Hello once again! I had to get this chapter in quick before midterms so there might be tiny mistakes. (When I say might, I mean one or two.)
Anyway, this chapter picks up right where the last one left off.
Enjoy! :)
After a few minutes of getting to know each other, Kendrick, Myra, and Armin are confronted by three bullies.
"Hey loser!" The first bully says, making Armin stand up in fear. "I see you brought two other people to get there asses whooped!"
"Whooped?" Kendrick says, making Armin look back. "How old are you?"
"Older than you dumbass!" Another one says, making Kendrick roll his eyes.
"It's fine." Armin says, smiling. "They just think they're right so they beat me to try and prove themselves right!"
"So what?" Myra says, standing up. Kendrick grabs Myra's hand, shaking his head.
We can't mess up anything else. Kendrick thinks, sighing as he makes Myra sit down.
"Aww, your friends are scared!"
Well...it's just a dream. Kendrick thinks as he stands up.
"Tell me." Kendrick says, looking at the bullies. "Why do you torment him?"
"He's spouting all these stupid things!"
"Like?" Kendrick says, stepping in front of Armin.
"I'm fine! Really!" Armin says, trying to hold Kendrick back.
"Erm..." The bully says, scratching his head. "He said something about going outside the Wall! He's an idiot!"
"He's an idiot?" Kendrick says, looking confused. "Just for being curious?"
"Yeah!"
"You're the idiots!" Myra says, hugging Armin. "Picking on an adorable person like Armin!"
Kendrick sighs, knowing what Myra is doing without even having to look. "Anyway. I'm still trying to understand why you pick on Armin, out of all the crazy nutjobs in this district, you pick on the weakest one."
"So?"
"It's like a butterfly sucking the nectar out of a flower, no one cares but the butterfly, it gets a sense of pride in itself. While the plant does nothing but get stronger from the butterfly pollinating it."
"Ugh!" The bully says, covering his ears. "Fine! We'll go!"
As the bullies walk away, Armin looks art Kendrick with eyes full of relief. "That was awesome! Where did you learn to talk like that?"
"Squeakers on Call of Duty are great for testing your powers of improvising." Kendrick says, not realizing what he said.
"Call of Duty?" Armin says. "What's that?"
Oh crap. Kendrick thinks, looking back at Armin. "Erm..."
"It's a game we played in our old village!" Myra says, looking at Kendrick. "Squeakers were the little kids who tried to annoy us! It made us better at debating! Right Kendrick?"
"Oh!" Kendrick says, nodding nervously. "It was a good game to pass the time!"
"Hm." Armin says, shrugging his shoulders. Armin looks away, realizing his friends are walking towards them. "Hey! Its my friends!"
Armin runs to his friends, giving time for Myra and Kendrick to come up with a plan.
"I never said I was NOT gonna fangirl over Eren..." Myra whispers, trying to contain her happiness.
"If you do, I'll make sure you DON'T wake up from this..." Kendrick says, grabbing her arm. "Just don't go blabbering all about Titans and things..."
"Fine..." Myra says as Armin walks back with Eren and Mikasa.
"Armin said you helped him out with a few bullies." Eren says, looking at Kendrick and smiling. "Thanks."
"N-No problem." Kendrick says laughing. "It was easy actually."
"I'm Eren." Eren says sticking out his hand. "This is my friend Mikasa."
"Nice to meet you. This nutjob is Myra." Kendrick looks back at Myra, who is trying her hardest to stay calm.
"H-Hi..."
"Sorry. She's kinda shy."
"It's fine." Eren says, looking at Armin and Mikasa, then back to Kendrick. "Hey, we were on our way to the river. Wanna come with us?"
"S-Sure!" Myra says, making everyone around them jump.
"Alright then!" Eren says, walking ahead of them. "Let's go!"
As Mikasa and Armin follow, Kendrick holds Myra back, making her almost fall.
"Something's not right..."
"What?"
"It's too real..." Kendrick says, looking at his hands. "Don't you think?"
"Of course!" Myra says, smiling. "That's what makes it-"
Kendrick pulls out one of Myra's hairs, making her grab her head in slight pain.
"Hey!" Myra says, rubbing her head. Kendrick, ignoring her, stares at the hair, waiting. "What are you doing...?"
"Waiting for it to disappear..." Kendrick says, still staring at the strand of black hair. "dreams aren't this detailed!"
"Your point is...?"
"We're not dreaming..." Kendrick says, looking around. His heart starts to beat rapidly as his breathing increases. "We're stuck...in this place..."
