Chapter 12

When we got to the military police's HQ I asked to go find Annie. Commander Nile nodded his consent. I ran off and after a few minutes I found her walking with two other cadets. She had her normal stoic expression on her face and I internally smiled. I snuck up behind her and tripped her up. She spun around and glared at me getting ready to attack me until she noticed that it was me. Her eyes went wide and she went to walk to me. The boy she was with confronted me first and told me I was in trouble for assaulting an officer. He put his hands on my shoulders and I tossed him over my shoulder. The other girl just stared at me with her mouth agape. Annie stared at the guy and laughed, the two others widened their eyes at her. I started to laugh too and hugged her.

"Why are you here?" Annie asked me.

"I am now officially a member of the military police!" I said laughing again.

"Really?"

"Yup! Happy to see me?"

"Duh"

I hugged her again. It had only been two days? but that didn't matter I had been separated from her for too long. We started to walk back and I chatted with the other two that had been patrolling with Annie. The guy reminded me of Eren a little bit. The girl was obnoxious and kind of a bitch but she cared about her friends. Once we got back Annie showed me her room and we sat and talked just us two.

"You and Reiner did what?!" She yelled when I told her Reiner and I were now officially together.

"Yeah oh and corporal Levi likes me and is kind of yandere" I told her.

"What?"

"A lot happened" I told her.

"Clearly"

We talked like that for another couple hours before someone knocked on her door. When Annie answered it she saluted and I stood up knowing who it was already. Commander Nile stuck his head in and locked gazes with me.

"Katherine I need you to come and make a written statement on everything that has happened" He told me.

I nodded and followed him out. Annie gave me a look and I smiled at her and winked. I put my straight face back on when we got close to where we were going. When commander Nile opened the door I was slightly surprised to see commander Zackly sitting there.

"Hello again miss"

"Commander!" I said saluting.

"Come sit and tell me what happened"

I took a seat and told him everything that had happened excluding Levi getting touchy. Zackly raised an eyebrow when I mentioned having requested a squad but being denied by Erwin. After I finished he smiled and nodded.

"Welcome to the military police cadet Ward" He told me and I smiled.

"Your smile is lovely my dear you should do it more often"

I went back to a blank face and nodded at him before leaving. I ran straight to Annie after receiving my new uniform and jumped on her.

"He accepted me!" I yelled

Annie grinned and carried me around on her back while we cheered.

"Let's go out for drinks later!" I said.

"Okay, I'm done for today anyway so let's get ready"

Once we were both ready we left and headed to a tavern. We drank and became belligerent but we thought we were hilarious. Our faces were red as we walked back to headquarters. A few guys tried to hit on us but when we both glared at them they instantly walked away and we laughed. I found my room and said goodbye to Annie. My eyes were wide when I saw all of my stuff already here. I closed my door and a minute later there was a knock. I opened it to come face to face with air until I looked down a little bit. Corporal Levi was staring at me coldly.

"Corporal Levi?" I asked mirroring his cold stare.

"I'm still not giving up on you cadet"

"I am no longer in the survey corps corporal you have no authority over me besides being of higher rank" I told him.

His eyes flashed and he tried to push his way into my room. I shoved him back out and slammed the door in his face. I locked it before he could try to open it again.

"Goddammit Ward!" He screamed.

I heard other cadets coming out of their rooms to see who screamed. I laughed when one of the higher ranking officers came and told Levi to leave. I'm sure he heard me which made me laugh louder. I changed and fell asleep still feeling the alcohol effecting me. My head spun while I fell asleep.

The next morning Annie woke me up so we could go and meet up with the guys. Once we were out of wall Sina we ran avoiding the titans at all costs. We finally met up with the boys a few miles away from the wall. Reiner ran up to me and punched me in the gut. I laughed holding my stomach. I stood straight again and kissed him. Bertholt took in quick breath which I laughed at.

"What the fuck Kat? You left me"

"They were going to force me in Levi's squad so yes I left you"

"Then I'm glad you left" He said with his face contorted in anger.

I smiled and put an arm around his waist while turning to talk to the other two. We went over our plans for the net week when the survey corps went out on their expedition. Annie was going to be the one to titanize and capture Eren. I would stay behind to keep the attention away from Annie since Reiner and Bertholt would be there anyway. I told them what I had heard from Eren while I was there. I told them that they would be in the middle back because they wanted Eren protected. They all nodded and we just hung out with each other for awhile before sneaking back.

