𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 | A Yeager Story

[12] An Idea

Mina's POV

Sawney and Bean were the names that Captain Hange has given to the latest test subjects. I hadn't had the chance to witness her experimenting on them, so as we rode off to our designated location, my mind continued to create a plan on how to make them realize one major thing:

The origin of the Titans.

I gripped my saddle and continued to ride as fast as possible, telling myself that even if it was too soon for them to know, it was better than being too late.

However, by the time we finally arrived, all that was left of Sawney and Bean were bones. My plan of action was damped, worsening my mood.

Captain Hange screamed.

Hearing her cries only added to the immense rage that I was currently feeling, thinking about what I could have done if I learned about this sooner. How pitiful! Great job, self! Please proceed to hang your bloody and useless being!

"Sawney! Bean! This can't be real..." Captain Hange, as anguished as she is, fell to her knees. "Tell me this isn't real!"

"Captain..." I clicked my tongue and surveyed the surroundings. It was futile, though, because whoever did this is already long gone.

"Those subjects were very valuable..."

"Did one of the soldiers do it?"

"Yeah," Eld answered Gunther's question, frowning even deeper. "We don't know who yet. They were both killed at the same time before dawn. When the watchmen noticed, they'd used their maneuver gear to escape."

Dawn!

I tightly gripped both of my hands and growled. I was awake at that time, and the perpetrator got away! Fuck!

But... maneuver gear? "I see..." So, it was them, of course!

Fucking cowards! Traitors!

My blood continued to rage upon visualizing those three cadets. Must they always soil my plan?!

"Sawney!!!"

"Look, Squad Leader Hange's going nuts." Olou comments, wanting me to punch his old face. Yet Petra has beaten me to it as she elbows her comrade.

"Let's go," Captain Levi called out to his group and added, "It's up to the Military Police now."

"R-right."

But before he could take another step, I desperately held on to his uniform, pleading to listen to my voice. "Captain Levi, wait! If I told you that I have an idea on why they did this... will you listen to me?"

"Ha?" He glared at me, his gaze telling me not to cross the line. But in this case, I just had to! "Tell that to Hange, shitty brat."

I pleaded, gripping his uniform as tightly as I could manage. "I would if she's in her right mind, but we need to catch the perpetrator as quickly as possible!"

"What are you talking about, Mina?" Petra tried to comfort me by patting my trembling arm, which was tightly holding on to their captain. "First, calm down. Okay? Breathe."

And so, I did.

I didn't even notice that my eyes were shaking as well. "I'm sorry. I-I apologize." With those words coming off as a whisper, I eventually let Captain Levi go, my eyes darting shamefully to the ground.

It was hopeless. I came back to this timeline to create a change, and yet... and yet!

These things still happen.

I was frustrated, angry, and, most of all, tired. Why is it so hard to make them see the things that I wanted to show them? Why am I... so useless?

"What do you mean that you know why they did this?" Not until a certain commander came into our view as his blue and straightforward gaze captured my trembling ones. "What do you think the enemy is?"