The Devils Inside – Chapter 24 – The Raid On Stohess District (End Of Season 1)

Danielle's PoV

I Feel Annie Snuggle Further Into My Back and I Ask, "What Time Is It" Annie Shrugs and I Turn Over To Face Her and I Lean Up On My Elbow and I Run My Other Hand Through Her Bedridden Hair and I Say, "I'd Forgotten How Hot You Look With Bedridden Hair" Annie Shoves Me and Grumbles, "Shut Up" I Smile Tiredly and I Say, "I'd Also Forgotten That You're Not A Morning Person" I Lean Forward and I Kiss Her Nose With A Grin and I Say, "C'mon. Let's Hit The Showers"

Annie Climbs Out Of Bed and I Follow, Wrapping My Arm Around Her Waist, Peppering Her Neck With Little Kisses As I Brush Her Hair Out Of The Way With My Free Hand. Annie Sighs and Asks, "You're Being Overly Affectionate Today. What's Up?" I Sigh Against Her Skin and I Say, "I Have A Feeling That I'm Going To Lose You Today and I Don't Want To Let You Go"

Annie Turns Around In My Arms and Says, "You Won't. If Things Go South Today, Then…." I Nod In Understanding and I Say, "You'll Use The Crystal" Annie Nods and I Answer, "How Do I Know When I'll See You Again? I Don't Want To Lose You, Annie" She Pecks My Lips and Answers, "We'll Work It Out. We Always Do" I Nod and She Takes My Hand and Answers, "Let's Go" I Nod and I Follow Her Out Of The Bedroom and Towards The Showers.

After Taking A Shower, We Both Pull On Our Clothes and I Run A Hand Through My Wet Hair and I Follow Annie Out Of The Bedroom and Downstairs.

Hitch Looks Up and Says, "You're Finally Awake. Couldn't Bring Myself To Wake You Up…. That Face Of Yours Is Too Scary When You're Asleep. Sorry Annie" Hitch Finally Notices Me and She Lets Out A Whistle and Comments, "Well Hello There" I Grunt and I Tilt Annie's Head Up and I Press A Soft Kiss To Her Lips.

She Kisses Back With A Smirk On Her Face and When We Part, I Say, "See You Later Annie" She Kisses Me Again and Murmurs, "Bye Danielle" and I Pull Away From Her and I Stop At The End Of The Corridor To Send Her A Smile and Wink and Then I Walk Out.

Annie's PoV

I Listen As My Girlfriends Footsteps Fade Away and Hitch Gasps, "Damn Annie! You Scored? A Survey Corps Chick Too!" I Roll My Eyes and I Stand In Line and Marlo Comments, "You've Been Slacking Off Lately " I Stand Against The Wall and Hitch Looks At Me and Giggles, "Huh? Aww, Are You Mad? C'mon"

I Resist The Urge To Punch Her In Her Annoying Mouth and Marlo Huffs, "Talk About Cold" Boris Sighs and Answers, "Leave Her Alone. Annie Came From Trost, You Know. She's The Only One Here With Actual Combat Experience. She's Just Back From Seeing Hell. No One Gets Over That Right Away"

Hitch Giggles and Asks, "Oh? So, You Like Her Already? What Could You See In A Girl Like That?" I Resist The Urge To Growl and Boris States, "Hitch… There's Only One Way A Girl As Dumb As You Could Have Gotten Into The Military Police Brigade. Oh, and I Think Annie Is Taken and I'm Not About To Fuck Up A Relationship That Makes Her Happy Because You Feel Like Playing Match Maker"

Hitch Laughs and Answers, "Makes Her Happy?! You Have The Wrong Pers-" I Cut Her Off Before She Can Continue By Grabbing Her By The Collar Of Her Jacket and I Snarl, "Shut Your Fucking Mouth Before I Shut It For You. I Have A Girlfriend So If You Fucking Dare Try To Match Me Up With Any Of These Brainless Fucking Idiots, People Won't Recognize You When I'm Done. Do You Understand Me?"

