Destiny of Paradise

Trial to Paradise

Everything was dark. Everything was cold. Everything was gone. My head was dunked into freezing water. My hands were tied by rope. I heard screaming, but I couldn't make it out. My head was pulled out of the water. I tried spitting the freezing water out and breathing quickly. I coughed out loudly.

"Who else is there?!" I heard. My tongue was numb from the cold. "Names!!" My head was forced back into the water. I was pulled out, and I threw up all over the floor. A fist crashed into my cheek. More thick blood dripped down my nose. "Talk, you fuck!"

"I don't know!" I cried.

"Stop the bullshit!" I heard. "You might as well be useful before you go off to Paradise!"

"I don't know anyone!" I screamed.

"Think harder!" The soldier yelled. I then lost consciousness.

I woke back up in the damp cell I was thrown into when I was first arrested. My hair had grown down to my chin, and I became a little thinner. I slowly lifted my head to look at Ryan, who was sleeping to my right. We were both in shackles that were nailed to the floor. His dark, gray eyes were never darker than they were when his eyes slowly opened.

"Hey." I said, weakly.

"How much longer do we have to do this?" He asked as he sat up.

"Not much longer." I answered. I didn't really know how long we'd be tortured, but I couldn't handle seeing him suffer.

"What's gonna happen when we become Titans?" He asked.

"I don't know." I answered. "Hopefully it kills us."

"Why?" We heard a feminine voice come from the other side of the bars. We looked up towards the bars. We saw Annie in a Warrior uniform. "Why did you do it?"

"Do you think we chose to have them as our parents?" I asked her. "We never wanted anything to do with the Restorationists!"

"Sam... please calm down." I heard Ryan say with his head down.

"No!" I yelled. Ryan winced at my outburst. "I don't... we don't... deserve this."

"Did you come to meetings?" Annie asked.

"Yeah." Ryan answered before I could come up with a snarky response.

"Why did they bring you?" She asked.

"I don't know." I answered. "I don't know why I was brought to all of the meetings, and Ryan was brought to three. I don't know why I was being damn-near worshipped, and Ryan was seen as a goddamn parasite. If you want answers... get them from someone that actually believes in the Restorationists." I then watched as Reiner appeared next to Annie from the hall.

"Hey." He said. "We're gonna be shipped off to a mission on Paradis in a few months."

"How nice." I responded, sarcastically.

"Sam, stop." Ryan ordered. "Don't take everything out on them." I slowly nodded and took a deep breath. I looked at the cold ground.

"I heard that a new Braun has entered the world." I said.

"That's correct." Reiner confirmed.

"What's their name?" Ryan asked.

"Her name is Gabi Braun." Reiner answered. "She's my new cousin." I took a deep breath.

"I wish I could've met her." I sighed.

"Where is everyone else?" Ryan asked.

"Bertholdt couldn't handle the situation, so he declined to come." Reiner explained. "Marcel and Porco were too busy to visit. I haven't seen Pieck since the ceremony of passing the Titans. Zeke is just.... off somewhere."