Scout Regiment:Endless Efforts
The north east part of the supply base was secured by squads Quilo,Jochi and Timar however, many soldiers paid their lives as a price and those who didn't die suffered critical damages and injuries but they succeeded in eliminating all titans in the north east however, the same cannot be said for the other squads and specifically the north west squads who were all eaten by the titans and then the titans disappeared, the Elite squads of Erwin and Hange secured the east part of the base and headed to reinforce the north west but they arrived when all soldiers were wiped out, Erwin theorized that perhaps the titans headed due east since they smelled a scent of humans there and supported his theory since they didn't encounter any titan in their way to the north west so hange came to the conclusion that there might be soldiers alive in the north east and in turn they must have succeeded in securing the place there but it was becoming night so Erwin ordered everyone to hurry as they rush to aid the low number of soldiers who might face complete annihilation but will they succeed?
Chapter 1.5 (death from everywhere part 2)
Meanwhile in the north east part,
Joseph and tuxedo were double checking the streets from the roof
"you know, you are so good with the ODM gear!" said tuxedo
"thank you..you too!" said joseph
"No not really, I just did my best to survive…but today..was so chaotic.."
"agreed"
"you know, the day I chose to join the scout regiment..I never thought it would be so dangerous I mean…how many titans did we came face to face with.." said tuxedo
"and how many soldiers….gave their lives.." said joseph
"my teammates are something..and dartoa is something else…I don't know why…but his death was so shocking for me.." said tuxedo
Joseph looked at him "I am sorry.."
"don't be sorry! In expeditions..everyone might die any second..like your friend judai for example..he was trapped in a building without gas nor blades! he barely survived!"
"yeah he is a good soldier!...and I was the same…I ran out of gas in the middle of a fight..and if dartoa hadn't come in the last second..I would have been eaten.."
"yeah…you still have his ODM gear?"
"yes I am using it right now…oh I am sorry..as your comrade of course…here you can have it!" said joseph
"No! he passed it down to you right?"
Joseph nodded
"then keep it with you! If that's his death wish.." said tuxedo
"ok..oh by the way how do you feel? Does this bandage make any difference?" asked joseph
Tuxedo wore a bandage around his head "oh right! Now that you remind me! I totally forgot! Whatever that girl did to me! I don't feel the pain anymore! She is so good!"
"you mean luna?" said joseph exclaimed
"yes! She helped the others too! Man she is so good at medical purposes!"
"I see! Good thing you feel fine, since we have short time to rest!" said joseph
"We have got the whole night to rest! Titans are inactive at night! Don't worry, have we spotted any titan till now?"
"well No…"
"then its gonna be fine! Come on lets report back to squad leader Quilo and jochi, it doesn't seem that there are titans at all!" said tuxedo
Joseph nodded and both of them jumped off the roof using their ODM gear
The three squad leaders met them on the roof of the building they chose as a shelter
"We have checked the streets sir! No sign of any titans!" said tuxedo
"good..with these wreckage around the house…we will hear any titan who steps on it..but don't take off your gear..be on your guard any second" said Quilo
"its getting dark and we will lack vision…Tuxedo..come with me, we gotta insure that the horses are resting" said Jochi
"Yes sir!"
"I am coming too! I Have got nothing to do anyways..I didn't fight as much as you guys..kinda makes me feel guilty.." said timar
"alright Timar..tag along!" said Jochi
The three soldiers flew away and joseph remained with Quilo
"you did well today boy.." said Quilo
"Sir,I was carrying out my duties as a soldier! And as a subordinate!"
"you need to get some rest! After all everyone is injured and tired…you too are injured right?"
Joseph looked down
"Well its just a few scratches…nothing to worry about…I can fight any moment!"
"well…if that's what you think,but get some rest so you can be in full strength, I will go and patrol the area" said Quilo
"Sir! I am coming with you!"
"No, enter the house and rest, relax we have reinforced the area, its gonna be a defense perimeter here"
"It might still be dangerous!"
"I am not asking you! I am ordering you! Go and rest while you can! After all we only have little time till the order of advancing arrives so move out!" said Quilo
"yes sir!" said joseph then he entered the house
While in the corridor he met Judai
"hey! How is the tough guy!" said joseph joking with judai
"yeah yeah tough guy just because some of action I pulled off!"
"No seriously! You were amazing today!"
"thank you, all of us were amazing, since we worked together!"
"how do you feel now pal?"
'way fine! Thanks to luna I must say"
"is she that good?"
"she is so good! I don't feel my wounds anymore! and between me and you…she seems to admire you!"
Joseph blushed "we are in an expedition! There is no time for such things"
"I am aware of that, that's why I am telling you"
"how come?"
"I am telling you so you don't lose your concentration..don't let luna affect you if…something happens.." said judai
Joseph looked down "I..know..your right..I can't afford to let anything cause me a hesitation!"
"good..I will go now to recheck my equipment..did you resupply?" said judai
"yeah, thanks for asking pal! Take care"
"you too, see you around" said judai
Joseph walked to a room, he opened it slowly and found that Union was inside, sleeping on a bed
"come in joseph!"
"hey buddy,how are you feeling?" asked joseph
"I am way fine! What about you?!"
"I am alright! Whoa man, you caused us to worry about you!"
"yeah! Falling all this distance! Man…still cant forget how this wreckage stabbed me and tore through my innards!"
"okay enough scientifically describing it! I am just glad your alright!"
"thanks man, but its too good to be true! We won this battle right?"
Joseph smiled a soft smile.."yeah…we did…but too many people died.."
"I am so glad you,judai and Squad leader Quilo are still alive!"
"but you made us worried about you, now I will leave you to rest..you need to regain your strength as fast as you can" said joseph
"okay my friend, oh how about checking on Luna? She got tired with all of us!"
Joseph blushed "umm..where Is she?"
"in the next room, she is so tired! She didn't stop checking on me nor the others, she really needs to rest!"
"alright…goodnight Union" said Joseph
"goodnight!"
Joseph walked outside and moved near Luna's room
he took his breath before knocking
"okay..okay…I mustn't be affected by anything..remember..we are in critical position..titans may not be able to move at night however,I mustn't let my guard down.."
He knocked the door and opened it
He found that luna was sleeping with her head on the desk
He approached her slowly and moved her softly
"oh!..aww..(yawns)"
"sorry for waking you!.." said joseph
"joseph? (yawns) welcome! How are you doing?" said luna
"I am fine! You seem to be tired!"
"No! no I am not! do you need anything?"
Joseph smiled "No, I came to check on you! I was told that your tired"
Luna blushed "…that's nice of you.."
He grabbed a chair and sat beside her
"thanks.."
She looked at him "for..for what" said luna as she was smiling
"you have risked your life..to help my friends! And you trusted me to protect you!..I really appreciate that!"
"that was nothing! I had to believe in you as a teammate!"
"well hearing your trust makes me happy.."
They both smiled at each other
She noticed some scratches on him
"oh your..hurt?!" said luna
"No!..i am not..its nothing really"
"No you are hurt! Step aside!"
She leaned on him and started treating his wound
They both blushed and her blond hair covered her face
They both felt the breath of each other
"umm…oh…sorry for troubling you luna…"
She smiled while treating the wound
"it was that serious and you kept hiding it…why?"
"well…I thought I wouldn't need to worry you nor trouble you as I early said"
"of course no! you must let me help you! Its nothing, its my duty as a soldier and….as a friend." Said luna
Joseph smiled softly and she finished treating it and then leaned away back to her chair
"Whoa! You really are something! I don't feel my wound anymore!"
"thank you! I am glad to hear that"
They both smiled at each other for a while that it started to be embarrassing
Joseph noticed the situation and then he stood up
"oh well…I guess I will leave you to rest for now"
Luna stood up
"No no why? Your not tiring me at all!"
"but I just did!"
"it was nothing!" said luna while giggling
"you keep saying that all the time!"
"please! Stay for a while with me!"
Joseph was surprised
"uhh…why? You really seem tired!"
"I am fine!.." said luna then she suddenly took off her ODM gear
Joseph was shocked
"what are you doing! That's very dangerous! You can't leave your gear at all!"