Hitch Nods With A Whimper and I Stand Back In Line and Hitch Is About To Say Something When Marlo Snaps, "Knock It Off! He's Here!" Our Superior Officer Walks Down The Stairs and We All Salute.

He Sighs and Grunts, "I Told You. No Salutes" I Put My Hands Down and I Slump Against The Wall With A Bored Expression On My Face and He Continues, "Today, You're Going To Be Doing Something A Little Different From Your Normal Chores. That's Why I Called You Here. Listen Up, This Concerns The Summons Of A Survey Corps Party To The Royal Capital"

I Perk Up At This and I Think, 'Is That Why Danielle Came Here? Or Did She Seriously Come To Protect Me From Them?' Our Superior Continues, "I Don't Need To Tell You How Far The Survey Corps Has Fallen, Do I? Well, They'll Be Going Down Centre Street In Town Today and It's The Military Police's Job To Escort Them Just While They're Passing Through Town. You'll Be Given Temporary Permission To Use Your Manoeuvring Equipment Inside The City. Follow Alongside Their Convoy and Reinforce Their Security. That's All" Marlo Pipes Up and He Asks, "May I Ask A Question?" The Superior Looks At Him and Answers, "You Just Did But Go Head" Marlowe Looks At Him and Asks, "What Will We Be Guarding The Convoy Against?"

The Superior Shrugs and Answers, "Beats Me" Marlowe Gulps and Continues, "I've Never Heard Of Anyone Inside This Wall Opposing The Crown. Sure, There Are Petty Criminals, But I Can't Imagine There Are Any Organized Groups. At Least Not Unless They're Based Outside The Walls." I Roll My Eyes and The Superior Hums and Answers, "You Seem Reliable. I'll Leave This To You. The Details Are In Here"

Marlowe Looks At Him and Asks, "What?" The Superior Opens The Door Opposite Us and He Replies, "We Officers Are Busy. Try To Handle It On Your Own. Just Don't Botch It, Okay?" and He Slams The Door Closed. I Sigh and I Push Away From The Wall and After I Get My Gear, I Walk Outside Into The Courtyard and The Others Follow.

I Lean On A Wall and I Hear, "Damn It." I Look Over At Hitch, Marlowe and Boris and Marlowe Growls, "What A Joke. Handing Command Off To A Rookie With Less Than A Month In The Brigade" Hitch Looks Down and She Answers, "Yeah, This Place Is Even More Rotten Than I Thought It'd Be. Of Course, That's Why I Chose It" She Kicks A Bucket and Continues, "But I Guess You Get Everyone's Work Shoved Off On You When You're A Rookie. Sheesh, Wish Someone Had Told Me!" I Roll My Eyes and I Hear, "If I'm Not Mistaken, Hitch. Didn't You Do The Same Thing To Annie?" I Look Up and I See Danielle Sat On The Wall Surrounding The Stohess HQ.

She Jumps Off and Marlowe Asks, "What Are You Doing Here? This Area Is For MPs Only" She Smirks and Replies, "Calm Down, Bowl-Cut. I'm Not Here To See You." Her Eyes Lock Onto Me and She Walks Over and Pecks My Lips and She Says, "Hey" I Look Up At Her and I Raise A Brow.

