The night passed quickly. Now it was daytime and the sun was even hotter than the previous days. There were many refugees who went out of their way to get the last ration of food. Although the Maria wall has not collapsed as it should have, as a precaution for a possible attack, people were evacuated to the Rose wall.
Furthermore, the forest that they had burned the night before was still burning. Many soldiers were sent to put out the flames, but it was useless. That must be why it is so hot.
(Y/n) and (Name) were on top of a roof of a house hidden from people's view. They tried to find where the supposed warehouse of the soldiers was but they did not find anything like that.
(Name) was transformed into a normal ordinary bird because of its size.
"Okay, this is the plan. Since we are starving now, we have to become a refugee and pretend that we need food. So we collect enough food to be able to have energy and keep looking for that damn warehouse" (Y/n) explained while watching the citizens receive their portion of food, despite the fact that some will take more than others.
"Now that I think about it, why does the mission specifically ask us to go to the winery if we can get street food?" (Name) asked.
"It must be because the soldiers are so stingy that they do not give the corresponding ration" Putting her helmets together, she turned around looking at the sky and said "The only problem is that how we will infiltrate"
"Well, I can become anyone. The only thing we have left is how you are going to hide."
"Yes, you're right... Let's think!"
The two of them sitting on the roof, they thought about the different possibilities. Not counting her skin color, she will attract a lot of attention, especially the wings. She should steal a mount to cover the wings and with a cole tease the tail and the head. The shape of the head of "Rainbow Dash" is very different from the other horses, that creates another problem.
(Name) stood up and prepared to fly in her bird form.
"Wait for me here"
(Y/n) nodded and (Name) flew to who knows where. After 10 minutes, a "HEY!" of an old man in the distance and (Name) returned with a mount between her bird's legs. Don't ask how she do it as a small animal.
"I stole this mount that I found over there!" (Name) said throwing the mount on the roof.
"Perfect, now let's see if it fits me!" (Y/n) said standing up and waiting for (Name) to mount her. After several seconds without movement, (Y/n) wanted to turn around to see what happened, (Name) wrapped her head with Karla's clothes. This caught her by surprise.
"MmmmMMMM?!"
"This is so that no one is surprised by your snout, there I will manage when they ask why a horse is in clothes!"
"MMMMmmmmmMmmmMMMM !"
"Now calm down, I'll take care of the rest ..."
Citizens passed and watched. They passed and kept looking at a horse in ordinary clothing and a person with a hat riding on this horse. The duo ignored the murmurs and accusing stares of the townspeople.
"Who is them?"
"Why is their horse like this?"
"He is sick?"
"I've never seen someone dressed like that ..."
"There are a lot of weird people nowadays"
Without saying anything to those murmurs, they went to one of the many stalls where food was distributed to the refugees. There was a huge line and a soldier approached them.
"Hey! Leave your horse tied up elsewhere! You're interrupting with the line!" The soldier demanded almost screaming.
(Name), without saying anything, got off the back of (Y/n) and let her friend stand next to a wall next to the mutt. She sat down and I waited for (Name) to get the food to get out of that place and finish the winery mission.
Many people looked at her, even a girl wanted to touch her but her father would not let her. But (Y/n) did not care and she began to reproduce in her mind Shinzo Sasageyo and followed the rhythm of the song with her headphones.
As she looked around the townspeople, she looked to the side and almost went into cardiac arrest.
It was the leading trio, Ereh, Armin and Mikasa. They were eating their ration of bread and were very quiet filling their stomachs.
Why do they just have to show up here? Well, they better be busy than stopping to observe a horse back in pure clothing.
She stopped playing the music in her mind and stared straight ahead. Even though the clothes got into her mouth, it was better not to make a move.
Everything was fine until her nose started to itch.
The itching in her nose from her clothes started to increase that made her want to sneeze. Nervously, she scratched her nose with her helmet, but the nagging feeling didn't go away. The burning was so great that she couldn't take it anymore and her nose did its job.
"Ahhh-" At the last moment, she covered her nose with her left hoof avoiding attention. Thanks to the conversations of the citizens, her sneeze was not heard.
She breathed a sigh of relief and when she was about to lower her helmet a sock that was tucked into it came off and fell to the ground.
No! No!
She try just with her helmet to put the sock back on, but the bastard won't get in. But worse than that attracted the attention of a blond boy who was sitting.
Armin was looking curiously at the horse trying to put on its sock. What most caught his attention was that her helmet was completely light blue.
