Chapter 9: Decision
A/N: I started a new book but this one is just me throwing out my ideas since I can't put them in here nor my other books. But if you want to check it out it's called Alone forever.
Annie's POV
"Oh god." I whispered
Mikasa sent a picture Jean sent her of Eren's face.
"It's all over the news as well." said Mikasa
I looked at the TV screen and there were multiple women covered in blankets.
"Corpses, jars of human organs were found on site." said Mikasa
"Eren..." I whispered
"They're coming back today." said Mikasa
"I know." I replied
But then my phone started vibrating and when I picked it up it was from an unknown number.
"Hello?" I answered
"Mrs Leonhart?" replied a voice
"Yes?" I replied
"This is Alpha 1-1, a friend of Alpha 1-2. Be informed Zeke Jaeger arrived home." said the voice
"But I thought they were going to be split apart." I replied
"Something happened, I guess it didn't reach his coc fast enough." replied Alpha 1-1, "Keep you posted."
He ended the call and I was left dumbfounded.
"Zeke's home." I said
Mikasa sighed and just shook her head.
"What should I do?" I questioned myself, "Talking doesn't work, whenever I get mad he gets mad."
Mikasa shrugged and looked down.
"I wish the old Eren came back." I said
"So do I." said Mikasa
"I should haven't let him go out so freely." I said
"Annie it's not your fault." said Mikasa
"No it is, I knew he was changing but I didn't stop him." I said
"Annie it isn't your fault, as a shifter we all knew that somehow this was going to happen. It's just how Eren decided to handle it." said Mikasa
I knew she was right but part of me felt guilty about it.
"Let's hope for the best." said Mikasa, "I have to go to work, see you later."
I waved bye as she left the house and I quickly got ready and headed towards the hospital. I entered the hospital and got to my station.
I began doing my job, checking up kids mostly toddlers. But when I was done with this one boy I had lunch break and just as I was about to leave, I looked over and saw someone staring at me.
I decided to ignore the person but the person just kept looking at me so I looked at the person and saw that it was a girl. She had a hat on covering her eyes but her face was facing me.
'Who is she?'
But then she looked up and waved and my eyes widened.
"Riku (Javelin)?!" I gasped
She smiled and waved.
"Sorry for coming without a notice." she said, "I decided to stop by."
"What brings you here?" I asked
"I'm with the Bounty Hunters." replied Riku
"Why? Aren't you retired?" I asked
"Well kind of but I can still work." replied Riku
"I see, so you're going to go after Eren and Zeke?" I asked
"Yea that's the objective." she replied
"What about Ellie?" I asked
"Ajax is looking over her." replied Riku
"How long will you be staying here?" I asked
"Pretty long, if Eren and Zeke are planning something than we might have to use force." replied Javelin, "But what's going on with him, he's not the same."
"I'll explain, but did you eat? We should grab something." I said
"Oh right." she said
We left the hospital and headed to a cafe.
"Well as a shifter you inherit memories of the past shifter. Eren inherited those so he must be experiencing some kind of change cause memories can affect the way someone behaves." I said
Riku thought about it.
"Wait, then let's say that someone ate Eren would that mean they get his memories?" she asked
I nodded and she seemed to think about it more.
"So wouldn't that person who ate Eren fall in love with you?" she asked
I was a bit dumbfounded by her question but I never thought about it.
"Thinking about it now, probably." I said
"That's weird." she commented
"It is." I agreed
"So tell me, how do I know if Eren and Zeke are planning something." said Riku, "I'm not allowed to forcefully enter without being a hundred percent sure they're up to something."
"I would tell you if I knew but I just believe that Eren is not going to do anything bad." I said
Riku just smiled with an eyebrow raised.
"You have a lot of faith in him." said Riku, "Just like Ajax."
I nodded in response.
"This is going to be tough." said Riku
She seemed to think about it until snapping her finger.
"Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong. But just know that, there will be blood spilling." said Riku
I was a bit uneasy about that but I just nodded.
"Let's just hope for the best." said Riku
Kit's POV
"Fuck all of you." growled Bell
I just dragged him outside and set him outside, he was tied to a chair and he kept squirming around.
Bomber then came with a bucket of gasoline and dumped it all over Bell as Lieutenant Colonel Marksman approached him.
"You think killing me will stop this?" asked Bell
"No, but we already got everything we need from you." replied Marksman
"Yes you do and you can't do anything about it!" he yelled
Marksman sighed and took out a lighter.
"What are you doing?" asked Bell
"You thought we weren't going to kill you?" asked Marksman
Bell glared at Marksman as he started flicking the lighter.
"You're useless to us." said Marksman
Bell's anger was replaced with fear causing him to squirm against his restraints.
"Ah, my Colonel taught me something a long time ago." said Marksman
He was raised the lighter a bit and held it in between his pointer and middle finger.
"People like you don't deserve a rest in peace." said Marksman
I could see darkness in Marksman's eyes, just like how Ghost's eyes are filled with a demonic presence.
"You bought over 150 women, even young children and fucking raped them. Then you sold them so their body parts can be sold for money. You're the dirty plague crawling around infecting innocent people's lives." said Marksman, "Prison? No, you'll find a way to enjoy your time there. I can't let a plague like you stand in this world."
