You're Not Alone

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The four of us are knocked to the ground from the impact. When Annie shifted, an explosion took out the building over the steps.

We stare up at her and Mikasa snaps us all back into focus. The four of us run down into the tunnels, trying to escape.

"Damnit! That ring," Armin scolds himself. "She must've known I was lying to her from the very beginning! She knew we were leading her into a trap!"

I look behind us and see her Titan arm reaching for Mikasa. I take out my blades and cut off three of her fingers.

"Just wait you bitch..." I growl.

"I could've- I should've taken a different approach," Armins voice is shaking with fear and adrenaline.

"Save the should've's for after we get out of this," Mikasa snaps. "The questions now is what do we do next?"

"I kill her," I whisper to myself and tighten my hand on the blade.

"First, we rendezvous with Squad Three," Armin shakes his head. "Then get the hell above ground. We - we fight her out in the open! That means we're switching to Plan B. She's all yours you two. Got it?"

"No..." I look at them. "She's all mine."

They stare at me, but our attention is grabbed by someone. We look ahead of the tunnel and a male scouts yells.

"Over here!"

"Squad three!" Eren shouts.

"Hey," the man before waves his hand. "What happened? Is Plan A a no-go?"

"Afraid so, yes!" Armins face sadness. "As of now we're going with the backup option!"

Our legs screech to a halt when we see Annie's foot crash into the tunnel, killing the two scouts a head of us. A gust of dust and winds hits us and we turn to cover our faces.

"She caved through the ceiling!" Armin exclaims.

"We've got to pull them out of there!" Eren looks at the two scouts crushed in debris.

"Eren! Get back!" Mikasa pulls his hood.

"What? No! Wait!" My brother argues. She's right though, we're trapped like mice right now.

"What was that? Does she not care if she kills one of you, too?" Mikasa questions.

"She took a chance," Armin mutters and we look at him. "It was risky, but she gambled on you two being able to survive. We're dealing with someone who's been backed into a corner."

"Well how about I go end her," I hiss. Armin shakes his head at me.

"We need a plan first. She's desperate and that makes her all the more dangerous!" Armin warns and we continue running through the tunnel.

She killed Marco. That psycho bitch killed him. What did he ever do to her? How did he die? Jean.. he said that half his body was pretty much gone... what led up to that?

Wait, if she has his gear... did she take it and leave him defenseless? What kind of person is she? Why is she even attacking us? We're not her enemy.

Armin and the others stop and we crouch down, trying to come up with a plan. I try my best to focus, but I can't think of anything other than killing Annie.

"Dammit. We're cut off. If we try to get airborne with our ODM gear, she'll swat us like flies. And If we-"

Armin gets cut off by Annie's foot crashing through the tunnel about fifty yards away from us. I shield my face as a cloud of dust and debris comes at us.