She smiled and blushed then she began slowly approaching him
Joseph began sweating and he stood still
She wrapped her arms around his neck and they both blushed
She looked in his eyes and so did he but joseph was anxious
"Lu-na…wh-at are you doing?" said joseph nervously
She smiled at him "I am resting….as long as you are with me! I am fine!" she said
"well..this is startin-" said joseph but he was interrupted by luna who suddenly locked her lips with his
They started moaning and luna kept locking her lips,licking him and enjoying it
Joseph however, was so surprised he kept opening his eyes and slowly moving away with her holding onto him
"Aw crap! This is bad! What do I do?! Its an expedition! There is no time for that! We are outside the walls and we are miles away from it! Of all times! Couldn't she at least wait till we return to the walls" thought joseph but then luna touched his tongue and then he lost his control and pushed her towards the bed and whatever…
Meanwhile at the shelter stables,
Jochi,Tuxedo and timar were checking on the horses
"oh you morons! Leaving me doing the dirty work!" complained timar as she was cleaning the horses
Tuxedo made a small laugh at her, timar looked at him with an angry look
"Show some respect soldier! She is a squad leader after all!" said jochi
Tuxedo nodded then jochi waited till timar switched her look and then laughed without a noise
"the horses are in a good condition…they will be ready for tomorrow mission hopefully" said jochi
"say…isn't it sort of odd that we didn't get any word from the nearby squads?" asked timar
"maybe it also got dark so suddenly and of course they can't send a messenger in the dark..he might get eaten any second" said tuxedo
"you have got a point tuxedo..thats why we need this shelter at least..till the sun rise" said jochi
"I really want to get some rest dammit..I feel so dizzy.." said Timar
"you should ignore this feeling timar…we are in an expedition not in a trip" said jochi
"you expect me to not know that? Seriously!" said Timar
Jochi made a small laugh
"yeah right...during our training…there was an entire lesson about the emotions of the expeditions..I kinda of forgot it.." said tuxedo
Jochi and timar looked at him
"I think it was, don't hesitate,don't regret and don't panic, remain calm and steady and get used to all of your conditions..and another thing…it was something related to the friendships I think…" said tuxedo but he was interrupted by jochi
"friendship is related to the "don't regret" thing where if a friend of yours dies in the expedition, you are prohibited to regret or hesitate since this will affect your decisions and thus affect your combat skills" said jochi
"yes squad leader correct..but there is another thing that was so unwanted…I don't remember it though" said tuxedo
Jochi looked down and then raised his eyes "neither me…Timar…do you remember it?"
Timar threw her shovel and looked at them with a serious look
"yes…I remember it.."
Both of them looked at her
"there is an emotion which is forbidden and prohibited in the scout regiment and especially in the expeditions….the love emotion…" said timar
"love? How come? We are in no situation to call for love! We need to focus on surviving" said tuxedo
"yes…that's right tuxedo however, those who fall in love in the expedition are destined to face death with no question…the two lovers will keep checking on each other…then it might get upgraded by each other focusing and thinking about each other which results in letting their guard down and then it is upgraded to…" said timar but she is interrupted by jochi
"Ok timar enough details…I remember all of it now"
"why? What can it be upgraded to?" asked tuxedo
"ok Jochi! You tell him!" said timar then she looked away and focused on her duty
Jochi sighed
"these lovers might endanger their lives by continuous thinking about each other which contributes to looking attractive to each other…you understand?" said jochi
"wait…wait wait…No way! They can't do such a thing here in an expedition! No way! And how could they even do it! And of all places! They do it in an expedition!" said tuxedo
"calm down soldier! Nothing like that actually happened from years! Soldiers now focus on the expeditions! And its good to see you not caring about these stuff" said jochi
"of course! How can I care about someone for love purposes and begin to love in a freaking expedition where I might die any second!" shouted tuxedo
Jochi smiled at him
"ok! The horses are fully fine! They should be ready to roll tomorrow morning, when will we leave jochi?" said timar
"it depends on the time the advancing order arrives, for now we are to hold ground"
Then a sound of an ODM gear was heard outside the stables, they looked at the door and then Quilo entered
"Quilo…where have you been squad leader" said jochi
"I was checking the surroundings..damn..I hear noises but I don't see a damn thing"
"well didn't you have any torch to light the area?" said tuxedo
"nope, but it seemed safe around here" said Quilo
"so..what is our plan of defense?" asked timar
"normal, Timar and tuxedo you will be our overwatch, jochi and I will switch with you from time to time to rest, alright?" said Quilo
They nodded
Back to the house,
Luna's room was next to Union's room
Judai entered the room to check on his friend
"judai! Its nice to see you here pal!" said Union
Judai smiled "thanks, how are you feeling?!" said judai
"I am getting to it! How are you?"
"I am also fine, its good to see you alright my friend"
"yeah…"
"have you seen joseph? He isn't in the room he supposed to be in.." said judai
"well..I told him to check on Luna an hour ago.." exclaimed Union
"wait..what?" said judai
"isn't he out already?" said Union
"No, I Have just checked on his room." Said Judai
"or maybe he is outside, probably on the lookout" said Union
Judai was worried…"or..he.." said judai with a low voice
Union noticed it
"what? Whats wrong?"
Judai looked at Union
"do you think…he will..spend the night with luna?" said judai with a fear look on his face
Union was shocked
"No way! He cant do that here! Joseph is much reasonable than that! He won't do such a thing!" said Union
"well..shall I check on Luna?" asked judai
"its late now!..it would be rude if you do.."
"but I just.." confused judai
"look pal…joseph is aware of the situation we are in…he is probably out there on the lookout and patrolling the area or he is resupplying! Don't get this weird ideas! Who could think of doing such a thing in our situation!" said Union
Judai sighed and nodded
Meanwhile at the lookout area,
"squad leader, its getting darker and darker….I can't make out the surroundings" said tuxedo anxiously
"yes…..and…I am starting to hear some noises of quiet steps….eyes open tuxedo" said timar
"how? I can't see a thing…at this rate we might be surprised any moment"
"stay calm soldier! Just crouch and look steadily and we have checked the area many times! No way a titan could have entered!" said timar
Tuxedo had a fear look then he opened his eyes widely
"but….squad leader Quilo said that…he had heard…noises.." said tuxedo
Timar was shocked
"hey now…don't worry!...the houses around us are wrecked! Maybe it's the noises of falling parts or something" said timar
Then suddenly strong noises occurs
"enough squad leader! Get us some light! Where is our torch!" said tuxedo
Timar slowly agreed and took out a torch
They lighted it and then they were extremely shocked…both of their faces became full of fear and was pale…their eyes were wide open and they froze of fear
Around them was the faces of five titans with a smile and their mouths open
They were so tall that they reached the height of the roof where they were looking from it
The titans smiled slowly and tuxedo totally froze….timar slowly directed her hands towards her scabbards..
She suddenly jumped with a gas boost flying high in sky however, tuxedo was so scared that he couldn't move
"TUXEDO! MOOOOVVVVE!" shouted timar
Then the titans all at the same time focused on tuxedo and all of them jumped with their mouths open at him
He screamed and yelled of pain as his body was distributed among five titans, each one of them was biting from a part
He was bathed in his own blood and he cried of pain and blood came out from his eyes,nose,mouth and ears
He kept screaming and timar boosted to a nearby house witnessing him
Suddenly she heard a shout of two men
"TIMAR! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING! MOVE!" shouted Quilo as he jumped and headed towards the titans
"TUXEDOOO! HANG IN THERE! TIMAR INFORM EVERYONE THAT THERE IS A TITAN!" shouted jochi then he jumped and moved alongside Quilo
Timar looked at her hands
"what happened to me…why couldn't I move….why?" said timar then she had an anger look on her face
"Crap…he was torn into pieces…sorry jochi"
"….tuxedo…." muttered jochi with sadness in his eyes
"YOUR GONNA PAY FOR IT!" shouted timar as she passed Quilo and jochi
"TIMAR! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" shouted Quilo
"YOU ARE GOING TO GET YOURSELF KILLED!" shouted jochi
But she didn't care and she boosted with an incredible speed towards the titans who looked at her with a smile and directed their hands at her
She fired an anchor to an opposite house to dodge some hands then she had to cut her way through some fingers in order to land on a house behind them
She then fired her two anchors on a nape of a titan
She screamed while slashing his nape then she was in mid air, a titan moved his hand in punching position she then dodged with a gas release then she fired an anchor at his arm to rotate around him and slash its nape
She landed on the street but then a titan stomped hard the ground that she lost her balance and fell
The titan slowly grabbed her but then it was suddenly killed by Quilo who landed on its nape
Timar got out from the grab to jump and landed on a roof of a house beside Quilo
"you know…that was suicidal..but nice moving out there"
She nodded slowly with her eyes full of tears
"he died..and I couldn't do a thing because of my cowrdness…I let him down" she said then she covered her face with her hand and started sobbing
Quilo sighed "its not the time for that…there was nothing you could do…come on..we need to take out these two titans as fast as possible" said Quilo then he jumped from a house
She closed her eyes and then jumped behind him
Jochi kept rotating around the two titans who kept directing their arms everywhere around him
He had to cut some fingers in order to escape them then when he had the opportunity he rolled over a titan's face then fired an anchor at its nape and as he was about to deliver a strong strike the other titan grabbed him
He screamed then Quilo landed on the titan's arm tearing it and timar landed on the titan's nape killing it
Jochi restored his balance then he made a gas release and boosted toward the titan's nape killing it for good
The three of them landed on a house looking at the corpses of these five titans
"that's gotta be all of them…" said Quilo catching his breath
