The Devils Inside

The Devils Inside - Chapter 5

Danielle's PoV

I Pull My Jacket On and Mina Says, "Hey Danielle?" I Turn Around and Say, "Heya Mina. What's Up?" She Rubs The Back Of Her Neck "Have You Seen Annie?" She Asks. I Shake My Head and Reply, "No. I Haven't. She Might Already Be At Morning Roll Call" Mina Nods and Walks Off.

I Grab The Necklace From My Pillow and I Put It In My Pocket and Walk Out. I Walk Towards The Mess Hall and I See Annie Sat At A Table. I Walk Over and I Plop Down In The Seat Next To Her and I Mumble, "Morning Sunshine" Annie Looks At Me and Replies, "Hey." I Take The Necklace Out My Pocket and I Say, "I Want You To Have This...."

I Place The Necklace In Her Open Palm and She Looks At Me and Breathes, "But Your Mother Gave It To You..." I Nod and Say, "I Know But I Don't Need It." Annie Narrows Her Eyes and Says, "Bullshit. Why Are You Really Giving It To Me?" I Gulp and Mumble, "That Is The Real Reason. I Swear" Annie Grabs My Wrist and Drags Me Out Of The Building and Behind It.

"Now, Don't Lie To Me. What Is The Real Reason You Are Giving Me This? Are You Not Joining The MPs With Me?!" Annie Questions With Anger In Her Tone. I Shake My Head and I Say, "Of Course I'm Joining The MPs With You! I Promised You That!" She Glares At Me and I Can't Take It Anymore So I Pin Her Against The Wall and I Growl, "Do You Want To Know The Truth?!" Annie Nods and Snaps, "Obviously!" I Nod and I Pull Her Into A Rough Kiss. She Stiffens But Melts Into The Kiss After A Few Minutes.

I Pull Away and I Say, "There. That's The Reason" I Pull Away Fully and I Make A Move To Walk Away When Annie Tightens Her Grip On My Wrist and Whimpers, "D-Don't Go.... Please" I Look At Her and She Mumbles, "Please...." I Look Down and I Say, "I..." She Looks Up At Me and She Pulls Me Down For Another Kiss and She Mumbles, "I Love You, You Dolt" She Massages The Back Of My Neck and I Say, "Really?" Annie Nods and Continues, "I Have Loved You Since We Were Kids. The Way You Talk and Your Scent.... My God Are They Hypnotic" I Blush Hard and I Take Her Hands In Mine and I Say, "I Love You Too. I Always Have." Annie Grins and Kisses My Cheek and We Walk Back Into The Mess Hall. I Sit Next To Her and Mina Says, "There You Are! I Was Wondering Where You Two Got To!" I Blush and I Say, "We Had Something To Deal With" Mina Nods and After Morning Roll Call, We Head To Training.

After Training

We Sit With Reiner and Bertholdt and Annie Says, "While You Three Were Tuckered Out After Playing Soldiers With Your Friends, Meanwhile I Was Crawling Around The Sewers In The Royal Capital." I Look At Her and She Continues, "The Man In The Black Coat Was Different From The Imbeciles We Have Been Around For The Past Few Years. He Was Skilled and I Narrowly Avoided Capture."

I Clench My Fist and She Laces Our Fingers and Continues, "He Might've Seen My Face. So, If I Join The MPs and He's There Then I Can't Do Anymore." Reiner Looks Down and Says, "So That's It?" I Look At The Blonde Boy and Annie Plays With My Fingers and Says, "It's Almost Been Five Years Since That Day So Let's Go Back To Marley With The Information We Have. They'll Be Happy To Hear Anything At All"

Reiner Looks Up At Her With An Evil Look In His Eyes and He Snaps, "Do You Really Fucking Believe That?" I Glare At Him and Reiner Continues, "I'm Sure Marley Will Be Disappointed If These Five Years Of Results Are All We Bring Them" I Rub My Eyes With My Free Hand "So Then What Do We Do? No Scratch That, What Else Can We Do?" Annie Asks. Reiner Stands Up and Says, "We Destroy Wall Rose. Whether Or Not The King Has Vowed To Renounce War Or Not, That's The Only Way Left For Us To Smoke Out The Founder."

