Almost every building in Shinganshina was destroyed. Just flying around the district made me realize that majority of the population within Wall Maria were killed. I noticed a lot half eaten corpses with the top half or bottom half missing. There were even some bodies that are just too gruesome to ignore. I've seen one body where his legs has been bit off and his stomach were ripped apart with his guts spilling everywhere. His face looked like he went through hell while dying. Poor man.

I reached to my home and there, I see the same dead woman I found earlier. But this time, her body seems as if she was decaying really fast. I turned around and I see another body just ahead. Being a bit curious, I walked towards this new body. Too bad my curiously led me to discover Armin's corpse.

What is his body doing here? Wasn't he safe within Trost? Why is Armin here? How did Armin end up like this?

My mind was spinning. His body parts were scattered everywhere. Arms and legs sprawled around the area. There was even blood all over his body and his eyes are wide open. Pupils dilated as if he was conscious the entire time before his untimely death. Fear and shock took over my body. I couldn't move an inch. All I could feel are my hands shaking and my shortness of breath.

Is this a dream? No. This is more like a nightmare. This must be a nightmare. I know Armin is alive in the real world. This is just a horrible nightmare I'm having.

Suddenly, Armin's eyes began to move and it shifted towards me. Startled, I jumped back and stared at it.

"Sis..." The head of Armin began to speak. "Save...me...save...us."

Everything went black and I felt as if I've been sent to a different area. This new area was at the Jaeger residence. At a far distance in front of me, I can see Hannes and myself running while carrying Eren and Mikasa. I can see my own self turning her head towards me with a look of horror on her face. Following her gaze, I turned around and I see a very tall titan right in front of me. This titan was the smiling one. It's lips were wide open, exposing it's teeth. The smile on that titans face sunk into my mind, making me feel absolute fear and disgust

I finally noticed that Carla was just a short distance away from me, trapped underneath a pile of rubble and wooden planks. I can hear Carla screaming for her life as the titan reached down and grabbed her. Again, I couldn't move, all I could do was stand there and watch.

"Let go! Help!" that was all Carla could do. Scream. "I don't want to die!"

The titan smiled the most wicked smile I had ever seen and slowly brought Carla to its mouth. Only her head and upper body reached inside its mouth. The next thing that happened was the titan taking a bite. A loud 'crunch' was heard and Carla's blood rained around the area. Some of her blood got onto my face as I watched in absolute horror.

I wiped my forehead with my hand and just stared at the crimson color on my skin. Carla's blood was hot and fresh. The smell was making me sick to my stomach.

What did I just witness? Her gruesome death that I couldn't prevent? I could've saved her. I could've done something to stop this. I let it happen.

"Noooooooooo!" Was all I could scream. "Give her back!" I shouted as I took out my blades and headed straight for the titan.

As soon as I reached the titan, I took a swing at it but it disappeared. The entire area disappeared too. My surroundings were just black, pitch darkness. I put my swords away and sat on the ground in tears.

"Carla!" I screamed her name. "Come back Carla!"

My cries became hysterical and tears streamed down uncontrollably. While still being surrounded by a sea of darkness, I noticed Armin's head rolling towards me. His head bumped to my leg and it stopped. Those dilated pupils stared into my bright blue eyes and blood seeped down his cheeks.

"Why didn't you save her Alice?" He spoke hauntingly.

"A-Armin?"

"You were skilled enough to save her Alice." Armin spoke again. "I thought you were strong Sis."

Suddenly, dark figures of Mikasa and Eren popped up behind Armin's head.

"You didn't save my Mom." Eren said coldly.

"E-Eren? Mikasa?" I looked at them, confused at what's going on.

"You're not strong Alice." Mikasa said. Her figure was still dark but I could see a red glow from her eyes.

"What kind of soldier let's a human being die?" Eren asked rhetorically.

My hands started shaking and my body felt like it was on fire. I clenched onto my shirt, my chest felt it was going to burst.

"I'm sorry..."

"People calls you humanities second strongest. What lies." Eren said coldly again.

The felt like a stab to my back. "I'm sorry..." I repeated myself.

Suddenly, shadowy figures of all the dead bodies I've seen surrounded me and pointed fingers at me. They were all chanting something haunting...

"Coward. Coward. Coward. Coward."

I held my hands to my head, trying to get those words out of my mind and I sunk to the ground. "Stop it! I'm not a coward! I'm not!"

I want to get out of this nightmare. Please, wake me up. Get me out of here!

GET ME OUT OF HERE!

*knock* *knock* *knock*

My eyes shot open in an instant as I heard knocking on my door. I sat up from my bed and sighed in relief. It was all a dream. A nightmare. Everything felt so real.

I looked at my hands and noticed that they're shaking. My heart felt like it was trying to leap out of my chest and sweat was rolling down my face. Putting a hand to my chest, I let out another sigh. That was a hell of a nightmare...

*knock* *knock*

I jumped out of my bed and headed towards the door. Holding onto the knob, I opened it and there was Levi. He was looking at me, eyebrow raised and studied my face.

"You're really pale. Did you have a nightmare or something?" He asked, sounding slightly concerned.

"Yeah. Sorta" I replied quietly, wiping off some sweat on my forehead. "It had something to do with what happened earlier today. I guess I'm still a bit horrified by what I've witnessed."

"I see. It's not easy when you witness something like this for the first time." He spoke softly. I felt my heart beating faster from the tone of his voice. "It'll take time to get over it but eventually, you'll have to overcome it. Things like this will most likely happen again."

"What? What do you mean by that?" I looked at him in confusion.

"It will be discussed in the meeting. Let's go or we'll be late." Levi started walking away as I closed my door and followed him. He is right though. More unfortunate events will most likely happen again. I just don't know if I will be able to handle it.

This chapter has been rewritten/revised for improvement purposes!

All spelling/grammatical errors are mine and the chapter has been un-beta'd.

All credit on Attack on Titan/Shingeki No Kyojin goes to Hajime Isayama.

I only own Alice Arlet, my OC.