Hey guys! Here's chapter number 3 of my 'Attack on Titan' story. I hope you're enjoying reading this as i am typing it. Anyway it's finally time to see Kane and his team start thier mission. will they succeed? Or will they fail? Lets see.
Adam raced to the head of the pack so he could direct his team.
"Okay people General Pax said there was a supply drop ahead, next to prime location to set up base camp." said Kane.
"Base camp? That even a good idea sir?" asked Sunshine.
"We need a place to honker down after we capture Reiss, a safe place to wait for back up. According to information gather in advance there should be a cave between the LZ and the King's compound. It should be gin enough to house us safely will only being big enough for a four meter class titan at most to enter. All in all its a safer bet than sitting out in the open, waiting for a pick up." explained Kane as they went.
"Sounds good to me. Lets hope the drop didn't attract any 'friends' of the super-sized variety." said Dirk.
"If it did then we deal with whatever comes our way. That's an order." said Adam as they advanced forward. They kept and went fast, keeping an eye out for titans as they moved. They were coming up on the supply drop. And three titans. Two ten meters and one a whopping 15 meter.
"Oh shit! Look at those big bastards!" said Sunshine.
"Cut the chatter Sunshine! Everyone knows the drill, Amsel and Springer on the ten meter to the left. Boykin and Harrison take down the ten meter on the right. Robinson, Hughes, and Jacobs on me. We're taking that big bastard out!" barked Adam. His squad replied with 'yes sir!' before splitting up and going to take out their assigned titans.
"Hey big boy! You want some dark meet? I'm right here you fugly son of a bitch!" called Sunshine to the Titan from a tree branch. The yelling had grabbed the Titan's attention making it look at Sunshine. It licked it's lips before moving towards him. When the titan reached a hand out to grab Sunshine reacted shooting out his grapples and speeding away just in time.
"On second thought, i'm not on the menu!" laughed Wally as the titan reached out again only to be taken out by Chad from behind. Chad landed on a branch as the titan fell dead with the base of it's neck removed. He turned and gave thumbs up to Sunshine.
Dirk shot past the titans's face, just barely missing the titan's snapping jaws.
"Too slow you big bastard!" called Dirk as the titan took another swing to grab him and missed. "Any time now Springer!" called Dirk as he maneuvered to get away from the titan. The titan was going to swing again when Violet shot her grapples into the kill spot and shot forward, swinging with her blades scoring an instant kill.
"Oh yeah! Top that!" called Violet as she landed on a tree branch below Dirk's.
two soldiers distracted the seventeen meter class while Kane and another soldier shot past the titan's 'knees pits' and slicing them. A new tactic developed to get titans of balance and give soldier a better chance at hitting the 'sweet spot' before it regenerated. A risky maneuver but it was better than nothing. Unfortunately Jacobs didn't hit correctly and tumbled to the ground after loosing his center of balance. As soon as he hit the ground the grabbed him with crushing force, despite being off balance. It brought the soldier to it's open jaws right before Adam sliced it across the kill spot. Kane then shot his grapples and shot away from the titan before going in again and landing a second hit to the kill spot just for good measure. The titan dropped Jacobs who was then caught by Dirk as the titan fell dead. Adam landed next ot dirk and the soldier.
"How is he?" asked Adam.
"No pulse. He's gone, must've been crush to death when the titan picked him up" said Dirk solemnly before shutting Jacobs' eyes out of respect. Adam sighed looking down at his fallen comrade.
"Okay, every go in teams of two or three and find the supply crates." said Adam as his team began to spread out.
Later...
Adam brought down the last of the crates into the cave. It was a decent sized cave. Several tents were set up. Two for sleeping, one for medical, and one housing a table and several maps to strategize their next move. It also housed a radio to call for pick up. There was also a three walled chain-link fence pressed up against the wall. That was where they'd keep Reiss when he was captured. Several crates were piled up between the two tents for sleeping. These crates held food, water, and fuel canisters for their 3DM gear. Kane put the last crate down before facing his team.
