The Island of Devils

Chapter 4

A train was driving down the railroad at night. Eldian soldiers were in a wagon together. A few of them were sitting on the floor. The rest were standing. They were listening to Colt, who was drunk.

"Did you witness the bravery of our Eldian goddess?!" Colt was standing next to Gabi with a hand on her shoulder. "Gabi took on the armored train in place of 800 Eldian soldiers!"

"Man, Colt! You stink of booze!" Gabi said annoyed.

"Why'd you do it, you big idiot?" Colt leaned down to Gabi, who tried to push his face away.

"Comrades!" Colt continued. "Do you have any idea why this idiot risked her life?! Well, I do!" He held onto his Eldian armband. "She did it to save all your asses in the Eldian unit!"

The others had tears in their eyes. The rest stood up and they cheered together. "Yeah!"

In another wagon, the Marleyans could hear them. Magath was drinking alcohol at a table. A Marleyan soldier walked towards the door. "I'll go shut them up."

"Let 'em have it." Magath said and the soldier stopped and looked at him. Magath closed his eyes. "Just this one night."

Eren, Mikasa, Pieck, Porco, and Zeke were also on the same train, they lowered their heads with frowns.

Colt had Gabi on his shoulders. They were cheering Gabi on. "Gabi! Gabi! Gabi!" "Me! Me! Me!"

Reiner walked up to Falco, who was watching them. "They're lifting her up again."

"They shouldn't let my brother drink." Falco answered. "And Gabi gets carried away too easily."

"Still, it's looking like she'll be the one who inherits the Armored Titan."

Falco looked down. "Yeah. The girl who adores you will inherit your Titan... and will live till she's 27." Reiner looked at him. "If cannons don't shred her first, that is. Are you fine with that?"

Reiner leaned down to him with wide eyes. "What did you say? Are you insulting the honor of inheriting one of the Nine?"

Falco looked at him with scared eyes. Reiner leaned closer to him. "If I report this, you and your whole family will become Titan weapons."

"W-wait! Let me rephrase what I said!" Falco begged him. "I, Falco Grice, hoped to be freed from the evil blood of Ymir and my ancestors! I pledge my life for Marley!" he swore.

"And what about the honor of inheriting one of the Nine?"

"I would be proud to be an honorary Marleyan and be given the chance to display my loyalty to our motherland."

"Do you want to inherit the Armored?" Both of them looked at Gabi.

She was still cheering. "Thank you!"

Falco turned to Reiner determined. "The one who should inherit it... is me!"

"Yes." "Huh?"

Reiner placed a hand on Falco's shoulder. "You have to rescue Gabi from the dark future that awaits us."

The train was shown again driving down the railroad. And then it eventually arrived at the station. The scene showed Liberio, and the door opened with Gabi jumping out, with a bag on her back cheering. "We're back! We made it back alive! It's our beloved hometown, Liberio! We're home!"

"Gabi..." Colt said as he and Galliard were walking behind her. Galliard was supporting him to walk with Colt's arm around his shoulders. "Could you please tone it down?"

Galliard helped him to sit on the box. "Ow, ow..."

"You should've known you can't hold your booze." Galliard said, crossing his arms.