The next week was boring as I went on patrols with other people. Everyone seemed to be afraid of me since they had heard what I did to that one guy and how I had outrun Levi Ackerman himself. On the day of the expedition I left with Annie and pretended to be going out for a walk in the country side. Annie slipped away and went to do her thing. The entire time she was gone I was worried. When she arrived back extremely late I saw that she was about to collapse. I helped her back to her room avoiding contact with everyone. I stayed with her all night and the next morning we heard about the trial of Eren to be handed over to the military police. I went out on patrol with Annie and we were pulled aside by Armin who was asking us for his help to get Eren out of the walls. I instantly knew this was a setup. They had figured out that Annie was the female titan that everyone was talking about. I was guilty just by being so close with her. I glared at the blonde boy and told him we would not help. Annie clearly hadn't seen through the scam yet and told Armin she would help. I gawked at her and she shrugged. Later that day I was back at headquarters when I heard loud crashing and a bright flash. I instantly ran to where Eren and Annie were now fighting. Reiner grabbed me before I could run to help her.

"Don't they already suspect you too" he said quietly.

I nodded and watched as my best friend got taken down. She did what any of us would have done and hardened herself before they could get to her. I noticed that Hanji had gotten a piece of her hardened skin and I groaned. We were going to be found out today.

"Reiner we need to finish this right now. One of us needs to grab Eren and run" I told him seriously.

He nodded but went back to his squad. I went back to my room and went to sleep after thinking about what had just happened. The next day I could feel our commander coming and I bolted out of bed. I finished my chores and work early and went to patrol the wall. I saw general Pixis walking towards me and I turned to walk the other way.

"Who are you?" I heard and I winced.

I turned to salute him and introduced myself. His eyes went wide when I told him and I started to get worried. He knows about me. Pixis tried to grab me and I ran. He called out to the others to capture me. I cussed and jumped off of the wall. I titanized and they all stared wide eyed. They had finally found the titan shifter that had been fighting the other titans that day that Marco died. Since my nape was protected I turned and ran towards my commander. I didn't make it in time to catch him. He had left and I saw that captain Mike had been torn to shreds. I tried to find the others and noticed I was being chased. I rolled my eyes and kicked them all away killing most of the foolish humans. I found Reiner and Eren fighting I got there in just enough time to see Bertholt fall off of the wall and bite Eren out of his nape. I crawled over wall Sina as the survey corps finally saw me. Of course the first one to come at me was Levi his eyes blazing. He blamed me for his squads deaths. Annie had told me she killed them and I had felt a twinge of guilt at the time. I grabbed a hold of Levi's cable and threw him at the others on the wall. I didn't want to hurt them so I did it as gently as I could. I grabbed Reiner who was titanized still and was carrying Bertholt, Ymir, and Eren. He stared up at me and I bent down to take off. I touched the ground and leapt getting a fast head-start and only getting faster as we went. There was no way they could catch me on horse back not at the speeds I was going. We had Eren and that was that, I headed back home. I could feel them starting to chase us after awhile but I was too far away for them to find us. I had already went through the forest of big trees. I had cried out and a horde of titans had started to run towards me. They stopped when they all caught the scents of the humans and went towards them. That would stop the humans for awhile but I was wrong. Mikasa had caught up with me as did Levi. I set Reiner down and he titanized a second time. I still had Eren who was screaming for Mikasa. I shot him a glare and he shut up. Good boy I thought. Reiner was fighting Levi and Mikasa and I took the opportunity to run. Bertholt held on for dear life as I ran. I suddenly smelled my sister and saw her running for me. I grabbed Ymir and the boys and when she got close to me I handed them to her and I pointed back towards the town. She nodded and took off going faster than I ever could. I turned back around to go and help Reiner. When I got back there were more than just the two there now. They had Reiner on the ground and they were trying to cut him out. I got instantly angry and charged them all taking most of them by surprise. I killed six of them and took down Levi breaking his hurt leg. I smiled I was finally getting revenge on the man who had killed my parents. I could hear him scream and stared at him. I pulled everyone off of Reiner squishing some more people like bugs. Hanji had come and landed on my shoulder pleading that I stopped what I was doing. I took her and set her down on the ground. She stared at me shocked that I had been so gentle with her. I picked Reiner up and pulled him out of his titan breaking the bone that covered his nape first. He was exhausted and I could tell. I held him gently in my hand and I ran away after taking out all of their horses so that they couldn't follow. I was upset that all I could do was break Levi's leg but I had to get Reiner out of there. He had passed out in my hand and I squeezed him a little harder to cover him and keep him still as I ran. I ran around for a little while making sure that no one was following me. Once I was sure no one had followed I went back home. I set Reiner down and pulled out of my titan. I ran to him and slung his arm over my shoulder as I walked back into the town my titan body already dissolving. Allison came running out to meet me and I was shocked at how much she had changed. She threw Reiner's other arm around her shoulders and helped me carry him back to our house. I laid him down in my old bed and smiled at him before I left to go and see the elders. Allison hugged me when I got out of my bedroom.