"close calls there…thanks guys.." said jochi with relief
Timar remained silent and looking at the ground
Jochi headed towards her
"remember the last thing we told him?" said jochi
She kept looking at the ground
"we told him not to regret his friend's death.." said jochi
She slowly looked at him
"tuxedo is watching you now…watching how miserable you are because of his death…and not only tuxedo…all of our fallen comrades are watching us…continuing their work…they want us to not waste their sacrifices.." said jochi
"but…bu-t…I le-t h-im…down.." sobbed timar
"you will…if you keep crying for him….don't let his sacrifice and all the other sacrifices go in vain by crying for them..but focus on the current situation!" said jochi
Timar looked at him and nodded sadly
Quilo had some sadness in his eyes
"we have got to inform the others of titan assault befo-" said Quilo but he was interrupted by the sounds of screaming soldiers
They all looked at the shelter which was away from them, they looked at each other and boosted there
During the combat between the three squad leaders and the titans,
Judai was with Union
Both of them were chatting and joking about the crazy stuff they went through during the training and then the surprises that awaited them when they entered the scout regiment, they became quite sad when Allen's death was mentioned but they got over it and kept talking however, joseph was still missing
At luna's room,
Both of luna and joseph took off their ODM gear..and kept kissing each other
They lost their focus on the noises outside and concentrated on each other then they laid on the bed and slowly spoke to each other
"…Whoa…that's…so amazing…" said joseph
She giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck and pushed him towards her
"I have never felt so warm like that.." said luna softly
Joseph smiled at her and was about lock his lips with her but she stopped him and then stood up
"take off..your clothes.." said luna
Joseph was shocked
"hey..now…luna…at this rate we might overdo it.." said joseph worriedly
Luna smiled "don't worry! Everything's fine!" then she took off her jacket and joseph stood there shocked about what is about to happen
Luna slowly approached him and leaned towards him and then suddenly…they heard a noise outside the window
They slowly moved their heads towards the window…they saw a face of a titan looking at them
They froze from the shocker
Joseph quickly reacted "LOOK OUT!" shouted joseph who jumps with luna at his ODM gear
Then the titan suddenly crushes the window with its hands destroying a big part of the house and directs his hands towards joseph and luna
Luna screams and joseph gasps with fear as he was trying to draw his blades from the scabbards
The titan grabs both of joseph and luna and both of them scream loudly
The titan looks at them both and then another four titans join them
"JOSSEEEEEPHHHHH!" screamed luna
"LUUUUNNNNNNAAAAAA" screamed joseph
Then the titan brought joseph near his mouth and was about to bite him
"this is it…" said joseph but then a strong boost came slicing the titan's hand and landing on a titan's face then stabbing his blades to the titan's eyes
He backflips and carries joseph and lands back in the room
"judai!..." shouted joseph
Judai looked at him angrily
"I can't believe what you have done!" shouted judai
"NOT NOW! SAVE LUNA!" shouted joseph
Judai looked at him and then headed towards the titans
Joseph looked at his ODM gear and hurried to wear it
Judai moved through the titans, dodging their grabbing attacks then he headed towards the titan who grabbed luna
Luna was screaming and hitting his hand
Judai boosted at the hand and was ready to strike hard but then he was ambushed by a titan who suddenly appeared surprising him and then slapping him into the house
He hit the house breaking his blades but he tried to stay conscious and fired an anchor at the roof to stand but as he was flying a titan moved his anchor and he fell in the street
He slowly raised his head and found a large titan looking at him and approaching him
He stood up hardly but as the titan was approaching him suddenly it fell on a house crushing it
He was surprised and then Union appeared and joined him
"Whoa! Union!" shouted judai
"what do you think of this?" said Union
"that was so nice pal! Great!" shouted judai
"sheesh…I can't believe that these titans appeared so suddenly.." said judai
"well good thing we heard them and acted quickly…unlike joseph…why isn't he wearing his ODM gear?" said Union
"I will tell you later, for now lets save tha-" said judai
Joseph screamed at them "WHAT ARE YOU DOINNNGGG! SAAAVVVVEEEE HER" screamed joseph
Union and Judai were shocked at this
"..joseph…" muttered Union
Judai stood up quickly "come on, the girl will be eaten!"
"alright, you go save her, I will cover you from the nearby titans!" said Union
Judai nodded and both of them fired anchors at the buildings
Union and judai started swinging around the titans' hands and legs
The titan who grabbed luna kept staring at her and witnessing how she was resisting
Another titan charged at his hand with its mouth open then suddenly judai sliced its legs making the titan lose its balance and fall
Union from the other direction lands on that titan's nape slashing it
Then more seven titans joined alongside the remaining three
"UNION! BACK UP! THERE IS TOO MANY AT THIS RATE WE CAN'T MANEUVER THROUGH THEM!" shouted judai
Union jumped over a titan's head then swung himself to a titan's arm and backflip to reach a roof of a house
As he was landing a titan was about to punch him but then judai boosted at the arm with a kick making the titan hit a house destroying it
Then judai jumps during the destruction of the house to land on the nape with a powerful strike
Union joins him and both of them take their breaths
"damn! We can't reach Luna at this rate…" said Union
Judai opened his eyes widely
"hey…I haven't seen the titan who was grabbing luna!" said judai
"wha-t…do..you mean? The place is so dark! you might have lost sight of her!" said Union
"and I didn't see joseph in the house during our flight neither..No way.." said judai
Union was shocked "wait…do you mea-" said Union but he was interrupted by a very loud scream and it sounded like the scream of joseph
They looked in in the direction of the scream and it was coming from a place where the titans were around it
They looked at each other and then headed there
During their battle,
Joseph put on his ODM gear and jumped dodging the titan's attacks and hurrying towards the titan who was grabbing luna
He saw that judai and Union were in the other street fighting like five titans
"these damn guys….they must have lost sight of luna!"
He totally forgot about how they were outnumbered and didn't care about judai's injuries when he was hit by the titans besides the place was so dark and they lost the track
He reached the titan and drew out his swords
Luna screamed his name while crying and the titan looked at him suddenly and opened his mouth and charged at him
He yelled and then boosted at the titan's eyes stabbing it then he jumped with a gas boost up and landed on a hand which wasn't grabbing luna
Then he swung himself to the other hand but then he was suddenly grabbed by a short titan
He gasped and tried to force himself out of the grab
The small titan opened his mouth widely and bit his leg
Joseph screamed and luna screamed for him
He then sliced that titan's hand and grabbed its head to tilt himself to the other direction and cut its nape
Then the tall titan who was grabbing luna stomped the small titan in order to stomp joseph but then joseph boosted out and fired an anchor at the titan's face
He…lost some toes…but he didn't care
While he was in mid-air he looked at the titan in the eyes
"I AM GONNA KILL YOU!" shouted joseph while luna was crying for him
Then he boosted towards the titan's face who opened his mouth and bit a strong bite in the direction of joseph
But joseph rotated at the last second to reach the nape and while he was about to slice the nape, his blades were already used too much and broke while slicing it
He gasped "WHYYYY NOWWW!" shouted joseph
Then the titan stepped back towards a house destroying it with his head
Joseph jumped at the last second but some wreckage stabbed him
He was now again in mid air
Looking at the titan while vomiting some blood from his mouth
He looked at him with an angry look then suddenly the titan smiled
Joseph was shocked then suddenly…the torn arm…regenerated so fast and grabbed joseph in mid air
Joseph was so shocked and couldn't break out from the grab
Luna cried his name
"DO-NT WO-RRY! LU-NA! EVE-RYYTHING…WILL BE ALRIGHT!" shouted joseph
"I am not crying for myself! I am crying for you! PLEASE DON'T DIE JOSEPH!" shouted luna
Joseph was shocked "luna…lu-na…."
"yo-u…kn-ow…joseph…we..have…just met….but…I felt so happy speaking with you…so safe being protected by you…so warm with you….and now…this is good-bye" said luna with a soft smile
"N-O..." said joseph
Then the titan crushed luna with his hand breaking many bones in her, she was bleeding from everywhere, her left eye exploded due to the pressure and she kept vomiting blood from everywhere
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" screamed joseph loudly that many titans noticed and began moving towards him
She was still alive…barely…then the titan brought her to his mouth and put her upper part in his mouth
She smiled at joseph and then the titan bit a strong bite tearing off her entire body
Joseph screamed more loudly "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! DAAAAAAMMMN YOOOOUUUUU!"
Then the titan swallowed her and looked at joseph
Joseph kept screaming and hitting the titan's hand and the titan smiled at him then as it was about to crush him a strong strike to the hand was delivered by judai then Union boosted and caught joseph while he was falling
Judai landed on a house, then that titan looked at him and moved its hands destroying the roofs of many houses including the one judai was on but he acted quickly and hopped down swinging himself behind the titan and then falling on its nape slashing it
He then hopped from the nape to another roof
Union took Joseph inside the shelter
"JOSEPH! Are you alright!"
He slowly looked at Union
"…yes…I am alright…I am totally fine…I am fine…" said joseph
Union felt uneasy to this answer
"what happened to luna? Where is she?" asked Union
Joseph looked at him with an angry look
"joseph?"
"SHE IS DEAD! SHE IS DEAAAADDDD" screamed joseph
Union looked at him shockingly then Joseph drew out a blade and charged at Union
Union was stunned of astonishment
He pushed Union to wall with the blade on his throat
"DAMN YOU! DAMN JUDAI! AND DAAAAMN THAT TITAN! WHERE WERE YOU..WHEEEERRRREEE WERE YOOUUUUU?!"
Union was puzzled
"what do you mean?! We couldn't do anything! There were too many titans! If we had saved luna, we would have been eaten any second! How cou-" said Union then joseph screamed at him
"SHE DID HER BEST TO CURE YOU! AND THIS HOW YOU REPAY HER? YOU LEFT HER TO DIEEEE!"