"Okay people rest up. Dirk and I are gonna keep our ears open for any chatter from the unlawful combatants." informed Adam facing his team which soon dispersed. Adam then walked into the 'Mobile Command' tent and found Dirk sitting by the radio switching frequencies.
"Any luck?" he asked.
"None. Wish Jacobs was still here. Always used to see him playng with these dam things back the den." said Dirk as the team was still feeling the lost of their team mate.
"Well he isn't. That means we have continue for him. Make sur ehis sacrifice wasn't in vain." said Adam.
"I know. Still it sucks. You sure eight people is all we're gonna need for this? Seems like we're a bit short handed around here." said Dirk.
"Should be enough. This is a covert mission and we only have a small time frame to get it done. Too many people may just slow us down." reason Adam.
"If you say so..." replied Dirk.
"Something on your mind soldier?" asked Adam noticing how quickly Dirk became silent.
"Nothing sir its just... I mean... god we're doing all this just to go after our own king? I just can't seem to fully wrap my head around that sir." said Dirk.
"We already went over this. Alexander Reiss is a traitor. A menace to humanity. He cost civilian and soldier lives. We have enough evidence against him to justify our actions. We just need to catch the bastard." said Adam.
"Still, i mean, could we have made a mistake? This just doesn't make any sense." said Amsel.
"Doesn't matter what we think of this. What matters is the facts. And the facts are pretty clear here." said Adams.
"Is it?" asked Dirk as he worked on the radio.
"What is that suppose to mean?" asked Adam narrowing his eyes at Dirk.
"I'm just saying maybe..." began Dirk before the radio went off.
"Hello is anyone out there? Dam it soldiers we need back up!" said a voice.
"That sounded like General Hernandez. Did you find the enemy frequency?" asked Adam surprised.
"I don't know maybe." responded Dirk, turning up the volume.
"This is General Hernandez! Me and the recon squad require immediate assistance! Our location is seven clicks into the west of the suspected drop sight of unknown object landing sight " said the commander of the military police brigade.
"We're sending soldiers on route now sir. Just hold tight." said a military police officer.
"Sounds like Hernandez is trouble." said Dirk.
"Yes it does. This may be good for us. If we move fast we can capture Hernandez and interrogate him." said Adam.
"Sir?" asked Dirk.
"Hernandez is guilty of conspiratoring with Reiss. He's also likely to have a substantial amount of information about the royal family's fortress and it's defenses." said Kane before adding, "I'm going after him."
"Alone?" asked Dirk.
"I'm bringing Sunshine and Springer with me." he said simply as he excited the command tent.
"Sunshine! Springer! With me!" called Adam as headed to the exit of the cave. Soon the two privates were behind him.
"What up sir?" asked Sunshine.
"We're going hunting private. Hunting for information." said Adam.
"Information?" asked Violet. Adam simply turned to them and nodded before firing off his grapples and shooting off into the forest. The two looked at each other before following the sergeant into the night. Soon the soldiers could hear the sounds of conflict ahead. The three stopped on a few tree branches. They could see several members of the Military police battling three thirteen meter titans.
"What should we do?" asked Violet.
"Let the titans have them. We need to find Hernandez. And as long as the military police and titans are keeping each other occupied we can do that easier." said Adam as he scanned for the commander.
"That's a bit harsh." noted Sunshine.
"They're traitors soldier. Remember that." said Kane before shooting ahead, being careful not to attract the attention of the combatants. The two privates once again had to p[lay catch up with Kane. Suddenly Kane's leg was grabbed by another ten meter, reacting on pure instinct Kane turned and severed two of the titan's fingers so he could escape. The titan moved to after him when Sunshine came up from behind and hit it's kill spot.
"That was a close one." said Violet.