"Oh I missed you so much" She said.

"Look at you! You've gotten so pretty!"

"So have you! You look so much more mature!" She stated.

"I told you I would come home didn't I" I smiled at her.

"I knew you would but I thought that maybe you would come home in a body bag"

I laughed at her and told her I'd be right back. I went and found the elders. They already had Eren and Ymir. Bertholt was standing in the middle bowing his head. He whipped around to look at me and sighed in relief.

"Thank god you're okay, is Reiner alright?" He asked.

"Yeah he was just tired so he's asleep in my bed"

"Okay" He said his face getting a little red.

I looked up to the elders and bowed.

"You have done well Katherine" One said.

"You have brought us the key to our survival" Another said.

They all looked at Eren who glared at me. I turned away from him and stared at the elders.

"Elders the humans still have Annie, I wish to go back and take her home with me" I said.

Eren gasped at my boldness.

"We cannot allow you to do that"

"May I ask why elders?"

"We have decided to move you up to general, you deserve it."

I opened my mouth to say something but closed it. I stared at all of them.

"If I become general do the others get promoted as well?" I asked.

"They will be raised to officer rank"

"I don't think that is fair elders"

"And why not? You have completed more missions than all three of them combined. You just saved your comrade and our entire existence too."

"Yes elders" I said shutting my mouth.

They began talking about who was going to eat Eren. Erens eyes got wide while he listened in on their conversation. Eren had a very special power that allowed him to control the lower titans. My eyes got wide when I heard this. I looked at him and locked eyes. He glared but I just stared. Once the talk was over I offered to take Eren to the cells. They allowed me to do it and I escorted him out.

"Get your traitorous hands off of me!" He yelled.

"Shut up and listen to me you stupid idiot" I whispered.

He shut up and listened.

"Tonight I am going to come by and grab you and then we will leave here. I will take you back but you have to promise me to give us back Annie" I said.

Eren thought about it and nodded.

"I don't want to hurt you and I don't think someone eating you is fair. Doing this will make me an enemy of my people and I will be exiled when I get back with Annie. I am going to save my best friend and give you a shot at living am I clear?"

"Yes. Aren't you worried that they will try to kill you?" He asked me.

"Oh they definitely will but I will drop you off just outside the wall and I'm trusting you to go and tell them that I want my friend back. I am putting my entire life in your hands Eren I am sorry that we took you away I had no idea that this is what they wanted to do to you."

"It's okay you were following orders but now you're following your heart and I can appreciate that" He said.

We got to the cells and I put him in the broken one. I then said goodbye and left for home. I walked through the door to the small cabin. Allison was cooking and there was a strange boy sitting at our dining room table.

"Who are you?" I asked him.

He stood up quickly and introduced himself as Dylan. He seemed like a nice boy and Allison really liked him. Dylan pulled me outside for a small chat.

"I would like your blessing to marry Allison" He said.

"Okay"

"Really? That was quick I was expecting something else entirely"

"Look I need you to promise me you'll take very good care of her okay?"

"I promise"

When we went back in he proposed to her and she freaked out and said yes. I smiled and went to check on Reiner who was still passed out. It was dark outside now and I sighed. I kissed him before leaving the room again to eat what my sister had made. After dinner I washed the dishes for Allison while she and Dylan went back to her room. It was really late as I sat at the table and looked around my small cabin house. I sighed, it was time. I snuck into the dungeon and woke up Eren who had fallen asleep. I opened the cell and grabbed him. We snuck out of the town without anyone seeing us. Once safely out I changed and picked him up. We began running and was at the wall in four hours. I crawled over wall Maria and made my way to Sina. Once we were within eye shot of the wall I set Eren down and he ran to it. I could faintly hearing soldiers yelling that someone was down there. They sent someone down to pick up Eren. After what seemed like eight hours I saw them dropping down Annie in her crystal. Eren titanized and brought her to me. I took her from him and gave him a quick hug which he returned. I noticed Mikasa on Erens shoulder and she smiled at me happy that I brought him back to her. I winked at her and smiled myself before turning around and running away. Once safely inside the forest of big trees I went back to being human and walked up to Annie's crystal.