Bertholdt Looks At Me and Says, "Danielle? Are You Alright?" I Nod and Say, "Yeah. I'm Fine Bert." Reiner Rolls His Eyes and Continues, "The Day Our Training Corps Class Is In Trost District Is The Same Day That The Survey Corps Will Be Going Beyond The Walls. Even The Training Corps Will Be Forced Into Action If We Create As Much Chaos As Possible"

I Nod and Say, "That Could Work." Reiner Glares At Me and Snaps, "No-One Asked For Your Opinion. You Have Been Useless Since We Got Here!" I Glare At Him and I Growl, "Actually I Haven't!" Annie Looks At Me and I Continue, "I Have Been Sneaking Into Commander Shadis' Office Each Night To Mess With Our Scores. We Are Currently In The Top 4" Reiner Crosses His Arms and Says, "In What Order?"

I Look At Him and I Point To Each Of Us In Order As I Say, "Me, Annie, Bertholdt and Then You" Reiner Narrows His Eyes and Snarls, "Bullshit! Bertholdt Doesn't Have The Courage Or The Balls To Even Rank In The Top Ten! Let Alone Third!" I Smirk and Say, "Well Jokes On You Because Bertholdt Had Ranked Third Without Me Even Changing It. You Weren't Even Ranked In The Top Ten. You Were Thirteenth."

Reiner Growls and Says, "I Knew Commander Magath Made A Mistake When Making You The Wolf Titan" I Stand Up and I Grab His Shirt and I Snarl, "Shut Your Mouth Before I Shut It For You. Now Finish What You Were Saying and Get Out Of My Sight!" Reiner Gulps and Nods. I Let Him Go and Reiner Continues, "In The Confusion, We Can Even Slip Into The Huge Crowds Of Refugees That Will End Up Flooding The Royal Capital Or Better Yet, Depending On The Situation, We Can Even Continue Being Soldiers. With The Guarantee That We'll Be In The Top Ten, We Can Wait To Graduate and Become MPs In The Interior and Move As The King Of The Wall Moves. That Will Put Us In The Best Position To Strike"

Annie Rubs Her Eyes and Says, "A Lot Of Your Friends Will Die. Maybe All Of Them" Reiner Growls and He Walks Forward and Snaps, "How Many Times Have I Told You? They Aren't Our Friends. They Aren't Like Us. They're Eldian Devils. But It Doesn't Hurt For Us To Gain Their Trust Either. If Anything, Your Attitude Of Isolating Yourself Is Elegantly...." Annie Cuts Him Off By Groaning, "I'm Going To Puke" Annie's Blue Eyes Meet Reiner's Gold Ones and She Says, "Could You Please Not Put Your Face So Close To Mine?"

Reiner Smirks and Says, "Am I Making You Uncomfortable?" I Stand Up and I Push Him Back and I Snap, "Back The Fuck Off Braun." He Shakes His Head and Says, "You Must Be Tired. I Feel Bad For Always Putting The Burden On Your Shoulders." The Sarcasm In His Voice Begins To Annoy Me When He Walks Off and Says, "Lets Leave It At That For Today". I Flip Him Off and Bertholdt Says, "Something Has Snapped In Reiner's Head." I Nod and Say, "He's Gone Stark Raving Mad."

Annie Sighs and Bertholdt Says, "I've Been Seeing The Same Dream Over and Over... I'm Dreaming Of The Old Man Who Hanged Himself In That Settlement. I Always Wondered Why He Told Us That Story Before He Put The Noose Around His Neck...." Reiner Turns His Head and Glares Daggers At The Boy Before He Storms Away From Us. I Sigh, and I Say, "We'll See You Tomorrow Bertholdt" He Nods and Annie and I Walk Back To The Barracks.