"Agreed. Now focus up, we got company up ahead." warned Adam as he landed on another tree branch. Four members of the military police were fighting off two seven meter titans. There was a tent nearby, likely were Hernandez broadcasted his distress call as well as coordinate the search party looking for the supply drop.
"What the call sarge?" asked Sunshine.
"Lure on of those titans away from the area so i can get to the tent and hopefully find Hernandez." ordered Adam making the other two soldier nod.
A titan brought a screaming military police officer to it's mouth before chomping down on the poor soul sending blood spraying onto the ground and tree while more blood raced down the side of it's mouth. As it took it's second bite Violet raced past it's face making it turn it's head in her direction as she landed on a branch.
"Hey big boy over here!" she called before Sunshine landed next her.
"Yeah you ugly S.O.B.! Come and get us!" he added. Soon the titan was finished with it's first victim and moved to grab its next two. Sunshine and Violet sped away leading the titan away from the area while the remaining three military police killed the other titan. Right as Adam landed behind them.
"Who's that? He's no one of us!" said a officer.
"He must be one of Pax's guys! Stay alert this guy might be trouble." said another. Adam readied his blades for what came next as a officer charged him. Adam ducked under his swing before blocking another swing from another, locking their blades. Adam suddenly ducked down and rammed his shoulder into the officer's legs sending the man tumbling over him and landing on his back. Adam then turned around and plunged his blade straight down and into the officer's gut staining the area around the blade to stain the blue shirt with crimson. Adam used his free blade to black another attack and kicked away the officer. He pulled his other blade out of the dead officer's body before rolling out of the way of the next officer's blade before spinning around and charged the officer while his back was turned and plunged blade into his lower back and used the other slit the officer's throat. The then push the corpse off his blade and faced the last officer. Blocked two attacks before ducking under third. He then slash behind the officer's knee bring him down. Adam then crossed in his blades in an 'x' form at the officer's neck before scissoring and decapitating the 'unlawful' combatant.
Adam breathed out, grimacing at how, unlike the titan blood which evaporated very quickly, the human blood clung to his uniform. He then turned his attention to the command tent. He only took a few steps when his foot hit an object. Adam looked down and saw that it was Hernandez. Or half of him. His organ spilled out in a blood mess from where his lower half used to be. Undoubtedly the work of a titan.
"Dam. He won't be telling me anything useful." muttered Adam as he sheathed his blades.
"Maybe he had something on him that can help." he muttered before kneeling down and began searching Hernadez's corpse.
Meanwhile...
Sunshine and Violet continued to lead the titan away until Sunshine turned to Violet.
"Think we got this bastard far enough away?" he asked.
"Maybe! Wanna drop this guy?" asked Violet in return.
"Took the words right of my mouth." replied Sunshine in agreement.
"I'll take him out while you distract!" said Violet before zipping away.
"Sure thing." said Sunshine looking back at the titan, "Not like I've been bait already today" he added sarcastically.
A few minute slater Violet was speed behind the oblivious titan with a smile on her face. She zero'd in on the titan's kill spot and launched her hooks right into the spot and shot forward taking out out the titan.
"Woohoo! Two for two!" she cried, not paying attention as she launched her grapple again only to miss the tree she was aiming for making fall form the sky. Luckily Sunshine was on the case. He snatched her out of the sky mid fall and landed on a branch.
"If you ain't careful you'll take yourself out, never mind the titans." joked Sunshine as he held her bridal style.
"Heh, my bad." laughed Violet with an embarrassed blush gracing her features.
"Come on the sarge should be waiting for us." said Sunshine before putting her down.
"Right. Race ya." she said before speeding off.
"Hey! First you make be bait then you give yourself a head start?!" called Sunshine as he sped after her. Soon the two were back at the area they had lured the titan away from and slid to halt after landing at about the same time, despite the fact Violet had a head start.
"I so won." said Violet.
