Okay, first things first- GO CUBS, GOOOO. GO CUBS, GOOOO. HEY CHICAGO WHAT DO YOU SAY, THE CUBS ARE GONNA WIN TODAY! Sorry it doesn't happen often that my favorite team makes it to the playoffs, let alone wins.
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(Jean p.o.v.)
I sit with my back to the cold stone wall, the sun has just gone behind the opposing wall. Levi and the others should be arriving soon. I swing my pack in front of me and dig through it to double check I have everything that I'll need. Blanket-check, rations-check, matches-check, a handwritten letter from my mom-check-wait! What? How did that get in there?
"Dear Jean-boy,
I heard about your mission, please be safe and don't be a burden on other people. I'll make you an omelette when you get back.
Love, mom." I sigh, crumpling the letter up. I love my mom-i really do- but she can be a bit much, she wants everybody to like me and for some reason she doesn't think they will.
"I'm very likable." I say as I toss the crumpled letter.
"Okay" the voice startles me, I jump to my feet ready to beat up the intruder.
"What are you-?" I stop when I realize who I was speaking to. "Mikasa-uh hi" she nods, we both stand there in awkward silence. Come on Jean say something before it gets more awkward than it already is.
"uh-do y-you come here often?" What kind of question is that? I mentally face-Palm.
"Only when I have to." She whispers, I nod.
"Ya, me too." I sigh. We settle into another awkward silence. I glance over at her as I sit back down, she follows my lead; sitting a few feet from me. By now the sun has almost completely disappeared and as it does so does the warmth, even in my uniform-including my green cape- I feel the chill. I glance at Mikasa, she's wearing her usual attire- the standard issue uniform and her blood red scarf.
"Sure is cold-" my statement is interrupted by Armin's arrival.
"Hey guys." Armin greets us, Mikasa eyes me. "Are you guys ready to go? Where's Levi?" He looks around, as if he could have possibly missed the short little man.
"Not sure-" I start to say, but stop when Mikasa leaps to her feet.
"Is he going with us?" She whispers in that special way that makes grown men cry. the tone that could me she wants to kill you or that she thinks you're the most disgusting thing in the world; by you I mean me.
"Yes, will that be a problem, Ackerman?" Everyone-except Mikasa- jumps to attention at the sound of captain Levi's voice.
"No sir." She answers plainly as she salutes.
"Good, it's time to go."
(Hanji P.O.V)
"Things we still need to know about titans" I quickly scratch at the top of my notebook.
One) How were they created?
Two) How long can they live?
Three) Do they get ticklish?
Four) Do they have best friends? I have a best friend. Well I think I do, Levi is definitely my friend, but to be best friends I think you both have to agree that you are friends- when I ask Levi if we are friends he just stares at me or calls me some mean name. I spin around in my chair so I can see his empty office.
He didn't tell me where he was going, but he asked a lot of questions about titans activity and how the lack of sunlight would affect them. Adding that to the fact that He left just after the sun went down, so I guess he's trying to avoid them or attack while they're weak. I miss him already, maybe he'll bring me back a pet-no he's much too boring for that.
(Mikasa P.O.V)
"Be careful" I nod to Armin as he and Levi prepare to set off and take down the first titan we found. It was decided that we'd split up into two groups- there was a vote, I was outvoted. We drew straws to see who would be paired and who would take the first titans. Levi and Armin drew the shortest straws, so they have to take the first one. We spotted it about ten minutes ago.
"We'll be fine, Mikasa. Besides look how sluggish it is, squad commander Hanji was right. They are much less deadly at night." Armin tries to reassure me.
"Much less deadly can still kill you." Jean says as he casually leans against a nearby tree. Armin glares at him. He's right though, that's what makes me worry for Armin, and what makes me glad Eren didn't come. I owe Eren my life, and made a promise that I would always keep him safe- at the time I was unaware of how big that task was going to be. But somehow my vow to protect Eren evolved into protecting both him and Armin. I don't care about anything else as long as they survive, not a single thing besides them matters.
"We better go before it gets away." Armin announces, mostly to himself-because no one tells Levi what to do besides Erwin (and occasionally Hanji) Even so, Levi nods in agreement; the two mount their horses and tear off after the titan.
Once they've disappeared into the darkness, I turn to face the large boy standing silently behind me. While I was watching the others, he got some binoculars and started looking for another titan.
"I'm not seeing anything yet, you can nap while I look." He waits for me to respond, I'm not going to. I guess he figures that out. "Or not. It's up to you." I should rest so that I'm not worn out when we have to face a titan. I walk over to the tree he's standing next to and sit leaning against it.
"Wake me in an hour or if you spot one." I close my eyes.
"Got it." He says quietly. I shut my eyes, even though I know I won't sleep. I can only sleep when I'm with people I trust. It took four weeks for me to sleep through the night in the girls dorm. I would wander around the camp, sometimes to the boys dorm to check on Eren; other times I'd go to the training field. Anything to occupy my time. Now I sleep fine, because I trust Sasha and oddly enough I trust Annie- now that she's on our side. She did everything she did to protect the ones she loved, it's nothing I wouldn't have done for Eren or Armin.