Union started to shake
"joseph…did you forget me and judai? Do you prefer her to us? Joseph.." said Union with sympathy
Joseph screamed yet again at him
"CURSE BOTH OF YOU COWARDS! FINE…YOU WERE AFRAID OF DYING BY TITANS! THEN DIE BY MY OWN BLADE BASTARD! DIEEEEEE" screamed joseph but then he was grabbed by judai behind him
Joseph quickly switched his blades towards judai but judai was boiling of anger
He broke joseph's blades with a strong strike of his
Then he grabbed joseph and delivered a very strong head-butt then he punched him hard and then punched him again
Joseph started to bleed hard and fell on his knees
Judai then kicked his face many times then stroke his face with a very strong knee making joseph lose many teeth
Then he kicked a final kick sending joseph away hitting a wall hard
Joseph falls on the ground unable to move at all
Union shouts with belief "JUDAI! AM I GLAD TO SEE YOU!"
Judai grabbed joseph's head from his hair and looked face to face with him
"now…I know why hand-to-hand combat training was useful.." said judai
Joseph glared at him and judai looked at him with a calm look
"what had happened to you…you were ready to kill your old friend for a girl you have just met...why's that?..hmmm…I know why…maybe because you went to her room?" said judai making joseph angry then he tries to stand up but then judai strikes joseph face forcing him to spit out blood with teeth
Union calls for judai's name
"…don't worry"
"how weak have you become joseph…how pathetic have you become…how ignorant have you become!" said judai
Then he stomps joseph's head on the ground
"you told me…that you wouldn't be deceived by these emotions…and you were deceived..you have let your feelings control you..and this is the result…you have become weak even against me…I can't still get it…you had never fell in love before…and the day you choose to fall in love..is the day you are a scout and in an expedition?! Wow..you sure have lost it.." said judai
Joseph begins to sob slowly while being stomped by judai
"you maybe had forgotten something very important…we are scouts, joseph…do you know what does this very word mean?...it means endangering our lives all the time in the hope of retrieving our freedom that was stolen from us by the titans! Each scout knows this…why weren't you that sad when Allen died..our long time friend…why are you so sad for a soldier girl you have met lately…don't begin telling me that she helped us all..that's not an enough reason.."
"you w-ant..kn-ow..why?" said joseph while still being stomped
"hmm?"
"its be-cause…I love her!" shouted joseph
Judai opened his eyes widely and looked at him in disgust
"And as if that is a reason…let me tell you something…you have given yourself up to your emotions just because that girl spoke well with you…and perhaps the same happened with her but I assure you..this was a false love…you see, I am not a love expert and our situation doesn't help me to completely demonstrate to you..but, love cannot be achieved that fast no matter what had happened..you were simply deceived by your own emotions and as a scout…we have devoted our lives for humanity's sake..we have devoted our hearts for humanity's freedom…we have devoted ourselves for humanity's survival! So..no matter what..these emotions…are nothing but obstacles to us…and you have just fallen into it..so..don't give up yet..stand up…stand joseph..with all these injuries..stand as a scout who devoted his life! If you are to die then die in the battlefield! Have passionate for no one expect humanity! STAND UP!" shouted judai then he lifts joseph up and pushes him at a wall
Joseph slowly raises his eyes and looks at his friends
Judai looks at him with a calm look and Union looks at him with a fear look
Joseph approaches Union
"I…am..so sorry.." said joseph
Union looks at him "Its alright..I understand how you were"
Joseph nods and then looks at judai
"lets go…the tit-" said judai but he was interrupted as many titans hit the shelter causing the entire building to collapse with them inside it
Joseph slowly opens his eyes and finds out that he and Union are under the wreckage while judai is out facing eight or seven titans on his own
"QUICKLY! WE MUST HELP HIM!"shouted Union
Joseph stayed still
"JOSEPH!" shouted Union
"alright…" said joseph
Both of them started to move the wreckage that is preventing them from getting out
Judai faced many titans on his own
He started running on the roofs and around him titans attacking from each direction
He dodged some attacks but then he was punched by a titan then slapped by a titan then a titan destroys the house making him lose his balance and as he fires an anchor, a titan grabs it and holds him in mid-air by his own anchor
Judai is surrounded by many titans
Then suddenly the three squad leaders arrived and begin distracting the titans
Quilo appeared behind the titan that was grabbing him and tore off its nape
Judai restored his balance and a titan jumped to grab him but he boosted then rotated in the air and swings himself at the titan's nape cutting it
He joins Quilo on a roof
"are you ok,boy?"
"I am fine…thanks for the save sir"
"damn..we are late right? We heard many screams coming but we were ambushed many times by titans"
"why are there so many? We killed all of them right?" said judai
"the thing is…their numbers is increasing! There are a lot of them..and they are coming here" said Quilo
"so..how many is there?" said judai
"too many..till now..I see thirteen titans!"
"no wonder the place is so crowded!"
"not to mention that I can't see well due to the lack of light" said Quilo
"We have to deal with what we have got! Lets go" said Judai
"wait! Where is joseph and Union?" asked Quilo
"they are under that wreckage! Help me secure it!" said judai
"alright!" said Quilo
Then both of them headed towards the wreckage
Timar and jochi subjugated four titans out of thirteen but they were exhausted
They lost sight of Quilo and Judai
The titans seemed to increase and increase and kept coming
Timar and jochi stood on a wall of a tower looking down at the titans who were stretching their hands at them opening their mouths
"sheesh…how many do we still have?" said timar
"I…don't know…I can't count anymore.." said jochi with a tired voice
Timar looked at him stunned
"Jochi? Are you alright?" said timar
"sorry timar…but…I can't keep it up anymore…I am injured…tired…and…dizzy..I am at my limit…" said jochi then he suddenly leaved his ODM handles and his anchors came loose and fell down on the titans
"JOOOOOCCHHHHIIII" screamed timar as he falls, then she tries to reach him but a titan punched the tower at distance between her and him forcing timar to back up
Jochi fell down on the titan hordes which started tearing him off and cutting him apart
She closed her eyes while crying not wanting to watch them eat him
She flew to the summit of the tower and the tower began to shake and collapse
She jumped from it and boosted to another building but she is ambushed by a titan which crushes the building
She dodges his grab by stabbing her blades into his hand and then she swings herself over his head and lands on the nape slashing it
Then she boosts again but suddenly the gas runs out
"well…here is my end" said timar then a titan jumped at her and she fell inside his mouth then the titan bites hard tearing her body apart
Quilo and judai subjugated all the titans around the wreckage of the shelter
Their numbers were five and the last one was still alive stretching his arms towards Quilo who then cuts its fingers and runs on the titan's hand
The titan stretches his other arm at him but giving judai the opportunity to strike its nape and killing it
"alright! That's all of them right here!" said Quilo
"hopefully…but look at there…" said judai
"so many titans…" said Quilo
"I guess after all…we will die.." said judai
"soldier…if we are to die today..you must know that It was an honor to die alongside such an elite soldier"
"sir…it was a great time serving humanity..even if we didn't do anything…we helped humanity eradicate of some titans..hopefully..the new recruits will carry out their missions better than us.." said judai and Quilo agreed
They were on a top of a roof looking at many titans..thier numbers almost reached twenty..
