The Devil ⥋ Eren Jaeger

XXVIII - Annie

On an unrelated note, I realized that it's been over a year since I started this fanfic. Over time I know that I've become inconsistent with updates but thank you to everyone who still reads this.

The inside of the Cart Titan's mouth was hot and sticky. It smelled of rotting flesh and fluids surrounded Yi's knees. She gagged and put her hand over her mouth to keep in her throw up. Swallowing it, she turned around to find Jean, Yelena, and Onyonkapon. They too had their hands over their mouths. Onyonkapon struggled and threw up, adding to the disgusting stomach.

"Why are we still alive?" he asked.

Jean wiped saliva off of himself, "The Cart Titan's teeth aren't sharp, they are like regular human teeth, gentle so it can carry things in its mouth."

"Like people." Yelena chimed in. She touched the stomach walls but quickly retracted her hand.

"Titans don't digest food." Yi pointed to an arm floating.

Onyonkapon jumped at the sight of it. "Eugh!" he screamed. Jean went over the arm. It wore a dark green sleeve with the Military Corps symbol patched onto it.

"It seems that she swallowed him whole." He poked at the arm, "The Cart Titan's teeth aren't sharp enough to clamp down on a body. It's likely that this person died because they drowned in this," he gestured around them, "or he died because Pieck fell."

Yi turned away from the body. It was hot in the stomach and she wanted nothing more than to get out of it. Luckily for them, it wasn't long until the four were thrown up.

She looked up to see the familiar face of Hange.

"I'm never getting in a titan's mouth again!" Jean said.

"Commander Hange," Yi said. The last time she heard from the Commander they ordered for her to be arrested. Yi stood up and stepped back. She looked around her to see no one beside the people she came with. But soldiers could always be hiding anywhere.

"Relax, I'm not arresting you or ambushing you. We need you." Hange said.

"Why?"

"Maybe you can't stop Eren by yourself. The only way to stop him is by most likely killing Zeke." Hange paused to see Yi's face. Yi showed no signs of arguing against the plan. "We are going to need help. We need to get to Marley and we need the help of the Azumabitos. You can convince Lady Kiyomi. We have Mikasa but she doesn't have that much bargaining power as you do."

"What do you mean? Mikasa is an Azumabito!" Yi said.

Hange shook their head, "Mikasa doesn't want to deal with a dying empire. But you can save them and Marley if you make a deal with them."

Yi sighed. As bad as it sounded, she didn't want to find her people. It was a messed up country with people waiting for their monarch that would never come. She didn't see them as her people.

"Fine, I will do it."

"Yes!" Hange jumped and punched Yi's arm.

Yi turned around to see General Magath. A Marleyan who always showed kindness to the oppressed Eldians. It was good to see a familiar face. She ran up to him and hugged him. They didn't know each other well at all. He awkwardly hugged her back.

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After reaching the rendezvous point Yi cleaned herself. After tending to her needs she joined the meeting with Hange and Mikasa. Jean was the last to arrive.

"Glad you could join us Jean." Hange welcomed, "Mikasa was just filling us in on the situation. I'm sorry I couldn't have been here on the ground...you've done a great job in this grueling situation." Hange praised. "As for Levi he's not fine, but he's alive. He won't be able to fight for a while though. We've joined forces with the remaining Marleyans," she gestured to Yi, "and the Cart Titan. This is to stop Eren. We shouldn't be slaughtering one another."