"Yeah right. You had a head start and you still ate my dust!" laughed Sunshine.
"That's what you think! I was so far ahead of you i..." Violet paused mid sentence when she saw Hernandez's half eaten corpse.
"Oh shit." said Sunshine cover his mouth to keep from puking.
"I-is Sergeant Kane o-okay?" asked Violet looking around. the as if on cue said sergeant's voice was heard
"Springer is that you?" called Adam from the small tent a few feet away.
"That answers that, lets go." said Sunshine as the two young soldier headed to the tent to see Adam searching the small space.
"Shit." cursed the sergeant.
"Something wrong sir?" asked Violet trying to peek over his shoulder and see what was frustrating him.
"Nothing that's what's wrong. Not dam thing to help us. only thing i got is Hernandez's dam journal. Who knows if that'll be helpful." said Kane holding up the blood stained journal he had looted from Hernadez's corpse.
"We lets get back to base camp and then we can really see if it's useful." suggested Violet not wanting to be out in the open any longer. She had a bad feeling.
"Yo guys we have company coming this way. one of those ten meters from before. I don't think the military police had much luck." said Sunshine.
"Go around him. We've waisted enough time as it is. we need to prepare for the final leg of this mission. Apprehending King Reiss." ordered Adam.
"Yes sir!" said the two before firing off their grapples and speeding away. Adam was about to do the same when he heard an all too familiar voice echo from the radio making him turn around with wide eyes.
"Commander are you there? one of the other scout teams reports finding a corpse. Think it might belong to one of Pax's men. Body was found in you're search zone. Can you confirm? Repeat have you had contact?" asked the voice.
"Him? it can't be, it just can't. Pax never said he was going to be here? He's one of the unlawful combatants?" said Kane before noticing the titan closing in. He gulped before running in the opposite direction and launching hid 3DM gear;s grapple hooks and shooting off. As he moved to catch up with Sunshine and Violet looked down at his tattoo. 'Duty or Death'.
'Doesn't change a thing. He's shown his true colors. Helping a tyrant. He'll have to be dealt with same as the others. Never thought it would come to this though.' though Adam as the silhouettes of Violet and Sunshine came into focus.
"There you are sir. Thought we lost you for a second." said Sunshine.
"They won't kill me that easily private. Now focus up and lets get back to base camp in one piece." said Adam as they race through the forest and back to base camp. The three landed in the cave with a soft 'thud'.
"Grab some rest you two. I'm gonna review the journal with Boykin and Amsel." ordered Adam before walking off to the command tent. He found Chad and Dirk talking inside the tent before looking up at him. Dirk looked behind him and raised an eyebrow.
"Where's Hernandez? You having the privates detain him?" asked Amsel.
"Hernandez is K.I.A. Amsel. But i got this off him." said Adam holding up the journal.
"Shit... well lets take a look at that thing." said Dirk motioning Adam over. Kane nodded and walked over placing the journal down and grabbing a seat as Dirk examined it.
"Looks like he took down some notes about the enemy compound. They call it 'New Haven'. By the sound of it the place is built to last. Walls are twenty five meters high and armed with state of the art cannons. They got a good amount of guys, mostly from the military police brigade. Aside Hernandez the other big guy in charge of the kings security detail is... holy shit!" said Dirk not believing his eyes. Chad reach over and took the journal to see what surprised Amsel so much. He scanned the bloodied lines until his eyes also widened.
"This is unexpected." said Chad looking up at Adam along with Dirk.
"If you're wondering if i knew then the answer is not until a few minutes ago until i heard him trying to reach Hernandez over the radio." said Adam
"But.. this doesn't make any sense." said Dirk.
"Actually it does when you give some thought." said Chad.
"Boykin's right. these two family's have been close for a couple of generations so far. Makes sense for Reiss to reach out to him for help." said Adam solemnly.
"This gets more insane every minute." said Dirk pinching the bridge of his nose with his thumb and pointer.
