Shingeki no Kyojin

Chapter Three

I hear Armin cry out. "Oh no! Above us too?!" I look up and see the scouts and for the first time in a very long time I was uncertain what to do. I can only hope that everything will be okay and that we all go to heaven together. I feel Eren grab the three of us then I see him bite his hand. There was a blinding light and a cannon rang out then silence... I open my eyes. I look around to see that me, Armin, and Mikasa are safely encased in the ribs of a partly formed Titan body. I look around my breathing heavy as I put my hand to my ribs. I pull my hand away to find it sticky with blood. I sigh heavily and stand up. My body sways like a reed in a breeze. Eren pulls himself out of his Titan and stumbles. He stands back up and I stagger over to him. I fall into his arms. He catches me and notices I'm bleeding. "Look, we don't have the time to fight! She's injured!" I hear the "Zzzt" sound of ODM gear and hear Reiner. "What do you mean my Sister is injured?!" Eren picks me up bride style. I hold my hand to the shard of glass that's lodged between my ribs. "Reiner I don't know how but she's bleeding!" Reiner looks at me and takes me from Eren's arms. Armin is working on convincing the Scouts that we're no harm. I eventually pass out.
I wake up in an infirmary without my shirt. My entire chest and torso was wrapped in bandages. I look around seeing Reiner asleep in a chair and Armin and Mikasa speaking in hushed tones. I pick up a few words and my eyes widen. "Eren is being held in a cell. We can't do anything until the trial." I sit up. "Where's Eren?" I ask calmly despite the panic that was coursing through my veins like the venom from a snake. Reiner wakes up and hugs me. "Oh god you're okay!" I groan and huff. "I'm fine, I don't need hugs." I swing my legs over the side of the bed and get up. Thank god I was still wearing pants. "Eren is being held in a cell. We haven't seen him." Armin tries to speak like everything is okay, but it wasn't. A part of me was screaming for me to attack to lash out to find Eren. Another part of me was saying to stay calm and hold them hostage even if I'm injured. I was stronger than them. I shake my head. "Take me to him. Now." Armin then says "We don't know where he is." I huff. "Looks like I'll find him on my own." I start to walk off and Reiner grabs my wrist and pulls me onto the bed. "Stay." "No-" "I said stay Sis that's not a request." I glare at Reiner and he glares back. I eventually look away. "Fine, I'll stay." I say grudgingly. A Cadet runs in and says breathlessly. "The trial is starting!" I get up quickly and notice my ankle is also wrapped and I frown. "Bloody hell." I mutter. Reiner picks me up and I squeak then glare at him. "I'm a big girl I can walk." "Your ankle says otherwise." I roll my eyes. As he walks to the courtroom and enters he sets me down. My eyes widen when I see Eren who's cuffed against a pole. My hazel eyes narrow in anger. "These incompetent inbred idiots." I mutter through gritted teeth.
The trial drags on and I get bored. Things start to get heated and I clench my jaw. I hated the things they were saying about Eren. If things didn't calm down Eren would say something stupid, and sure enough he did he snapped and yelled. "Just shut your mouths... AND INVEST EVERYTHING IN ME!" Silence. Silence so loud that it could rival how quiet I am. Then it happened. And my eyes widened. That damn shorty kicked Eren! And a tooth flew out. My eyes narrow immediately and I start to edge closer to the fencing that was separating me from the middle of the court. That shorty kept kicking Eren. I couldn't keep it under control anymore. I leaped over the fencing and rushed at shorty. I used my tallness to tackle him to the ground. I started to punch him repeatedly. I didn't care. All that mattered was protecting Eren. I feel the shorty get an arm free and slam his fist right into the spot where the glass had lodged itself in my ribs and I start coughing and I scamper off him growling in rage and pain. I hold the spot with one hand. I run over to Eren and cover him with my body. "Leave my Eren alone!" I said in the most commanding voice I could muster. The shorty spoke up. "Move." I shake my head and probably say what was the worst decision of my life. "Make me Shorty." I grunt in pain as the shorty kicks me and then grabs my hair, bunching it up in his fist. "When I said move it wasn't a request." He throws me across the courtroom and I slide along the floor. My wound had reopened so blood was smeared across the floor. I lay there watching as Shorty put his foot on Eren's head saying "This is just my opinion... But I've always found pain the most effective punishment... The lesson you need to learn right now can't be taught with words... Only with action... And you are kneeling which makes you easier to kick." I lift myself up with my arms shaking.
I cough and look up at Shorty. "Shut up you underfed undergrown mutt of a man. Maybe instead of kicking teenagers you can work on growing taller." Shorty then walks over and kicks me again. "And you too. You are an over confident girl who probably needs to be put in her place." I laugh. "See here's the thing I've done this. The whole threatening people the intimidation. I've been there and I just don't care anymore." I push myself up off the ground. "Some people have a bad day. I've had a bad life." I kick Shorty in the gut. "I want something it's taken from me. I win a fight, I lose the war." Shorty gets back up and smirks. "How about this brat? I'll let you be with your precious Eren at the price that you join my squad but you are going to have to earn my respect." I look at him. "Fine but if anything happens to Eren and I mean anything. You will be several inches shorter than you already are." I get up and stagger over to Eren and hug him. "Don't take this the wrong way. I'm only doing this because you don't deserve to be kicked."