Hunted
| Paradi |
Volume 4
Ch. 50 Hunted
Pov.
-Kara-
The pastor said the throne belonged to Historia
Krista was no more. The secret was out and now it's her duty to succeed the throne
The good thing is I won't have to worry about the military police always being on our ass
But if Historia succeeds the throne then that means I..
…
-Four days later
I set the wood down beside Sasha who was starting a fire in the fireplace
We stopped by a cabin, heading to Trost district
I haven't heard from Historia since last we argued
Carla moved into Trost and Historia wanted to visit her before everything went down, but I kept making excuses, up until she stormed off on me
…
Who the hell do they take me for?
I can't bear a responsibility like that…
"I think you're ready." Sasha breaks the silence
"Yeah?"
"To be King… err.. I mean… everyone looks up to you. Connie, Jean, everyone. I don't see how it'll be any different from like… everyone else in the kingdom…" she gives me an awkward little smile as she twists her words trying to make sense "Erwin is right. Y-You're the best fit for the spot."
…
Sasha…
I hold my arm out, offering her a glass of whiskey
Ever since back then…
Everytime I see her smile she reminds me of… Petra
"Oh.. I umm…"
"C'mon just a-"
Before I could finish a window explodes
I yank her down and I shield her from all the debris as a firing squad lit up the cabin from the outside
"Ahh-" I cover her mouth as they rained the last of their bullets into the cabin
I quickly pull her up
"C'mon" I grab her wrist and I lead her to the back door
Just before they kicked the door down I jump into the room over
An MP was climbing through the window
I slam my feet on his chest, knocking him back outside
I snatch his rifle before stomping on his head
Wait… What the hell is this?
I examine the rifle
It's has some kind of bolt action
It looks like the kind you might see in Marley
Nevertheless I train the rifle at the guy who was turning the corner and I pull the trigger, blasting his face at point blank
"K-Kara, y-you killed him…"
I cock the gun once more and I peek around the corner
They were entering the house through every door and window
"Sh-shit" I huff
These bastards
How dare they..
I have to take them all out
But how?
"What are you doing? We have to run, Kara. There's too many of them!" Sasha whisper-shouts
Run?
"I'm not running!"
That thought hadn't even crossed my mind
"What are you talking about?" She grabs my arm "please, I don't want to die!" She begs
"We're not going to-"
…
That look in her eye…
"Over here!" Someone shouts
…
Shit..
What am I thinking?
"Alright"
I look around
"C'mon" I grab her wrist
We hurry through the forest, running through bushes, branches, whatever it took to get as far away as we could
"K-Kara, w-wait I can't.." Sasha groans
"No we have to-"
"I can't keep up!" She gasps
I slow down at the foot of a hill
We could hear the shouting and howling getting closer
"Y-you're too fast, I-I can't" she huffs
"Alright…" I look around "just… c'mon"
I pull her over my shoulder
"W-wait what?!" She gasps as I turn around
"Kara, y-you-" but I carry on before she'd finish
After a couple of hours we stopped by a river and I started a little fire
"What?" I ask after catching Sasha's gaze. "Wait.. what happened to you?"
Her white button up was stained with blood
"Y-your shoulder…"
…
I set a hand on my shoulder
Then I reach behind my back
There was a small bullet hole on my shoulder blade
Just then, the adrenaline that was hiding the pain wore off and my arm began feeling sore
"Shit" I grumble
"I-I have a pocket knife…" she pulls out the knife and flips the blade
I nod
I pull my shirt over my head as she sits down behind me
…
"What is it?"
"Oh… n-nothing" she sets her hand on my back
She carefully digs the knife into my back
It took her a couple tries but she actually managed to get the bullet out
After burning the wound shut she helps me rinse off
"What?" She asks
"Your shirt, take it off"
"Wh-what?" She blushes
"It reeks, we'll never lose them like this"
"M-maybe but…"
"Hurry up" I raise my tone
"O-okay" she nods
After she rinses off as well, we continued through the forest
About two hours later we found ourselves at the foot of a cliff
"C-careful!" Sasha gasps
"Almost" I huff
We were just over the edge
I hold onto her waist as I do a muscle up with my my other arm and I manage to pull us up
"Agh, shit" I gasp after dropping her on her back
"Y-you did a good job" she awkwardly pats my back as I rest my forehead on her shoulder
Her legs were still locked around my waist and her arms around my neck
I sit up
"You're heavy" I huff
"Oh… Thank you?"
Thank you?