"Doesn't matter. The case is that right now Aden Jaeger is one of the unlawful combatants. Which means he will try to stop us from completing our mission. Which also mean we have to stop him first." said the sergeant making the other two soldier look up at him. Adam sighed before moving on.
"We have explosives in one of those crates right?" asked Adam.
"A few. Why whats the call?" asked Chad.
"Cause a distract by blowing a hole in there defenses. While on team takes the attention of the majority of the enemy forces. While they're pre-occupied i'll moving from behind.
"Not a lot off us. Maybe we can 'convince' a titans to lend a hand." said Dirk.
"Judging from the number of guys they got there might be a few of them clawing at the wall when we get there." pointed out Chad.
"Then it's decided. We blow a hole in their defenses and wreak havoc." said Adam.
"sounds good." agreed Dirk.
"Okay. Dirk grab Robinson and Hughes. Chad you're with me." said Adam.
"And the privates?" asked Dirk.
"Let them stay behind and watch the camp. Besides they need some rest." said Adam.
"If you say so. Let wrap this mission up. I want to get back to my wife." said Dirk standing up and stretching.
Later...
"Chad called it. got three seven meter class titans and one fourteen." informed Dirk looking through his binoculars.
"Okay. Boykin with me. Dirk, Robinson and Hughes blow a hole in that wall and raise some hell." ordered Adam, "This is it boys. It's all or nothing. Success or failure. This may be the last time we see each other. I just wanna say that it has been an honor serving with each everyone of you boys. God speed. Now lets do some damage" he added putting his hand forward
"Sir, yes sir!" cried each troop as they each put their hands in.
"Aaand break!" ordered Adam before the squad split up. Adam and Chad sped to the opposite end of the wall before waiting for the explosion and sound of shattering stone to signal their advance. Several minutes passed by. Several painfully quiet minutes. Every so often the two would do a quick scan of the area for any titans that may be passing by. Then suddenly, when the two had lost count of the minutes, the explosion they were waiting for went off. Sounds of the panicked speech and hurried foot steps of military police rushing to see what was going on could be heard from behind the wall. The two specs ops soldier looked at each other before looking up and beginning their ascent up the wall. The two went up and over the wall in a few short seconds before hiding behind the corner of the building. Chad checked for any armed guards before advancing. The two soldier worked their way out of the back alleys made up by the building that housed the military police. He kept his eye out for any wondering unlawful combatants as they made their way out of the alleys.
"Okay let get a move soldier. We got breathing room to use our 3DM so lets do it before Reiss gets away." said Adam before launching off, Chad close behind him. As they sped off through the compound Adam noticed some unlawful combatants as he zoomed forward and readied his blades. With one swing at another Adam sent heads flying with Chad taking out any stragglers he may have missed. They were making good time and thinning out the enemy troops. It was all going well until one of the seven meters from before grabbed one of Adam's grapple lines. Adam turned in surprise before cutting his line.
'dam, these things are advancing faster then i thought. I hope the other are okay.' thought Adam turning to engage until Chad shot past the titan getting it's attention.
"Go on sir! I'll handle this big bastard! just get that royal traitor!" he yelled as he went. Adam.
"This is an order soldier, get out of here in one piece." he said before shooting off again toward the main building, which didn't fail to resemble a mini castle. Adam spotted two guards standing by the front entrance. Aside form their standard issue 3DM gear they also held marksman rifles. He landed with a quick twist of his body he decapitated both guards with his pairing blades. He went to enter the building when a bullet whizzed by his head, forcing his to back up and take cover.
"For the king! Defend the royal family with you lives men!" shouted a military police officer. Adam peeked out a quick second to see the main entrance hall was filled with several military police. He could see various standard military police with several Onyx MPs (the royal fmailies' personal guard) scatted amongst them. All armed with their marksman rifles.
