Thoughts


Days passed and Ethan was quickly growing bored of aimlessly walking around the farm land that was behind Wall Maria. There was only so much entertainment to be gained when killing the other Titans.

At first Ethan didn't bother himself with the other creatures. The only time he would engage with one was when they made it within reach of his arm. Then he would grab it and kill it. Though sometimes he would drag the kills out. Rip off limbs, punch through stomachs. It passed the time.

It wasn't till the third day of walking that Ethan came across something both interesting and alarming. He'd been walking along the edge of Wall Maria when he caught the very strong scent of what he now knew to be humans. This confused Ethan greatly. Out of all the time he's been walking not once has he smelled humans besides what what already lingering in the air. But this was a whole new scent. One that suggested a human that was alive.

Ethan ran in the direction the scent was coming from, and as it got stronger the more Ethan drooled. It was really quite irritating, and the only way to keep it at bay was to consciously keep his lips pinched together and swallow it back.

There were several Titans also going in the direction the scent was coming from. Ethan found this equally alarming as the scent itself.

When he finally made it to where the scent was strongest Ethan discovered about a dozen Titans were trying to climb the wall. The most confusing part of the spectacle was the brick wall attached to a pulley system, suggesting this was a door of some sort.

This worried Ethan because such a door was no where else on the entirety of the wall. It didn't lead into Trost or any of the other three cities attached to Wall Rose because he was looking at Wall Maria.

Earns thoughts stuttered to a stop. Each wall had four cities attached to the outside of them. Each one surrounded by their own wall. He didn't know the name of each city, but Shiganshina was one, along with Trost.

So then this doorway leads into one of the other cities. Ethan's shoulders sagged as all the breath in his lungs stuttered out. The Titans broke through Shiganshina and Wall Maria, but this city was untouched. For all Ethan knew so we're the other two. Three whole cities that were completely cut off from the rest of the population.

Ethan didn't know what to think about this. These cities had never been mentioned in the TV shows. Maybe they'd all died off from lack of resources. Eventually the food supply would run out, especially with a city that large.

Trailing his eyes up the side of the wall Ethan saw small dots moving around on the very top. Inhaling a large breath of air Ethan's pupils dilated. Even from all the way up there Ethan could smell how utterly delicious those people smelled, and he wanted nothing more than to sink–

Ethan slapped himself in the face. No, he scolded himself, they are human beings. Eating any of them is not acceptable!

Quickly spinning on his heal so his back was to the wall Ethan sprinted away as fast as he could. Standing near that wall any longer would probably turn him into one of those mindless monsters, wanting nothing more than to eat any human he could grab. Such a possibility could not happen. Wouldn't happen.

He waited until he was a good distance from the wall before slowing into a walk. The smell was just a faint waft on the wind. Not enough to make him drool or want to go back to the wall and try to break in like the others.

Although they were just trying to climb the wall. They weren't pushing against the brick formation that blocked their entrance. Ethan was sure he could do it. Just give it enough force an the bricks would just tumble away.

Ethan took an irritated breath. He was never, ever, going to eat a human. Hopefully that won't make him starve to death, but so far lack of food didn't seem to effect him. No doubt the Titans around him have gone without food for a lot longer than he has, and they're still alive (unfortunately). Thankfully they didn't seem to have any intelligence so they won't be able to plan how to get in the wall like Ethan could.

With a rather quick pace Ethan made a mental note not to go near the cities outside of Wall Rose. Of course that put him in a bit of a tough spot. How was he supposed to help humanity if he can't stop drooling over how good they smell?

Ethan would have continued thinking about how he could try and stay unaffected by the smell of humans when something out in front of him let out a loud bang. His head jerked up to see a trail of green smoke lingering in the air. Ethan's eyes drifted down to find where the smoke came from and he saw a bunch of small figures rapidly coming towards him.

Wondering how he hadn't seen them before he took a deep breath, and once again felt drool pooling in his mouth. Ethan closed his eyes in defeat. Just when he thought he'd escaped the humans a whole group of them were now riding towards him.

There weren't too many, and for that Ethan was grateful. Any more and the scent might have been too overbearing. Then he'd really be in trouble.

The green flare must have meant something because the group suddenly changed their direction. Before they had been coming right for him, but now they were going diagonally to his right. Most likely trying to go around him to avoid a confrontation.

Ethan would have been perfectly fine with those development. The only problem was that he hadn't seen another human being since he fell into this hell hole. Not a live one anyway.

Allowing his curiosity to take over he changed direction as well, and ran straight for the group of humans. What was the point of them being out here? They weren't going towards the breach because it was in a different direction.

As he grew closer another flare was shot into the air. This time instead of green it was red. None of the people changed direction though, they just kept riding forwards without doing anything. It made Ethan wonder what that flare meant.

Ethan slowed his pace so he wouldn't end up trampling any of them. Instead he was now running beside them, and he took the time to examine his first humans in this world.

