This part was meant to come out last week but it was my Mum's birthday so it completely slipped my mind. I had only just noticed it when I started editing the next few parts in this 'arc'. This is a little bit short but i want to upload something this week cause I'm not too sure when my next update will be. Hopefully within this week. Enjoy anyway.
While the Warriors spoke with the future Eren, the Scouts were talking amongst themselves.
Eren was shaking with rage. "What the hell was that all about? Reiner has some fucking nerve." Armin looked troubled, "How is Annie involved in this? We know Reiner and Bert were from the same place but they never seemed close to Annie. Other than Bert's blatantly obvious crush on her."
Eren snapped his head up, "Wait, really? I never noticed." Mikasa sighed and Armin closed his eyes, "Obvious to most at least." Armin muttered quietly to himself.
Mikasa shook her head, "Even so, Bertholdt rarely talked himself, just like Annie. Reiner is the complete opposite. He spoke to everyone, acting like a big brother. Why would he just randomly state that he's the armoured titan and screw Bert over as well?"
Jean shook his head next to him. "It looked like Bertholdt wasn't expecting that. Whatever their plan is, it probably didn't involve giving away their secret."
Jean was struggling to keep his emotions in check. What did Bertholdt mean about Marco? Finding out who they really were, and adding in how he found Marco. Bitten in half... Jean's eyes widened. "His gear." Jean mumbled.
The Shingashina trio were too wrapped up in their own conversation to pay attention. "His gear was gone." Jean spoke louder. On the middle couch; Mike, who was the closest to Jean, turned towards him, "Say again Kirschtein?" Jean sat straighter when his superior spoke to him and cleared his throat. "After the attack on Trost and Eren sealed up the wall, we had to clear out the bodies. I found my friend Marco bitten in half." Jean trailed off but resolved himself to continue. Mike stayed silent. "He was bitten in half but there was no sign of his gear. Marco was one of the top ten in the South Division, he knew how to use his 3DMG. I didn't understand how he could've lost to a titan at all and why only half of him was eaten."
Jean glared at the couch behind him, "Until Bertholdt mentioned Marco. Now I have to wonder, did they kill him? Why? Why would they kill Marco?" Mike reached over and tapped Jean's shoulder. "How's this sound, we'll ask our gracious host if he can show us what happened to Marco? If those three are involved then I promise you, we will avenge Marco." Jean nodded and leaned back into the couch, half listening to the trio's conversation.
"Reiner and Bert? Reiner Braun and Bertholdt Hoover are titans? Titans that are responsible for the deaths of Thomas and Mina and everyone else that died in the past 5 years?" Connie cried out incredulously. Sasha shook her head, "I still can't believe it. Reiner admitted to it, and I still can't believe it. How is Annie involved in this? For that matter, where was Annie? I didn't see her on the wall. And why are we even on the wall? Why would Reiner even bring it up?" Sasha kept asking questions that nobody could answer.
Connie sighed, "Thinking about it, when you look at Bert's physique, he matches the Colossal Titan. Tall and sweaty." Connie had never seen the armoured titan so he didn't know if it matched Reiner's physique. Was the Armoured Titan muscular? With a name like that, it had to be.
On the other end of the couch, Krista and Ymir were having internal struggles. 'They were lying to everyone this whole time? And I thought I was the only one who was hiding their true self' Historia thought to herself. 'But this is something else, I'm hiding to protect myself. They hid to kill everyone.'
Ymir however, was much more worried. 'If they find out about me, I'm screwed. The warriors will hate me for Marcel and the Scouts will want to kill me for lying to them.' No matter what Ymir said, she was still too nice. She always told herself, to live for her and nobody else.
But she felt for the Warriors. She knew they had little choice in the matter and that she would always be indebted to them. If it wasn't for Marcel, she would've spent much longer in that horrible existence as a titan. Sixty years was long enough, sure she felt guilt for eating the young man but she would also forever feel gratitude for it.
It was this thought that made her decision. With one long look at Krista, a girl she loved and would forever protect, she stood up and walked to the front of the room. Even with all the conversations going on, Ymir felt like she could hear every step, as if her titan was walking alongside her. Everyone was pulled out of their own musing and theories as they watched Ymir walk towards the front of the room. If Ymir was to be honest, she enjoyed the silence for as long as she could, for she know her next move would blast the silence out very quickly.
Turning towards her friends and fellow Scouts, she closed her eyes, breathed deeply and raised her hands, holding a knife in her left one. In one quick flick, she sliced her right hand open and to the pure shock of everyone else, watched as the wound steamed and knit her flesh back together. She opened her eyes daringly and saw looks of confusion, shock, anger.
"So, there is a lot you need to know."
There is another part coming out on Monday (Hopefully), which will involve; Levi Squad, the Superior Officers and the other Scouts, conversations and internal thoughts about the situation.
A small chapter may be posted either Saturday on Sunday, involving the warriors and 'future' Eren, depending on the reviews i get on this story. If we hit 10, you'll get it.