Chapter 11

I listened carefully for anything: shouts, cheers, or just the flapping of capes. It was probably 20 minutes since Eren and Mikasa were saved. They were probably being heroes, capturing flags and chasing people down while I'm just being a lazy butt. But I can't help it since there isn't anything for me to do while in jail. There isn't anyone watching - That's right! I can just escape because no one will know. I come up with the best stupid ideas ever because I could have done this 20 minutes earlier.

Propping my head up high, I marched out of jail with a proud smile. As soon as I had one foot out of jail, I heard a voice saying, "Where do you think you're going?"

Immediately recognizing it, I called out, "Escaping from jail, Jean."

Jean emerged from the tree's branches and jumped down, using his 3D Maneuver Gear for support. He approached where I was standing and advised, "You know you can't do that. That's breaking the rules."

"Do you think I care? What fun is it, sitting around in jail while doing nothing? It's our break day and I played this game to have fun," I replied, ignoring his comments.

He glared at me for a couple moments until he made a swift move towards me, trying to pull off my cape.

I merely stepped back inside jail, dodging his attack while mocking him, saying, "Is that all you've got? I guess not taking combat training made an impact after all. How do I know that? Well, I've got my sources. Anyway, I don't think someone already out can get out again. Even if you pull off my cape, I'll just continue until yours is pulled off. It's your choice if you're going to follow the rules and go to jail after you lose your cape."

"Like h*ll I'm going to let you disrupt the game!" Jean yelled while charging at me.

I shot upwards with my gear and stated, "This game is all in good fun, right? There's no need to take this so seriously."

Before Jean could say something back, another voice joined. "Ria! Are you in jail? I'm coming!"

Seeing this, Jean smirked and stepped back into the shadows of the trees with a murderous look. Was he going to murder the tree? No, that wouldn't make sense... he was going to try and get Sasha out!

"S-sasha! Don't come yet!" I frantically shouted while making an "X" with my arms.

"Don't worry, I'm coming!" Sasha assured while gliding towards me with that silly smile of hers.

"No! There's something here!" I warned, making random hand gestures.

Sasha waved back while saying, "You found something! It's okay, I won't see it if it's a secret! Did you find food?"

It's useless... I can't communicate with her. I could only watch again, like last time as Jean popped out of nowhere with his eyes on her cape. However, Jean had some leaves, branches, and other random sh*t on his hair and body that made him look like an interesting, abstract work of art. Sasha noticed this so she screamed, "Monster! This must be the thing Ria found!" In the process of all the hectic craziness, she kicked Jean and accidentally pulled his cape off while trying to reach a berry on his back. Jean clumsily fell down and was now a heap of nature or something. Sasha landed on his back and mumbled with all the berries in her mouth, "You found this monster?"

I was getting kind of worried that she didn't notice him yet but went with the flow and said, "Yeah... Um, can I get out of jail now?"

Jean grunted and shook a lot of the stuff off, including Sasha, and muttered, "Why would this happen to me?"

Sasha noticed Jean finally and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, Jean. At least you didn't fall all the way from the top of branch but from the lowest one."

"What were you trying to do there? I don't think that helped you camouflage into the trees." I stated while lifting up a leaf with a caterpillar crawling on it.

Jean just ignored us and flew off into the other jail while Sasha saved me from jail. Sasha and I ventured through the forest while trying to spot the hidden flag. I assumed that Eren, Mikasa, and Armin got the flag at the opponent's base because they have the brains, determination, and skills. We checked behind trees, bushes, and other places but the hidden flag wasn't there. I was getting exhausted from maneuvering throughout the forest and my muscles were sore. There wasn't any water available either.

"Where do you think the flag is?" I asked, looking curiously at Sasha.

"Maybe by that fake titan over there?" Sasha answered.

I don't know if it was fate or coincidence because the flag was there and so were Eren and Armin.

"Hi guys! I thought you were going to get the main flag at the other team's base," I noted.

"There was a plan made and Connie successfully took that flag. Mikasa took our flag back to base and once we take this back, we'll win. Unless of course the other team takes our main flag at base since we don't have anyone guarding base," Armin explained. Hm... typical of Armin to keep track of everything that's going on.

But Ymir probably saved Christa. We should probably go to their base to try to get more people in jail. If there are less people, it'll be harder for them to retrieve flags and steal ours," I suggested.

Everyone nodded and we set off to the base, keeping an eye out for any opposing team members. However, when we arrived at the base, there was no one there and it was all deserted, with no flag or person there. It was strange because there should've been at least one person watching the base.

"This is bad; everyone is probably heading straight for our base. Our team will be outnumbered by then so we have to hurry!" Armin urged. The mood suddenly changed and everyone was ready to charge back to base. However, it was as bit too tense so I cheered, "1, 2, 3, BLUE TEAM!"