"Shit." cursed Adam looking around for something to help him. he spotted one the fallen sodlier's marksman rifle and picked it up. And just in time as a MP tried to flank him and get a better shot. Luckily Adam was a fats shot and double tapped the MP in the chest. Adam took a deep breath before switching cover to the opposite side of the open door way. He had narrowly avoid the barrage of bullets that came his way. Adam then came out of cover on one knee and returned fire, dropping two MPs and returning to his cover to avoid his enemy's retaliation. When Adam heard the sound of changing mags he charged. Running out of cover he took several shot dropping two MPs and a personal guard officer. He then slid into over in the form of an support pillar. He turned to his right and dropped another nearby personal guard officer. Adam quickly ejected his empty mag and placed a fresh one in it's place. He breath in deep and let out it all out in a long sigh. He then jumped out from cover and opened fire with two precise shots that drop another man on the stair way. Adam then rolled out from over and landed in a crouched position and dropped two more MPs at the top of the stair way. He the charged up the stair way several bullets made impact around him from the right side of the room. Adam turned and saw a personal guard officer standing on the right catwalk. Adam took aim and with three shot (two misses one hit) dropped the assailant. He then ducked behind cover once more as more bullets roared from the other side of the room. Adam exited cover and dropped another man and reloaded before slowly advancing in a crouched position toward the hallway on the left of the room. He kept him aim steady as possible, which served him well as dropped two mor MPs who came running from the hall way. He took cover at the corner of the hallway. He peeked before being forced back to cover by bullet fire. He had seen two personal guard officer and one last MP. He blind fired, hitting one man in the shoulder, making the the other two open fire. Their mistake as when they were forced to reload they had no cover for when Adam turned the corner and dropped them in a hailstorm of lead. Adam, seeing no more combatants. moved up the end of the hallway where the door to the next room waited.
Inside room...
Aden looked to the personal guard officer in front of him who seemed nervous when the gun fire outside ceased Aden took out a locket from under his shirt and opened it. It had a picture of his family, his little brother Jason and his parents Katherine and Grisha, (named after Aden's great grandfather). He was reminding himself there was another reason for him to go home. He then looked up to the soldier in front of him and nod as he readied his 3DM gear. The soldier went to the door and kicked it open, only to be shot in the head. The shooter entered the room in a heat beat and Aden swung at him with his pairing blades. The shooter used his gun to block the swing and kicked Aden away. Aden looked up as the gun man through the now useless rifle away.
"Kane?" asked Aden his eyes widening.
"Surprised Jaeger?" asked Kane as the two began to circle each other.
"You're with Pax?" asked Aden, his eyes widening.
"Dam straight i am. And I'm bringing King Reiss down. This is your first warning. Lay down your arms and come quietly." said Adam hoping Aden would comply but was disappointed by aden's response.
"Like hell. You're not getting to King Reiss unless you march over my dead body. And that's not happening." said Aden reading his blades. Kane sighed before drawing his own blades.
Soon the two met in the middle blades clashing They shot their grapples back and shot away charged again. Adam rolled under Aden's swing and retaliates with a swing at Aden's vulnerable back. Aden was just barely able to block backwardly . He then spun and swung at his again. Adam blocked with his own blade and was kicked away by Aden. Aden then launched his grapples, nearly hitting him. Aden then shot at him and swung. Adam was grazed on his arm when the rolled out of the way before turning to him.
"How could you do this Kane? You were a good man." said Aden facing him.
"I could say the same to you Jaeger." responded Adam as they began to circle each other.
"We're the good guys here Kane not you!" said Aden.
"We'll see about that Jaeger." growled Adam before the two met in the middle more. Adam swung low at Aden's legs making Aden jump over the attack. Aden swung twice with his blades Adam blocked twice and one second clash of their blades, the two locked blades.
"I have to ask, does the rest of your family know?" asked Adam as he pushed forward making Aden leaned back before Aden suddenly redirected Adam and is blades before making him eat a spinning back kick while he was off balance. Adam brought his blades up to block Aden's following attack.