God, she's an idiot
After realizing she was still naked from the waist up she shrieks and curls up into a ball
I lay down beside her and I try getting some sleep
An hour into the night and I was still awake
I couldn't sleep
This only happens when I don't have something in my arms…
I turn around
Sasha was shivering
I wrap an arm around her waist and the other carefully around her neck
I pull her in and she tenses up immediately, but doesn't say a word
After a couple minutes she stopped shivering and I managed to fall asleep
After the rest of the night flew by along with another horrendous nightmare I woke up to the sun shining in my face
Sasha had turned around in her sleep and was hugging me
Her faces was plastered onto my chest and she was drooling everywhere
After setting her aside I let her sleep for another hour or so as I scoured the forest for something to eat
I came back with a deer
After tossing the intestines over the edge I finish skinging the rest of the carcass
After doing so I cleaned out the rest of its insides until I came across its heart…
…
It almost reminds me of…
…
"Mgh*" Sasha grumbles
I wipe the blood off my mouth
"Whuahhh?!" Sasha sits up. "That's deer! You can't eat deer like that!" She crawls over as I rip the thigh off
"Sure you can," I take a huge bite, "shee? Nom-nom-nom" I chew in her face
"You're going to die!" She lounges at me
"Agh* What the hell?!" I push her face back and I hold my food aside
"No! You can't eat it raw. Seriously, you'll die!" She tries reaching around my arm
"Nobody's going to die" I take another bite
"Eeee* no, no stop!" She kicks her feet "Armf!" She bites my hand
"Agh?! What the hell?!" I yank my hand back
Only she was biting so hard her forehead slams into my chin as I did
I fall back
She crawls on top of me and she manages to take the meat away
"No, bad!" She bumps my forehead with her knuckles
"Kgh*" I grit my teeth "you…" I sit up
By the time I turned around to confront her she had already started a fire
She blows into the dry grass, adds a bit more along with a few twigs
She grabs some rocks and creates three walls around the fire and adds a little roof over to act as the stove
She was biting her tongue the same way Petra would when she worked her torn jeans
"Tch*" I smack my gums
…
I give up on trying to fight her for it and I just sit back
After we finished eating I sit back under a tree
Sasha joins my side and hugs her knees, covering her chest
"How did you… how did you do it?" She asks
"What?"
"Kill.. those men back there…"
"Oh… I just.. did. You know?"
She looks away the moment our eyes met
"It was either them or us, Sasha. If I'd let them shoot me. They would've gotten to you."
"Then why did you want to keep.. fighting? Did you want to kill all of them?"
…
"I mean.. you didn't even hesitate… have you done it before?"
…
I throw an arm over her shoulder
"Do you know what is the most dangerous creature to walk this earth, Sasha?"
"A… a umm.. bear? O-or a Titan?"
…
"Humans… Hesitation is the greatest mistake you could ever make when you're face to face with one." I pull her hair back behind her ear. "If you want to survive, you do whatever it takes. You got that?"
…
She nods, slowly
This woman..
Making me rethink my entire life with all these questions
…
We wandered around for the rest of the day
She was trying to figure out which way was Trost and I was just trying to enjoy the little time I have left away from all the headaches
"Bath? Again?" Sasha asks
"We haven't bathed all day. I'm all icky" I pat my arms
"Krista said you shower at least three times a day, sometimes even four to five times. Is that true?"
"Why's it matter?"
"Just… I don't know…"
"Hurry up." I lead her through the trees up
"Hey, perfect" I push through the bushes and towards the sound
"Whoa, it's a waterfall" Sasha jumps in right behind me
Sasha backstrokes all around the pool as I scrubbed myself with a rock
We spent the rest of the day swimming and inside the waterfall
At nightfall we found a cave not far were we started a fire
"D-d-d-d-d" Sasha shivers "th-that w-w-was a b-b-bad I-ide-idea"
"Hehehe" I giggle not as bothered with the cold as she was
I mean we didn't have towels or fresh clothes so really, it was a horrible idea
I open my arms
Her face turns beat red but she realizes her best shot at surviving the night was in my arms
She shimmies inside and I rest my chin on her shoulder as I hold my hands out to the fire
We sat there in silence until her stomach cried out
"I'm hungry" she grumbles
"We'll catch another deer tomorrow"
"I-I want rabbit a-and maybe some porkys too"
"Heh okay…"
"Wh-what?" She asks
"Nothing…"
"Wh-what is it?" She asks again
"I don't know.. guess I could… I could get used to this, you know?"
She tenses up
"Wh-what?"
God, she's an idiot
I dig my head into her shoulder
A life as pure as this
Who wouldn't?
Don't get me wrong. I still want to tear Reiner and Bertolt apart but…
This right here doesn't sound half as bad
"K-Kara, what are you-" she whimpers as I grope her tit
"What about you, Sasha?"
"Oh… uhh… y-yeah"
"Sounds nice, doesn't it?" I rub my cheek on her face
"Mhmm" she nods
I slide my other hand down between her thighs
"Wait!" She gasps
"What?"
"Wh-why are you doing this?"
