Holding Everything

Chapter 33: Aftermath

Eren

"DAMNET!!" Everything feels hot, my hands, my eyes, my arms; I can only feeling the boiling rage as I finally release all my anger onto this psychotic stranger. I fight, trying to land even one punch or kick, her eyes show amusement as I no longer care to hold myself back for the sake of Kou's request. Her smug expression, "pisses me off!!" my thoughts scream; her smile filled with mockery, "Pisses me off!!" I grunt, nearly voicing it this time; the way she confidently prances around like she's untouchable, "YOU PISS ME OFF!!!" I finally scream out my anger for once and with a swift arm movement, I punch with my right, but prepare my left to grab her by the hair when she dodges.

"HAHAHA Ain't I great?!" Mo screams mockingly, she dodges my right as planned, but shoves her fingers into the gaping wound her spikes left into the hand that I planned on grabbing her hair with.

"AGH SHIT!" Jerking my hand away, I attempt to still grab her hair with my free hand, but she grabs my left wrist and squeezes while showing a wide-eyed and excited expression on her face while she crushes the bone with pure strength, "HURTS!!" Is all I can manage; I pull my damaged hand to my chest and out of her grasp, kicking her gut in defense and sending her back.

"Hell yeah it does! Humans are weak remember?!" She walks back over to me as if she's not even tired yet, "humans are worthless!!" She slams her right foot down on mine and throws me to the ground.

"AHHH!!" all I can manage is to scream, feeling like my toes are definitely broken.

"Humans are useless!!" she then slams her foot down on my leg, shattering the bone in my knee and shin. I can only manage gasps, I attempt to yell again but nothing comes out of my mouth.

"Stop it!!" I hear one of the girls yell.

"HUMANS. ARE. NOTHING!!!" She positions her foot above my chest, making clear of her desire to stomp on my chest and attempt to force my heart to stop, but just as she was about to make contact I feel a hard throb in my chest.

THROB.

THROB.

THROB.

My vision flashes black and white with each throb; I can see it has also caught Mo's attention; her eyes have gone from sadistic pleasure to anger and disbelief, her mouth slightly open and she holds her stance; foot in the air inches from my chest.

"FUCK!" she yells, she suddenly grabs her head and hunches over in pain, "AHH! DAMNET!" she yells more, her eyes squeezed shut as she stumbles backward until her back hits a nearby wall with a thud. Her knees buckle and a moment later they give out, bringing her to the ground while she continues holding her head in pain.

I pull my already swollen wrist to my chest and slowly force myself into a sitting position, trying to hold in my cries as my broken leg burns with immense pain. Once I finally sit up, I can only feel myself worrying about Kou despite our current situation. The pool of blood that's surrounding him and the girls is slowly growing larger, I avert my attention to Mo who's gasping rigorously, balled fists gripping handful of her orange locks and he eyes opened so wide they'd soon pop out.

"NO!!! GET OFF!! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" She begins to claw at her skin, first her arms, then at her legs. Her breathing becomes more unstable, blood trickles down the fresh wounds she inflicted upon herself; she then lets out screams of terror once more, proving to me that something is definitely not right.

With the slight bit of energy I have left, I struggle to ask, "What the hell is going on?" My body quivers and I almost break down in tears, "damn who knew talking alone would hurt this bad." I think to myself. I focus on her once more and await her answer; I see she has turned toward the wall and is reeling her head back, "MO!" I jolt forward reflexively to stop her, but I'm too late, the burning pain shoots though my body and I cry out, unable to hold it back, but I'm easily drowned out by her wailing.