly, "Why do I have…these memories in my head…I don't understand…It's just like the ones I have of the mountains…I knew that I have never been there and yet, there still there in my head…I'm so confused…"

Mikasa simply tightened her hold upon the blonde girl's form against her. She can feel that Sarah was trembling again. It must be a terrifying experience for Sarah with everything that she was dealing with at the moment. She just hope that the hug she was giving Sarah right now, will managed to give the girl the comfort she needed, however little it might be.

Erwin Office

The leader of the Scout Regiment was seating in his office with both of his arms crossed. He had finished listening to the reports of what had happened during the time he had gone at the Interior and what Sarah had done the previous night. The man had a light frown upon his face as he listened to what the two were saying to him and he looked up toward them.

"An eventful few days," he said, "Did you learn anything about the strange visions she had been having?"

"Nothing about the visions but she did speak in a different language last night," Hange told him.

Erwin actually look surprised at it.

"A different language?" he repeated.

Hange nodded.

"Yes," she said, "After what occurred last night, something happened out there but we haven't managed to get much out of Sarah. She seemed to be still shocked at what had happened out there."

The man had a light frown upon his face.

"Where is she?" he asked.

"Sarah is still in the infirmary," Hange said, "I have Ackerman looking over her for the night and I have stationed guards at the entrance of the infirmary. She is not getting out of that room without us hearing about it."

"Is that so?" Erwin said.

"With what she did last night," Levi said, "She should be in the basement and in chains."

Hange glanced at him.

"She was traumatized Levi," she said, "You putting her in jail isn't going to help her."

Levi let out a sigh.

"She is right Levi," Erwin told him, "I know how you feel about this entire affair but Hange made the right decision."

"If you say so," Levi mumbled to himself, "Speaking of decision, there is something else that came up in our attention about the Expedition Erwin."

He gave the man the report he was holding in his hand.

"This is Mikasa Ackerman's report about a meeting she did in the Forest we found Sarah in," he said, "and I think you'll find an interesting subject about it. I inspected it with Ackerman some time before the events of last night."

The man was reading through it.

"Oh…," he said, "That is curious indeed."

"It's more than curious Erwin," Levi said, "It's unnerving. Our entire Front of the Right Wing disappeared and then a Titan attacked where Sarah was bearing such a resemblance to one of our soldiers…"

"What are you saying?" Mike said from his position beside the seated Erwin, "That Mern somehow became a Titan?"

"The man wasn't a Titan as far as any of us know," Levi said, "But what I do know is that there is something going on, something that we can't deny that is happening around us and we don't know what it is."

Erwin was reading the report that was in front of him carefully. The blond man looked back up toward his friend.

"I have heard something like this happening before," he said, drawing the attention of the people in front of him, "Pixis told me about soldiers of the Garrison disappearing from the job when we crossed paths back in the Interior."

Both Levi and Hange stared at him, surprised.

"With what this report told me," he continued, "and of your theories, something attacked our Expedition, which I entirely agreed with but with uncanny resemblance of Mern with one of the Titans, it is starting to make me wonder exactly what could have caused it or is it an ability of the enemy that is hidden within us?"

Hange frowned to herself.

"The Female Titan didn't reveal anything like this during the time in the Forest," she said, "and the report on the appearance of the Colossal Titan and Armored Titan…none of them used such ability like this."

Erwin stared at her.

"Or maybe they didn't have the chance to do so," he said, "Or maybe each Shifter has some sort of unique ability to their own. Our lack of knowledge of what they can do is the one advantage they have over us."

Hange stared up at him tense as well at what the implication of what he was saying. Mike glanced back toward them with a light frown upon his face and Levi had fallen silent too.

"I'm going to have to talk to Sarah when she is up and about," Erwin continued glancing at Hange, "I think that we are going to have to hear what she had to say about what happened the previous night."

"Of course sir," Hange told him, "And what about the missing soldiers? Are we going to look into it?"

Erwin shook his head.

"The Garrison and the Military Police have it handled," he said, "Solving crimes like this is their authority."

"So we're going to let them be lambs to the slaughter," Levi spoke out, "With everything that is happening, you don't think warning them about the situation might place them more on guard?"

"All that we have Levi is theories," Erwin argued, "Even as we are talking about it right now, I am having difficulties believing what we are talking about and we battle against Titans and face their horrors more times than any soldiers alive. The most Titans that the Garrison had seen in their career are when Wall Maria had fallen and when Trost was attacked. Unless we have more solid evidence, warning them is futile."

Levi simply let out a soft sigh as he leaned back into his chair.

"You're the boss," he said.

Suddenly the sounds of hooves reached their ears. Mike turned his attention toward where window noticing the soldiers that were approaching their HQ. Erwin had stood up as well, turning his attention toward the approaching horsemen.

"What is it?" Hange asked.

"Military Police," Mike answered.

"I wonder what they want from us," Erwin said simply, "Let's go and see what they want, shall we?"

The numerous horsemen had come to a stop in front of the old castle that the Scouts had called their base. The groups of soldiers were member of the Military Police and they were all holding their weapons upon their back as they slowed down to a light trot until they had come to a full stop. Leading the charge was the leader of the MPs, Nile Dok.

The man glanced around himself for a few moments before getting off the horse he was riding on. He was a small man, his tuff of hair falling down around his face as he glanced around himself. His weapon was upon his back as he noticed the approaching leaders of the Scouts. Erwin Smith had both of his hands behind his back when he reached them, a light frown of confusion upon his face.

"Nile," he said simply.

"Erwin," he said curtly.

"While I am not against your visit," the man said, "May I know why you are here?"

"This isn't a social call Erwin," he said, going straight down to business, "I'm here by under orders by the Premiere."

He pulled out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and handed it over to the blond man across him. Erwin took hold of it and opened the object. The man read the content, his blue eyes betraying nothing of what he was feeling inside but Nile noticed the light surprise on his features.

"This is…an arrest warrant," he said, "What is this about Nile?"

Nile spoke out.

"It is as you have read," he said, "We are here to take the girl called Sarah in custody. We have reasons to believe that she is a suspected Titan Shifter."

Erwin stayed silent for a few moments as he stared at the man across him.

"This is one of my rookies you are accusing Nile," he said.

"If you want anything," Nile Dok said, "Take it up to the Premiere. I'm just following my orders Erwin, now are you going to bring the girl out here or do you want us to drag her out ourselves?"

Erwin stayed silent again before turning toward Hange.

"Bring Sarah out here," he said.

Hange glanced at him for a few moments before giving him a light nod. Then the woman turned away and walked back into the building toward where Sarah was.

An arrest warrant for Sarah...What could this new turn of event produce?

Next Time: Prisoner

Jacques0 out.

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