"Kendrick...calm down..." Myra says, touching his shoulders.
"Why should I...?!" Kendrick says, pushing her off and going into a slow panic attack. "We're gonna die here...it's over..."
"No it's not!" Myra says, hugging Kendrick, making his heart beat slower, causing him to calm down. "I'm here. As long as we're together, we can't die. Trust me."
"How are you so calm...?"
"Because you're here." Myra says, looking at Kendrick and smiling. "Trust me, I'd be worse than you if you weren't here with me."
"Y-You're right..." Kendrick says, sighing as he smiles at her. "As long as we're here together, nothing can break us down. Right?"
"Right." Myra smiles as she sees that Kendrick has calmed down completely.
"Hey!" Eren says from afar. "You guys coming?"
"Yeah!" Myra says standing up. She looks down at Kendrick and holds her hand out.
How in the hell did we get into Attack on Titan? Kendrick asks himself, pulling himself up to Myra. He looks around, noticing how real everything is. Then again...she's too calm for someone trapped in one of the worst anime to live in...
"So where are you guys from?" Armin asks, looking at Myra.
"We're originally from a village somewhere between Wall Rose and Maria." Myra says, nudging Kendrick to continue.
"But we got lost when we were kids... Kendrick says, unsure of what he's saying.
"Really?" Eren says, looking in shock. "What about your parents?"
"We were separated." Myra says, shrugging her shoulders. "Anyway, enough about us."
"Yeah." Kendrick says, looking at Armin. "Why were those guys trying to beat you up back there?"
"They heard me blabbering about the outside."
"So they weren't lying?" Kendrick says, sighing.
"They're idiots..." Eren says, throwing a rock into the river. "Why can't people just let kids dream for once…?"
"The walls have been here forever." Armin says, sighing. "There's no one who's seen what the outside world is like."
"The Survey Corps have..." Eren says, smiling. "Most people are scared to face the fact that people think...I say to hell with all of them!"
As Eren and Armin are talking, both Myra and Kendrick feel a dark pit in their stomachs as they feel the wind start to blow. They both look at each other and nod as they decide to play along.
"Be quiet." Mikasa says, looking at Eren. "Someone's gonna hear you."
"Why does it matter? You're gonna tell someone anyway."
"I never said I'd keep it a secret..."
"Whoa, whoa..." Armin says, looking at Eren. "You're parents know about the Scouts?"
"Yeah." Eren sighs. "They're not very pleased about it…"
"I can see why." Armin says, smiling. "Most people pass the day not even thinking about the outside world."
"Yeah..." Kendrick says, the wind blowing through his hair. "Sometimes I think about how bad the Titans really are. Then I got a wake up call this morning..."
"What do you mean?" Eren says, focusing the attention on Kendrick.
"We saw the Survey Corps. Coming from the outside." Kendrick says, sighing as he shrugs his shoulders. "It was really bad..."
"That was the first time you've seen them?"
"Like that, yeah." Kendrick says. "But what you said about letting people think, this world wasn't made for us to think. All we do is eat, sleep, shit, and die."
"But why can't we live?" Eren says, turning completely around.
"Because everyone thinks there's no reason to." Kendrick smiles. "But I'm not like that. I'm with you Eren. People are idiotic."
"Too bad it's not gonna last forever..." Armin says, sighing as the wind picks up.
"What do you mean?" Kendrick asks, looking at Armin.
"Someday, the walls are gonna fall...bringing reality to people's eyes that humanity is nothing but cattle."
"It's been here for 100 years." Eren says, scoffing at what Armin said. "If the Titans couldn't break through in that amount of time, there's no way they're gonna-"
"Stop..." Kendrick says, feeling the time getting closer and closer. His heart starts beating faster and faster as the wind picks up.
"You okay?" Armin says, looking at Kendrick concerned.
"He's fine." Myra says, knowing why Kendrick's getting upset. "He just panics from time to time when talking abo-"
Before Myra can finish, Kendrick starts to laugh a little.
"Sorry." Kendrick says, feeling a little embarrassed. "I just get chills out of nowhere sometimes."
"Oh." Eren says, shrugging his shoulders. "You're fine. You just scared us."
"Scared myself a little too." Kendrick says, looking up at the semi-evening sky. He looks down, wanting to hear more. "Anyway, what were we talking about?"
"It's just a matter of time." Armin says, trying to get Eren to understand. "People try to believe that the Walls are a good that that'll never come to an end. But all good things have to come to an end!"
