When they got back to the base Commander Erwin decided for Alina and Mrs. Lilith to bunk together in a spare room. Clarissa still had no idea why they were staying at the base but Clarissa was happy that she could be close to Alina.
Clarissa tried to give Alina a pair of her casual clothes but they couldn't fit her so Commander Hange got her a pair of white jeans and a white dress shirt. She had a hard time finding her the clothes because Alina was the smallest size.
After Alina got a change of clothes and Clarissa changed out of her blood covered clothes it was time to eat. It was no particular meal time, but it had been seven or eight since everyone ate so food was being served.
"It is really cool here." Alina said as they walked down the hallway. Clarissa smiled and shrugged.
"It is when you don't have to clean every inch of it." Clarissa said. Alina hit Clarissa's shoulder.
"You enjoy it!" Alina said. Clarissa half nodded. "Anyway, what are we going to do after food?"
"I will be sleeping, I still have work in the morning." Clarissa said as they turned the corner of the hallway to get to the mess hall.
"What are you doing in the morning?" Alina asked.
"Depending on how Commander Hange is feeling I could either be doing my cleaning rounds or I could be forcing her to sleep. I can't know until the morning." Clarissa said. They turned into the mess hall. Clarissa helped Alina get food and sit down. Armin sat down across from Clarissa. Alina sat on the other side of Clarissa at the end of the table.
"Alina, eat." Clarissa said noticing Alina hadn't touched her food. Alina looked up at Clarissa and smiled.
"I am just not hungry." Alina said with a smile. Clarissa nodded knowing the truth of why she wasn't eating. Clarissa just put some food into her mouth.
"I am going to eat your food then! I haven't eaten since eight this morning." Clarissa said grabbing Alina's food. Clarissa already ate all of her food.
"Oh, you didn't have lunch. I remember now." Armin said. Clarissa nodded.
"Why didn't you have lunch?" Alina asked. Clarissa stopped eating and straightened out.
"I wanted to play the piano." Clarissa said sheepishly. Alina's eyes lit up for what felt like forever. She smiled.
"You still play? I thought you stopped when I heard you joined the military." Alina said. Clarissa shrugged.
"I didn't during training. I couldn't for one, for two I couldn't remember that I could play." Clarissa said with a shrug.
"Oh yeah, you lost your memory, right?" Alina asked. Clarissa nodded. "When did you get it back?"
"Two or three months ago, before the expedition." Clarissa said.
"That was about the time you passed out. Did getting your memory back have anything to do with that?" Eren asked. Clarissa nodded.
"Sorry for not telling you two." Clarissa said looking at Mikasa and Eren sitting across from her.
"You told Armin?" Mikasa asked. Clarissa nodded.
"I hope that doesn't bother you guys." Clarissa said.
"Why would it? Armin got to know you long before we did." Mikasa said. Clarissa nodded. Clarissa could tell Alina was feeling left out. Armin probably could too, but before he spoke Mrs. Lilith walked into the mess hall along with Commander Hange. Clarissa and Alina instantly adjusted their posture and straightened their expression. Armin went quiet out of confusion.
Mrs. Lilith looked right at Clarissa. Clarissa winced and a tear began to run down her cheek. Clarissa put her head down so no one could see her eyes. Clarissa felt horrible, she could face a titan without having any fear at all. But just one woman makes her cry from her fear. Why did she have to be so weak.
"Clare, are you oka-" Armin started.
"I'm fine, I am just not used to this anymore." Clarissa said looking up.
"What do yo-" Eren started.
"That is not something to talk about with her. There is a reason she left behind her past when she joined the military." Alina said. Eren paused with his mouth opened.
"Clari-"
"She is right. You don't have to ask me for confirmation." Clarissa said taking another spoonful of food. Eren nodded then looked back down to his food. Commander Hange walked up to the table and everyone at the long table looked up at her.
"Hello! You are Alina, right?" Commander Hange asked Alina. Alina nodded, Commander Hange smiled.
"Come with me, we have things to do!" Commander Hange said. Alina looked over to me confused.
"Go, if you go missing I know where to find you." Clarissa said. Alina nodded and stood up. Commander Hange and Alina walked out of the mess hall talking to each other.
