Solitude where we are least alone

Part thirty-three: Apparent Betrayal

Eren could not believe what he was seeing. Annie and Reiner embracing each other in his living room. "Somebody better tell me what the FUCK is going on here." Eren growled. "Because I'm going to need one hell of an explanation for this not to rip your head off and shove it up your ass, Reiner."

"Oi. I'd put your money where your mouth is, devil." Reiner said, holding a hand out to protect Annie.

"I'll tear your dick off and shove it in the mouth of your decapitated head, you traitor." Eren hissed.

"Eren. Stop. Now." Annie said.

Eren could not believe what he was hearing. Annie was defending Reiner. He felt hurt and betrayed. His wife was still loyal to Marley. Tears started to form at Eren's eyes. "How could you?" Eren said with a shaky voice. "I let you trick me. I love you."

Eren fell apart, revealing a knife from his pants and charging at Reiner. "Eren! DON'T." Annie cried, but it was too late. Reiner stuck a fork in his hand and golden lightning suddenly rained down, reducing the house to rubble and nocking Annie across the room. Eren slashed his own hand, producing a bolt of his own.

Eren and Reiner squared up in the rubble of the house.  Reiner sported a defensive pose with his arms covering his face while Eren was prepared for an offensive attack.  Eren was the first one to swing and after that, all hell broke loose.  In his memory, all that remained was a blur of fighting and hatred.  Eren's body began producing flames and his eyes grew even fiercer.  Noticing Eren's form shifting to the rage Titan, Reiner pulled a tree out of the ground, throwing it at Eren.  Eren kicked it, splitting it in half and by the time all the dust had settled, all that was left was a disintegrating Armored Titan body.  Reiner had fled.  Eren knew there was no chance of finding him in the dense forest so he also exited his Titan body, going to find Annie.  He had to know what happened.

When he finally saw her, he began to panic. Her body lay sprawled out against a tree and she showed no signs of life.  As Eren sprinted over to her, he noticed another figure also coming from the opposite direction; Historia.  As they both reached her at the same time, Eren could barely function.  He couldn't get his thoughts strait or think rationally right now.  He was also hyperventilating.  "Eren.  Calm down.  What happened here?" Historia asked.

"I-I walked in the house and... and I..." Eren stuttered worriedly.

"Take a deep breath."  Historia told him.

Eren breathed in and out once before continuing. "Reiner was there.  He was holding her.  When I saw them together, I couldn't control myself.  I rushed him and we fought in our Titan forms."

Historia hugged him. "It's ok, Eri.  She will be fine.  It wasn't your fault and it wasn't her fault.  Right now, we just need to get her to the nearest doctor."  Then a horrified realization spread across Eren's face.

"Where is Marco?" Eren asked.

As a terrified realization also dawned upon Historia, the both scrambled away, pulling through debris to find him. Historia pulled back a few bricks before terror graced her whole existence.  She leaned over, vomiting before screaming out to Eren.  Eren ran over at more than full speed to find something absolutely horrible.

In front of him was his baby son, with his head completely crushed by a brick.

A/N: Damn.  Is dead kids too far?  I don't know.  Anyway, it feels like it has been ages since I updated.  Sorry I'm not very good at action scenes and this was pretty short for how long I have been gone.  I have had exams the past two weeks so I haven't had much time.  I have no idea when the next time that I'll update will be but I do know that this story is probably coming to an end soon.