but he wasn't he... Dead

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He looked at us and said "that's why I wanted you guys to come with me so I can tell you that I'm still alive it's me Marco Bott"

I went "and that's why you had that Paradis tag on you"

Eren said in a monotone voice "I actually thought your name was Jason Bott"

Marco breathed a laugh and went "and I thought your name was actually Eren Kruger, but I now need to get out of here, but I love living in Marley but I wanna go home and see my friends again"

Eren said "alright I already sent letters to Hange to get us out of here which only means one thing, your gonna have to lay low"

Marco went right back in his apartment packed all of his stuff honestly I didn't have time to feel anything

Marco went "alright how about we take reiners body to the very top dump it into on of the rooms up there leave him there and I won't get the blame"

We both nodded and helped to Reiner up stairs and dragged him

When we were half way Marco went "it be so much easier Marley had elevators"

I said "they don't have elevators"

He shook his head than Marco went "well we should throw Reiner out of the window cause I think someone might be coming down"

So he opened the nearest window  and Chuck on side out while Eren and I chucked the other side out and he fell onto the streets and we ran to his floor and went into his Apartment and helped him clean up

Marco sighed and said "so we have to wait until Hanji gets here so I can go back"

Eren nodded he flopped onto the bed

I said "honestly, I don't know how to feel, I want to feel happy knowing your alive but I want to be upset cause for 5 years I was convinced you were dead"

Marco went "look I don't know who you are I just got excited at the fact that you were from Paradis"

My heart broke

Marco continued "if you did know me which is actually a pretty good chance, I wouldn't recognise you, that why I believed Eren Jaeger was Eren Kruger, cause I didn't recognise him"

I looked up at him I wanted to cry he must've noticed my mood

He sighed and went "Just let them all out"

I cried my eyes and sobbed "how are you still Alive, I saw your corps and afterwards I joined the survey corps instead of the military police, for you Marco"

Marco sighed and said "all I remember from the battle of Trost, I came out of a titan, took my tag off one of the hooks in the military police HQ and took a few of my Cadet uniform and some clothes and somehow I got out of the walls turned into a titan again than woke up in this apartment with a guy who had glasses and was like a blond version of Eren's dad, doctor Yeager"

Eren sat on the window seal than a knock on the door than "Jason"

Us 3 stayed quiet the knocking got louder so did the yelling "JASON COME OUT NOW, I KNOW YOUR HERE"

Marco looked down and went "coming Zeke"

He walked up opened the door slightly and it was him the man who tried to kill the commander and now he is fighting for his life

He said quietly "are you alright, Reiner ran up to me and was saying you were someone from Paradis that him, Annie and Bert fed to a titan"

Marco replied "so what, it doesn't change, right?"

Zeke smiled and said softly "no it doesn't, but I wanted to know if you know Eren Jaeger, I want his help to stop the Eldian race so no one will have to live with discrimination and fear of Titan"

Marco replied "but the fear of Titan's is actually a good thing cause it keeps us Paradis people on our toes, and alert at all times"

He sighed and asked "can I at least come in"

Marco opened the door and Zeke walked in Marco closed it

Zeke asked "can you be honest with me?"

Marco nodded and went "yes Zeke I will from now on"

Zeke eyes widened he asked Marco "what did you lie about than"

Marco replied in a shaking voice "only my name and were I was born"

Zeke looked down he said very quietly "so are you saying what Reiner said was true"

"What did Reiner say exactly"

Zeke sighed sat on a chair that was in a corner of the room he whispered "that your name is actually Marco Bodt and you confronted Reiner and so he killed you and he said that he found out your still alive and is scared to take vengeance"

Marco said in a monotoned voice "yes it's all true"

Zeke looked down than got up and walked out saying "I'm not angry Marco,  I am just disappointed"

Marco yelled "ZEKE I'M SORRY ITS JUST THEM THREE KILLED ME AND I CAME BACK AS SOMETHING EVERYONE ON PARADIS HATES I WANT TO GO BACK, BE IN ARMS OF BELOVED JEAN BUT I ANNIE REINER AND BERTHOLD HAD TO TAKE ME AWAY FROM HIM AND I BECAME HE SWORE TO DESTROY"

tears kept going down my eyes Zeke look at Marco and went "so this Jean is a real person... Reiner told me that you two were good friends if he saw you he'll be overwhelmed"

And Zeke was right I did become overwhelmed but I just didn't know how to feel

Zeke added to his comment "go back to Paradis I don't care if you can even go back"

And he left I said while tears going down my eyes "Marco is that how you really feel... About me"