The Devils Inside Season 2 – Chapter 1 – Our Duty As Warriors

Danielle's PoV

I Grit My Teeth As Hanji and Levi Work At Pulling Off My Fingernails and Hanji Asks, "Are You Not Going To Scream For Us? I Think You're Girlfriend Is Disappointed. I'm Sure That She Likes The Sound Of Your Screams…" I Spit The Blood That Had Gathered In My Mouth At Her Face and I Snap, "Burn In Hell" Hanji Laughs and Answers, "She's A Lively One Levi" Levi Looks At Me and Asks, "Why Did You Do It?"

I Play Innocent and I Ask, "Do What?" Levi Slams His Fist Into My Mouth and He Growls, "Kill Innocent People! The People In Stohess and The People In Shiganshina! Why Did You Do It?!" I Shake My Head and Blood Drips From The Large Split In My Lip and I Say, "I'm Not Telling You Anything. You'll Have To Try Harder Than That"

I Look Levi Directly In The Eyes and I Say, "I Just Want To Let You Know That I Loved The Sound Of Your Squads Screams As They Died. The Way The Snap Of Petra's Back Rang Through The Trees Like A Branch Breaking Was Music To My Ears"

Something Snaps In The Short Captain and He Delivers Blow After Blow To My Face. He Stops When Hanji Pulls Him Away and I Laugh, "The Shortass Has A Temper" Levi Struggles Against Hanji and He Yells, "I'll Kill You! You Hear Me! I'll Fucking Kill You!" I Twist My Hand In The Restraints and I Flip Him Off With A Satisfied Smirk On My Face.

Levi Roars In Anger and Hanji Slams The Door Closed As She Drags Him Away. I Sigh, and I Hear, "You Shouldn't Have Angered Him" I Look Up and I See Jean. I Shrug, and I Say, "It's What I Do Best. Now, What Can I Do For You Jean? I Mean, If You're Not Here To Kill Me" He Sits In One Of The Chairs In Front Of Me and Jean Asks, "Did You Play A Part In Marco's Death"

I Choke On My Own Saliva and I Ask, "What?" Jean Looks Down and He Asks, "Did You Kill Marco?" A Lump Rises In My Throat and I Say, "Promise To Hear Me Out?" Jean Nods and I Continue, "Yes. I Played A Part In Marco's Death. Did I Enjoy It? No. I Mean Who Would Enjoy Their Best Friend Struggling As They Are Forced To Submit To Someone's Traitorous Ways. Annie and I Were Against It, But We Couldn't Do Anything Because He Was In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time. I'm Sorry Jean…. I Really Am. I Considered Marco As A Brother, You Know That!" Jean Looks Me In The Eyes and He Answers, "I Know and I Believe You But How Can You Vouch For Her?" He Nods Towards Annie and I Answer, "I Can Vouch For Annie Because I Have Known Her Since We Were Kids. Born Three Hours Apart."

Jean Nods and He Asks, "Are You Going To Cooperate With Us?" I Shake My Head and I Say, "My Sins Will Die With Me and So Will My Secrets. If You See Sasha and Connie…. Tell 'Em That I'm Sorry" He Nods and Answers, "I Will" and He Stands Up and Walks To The Door and I Call, "It Was A Pleasure Working With You, Horseface!" Jean Turns His Head and He Answers, "Same With You" and He Walks Out.

I Sigh and The Door Opens Again and I Look Up and I See Hanji. I Raise A Brow and She Takes Off My Restraints and Cuffs Me and She Points To The Bed and Says, "We're Done For The Day. Now Gets Some Rest"

I Gulp, and I Ask, "Hanji? Can I Ask You Something?" She Raises A Brow and Asks, "What?" I Gulp and Say, "How Long Have I Been Here?" Hanji Hums and Answers, "Around 3 Days. Why?" I Shrug, and I Say, "You Look Like You're Going Somewhere. That's All" Hanji Nods and Answers, "We Are But That's Private Information. Now Sleep" I Walk Over To The Bed With A Nod and I Sit Down and She Walks Out, Closing The Door Behind Her.