"weren't they thirteen from a moment?" said judai
"that's the direction where timar and jochi were…oh no…" said Quilo
Judai sighed and then Union and joseph got out from the wreckage
Quilo and judai joined them in the streets
"come on everyone! Its only us now!" said Quilo
Joseph and Union were shocked
"what happened to squad leader Jochi and Timar?" said Union
"they…you know what had happened! Everyone on me!" said Quilo as he flew away and then his squad flew behind him
The titans chased down the Quilo squad
Quilo ordered his teammates to enter a house which looked unharmed..probably the last unharmed house
They entered breaking through the glass and Quilo ordered them to get to the highest floor and not to make a noise at all
The titans lost them and started sniffing and looking for them
There were so many titans that they covered the town
They quietly sit in a room, covered the window and sat with each other
They looked at each other
"everyone…how much gas do you all still have?" said Quilo
"I still got a little…" said Union
"I don't know…maybe I am out of it already.." said judai
"I don't even have enough to use the ODM gear…" said joseph
"here joseph..have some of my gas!" said Union while filling joseph's tank
Joseph looked at Union and muttered his name
"and so am I…I think I am out of gas.." said Quilo
"so…this is the end?" said judai with a smile
"yeah..can't believe it will end like that!" said Union
"why…listen boys, since the day we all joined the scouts..we were aware of this day…the day we will be eaten by the titans.." said Quilo
"we four decided to enter the scouts together in order to experience all that! We wanted to help humanity! We wanted to be of use!" said Union
"guys…this is it…I want all of you to know that…I care for each one of you…I wish there is a way I could confess it more than this" said judai
"its okay..we are together! We lived together, we trained together, we fought together..and now…we will die together!" said joseph
They all smiled at each other and said farewell to each other then suddenly the house was crushed by a titan who stretched his arms towards Union
Judai drew out his swords and jumped with a slash to the fingers but he was slapped by the other hand crushing some walls
He injured his backbone now that he hit it many times
Union stabbed his blades into the hand of that titan and joseph slid under the hand and cut it with his blades
Then the titans began hitting the house, they kept crushing it
Quilo jumped out and and rotated around some titans but he was grabbed by a titan he gasped and tried to cut the titan's finger but when he stroke his blades were broken then he looked in his scabbards and found that these were his last blades, he looked at the titan's face and sighed
Union boosted to help the squad leader but a titan ambushed him and bit him from down skinning him alive then Union fell in the streets and many titans charged at him
He looked at his torn clothes and at his belly which was torn, he shook his head and looked down then many titans bit him to death
Joseph hurried to Judai and helped him stand up then boosted with him to a roof of another house and the titans destroyed the house where they hided
Quilo struggled but the titan bit his head and swallowed him
Judai and joseph landed on a roof joseph laid judai who was critically injured
"its..its..all over! Squad leader!...UNION!...all my friends…are dead!" said judai with a miserable voice
The titans were around Union eating him and the titans who weren't around him approached joseph and Judai
"stand up" said joseph
Judai slowly raised his head at joseph
"stand up…and fight…that's what you told me…and that's what you taught me." Said joseph as he drew out his last two blades, judai had no blades left, joseph give him one of his two blades, so he had only one blade attached to his handle and his other handle had no blade "we have devoted our lives…we have carried out our duties…we have to face them..without fear…like our comrades…" said joseph
Judai smiled and stood up, he took the blade and attached it to his handle
"I will see you..right?" said judai
"we will all meet together!...and I will repay you that beating you did." said joseph jokingly
They smiled at each other with friendship in their eyes and then looked at the countless titans who were approaching them and assured death was in their eyes
Joseph and judai yelled together and ran and jumped off the building and headed towards the titans
The titans stretched many arms at them that they weren't able to block nor dodge it
Some titans slapped judai to a house crushing it
Joseph in air witness his friend then his gas suddenly ran out
He remained silent and smiled
"at least…I will be with her now.." said joseph
then he was grabbed by a titan and then the titan crushed him making him spit out blood and bleed from every part of his body then the titan crushes him with his teeth and swallows joseph
judai slowly restores his conscious and looks at the titan who ate joseph
then many small titans enters the wreckage of this house and runs towards judai
he then stands up slowly and struggles to move but he was so injured to move
he then sees a pillar of wreckage so he uses it to his favor and strikes it with his blade making some wreckage fall on the small titans trapping them
then he slowly crawls and hears the titans all around him destroying the wreckage above him
"we are paying the price of winning a battle against the titans…we are paying the price…of winning only a one battle…the titans refuse to let us get away with it" said judai as he crawls while bleeding
The titans keep smashing the wreckage and they become one layer away from him
"I wish…that I be the last one..who satisfy their hunger…at least this group of titans..but no…titan's hunger cannot be satisfied..and they don't need to eat us…then why…WHY!" shouted judai
Then slowly the sun began to rise and the light of the sun slowly shined on the wreckage where he is hiding
He looked at the sun and remembered all of his friends who died
Union,Joseph,Allen,Quilo and even the people he worked with in this mission
"to think…this is my 2nd expedition…and I will die already.." he smiled to himself then the titans opened and smashed the wreckage above him and then many arms were directed towards him
And then only one arm caught him saving him from a titan who jumped at him with a mouth
That titan grabbed him and took him closer to his mouth opened it
He lowered his eyes then closed it…and then he sighed
Suddenly the titan that was grabbing him was subjugated
Then someone grabbed him and he heard noises of horses rushing
"ALL UNITS! SCATTER! ELMINATE ALL TARGETS!" shouted Erwin Smith
Then these two soldiers landed him on a roof of a house and looked at him
"my my…he is injured critically…Mobilit! take him away from this battlefield.." said Hange
"but squad leader! Its so dangerous for you to remain here alone!" said mobilit
Judai gasped and looked closely at them
"am…I…alive?" said judai exclaimed
"oh..he can talk! I thought that you were injured to the point you can't talk!" said Hange
"your equipment is at its limit too..you used all of your gas and blades!" said mobilit
Judai raised his head slowly but then fell and lost conscious
"well…he really can't talk" said Hange jokingly
"his backbone is critically injured and he has some torn toes and fingers…and he has many cuts in his body..squad leader he needs help" said mobilit
Hange nodded "as I said earlier take him away from here, I will join Erwin and his squad in this fight..my squad is to protect the resources we brought with us…and help this guy too"
"Yes sir!" said mobilit then he boosted away
The soldiers fought with the titans
Some titans were able to eat some soldiers but the soldiers also killed some titans
Erwin rotated around a titan and stroke its nape then he fired an anchor at another titan's nape and killed it then he jumped over a titan who tried punching him and landed on its nape slicing it he then fell inside a house through the window and jumped from the other side firing an anchor at a titan's arm to swing himself towards the nape and then he tore it off
Then he landed on a roof and Hange joined him
"things really look ugly like we have predicted.." said Hange
"it seemed that a group of soldiers were really here…they attracted many titans" said Erwin
"yes but this means that the north west titans were a lot..or else what are we facing? " said Hange
"there is no doubt that the soldiers here were able to secure the place otherwise why would these titans come here?" said Erwin
"however,whats the situation? Did you find them?" said Erwin
"we found only one injured soldier…and he had used all of his gas and blades…but no sign for other people" said Hange
Erwin sighed,"fine lets secure this place immediately" said Erwin
"yes! WOOHOO!" said hange as she jumps and heads towards the titans
Erwin sighed and shook his head
The soldiers in groups started slashing through the titans' hands and legs in order to reach the nape
Some soldiers were suddenly bitten and others were smashed by titans
Hange however, was so fast that she killed many titans within a short time period
Erwin eliminated many titans as well and then all the soldiers stood on houses to catch their breath
"Most of them are dead now.." said Hange
She drew out new blades and looked at the remaining titans
A soldier came to report to Erwin
"Sir! We have many casualties…these titans were so tough..even I am injured" said the soldier
"I see Omen…hang in there, these are the only ones left…is there any news from the commander?" asked Erwin
"yes sir! He has given the order of advancing! He wants us to establish a new supply base fifty kilometers from here." Said Omen
"WHAT! Doesn't he realize that we don't have the man power to pull this off?" said hange
"calm down hange…there was squad that was supposed to go with you,right?" said Erwin
"yes…I think..its name was….the Quilo squad." Said Hange
"its too late!" said mobilit who joins them
"here you are mobilit! I thought you were dead!" said Hange
"what kind of thoughts is that squad leader!" said mobilit
"mobilit, what's wrong?" said Erwin
"the Quilo squad alongside the other squads that secured the place here were all wiped out by the northwest titans..the only survivor is that soldier we have saved at the last moment" said Mobilit
Erwin sighed and hange was shocked
"wait a minute…many people died in the mission of securing checkpoint 1! How can the commander orders us to proceed?" said hange
"the expedition wasn't based on securing checkpoint 1…it was supposed to establish a new supply base so I am not against the commander..i am only worried about the far distance we will cross.." said Erwin
"fine..lets take these guys out.." said Hange and then they were all astonished
A large group of titans was running from the horizon
They were so many….
"INCOMING! INCOMING! LARGE HORDES OF TITANS APPROACHING!" shouted a scout
"THEY ARE HORDES OF ABNORMALS! THEY ARE RUSHING!" shouted another scout
Erwin looked surprised and hange amd mobilit were stunned
"how?" said Erwin
"sir!..news has arrived from the commander's team! They were ambushed by many titans! And they are retreating to the entrance of checkpoint 1!" said a soldier
Erwin looked at him then looked at the hordes of titans that are rushing
"Er-win…I think it's the time for…" said Hange
"yes…your right…ALL UNITS! RETREAT IMMIDIATLY! RUSH TO THE ENTRANCE OF CHECKPOINT 1 IN COMBAT FORMATION!" shouted Erwin
All the soldiers were terrified and once they heard this order they all rushed to their horses and rode them out of the place
They left the north east part of the base, and then the titans arrived destroying all the houses and running with an incredible speed destroying everything in their way, they transformed the base from buildings and houses into ashes
The soldiers move at their top speed trying desperately to escape from the titans then suddenly some titans appeared in their way
"what? They weren't there before!" said Hange
"ALL UNITS AVOID CONTACT UNLESS NECESSARY!" shouted Erwin then he jumped with his ODM gear and fired an anchor at the titan's arm then he rotated around it and boosted towards its nape cutting it and then landed on his horse and continued riding
"that's some show right there Erwin" said Hange
"focus on the road,Hange" said Erwin
Titans continued to appear in the way and started kicking some soldiers off their horses and when a soldier tried to fight with them he lost his balance due to the lack of any thing that he could use his ODM gear on and he was eaten
So leaving the horses was a suicide and it was their top priority to remain on their horses
Judai slowly recovered, he was on a cart pulled by horses and beside him was soldier girl named Hikari who was treating him
"oh your awake! Its good to see you finally conscious" said hikari
He put his hands on his head
"where…am..I?" said Judai
"as expected…you still not fully conscious after all, you have broken limbs, critical injuries in your backbone and torn pieces of meat and various cuts in your body…you must have been in a crazy battle" said hikari
"…no joking…" said judai as he looked at the bandages around him
She looked around and then said "we still in a titan territory because oddly,the titans are chasing us….it seems that they all are abnormals"
He looked at a titan who was running and then noticed that the soldiers ignored them and kept dodging them
"why don't they engage him?" asked judai
"these are the orders of the Squad leader…we are in hurry to rescue the commander's squad which is pinned down by the titans"
"the commander is pinned down?" asked judai
She nodded
"which is squad is this? I don't remember well"
"you are with Squad Erwin and and squad Hange, I am Hikari of squad Erwin! Nice to meet you!"