Right after that everyone sprinted off the branch and hooked and grappled to the tree branches. After each second, my pace quickened until it was at the maximum speed and the 3D Maneuver Gear lifted me up higher and higher. The trees blurred past me and I got a glance of my teammate's faces in my peripheral vision. A smile broke out as we soared through, our instincts sharpening while we dodged obstacles. My fatigue washed away as I felt the exhilarating thrill rushing through my body with the flips and sharp turns. The white gas lines lagged behind, creating parallel lines. I couldn't keep track of the time but soon enough, the base was in view. Excited, I sped up until I reached the open space where the base was. Everyone else arrived a second later and the flags were still there but not one person.

However, I felt a presence behind me but when I turned around, no one was there. I seemed to feel watched. A scream was heard and then when I looked, Sasha wasn't there. Muffled cries were heard somewhere nearby. Then, I heard 3D Maneuver Gears in use. Where could they be? All of a sudden, someone was behind me, keeping me in a tight hold so I couldn't escape. Reiner and Christa appeared, ambushing us.

Christa was about to tackle Armin when he made a desperate dash for the base. She tried to catch him but he made a sharp turn. However, Christa was better and caught up quickly, causing him to drop the bundle.

I bit the person's hand hard and that caused him to loosen his grip. Kicking him off me, I made a dive for the bundle. The wind pushed me down and I wished to fall faster than the bundle. Reaching my hand out, my nail just barely touched it, almost pushing it instead of grabbing it. No, I'm not going to lose yet! Using my gear, I hooked onto the floor, being pulled to the floor and cradled the bundle into my arms. I hooked upwards onto the tree and continued flying towards the base. However, Ymir appeared in front of me and reached for my cape. Out of instinct, I kneed her and snatched her cape off. But in the process, I dropped the bundle. Lukas caught it and continued to maneuver towards his base.

"Lukas! I'm going to win!" I yelled and made a break for it, chasing him. I hooked to a branch right next to him, almost impaling him which made him slow down. Gliding through the trees faster than ever before, I caught up to Lukas but was above him. I dropped down, causing him to stop and used this moment of hesitation to snatch the bundle back. Before Lukas could grab my cape, I threw the bundle as far as I could, hoping that someone would catch it. However, to my dismay, no one was there. It was almost like I was watching the bundle in slow motion as it fell. I didn't take any notice to Lukas grabbing my cape since my full attention was on the flag. I saw every single detail, all the wrinkles and edges as it continued to fall and fall. However, I saw a shadow fall upon it and now it was in someone's hands. Peering upwards, I saw Sasha holding the bundle.

"GO SASHA!" our team yelled while the Red Team frantically tried to catch up to her. It all happened so fast. Sasha successfully made it to our base in a flash. Before I was crying internally as the bundle fell and now a few moments later, I was cheering. I hugged someone and danced around, laughing and cheering.

"There are only 3 bundles," Sasha stated, ruining the mood. Everyone stared at her dumbfound.

"The Red Team didn't take any," Lukas assured.

"Who won then?" I asked, confused about the situation.

"I won," someone declared. Everyone slowly turned their heads to the person they least wanted to see at the moment. I gulped and sweat nervously as I realized that it was Levi.

"Do you sh*tty brats want to explain any of this?" Levi interrogated as he had the bundle in his arms.

"Look! Levi has a baby!" I laughed, seeing Levi hold the bundle like a mother holding her baby.

Levi walked towards me and kicked me... hard. The pain in my side throbbed as I rubbed it. He continued to kick everyone and Eren was the most nervous because he was experiencing some serious déjà vu. After everyone was kneeling on the ground from pain, he ordered, "Clean this place up."

That kick was only the first of our worries. After cleaning the forest from the fabric and bundles, we had to clean the hallways, kitchen, and everything. We were his personal slaves for the next week doing labor intensive work and being kicked every day. While he kicked us, he said something about pain being the best discipline. But when he said that, Eren was reminded from some pretty horrifying memories. The week of being slaves was full of cleaning and doing unnecessary tasks but at least it wasn't what I imagined. I imagined Levi sitting on a throne and us kneeling while polishing his shoes. If we missed one spot, he would kick us and give us no food.

The punishment was bad but the worst part was that we were probably never going to have another break day again.

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CHAPTER DONE! Oh and bundles are the same thing as flags. Yeah this chapter was full of random stuff. Don't judge but in the beginning when I was writing about that scene with Jean, I imagined Jean as Tarzan. Can you imagine that? Anyway... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING MY STORY! I really appreciate all the reads, votes, and comments! It makes me happy knowing that there are people out there reading my story. Oh and I'm thinking about entering my story for the SnK Watty Awards thing. So please vote for me when I do if you enjoyed my story so far! I'm thinking of going for Best Title too. And check out SnK Magazine! I'm writing Words of Wisdom and Rapid Rants there. All the other articles are nice too and it's pretty new so look it up! Next chapter will have action! Thank you again and see you next week!