They were, of course, exactly the same as he imagined. They looked exactly like any other human being would, but there was something Ethan hadn't quite realized, and that was how tiny they were. Humans were around two meters tall. That was maybe the size of his big toe–if smaller.

Ethan hadn't realized how close he was eating towards the group of humans until a cable shot out, and embedded itself in his shoulder. He let out a high pitched cry, more out of shock then pain.

A man came flying towards him with the use of the cable. Ethan instinctively raised his hand, and the man smacked right into the middle of his palm. He curled his fingers around the figure, and slowly brought him to his face. Now standing in place so he could get a better look at the person in his grip.

The man was screaming his head off while beating his fists against Ethans hand. Ethan was surprised at how little he could feel the assault, the man was using all of his strength.

Titling his head to the side Ethan finally decided to listen to what the man was saying. "Go on you bastard! Eat me! EAT ME! What are you waiting for, an invitation?! Fucking eat me already!"

Ethan wrinkled his nose. Just thinking about eating this man made disgust well in his stomach and drool slide down his chin.

Growling in irritation Ethan raised his other hand to wipe the drool of his face. It was hard trying to keep his lips constantly closed. They always seemed to pull apart without his knowledge.

Bringing the man closer to his face Ethan inhaled deeply. His eyes closed in bliss, and he exhaled gustily. The man smelled absolutely amazing. Maybe just a small taste–no! Ethan snapped his opening mouth shut. He told himself he would never eat a human being, and he won't.

Raising his other hand towards the struggling man Ethan slowly stuck one finger out and poked him. The man immediately stiffened, and glared at the offending finger. "What the hell?! What are you doing you stupid creature?! Eat me already!"

Ethan snorted, and shook his head. After watching the guy try to lean away from his hovering finger Ethan began chuckling. It was a little odd to laugh as a Titan. It sounded more like breathy rumbles, but they were laughs.

The man in his hand was looking at Ethan like he was the strangest thing he's ever seen, and his struggles were slowly lessening until he was left squirming uncomfortably, "What are you doing?"

Ethan opened his mouth to answer, but all that came out were strangled grunts and growls. His Titan form seemed to lack the necessary muscles capable of forming speech. Instead of trying to continue talking Ethan contented himself with examining the dark haired man.

"Hey. Hey!" The man started snapping his fingers at Ethan.

He looked at the mans small hand and mirrored the action. A loud snap rang through the air, and Ethan grinned both at the action and the mans face. He hadn't tried doing such simple things since he got here. It was nice to know he was still able to snap.

"You…" the mans voice was strangled, and he couldn't finish the sentence. He had to clear his throat before trying again, "You snapped."

Ethan nodded, and the man freaked out even more.

"You agreed!"

Ethan wasn't sure if he should be annoyed or amused by the mans continued astonishment, so he settled on both.

"But if you agreed," the man sounded thoughtful, "then that would mean you understood me."

Looking passed the man Ethan realized the rest of the group was riding farther and farther away. He quickly nodded at the man to confirm that he could, in fact, understand what he was saying. When Ethan knew the man had received his answer (which was easy with the amount of gaping the man was doing) he adjusted his grip around the mans torso. Running would probably give the poor guy motion sickness, so he needed to figure out a way to keep the mans movements to a minimum.

Putting his free hand beneath the mans feet he released his grip, and the man collapsed onto the palm of Ethan's right hand. The man was too busy gaping at Ethan to try and escape, so Ethan easily cupped the man between his two hands.

Holding his hands close to his chest Ethan ran in the direction of the other humans. They had made a good distance, but Ethan's long strides lessened the gap between them quicker than the humans were comfortable with. From inside his hands Ethan could hear the man yelling to be let go.

I'll let you go in a minute. He couldn't exactly just drop the man where he was standing. Falling from Ethan's hand might result in death, and if he were to live then other Titans would get to him. Ethan needed to get as close to the group of humans as possible before letting the man go.

Another flare, this time black, shot into the air. Ethan could only assume they all had something to do with him, or maybe Titans in general. They did use flares in the show, but he didn't know which color stood for what.

Ethan couldn't tell which horse belonged to the man in his hands. There were several that didn't have any riders, but their saddles were weighed down by several bags. Others without riders were pulling carts filled with supplied.

He didn't know how close he could get before he was in range for the humans to use their gear, and he was in no mood to find out. To hopefully keep as much distance between him and them as possible Ethan uncapped his hands, and tried to gently reach out his left hand so that the man could somehow get off.

It was a little awkward running with his hand completely outstretched. No doubt the man still sitting on his palm was having a very bumpy ride, but Ethan didn't really know what else to do.

Bending his thumb so that the man could use it to try and keep his balance Ethan watched as the man tried yelling out for his teammates. At first it didn't seem to be working, but shouts were suddenly heard from the other humans. Many turned to look back at Ethan, and when some of them found their comrade sitting on the Titans hand, perfectly alright, they yelled in shock. Their yells gained everyone else's attention, and soon they were looking back as well.