I Look At The Crystal That Encases My Girlfriend and I Look Down With A Sigh and I Matter, "I Messed Up So Bad. Dad Entrusted Me With The Safety Of My Comrades and I Messed Up. Marcel Died, Annie's In A Crystal and I Don't Know Where Reiner and Bertholdt Are" I Hear The Chattering Of A Soldier Coming Towards The Door and I Stand Behind The Door and It Opens.

A Military Police Soldier Walks In and He Looks Around The Room. I Throw My Chains Around His Neck and I Begin Strangling Him. I Twist My Arms and I Hear A Crunch. I Let Him Go and I Pull The Keys Off His Belt and With Much Struggling, I Manage To Unlock My Cuffs.

I Back Up Towards The Door and I Hear Annie's Voice In My Head, 'Go You Idiot!' I Nod and I Turn Around and I See My ODM Gear Locked Up In A Cabinet. I Unlock The Cabinet and I Pull My Gear On and I Run Out Of The Building.

I Run Through The Backstreets Of The District and I Run Towards The Gate. I See It Closing So I Slide Under It and I Run Far Enough Away That I'm Out Of Sight Of The Walls. I Bite Down On My Hand and I Transform Into My Titan Form and I Begin Running Towards Wall Rose.

At Wall Rose

As I Get Closer To Wall Rose, I See The Scouts. I Climb Out Of My Titan Form and I Use My ODM Gear To Climb Up The Wall. I Walk Towards My Friends With My Blades Drawn, Making Sure I'm Not Seen, and I Say, "Hey Bert" He Turns Around and I Smirk At Him.

He Nudges Reiner and Reiner Turns His Head and He Grins. I Crouch Behind My Friends and Reiner Calls, "Eren. We Need To Talk To You About Something" Eren Turns Around and He Asks, "What Is It?" Eren Walks Over and Reiner Answers, "Five Years Ago, We Destroyed The Wall and Began Our Attack On Humanity. I'm The Armoured Titan and He's The Colossus Titan. I'm Sure You Know Who The Armoured Wolf Titan Is." Eren Gulps and Asks, "Is That What You Call Her?" Reiner Nods.

Eren Looks At Them and Eren Gulps and Asks, "What Are You Saying?" Bertholdt Grabs Reiner's Shoulder and Asks, "Wh-What're You Telling Him Reiner?" Reiner Shoves Bertholdt Back and He Continues, "Our Goal Was To Wipe Out All Humanity But Now There's No Need To Do That Anymore." I Pat Bertholdts Back Carefully and He Gulps.

"Eren… If You Come With Us, We Won't Need To Destroy Any More Of The Walks. Understand?" Eren Gasps and Asks, "What?! Wait Up! I Don't Understand!" Reiner Smirks and Growls, "I'm Telling You To Come With Us. It's Sudden, But You Need To Come Now." Eren Backs Up and Asks, "Right Now?! Where Are We Going?" Reiner Looks Away and Answers, "I Can't Tell You That But…. Well I Guess You'd Call It Our Hometown" Reiner Holds His Hand Out and Asks, "What Do You Say, Eren? Not A Bad Deal, Right? It Means N More Crisis For Now" Eren Looks Away and Murmurs, "I Don't Know…" Eren Looks Up At The Sky As He Weighs His Options.

Hours Before

Mikasa's PoV

"Annie and Danielle's Background Checks Finally Came In" Hanji Announces. I Look At Her and She Continues, "It Looks Like Two Others From The 104th Were Born In The Same Region As Them. Reiner Braun and Bertholdt Hoover" Eren Gasps, "Huh?" and Hanji Continues, "Well… Because Of The Chaos Five Years Ago, All The Family Records Were In Rough Shape. The Documents Were So Poorly Managed That It Took Them Until Now To Figure This Out. Reiner and Bertholdt Were Part Of A Group That Was Falsely Told That Eren Was On The Right Side Of The Expedition Outside The Wall. Danielle Redwolf, However Was In The Vanguard On The Right Side. Annie Leonhardt, The Female Titan, Appeared On The Right Side."