The lighter flicked on.
"You deserve to rot in pain, motherfucker." said Marksman
And with that he flicked the lighter onto Bell and his entire body lit in flames and he began to scream in pain and jerk around in his chair. Marksman then kicked his body into a deep hole and then I began to cover the hole with dirt.
"He'll be forgotten in history." said Juggernaut
"No, everyone will know him as a plague who needed to be killed." replied Marksman
I nodded in agreement.
"So what are we going to do with the places he showed us?" I asked
"We'll give them to the Scouts." replied Marksman, "If possible we'll do a joint task force operation."
"We haven't done that in a long time." said Bomber
Bell's screams died out indicating that he was completely dead so I continued to bury him.
"We have authorization but I don't know if the Scouts do." implied Hacker
"We'll see, they should be discussing it right now."
Jean's POV
I sat there all pissed and in disbelief from what Eren just said.
"Lieutenant Eren we don't have authorization." replied the Marine Corp commander, Theo Magath.
"Why don't we have authorization? They're plaguing the earth, we should extinguish them as soon as possible." said Eren
"We're executing a full assault on China's soil." implied Hange, "That can start a full scale war."
"Then we destroy China as well." said Eren
"Eren you're out of your mind." I said
"I'm not, our country is at risk, there are other countries who are slowly edging on us ready to pounce on us just for the sake of the titan serum." said Eren
"We can't do that, I will not allow that." said Zachary who was really old, I always wonder why he still works.
"But Eren is right sir." said a female petty officer named Yelena, "Shouldn't we crush our enemies no matter what?"
"I agree." said Floch
'What is he even doing here?'
"Our country is a huge target, we're at risk and all the people of Eldia are at risk." said Yelena
I raised an eyebrow while Levi just took a sip of his tea.
"If we don't take care of this situation then it'll only be worse for Eldia." said Eren
"Executing the assault will also bring the worst for Eldia." said Hange
"And what if this starts another full scale war?" asked Zachery
"If they start a full scale war then it proves our point that they're the enemy." said Eren
Levi looked at Eren as if he was stupid.
"Then you know that we'll be facing the USA right?" asked Levi, "If we went to war with them then we'll definitely lose."
"Are you doubting our military strength?" asked Commander Magath
"I'm not doubting our military strength, I'm saying that they have Sentinel." replied Levi
"Then we aim for Sentinel then." said Eren
"But Sentinel knows what's going on, they're our allies." said Connie
"If they fight for America then they're our enemy." snapped Eren
"How can you turn your back to Sentinel so easily?" I asked
"Cause I'm doing what Colonel Ghost can never do." said Eren, "Turn his back against traitors."
"First of all, Recon was his friend, second of all, Reiner, Bertholdt and Annie were technically traitors yet you never turned your back on the three of them." I said
"How can you say that so easily?" said Eren
His eyes were filled with anger and darkness that I kind of flinched when I looked into his eyes.
"How do you know if I didn't turn my back on those three?" said Eren
"What the hell are you saying?!" I snapped, "Are you saying you abandoned your wife?!"
"Enough this should not be a personal matter." snapped Zachery
"Do not understand how much she misses you? How much does she want the old Eren back? All of us do!" I yelled
"I said enough!" yelled Zachery
Eren looked away and scoffed in disbelief.
"We will not execute an assault and that's it." said Zachary, "Dismissed."
We all left the room and I just ignored Eren and left the building with the others who were in the room.
"Hey Hitch." called out Connie
Hitch waved as she was security at the gates.
"How as the meeting?" asked Hitch
"Good has been better." sighed Connie
But then there was a huge explosion behind us so I quickly bent down and covered my head. I looked behind me and the building we were just in was on fire.
"Oh shit, code red code red! 4th floor exploded, get a medical team here!" Hitch yelled into her radio
"Jean on me!" yelled Levi
I ran into the building with Captain Levi up the stairs to the fourth floor.
"Shit it's Zachary's office." said Levi
We carefully entered the burning room and I gasped when I saw Zachary's body on the floor, only half of his body.
"He's dead." said Levi
I coughed from the smoke so I put on my gas mask and looked around.
"Chair, the chair was rigged." said Levi
I looked over towards Levi and there was no chair but it looked like the source of the explosion was where the desk should be.
"Get Connie in here." said Levi
"Connie got in here." I said through my headset
"Got it." replied Connie
I looked around for Zachary's other part of his body but it looked like it was blown up to shreds. Once Connie got here he gasped once he laid his eyes on Zachary's body.
"Connie what kind of bomb was this?" asked Levi
Connie began to examine things and sighed.
"This was probably a hand made bomb." said Connie, "The bomb exploded vertically so someone made this."
Connie pointed at Zachary's body.
"Even with a grenade his body wouldn't have been blown in half, it would have been completely destroyed." said, "But seeing that we can't find his other half it's definitely hand made."
Levi nodded and the firefighters and ambulance began to come in so we left.
"Now Eren's going to want to execute the assault even more." I said
"We'll find a way out." said Levi
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