An Ocean Turned Crimson (A Shingeki No Kyojin Fanfic)

Sixteen: HOLY SHIT! IT WAS EMELDA'S CALL!

"Who was THAT?"

"It sounded like...hot corporal!" Ty' gasps.

"He's totally living up to that repuation of being like Levi." Alexis nods.

"Agreed." the redhead nods as the cocky Axel Perry does a U turn and swings toward us.

"So, we get the easy job of containing the breach at the back." Axel huffs.

"Until nightfall, THANK YOU DURC!" Zada sulks.

"You agreed." the German boy protests.

"I know but that's because its legit." the plum haired pallid skin girl pouts.

"In a few hours Commander Fitzpatrick will order the more suited soldiers to come up here. So of course I'll be here while you work down there." the curly haired guy points to the bloodbath bellow.

"Axel, these guys are refugees. They are more skilled than you're giving them credit for." Dylan protests.

"I'll believe that when I see it."

"And now Ty'll prove it because she hates being talked down to." I state, not even looking at the redhead. It's just something she would do.

"Ty'!" Alexis chides the risky redhead.

Ty' has jumped off of the branch and swung low, saving someone's butt but too late to save the one who was trying to help his friend.

"Was that..." Carley murmurs.

"No." Zada shakes her head. "Brad's the one who was trying to save the dude on the titan's mouth."

"Oh thank GOD!" I sigh.

"Sup bitches." a guy arrives on the tree branch.

"We're here to fuck shit up!" another declares.

"Fuck off Brent, I've got this." Axel says. "Frank, get away from me or I won't hesitate to impale you."

"Tch, fuck him and his instincts." the second voice mutters.

"It's not instincts." Axel spins on his heel, flexing his wrist so his trident assemples right by one guy's neck. I bet that one's frank. Frank is tanned with scruffy black hair. He looks a tad worn, like he's being strained and is hiding it. "You guys are going to get yourselves killed."

"Suurree dude too bad you're being bumped down to trying to set this place ablaze."

"Fire? Did they ever use that?" I look to where Harry should have been stood and then sigh.

"Oh yeah." Zada hiccups, clearly having done the same thing.

She and Carley fire and swing so they can sit with me.

"What's with them?" the first new voice asks, Brent.

"Well unlike you Brent, have friends and are watching them die before our eyes!" Axel snaps.

"Zada, Carley, Annie? Are you guys okay?"

"I don't know." I murmur. "They're up there right? They died in the stead of others'; that's not suicide, right?"

"It was sacrifice." Carley's head is in her hands, I can tell due to the muffled sound of her voice.

"I can't believe those sarcastic shits are dead." Zada mutters.

"Neither can I Za'." I murmur.

"Oi!" Ty' waves her arms around, perched on a tree nearby.

"I'll see what she wants." Alexis sighs, stepping off of her branch and spidermanning her way around the perimeter to get to Ty'. They converse a bit and drop to the floor. When they get back up the duo have someone else with them. And another one. Alexis makes her way back to us.

"They want Dylan, Durc and Annie there. I'm staying here to guard the way out."

I meet Alexis' eyes and nod.

"Up you go Annie Coy." Durc holds his hand out to me. The branches are sort of interlocked so I take his hand and he lifts me onto his branch as if I weigh as much as a bag of sugar. Maybe to him, I am light.

"Thanks Durc." I nod to my friend, leaving Zada and Carley to mourn.

"Well that looks bad." Dylan murmurs as we pass the chaos. The screams of our fellow trainees as well as superiors is like hearing that agitating ringing sound people would play all the time when I was in year nine to agitate the teachers. I hate it.

"There they are!" William waves.

"We need opinions here. Ty' just said they're going to use fire to seal the titans here!" Blaise exclaims.

"I know, we heard." Dylan replies.

"I don't like this! I really don't!" William shakes his head.

"The people of the island are at risk if they burn it! They've never used fire against titans in the anime, nor the manga. There's only one way.to get them!" Durc adds.

"Who's call was this?" Dylan demands.

"The hell should I know!" Ty' shouts.

"If it was a lower ranking official, we could try and tell Commander Fitzpatrick." Dylan muses, looking away from Ty'.

"It's not Knight, he's cutting up eotans left and right. Sad as it is Emelda's sister Florence has no authority. That's good in the essence that it means we don't have to ask her whether she suggested it. Emelda has only two second in commands. Most commanders have many. Each second in command is in charge of squad leaders, such as Axel and Brent." Dylan stars to pace.

"Incoming." William says. We all jump off of the branches. An eotan smashes its face onto the bark of the tree.

We swing around an back onto the trees, a bit away from the steamy faced eotan. A blur of mousey brown passes by. It's like slow motion when I see the guy's face. It's hot corporal. His eyes widen a bit when he sees me so close to where that titan smashed its face into a tree.

"You were ranting Dylan." Durc prompts.

"Squad leaders can boss people around but..." Dylan hiccups.

"What?" William asks.

"GET THE TORCHES MEN!" We wince.

"YOU HEARD HER YOU SLOW SHITS!" Hot corporal barks.

"SIR! YES SIR!" the charges that are on the ground salute. Each fire so they can get to a tree. In some are crates. W spot one nearby. I edge toward it.

"LIGHT THE TORCHES! NOW!" That other guy from earlier, with the cuppucino coloured skin orders.

"SIR! YES SIR!" they call, lighting matches and bringing them to huge torches.

"This won't be pretty." Blaise murmurs.

"HOLY SHIT!" Axel hollers. It sounds as if he said it normally from here. Wow he's loud.

"It was Emelda's call." he murmurs. "We are going to be killing titans with fire."

"That is if fire will work." William nods, sadly.