Monster: AOTx"Mute" Reader [Cover By: @sushimisfit]

Chapter 17 (Rewritten)

Captain Levi then proceeded to kick Eren endlessly, practically beating him up. The whole courtroom was in utter shock and silence of the brutality.

As you watched in complete disbelief of what was happening, your blood continuing to run cold. 

He could kill him at this rate!

While watching the scene unfold, you had another flashback. 

....

You were...fighting someone. 

Beating them up. 

Shouts can be heard from around as you did. 

"Keep going!"

"Finish him!"

They cheered for you to continue, but you saw the look of your opponents' face. 

You saw fear...

Fear in on their badly bruised face. 

You stopped, stepping back. 

Your body began to shake as you slowly looked down at your hands. 

Your fingers were covered in blood, your fists bruised from your beating. 

The shouts around you changed to anger. 

"What are you doing!?"

"What are you waiting for!?"

"Finish him!"

You let out a choked sob. 

You...you can't. 

You don't want to. 

The shouts became louder and louder, telling you--no ordering you to finish the job. 

You couldn't take it anymore and your mind went blank. 

You heard the sound of a sickening crack

That forever haunted your mind. 

....

"*Grk*!" You retched, your hand immediately going to cover your mouth. 

Hange gasped in surprise as they turned to you. 

"Woah! Are you okay!?" They asked. 

No...No you weren't!

You felt like you were going to vomit again. 

You shook your head furiously, holding back a sob. 

You couldn't watch this anymore. You wanted to leave!

"Hey, hey, hey. It's okay..." They soothed you. 

'I want to leave!' You signed. 

"You can't, I'm sorry. Not yet. Eren's fine! See!" Hange tried to get you to look. 

But you avoided any eye contact. 

'It's not about Eren!' You signed. 

"Not about Eren? Then what is it?"

You didn't know. 

You didn't know why you were having these flashbacks nor what they mean. But all of them are equally brutal. 

'These...flashbacks...I keep remembering scary things.'

"Strange things? Like what?" Hange asked. 

'Hurting people...fighting people.'

Hange's eyes furrowed. 

"How long have you been having them?" They asked. 

'Ever since my training with the Captain...'

Hange went deathly quiet. 

You tried to calm yourself down and focus on what was being said. 

Apparently Captain did what he did to prove the point, Eren's nothing more than harmless. 

He sure made a good example out of it. 

But was beating a teenager in a public space really necessary!?

Because of Captain's actions, the court made the decision to let Eren go into the care of the Survey Corps. 

But one slip up from Eren would result in his execution. 

Once the trail ended, you made a haste to get out of there as soon as possible. 

Hange quickly following after you, seemingly tense from what you just communicated to them. 

You were curious about it, why was the Section Commander so concerned about?