𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 | 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭

Chapter Fifty-Two

Upon hearing that I think I lost my mind, Mikasa grabs her sword as she walks closer to the captain.

"You three. Do you even have the faintest damn clue... what you're doing? It's Erwin... the Commander of the Scouts and you're telling me to watch him die? There's no time for this. Just get out of my way."

Eren grabs the box as Levi tries to move, "Eren check your emotions."

"Sorry, Captain. Can't do that. Tell me why didn't you give Armin the injection right away?"

"I was thinking about Erwin. Considering the chance that he still might be alive."

I feel myself growing upset, he can't do that. I don't give a fuck if the commander is laying at my feet about to die.

He's lived long enough.

"But you couldn't have known, that Floch would carry the Commander here. There's no way you would've seen that coming!"

"You aren't wrong, Eren. But the fact remains he's here now. So, I'll revive him."

Eren's grip on the box gets tighter, only causing Levi to hit him he falls off to the bottom of the roof.

Making Mikasa move with anger.

She jumps on top of the captain, holding him down in place with her blade as she looks at me.

I run to her quickly grabbing the box from the captain's hand.

But as I go to stand up, he grabs a lock of my braid, I scream out as he won't let it go. But I don't care about anything, other than saving Armin.

In the heat of the moment, I twist my blade around, deciding if I should cut my hair or the captain's hand.

If the Captain doesn't care for Armin's life, why should I care for his hand?

And then I stab my blade directly into his palm, he grits his teeth as his fingers let go of my hair. I quickly move away from him as Floch stares at me.

"You touch me, I won't hesitate to slit your fucking throat."

He doesn't do anything as he just stands in place. I take deep breaths as I crawl my way over to Armin, my hair knotted and now full of blood, as my face is full of tears mixed with my blood.

"Adelita, you know just as well as I do. Without Erwin's leadership, humanity can't beat the Titans!"

"He's right Adelita, don't be crazy." Floch tries to reason with me, I only lift my sword in his direction as he backs off further.

"I don't care about humanity! I care about Armin! What the fuck has humanity done for me?! If the commander is so good, then why are we still fighting Titans? Huh?! Why hasn't he figured it out?! Tell me!"

It goes silent.

"I mean it! Tell me! All Commander Erwin does is lead countless Scouts to their deaths! Without Armin, we wouldn't even have figured out where Reiner and Bertholdt were hiding! He was the first to figure out Annie! IT WAS ALL HIM!"

My voice then dies down as it turns into cries, I cover my face with my hands as I cry out loudly.

"No one... has shown me love like Armin has, not my father, not even my own sister. Armin showed it to me even when everyone wanted me dead, he showed me something I never had. He showed me that there is hope, in this shitty world."

I grow quieter as my cries grow louder.

"Armin made me feel like less of a failure like I wasn't a mistake."

"She's right, Armin's just as important." My head looks in the direction of Eren, as he tries to pull himself up.

"We've only gotten this far because of Armin! I can't save humanity, and neither can the commander! But Armin can!"