"NO. I didn't want to them to be in danger." answered Aden.
"So i guess that makes you the black sheep." commented Adam. Before Aden could answer Adam parried Aden's blades to the side before bashing his shoulder into Aden and back his shot his grapples and shot away. Adam shot his grapples and followed Aden. The two bounced off each other as their blades clashed. They launched their grapples again and the two swung each other as they passed each other, spark flying as the blades clashed. The tow turned and shot at each again only this Adam sliced through Aden's grappling hook lines. When Aden landed he turned just in time to block another one of Adam's attack. Aden kicked him away and brought both blades down in an ark which Adam block. Aden followed up again with two slashes, backing up Adam.
Aden then charged with a powerful slash knocked one of adam's blades out of his hand. Aden swung again ready to end it. but Adam stepped and parried the attack, sending Aden past him. Adam grabbed one of Aden's hands before kicking his in the back of the knee. While Aden was vulnerable, Adam went and drove both his remaining blade and Aden's own into Aden's back. The two blades poked out of Aden's chest as he looked down at the two pairing blades in shock.
"I can't believe i looked up to you. The Jaegers are good people and you do something like this. You're a disgrace to you family. A disgrace to your Grandfather's name. You disgust me." growled Adam to the dying Aden before pulling out both blades and letting Aden drop. Adam dropped Aden's blades onto his body. Adam the picked up his blade which was nearby. he checked the connection to the rest of his 3DM gear, making sure it was still able to operate. Once he was satisfied Adam looked to the door that lead to the roof.
"Aden probably station any remaining guards at the tops of the stair in case i made it through." he said to himself before looking to the window across the room form the door.
On Roof...
Alexander stood waiting on the roof with three personal guards and two children, his wife having died several years ago do to illness. He looked around nervously as he brought his son and daughter closer to him.
"Where's Jaeger? He's suppose to be here" said Alexander.
"Where's the damn chopper. it's suppose to be here." added the soldier next to him and his children. Suddenly the sound of glass breaking was heard making them jump. Suddenly Adam Kane shot up from the edge of the roof and bore down on the two guard watching the door. Alexander covered is children's eyes as Adam decapitated both soldiers in one strike. Adam turned and was a gun point from the last soldier.
"Where's Aden?" asked Alexander.
"Gone your highness." responded Kane finishing venomously.
"Impossible... I order you to stand down soldier!" said Alexander.
"You're not giving the orders here anymore Reiss. This is the end of the line." responded Adam pointing one of his blades at Alexander.
"You're insane if you think you can get away with this!" yelled Alexander.
"Permission to put an end to this bastard sir?" asked the personal guard.
"Make it quick." replied Alexander after a time. The soldier was about to pull the trigger when he felt a blade press to his throat.
"I wouldn't do that." growled Chad calmly.
"Boykin! I thought that titan was more then you could handle for a second!" called Adam before turning to Alexander.
"Looks like it's over Reiss. Just give up and i swear you and your family won't be harmed." said Kane. Alexander gulped looking down at is two kids. He could't risk their safety. He just couldn't. He sighed before looking up at Adam in despair.
Later...
Sunshine and Violet sat in the base camp alone together.
"So when do you think the others are getting back?" asked Violet as she ate out of her rations.
"No idea. And how the hell are you hungry again already?" asked Sunshine to her, making the female shrug her shoulders. Suddenly foot steps were heard and the two shot up ready for a fight. Then Adam came through the cave entrance and the two relaxed. After him came Chad and then... King Alexander Reiss! the man had his hands cuffed behind his back and his coat was missing somewhere showing his suspenders worn over his button up shirt. He also lacked his crown. Behind him came the personal guard soldier, Dirk, and Robinson. Behind them came Alexander's children wearing their father's jacket for warmth. The light gray of the jacket almost resembled a white flag of defeat was wrapped around the two children. Behind the children finally walked in Hughes.