"Armin?" Eren asked still with his bread in hand. He leaned out to see what his friend was seeing and saw the problem horse putting on her sock, which in the end was satisfied with just wrapping the sock around the hoof so that she would not show her light blue color.
Bad luck. Eren already saw the blue color and suddenly his breathing stopped.
"Eren? Is something wrong?" Now Mikasa asked noticing the change in mood of his friend.
(Y/n) turned to see the trio and found that they were looking at her. When she looked where Eren and Armin were looking, she realized her terrible mistake. She swallow hard.
After a few minutes of looking at the trio, she deigned to stand up and wanted to walk to another place and prayed that they were only looking at her because of all the clothes she was wearing on top of her. She sat in another place and all the way she was dragging the sock with her helmet so that she could put it back on again.
Looking back at where the trio were, she met Eren's disturbing gaze. The guy kept looking at her without blinking or even moving. (Y/n) now was tempering.
Didn't Eren have to forget everything that happened in the forest? I should better signal (Name) to see if she's already-
"I'm here" (Name) murmured next to her. She had only loaves and basically loaves wrapped in her clothes. It wasn't much, but it served to feed.
"Let's get out of here" (Y/n) murmured.
"Uh? What's wrong? We were discovered?"
"Just follow me, I'll explain later"
(Y/n) broke eye contact with Eren and turned her back to walk briskly away from there with (Name) riding on top of her. Upon reaching a dark passage, (Y/n) with her mouth took off her shirt and took a deep breath. (Name) got off her back and took off the hat that she had stolen.
"Now, what happened?"
"Let me take a breath... Apart from your weight, those clothes smelled horrible..."
After enjoying the fresh air, accompanied by the smoke of the burning forest in the distance, (Y/n) said:
"I met Eren"
"What?"
"Eren, I saw Eren, Armin and Mikasa. They were looking at me so weird..."
"Shouldn't it be because of all the clothes you have?"
(Y/n) took off the sock that hung from the other helmet.
"No, they also looked at my paw"
"Wait, you had it uncovered?!"
"No! My sock fell off and- wait a minute!"
"What? What the-"
(Y/n) covered (Name)'s mouth and they kept silent. Ignoring the citizens' conversations, there was something bothering (Y/n).
"(Name)" mutter (Y/n) "Throw a stone towards the wall"
"To the wall?"
"Yes, I feel someone ..."
Following the instructions of (Y/n), (Name) used all of her strength to throw a small stone that was on the ground. The stone bounced off the wall, then bounced off the floor, then off the wall, floor, wall, floor, wall, floor, wall.
Until it hit someone at the exit of the passage.
"Ouch!"
It turned out to be the voice of a child.
"Run!" Said (Name) grabbing the scarf that (Y/n) had and they left the passage and ignoring the people who almost fell due to the duo's race. Then they got lost in the crowd leaving the poor boy with a bump on his head. Escape from trouble, here we go!
Eren was sitting on the ground rubbing his forehead that a little blood came out from the impact. Armin and Mikasa came to him asking him what had happened to him and why he ran like that. But Eren had his mind submerged in a single thought and it was that blue color.
He was completely sure that that helmet had seen it somewhere.
【ＡＣＨＩＥＶＥＭＥＮＴ ＵＮＬＯＣＫＥＤ！】
ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ɴɪɴᴊᴀ! ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴅᴇ!
? ﾝﾕﾚ? ﾝﾕﾥ: ? ﾝﾕﾡ? ? ﾝﾕﾝ? ﾝﾕﾤ? ﾝﾕﾖ?
【ＡＣＨＩＥＶＥＭＥＮＴ ＵＮＬＯＣＫＥＤ！】
ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟᴍᴏꜱᴛ ɢᴏᴛ ᴄᴀᴜɢʜᴛ! ʜᴀʜᴀ! ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴀɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ! ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ʀɪɢʜᴛ?
? ﾝﾕﾚ? ﾝﾕﾥ: ? ﾝﾕﾝ? ﾝﾕﾔ? ? ﾝﾕﾚ?
So many things that he give us that in the end I get confused.
They were in a forest, but not the same forest they were in before. But the forest that was near one of the cadet training grounds. The only option left for them to get food from any warehouse is from the cycle recruits troop, now, Number 103. It was already getting dark and many recruits were finishing their training.
"Around here" (Name) pointed to a small hill where she could get closer. The two of them took that path and headed for a small peak. They alighted on it and contemplated the view they had from there, obviously taking great care not to be seen.
Now that I think about it, the place looks a lot dirtier than it did on television.
"Where do you think the winery will be?"