"squad Erwin and…squad…Hange?" asked judai
"you haven't said your name yet though"
"I apologize..I am judai..of squad Quilo..didn't you find anyone other than me?"
"No…you are the only one we have found! I am sorry but it seems all your teammates have…"
Judai lowered his eyes and then a soldier shouted
"INCOMING! TITANS BREAKING THROUGH!"
Suddenly titans began appearing and dashing through the soldiers
They smashed some soldiers and stomped some and grabbed some and then fell but breaking these soldiers bones
He looked at the titans with a careless look
"I want an ODM gear…now" said judai
Hikari gasped "what! You are injured! You aren't in a condition that allows you to use the ODM gear"
"I am able to use it..trust me…just give it to me already"
"sure?"
Judai nodded
"okay then…use it to be ready to escape in case any titan ambu-" said hikari but then judai jumps and boosts at some titans who grabbed some soldiers
"WAIT! WHAT THE HECK?!" shouted hikari
The soldiers looked at him
"WHERE IS HE GOING? DOES HE WANT TO DIE?!" shouted a soldier
Judai boosted strongly that he was about to hit a titan but then he rotated him self and slashed its nape then he fired an anchor at a titan which was grabbing a soldier and stretched its hands at him
Once he got near that titan he fired his two anchors at the titan's eyes then swung himself behind the titan and boosted towards its nape cutting it
Then he jumped from that titan and made another boost in air and fired an anchor at titan who was eating a soldier but the soldier seemed alive
The titan looked at him and dashed at him
The titan was about to impact judai but he dodged the titan just in time and fired an anchor towards the nape and tore it off
"WHOA! HE SOLO SUBJUGATED THREE TITANS!" shouted a soldier
A lot of soldiers were amazed by his skills
He continued swinging from a titan to a titan killing each one he gets then he aimed at a titan's hand and tore it off and then jumped at its other hand cutting it
The titan began charging with its head at him then he released some gas to increase his jump then he landed with a strong slash to the nape slashing it
He landed in the field and looked behind him
He has eliminated all the titans which were breaking through the soldiers
He sighed and changed his blades
The soldiers who he saved their lives came to him and thanked him
They told him about his great skill at killing the titans and he nodded at them
Hange and mobilit noticed him
"isn't that the soldier who was found injured? Did he…kill all of these?" said mobilit
"his skills are…remarkable" muttered Hange
"that's amazing…despite his injuries..he was able to slaughter all these titans alone?" said hikari
He returned to the cart and he was covered in blood of the titans
"you got used to killing the titans right?" said hikari
He looked at her
"I have encountered many titans that their moves are all predi-" said judai but then he paused for a second…he remembered Quilo's statement to joseph
"what? You mean you predict their moves?" said hikari
"No..titans' moves are unpredictable..they might perform any move any second.." said judai and he lowered his eyes
"ALL UNITS! PREPARE FOR COMBAT! WE HAVE REACHED THE BASE ENTRANCE! ELMINATE ALL TITANS IN THE AREA AND SECURE THE AREA!" shouted Erwin then he jumped and used his ODM gear
Hange followed him and so did Mobilit
They arrived at the entrance where the titans were roaming the area
Keith's squads were almost wiped out and he kept escaping titans alongside his personal guards
"you exhausted yourself! You should have waited till we arrive here" said hikari
"I am not exhausted..worry about yourself." Said judai then he flew away
Hikari looked at him while he jumped "..Rude…" said hikari then she jumped behind him
The soldiers started maneuvering around the titans
The titans didn't stand still, they began swinging their hands everywhere, slapping some titans and seriously injuring them
Some titans tore the titans' limbs but the titans were faster and charged with their mouths biting many soldiers
Judai and hikari joined a group of soldiers who were attacking some titans
They were running on the roof then suddenly a titan smashed the house they were about to jump on
Some of the soldiers fell to their death and two soldiers were grabbed by the titan
Judai released some gas and fired a hook towards that titan
He rotated around it then boosted towards the nape killing it then fired another anchor towards a house then he becomes in mid-air
A titan suddenly appeared before him and stretched his arm towards him
Hikari fired an anchor at the other hand and slashed it
The titan switched his attention towards her giving judai the opportunity to quickly boost towards the nape tearing it off
He landed on a house and hikari landed near him
"your so careless! You might have got grabbed there" said hikari
"thanks for the save" said judai then he jumped again and maneuvered around some titans
"what kind of thanking is that?!" said hikari then she jumped behind him
He was rotating around three titans
One of them was eating a soldier and was busy chewing him while the other two kept looking at judai
"if I charge at anyone of them..the other might interfere..what should I do?" said judai as he rotated around them
Then he suddenly felt pain in his back
"UGHHH.." shouted judai
Then he let go his handles and his anchors came loose and fell, he fell in the streets damaging his legs
A titan rushed towards him, he looked at him and grabbed his handles then as the titan stretched his hand towards him, he stabbed the hand with his blade
The titan moved away his hands then jumped at him
He rolled away and the titan jumped at a house collapsing it
Hikari landed and helped judai stand
"I told you! Your in no condition to fight! Stay away from this fight" said hikari
"you stay away from this..don't interfere with me" said judai then he jumped with a gas release and headed towards the titan which collapsed the house
He used too much gas and charged at the nape slashing it
Then he slid underneath a tall titan and fired an anchor towards its nape and tore it
The titan at his areas fell destroying houses and a titan fell on some short titans
He stood on a roof then saw six titans heading towards him
"damn…do they just keep coming" said judai and then he saw a hook hitting one of them
A soldier charged with a great speed and accurately slicing its nape then landed on another's nape and then boosted towards the face of a titan stabbing its eyes then switched the blades while in mid-air and landed on its nape then rotated around a titan
Another titan aimed his hand at that soldier and punched but the punch hit a titan sending it away destroying some houses
Then that titan fell down with its nape cut clean then that soldier landed on the fifth titan which was a very short titan and broke its blades while killing it
The titan which collapsed a houses stood up slowly and looked at that soldier
That soldier fired an anchor at a house and looked at it…and..it seemed it was..speaking with it?!
"Whoa…that guy..is so powerful! But…crazy as well?" said judai
"which guy? That's squad leader Hange zoe! Amazingly powerful right!" said hikari
Judai was shocked "so this is…Hange zoe…I never thought that she was that strong." Muttered judai
"well your strong..but there is no comparison between you and the squad leader..this is the power of an A class soldier!" said hikari
He looked at her "if that's the skill of an A class soldier…then what is the power of an S class soldier!" said judai
She pointed at Erwin who was standing and among him the corpses of ten titans vaporizing around him
Judai was amazed
"did…he.." said judai
Hikari nodded "he is way strong! Squad leader Erwin is currently the second strongest humanity's soldier!"
"second strongest?" said judai
"yes! The strongest soldier is squad leader Miche! He is an S class soldier, his skills were upgraded to the point he can smell titans!" said hikari
"smell titans..he must have faced many titans to reach that point!" said judai
"he sure did!"
"what about her! She is still speaking with the titan! The titan is regenerating! He might attack her any second!" said judai
"well squad leader Hange is sort of weird..she doesn't fear the titans at all! She always tries to communicate with titans! Even as her teammate, me and my comrades always are freaked out by her actions..look this is the moment where the titan will attack her then mobilit arrives to save her"
Judai looked astonished at her and then suddenly the titan smashed the house hange was standing on
Hange jumped and while she was in mid-air, the titan dashed at her but then a hook was already fired at him and then his nape was in the air! It was mobilit who arrived just in time and saved Hange
"mobilit! thanks for the save!" said hange while in mid-air
"HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU SAY THAT TO ME!...JUST IN THIS EXPEDITION!" said mobilit
"he seems to have some tension!" said judai
"you have to excuse him..unlike all of us! Squad leader trusts him and treats him as her right hand! So he has to spend the entire time with her! He sometimes drinks a lot to forget her talks or to be unconscious while hearing her" said hikari
Judai stared at her and thought "what is that?..why aren't they worried about the titans?...they seem to be careless about them…is that the time to mention all of that…my squad and I used to be on guard every minute! But they aren't very scared nor worried they consider it…a job…or is it because its an A class team?" thought judai while looking at hikari
Hikari noticed his stare and blushed
"what?! Did I say something bad?"
