AOT ~ The Lash Out of the Yeagers

2. Town next wall

... THAT DAY ...

Armin's P.O.V.

They first appeared over a hundred years ago... Giant humanoid creatures with a taste for our blood. The approach strength of this apparitions trumped in average person's many times over. We were shoved to the preen of extinction for almost overnight. The survivors erected Walls Maria, Rose, and Sina. Withdrawing behind us in fright, to huddles what was to be a century of uneasy peace. And then...

Axl's P.O.V.

Mom... And that thing... It really devoured her... Mom is really gone... Everything is still going in slow motion around me as every noises seem still muffled. The scene of mom getting chomped and devoured by that Titan... And that creepy smile on its face... I keep remembering this horrible moment, the scene being on replay in my head over and over again. Why? Why us? Why in Shiganshina? Why now? I feel my body getting shaken every time Mr. Hannes is taking a step in his run. And yet, I am not waking up from this living nightmare... He left her to die... He, a soldier from the Garrison Regiment, took us and left my mother to her death! He didn't lift a finger to help us one bit! What kind of soldier is he? Isn't he supposed to fight those Titans and kill them? Isn't he supposed to be trained for that? Was everything he said back in the tunnel just... Lies?

My eyes haven't blink once yet, too scared to go back to reality... Reality... What is reality right now? If this isn't a living nightmare in which I can wake up from, does that mean we are going to have to live in a tragedy all our life? Does that mean we'll have to fear those all our life? What's going to happen to Eren, Mikasa and I? And where's dad? Why isn't he here? Why did he have to go right when this happened? So many questions are poisoning my mind but no answers comes up... Actually, I can't think. I can't think straight. My mind is just a blank apart from the questions. And my body... I want to move, I want to shout again, but it seems like I'm paralyzed. My muscles just won't let me move. But I need to react...

- Dammit, stop! I suddenly hear Mr. Hannes screaming before he stops running. What...? Suddenly, I feel myself moving backwards and then my feet touched the ground, holding all my weight. I feel so heavy... Noises... Coming slowly back to my alive self, I realize that there are noises around me. Screams of fear, houses getting destroyed, the earth is shaking due to the Titans' footsteps... My heart isn't beating in my ears anymore and that muffle sound doesn't exist anymore either. Everything is clear... Too clear to my taste... It's reality...

- You son of a b**ch! We could have saved her! We almost had her out! I hear my twin brother screaming at Mr. Hannes, hitting him on the back of his head. Eren... Mikasa... They're still here. They're with me... But mom... "I LOVE YOU! DO YOU HEAR ME?!"... Her last words just ring in my head. Mom... Why did you come? Why?! I hear Eren still screaming at Mr. Hannes, all kind of emotions heard in his voice. I can feel myself shaking, like each and every single muscles of my body have decided to wake up now. Eren hits the soldier on his head again, expressing his rage and sadness.

- I told you to stop! Screams, Mr. Hannes, before this one throws my twin brother on the ground. Eren lands on his stomach, groaning in pain. Physical or emotional pain, I don't know, but it's both maybe. No... First mom getting eating, now Eren being thrown on the ground, maybe a little hurt... When he landed, the image of mom getting chomped and that ripping sound ringing in my ears just hit me like a slap, reminding me what I've lost. I can't lose him too...

- Eren! I call my little brother in a rushed and fearful tone, surprising myself. I just... It just came out. I rush to my brother's sides, slowly starting to get control of my body again. Though, in a way, it feels weird to walk by myself. No, it's the weight that feels weird... I fall on my knees next to my twin, ignoring the wound I have on it and let him sit upright. He looks at me with his teary eyes, his face getting decomposed. What...? Eren... I whisper his name, throwing myself in my brother's arms. He embraces me back, his hold being surprisingly very tight. I didn't noticed it but my cheeks are all stained by tears which wetted his shirt. But it doesn't matter... I just need my brother. And he needs me, I can tell just by the tightness of his embrace. I feel a hand getting on my back as someone joins our sides. Mikasa... I pull away from Eren and look at the girl who seems as sad as we are. Well... She knows what it feels like to lose family and home... But she shouldn't be living this a second time... It's not fair for her. Nothing about this is fair actually...