You're Not Alone

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I'm not sure what happened after I pulled Armin from his decaying Titan, but somehow I've ended up on top of the wall.

I am fast asleep... dreaming of a field of flowers and-

"Sophie..." someone shakes me softly.

"No it's okay, let her sleep."

My eyes open and I have to shield the sun with my hand, but as soon as I'm able to see, I'm greeted by Armins warm smile.

"Armin..." I let out breathlessly, thinking him being alive was a dream. I jump out of my makeshift bed on top of the wall and dive into his arm, causing the two of us to fall over. "Oh thank God. I thought you were gone."

"I'm right here," Armin pats my head, smoothing my hair down.

I smile into his chest, noticing Sasha sleeping soundly behind Armin.

"About time," I hear the familiar deep voice of Levi, causing me to get off Armin and sit back on my feet.

"Captain..." Armin looks up at Levi. "What happened? I saw Bertholdt transform, but then everything gets kind of blurry. Did we fight them off!? Is everyone okay?"

"It sounds like your recent memory was just about wiped out," Levi puts his blades back into their holders and takes out a flare gun.

"Huh?" Armin's expression is full of confusion, like he has no idea what happened.

"Eren. Tell him everything..." Levi orders.

I don't exactly want to hear everything over again, so I move over to Sasha, lifting the blanket off of her and examining her wounds. She looks like she's in pain, but I know she's strong, so she'll get through this.

As Eren explains what happened, I rewrap her bandages, causing her to moan and groan. Once I'm done, I neatly placed the blanket back over her.

Everyone saw the flare Levi sent off, signaling that Armin is awake, so within a minute my friends are by my side.

Jean comes up beside me and tucks a piece of my hair behind my ear and kisses my cheek softly. He looks exhausted and the bandage on his arm catches my attention. I hate to admit that I hadn't noticed it before, but I was kind of out of it... with Armin being dead and all.

"How's your shoulder?" I reach my hand out to touch it, but stop as I see the cuts on my hand.

That's right... I tried to turn. Didn't really get me anywhere though. It seems that the power truly is gone.

"It's nothing," he shrugs. "What about you. You have a nasty bruise on your face. Was that from Floch?"

My hand creeps up to feel for the bruise, remembering where it had come from. I look out of the corner of my eye and see Levi staring at the two of us, his expression soft.

"Yeah I think so," I lie. Its just easier than telling Jean that our Captain had punched me in the face.

"Oh..." I hear Armin breath out as Eren finishes up his summary.

"Okay. Are you up to speed?" Levi looks away from me and then down at the two boys.

Mikasa comes up beside Levi as Armin nods. Obviously it's a lot to take in, so he's sort of spacey, but he's smart, so I'm sure he's got it.

"We won..." Armin holds a water container in his hand. "But of the Scout Regiment, there are only twelve soldiers left alive?"

"Twelve?" I look to Levi, confused at the number Armin said. "There's another?"