𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 & 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑

18

CHAPTER 18
— fell in love with a war

returning to the scouts compound after the mission felt like walking through a haze. every step you took seemed heavier than the last, weighed down by the memories of what'd you witnessed and the people you couldn't save.

it wasn't just their deaths that had you staring at the ground, head tucked in between your arms as you sat in the cold emptiness of your room. petra, one of your dear friends and someone who levi cared about deeply, had been brutally murdered. what escalated the situation was the claims armin made about annie. you couldn't wrap your head around the situation.

why would annie kill your friends? why would she attack her own?
why is annie the female titan?

all the points armin made and what he presented as evidence made it clear that he was right, but you refused to believe it.

in a stage of denial, grief, and betrayal—it was too much to process. you loved annie. you loved her so much and you spent three years loving her with everything in you. so why, why would she go and hurt you? didn't she love you to?

but what she did was unforgivable. you won't ever let her take anyone else from you, especially eren.

you vowed to be the one who would make her regret every decision she ever made. every life she took, every betrayal would weigh on her. you would ensure she feels the same agony that she inflicted onto you. this wasn't about justice, it was personal. you will be the one to make her pay.

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for the most part, armins plan had been a success and his theory about annie being the female titan was correct—nothing ever slipped past him. however, regardless of your skills and strength, levi refused to put you on the front line. he noticed how you'd been consumed by anger meaning you'd be a danger to yourself and your comrades on the battlefield. levi wasn't one to let a personal problem impact the outcome during a fight, and this fight in particular was life or death for all citizens residing in the walls.

so when annie and eren transformed, having their own quarrel, you sat ideal by, watching and waiting.

you felt pathetic. how could they remove you from their master plan? right now, with every emotion coursing through your veins—rage, grief, betrayal—you felt stronger than ever. so why wouldn't they let you? you clenched your fists and your body trembled with the overwhelming need to prove yourself.

love no longer played a factor in your performance. what you once felt for annie was being eaten up by rage and you would do anything to see annie imprisoned.

but then, she began to climb the walls; attempting to escape and no longer with eren. now it was all just about her safety—you would die before she was able to be free.

completely disregarding the orders you'd been given: do not engage in the fight unless it's absolutely necessary; meaning when too many people lost their lives to annie's merciless killings.

with the help if your ODM gear you used the hooks to quickly glide towards the wall, yelling at the top of your lungs to get annie's attention. "if anyone is gonna kill her it's gonna be me—i'll never forgive you for this annie for as long as we both live. you took away my family. i hate you.. i hate you.. i swear i will be the last face you see before you die." at the speed you were going, no one could stop what was about to happen.

from a distance you could hear screams—demands to not engage with the female titan and that mikasa would take care of it, but you weren't onboard with that plan.

"(y/n) what are you doing? get back, now!" you were sure the voice yelling at you was armin, but it was too late. it wasn't about imprisonment anymore, it was about death—hers.

by the time you reached the wall she was about half way up, but that's as far as you were willing to let her go. annie would never see beyond the walls again.

with swift, calculated movements, your blades slashed through the air. you struck first at the back of her ankles. her steps faltered a bit and you new she would regenerate soon. you continue to move with a frightening speed, cutting through the back of her knees, her knuckles and fingers—anything that would force her to collapse.

hovering mid air while she crashed to the floor, you positioned yourself just above her face, your fiery eyes looked into hers. as you stared down at her, something in her gaze softened. she knew she deserved this and even though you could see that flicker of remorse, it changed nothing.

annie knew, just as you did, that no amount of sorrow could erase her actions.

you would never forgive her.

with a loud thud she crashed onto the floor, but before you could reach her, eren—while in his titan form—shakily walked to where annie crashed down, still trying to regenerate his own body as the damage he sustained was too intense to heal in just a couple of seconds.

"someone! stop eren...he's going to try and eat annie!" and just as hange announced, eren ripped annie out from the comfort of the titans nape, bringing his mouth closer to her body with every second.

but you were too far to stop him.

suddenly, a huge ray of blue light shined upon everyone and you gripped your blades once more, prepared for her to change back into a titan if that's what the bright light indicated. this put a pause on the situation and everyone froze. no one had any idea of what was happening and were preparing for the worse.

but, seconds later the atmosphere calmed and eren was torn apart from his titan self. while several of the soldiers were busy with him, you walked closer to annie, realizing that the little trick she used was to protect herself by the use of crystallization.

her entire body was being caged in and no matter how many times you struck the crystal, you couldn't even leave a scratch.

"you're pathetic annie! how dare you—how dare you just run away from your problems!?" at this point you had broken all your blades, but still attacked the crystal; slamming each broken blade down with so much force that the people watching were shocked you didn't cut yourself in the process. "talk to me god dammit—just talk to me." you collapsed on the floor next to annie, your eyes swelling with tears that wasted no second in streaming down your cheeks. "how could you do this annie—i loved you."

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lets all say bye bye to annie 😆💋
currently listening to good luck, babe! by chappell roan and all i can think about is (y/n) and annie