Judai looked careless at her and switched his look at the remaining titans
"nothing..I am gonna go kill those guys.." said judai then jumped away
"HEY YOU CANT JUST LEAVE ME EVERY TIME LIKE THAT! Sheesh! What type of men is he?" said hikari then she jumped behind him
Judai noticed something
"why do you keep coming after me?" said judai
Hikari was stunned "what do you think for? To kill the rest of the titans! And I am not as careless as you to charge with that speed! You're the one who is always in front of me!" said hikari
"always? Its only been an hours since our meeting!" said judai
"well, is it my fault that I get used to people quickly! Why do you mention these weird stuff during this situation! Just hurry up and kill those titans before you get killed!" said hikari with a smile
Judai was embarrassed "whatever! Lets go!" said judai
When he was about to slash a nape, the titan switched his head with his mouth open
Judai gasped and entered the mouth
Hikari screamed his name and then the titan closed his mouth
Judai blocked with his blades the teeth which started cracking through his blades
He released some gas and escaped the mouth of the titan which head-butt him making him lose his balance and fall on a roof of a house
Then hikari landed on that titan's nape killing it and then jumps from the head to the house
"see how careless you are! Charging at a titan like that! You must have a death wish!" said hikari
Judai stood up slowly "…whatever" said judai
"you can't ignore that truth ya know!" said hikari
Then someone called her
"nice kill hikari!" said a soldier
She looked back
"thanks tommy! I saw you too! You killed four titans!" said hikari
"yeah that was so tough! Sheesh abnormals ya know!" said tommy
Then he looked at judai who looked at him
"you're the one who killed many titans on his own right!" said tommy
"I guess…so" said judai
"man! You saved me back then! Thank you" said another soldier who landed on the roof
"Pierson! You had me worried about you! I thought you were dead back then!" said tommy
"well I would have been! But thanks to that guy! I am safe and sound!" said pierson
Judai looked oddly at them and then joined them another soldier girl
"you guys think its time for chit-chatting!" said a soldier girl
"you're the one to talk,tori!" said hikari
"but all of us saw you while speaking with that guy there" said tori with a smile
"he asked me something and I was just answering!" said hikari angrily
"excuses!" said tommy with a laugh
"what do you mean with that tommy!" said hikari
The soldiers announced that all titans were eliminated and then Hange joined this group
"everyone! Good job during the battle…I will now attend a meeting with the commander to see our next move..be on your guard" said hange
They all shouted yes sir expect judai who looked at the ground while covered in blood
Hange looked at him "and you…member of Quilo squad.." said hange
He looked at her "yes." Said judai
"I want to talk with you after I am done, alright?" said Hange
"of course squad leader." Said judai calmly
"good..and for god's sake! Clean yourself! Your not planning on waiting till this blood vaporizes" said hange
The group laughed quietly
"rest but don't let your guard down..see you" said hange then she flew away
Tori handed judai a tissue with a smile
Judai thanked her and then looked at the squad
"so this is..Hange's squad…man..they don't show any worries about our situation…" said judai
They then looked at him
"most of the soldiers saw you during fighting! Even I saw you killing titans no problem! How did you do that?" said tommy smiling towards judai
"well..I..don't know…I just feel it.." said judai lowering his eyes
Pierson approached him and put his hand on judai's shoulder
"thanks again for the save! I didn't have the chance to thank you!" said pierson
"you wanted to thank me while we were surrounded by many titans!" said judai while being stunned
"whats with it?" said pierson
Judai sighed and shook his head and then he looked at the sun
"hey…uhh…want to resupply?" said tori
"yeah thanks..I used too much of my gas and blades already.." said judai
"that was noticeable!" said hikari
Meanwhile at keith's team,
"those titans have become stronger than before! Many squads were wiped out! Report immediately! What is the status of checkpoint 1?" shouted keith at the squad leaders
"Sir! The West part was secured by four squads incuding Squad miche! With the least casualties! Then the East part was secured by Squad Erwin and squad Hange and another squad and the North part was classified into the north west and the north east, the north west squads were totally wiped out while the soldiers of the north east succeeded in securing it however, the were soon wiped out by the titans of the north west! my squad and your squad alongside another four squads were supposed to be classified and secure the south part of checkpoint 1" said a squad leader
"and what the hell happened to those squads?!" shouted Keith
"isn't it obvious sir…nearly all of them were killed! The titans' numbers oddly increased and they began heading towards checkpoint 1 ambushing the soldiers." Said another squad leader
"this is unacceptable! It is refused to retreat now! We have wasted enough time and resources securing checkpoint 1 while our primary goal was to establish another supply base!" shouted keith
"sir, the remaining soldiers are low in numbers and injured…if we proceed we might all get eaten!" said a squad leader
"not to mention…the titans seem to be performing a some kind of strategy of reinforcements!...if they continue their assault..we might not be able to resist any longer" said hange
"I am with hange at this point..sir we have suffered many lives loss already.." said Erwin
"then what are you suggesting Erwin?" asked keith
"I suggest retreating to the wall and arrange for a nearby expedition just to allow the remaining soldiers to catch their breaths and to minimum the deaths" said Erwin
Keith shouted "We have just wasted another expedition just for the soldiers' sake! I refuse to delay any more progressions! We will carry out this mission no matter what! You all have one hour to rest! Dismissed!" shouted keith
They all shouted sir, Hange joined Erwin In the corridor
"the commander's out of his mind! We will all die at this rate" said Hange
"I agree with you Hange..but we can't afford to disobey his orders…even if its totally wrong.." said Erwin
"totally? He is ready to sacrifice the remaining soldiers! He has abandoned his humanity..Erwin" said hange
"sometimes hange..we are forced to abandon our humanity, as squad leaders,we refuse to carry the burden of our fallen comrades believing in that they have died for humanity's sake" said Erwin
"there is a difference Erwin, we don't carry the burden of them dying but…as he insists on proceeding knowing that the results is certain defeat…then he will carry the burden of all us!" said Hange
Erwin looked at her quietly then suddenly they found Miche running through the corridor
"what's the rush for Miche?" asked Hange
"QUICKLY! You two! Move!" said Miche then catches his breaths
"is there something?" asked Erwin
"titans! Titans from every direction! I can smell them…they are a lot!" said Miche
"impossible…we have secured the place! How could they reach us so fast" said Hange
"you sure Miche?" asked Erwin
"I am pretty damn sure…come on! Lets get out and guide our squads!" said miche
Both of them nodded and hurried away
The soldiers were resting on the roof, the noticed some dust on the horizon
Judai sat alone looking at his blades, he was remembering his friends…
"I was with him…I was just speaking with him…and then all that happened!" said judai referring to Union
Then hikari came and sat beside him
"whats wrong judai? Why are you sitting alone?! Come sit with us!" said hikari
"sorry hikari..but I prefer sitting alone for now.." said judai
She looked at him with sympathy "you miss them…right?" said hikari
He slowly nodded
"look..they all died for a good cause…and you must thank god that you are alive..instead of crying for them! Focus on the new status!" said hikari
"what do you mean?" said judai
"well…I am starting to feel that there is a new friendship will occur!" said hikari smiling at him
"friendship?" said judai astonished
Hikari looked at him then got an angrily look
"yes! Why not?" said hikari looking at him with an angry look
"well, because I find you kinda of annoying!" said judai smiling
She then quickly stroke him with an elbow making him dizzy
"say that again!" said hikari proudly
"No I prefer not!" said judai
Suddenly they heard loud noise of footsteps all stomping at the same time
They looked around themselves and found that titans were coming from all directions
"INCOMING! INCOMING! TITANS FROM NORTH,WEST,SOUTH,EAST! WITH UNCOUNTABLE NUMBERS!" shouted a soldier
"EVERYONE LINE UP! PREPARE FOR BATTLE IN COMBAT FORMATION!" shouted another soldier
"but we have just secured the place! Don't they ever give us a break?" said tori
"well that's what is expected from the titans! Lets go!" said judai then he drew out blades from his scabbards
"your quite fired up,judai" said pierson
"I am just used to it already"said judai
Hange's squad regrouped on each other and watched how the titans are rushing towards the area
"oh..my god…" said Hange with a low voice
"Sqaud leader! There is too many than we can handle!" shouted mobilit from a roof
"MOBILIT! GET TO THE SQUAD! DON'T STAND ALONE THERE!" shouted Hange
Erwin looked at keith who stepped outside looking with astonishment at the titans
They couldn't count the titans…they were so many and they were almost all abnormals and they rushed crazily
"hey…aren't these the ones that were chasing us from the north east?" said a soldier
"yes…and it seems that they caught up with us!" said a soldier
Erwin used his ODM gear and reached Keith
"commander, did you observe these titans?" said Erwin
"yes Erwin, over fifty titans..rushing towards here!" said keith
"sir its our top priority to retreat now otherwise.." said Erwin
"I have already refused that request…we will carry on the mission! ALL UNITS PREPARE FOR BATTLE! HOLD THE GROUND AND DON'T BACK UP FROM YOUR PLACES!" shouted keith
"sir,please…reconsider your order…at this rate more people will die than before!" said Erwin
Keith looked at him angrily "Let them remember their training..let the ones who trained hard preform and the ones who didn't train regret.." said Keith
Erwin gasped and looked away
The soldiers were stunned and astonished
"the commander…want us to die?!" said a soldier
"he doesn't care about our efforts?" said another soldier
"I almost died today because of this damn plan!" said another soldier
"He expect us to stop all these titans!" said another soldier
then a soldier tried to encourage his fellow teammates by stating that they can beat these titans if they get rid of their hesitation
then once the titans reached the town, they didn't care about buildings…just like before they continued rushing even if it meant they had to smash their way through buildings and other titans
the soldiers were flabbergasted and many of them began stepping away
"we won't only get eaten…we will get smashed as well?" said a soldier
Judai gasped
"is that it?...we are gonna die now?..no way we can stand a chance against all of these!" said tommy
They all looked hopeless
"before…before my dear friend died…he told me that he wanted to die fighting the titans…as it's the honor he desires..as a scout…a scout who devoted his heart and soul for humanity..so lets all do that!..lets die as scouts for humanity!" said judai
Hange's squad looked at him surprised
"you really are special…somehow…I am all encouraged to fight now!" said pierson
"yeah me too!" said tommy
"cant believe it but me too!" said tori
"devoting my life…yes I had never thought about it…I now know what it means…it means sacrificing myself for humanity's sake! That's my desire as well! Lets do it!" said hikari
Judai thought in himself "they were joking a while ago..now..they accept death?"
