Disclaimer: I do not own Attack on Titan.
Cyrus kept maneuvering through Trost with his squad, well his makeshift squad because it was really three squads joined together. In total there were only 6 members. Half of Cyrus's face was covered in blood that was not his own. All three of the Squads had lost a lot of men and women. One thought kept looming in Cyrus's head, and that was, Please let Alice, Walter, and Jane live. Those were Cyrus's only friends that could possibly be alive.
Screams echoed throughout the district and each time Cyrus heard it, he prayed that it was not one of his friends. Cyrus was a member of the Scouting Legion, and so was everyone else in the squad. They hadn't been members for long, and this was their first real taste of combat. Cyrus signaled for the squad to land on a strip of long houses
"I feel bad for those trainees in the 104th; I mean could you imagine getting put into combat this soon?" Vladimir asked, he was in Cyrus's trainee class. Vladimir had short brown hair and bright blue eyes. He stood at about 5 foot 7inches and had a fairly athletic build. It didn't help that he was a complete moron.
"We haven't had any real combat experience you know, when we first went outside the walls, we didn't go far and only encountered a 3 meter class Titan. We haven't been out since." Cyrus replied Cyrus stood at 5 foot 9 inches and also had an athletic build; he had longish brown hair and dark brown eyes. The other four members of the squad were Heather, a short blonde girl with green, vacant eyes. Then there was Marcus, a short, timid boy with a shaved head and grey eyes. Then there was Shauna, with long flowing red hair and she had green eyes, she was also extremely bossy. Then finally there was Alicia who had her face and eyes completely covered for some reason.
"I'm low on gas, is anybody else?" Marcus asked nervously. They all checked their 3-d maneuver gear. Cyrus had about a quarter of a tank left. The screams of people and the awkward noises of Titans were getting closer.
"We must get going!" Shauna said. She started walking to the edge of the red roofed houses, and the rest followed. They all took off and resumed moving, Cyrus thought the air felt really refreshing; it would have been nice if there was not the constant threat and fear of being devoured by a Titan. Cyrus looked through the side streets and saw bodies riddled against buildings and he even saw the disintegrating corpse of a Titan. Pleased god, let my friends live.
Cyrus had kept his mind of Jack, the man whose blood was splattered across Cyrus's face. He was also Cyrus's best friend. But for some reason, he remembered reaching out for Jack's hand as he saw his best friend get crushed between the teeth a 6 meter class Titan. The Titan's vacant stare and sadistic grin appeared in Cyrus's head. Then suddenly he felt a yank on the collar of his uniform
"Damn it Cyrus, what the hell is wrong? Did you run out of gas?" It was Shauna who had saved him from falling. Just as she finished saying that, they crashed into the cobblestone street... A sharp stinging sensation occurred.
"No… I don't know what happened. I just froze up?" Cyrus said embarrassedly. The rest of the squad stood on top of houses and they all looked down at him and Shauna.
"Well, let's…damn it, a Titan is coming." She said, she stood out and drew her blade. Cyrus got up as fast as he could, his legs seared in pain.
"Let's get this bastard!' Cyrus said through gritted teeth. The titan was a 7 meter class and was running straight at them, it had that dumb smile that most Titans had. Its eyes were squinted, I wasn't able to kill the Titan that killed Jack, but I guess killing you will give me some closure. Cyrus took off with his maneuver gear, he saw Vladimir get a bit ahead of him in his gear. The Titan was zeroing in on them, Vladimir maneuvered across the small street so he could get a good slash at the nape of the neck, the only way to put it down for good. Vladimir shot his maneuver gear back on the other side of the street and half way to the other side he cocked his arm back in order to commence the kill shot.
Just as Vladimir was about to strike, the Titan swung its arms wildly and it almost hit Vladimir. He had to evade and couldn't kill it. The Titan was starting to get closer to Cyrus, so he set up the right angle so that he could take down the Titan. He was right above a roof, all he had to do was wait a bit and he could fire across and kill the Titan. Just as he was about to fire off his gear again, it ran out of gas and Cyrus fell down onto the roof. Crap!
The Titan walked up to Cyrus, he started to stand up. At that moment, a zooming figure went by the Titan. Blood splattered out of the back of its neck and the Titan collapsed. It was Alicia that had saved Cyrus's life; she landed on the roof and managed to get him off the roof.
"The damn thing ran out of gas." Cyrus said.
"I know, it's okay, we are all safe." Alicia said soothingly, the rest all came over to Cyrus.
"Oh my god, are you okay Cyrus." It was Heather who talked this time.
"Yeah, thanks for asking." Cyrus replied, with a forced smile.
"Hey guys, look up at the wall there, why are all those cannons pointing to the inside of the wall?" Marcus asked.
"I don't know, but we better check it out." Shauna said. They started heading to the small are where there was little housed. They all knew Trost well enough to know that was where the cannons pointed. It wasn't far and they got there in a few minutes. When they arrived they heard the voice of a commander screaming. There were a lot of nervous looking soldiers around, and Cyrus could not see what they were all staring at.
"Who is that?" Vladimir asked. Shauna managed to get a good look at him.
"It's that coward commander of the Garrison. Commander Verman." Shauna said. Just then the heard Verman scream "Fire!"
And the cannons went off and smoke filled the air.
To be Continued