"Guys!" cried Sunshine as he and Violet ran up to the tired group of soldiers and prisoners.
"You sounds surprised we came back." commented Adam smirking.
"Not at all sir!" said Sunshine.
"You got the Royal traitor too!" added Violet upon seeing Alexander. The fallen king did not respond to the statement as nothing he could say would change his situation.
"Dam straight we did!" said Dirk proudly.
"Okay people the hard part is over. Sunshine help me escort Reiss and his guard to the holding cell. Springer keep an eye on Reiss' children and make sure they're comfortable. They're young and it's not like they should be held accountable for their father's actions. The rest of you get some rest and wait for the chopper to come and get us out of here." ordered Adam.
"Sir, yes sir!" responded his team before they dispersed.
"Come on you two. I'll make your both comfortable. And don't worry i don't bite." said Violet kneeling ifnront of the two kids in a friednly tone. The two children looked up to their father who solemnly nodded. The kids then nervously followed Violet.
"Get moving Reiss." ordered dam pushing Alexander along, making the former kind glare at the soldiers before walking ahead. Adam and Sunshine locked the door behind Reiss and his gaurd.
"You'll be put of trial for your crimes Alexander. Try and enjoy whatever time you left on this world." said Adam ebfore turing around with Sunshine in tow.
"You really think you're doing he right thing here don't you?" asked Alexander making Adam and Sunshine turn to face him.
"What?" asked Adam.
"You think you're doing humanity a favor. You're wrong. Not everything is as it appears here." said Reiss cryptically.
"What are you talking about?" asked Adam grabbing the chain link face while Sunshine looked at the sergeant concerned.
"Nothing i say matters any more. As you said before 'this is the end of the line'. What a shame. You all seem like good people at your cores. But now you're no better then that traitor Annie Leonhart, and her cohorts." said Reiss a he leaned against the cave wall which made up the fourth wall of the makeshift cell. Adam stood back, growling at the king.
"Your just trying to mess up my judgment. Get my mind off the mission." said the sergeant before motioning for Sunshine to follow him as they walked away form the cell.
As they walked Dam noticed that Sunshine looked worried.
"Okay there private? You look worried." he asked.
"Nothing sir it's just... Do you think he's right? You think we're as bad as her? I mean what if he's telling the truth?" asked Sunshine, making Kane look at him.
"Soldier let me tell you some thing, we're not like Anni Leonhart. We're doing this for humanity. That man inside that cell will say anything to get inside our head. He is a traitor. Not us. Hell Annie Leonhart wasn't even a traitor." said Adam.
"Sir?" asked Sunshine getting confused by that statement. Everyone knew Annie Leonhart as a traitor. Along with her accomplices Reiner Braun and Bertolt Hoover.
"she was just a soldier. Just like you, just like me. Only difference was she fought for a different army. Do i agree with what she did or why? No. Hell we don't even know why she did what she did. I just know one thing, she had a mission and she was going to do it no matter what. Because that was her duty. *looks at his tattoo* And any self respecting soldier worth his or her own spit believes in one thing 'Duty or Death'. But that man in there. He is a traitor. So in my option, he's far worse than Annie or her two companions, Braun and Hoover." explained Adam.
"that's deep sir." commented Sunshine shocked by Adam's opinion on Annie.
"Kane! Sunshine! get over! Here time for a quick celebration!" called Dirk to the two soldiers.
"Come private, lets relax. We earned some down time before we get out of here." said Adam.
"Sir yes sir." replied Sunshine getting excited and following the sergeant to meeting up with the others. Little did any of them know someone had an eye on their position...
That's all for now folks! I'll post the next chapter soon as i can. i hope you're all enjoying this story so far. Sorry to anyone who were disappointed by Aden's death. Any way i hope you all continue to enjoy the story and please review!
