The Devils Inside

The Devils Inside - Chapter 3

Danielle's PoV

I Stand Next To Annie and Commander Magath Looks Us Over "This Is The Border To Utopia" He Informs. We All Nod and He Turns Around and Points To The Horizon "Move North Once The Sun Sets." He Instructs. I Nod and Magath Continues, "From There Just Follow The Plan. On The Full Moon, The Marleyan Army Will Dock Here So Take That Into Account While You Carry Out Your Mission" We All Nod and Say, "Yes Sir!" He Nods and Rests His Hands On My Shoulders "This Mission Is Your Responsibility So Carry It Out and Come Back With The Founder.... All Of You" He Commands. We All Nod Again and Climb On Our Horses. Commander Magath Walks Back Onto The Ship Once We Start Walking Away.

4 Hours Later

I Sit On My Sleeping Bag In Front Of A Fire and Marcel Sighs, "I Guess We Weren't Able To Get Far After All. Even At Night" Reiner Sighs and Says, "It Was Cloudy So We Couldn't Have Done Any Better Than We Have." I Nod and Bertholdt Looks At The Ground "It's a Surprise That We Haven't Run Into Any Titans Yet" He Mutters, Fear Lacing His Voice As He Continues, "I'm Glad That We Haven't Though" I Rest My Hand On His Shoulder and I Say, "We Would Have Been Fine Bertl." He Gulps But Nods.

Everyone Goes Silent, So Bertholdt Takes It As A Sign To Continue, "Anyway, Is The King Of The Walls Really Not Going To Use The Founding Titan Even If The Walls Are Destroyed?" Reiner Looks At Him "Why Would You Bring That Up Now Bertholdt?" He Questions. When Bertholdt Doesn't Answer, Reiner Continues, "Believe In Marley's Research!" I Look At Him and Marcel Looks Into The Fire and Mutters, "Yes, There's No Going Back Now. We're Going To The Walls Tomorrow and...." He Stops and Reiner Looks At Him With A Raised Brow "What Is It?" He Asks. When None Of Us Answer It Clicks In His Mind and He Mutters, "Wait...." He Looks At All Of Us and Sneers, "Don't Tell Me You're Feeling Hesitant To Kill Those Island Devils. Have You Forgotten What They Did To Marley and Us? These Are Descendants Of Devils Who Once Trampled Over The World and Turned It Into A Living Hell! The World Lives In Fear Of Them!" I Clench My Eyes Closed With A Low Growl and Reiner Continues, "We're Here To Represent That World. Chosen Warriors Meant To Judge Them For Their Actions" I Am About To Knock Some Sense Into His Thick Skull When Marcel Says, "Sorry Reiner...." Reiner Looks At Him "Huh? What Do You Mean, Marcel?" Reiner Questions The Brunette Boy and Marcel Sighs, "You See, You Weren't Supposed To Be A Chose Warrior In The First Place.... But.... I Influenced The Army's Opinion By Making My Little Brother Look Back and Putting You On A Pedestal" A Look Of Betrayal Passes Through Reiner's Eyes and He Says, "What?" Marcel Gulps and Mumbled, "I.... Wanted To Protect My Baby Brother. Reiner.... I'm Sorry"

I Look At Him and Reiner Stands Up and Mutters, "Why Are You Apologizing?" I Hear Rumbling and I Look Up and I See A Titan. My Eyes Widen and I Yell, "REINER! WATCH OUT!" I Jump Up and Marcel Pushes Him Out Of The Way and Gets Grabbed By The Titan. I Freeze, and I Say, "Marcel...." I Watch As Marcel's Body Gets Devoured and The Titan Runs Off. I Turn Around and I Watch As Reiner Runs Away and Bertholdt Follows.

I Clench My Fists and I Narrow My Eyes As I Make A Move To Run After Them. Annie Sees This and Grabs My Shoulders and Says, "Snap Out Of It!" I Look At Her "You Need To Stay With Me. We Can't Have You Killing Reiner Or Bertholdt" She Mutters Into My Ear As She Pulls Me Into A Hug. I Unclench My Fists and I Mumbled, "Sorry...." Annie Sighs and Groans, "We Better Get After Them" I Nod and We Run After Reiner and Bertholdt.

After Running For A Few Minutes, We Catch Up To Reiner. Annie Immediately Walks Up To Him and Kicks Him In The Stomach. I Lean Against The Tree As I Try To Get My Breath Back and Annie Says, "Not Bad." She Takes An Intake Of Breath and Breathes, "That Is The First Time, I've Ever Lost To You In A Foot Race" Bertholdt Slumps To The Floor and I Slide Down The Tree and Annie Continues, "If We Had Immediately Gotten A Hold Of The Titan That Ate Marcel Then We Wouldn't Have Lost Jaws But You Two Ran and Danielle and I Didn't Know What To Do Either"