I Clench My Fists and Hanji Continues, "Of Course, That Doesn't Prove Anything On Its Own, But Just In Case…. I'd Like To Know About The Relationship Between Those Four During Their Time In The Training Corps. What Are Your Thoughts?" Armin Hums and Says, "Danielle Had A Close Relationship With Annie. They Were Inseparable…." Eren Cuts Him Off and Answers, "You Saw The Way Danielle Broke Down After The Raid"

Armin Nods and Eren Continues, "However, I Never Saw Reiner and Bertholdt Talking To Annie Or Danielle. Not That The Two Ever Spoke To Anyone But Each Other To Begin With…" I Nod and Say, "I Don't Recall Anything…" Eren Crosses His Arms and States, "But As Another Member Of The 104th, I Don't Think There's A Strong Reason To Suspect Them. Putting Aside Bertholdt Who Is Always Silent, Reiner Is Like Our Older Brother. Reiner Doesn't Seem Clever Enough To Deceive People."

Armin Nods and States, "I Feel The Same Way, Reiner Fought Annie Together With Me and Jean. Reiner Was Nearly Crushed To Death, and…." Armin Stops and Eren Asks, "What's Wrong?"

Armin's PoV

I Gulp and Continue, "Reiner Got Away, But Annie Suddenly Changed Direction and Ran Off To Where You Were, Eren. I Had Also Guessed Out Loud That You Were Probably In The Centre Rear But Annie Was Too Far Away To Hear" Eren Looks At Me and Asks, "What Do You Mean?" Hanji Hums and Says, "But Reiner Would Have Heard? Did He Show Any Interest In Eren's Location?"

I Gulp and Say, "I Talked About Eren's Location Because Reiner Asked Me About It and When The Female Titan Was Staring At Her Palm…. She Could Have Been Looking At Letters Written On It With A Blade, If Reiner Carved Them There!" Eren Gulps and Says, "In The Forest, There Was A Different Titan…. It Had Wolf Ears and It Looked Like The Armoured Titan But With Fur…. It Was Really Protective Over Annie. I Only Managed To Get Close To Annie When The Titan Let Its Guard Down But When It Had Its Guard Up, It Fought With Weapons." He Turns To Me and Snaps, "But Why The Hell Would You Say Something Like Th…"

Hanji Cuts Him Off and Says, "Eren! No Everyone, Listen To Me. If We Do Find Danielle, Reiner and Bertholdt, Make Them Think That We Don't Suspect Them and Of Course, Don't Even Mention The Existence Of Annie Leonhardt. Whether They Conspired With Her Or Not, We Need To Carefully Lead Them Deep Underground and Confine Them There"

Danielle's PoV

I Look At Eren and He Says, "Listen Guys…. You're Tired. Right, Bertholdt? What You've Gone Through's Just Made You A Little Crazy." Bertholdt Nods and Stammers, "Yeah…. That's Right! We're Just Tired" Eren Looks At Reiner and Continues, "and If You Were Really The Armoured Titan That Killed So Many People, Why Would You Be Talking To Me About Something Like This? Would You Expect Me To Say "Okay, Let's Go" After Hearing That?"

Reiner Nods and Stammers, "Yeah…. I Guess You're Right. I Wonder What I Was Thinking…. Maybe I Really Am Crazy?" Eren Begins To Walk Off and He States, "Anyway, We're Going To Town" Reiner Looks Down and Snarls, "We've Probably Been Here For Too Long. We've Lived Here For Three Years…. Surrounded By Idiots. We Were Just Kids…. We Didn't Know Anything. If Only We Never Heard That These Bastards Existed…. Then We Wouldn't Have Become These Half-Hearted Pieces Of Shit…." Reiner Takes Off His Sling and Continues, "I Don't Know What's, Right Anymore But I Do Know That I Have To Face The Consequences Of My Actions"

Reiner Holds His Arm Up and Growls, "I Have To Carry Out My Duty As A Warrior To The Very End" Bertholdt Looks At Him and Yells, "Reiner! Are We Doing It?! Here?! Now?!" Reiner Nods and He Yells, "Yeah! We Fight Now! We Decide This Here!"

