You followed Eren and the other two down the long hallway, Hange explained to Eren what was going on and you watched Mike sniffed him and smirk. 

Before you knew it, you arrived at the courtroom. Hange grabbed your arm and pulled you towards the audience while Eren was tied to a pole in the middle of the court room. 

You noticed your friends Mikasa and Armin there and immediately tried to get their attention, but Hange stopped you. 

"That's not a good idea right now, Y/n. Just stay with me."

Giving them a saddened look, you nodded and stood where Hange was. 

And with that, the trial began. 

From what you heard, Eren was on trial for being a possible danger to humanity. Erwin and the rest of the Survey Corps are on his defense, saying he can possibly be useful. 

Which made sense, having a person who can transform into a titan is unheard of. Have it been considered to find a way to tame the titans? 

Eren could be the first step, who knows what could be in store for the future if possible. 

However, the military were not having it. 

Right as Mikasa was giving her statement as a witness, the accusations arose. 

"What if she's one too!?" 

Your eyes widened you noticed some of the military police men glaring daggers at Mikasa, your blood ran cold. 

"She has nothing to do with this! Leave her alone!" Eren yelled. You thought he was going to stop there, but knowing Eren, he liked to run his big mouth. 

"Everyone here is just saying whatever happens conveniently to them! But once you cut yourselves from reality, it's pointless."

Uh oh...

"You people have never seen a titan! So what are you so afraid of!?"

This is the first time you might have seen Eren so livid. 

"Just shut your mouths and invest everything with us!" he screamed. 

The whole courtroom fell silent. You swallowed thickly. 

"Stand ready!" You heard someone shout. 

Shit! They're gonna shoot! 

Your eyes widened, fearing of what was about to happen. 

Eren's face paled as guns were now getting pointed at him. You closed your eyes and braced for a gunshot noise. 

But that didn't happen.

Instead, Captain Levi appeared out of nowhere and walked towards Eren. 

Wait...what was he doing?

Suddenly, he swung his leg towards Eren's face. Kicking him hard. 

You saw something flew out of Eren's mouth. Was that his tooth!?

But he didn't stop there. Levi kicked him again, but this time in the stomach. 

He grabbed a hold of Eren's hair and kicked him square in the face. 

You were in shock. Everything was happening so fast, it was hard to comprehend. 

What was he doing!?

Eren coughed off blood and Levi slammed his foot down of Eren's head. 

"Personally, there is no better punishment than pain. And what you need boy is to be taught a lesson. And you happen to be in perfect kicking position."

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?