The man on Ethan's palm was waving at the other humans with an exhilarated smile. He obviously didn't believe his situation any more than they did.

Ethan was enjoying the turmoil his actions were producing, but his amusement was interrupted by faint thumping sounds from off to his right. He looked over and realized there was a Titan heading straight for the group of humans. They hadn't realized it yet because he was distracting them.

With a savage growl Ethan curled his fingers protectively around the man still in his palm. The humans didn't seem to understand what he was doing and immediately started cursing him out. No doubt thing Ethan was going to eat or crush him.

Ignoring the humans angry cries Ethan brought the man close to his chest. There was nowhere else for the human to go, and that meant he would have to stay in Ethan's hand. Leaving him to have to fight the oncoming tighten with only one hand. But he could use his other limbs.

Altering his course he started running straight for the other Titan. The humans all followed Ethan's movements and finally noticed the oncoming Titan. There was no use firing off a flare since everybody could see it coming, so the man in charge of the company commanded them all to ready their 3DMG gear.

The leaders command got stuck ion his throat when he, along with everyone else, witnessed the unbelievably scene taking place right before them. None of them would have believed it if they didn't see it.

Ethan had successfully kept the man close to his chest while battling the offending Titan. Just like with all of the others it was pathetically easy to kill. All he had to do was deliver a swift kick to the Titans stomach, and the creature was sent tumbling to the ground. With his other foot he turned the Titan over and stomped repeatedly on the nape of its neck until it was nothing but a stealing corpse.

He whipped his head to the side to get the ends of his hair out of his eyes, but when he started running back towards the other humans it just fell right back where it had been before. Deciding to just leave it Ethan looked at the humans still riding their horses to see them gaping at him with disbelief.

Not quite knowing what the problem was he decided to ignore it and continued trying to get the man out of his hand. Just like the others the man was gaping at Ethan with shock. It was a little irritating since he really wanted the guy to get off now.

When there were no moves to get the man Ethan growled in irritation. He'd have to get him down himself then.

Speeding up into a sprint Ethan easily overtook the group of humans, and continued until he was a good distance away. When he decided he was far enough he crouched down so his hand was close to the ground. He opened his hand so the guy could step off, but he still seemed to be in a state of shock.

Tilting his hand Ethan watched as the guy tumbled off. It seemed to finally shake some sense into the guy, and he scrambled onto his feet to give himself some height.

Not that it mattered. Even when crouching Ethan towered over him.

"What are you?" The man questioned the odd Titan.

Ethan didn't answer, and even if he could he wouldn't know how to. From the looks of things he was a Titan. Why the guy had to question what Ethan was, he didn't know.

The group of humans were closing in on the spot Ethan and the man were waiting. He stood up form his crouched position and backed away a few paces, not wanting to get in the way when they pick up their comrade.

Ethan watched as one of the riders grabbed onto the man, and hauled him into the saddle behind him. There was a certain measure of relief knowing the man was able to get back to his group safely.

To make sure that safety remained Ethan ran beside the group of humans, dispatching any Titan that decided to wander too close. It was then that Ethan learned two things. The first was that the red flare meant a Titan was nearby, and the second was that these people were heading towards the very walk he had just run away from.

He wanted to scream in frustration. Honesty, he'd just left this place, and now he was going right back.

Ethan entertained the thought of leaving the group to fend for themselves, but the amount of Titans that were in this area was worrying. Enough for Ethan to know that these humans would get massacred if he wasn't there.

But he was there, and Ethan was more than pleased to have the opportunity to kill any Titans that got too close to the humans. There were a couple of small ones that slipped passed Ethan's defenses, but the humans could deal with those. The taller ones seemed to hold the most danger.

As the humans got closer the brick door that Ethan saw earlier started opening. There were still a couple Titans around so Ethan quickly kicked and punched them out of the way. The door was lifted just high enough for the group of humans to get inside before it was closed again.

When it was shut there seemed to be a loud bang of finality. Ethan had done all he could for the group of humans, and now he was finished. He didn't know how long they would be behind that wall for, and he decided he wouldn't be able to find out. Not because he didn't want to, but because the sun was setting, and he always seemed to grow extra tired at night.

Content with the assumption that those humans had come from one of the other walls to resupply the city on the other side of that door Ethan turned and walked off to try and find somewhere to rest for the night. The humans scent was hard to ignore, but it was getting a little easier to deal with now that he'd spent practically the whole day surrounded by their scent.

Laying down next to what used to be a farmhouse Ethan let his eyes drift closed. He could only wonder why the humans had been so astonished at his actions. He'd only killed Titans. They did the exact same thing.

Though, Ethan's tired mind slowly understood that he was a Titan, and Titans don't kill other Titans. It was a pretty good explain action for why they had acted the way they could only wonder what would happen now that there was someone out there who knew of his abnormal existence.