She Throws Me An Apple From Behind Her Back and I Catch It and She Bites Into The One In Her Other Hand and She Continues, "I'm Off Duty Today. Strictly Speaking I'm Not Supposed To Be Here. I'm Supposed To Be In Wall Rose With The Rest Of The Recruits But I'm Not Sitting Around There When I Could Be Here With My Girlfriend" Boris Rolls His Eyes and Marlowe Growls, "Get Out Of Here Or I'll Report You" Danielle Crosses Her Arms and She Answers, "You're Superiors Know I'm Here So Calm The Fuck Down"

Danielle's PoV

Marlowe Rolls His Eyes and He Turns Back To Hitch and They Continue Their Conversation. I Lean On The Wall and Annie Asks, "Really Love. What Are You Doing Here?" I Look Down At Her and Answer, "Keeping An Eye On You. I'm Not Letting You Walk Around Alone Knowing That The Survey Corps Are Going To Be Here" Annie Is About To Reply When I Hear, "I Came Here To Clean Up The Military Police Brigade" I Look Up and Hitch Laughs, "Wow, Marlowe! You're One Of Those Guys?" Boris Raises A Brow and Asks, "and How Are You Going To Do That?" Marlowe Crosses His Arms and Answers, "By Being At The Top and Until I Get There, I Don't Care If I Have To Act Worthless. I'll Do Anything It Takes But Once I Do, Everyone's Going To Have To Work For Every Cent Of Their Pay and Anyone Who Pocketed The People's Taxes Or Stole Their Land Will Get What's Coming To Them"

Annie Pipes Up and Asks, "Do You Think That Because Something Awful Like That Happened To You Or Your Relatives?" Marlowe Shakes His Head and Answers, "Not Really But It's Common Knowledge That This Evil Is Everywhere, Isn't It? Anyway, I'm Not Saying They Should Die But I'll Make Them Feel Shame. They'll Learn That A Man Without Reason Is No Different From An Animal Who Defecated Wherever It Pleases. I'm Just Going To Return Them To Being Normal Humans, That's All. The Way Man Is Meant To Be"

I Look At Him and Hitch Laughs, "Holy Crap! You Are The Real Thing! Now I Feel Bad For Thinking You Were Just Another Regular Boring Guy!" Boris Chuckles and Answers, "That's An Admirable Goal. I Hope You Work Hard To Accomplish It" Annie Pipes Up and Asks, "Is It Really?" Marlowe Looks At Her and Annie Continues, "I Think That When "Good People" Like You Manage To Take Control, That's When It's All Over" Marlowe Hums and Answers, "Oh, So You Can Talk After All. Why Don't You Keep Going Them, If You Have Something To Say" Annie Sighs and Continues, "I Think, You're An Upright Person. What You Say Is Right. I Know That People Like You Exist. Going Against The Flow Takes A Lot Of Courage. I Respect That. Maybe People Who Can Do It Are Just Stupid But… Well, What I'm Sure Of Is That People Like That Are Rare. So, You Can't Call Them Common and You Can't Call Them Normal, Either. People Like You Get Called Special. So, What Should We Call People Like Us Then? People Who Put Their Own Interests Ahead Of Others? People Who Go Along With It When They See Injustice? What Did You Call Them? "Worthless" Or "Evil". From What I Saw Of The Training Corps, It Was Mostly Made Up Of Worthless, Evil People Who Wanted To Be In The Military Police"

Marlowe Looks At Her and Asks, "Stop Beating Around The Bush. You're Just Trying To Say That You Guys Aren't Really That Bad, Right?" Annie Shakes Her Head and Answers, "No. I Do Think We're Worthless and We're Definitely Evil. You Certainly Can't Call Us Upright, But Doesn't That Just Make Us Regular People? If People Were Essentially Good Like You Say, Then This Organization Wouldn't Be As Rotten As It Is, Would It? It's Just Structured So That It Reflects Human Nature, That's All. So Even If I'm The Kind Of Weak Person Who Just Wants To Get Swept Along With The Flow, I Just Want You To Think Of Me As Human. That's All"

Hitch Looks At Her and Groans, ""That's All"? You Talk Too Much and You're Boring" Boris Chuckles and Answers, "It's Like They Say, When The Quiet Ones Finally Get Started…" Someone Else Chuckles and Replies, "That's Her, Alright" I Chuckle, and I Pull Annie Into A Side Hug and I Praise, "That's My Girl!" I Press A Kiss To Her Forehead and Marlowe Checks His Pocket Watch and Commands, "We Talked For Too Long. We're Heading Out!" Everyone Complains But Obeys and Marlowe States, "I'm To Messing Around! I'm Going To Handle Every Mission Perfectly, Starting With This One!" I Sigh, and I Say, "That's My Cue. I'll Be Around, Alright?" Annie Nods and I Pull Her Into A Kiss and She Kisses Back. After A Few Minutes, I Pull Away and I Vault Over The Wall and She Walks Away.