Mikasa Jumps From Behind Eren and I Jump Out From Behind Bertholdt and Out Blades Clash. I Smirk At Her As Pain Flashes Through Her Eyes and I Ask, "Missed Me Mikasa?" Mikasa Glares At Me and Snarls, "I Gave You A Second Chance! We All Did!" I Push Harder and I Yell, "You Fucking Kissed Me! I'm Not On Your Side and I Never Will Be!" Mikasa Jumps Back and We Begin Fighting.

She Gets The Upper Hand and Her Blades Hit Me In The Neck, The Shoulder and The Side Of The Head. She Attacks Reiner and Bertholdt As I Fall and She Stands On Bertholdt's Chest and Yells, "Eren! Get Out Of Here!" I Stand Up and I Run Into Her, Throwing Her Off The Wall.

Reiner Stands Up and Yells, "Danielle! Bertholdt!" We Stand Next To Him and Lightning Strikes. As We Transform, I Let Out A Roar and Reiner Grabs Eren As He Flies Off The Wall. I Pull Out My Sword and I Breathe Fire In A Circle Around Is So They Can't Get To Us and Bertholdt Grabs Ymir and Throws Her In His Mouth and Reiner Skids Down The Wall.

I Let Steam Out Of My Mouth As My Body Cools and I Jump Off The Wall and Down Onto The Ground. Eren and Reiner Begin Fighting and I Watch As Eren Punches Reiner. Reiner Flinches Slightly But Brings His Fist Around and Slams It Into Eren's Face With So Much Force That He Goes Flying Back.

Flashback

Danielle's PoV

I Turn Away From My Training With Sasha and I See Eren Land On His Ass. I Chuckle and Sasha Hits Me With The Gun. I Hold My Head With A Yelp and I Gasp, "Ow! What The Hell?!" My Head Snaps In Her Direction and She Says, "Sorry!" I Smile and Answer, "It's Alright, Sasha" I Pat Her Shoulder and I Walk Over To Annie and Eren. Eren Rubs His Head and Groans, "That Hurt! Listen Annie… You Know What It Means To Pull Your Punches, Right?" Annie Turns Away From Him and Grunts, "Same To You" Eren Raises A Brow and Says, "Huh?" Annie Turns Back To Him and Annie Says, "You Came Charging In With All Your Strength. So, I Had To Return In Kind. I Can't Match You For Brute Strength and You're A Man Right? Shouldn't You Be More Careful With This Delicate Body Of Mine?"

I Smirk and Eren Says, "Wha…? Don't Make Me Laugh. If You're No Match For My Strength The Why Do I Keep Ending Up On My Ass While You're Still Standing?" I Decide To Make Myself Known and I Say, "Is Annie Beating Your Ass Again, Yeager?" Eren Jumps Up and He Says, "No! What Makes You Think That?!" I Cross My Arms and I Say, "Well Maybe Because From What I Saw, Annie Was Still Standing and You Were On The Ground Whimpering Like A Little Bitch" Eren Growls and Annie States, "The Techniques I Used Are Different From The Ones They're Teaching Us Here. These Techniques Are Used By Someone To Defend Against An Opponent Who's Stronger Than Them." I Nod and Say, "It Was Actually Annie Who Taught Me That Move." Annie Smirks and She Looks At Eren and Gets Into Her Stance and She Says, "It Wouldn't Hurt For You To Learn Them Too"

Eren Holds A Hand Up and Chuckles, "Okay. Let's Take A Quick Break" Annie Ignores Him and Swings At Him. On The Second Swing She Hooks Her Arms Around His Neck and Arm and She Floors Him. I Chuckle and Eren Groans, "Annie…. You Win…. I Give Up" Annie Raises A Brow and Replies, "Give Up? Don't Give Up, Learn How To Use Your Strength and How To Talk To Girls" She Tightens Her Grip On Him and He Yelps, "O-Okay! I Will, Just Let Go!" Annie Chuckles and Asks, "So You Really Want To Learn More?" I See Mikasa Throw Reiner and I Yell, "Oi Annie! Incoming!" We Both Jump Away From Eren and Reiner Lands On Him.

