Episode 2

Yuki flutters her eyes open as a ringing sound echoes in her eardrums. She blinks, her eyesight fading between white and black until everything comes into focus. Pain automatically plunges into her limbs while she shakes her head to clear it. The scent of thick metallic lingers in the atmosphere, wreckage covering everything in sight. She coughs loudly and carefully pushes herself up to a sitting position. Her eyes dart around the caved-in wagon, her orbs locking onto an awful display. Her heart begins pounding painfully against her ribcage as an unbearable sadness stabs into her very soul. Her torso rises and falls rapidly, panic settling into her breathing. She carefully crawls through the small space while her gaze stays locked onto the dead body of her former twin. Tears cloud her blood-shot pupils, a new injury scaring her already stitched together heart. She struggles to control her overwhelming emotions and lets them out by screaming at the top of her lungs. A battle cry of despair mixed with hatred at the titans breaks the heavy silence, blood-stained drops falling down her face. 

    Her sibling's body lays broken against the crashed wagon. A beam is impaled through her abdomen as well as forced head trauma cracked on the corpse's right temple. Brain matter leaks from her injury, her intestines spread out of her sliced open flesh like candy. Blood spreads out around her cold husk into a thick pool while her eyes are dilated. Her fingers are curled into fists, something shiny poking between her stiff knuckles. Yuki hesitantly takes the item and examines it like it's priceless. A key glints in a ray of sunlight shining through a gap in the frame, her fingers quickly slipping the necklace over her head. She emotionlessly kicks the wooden floor blocking her path until it gives way under pressure. She crawls through the small gap, emerging into what looks like a clearing with a dried-up pond. 

    Yuki pushes herself to her feet as the need to vomit settles in her throat. She coughs harshly, forcing her aching legs to carry her around the other side of the wreckage. She props her left side against its frame while silently watching what happened to the rest of her beloved family. She swiftly drops her journal where Levi could find it if he locates the wreck, writing a message on the cover with the blood smeared across her fingertips. She takes in a breath to stop herself from giving up now and wraps her slender fingers around her blades' handles. She narrows her eyes at the titan who killed her loved ones, adrenaline giving her enough energy to finish the job. 

    The disgusting creature is currently eating her father along with the rest of his men. Body parts lay scattered about as well as blood with a mixture of brain matter smeared across its rotting flesh. Its eyes glow a red shade, its teeth dyed crimson. Human flesh hangs from between its lips while parts of its bones show though from injuries other people inflicted on it. She begins charging into the situation, launching a grappling hook at its shoulder-blades. She zooms forward quickly and swiftly begins slicing parts of it's limbs off. She moves at a high speed, her blade cutting all over its tall body repeatedly. 

    Tears mixed with cries of emptiness break free from the damaged girl's vocal cords as the titan screams out in alarm or pain. Yuki flips gracefully into the air in front of its face while swiftly slicing deeper into its facial structure. The body of her father drops to the ground among the other poor souls, the girl finally landing on her feet.

Yuki casts a glance at the giant with a twisted expression and watches its lower jaw collide with the dirt. Bloody injuries are carved into its lifeless husk, its limbs separated from its bone joints. It hits the ground with a sick shake and the girl's energy immediately gives way. She falls into a bloody puddle on her knees, her paralyzed expression reflecting back at her. 

    Her body shakes violently as she struggles to stay together. She gazes at herself in the bloody reflection, wondering how she ended up like this. An hour ago she was laughing with her sister. She had giggled like a hyped little kid. She even got to see Levi, but now... it's like she's broken or she's living in some kind of nightmare. Her skin is caked with blood along with mud. Her violet bangs are sticky from sweat, her facial features stuck in an expression that looks like a porcelain doll. Fresh blood drips from her clothes while her mind can't process anything at the moment. She shivers, exhaustion threatening to knock her out. Suddenly, she hears loud footsteps approaching from somewhere nearby. She lifts her head with some effort and her blurry vision locks onto a group of creepy looking men. Her functions automatically shut down against her will, her body hitting the ground just like the titan next to her. 

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