A/N: I know my formatting sucks but I spent about 2 hours in total today fixing the chapters. Your welcome. Let's hope this is better than before and that your eyes won't die from reading this. Happy reading and please remember to review!

"ONCE AGAIN I SHALL ASK! ARE YOU A HUMAN OR A TITAN?!" Weilman screamed.

"I'M A HUMAN," Eren screamed back.

Armin, Mikasa, and Drayce watched tensely at the scene unfolding before them.

"I see. Don't take this personally," Captain Weilman said darkly. He raised his hand and dropped it. The cannon fired. The shot flew towards them.

"Shit," Drayce cursed. Eren grabbed them and bit down on his hand. Lightning struck down on them as a ribcage formed around them. The titan's hand moved up and blocked the shot. Smoke and steam from the cannon and Eren rose into the sky.

"What was that?!"

"A single cannon fire?!"

"Is that titan steam?!"

Jean, Annie, Reiner, Bertholt, William, and Rachel rushed towards the commotion. The smoke cleared and the soldiers shock were present on their faces. The titan's eye twitched as Eren opened his eyes. A jet of steam shot out as he exited the fleshy shell. He stared at the back of a huge skull. "What is that!"

He gaped at it and tugged himself free. "Guys, are you okay?" he shouted, running around towards his friends.

"We're fine. What is this?" Armin called out.

"I don't know but it's starting to disintegrate like a regular titan body," Eren said. "There's one thing I remember now. The basement of my old house. I'm getting out of here. I'm going to transform again and climb the walls. You can come if you want," Eren declared.

"Don't be stupid. They'll shoot us on sight and you won't be able to get up the walls without getting your arms blasted off," Drayce said.

"With my calculations and the amount of time it takes to reload that cannon at top speed, I'd say we have twenty seconds left," Armin thought. "I have a plan, but you guys have to trust me on this," Armin says.

They all nod and Armin runs out of the smoke, dropping his gear. He comes out and faces the soldiers with his hands up. "Eren is not an enemy of humanity. We are willing to disclose what we have learned," Armin shouted.

"Too late! It doesn't change the fact that he's a titan," Weilman shouted back.

"The problem isn't how we see him! Since you saw him emerging from his titan form, you also must have saw how he fought the titans, as well as how they attacked him. The facts are there! They also saw him as prey! Nothing can change that!" Armin reasoned.

The soldiers murmured to each other, lowering their weapons. "Do not fall for his clever tricks. Their behavior has always been beyond what we could understand. It is completely possible that they have disguised themselves as humans and speak our language to deceive us," Weilman screamed. "Prepare to fire!"

Armin slammed his fist to his heart and saluted. "As a soldier, it is my greatest honor to give my life to help with the restoration of humanity. With the final moments of my life, I will continue to support his strategic value in reclaiming this city," Armin shouted.

"Captain Weilman, I do believe we should take his words into consi-" Ian said before getting interrupted.

"He is a traitor and nothing can change that! Prepare to fire," Weilman ordered. As he raised his hand, Eren's hand inched towards his mouth. Drayce and Mikasa, hands on their sabers.

"That's enough," a voice said from behind Weilman.

"Commander Pixis," Weilman stuttered.

"Can you not see that boy's excellent salute?" Pixis continued. "Come. We will discuss this later," he said, eyes twinkling.

"Back there, were you saying the things you said to save your lives or as an actual plausible plan," Pixis questioned Armin. Armin looked down from the wall.

"Well, it was both. We were in a desperate situation," Armin confessed.

"What was your plan," Pixis asked, taking a swig from his hip flask.

"Well, Eren would transform and in his titan form, lift up that massive boulder, carry it to the wall and plug the hole in the wall," Armin explained. Commander Pixis contemplated this thought and turned to face Eren.

"Eren can you plug the hole in the wall?" he asked.

"I don't know sir. Even in my-" Pixis laughed interrupted his sentence.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I asked the wrong question. Will you plug the hole in the wall?" he asked with a serious look. Eren's eyes widened as he understood what Commander Pixis meant.

"Yes sir! I don't know if I can do it but I will do it, for humanity," Eren says.

"Good," Pixis says with a smile.

"Sir, me and Armin came up with a plan to avoid combat unless absolutely necessary," Drayce says clapping Armin's back.

"Well since titans are generally attracted to large groups of people, so a group of soldiers will be on the farthest area of the wall. It should stop them from targeting Eren save the ones that will come through the walls," Armin says.

"Since we can't leave Eren by himself, we'll have a small elite squad with him to help defend him," Drayce finishes.

Commander Pixis nods and says to his subordinate, "Round up the troops."

"ATTENTION!" Pixis's voice carried down to the soldiers underneath him.

"I will now explain the mission to retake Trost. Meet Eren Yeager. He is the result of our experiments," Pixis says. Drayce grits his teeth as he remembers his own human testings.

"He can create a titan body at will. He will carry the boulder to the gate and plug the hole. Your job is to lure the titans away from him!" Pixis shouts.

"Eren, let's go," Drayce says. "Mikasa, Rico, Ian and I will be in your squad," Drayce says. Eren gaped at him.

"Are you sure you want to do this? The last time I saw you, you had a blade in your chest. You need to rest," he protested.