Eren Looks At Reiner and He Asks, "W-Why Did Reiner Fall On Us?" I Am About To Reply When I Hear, "Hey, Annie. That Move…. Teach Me, Too" I Back Away, While Dragging Eren and Reiner With Me and I Cross My Arms With A Smirk. Annie Stands Up and Says, "I Dunno… These Techniques Are For Humans. I Don't Think You'd Have Any Use For Them. But I Am Interested To See If They Work On Beasts" Connie Stands Next To Me and Asks, "Are Those Two Going To Go At It?" Sasha Nods and Gasps, "It's A Dream Match"

Daz Looks At Annie and Mikasa and Asks, "Who's Going To Win?" Marco Crosses His Arms and Asks, "Think Annie Can Do It?" Jean Looks At Him and Yells, "Huh?! Are You Stupid?! I'll Bet My Whole Dinner On Mikasa!" I Laugh and Say, "Oh You're On Kirschtein!" Reiner Looks At Eren and Asks, "What About You Eren?" Eren Looks At Him and Stammers, "Huh? I…." I Grin and Yell, "Go On Annie! Kick Her Ass Into Submission!" Half The Crowd Of Cadets Cheer On Mikasa and The Other Half Cheer On Annie.

Annie Pulls Off Her Jacket With A Smirk, "If I Lose Then Mikasa Will Fight My Back Up!" She States Loudly. Everyone Looks At Her and Mikasa Asks, "Who's Your Back Up?!" Annie Looks Back At Me and Beckons Me Forward. I Crack My Knuckles and I Walk Forward and I See Mikasa's Eyes Widen Slightly and Annie Continues, "If I Win Then I Will Fight Mikasa's Back Up" Mikasa Motions Eren Forward and Eren Walks Up Next To Her.

I Smirk and Instructor Shadis Walks Over and He Asks, "What Is Going On Here?" I Look At Him and Say, "It's a Fight, Sir" He Nods and Says, "Alright. Take It Away Then" Eren and I Walk Backwards and Mikasa Throws The First Punch. Annie Blocks It and Kicks Mikasa's Legs From Under Her and Mikasa Lands On Her Ass. I Grin and Reiner Stands Next To Me and Yells, "Fuck Her Up Annie!" Annie Smirks and Mikasa Charges At Her Again. Annie Dodges Each Punch and Swings Her Fist Around and She Punches Mikasa In The Jaw. The Force OAF The Punch Sends Mikasa To The Ground and She Spits Blood Out Of Her Mouth. I Grin and Jean Yells, "C'mon Mikasa! You've Got This!" After An Hour Of Fighting, Both Annie and Mikasa Are Covered In Bruises and Cuts But Annie Has Mikasa Pinned Down On The Ground.

Annie Smirks Down At The Girl and Says, "Better Luck Next Time, Ackerman" Mikasa Pushes Her Off With A Growl and Walks Off In Defeat. I Run Over To Annie and I Pick Her Up and I Say, "That Was Badass!" Annie Grins At Me and Eren Says, "Oi! Now It's My Turn!" I Look At Annie and I Ask, "Do You Want Me To Stand In For You?" Annie Shakes Her Head and I Place Her Down and I Kiss The Side Of Her Head and I Walk Back Over To Reiner. Annie Gets Into Her Stance and Eren Runs At Her. I Chuckle and It Only Takes Annie A Few Seconds To Pin Eren Down On The Ground. I Grin and I Turn To Jean and I Say, "Looks Like Your Dinner Is Mine, Kirschtein" Jean Looks Down and We Are All Dismissed To Lunch.

End Of Flashback