I Stand On A Roof and I Hear, "Armin" I Look Down Into The Alley Way and I See Annie and Armin. I Raise A Brow and Armin Answers, "Hey. Already A Full-Fledged MP, I See" Annie Raises A Brow and Asks, "What's The Matter? What Are You Wearing?" Armin Answers, "It's A Porter Outfit. The Rain Gear Is To Hide My Manoeuvring Equipment. See?" He Lifts Up His Jacket and Annie Asks, "Armin? What's Wrong?"

Armin Removes His Hood and Asks, "Annie, Can You Come With Us and Help Eren Escape?" She Raises A Brow and Asks, "Escape? To Where? After Ignoring A Royal Command Inside The City Walls, Where Will He Run?" Armin Replies, "We're Just Going To Hide Him Temporarily. We Don't Intend To Defy The Monarchy Openly. I Know It Looks Like An Act Of Insubordination By Part Of The Survey Corps But We're Buying Some Time To Gather The Materials We Need To Change The Council's Opinion. I Promise!" Annie Looks At Him and Questions, "Change Their Opinion? You Have Something That Convenient? What's Your Proof?"

Armin Hesitates and He Looks Down and Answers, "I'm Sorry. I Can't Tell You" Annie Sighs and Answers, "I Feel For You, But This Isn't Worth Talking About" She Turns Around and Continues, "I Won't Tell Anyone. Do Your Best On Your Own." As She Walks Away Armin Pleads, "Annie! Please! At This Rate, Eren Will Be Killed!" Annie Stops and I Growl But Continue To Listen Intently.

Armin Continues, "These Guys Are Trying To Save Themselves, But Without Knowing It, They're Heading Down A Path That's Going To Doom Humanity! I Know What I'm Saying Isn't Convincing But Still, All That's Left To Me Is One Big Gamble. I'll Do What I Can To Keep From Getting You In Trouble, But I Need The Help Of Someone In The Military Police Brigade In Order To Pass Through Wall Sheena's Checkpoints. This Is My Only Option"

Annie Looks At Him and Asks, "Do I Really Look Like Such A Good Person To You?" Armin Looks Down and Asks, "A Good Person?" He Thinks and Continues, "I Don't Really Like That Phrase. I Mean, That's Just What You Call Someone Who Acts In A Way That's Beneficial To You. I Don't Think Anyone Can Act In A Way That Benefits Everyone. Even If You're Being Helpful To One Person, You Might Still Be A "Bad Person" To Someone Else. So, If You're Not Going To Go Along With This Plan, That Would Make You A Bad Person To Me"

Annie Sighs and Answers, "Fine. I'm In" She Puts Her Ring On and Armin Tells Her Where To Meet and She Walks Off. I Drop Down Behind Armin and I Say, "She's Not Stupid. She Knows That Somethings Up." Armin Spins Around and He Gasps, "Danielle?! What Are You Doing Here?!" I Look At Him and I Say, "I Heard You Lot Last Night. Heard You Talking About What You Were Going To Do Today" Armin Gulps and Stammers, "I-Im Sorry We Didn't Tell You…." I Grab Him By The Cape and I Pin Him Against The Wall and I Growl, "If You Fucking Hurt Her, I Swear To God, Arlert" I See Hurt Flash Through His Eyes and I Pull Away From Him and I Run Off.

