Part 36
The Walls

"Why… Why would there be a Titan inside the walls of Sina?" Fury asked the fretting Pastor Nick as he watched blankly at the soldier's anchored to said wall who were placing a sheet of material over the Titan's face to prevent the Sun from reaching its earthly flesh. It was already widely known that Titan's were much more active throughout the day and yet seemed mostly dormant throughout the night.

As of now, the shaken Pastor refused speech towards all questions directed at him. "You can't keep something like this hidden, not now." Fury continued, somewhat aggravated by his ignorant demeanour. "One way or another, you're going to answer me…"

Fury sighed as her eyes darted themselves over at Annie's crystal which was tethered to be pulled underground where only a handful of trusted individuals would know of her location. What a mess…
And yet it was left to the survivors to clean up after the destruction in which Eren, upon his rampage, had caused throughout. Though with half of the blame set on Annie also.

"I… I cannot speak of the truth…" Pastor Nick whispered behind Fury and yet loud enough to catch her attention. "I-I can't, they'd-''

"Alright! Let's get this fine young thing underground, shall we?!" Came the below of Hange, cutting Nick off from his words as he retreated back into his shaken form. Fury raised her eyebrow at the man. They? Did others know of this secret?
"Fury!" Hange then beckoned upon approach. "Gah, I can't believe you're back! You have to tell me what you experienced out there! You have to show me what you're capable of doing!" Hange clapped her hands as Fury stood dumbfounded. "Which only reminds me! My experiments! To perform them on Eren is already a given but, ooooooooooh, may I-"

"No." Fury quickly shot down before it was asked as Hange stood with partial drool falling from her lips. "Titan's regenerate their limbs over time, I don't."

"Francis and Gummy!" Clicking her fingers, Hange laughed as she pushed up her glasses. "That's what I'll call them! My new Titans! Eeeeee, after what Annie did to Sonny and Bean, I must take care that our guests last as long as possible. When we have the time, you're going to show me how you use your abilities on them, okay?!"

Fury could only shrug. Not like she had a choice now, right? The damn Government will make sure she complies or hell knows what they'd want to do with her. Death most likely being the top of the list.
After hearing from Hexis that it was those in the Government who first issued the Blood Purge in order to maintain their power over the people, Fury could only ponder over how long it would be until they once again try to convince the likes of the King that she'd be better off dead than used as an asset. Nevertheless, neither of those options sat well with her.

"Now then!" Shouted Hange as she pushed Pastor Nick forward. "Let's take a stroll atop the wall, shall we Pastor? Let's get to know each other more, you and I!"

Fury could only watch on as Hange somewhat dragged the Pastor alongside her. To interrogate, no doubt. As for Fury herself, despite her eyes searching for the likes of Erwin and Levi, it was only Eren upon her mind. He'd already been taken into recovery, with Mikasa clung to him like always. Fury wanted to talk to him, to try and understand what he was.

She'd been gone for 4 years. All of the knowledge of knowing of Titan Shifters was new to her but at the foremost of her mind; why couldn't she control them? No matter what, Fury couldn't hinder either Eren or Annie throughout their onslaught. It was fully resisted to the point Fury gave up trying instead of wasting needed energy.

The troubled woman took herself back towards the Military Police barracks, in which Eren had been taken to for respite. Along the way, soldiers from each regiment alike eyed her; stalking her movements almost. The whispering had already begun. Once it reaches the people, Fury knew there'd be no escaping who and most importantly what she is.


"I want to speak with him." Fury asked an MP guarding the door to a resting Eren.

"I don't think so, miss. Kid needs to recover." The guard replied, gripping to the rifle resting behind his shoulder.
Fury's eyebrow twitched as, before he could even react, she had the MP gripped by his collar and lifted from the ground slightly. Her eyes glared heavily into his own.

"I want to speak with him." She repeated again as her eyes simply narrowed in frustration, causing the feared MP to simply nod his head as the female let go of his collar and he dropped to the ground, clutching at his throat as he breathed for air.

No knock was even made; Fury flung open the door to see Eren sat upright upon his bed with bandages placed around him from his injuries. The boy blinked quickly as his emerald orbs landed upon what was a new face for him.
"Uh… I've already been tended to." Eren muttered, presuming Fury was a nurse of some kind.

"Cut the crap." She hissed, throwing her long overcoat onto his bed as she then proceeded to remain standing with folded arms. "We all know you self-heal, right?"

Eren frowned, removing his hand from his head. "Alright, what do you want then?"

"Why couldn't I do it…?" Fury proceeded to ask herself, tapping her chin and all aware Eren was now left confused as hell. "You and Annie. Neither of you could be controlled. Even when I tried back in the Forest, I was just hitting a barrier."

"Wait…" Eren muttered. "You're her that Captain Levi informed me about. Ugh, the uhm… Bloodborn?" The boy then sighed as he became stoic. "Well actually, he called you a Voodoo Witch but Commander Erwin out me straight within a briefing where we were told about… Annie… Crap, Annie! Why did it have to be her?!"

"Would you like to calm down?" Fury snarled. "Wouldn't want you wrecking what's left out there."
Eren frowned. What was her problem, he wondered. "So do you know? Why you Shifters can't be controlled?"

"Lady, I don't know anything!" Eren barked, his deep frown being consistent with how Fury was simply aggravating him. "I never even knew people like you existed, let alone people becoming Titans!"

"Well aren't you hopeless…" She mocked, looking down at him. What was this? She could only see a monster. She couldn't muster any respect for him. He was just another wall blocking her way forward. "Now with it being revealed that there are Titan's embedded into the walls, this world just got a lot more bigger…"

"What's your name?" Eren then simply asked, at least attempting to calm this sudden fluster of a situation.

Fury could only glare at him. "You don't need to know my name." She muttered down at him. "I doubt either of us will live long enough to care about remembering what one of us were called."
With that, she snatched her overcoat from it being draped over the bottom of his bed and she hurriedly left his room.

"All I did was ask!" Eren called out to her, now simply being left in more confusion as Mikasa then came into his room bearing a tray of food and some water.

"…Eren. Who are you yelling at?" She asked as she placed the tray over the boy's lap, preparing the knife and fork for him to use. No spoons this time.

"That crazy woman Captain Levi informed us about… Tch! So damn rude!" He folded his arms, pouting slightly.

Mikasa blinked as she sat beside his bed. "Oh. Fury." She revealed to Eren. "I met her back in the forest as she and Captain Levi worked together to bring you out of Annie." Mikasa then narrowed her own eyes as they moved to look over at the still open door. "Yes. She was awfully rude to me also. Though it seemed Levi has known her for a length of time."

"Fury…?" Eren repeated, the name becoming sketched into his brain as he huffed. "What a stupid name…"