Authors Note: Hello!! Here's part 6! AOT Spoilers! Also i have a job interview tomorrow so wish me good luck! I think that's all so enjoy!
🎶 To be with you in paradise
What I wouldn't sacrifice
Why'd you have to chase the light
Somewhere I can't go?🎶
(Clark)
“Clark?” A voice pulls me away from humming to the elevator music, I turn to see its Jimmy.
“Oh, hey Jimmy, what’s up?”
“I just wanted to know if you’ve heard from Nova?”
“Oh, uh not really. You know that family emergency has really been taking up most of her time.”
“I know, but usually she’d respond to my texts. I just feel guilty you know? I feel like this all started when me and her went out to take pictures of Superman’s battle site last week. I just wish there was something I could do to help her,” Jimmy says dejectedly.
“I’m sure she’s just busy Jimmy, I mean I haven’t even heard from her,” I say trying to reassure him.
“Just.. let me know when you hear something, alright?”
Jimmy gives me a nod and walks off the elevator. This has been one of the worst weeks of my life. Mr. Terrific has been trying to find where Luthor sent her, but even he’s having trouble due to the fact that the mother board was destroyed. That along with the fact that Luthor is the only person alive that knows where she went. Then there’s the fact that I’ve been having to deal with my clone. It’s weird looking at someone with my face, but I couldn’t just leave him. She clearly cares for him, I mean she went through the trouble of giving him a name. She also allowed him into her apartment, how long has he been there? I don’t know. Some friend I am I didn’t even know when my clone moved in next door.
I’ve been keeping him at the fortress of solitude, because I’m not really sure what to do with him. He seems to also enjoy the videos of my family, mostly the ones with her. He’s ran off back to her apartment a few times, looking for her. I can see the confusion on his face when I find him in her apartment, probably wondering why she’d not there.
Her absence is defiantly felt, every time I hear one of those terrible musicals I think of her. Having to continue as normal at the Daily Planet as if my best friend isn’t lost in the cosmos. I never knew how grey this world truly was until I lost her.
She’s probably out there alone and scared.
But we’ll find a way to bring her back.
“Kent! my office!” Perry’s voice calls.
“Yes, sir,” I say making my way into his office closing the door behind me.
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🎶 And it feels like an eternity (Mm)
Since I had you here with me
Since I had to learn to be (Mm)
Someone you don't know (Woah)
To be with you in🎶
Humming softly to myself as I stand in line with Eren, Armin and Mikasa to get our share of rations. Looking around you can see just how overpopulated Wall Rose is now that Wall Maria has fallen, and all the survivors were forced to move inward.
It’s been about a week since that all happened, I would like to say that I’ve stated to adapt to being here but that’d be a bold face lie. I don’t like being here, I want to go home. Or back to what’s left of it seeing as the last time I saw it, it was destroyed. I wonder what Clark thinks about me being gone. Clark. I hope Colin is okay and Superman saved him from Lex. A nudge to my hip knocks me out of my thoughts I look down to see Armin looking up at me.
“That song that you’re singing, I don’t think I’ve heard that one before.”
“Oh, it’ s just a song me and my friend used to listen to together, “I tell him as I smile at the memory of me forcing Clark to listen to the song at midnight when it first dropped.
“Yeah, him.” I tell him as we move forward in line.
“Where is this guy anyway? He’s the only one you talk about from where you’re from,” Eren says joining into the conversation.
“Why didn’t he come with you? If he’s supposed to be your best friend why isn’t he here?” Eren asks
“He couldn’t come with me, it’s complicated”
“No, it’s not! I’d never let Armin or Mikasa go on a trip alone. What if something happened to them? doesn’t he care if something happens to you?”
“Like I said it’s complicated, Eren.”
“He sounds like a bad guy,” Eren says crossing his arms.
“That’s not nice to say Eren, you don’t even know him. You don’t know if he’s a bad guy or not,” Armin says.