I Follow Behind Annie, On A Roof and I Hear, "Getting Away Was Easier Than I Thought" Mikasa Shushes Him and Eren Continues, "I Was In The Carriage The Whole Time, But They Didn't Check On Me At All-" Mikasa Cuts Him Off and Murmurs, "Stop Looking Around So Much" Eren Doesn't Listen and He Continues, "It Give You A Good Idea Of How Seriously The Great Military Police Takes It's Job. Now We Just Have To Hope They Don't Find Out That Jean's Standing In For Me, But I Don't Think It'll Take Long. I Mean, He and I Look Nothing Alike." Armin Looks At Him and Answers, "Don't Worry! You Have Similar Builds, and Terrifying Glares. Like Villains"

I Roll My Eyes and Annie Asks, "So If I Hadn't Helped You , How Were You Planning To Get Past The Wall?" Armin Looks At Her and Answers, "We Were Going To Break Through Using Our Manoeuvring Equipment" Annie Scoffs and Asks, "That Seems Absurd. Wouldn't It Have Been A Lot Less Trouble To Escape Before Entering Stohess District? Why Here and Now?" Armin Answers, "I Thought That The Switch With The Body Double Wouldn't Work Without Terrain As Complex As The City's. Acting Obedient For A Bit To Where Down Their Suspicions Then Slipping Away Seemed Like It'd Buy Is More Time That Openly Trying To Run"

Annie Nods As If Believing His Lies and She Answers, "Oh. Alright Then" I Jump Across To The Underground's Roof and Armin Says, "Ah! Here It Is!" Annie Raises A Brow and Asks, "Here?" Armin Nods and Answers, "Yeah. We're Going Through Here. These Are The Ruins Of A Planned Underground City. They Lead All The Way To A Spot Near The Outer Door"

The Trio Begin Walking Downstairs and Armin Turns Around When Annie Doesn't Move and He Asks, "Annie?" Eren Pipes Up and Asks, "What's The Matter With You? Don't Tell Me That You're Afraid Of Narrow, Dark Places?" Annie Nods and Answers, "I Am. I'm Scared… I Doubt A Brave, Suicidal Blockhead Like You Could Ever Understand The Feelings Of A Feeble Maiden Like Me"

Eren Scoffs and Snaps, "There's Nothing Feeble About A Maiden Who Can Flip A Huge Man 360 Degrees Through The Air. Stop Being Stupid, We Need To Hurry!" Annie Shakes Her Head and Answers, "I'm Scared Of That Way. We Go Above Ground, Or I Won't Help"

Eren Growls and Yells, "What The Hell Are You Talking About?! Hurry Up and Get Down Here! Stop Messing Around!" Mikasa Shushes Him and She Snaps, "Eren! Don't Yell!" Annie Raises A Brow and Asks, "Why Shouldn't He, Mikasa? I'm Not Sure Why, But I Haven't Seen A Single Person Around Us For A While Now"

Annie Looks Down and Says, "Sheesh, Armin. That Really Hurts. When Was It That You Started Looking At Me Like That?" Armin Looks Up At Her and He Asks, "Annie? Why? Why Did You Have Marco's Vertical Manoeuvring Gear? He Fixed Even The Smallest Scratches and Dents and I Remembered Doing It With Him So I Could Tell" Annie Shrugs and Replies, "Oh… I Just Found It"

Armin Looks At Her and He Asks, "So, Those Two Titans That Were Captured…. You Killed Them?" I Jump Off The Roof and I Land Behind Annie and She Answers, "Maybe But If You Thought That A Month Ago, Why Didn't You Do Anything Then?" Armin Gulps and He Says, "Even Now, I Can't Believe It. Maybe I Made A Mistake Somewhere. I Want To Think I Did. That's Why I…. But What About You Annie? It's Because You Didn't Kill Me Then, That All Of This Is Happening Now…"

Annie Nods and Answers, "Yeah. I Wondered About That, Deep Down. I Never Imagined You'd End Up Cornering Me Like This. Still… Why Didn't I Do That Then? Because I Didn't Want To Upset Danielle. She Cares Deeply For You Armin, That's Just The Way She Is If You Dig Around In That Deep, Dark Exterior."

