𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 | 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭

Chapter Three

I feel sick to my stomach because I know what is going to happen today, I hate being a part of this. No one deserves to have their home destroyed, we graduated I didn't reach the top ten because I've barely done anything. Annie gave me an ear full because of it, I couldn't care less.

I lay on the top of the wall, relaxing watching the sky and birds fly by. It is not fair they're free to do whatever they want; go wherever they want.

"Adelita, you aren't going to lay here all day are you?"

I shake my head, and Marco smiles. "Good, because we have work to do."

Not like it matters, it'll be ruined in just a little.

"I just want to watch the birds, Marco."

I tell him pointing to one flying above us right now, and he laughs. "I didn't think someone like you would find birds this interesting."

"They're free, Marco. They can fly wherever; they don't have a life ahead of them that was planned for them. They don't have to worry about having no one."

"Well, they also don't have an amazing friend named Marco."

I shake my head, "we aren't friends Marco." I tell him his smile drops. "Yes, we are stop talking like that."

"Whatever."

I tell him getting up and swinging off with my gear.

I don't think we're friends, well I don't even need friends.

I fling to the ground when an explosion happens, I sigh I already know what is happening. My shirt is torn a little from the drop, I ignore the blood-forming on my arm, continuing to walk around ignoring the shouts and cries.

"Oi, Leonhart! What are you doing?"

I see Jean Kirstein; he walks up to grab my arm. "You're injured and you're just walking around. Get to high ground before a titan gets you."

I snatch my arm back and walk away. Who does he think he is?

I continue walking until I see a titan coming toward me. I attach myself to a building jumping off of it and slicing the nape of the titan. The titan falls, but the impact of it causes me to fall, my leg bending in the process.

I shout in response to it, the pain traveling up my body. Another titan is coming toward me fast, but I don't have enough time to respond. My leg isn't looking too good, and I don't think I am that fast.

So, I give up. I drop my blades and watch the titan come towards me. I didn't even want to come here in the first place.

I wait for the titan to grab me; I wait for something, but it never comes. I open my eyes when I hear a loud thump, "what are you doing?! Are you trying to kill yourself?!"

Yes.

I don't say anything watching Connie, I think his name was coming toward me. He sighs and grabs onto my arms, I Immediately respond and start hitting him. "Get off of me!"

"Stop touching me!"

"Get off now!"

I headbutt him causing him to lose his balance and we go falling onto another building. But on this building, there is someone else, Armin.

He doesn't look alright; Connie leaves me and goes to Armin. I wrap my hands around myself trying to control my breathing.

"Why are you alone, you trying to kill yourself like her?" I ignore his words and try to calm myself down, "Hey, why are you all slimy?" Connie asks Armin.

And then the most blood-curdling scream is let out of Armin's mouth. "You're so useless, just die already!" He screams hitting himself in the head, I watch as Connie tries to calm him down.

"Just leave him alone, you're making it worse," I whisper to him; it is barely heard over Armin's loud cries to die.

Connie groans grabbing his head, a tall girl names Ymir drops down. "Let it go, Connie, he is useless at this point. She is too." She exclaims pointing to me, I don't fight it. I feel useless.

She continues to go on. "Maybe they thought he was already dead? It sucks they ran into multiple titans, and that this underachiever made it out alive. Eren and the others worked hard for nothing."

I groan out, "Shut up. You're the underachiever."

She giggles turning her head to look at me, "make me, and besides who is the one with the broken leg."

"I'll stick this broken leg up your ass," I tell her, but a small blonde girl jumps in front of her.

"Both of you stop it right now! We're seeing our friends being killed; it is normal to be upset."

Ymir grabs her. "That's my Krista, keeping the peace! After this, you so have to marry me." I roll my eyes at them making my way over to Armin slowly.

"They're going to leave you; can you get up?" He ignores me and walks away, swinging off saying something silently.

What an ass.

Connie soon leaves, I sit there alone now. My leg hurts, my arms bleeding, my blades are gone.

I lay back and continue to watch the birds. I lay there for a while, it's peaceful before someone lands next to me.

"Oh, Adelita. You're okay." It's Marco, he comes to hug me and I push me away. "Don't touch me," I tell him, he smiles and pats my head.

I jump at the sudden touch, no one has ever done that to me before.

"Your leg, Adelita how are you going to do anything?"

I shake my head, "I am fine."

"No, you're not. Maybe I should find someone." Before I can decline, he picks me up, swinging us around with his gear. I start to push him away again. His hands-on me feel like fire I can't stand it. He makes a noise in victory when he sees people, "you'll be alright." He smiles at me, even though I told him we aren't friends he still cares for me like one.

He drops me on the way, and when he lets me go, I spot who he brought me to. Annie, Renier, and Bertholdt. "Adelita's hurt." He tells them, I turn my gaze away from them when they start to stare.

Annie looks at my leg, she bends down and grabs onto it. She twists it until we hear a pop, "she'll be fine now." Marco gasps looking down at me, "wow! You didn't make a noise."

I ignore him and turn towards Annie, "I can't fight. I lost my blades."

"So irresponsible," Reiner tells me, I place my head down in shame. I didn't lose them by mistake.

Annie groans, and tugs on my hair. Tears threaten to fall from my eyes, I keep them in as she keeps pulling on it.

She knows why I don't like my hair pulled, and she uses it to her advantage.

She stops when Mikasa comes over, letting my hair go and turning towards her. She is searching for Eren, I point out Armin in the corner and tell her what happened. She rushes over to him, while Annie pulls me up.

I bend my leg wincing, "stand straight. And walk right your leg is just fine." I nod and follow her rules, Mikasa comes back and tells everyone she is going up against the titans and she won't let anyone stop her. One by one they all leave. Annie grabs onto my hand walking with me.

"Come on, we aren't going to sit and be food for them."

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A/N

i love the earlier seasons of aot, but writing it is a pain in the ass. i feel like it's just all over the place.

-lei <3