Attack On Titan - Within The Walls

I Can Hear His Heartbeat - Within The Walls (10)

Hanji Zoë

Female group, 01-09-2020

We're all gathered around the box. It just brought us a new person, but it's different than normally. I jump in and take a good look at the new person. Short, light brown hair hides two closed eyes.

"I-it's a boy?" I stammer and I look up to the group.

Some of the girls have a pleased look on their face, probably because they finally are able to meet someone of the opposite gender. I'm not that pleased when I read the message that someone has written on a piece of paper.

"He's the last one ever," I read out loud. Girls start to whisper and gasp. I look down at the boy.

This can't be true! No new people, means no new food.

"This can't be good," I say and I take a deep breath. "Christa, Isabel, Take him to the med-shed and make sure to keep him there when he wakes up. I'll be there in a few minutes."

"Okay, Hanji," Christa and Isabel say at the same time.

They jump into the box as well and lift out the boy while I get out of there as well.

"Everyone, back to work," I say loud enough that everyone can hear me. "I'll keep you updated on the situation."

To my surprise almost everyone listens to me. Everyone except Petra, she walks towards me.

"So, what now?" she asks.

I shrug, she asks the one question I don't know the answer on. I look at my feet.

"We try to live of the food that we have," I say. "If we don't eat too much we might just have enough food for six months."

Petra stares at me, wide eyes. "You want to live six months on just enough food for four months? Are you crazy?"

"No," I say and I start walking in the direction of the med-shed. "Give me six months. We'll work harder on finding out what Ilse means with the script in her notebook. Within six months we're standing outside of these walls."

Petra glances away and her face saddens. "You hope that, you don't know it," she says.

She's right, but what else should I tell her. That we're never going to get out and that we all will starve within these walls. The answers are in that notebook, why not take the time and find it all out.

"I do know it."

Petra sighs. "Okay, we'll try," she replies. "Six months, it is."

I nod and smile at her.

"Six months," I say. "Six months and we're out of here."