Mikasa Growls and Answers, "You Mean The Person You're Leading On? She Doesn't Know Anything About This Does She?!" Annie Shrugs and Answers, "I Don't Know…"

Eren Pipes Up and He Yells, "Listen Annie! There's Still A Chance That You're Just An Idiot With Bad Timing Who's Playing Along As Part Of Some Dumb Joke! Anyway, Just Get Over Here! You Can Prove This To Us Just By Coming Under Ground! Get In Here and Give Us Proof!"

Annie Shakes Her Head and Answers, "I Can't Go Down There. I Couldn't Become A Solider" Eren Looks Up At Her Desperately and He Yells, "I Thought I Told You! Enough With The Dumb Jokes!" Armin Looks Up At Her and Yells, "Talk To Us Annie! We Can Still Talk This Over!"

Mikasa Walks Forward and Growls, "Enough. I Can't Listen To Any More. It's Pointless. I'll Slice You To Shreds All Over Again, Female Titan!"

Annie Grins Darkly and She Asks, "Did You Really Think That I Would Be Here Without Back Up?" I Jump Down Behind Annie and I Wrap My Arms Around Annie's Waist and I Nuzzle Her Neck With A Smirk On My Face and Eren Gasps, "No! You're Lying! Danielle Isn't A Traitor!"

I See Hurt Pass Through My Friends Eyes and I Say, "Tell Me Eren. When You Fought Annie In The Forest…. Who Did You Think The Second Titan Was?" Eren Looks Up At Me With Tears Pooling In His Eyes and Mikasa Yells, "It Trusted You!" I Look At Her and I Say, "I'm Sorry Mikasa…. I Really Am But I Can't Let You Hurt Her"

Annie Lifts Her Hand Up and She Growls, "Armin… I Guess You Were Lucky That I Was A Good Person To You. It Looks Like Your Gamble Paid Off For Now But This Is Where Ours Begins" Armin Fires A Sound Grenade and We Both Get Grabbed.

I Struggle and I Get Pulled Away From Annie and Gagged. I Struggle Harder and Annie Cuts Her Thumb and Lighting Hits Both Of Us. Annie Reaches Down The Tunnel For Eren But Comes Up Empty Handed.

The Armour Moves From My Mouth and I Let Out Steam. I Hear Them Yelling Below Us and Annie Stomps Through The Floor, Crushing The Team Below. Annie Looks Up At Me and I Nod. I See Mikasa and Armin Come Out From Either Side and Then I Hear A Lightning Strike. Annie Turns Around and She Gets Punches, Sending Her Flying Into The Church Of The Walls.

I Turn To Eren and He Punches Me, Unlike Annie, The Punch Has No Affect On Me So I Punch Him and It Sends Him Flying Back Wards. I Make My Way Towards Annie Who Is Stood Up and I Materialise My Sword and I Stand Next To Her. I Tap Her Shoulder and I Nod Towards The Wall and We Begin Sprinting Towards It.

I Hear The Whizzing Of ODM Gear and I See Mikasa Fly Away From Annie's Face With Blood Spilling Around Her In A Circle As I Flies From Her Blades. I Hear Eren's Growls and I Begin Sprinting Faster, Which Causes Annie To Up Her Pace.

His Growls Get Louder As He Runs Behind Us and Annie Grabs Onto A Building To Stop Herself and I Skid To A Stop At Her Side With My Sword At The Ready. Eren Gets On His Hands and Knees and He Roars At Us.