My internal monologue is interrupted by someone gently shaking me awake.
"Hey, Mikasa, hey." A warm voice quietly whispers "I've spotted a titan, it's not far off." I glance around the dark forest, I must have fallen asleep. But how? I sit up, a blanket falls off of me. I stare at it confused, still a little hazy from sleep
"You were cold. So I-uh covered you up." I stare at him. "I hope that's okay." I fold the green survey corp issued blanket and hand it back to its owner.
"Thank you." I strap on 3gm and mount my horse, Jean quickly follows. "Let's go." We both take off after the giant humanoid beast.
"I'll set up the trip wire, if you distract it." Jean shouts to me, the wind has picked up stinging our face with its cold touches.
"Okay." I agree to Jeans plan, well technically it's Armin's plan. He thought of it on the way out here. He's a genius, and I pretty sure that's way Levi recruited him for this mission.
As we get in range of the titan, something weird happens, it keeps running towards nothing. Usually Titans attack the closest human, but he seems to be completely uninterested in us. Jean looks to me with an extremely confused expression, I shrug. We both continue to chase after it, when we're close enough I launch myself at it- my gear attaches to its shoulder. I swing towards it landing on my mark.
This will get its attention, I stab both of my blades into its shoulder. It doesn't react, it just keeps running to nowhere. I hack at its shoulder-no response. I move to its face- still nothing. With it running like this, Jean doesn't have time to set the wire.
I have to stop it, without killing it. I strike its neck- not in a kill spot. This gets its attention, it jerks to a stop nearly sending me flying, but my blade stabbed into its neck holds me on. As I steady myself I see a massive hand fly towards me. I've no time to react before I'm send flying off the enormous beast. As I plummet towards the ground I attempt to launch myself towards the nearest tree, but nothing happens.
Crap! It must have destroyed my gear when it hit me. As I plummet to my death I do the only thing I can do.
"Jean!" I cry out, I don't know why. I've never relied on anyone before, why would I think he'd catch me. But as he flies towards me and wraps me in his arms I wasn't surprised; like I knew he'd drop everything to save me. Only one person has ever saved my life,* and he's never let me forget it.
"Are you okay?" We land on the ground a few feet from the Titan. "Anything broken?" His face is pure concern as he frantically runs his hands over me checking for injuries.
"I'm fine, but my gear is destroyed." I quickly unstrap the useless gear and toss it aside. I watch Jean as he glances back at the titan- it changes course, now it's not headed for the trip wire it's headed for us.
"I'm glad you're not hurt. Go get the horses and follow, I'll steer it back on course. I'll need your help once he's down." We both nod, he launches himself towards the beast and I run to the woods. I whistle, but there is no sign of the horses. I whistle again, and two heads appear at the edge of the trees. They spot me and begin running in my direction.
(Jean P.O.V)
It doesn't take much to get the clumsy beast back on track. I swing towards him and he swats at me. I dodge him, narrowly missing his massive hand. I've got to get him back on course. I swing around him, just as I hoped he follows me.
"Come this way!" I yell, he doesn't seem to to notice me or care that I'm speaking. But he's still following so I'm happy. In the distance I hear Mikasa whistle-well unfortunately for me so does the giant. His massive head whips in my raven haired beauties direction. Luckily I'm able to swing in front of him and regain his attention.
"Come on ugly, I'm right here." He's nearly to the tripwire. Just a little closer, I clench my fists. His massive bare feet crushes the ground beneath him, bringing him closer and closer to the wire. Till suddenly all motions stops and I hear the whistle that has stopped the beast dead In It's tracks.
"No, no! Look here!" I scream and shoot my gear at him, his eyes flick towards me. So he notices me, but he doesn't react as I land on his shoulder. He stands motionless only feet from our trap. It's almost as if he's paused to think, but Titans don't think. At least normal ones like this one don't.
I shoot my 3MG at a nearby tree, maybe I can get his attention as I swing back. I'm almost to the tree when I feel the Titans massive body shaking the ground as he moves. I look back just in time to see his massive hand wrapping around me. I'm trapped, the Titans squeezes me. I struggle to free myself, as the massive hand squeezes more and more. Just as I was sure I was dead-the Titan freezes; were both falling. He must have tripped on the wire.
Then a thought pops in my head; I grip my blade and hack his fingers off, freeing myself. Just as I begin quickly descending towards the ground, I realize my mistake.
*that would be Levi, when he injured his leg.
I have another question for y'all- Who is your favorite character in SNK/AOT? and who would you like to see more of in my story? and on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being terrible and 10 being awesome) how easy was it to read the formatting of this chapter compared to the last?
Also, I want to especially thank SecretWishX, for your fabulous comment. I was so excited when I read it. (Gold coins= great idea! and the Hanji thing-I LOVE IT!) I really tried to improve my errors this time, but if you see any that are too distracting give me a shout out and i'll fix um.
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