“Then why would he leave her here alone?” Eren says getting louder.
“I-I don’t know. She said it’s complicated, so maybe it has to do with something we don’t know,” Armin reasons.
“But—” Eren begins but is cut off by Mikasa.
Eren huffs going quiet as we move up in line. That’s something that’s been happening a lot since the fall of Wall Maria, these 3 have deemed me as a member in their little family. With that title comes Armin’s investigative questions, Eren’s anger whenever he feels I’ve been wronged and Mikasa as my own personal shadow. Of course, with that also comes Mrs. Yeager’s suspicion of me. Mr. Arlert has been too busy trying to make himself useful within Wall Rose to be suspicious of me, which is one less person asking me questions trying to pry into my life. A win I guess?
It's our turn to get our rations when two big and tall men cut in front of us, I see Eren about to go off so I speak up first.
“Hey! Don’t you see us standing here? You need to get in line just like the rest of us!” I tell them, Hell yeah! Speak up for yourself!
They turn around and the one with blond hair looks down at me, “Lady you don’t want to argue with us, we’re picking up for Dimo Reeves.” They go to turn back around thinking the conversation is over, not by a long shot.
“I don’t care who you are or who your picking up for, you need to wait in line just like everyone else!”
This time the brunette speaks making sure to tower over me, “Do you know who we are? You should be ashamed speaking to us like this. We go out there and risk our lives so you and your kids can live a comfy little life here. Show some goddamn respect!” He spits at me. I finally look at his jacket and see that he has the wings of freedom on it, son of a bitch these guys are scouts. Shit! I guess I took too long to respond because—
“Hey! She’s not our mom! You don’t get to talk to her like that!” Eren yells and starts moving towards the man. Mikasa grabs his arm holding him back.
“Eren it’s fine, calm down,” I tell him. This is the last thing I need right now.
“No! Do you know who she is? What she’s done? You’re the ones that should be ashamed and embarrassed! You don’t deserve to be scouts!”
“Eren stop talking,” I tell him rushed.
“Oh yeah? Who is she then kid?” The brunet says and takes a step forward and put myself in front of him.
“Sir please, he’s just a kid he doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” I say attempting to defuse the situation. But Eren had other plans.
“She knew Wall Maria was going to fall!”
Shit. The man now looks down at me, “How could you have known that?”
“I-I didn’t. I told you he’s just a kid he doesn’t know what he’s saying,” I say.
“He seems like he knows what he’s talking about,” he says and grabs me.
“Hey! Let go what the hell!” I say pulling out of his grip only to be grabbed by the blond man. “What are you doing? Let me go!”
“Hey! Leave her alone!” Eren yells being held back by Mikasa and Armin.
“You’re coming with us to answer some questions,”
“I don’t know anything! I told you already!” I panic as the blond starts dragging me away and throw my head into his face. He drops his hold on me grabbing his nose.
Right as the brunette was going to lunge at me a voice cuts through the chaos.
“What is going on here?” I look over to see none other than Hange Zoe. Holy shit. Okay, I can get out of this just stay calm.
Dumb and dumber straighten up when they see its Hange whose speaking.
“Squad leader!” they say and salute.
“What are you two doing causing a scene where people are trying to get their rations? Hmm?”
“We-we were picking up for Mr.Reeves and-“
People in the crowd began to yell, “They were cutting the line!” “They tried to fight a child!” “They were harassing this poor woman!”
The two idiots go silent, and Hange stares them down, “Hmm, cutting lines, fighting children and harassing a woman. That doesn’t sound like something scouts should be doing. I tell you what you apologies to this woman and I won’t tell the commander about this.”
The two look at me, “We are very sorry for our behavior Miss, may you and your children have a nice day.” Just as the two are about to leave Hange speaks again, “And make sure you see Captain Levi about your punishment when you get back.”
“Yes, Squad leader.” The two say and finally leave.
Hange looks at me then over to the kids, then back to me, “These aren’t your children.”