"Why would Commander Hange want to talk with Alina?" Armin asked. Clarissa piled up Alina's empty plate and her own.
"Commander Hange was talking with Mrs. Lilith too. I have an idea on what it is about, but if you really want to know ask Alina. She will know if she can trust to tell you." Clarissa said standing up. "Just don't feel upset if she won't tell you. She has some trust issues." The three in front of her nodded. Clarissa put the dishes on a counter to be cleaned then she turned and walked out of the mess hall.
She should head to bed, but first she is going to try and figure out what Commander Hange was talking about. Clarissa stood outside of Commander Hange's office knowing that her and Alina were in there. It took about twenty minutes but the door finally opened. Commander Hange and Alina came walking out.
"Oh, how can I help you Clarissa?" Commander Hange asked.
"I need to speak with you." Clarissa said. Commander Hange nodded and looked over at Alina.
"You know the way to the room you are staying in, right?" Commander Hange asked. Alina shrugged.
"I know my way to the mess hall. I will ask one of Clarissa's friends to help." Alina said. Commander Hange nodded.
"See you in the morning." Clarissa said with a smile. Alina smiled and nodded.
"See ya!" Alina said then she walked away down the hallway. Commander Hange walked out of the way for Clarissa to walk into her office. One in her office Commander Hange sat behind the desk. Clarissa sat down in a chair in front of it. The desk was covered in books open to specific pages that had writing all over them.
"What do you want to speak with me about?" Commander Hange asked cleaning up some books so that she could actually see Clarissa.
"What have you been speaking to Mrs. Lilith and Alina about?" Clarissa asked. Commander Hange sighed. This was definitely a bad sign. It was a serious enough topic for Commander Hange not to be herself.
"I don't really want to speak about it yet." Commander Hange said. Her words send a shiver down her spine.
"What do you mean?" Clarissa sked moving to the edge of the seat. Commander Hange looked down at her hands that were sitting folded on the table.
"I don't want to tell you. It has already been a busy day for you." Commander Hange said. Clarissa shook her head.
"Nothing can make this day worse, it can only get better." Clarissa said. Commander Hange nodded slowly.
"Okay," Commander Hange said. Clarissa nodded. Why would she be so cautious about it. "I believe there is a warrant out for your arrest." Clarissa heart dropped. She froze, nothing would prepare her for this. What is she being convicted of? Why does Commander Hange only think there is a warrant out for her arrest.
"What?" Clarissa said. It was the only thing she was able to say. Nothing else would come out.
"There is a warrant out for the arrest of Clarissa Daren Ackerman." Commander Hange said slowly. Like she was talking to a child. Clarissa looked down at her hands in her lap and shook her head.
"No… No…" Clarissa muttered to herself. She took a deep breath then looked up at Commander Hange. "What is it for?"
"Again, I am sorry. It is for first degree murder of Alessandra Everdeen." Clarissa stood up as fast as humanly possible. Clarissa took a step forward and hit her hands on Commander Hange's desk. Commander Hange didn't do as much as flinch. She just leaned back in her chair. Like she expected this reaction. She probably did.
"What the hell! Why would I even do that, I protected her!" Clarissa yelled. Commander Hange kept completely still.
"I am sorry, but now the Survey Corps has enough evidence that you are Clarissa Daren Ackerman, that we have to arrest you." Commander Hange said calmly. Clarissa started pacing around Commander Hange's office.
"What- What is going to happen now?! I go to jail for something I didn't do?! Be forced to be under a twenty-four hour watch by you?! Tell me, what happens next?!" Clarissa yelled. Commander Hange stood up cautiously.
"For now, I will talk with Erwin about this to confirm my information. That gives you another day. Then after that we may have to arrest you and bring you into the capital city for a trial." Commander Hange said so calmly Clarissa wasn't sure she heard it right. But she knew she did so she just nodded slowly.
"Okay, so I at least have a day until I am arrested?" Clarissa asked. Commander Hange nodded.
"Correct, again I am sorry. I tried super hard to find information that would clear you of suspicion, but everytime I asked someone a question it confirmed it even more." Commander Hange said. Clarissa nodded and turned to the door.
"May I leave?" Clarissa asked. Commander Hange nodded.