"Annie you can come out now. You're safe" I said touching her crystallized form.

The crystal started to melt away and I pulled her out. She stood up and stared up at me.

"How did you get me back?"

"I traded Eren for you"

"Kat! The elders will have you killed!" She cried out.

I hugged her and nodded.

"Yeah I know I'm sorry I just didn't want you to be tortured."

She started crying and held onto me.

"You just killed yourself for me" She sobbed.

"Better then dying for no reason" I told her.

We climbed into a tree and slept there until we were ready to shift again. When I awoke I could hear 3DMG's. I shook Annie awake.

"We need to go now! We are being chased!" I yelled.

Annie titanized and I did as well. We made a run for it and when it was clear that only one of us would make it I picked up Annie and threw her as hard as I could once we were out of the trees. She flew really far and landed where I could no longer see her. I then ripped myself out of my titan and waited. I didn't have to wait very long though. Soldiers in green capes came flying around me. I sat on my titans shoulder as it slowly dissipated. I was quickly surrounded and taken into custody. I was put onto my knees and Erwin walked up to me staring coldly down at me.

"Just kill me already. I could have kept running you know but I would have just faced death in my hometown as well" I told him.

"Why?" Was all he said.

"I broke Eren out and brought him back to his home"

"Why?"

"I wanted Annie back and I was willing to die for her. I still am."

I hung my head and I saw a second pair of boots approach. I looked through my hair to see Hanji standing there. She smiled warmly at me.

"Why did you not kill me when you had the chance?" She asked me.

"I don't know."

"Why didn't you kill Levi?"

"I wanted to but couldn't"

I heard a hiss and I looked to see Levi standing not far from the others. I glared at him and looked at his leg and smirked. He started to limp over to me and I smiled. His broken legs foot slammed into my face and my head snapped back. Blood ran down my face and I was still smiling.

"Quit smiling you stupid bitch!" He yelled kicking me in the stomach this time.

"Levi!" Hanji yelled trying to hold him back.

I shook my head at her and she stopped shocked. I looked back up at Levi and grinned as my face healed. He screamed and cut off my right arm I winced at the pain but still smiled through it. He cut off one of my legs and I still smiled. They were already starting to grow back. He cut me in half and I screamed. He finally smiled to himself but saw me starting to regenerate already. He then looked at my face and I was still smiling. He stared in utter shock.

"You killed my parents Levi Ackerman. I wanted so badly to kill you but all I was able to make myself do was to break your stupid fucking leg. You obsessive self righteous prick. You took my family from me when I was seven years old! I had to raise me and my sister with little to no help from anyone. I trained myself and made it so that I was not only armored but fast so I could always keep my sister safe. I don't understand why I couldn't kill all of you! I hate humans!"

"Obviously not enough" Hanji answered smiling sadly at me.

Levi stared at me in horror. Now he would understand why I hated him from the moment I saw his face.

"Ironic that I would die from the same person who killed my parents" I said.

I closed my eyes waiting for the end to come but when it didn't I looked at them all. Levi had walked away from me a leaving Hanji and Erwin to watch me regenerate slowly. I was fully healed in a few minutes because I was able to get some sleep earlier. I sat up and looked at them.

"Either kill me or I will run and be killed in my town" I said coldly.

"We can't do either of those" Erwin said.

I stared at him and glared. I stuck out my tongue and before anyone realized what I was doing I bit down and tasted blood in my mouth. I titanized quickly breaking from the chains that held my hands behind my back. People were suddenly on me but I stepped over them and ran not towards my home but somewhere I haven't been yet. I ran until I could no longer go on. Which was quite far. I had killed almost thirty titans on my way. I stopped when I saw the ocean. Armin had talked about this. It was beautiful. I fell out of my titan and walked on the warm beach running my hands through the water. I tasted it and it was salty. Armin had been right! I smiled to myself and fell into the sand, I had passed out.