Chapter 36

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In a abandoned prison cell Reiner loads a gun with one bullet in the chamber. Having PTSD of everything that happened on the island, Reiner puts the gun in his mouth ready to kill himself. Just as he is about to pull the trigger, someone hits the wall behind him. Outside Falco puts his hand against the wall Reiner was behind.

Falco: Damn it. If nothing changes, then...

Reiner then will takes the gun out of his mouth as he start to breathe heavily, he then get up from the chair he was sitting in as he looks out the window. Outside Reiner sees Falco walking away.

Reiner: That's right. I still have... them.

As Falco was walking home he walks by a hospital before stopping to look at it.

Falco: The hospital.

???: Hey!

Falco turns around to see the man he help yesterday waving at him from a bench. Falco then walks over as he sits down next to him.

Falco: So, you're able to talk now, huh? Guess that means you're recovering.

???: Eh. This place is for treating psychological wounds, but mine are fake.

Falco: Huh?

???: I said that I forgot where I came from due to amnesia, but I just don't wanna go back. I'm not quite ready to face my family yet. Will you report me?

Falco: No, I wouldn't do that.

???: You're all beat up. Guess that's from your Warrior training?

Falco: Yeah, but honestly, it's pointless. There's another candidate who's way better than me. So there's no way that I'll be chosen.

???: I'm glad to hear it.

Falco: Huh?

???: You're a good person. I hope you'll get to live a long life.

Falco: Thing is, I don't want this other candidate to be picked.

???: Why not? Is this rival of yours a girl by chance?

Falco: She's famous around here. She did incredible things in the war. Ask anyone, and they'll tell you that she should be the next Armor. It doesn't matter what I want. 'Cause I can't do a damn thing about it.

???: Every day I've spent here, I wondered. How did everything turn out how it is now. Everyone having their minds and bodies ruined. Their dreams of freedom being erased. Personalities burned away. No one would want to go to war, if they knew what it would do to them. But it's not like we all leapt into the hell fire knowingly. Most of us were pushed. Some of us were pushed by others, by people we know and didn't. But the few who do choose to leap into hell see it differently than the rest. And they're also able to see something beyond the hell. Maybe that something is a new hope. Or maybe it's just another hell. The fact is, you can only find out by pushing forward.

The winds blows as the mysterious person sitting next to Falco is Anakin Yeager.


Reiner: Falco. Where are you headed this late?

In front of Reiner is Falco on his knees as he is trying to get his breathing under control.

Falco: Left something at HQ, so I'm running back there to grab it real quick. See you later!

Falco then runs off as Reiner looks back at him.

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