𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 | 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭

Chapter Seventy-Nine

I was ordered to sit and rest for the bit of journey we had to make until we reached Eren. My whole body aches while I shake wrapping the blanket Annie retrieved for me closer to myself.

I'm so cold but the sweat beading down my forehead and dripping like a faulty fountain contradicts the shakes that accompany me.

In the bathroom Annie helped clean and wrap my wounds for me, it's still really bad.

Looks like once we're done with all this, I will need to get professional stitches done.

The ones Annie put in can only last me so long; I can barely stand but I want to help.

I don't want to sit and watch as more of my comrades die, as more innocent children get trampled by the rumbling.

Slowly moving my body to sit up I begin to let out little cries, my whole body betraying me as I begin to start sobbing the pain so much I can barely think.

"Adelita. You're awake." I've forgotten I wasn't the only one in here, Pieck sits beside Falco and Gabi in another bed. Falco is passed out while it looked like Gabi and Pieck were stuck deep in conversation.

My eye moves to look at them as they stare at me worried, their faces only continue to morph into sorrow as they watch me sit there and cry.

"Please, I want to see Armin. Help me." I let out a cough my voice hoarse while I can feel the strain in it.

Neither Pieck nor Gabi moves fast enough to help me, so I continue on my own, ignoring the hot pounding shocks from my wounds.

I move so my feet are just about dangling over the bed but as I go to place my feet fully on the ground, I feel it. It is as if I just dug my hand into my wound and opened it all over again.

I begin to cry louder a hand coming to my mouth as I'm ashamed to be acting such a way.

"Adelita! You can't leave!" Pieck shouts to me as she rushes over to my side, her hand falling softly on the bottom of my back while the other grabs my hand.

I begin to cry louder as I can't seem to do anything but drip tears, "Armin wouldn't want you walking around like this. You're insanely hurt, please. Just go back to bed."

The suggestion from Pieck to go back to bed angers me. "So, while everyone is fighting for their lives and others. All I am forced to do is sit and sleep... No.... No!" I begin to fight Pieck's hands off of me and push her away.

I begin to wipe my sweaty hands on my pants. "I joined the Scout Regiment to do something! This is wrong, I am not going to sit here and let Mikasa, Armin, Connie, and Jean fight for me. I earned my place here and I want to do my job!"

Pieck's eyes fall her lips turning into a small smile as she laughs. "You were never a fighter Adelita. My god, this whole time in Marley I thought you were dead. Reiner never told me what happened to you, I was so worried about you."

Her words stop as the room goes quiet; it is not long before I hear the sniffling as a result of her tears.

"You're so different now. The girl I knew was scared to even go to the bathroom without her sister. You've grown into something unrecognizable. I mean you even got a boyfriend. We've grown so different without each other."

Pieck stands up in an instant she wipes her eyes placing a hand in front of me. "Come on, I'll help you." I smile looking up to the girl I once knew everything about.

I accepted her hand just like the hundreds of times I did when we were kids, but instead this time it was like I was holding a stranger's hand. Everything I once knew about Pieck has changed, just like she said we are so different now.