Red Swan

Vengeance

Feeling like I had no other choice, I went with Eren to confront Reiner.
I disguised myself as a nurse so I could stay with him. A boy named Falco Grice followed us, apparently he had been helping Eren communicate with our fellow Scouts so they would know where to find us, and when to make the next move in our attack. Eren and I would transform into our Titans.

I didn't have a good feeling about it, but I would still go despite my better judgement.

If it meant protecting my friends, I had no choice. I somehow understood when Eren said I'm doing this because I have to, not because I want to."

Eren and I were going underneath the city stage in Liberio, I helped him descend the stairs due to him only having one leg. He wouldn't tell me how it happened.

The underground hideout had only one light source, lanterns, which made the atmosphere creepy. I stood like a statue next to my brother while we waited for Falco and Reiner.

All I could hear was the sound of my rapid heartbeat.

"Mr. Krueger, I brought him like you asked." the boy couldn't have been more than twelve years old.

  "Thank you," Eren acknowledged with flatness.

Reiner didn't look how I remembered him, he was older and more tired looking. I knew what he did still haunted him like it should have. I wondered how he could sleep at night knowing how many lives he destroyed.

"Who are they?" Reiner asked Falco. "Those two say they're old friends of yours," the boy replied.

  Reiner studied us, attempting to figure out who we were. I glared at my former comrade, he had the audacity to not know who we were.

  "Long time no see, Reiner." I spoke up. My mind was filled with rage when I saw his face. People always told me I resembled Eren when I got angry, so this must have been terrifying for Reiner just like I hoped it would.

He stopped dead in his tracks.

"Greta?"

"Glad to know you remember," I replied with sarcasm. I took off my nurse's cap and let my dark hair hang freely.

  Reiner was frozen in his place, and he didn't know what to say. I could tell he had know idea I would be there.

"It's been a long time," Eren narrowed his eye. It still haunted me that he didn't sound like himself.

"Are you here to kill me?" Reiner inquired, his voice was shaky with fear.

"Not yet, I just wanna talk," said Eren. Reiner sat in a wooden chair in front of my brother, and faced him.

"Okay, let's talk," our former friend invited.

"What's going on?" Falco asked with puzzlement.

"Reiner fought with me and my brother years ago." I replied. All of our memories as Scouts made its appearance in my mind. Eren had referred to Reiner as everyone's big brother, and I could see that with him. I had never thought he would be the one to destroy everyone's lives.

  "And he destroyed our home," Eren added, not changing the look on his face.

"Killing our mother," I could feel myself tipping into the stormy seas of rage that my brother had fallen into. I was scaring myself, this wasn't who I was, I wasn't a rageful or vengeful person. I was terrified.

Falco was stunned. I could tell he saw Reiner as a hero. The boy didn't know about what was done to us before we exterminated all the Titans on Paradis Island. Our enemy really was across the ocean from us.