(Name) asked putting her hands on her hips.
After (Y/n)'s stomach rumbled, she replied "It must be near the dining room or if not it must be near somewhere where the sergeant is sleeping"
"Why the sergeant will have that cellar to himself?... Hmm... suspect..." (Name) said as the necklace she wore around her neck shone in the moonlight.
We will have to be like this until the end of the anime... I mean... until the end...?
Trembling at that possibility, she hid her neck in Mikasa's scarf and looked at her injured wing. It still hurt to move it, but her wound is already closed.
When will I fly again?
"They already vacated the field, now we can go" (Name) said giving a signal. There was a ravine in front of them, so they had to be very careful going down.
Little by little they leaned on the ground sitting down and crawled down, controlling the strength of their body so that they did not shoot forward. Surprisingly, they did so without making any noise and reached the field safely.
(Name) took out a crossbow and prepared to shoot. (Y/n), with her look, told her to keep her gun but she ignore her. (Name) loved guns.
When they reached the first bedrooms, a duo of recruits came out talking. (Name) and (Y/n) quickly hid behind the bedrooms and from their place they could hear the conversation of the young people.
"I don't know about you, but have you heard something?"
"About what?"
"I don't know, but I heard from several people when the fall of the Shigananshina district occurred, the existence of two mystical beings was seen"
"Mystical beings? What are you talking about?"
"Yes! Even a Garrison soldier who was present at the event saw them carry a child and was so scared that he shot one of those creatures. They say they saw them face the Titans being like a gift from heaven"
"Ha! And who believes that nonsense? They are just stories that are made up to attract attention!"
"But... what if they were real?"
"Hey! Don't tell me you fell for the story!"
"No, it's not. Just..."
From there they no longer heard the conversation, but (Name) and (Y/n) were trying to hold back their laughter.
They entered the dining room and it was completely empty. It didn't even feel movement or any breath, except for the duo. They walked between the tables without even touching them and as they passed through the kitchen they came across a padlocked door.
Before (Y/n) said anything, (Name) stepped in front of her with the crossbow in his hands "I'll take care of it"
(Y/n) shrugged and let her do whatever she wanted by running backwards. (Name) put the crossbow on the ground and with the long fingernail of one of her fingers tried to open the padlock by putting the fingernail inside it. Sadly, the chain did not open and only managed to break the nail.
(Name) took a deep breath and gave a smile. However, she angrily bit the chain with her sharp teeth and sagged it hard.
"Have you gone crazy?! That's disgusting!" (Y/n) murmured frightened with an ink of disgust as she watched the saliva spread across the padlock.
There was a click and the chain fell to the ground. (Name) wiped her helmet over her mouth and looked at (Y/n) at (Name) with a triumphant smile.
1+ ? ﾝﾖﾙ? ﾝﾖﾗ
"Did you say something?"
The dining room door clicked.
WHAT?!
They looked at the door, then they looked at each other and instinctively they quickly got into the room, closing the door carefully and hid, waiting for the stranger to leave.
Footsteps were heard walking between the tables as if they were investigating, the two had their hands in their mouths so that their breathing could not be heard.
At that point the steps stopped next to the room where they were. It was heard as the person took the padlock in their hands.
The lock! Damn! Why! Now they are going to kill us!
Slowly, the door opened and the light of a flashlight could be seen.
(Name) hit the intruder hard on the head, dropping him to the ground unconscious. We both stare and process what just happened.
(Y/n) said "What the hell did you do?! You killed him!"
"Nah, I just knocked him unconscious, if I wanted to kill him I would have done it already... wait a minute"
The two approached so that they could analyze the stranger. They almost flew out of the place when they realized that it was the instructor Shadis, who was lying unconscious with a bump on his head.
"... At least he's still breathing" (Y/n) said without taking her eyes off the person in front of her.
They looked out of the room making sure no one was seeing them and dragged Shadis's body into the room and shut the door between them.
【ＭＩＳＳＩＯＮ ＣＯＭＰＬＥＴＥ！】
ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴇʀʏ! ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴡᴇʟʟ! ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴇʀʏ ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ! ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴇʀʏ ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴡᴀꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪɴᴀ ᴡᴀʟʟ!
ℝ? ﾝﾕﾨ? ﾝﾕﾣ?: ? ﾝﾕﾒ? ﾝﾕﾙ?'? ℙ? ﾝﾕﾥ? ﾝﾕﾥ?.
Suddenly, an open metal hand appeared in the room.
"It was not it-"
SLAP!