I look confused, “Excuse me?”
“Those two said for you and your children to have a good day, but these aren’t your children. None of you look alike, I don’t think any of you are related. Are you?”
“I-I, no were not. But we are family.”
Hange laughs, “I knew it! Anyways I have to get back to my work.” Hange walks off without another word.
“M-Miss, your rations,” The man handing out the rations says snapping me out of my thoughts.
“Right, thank you,” I take the rations from the man and me and the kids begin our walk back home, or at least our temporary home. No one says anything until Armin breaks the silence.
“You headbutted that guy!”
“That wasn’t a headbutt you have to be facing the person for it to be a headbutt,” Eren says.
“But her head made contact with his face, that should count. Right?” Mikasa asks looking up at me.
I stop walking to see all three of them are looking at me. “It would classify as a headbutt back home, so I say it counts here too.” Armin cheers at being right, Mikasa nods and Eren complains.
“She just said it counts Eren,” Armin says and Eren grumbles. We begin walking again and I wait until we are in a less crowded area to speak.
“We all need to have a conversation, like right now.” I say and they all look at me listening. “You can’t tell anyone about me saving you guys, like ever”
“But they should know! You saved us and my mom and Armin’s dad. Your more of a hero than those scouts that were supposed to be protecting us!”
“But you saw what happened when you told those guys Eren, they tried to take her away.”
“If you two weren’t holding me back I would have had been able to fight them off.”
“Eren, no you wouldn’t have,” Mikasa tells him making him look at her offended.
“They’re right Eren, it’s too dangerous to tell anyone. You three have to promise to never tell anyone, ever.”
Eren begins to argue, “But—”
“No one.” I say with a final tone.
I smile, “Good now let’s go we were supposed to be back hours ago.”
We walk back to our temporary home and the kids run in going to do whatever they do, and I bring the rations to Mrs. Yeager whose in the kitchen.
“What took you all so long?”
“Long lines, you know how it is.”
“Hmm,” She says and takes the rations beginning to make dinner. I yawn.
“I’m going to rest until dinner,” I tell her, and she nods her head not turning to look at me. I walk out the kitchen to the living room and lay on the couch, I’m out as soon as my head hits the cushion.
It feels as if I just closed my eyes when I’m being shaken awake by a concerned looking Mikasa. I sit up, “Mikasa what’s wrong?”
“There’s people at the door,”
Confused I stand and make my way to the front door that’s already open with Mrs. Yeager standing there. Eren glaring and Armin hiding behind him. I look out the door to see…Shit.
“Good evening Ma’am, my name is Erwin Smith commander of the survey Corps. I was made aware of the actions of two of my scouts that caused a scene with you and your children earlier today. I came here to offer you my sincerest apologies and to inform you that the two have been reprimanded and punished.”
Okay, let play this cool and hopefully he’ll go away, “Yes, but your squad leader Hange was there and resolved the issue. Really there was no need for you to come all the way out here.”
He looks at me with analyzing eyes, his gaze going from me to the kids, Mrs. Yeager then back to me. I’m really getting sick of being under a microscope. How did he even find us? Why is he here? This isn’t something Erwin would do I the show.
“I understand, I wanted to personally make sure that you and your children were alright. Form my understanding it was quite a scene, leaving one of my soldiers with a broken nose.” He turns his head to the side, “Any idea how that happened?”
I shrug, “it was a reflex Commander, I don’t like being dragged around by people I don’t know.”
“Well, if that is all Commander, it is time for dinner and as you see we have three children here we need to make sure they eat. Have a good night,” I say and attempt to shut the door only for Erwin to block it with his hand.
“You know Miss, that’s not the only thing I heard about the incident.”
“You can’t believe hearsay, Commander.”
“Even when multiple sources say the same thing?”
“What exactly did they say?” I ask nervously.
“That a very angry young boy said you knew Wall Maria was going to fall,” he stares at me with those piercing blue eyes. “Do you want to explain that?”
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