Destiny of Paradise

Emotions Revealed

Sam
I lied on the floor, completely frozen in a combination of fear and pain. I was lying in a pool of blood and tears. My body ached, and my eyes had run dry from tears. What did I do to deserve this? I'm a fucking Titan, and I laid there and let him do that to me. I looked behind me and saw what looked like a featureless horror. Pitch black with bright white eyes and a constantly changing form. I whimpered and clawed at the wooden floorboard beneath me, trying to get away. My nails chipped as I weakly crawled away.

A terribly cold hand grasped my ankle and pulled me back. I let out something that could barely be classified as a scream as my vocal chords were torn beyond belief. The mass rolled my cold, bloody frame around. I stared at the dark figure, wide-eyed and terrified. It's face began to morph into a very familiar one. A disfigured smile formed and it said,

"Hey, boy-slut." I screamed in terror and woke up screaming my lungs out.

Everyone's eyes were locked on me. I groaned, ran my hand through my sweaty hair, got up, and left the large room filled with cadets.

"Fuck." I muttered as I walked through the hallway lined with stone. "Why now?" I smashed my palm into my forehead in frustration. I looked outside the window next to me and noticed the new Titan turning Titans into paste. Tears poured down my cheeks, and I fell to the floor. The bastard's smiling face played through my head once more. I screamed in anger and punch the stone wall as hard as I could, the rock crushing my hand and shattering the bone. The pain wasn't even noticeable as I rapidly punch the wall. Tears continued to flow until I ran out of willpower in my arm and fell to my knees. Steam billowed from my disfigured hand. Bones protruded from many parts of my hand, but it slowly healed.

"Big Bro?" A voice behind me quietly asked. "What's going on?"

"Nothing."

"You can't expect me to believe that." Ryan sighed. "Bad dream?"

"Sure." I chuckled.

"Talk to me." Ryan pleaded. "What's going on?" I looked back at him.

"I regret ever coming here sometimes. I regret being born into this fucking world. I regret having traitorous parents who treated me like a ducking object. I hate that I agreed to do this shit for a guy who's a million times smarter than me. Obviously it's not as simple as he says. Fucking Beast Titan."

"Don't say that." Ryan replied. "He was able to save us."

"You think he did that out of the goodness of his heart? A snot-nosed brat like me just wanted anything to grapple on to to get out of there. And then... then..." I feel to the ground and cried as I held my knees to my chest. I felt Ryan's hand touch my shoulder, and I quickly jerked away. "Don't... Don't touch me." The dream sparked something in me I couldn't explain. Everything around me seemed to writhe and stare. I stumbled to my feet and stepped away from Ryan.

"Big Bro?" My knees buckled and my breath hastened.

Ryan

Big Bro looked fearful of everything around him. I slowly made my way towards him. Then...

Orange light began to envelop Big Bro.

"Big Bro!!" An explosion. I flew backwards from the blinding light. I get a sharp pain on the back of my head and felt to the ground. The force of the wind burned my skin. I just closed my eyes and waited out the deafening explosion.

Suddenly... silence.

I opened my eyes. In front of me sat a massive opening in the side of the headquarters. I slowly stood up and peeked over the edge onto the ground. All that sat there was a giant crater with a trail of footprints heading off to the right away from the building.