Annie Gets Into Her Stance and I Get Into Mine and Eren Swings First. I Manage To Sever His Arm and Annie Severs His Leg and He Jumps Up and Punches Annie In The Face. I Watch The Scene In Front Of Me and Annie Crystalizes Her Ankle and She Sends Eren Crashing Into A Building.

He Bites Down On Her Leg and She Punches Him In The Head Until He Lets Go. Annie Hardens Her Fingers When He Lets Go and She Runs Off. I Follow, Dropping My Sword In The Process and She Begins Climbing Up The Wall.

I Follow Closely Behind and I Hear The Whizzing Of ODM Gear. I Turn My Head and I See Mikasa. My Eyes Widen and She Severs Annie's Fingers and I Grab Annie's Wrist Before It Drops To Her Side.

Mikasa Severs Her Other Fingers But I Keep A Firm Grip On Annie's Wrist. I Look Up At The Wall and Then Back Down At Annie and I See Her Eyes Pleading With Me To Let Her Go. I Shake My Head and Mikasa Hooks Onto My Face and She Yells, "Danielle! I Know You Can Hear Me! Give Yourself Up and I'll Fight For You! Please!" I Shake My Head and She Pleads, "Danielle, Please! You Will Both Fall If You Don't Let Her Go" The Part Of The Wall That I'm Holding Onto Falls and Annie and I Both Drop To The Floor Like Rocks.

My Armour Shatters and I Am Cut Out Of The Nape Of My Titan. I Am Dragged Away From The Body Of My Titan and I Hear, "Stop Struggling Danielle! Please!" I Look Up At The Voice and I Breathe, "Jean?" He Nods, and I Am Leant Against The Wall and I Watch The Scene Before Me.

My Eyes Water and Mikasa Runs Over and She Crouches Beside Me and Asks, "Are You Hurt?" I Push Her Away and I Snap, "Get The Fuck Away From Me!" Tears Leak Down My Face and Mikasa Asks, "Danielle….?" I Hear The Roars Of Eren's Titan As A Deep Blue Shines Off The Surrounding Area and The Sound Of A Crystal Forming Can Be Heard.

When The Sound Stops, I Choke On My Own Tears and I Cover My Face With My Hand and I Cry, "Mikasa…. Kill Me Please! I Can't…. I" Mikasa Shakes Her Head and Answers, "No! I'm Not Killing You!" I Look At Her and I Yell, "Why Not?! You Assholes Just Took Her From Me!" Mikasa Cups My Face In Her Hands and She Murmurs, "Because I Love You" She Presses Her Lips Against Mine. With A Growl, I Push Her Away and I Spit Onto The Floor.

I Look Up At Jean and I Say, "Cuff Me If You Must. Just Get Me Away From Her" Jean Nods and He Cuffs Me and Drags Me Over To The Crystal. He Pushes Me To My Knees In Front Of It and I Hear, "Why Did You Do It, Danielle?" I Look Up and I See Eren and Armin and I Stay Silent.

Eren Kicks Me In The Face and Yells, "Why Did You Do It?!" I Spit Blood Onto The Floor and Mikasa Runs Over and Yells, "Eren! Don't Hurt Her!" I Look At Jean and I Say, "Take Me Over There" I Nod Towards The Crystal and He Looks Back At Hanji and She Nods and Answers, "Only For A Minute" I Nod and Say, "That's All I Ask" and Jean Drags Me Next To The Crystal and He Walks Away.

I Rest My Head On It and I Breathe, "I'll See You Soon, Annie. I'll Rescue You When I Can, I Promise But Once I Get The Chance, I'll Escape. As Much As I Hate It, I'm Keeping My Promise To You" I Look Over At Jean and Hanji Commands, "Get These Two Out Of Sight. Preferably In The Same Room So The Female Titan Can Hear Her Girlfriends Screams Of Pain" Hanji's Squad Nod and Jean Grabs Me and He Says, "I'm Sorry" I Nod and He Knocks Me Out.