"Yeah, yeah." Eren says, still not believing him. "All I'm saying is, 100 years of not breaking through the Wall. People have lived entire lifetimes not hearing about the Titans."
"Just wait." Armin says, sighing. "It may not be in our lifetimes, but that day will come."
The wind suddenly stops. Kendrick instantly gets an uneasy feeling as he notices animals are acting strangely. He looks at Myra, who already knows of what's going to happen next.
I don't know why we were put into this. Kendrick thinks, awaiting what's about to come. But we're at least gonna survive this Arc. We have to…
A giant orange light shows up, following an explosion-like boom, shaking through the entire district, lifting all the kids off the ground and sending them to the floor, unhurt. Eren stands up, looking around.
"What was that?!" Eren says, looking around frantically.
"Was it cannonfire?" Armin says, standing up.
"It was way to big to be cannonfire..." Kendrick says, feeling the pit in his stomach as he helps Myra up.
"Look. Over there!" Myra says, pointing to the people looking up towards the Wall.
"Let's go see what they were looking at." Eren says, running towards the people.
"Come on." Myra says, pulling Kendrick's sleeve. She stops, seeing Kendrick's expression. "You coming or what?"
"What if we die in here..." Kendrick says, calmly addressing the situation. "We're in Attack on Titan...how can you be so calm about the fact that there are giant naked people here wanting to kill us?!"
"I already told you." Myra says, smiling. "I'm stuck in an amazing world with an amazing person. Tell me you don't wanna see the Colossal Titan?"
"I've seen the movie...and it's fucking terrifying..."
"But this isn't some bullshit CGI!" Myra says, pulling him some more, they hear the screams of a few people as Kendrick is pulled by Myra towards the crowd.
"How…?" Armin says, looking up at the Wall as Myra and Kendrick approach them. "The Wall..."
Kendrick looks up towards the Wall and sees dark grey smoke emerging from behind it. He looks on the horizon and sees a giant, red hand, grasping on the Wall.
"Is that what I think it is…?" Eren says, frozen in fear.
We're gonna die in here. Kendrick thinks as the Colossal Titan's giant head emerges from the Wall, looking down on everyone. He looks around, seeing no one running away. Now I understand why no one was running...they were all too confused and scared to even think…
The Colossal Titan slowly lifts his giant foot up towards the gate, as his foot slowly comes down, time slows down to a crawl. Within seconds, the gate is destroyed, followed by a raining barrage of boulders, killing everything it landed on. As the smoke clears, nothing is heard but giant footsteps. Kendrick looks towards the broken gate, as he sees a giant, dark figure approaching it. The dark figure comes into the light, showing it's pinkish skin, sharp teeth, smiling at seeing humans.
"Titans..." A civilian says. A Titan peeks his head over the building, seeing the man. "They're..." Before the man can finish his sentence, the Titan picks him up by the head, causing widespread panic to anyone that saw it.
"THEY'VE BREACHED THE WALL!" A random person screams, running past Eren and the others. "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"
"They've...breached the..." Armin says, unable to finish his sentence. Eren walks by Armin, making him look up. "EREN!"
"My mom..." Eren mutters, slowly walking towards the crowd running the other way. "She's all by herself...alone..."
"Wait Eren!" Mikasa says, following Eren, who has started to run.
"We're...gonna die..." Armin says, feeling tears run down his cheeks. He feels a sharp pain in his arm, realizing that Myra punched him. He looks at Myra, who's smiling.
"Come on! Have a little faith." Myra smiles, making both Kendrick and Armin look up in confusion. "All you gotta do is make it to the boats or the gate. Right? Maybe even save a few lives!"
She always had that glow. Kendrick says, forced to smile at Myra's kind nature. Even when the world's ending she'll find a way to make someone laugh.
Armin realizes what Myra is saying and gets a sense of pride in himself. He wipes his tears and nods. "Y-Yeah. You're right." Armin starts to run, only stopping after seeing that Myra and Kendrick aren't following him. "Aren't you coming?"
"We'll meet again!" Myra says, making Kendrick nervous.
Armin nods without saying a word as he turns around and runs off.
"Let's go to a boat." Myra says,looking at Kendrick. Kendrick nods, feeling that sense of pride in himself too. "Well, onward! Good sir!"
Kendrick and Myra begin to run, holding hands as they do so.
I'm stuck in an amazing world with an amazing person! Those words echo in Kendrick's head, causing him to run ahead of Myra, pulling her along with him. She's right. Stuck in a crazy world...with it's biggest fan…
"Kendrick!" Myra says, being pulled along. "Slow down a little!"