"Just please don't cause a scene tomorrow if we have to arrest you." Commander Hange said. Clarissa nodded.
"I don't plan on it." Clarissa said then she walked out of the office. Once she was in the hall she burst into tears. She ran to her room and locked herself in. She sat down on her bed and held her head as tears fell onto her jeans. She took a deep breath then she heard a knock at her door.
"Clarissa, I heard you crying. Is everything alright?" Sasha called from the other side of the door. Clarissa forgot that Sasha had the room right beside her. Clarissa walked to the door and opened it. When she opened it her tears were still running down her cheeks.
"Are you okay?" Sasha asked once she noticed completely that Clarissa was in fact crying.
"No, do you know where Armin is?" Clarissa asked wiping her tears. Sasha nodded.
"The last I saw him he was talking to a girl and they were going to the formal living room upstairs. From what I heard." Sasha said. Clarissa nodded and left her room then she ran up the stairs to the second floor. When she got to the top of the stairs she could hear the piano playing. She didn't care, she kept running down the hall and she walked into the formal living room. Alina turned around from the piano and Armin stood from the couch.
"Alina, what did Commander Hange ask you?!" Clarissa asked with tears still running down her cheeks. Alina stood up and her eyes began to tear up.
"Just your real name and your relationship with Alessandra, why?" Alina asked trying to hide the fact that she was about to cry.
"You didn't find that suspicious at all?!" Clarissa asked. Alina shook her head.
"No, please, where are you going with this?" Alina asked. Clarissa ran her hand through her hair and sighed.
"There is a warrant out for my arrest for murdering Allessandra. How the hell did she die?!" Clarissa yelled running up to Alina. Armin grabbed onto Clarissa's arm to stop her from getting close to Alina.
"She was picked up and eaten by a titan. I saw it there was no way for her to of been murdered other than by those idiot titans!" Alina yelled. Clarissa stopped trying to run at Alina. Clarissa fell a step backwards. The last time Clarissa got this mad around Alina someone died. Clarissa had to remember to calm herself. She took a deep breath and stopped herself from crying,
"Okay… Okay…" Clarissa said stopping herself from crying. Alina nodded and crossed her arms protectively. "What am I supposed to do?"
Alina smiled, "Music," Alina suggested. Clarissa raised her eyebrow.
"What?" Clarissa asked, she instantly stopped crying.
"There is a guitar." Alina said motioning to a guitar sitting on a stand in the corner of the room.
"This is no time for music." Clarissa said crossing her arms.
"You never listened to me when I told you that." Alina said grabbing the guitar. She handed it to Clarissa. Clarissa looked down at the guitar then sat down on the couch. Armin sat down on a chair in a corner of the room.
"What song?" Clarissa asked. Alina sat down beside Clarissa.
"Remember the last one you wrote?" Alina asked. Clarissa nodded.
"How could I forget." Clarissa said then she started to strum on the guitar. She had to tune it a bit but then both of them started singing together. In the middle of the song Eren and Mikasa walked into the room. Clarissa almost stopped playing but Alina was so happy Clarissa couldn't bring herself to stop.
Once they stopped singing Clarissa looked over at Eren. "Pay up," Clarissa said putting out her hand. Eren squinted his eyes.
"What?" He asked.
"I need money, I have to run from the MP's." Clarissa said with a smirk. Eren looked over at Armin for an answer. He just shrugged.
"Really?" Eren asked. Clarissa laughed a little. Eren smiled.
"I am only half serious. I guess this is a way of saying I am wanted for murder!" Clarissa said throwing her hands in the air.
"What?!" Mikasa and Eren said at the same time.
"Apparently I am wanted for the murder of my younger sister. I am pretty sure I know who convicted me, but that is not the point." Clarissa stood up and handed the guitar to Alina. "Here is a formal invitation to come to my trial and prove me not guilty." Mikasa nodded. Eren just stared at her.
"Are you serious?!" Eren asked.
"Uhm, yes. So get ready to say I am not guilty of murder!" Clarissa said with a smile.
"You are turning into Commander Hange…" Eren said. Alina shook her head and stood up.
"Nope, this is just the way she acts when she is overly stressed." Clarissa turned around and hit Alina's shoulder playfully.