I sigh
"Relax. I just thought we'd have a little fun" I back off
"But Historia…"
…
"What? Don't get it twisted, alright? Like I said I just thought we'd have a little fun"
"Oh… b-but-"
…
"C'mon. Let's get some sleep" I lay back
She lays down on my chest
Not long after we fall asleep
The following day we got some rabbit and a wild pork just like she wanted
After that we made our way straight for Trost
"Kara?!" We hear Mikasa
"Ahhhh!" Sasha shrieks behind me
"Hey, it's about time" I pat Odin's snout as they tossed Sasha a shirt
Though it wouldn't hurt if they'd never found us either
"S-Sasha?" We hear Connie as well "We thought they got to you"
I go through Odin's satchel for a cigar
After lighting one up I join Mikasa on top of Odin and we head straight for Trost
"Word got out. They know we plan on overthrowing the King" Jean says
"What?"
"Not only that. Eren was taken into custody" Levi adds
"When?"
"Yesterday the priest was murdered. By the time we got word Eren was already in their custody" he says
"They framed us for the murder of Dimo Reeves so don't expect a warm welcome to Trost"
"Okay… So where's Hange?"
"She searching for Flegel, Boss Reeves son who was a whiteness to his fathers murder" Levi says
"Shit" I grumble
I was gone for two days and everything's gone to hell
…
We stopped at yet another cabin just outside of Trost
I was making sure Odin was doing alright before we get going
Armin's plan to sneak into Trost was reckless
It relied on the probability that they don't recognize Sasha to lead the carriage and smuggle us inside
"You're gonna stay right here, okay?" I pat Odin's snout
"D-dont move" Someone says behind me
The hairs on my neck stand up
Shit…
I got too comfortable
I raise my hands, seeing him and the girl beside him trembling with their fingers on the trigger
I smile
"Those aren't for threats you know."
"What are you talking about?" the chick asks
"The fact that you've taken so long to shoot means you are willing to lose your life. Tell me, are you ready to die?"
He gulps nervously "what are you guys doing? Y-you're the survey corps.."
I sigh
"You didn't answer my question" I reach for the barrel
I point it up as I use my tail to snatch the girls rifle
During the struggle I elbow his chin knocking him on his ass and I manage to take his rifle as well
"Kara!" I hear Connie
"What's going on?!" Sasha joins us
"These two tried running up on me" I toss the rifles aside
"MP's huh?" We hear Levi
"Names?"
"I-I'm Marlowe and this is my partner Hitch he introduces himself and the girl
"What's going on? Did you guys really turn on the capital?" Marlowe asks
"What's it to you? It's not like you'd ever believe us" Levi says
"P-please if there's anything.. I know how dirty the interior police has gotten over the years" Harlowe sighs
"Please you have to believe me, I want to help I know you guys are being set up. I joined the MP's because I wanted to get rid of the corrupted system but I know now that was never possible, if I wanted to do any good I should've joined the Survey Corps"
"Is that right, Harlowe?"
"I-it's Marlowe, Sir"
I look over at Levi
If we play our cards right they could get into Trost without a problem
Levi nods
"Alright Jean" I turn my back to them " you know what to do" I yawn and go on my way
"Yes, Sir" he replies
We head back to the cabin where everyone was getting geared up
After a few minutes Jean came back
"Yup. They seem pretty cool, I guess" he rubs his cheek
"So what do you know about Eren?" Mikasa asks Marlowe
"Not a lot but I overheard some interiors talking about a package being delivered in a coffin.. it didn't make any sense at first, but I mean why'd they'd have so much security for such a little thing you know?" He says
"It has to be him" Mikasa says under her breath
"Okay that sounds easy enough" I stretch my arms
"You're not coming" Levi says
"What?"
"I don't think you understand our situation, Kara"
"He's right, Captain. They're also looking for you." Connie adds
"Their plan now is to use Eren's power against you" Armin says "look.. you can't transform in the state you're in, it's best you sit back and rest for a bit longer" he adds
"I don't think you understand.. especially you Armin"
"Wh-what do you mean?"
…
"Have you ever taken a life ?"
He shakes his head
"How bout you Jean? Connie?"
"N-no, Sir" they respond
"If this gets ugly.. and it will." I draw my blade "if can't decide here then someone will die"
I wait for an response
"We'll do whatever it takes." Armin breaks the silence
"Y-yeah as much as I hate that block head we need him on our side" Jean chuckles
"R-right" Connie adds nervously
I look at Sasha who was clearly uneasy with the thought
She nods
"Our enemies are rabid animals. Think of them as such and put them down before they can hurt your friends"
…
They all look at each other after I was sure they understood what has to be done we carry on with our mission
…
-to be continued
My bad for not posting.
Butt guess waht?
Chicken but 😎