The titans transformed half of the town into ashes and soil, no building was left and when they were about to reach the entrance where the scouts were, keith ordered the them to commence the attack
All of the scouts yelled and shouted and boosted towards the titans
Judai and Hange's squad charged hardly at the titans, they killed many titans
Judai kept slashing and tearing through their limbs and meat, he broke many blades
He was grabbed many times but saved by his new teammates. He also saved some of his teammates
But it didn't matter how many they killed…it just seemed that their numbers were endless
The soldiers began dying and dying and in the same time exhausted
The soldiers began losing conscious due to the injuries they received from the titans
And the titans were so fearsome and savages, they didn't care about the injuries they had of torn arms,legs or even eyes
They kept grabbing or biting anywhere till they wiped almost all the soldiers
Judai was bitten from his arm, half of his arm was torn and he screamed
Hikari screamed his name and then boosted towards him but she was slapped by a titan and her hooks covered her
Pierson dodged many attacks and delivered many strikes to the titans but it didn't do well and he was also bitten suddenly by an ambush titan who broke through a house and bitten some skin at his back however, he tried to remain conscious and boosted away and while he was boosting, he saw hikari being slapped and flying away in air
While she was flying away a titan jumped with his mouth open to catch her while she was almost unconscious but then pierson fired an anchor towards that titan and kicked its head making the titan fall and then used his head to jump and catch hikari
"j-u…ju-…ju-dai.."Muttered hikari as she bled
"wh-ere…is…he?" said pierson as he bled strongly
Hikari looked at him and then lost her conscious
Tommy kept tearing titans' legs with other soldiers
He found judai lying on ground with his ODM gear broken and a part of his hand was missing and bleeding
He caught him and boosted away dodging many titans' attacks but many soldiers with him were stomped to death unable to dodge the titans' smashes
But as he was dodging, a titan jumped and bit his leg making tommy and judai fall together in the streets
Suddenly some titans appeared and rushed towards both of them but then tori interfered and cut a nape of a titan and slashed a titan's hand and sliced a titan's fingers then she keeps rotating around them till she was about to be punched but mobilit arrived and slashed the titan's arm and then fired an anchor at its eyes and swings himself and then sliced its nape
He then tells tori to help him save tommy and judai
Hikari lost her conscious and pierson hardly was standing face to face with many titans
Then suddenly he falls on his knees giving up to assured death but then Hange lands on a titan nape then swings herself to another nape then slides under a titan and slices all its back including its nape then a titan tries to grab her but she slashes its fingers and then she releases some gas to reach the other side and then rotates to slice the titan's nape however, she was already injured
Her face was bleeding as she was punched by a titan
She hardly took her breaths
"squad…leader…" muttered pierson then he lost his conscious
She looked at him with sadness then mobilit and tori joined her holding judai and tommy
"…too many injuries I see.." said Hange
Mobilit nodded "Even you squad leader…you are hurt!"
"that is nothing! Damn…even Erwin is hurt!" said Hange
Erwin leaned on a wall looking down on some titans who were scratching the house he was standing on with the ODM gear
He was bleeding and he was covered in blood
Miche was among the squad that was supposed to protect Keith
Keith looked horribly as the titans ate many soldiers
He listened to the screams of soldiers and looked at the soldiers who remained and noticed their exhaustion and the continuous increment in the numbers of the titans he even noticed the injuries the Elites suffered like Erwin's and hange's injuries
He closed his eyes slowly then opened them suddenly
"ALL UNITS! WITHDRAW AT ONCE! RETREAT TO THE WALL! I REPEAT! RETREAT TO SHIGNASHINA DISTRICT AT ONCE!" shouted Keith
"YOU HEARD HIM! ALL UNITS WITHDRAWW!" shouted miche
The remaining soldiers were injured critically but they rushed to their horses but most of them were grabbed while trying to escape
"finally…did he change his mind?" said Hange
"Well I don't want remain till he changes his mind again! Lets get out of here!" said mobilit then once they left the roof of that house, the house was smashed by titans
Hange ordered tori and mobilit to bring their comrades with them, even Hange carried her teammates and barely the remaining scouts escaped the supply base while the titans kept smashing it and eating the corpses and the rest of the injured soldiers who were left screaming and yelling
Half an hour later, Shignashina district trail outside the walls,
Judai heard the noise of cart wheels…he slowly opened his eyes and found hikari lying beside him to the right and pierson lying beside him to the left and tommy was lying beside pierson
Judai felt some pain in his hand and looked at it and it had bandage around it, pierson had bandage around his entire right side and hikari wore bandages at random locations and tommy wore a bandage around both of his legs
Pierson,tommy and hikari were still unconscious he slowly raised his head and realized that he was on a cart, he looked at the sunset and found mobilit,tori and Hange on the cart looking at him and wearing bandages
"you really are a tough guy aren't you…" said Hange with a smile
"squad leader.." said judai hardly
"gotta admit..you have shown much potential during this expedition.." said mobilit
"yes squad leader! He is very strong but his injuries were so deep that he lost conscious many times" said tori
"I am aware of that..how do you feel,judai?" said Hange
"I am..fine…ughh.." said judai but then he felt the pain of his arm
"hmm..you don't seem to be.." said Hange
"please…excuse me.." said judai
"don't worry about it..we are all injured…No one in the remaining scouts here isn't injured…even the commander.." said Hange
"remaining?" said judai surprisingly
The three of them looked at him
Mobilit helped him to stand on his back and look around him
There were so little amount of scouts remaining
All of them looked depressed and miserable
They had bandages all around them
And they were all staring at the road
Judai was flabbergasted and laid on his back again
Hange sighed "the expeditions are getting more and more disastrous. Not to mention what we have accomplished in this one"
"we didn't accomplish much…we were pinned down by titans from everywhere.." said tori
"I know..hey judai…what are you planning on doing once we reach the wall?" said Hange
Judai looked at his arm "I don't know..I might just wait for being recruited to another squad.." said judai
"I see…but it's a waste to let go such an elite soldier like you" said Hange with a smile
Judai looked at her astonished
"besides I saw how my teammates admired you and liked you and you seem reasonable and trustworthy..and I need a powerful soldier like you to take care of the squad while I and mobilit are gone so…I announce you member of squad Hange..nice to meet you judai!" said Hange with a smile
Judai was completely stunned and nodded at Hange "I won't let you down squad leader!"
"hopefully you won't! after all you seemed very friendly with my teammates! So enjoy your new friends while you can" said Hange
Judai laid his head and looked at hikari who was surprisingly awake and smiling at him
"wel-come….you..suicidal! I can't be-lieve..I will ha-ve to work with you!..you will be the reas-on of our death!" said hikari jokingly and the rest smiled at each other
He smiled and closed his eyes to finally rest after so many battles…and after many life loss…after many death moments and to brace himself for a new battle
The scouts reached shiganshina district and the bell rang and all the people of the district crowded at the gates witnessing how the scouts entered injured and bitten
Keith entered looking down and the people started mocking him and making fun of him
"that's all who left?" said a citizen
"I bet that they ran cowardly!" said another citizen
"hey keith! Why did you return with these! It was for the best to settle the score and kill everyone!"
"whats so hard in killing a titan! These unskilled clowns!" said a garrison soldier
Erwin rode his horse near Keith
"sir, a moment please.."
"go ahead…Erwin"
"I want to you to reconsider my strategy…the Long Enemy scouting formation that I suggested you the last expedition..as I informed you before, it will greatly minimum the number of the deaths among the scouts! And it will provide better results during our scouting" said Erwin
"Erwin,you have told me about that before..and I refused..i won't change my mind no matter what..I have enough problems now and I don't want you to increase it!"
"but sir!"
"its done Erwin! Your proposal is rejected" said Keith then he didn't look at Erwin
Erwin sighed and continued moving
The Scout Regiment have just ended a new expedition, the people didn't know about their sufferings and how the people died nor how many good lives were wasted and kept making fun of them…The scout Regiment returned..and the expedition was a failure.
Next time on Scout Regiment:Endless Efforts,
in the year 836, Keith shadis prepared an expedition and provided it with many resources,trying new strategies and still refusing to use Erwin's strategy: The Long Enemy Scouting Formation
new recruits entered the scout regiment among them a soldier girl name Lydia, who strongly believes in humanity's power and refuses to change her mind of joining another regiment other than the scouts after hearing about what happened in the year 835.
Judai got used to the Hange squad and trained with them and reached the rank of the strongest soldier before Hange herself allowing Hange to place a great deal of trust in him and plans with her squad a new strategy in this expedition
The scouts prepare for a new expedition and they continue their series of their endless efforts.
