Bertholdt x Mikasa (BeruMika)

Twenty Four

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~Mikasa'sPOV~

First light broke as Bertholdt began running towards me. Eventually I got up and ran, ran all the way into the big ass tree that shielded my location from the colossal. I don't think I can do it. In due time, the scouting legion will get a hold of us, and question us, maybe even detain us for months. . .years. . .

What if I do lie and tell them I was brought with him against my own will? Oh goodn--

"Ackerman! There she goes!" Jean screamed out, pointing to me like the rude idiot he is.

I'm supposing they woke earlier to search for us.

"JEAN! RUN! JUST LISTEN TO ME AND RUN!" I screamed as loud as I could.

"No! You come here! Just you stop running from us and--" he stopped his sentence short.

The ground boomed and we could barely stand up straight. I ran to Jean quite lopsidedly, and grabbed his arm.

"Come on Kirschstein!"

Coming to think of it, why don't they have any horses with them?

"Ih--Is he in." Jean gulped as we ran to get Annie. "Is he in titan form?" His voice was trembling.

I rolled my eyes and scoffed to him.

"This is the same as it was with Eren, Jean! Yes Bertholdt is loads times bigger than Eren, but its the same regardless!"

"How the hell is it all the same?! For goodness sake the guy's killed thousan--"

"Hush! Don't you say that!" I snapped.

We eventually felt the rumbling ground at ease again. We stopped and looked around for a while, not a sign of him.

"Now listen here Jean, Bertholdt has no idea, hasn't had any slight clue of this at all. Not until two weeks ago. . .not until I snapped him out of it. . ." I confided with Jean. "Bertholdt isn't the monster every one sets him out to be. How can you be blamed for anything at all, of you don't have the slightest clue of it?"

"Do--do you actually see him as one of us?" Jean pat his chest, representing us. Humans.

"I'd really love to stay and chat but he's in titan form currently-- and we need to get Annie to safety as well!"

"Alright Ackerman!" He nodded and we ran back to the camp site where they were camped.

"Leonhardt!"

"Huh--oh so I see you've caught that harlot called Mikasa Acker--" Jean cut Annie off in haste.

"No time for your shit jokes! Bert's on the move, leave everything behind. We need to get to headquarters now." Jean shouted all at once.

"Wh-wha-whoa What?! H-Headquarters?!" Bert you didn't prepare me for this? I looked down to the floor and broke onto my knees. "I can't take this." I mumbled in despair. "No." I mumbled. No Mikasa! Don't do this to yourself, get up, and man up! This is what you were trained for-- expect the unnexpected and deal with it!

"Ackerman for cripes sake!" Jean shouted nervously.

"I'm-- I am fine. Come on!" I changed my tone. "Let's head out!"

We all nodded to each other and ran towards Bertholdt. He tried grabbing me and I jumped over his hand, the air from his movement was cutting through my skin.

"You alright?!" I heard Jean scream over.

"Yeah!"

After a while he finally lost our trail. We circled back around through the trees to base. Before we fully appeared, I dumped my ODM gear by the lake.

"Guys I need help, I'm not feeling so strong right now." I admitted.

"I got it." Annie said, halting Jean from moving any closer from me.

Quite honestly I didn't trust either of them to touch me, but I have to reserve what little energy I have left. I looked up to her, for I was kneeling by the lake and holding my starved stomach. I grunted and tried getting up.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you, those weren't the orders at least. . ."

"Oh shut up." I spat.

"Haha come on." Annie hoisted me up into her arms.

"Good to go Kirschstein." Annie commanded.

Once we got into base, we were flooded by others and they had so many questions. Annie put me into Kirschstein's arms, in an average manner. Then she did the unaverage.

"Ahhh!" Was all that came put from Mina's mouth. She put her in a chokehold and kept pressing harder onto her windpipes with every growing second. Everyone grew quiet.

"Mmmmm!!" Mina tried screaming out from Annie's muffling.

Annie didn't wince nor blink, not even once.

"Leonhardt-- you're going to kill her-- what the fuck!" Reiner screamed out.

Krista/Historia was whimpering for Annie to stop. Right before Mina lost consciousness, she let go.

Mina choked for air, Reiner helped her up. Annie got up and dusted the dirt off her clothes.

"Now that we've got a physical model done for it all, we'll be going to Pyxis." Annie paused, and gave the crowd death glares. "And I'm not asking."

They all cleared out, rather afraid of Annie and we moved along swimmingly.

"Mikasa. . .?" Jean asked.

I grunted because I was falling asleep in his arms. "What?"

"I just . . . well I just wanted to say sorry about earlier. . . uhm down-- you know down in the basement from yesterday. . ."

"Hah. . yeah, if it weren't for Bertholdt, it would be cut and in your pocket by now."

"Yeah. . .I would've deserved that. . .but uhm I don't know what came over me--honestly! I don't expect your forgiveness, but know that I'm wholeheartedly sorry."

I looked away and put my head on his chest, looking to my knees. "Is that so? Well, wake me when we get there."

"Sure thing."

I fell asleep peacefully.

I was lying on a field of poppies and grass, I couldn't get up completely. Just sit and smell the flowers around me. The sun was shining with white fluffy clouds to it's aid.

"Bert. . .why aren't you sitting up?"

His back was to me, he was lying on the grass as well.

I sat up straighter and reached over to his shoulder, pulling him over to me. I pulled him over and his face was torn off. I screamed and the smell of poppies turned into the smell of the dead. They were all around me, the poppy I had picked was the doll I had from childhood. It turned into ash. The skies full of ash and darkness. I returned my attention to Bertholdt, but he wasn't there anymore.

"Mikasa." A voice from nowhere whispered. I looked around hastily, no where. I tried getting up but a force pulled me back down.

"Mikasa."

I couldn't speak, my throat swelled and became shut. I fell back onto what was once grass, and now the limbs of the dead and lost.

"MIKASA!"

And then nothing.

"MIII-KAAAASSAAAHHHH---" The voice of a woman droned on, until nothing became less than nothing. All was dark and I wasn't a being anymore.