"My wellbeing does not concern you. As long as I am still capable of doing my job, I can't back down as a soldier," Drayce says. Eren, surprised at this statement, had a newfound respect for his friend. The squad launched into the air, making their way to the rock. When they reached it, Eren transformed. He roared and stood still for a while. He turned around and tried to punch Mikasa.

"What the-" Drayce's statement was cut short as another blow almost hit him. He rushed over to Mikasa and pushed her aside as the fist slammed down on him. He was smashed into the building below him.

"Rico! Find him!" Ian shouted. Hooks fired upwards and latched onto the roof and Drayce shot up, landing in a crouch. Mikasa fired her hooks and landed on the bridge of Eren's nose.

"Eren, what are you doing? You almost killed us, your family. You're supposed to pick up that boulder and plug the hole," she shouted.

Eren's fist tensed. "Ackerman, watch out!" Ian shouted.

Eren punched and missed,hitting himself in the face. He knocked himself out. "What was that?" Ian demanded.

"I knew there was no secret weapon," Rico muttered as she fired a red smoke round.

"He doesn't have control over the titan body. We need to get him to his senses. I'll get Armin," Drayce said. The squad nodded and Drayce took off. "Armin, where are you?" he thought. He scaled the wall and found Armin with his friends.

"Armin, the mission failed! Eren can't control the body. We need you to see if you can get through to him," Drayce shouts. Armin nods and takes off.

"Listen, guys. The titans are being attracted to Eren rather than you guys. George, I know this is a stretch but try to teleport me to the titan forest. I can transform and distract the titans from Eren. If all else fails, I'll move the boulder myself," Drayce explains. "William, you're a good liar. Cover my absence."

"Got it."

"Get ready George." George concentrates hard and a light sputters on, expanding into a hole.

"Hurry, I can't keep it open for long since it's too far away," he grunts. Drayce leaps through and the portal closes. George collapsed in a heap from exhaustion.

Drayce is falling. "Damn it George. Couldn't do it on a tree could you," he grumbled. He took out a knife and cut his hand. A bolt of lightning struck down on him and his titan appeared. He took off in a blur towards the wall, muscles working as hard as possible.

"Sir, abnormal 17 meter class incoming," a soldier yelled.

"He moves fast," Mable says astonished. They see Drayce slow down to a jog and crawl through the hole.

"Another Armoured Titan?! We're doomed!" A soldier swipes down to kill him.

Drayce ducks and roars loudly. The nearby titans turn and stare, not moving. Drayce's fists clenched and his titan lets out a second roar, more of a metallic screech really this time. The titans sprinted at Drayce and he went to work. He punched wildly with his fists clearing a path. The soldiers on the wall gape at him.

"Another titan killing titans?"

"Impossible!"

Annie, Reiner, and Bertholt, from different positions in the city, stared at the metal clad titan.

Flashback Starts

"While you are there, your second objective is to capture the Victory Titan. This is his titan form. We have no records of his human form since he escaped. Find him."

Annie, Bertholt, Reiner, and Marcel study a picture of the titan. Plates of dark steel jutted from various places, offering protection. Though questionably enough, their were claws.

"When engaging in combat, beware of his claws. They are capable of doing massive damage to your armor, including yours Leonhardt. Furthermore, any damage you receive inflicted by this metal will not heal. It is infamous for nullifying titan regeneration. You have been warned."

Flashback Ends

True enough any titan that the shifter encountered stayed down. The titans weren't steaming from the wounds but from death. One tore off an arm and the Victory Titan roared in anger. A skeletal dark steel one shot out of the socket and punched the titan. Flesh layered on with impossible speed. Finished with the brutal murder spree, it turned and to the crowd of titans in the corner. An abnormal leaped up to bite Christa.

"Christa, watch out," Ymir shouted. Christa turned and screamed, seeing the gaping mouth coming for her. Drayce roared and leaped up, metal claws extended. The claws slammed into the abnormal's face and pushed the titan downwards. The two titans fell into the pit of titans below. Drayce stumbled out the pit with a titan clinging on to his nape by its mouth. Drayce roared and ripped the titan off. Too late he realized that he had ripped his nape off as well. The titan swallowed and walked off towards Eren. Drayce's flesh shell fell down steaming. Soldiers gaped at the steaming corpse.

"So much for that," Reiner muttered.

Some distance away, Drayce burst out the titan's stomach. The damn titan bit off an arm in the process of ripping him out. The injured titan grabbed him and attempted to shove Drayce into its mouth. He kicked and struggled but he couldn't get free. The titan had his arms pinned to his side. He only succeeded in getting his left leg ripped off as well. His vision swam from blood loss. He was also too disoriented to heal. His movements became sluggish. His claws! He cut himself from the titan's grip and using the last of his strength, he climbed behind the titan and killed it. He retracted his claws, breathing heavy. He looked back towards the gate. Yellow smoke was coming out of Rico's flare gun. "Ah! So we've won," he thought. His eyes rolled into his head and he blacked out.

Eren awoke in a dungeon cell. One of his hands was chained to the head rest. He looked to his left, a wall. He looked in the other direction. He saw a nurse replacing Drayce's bandages. He heard that Drayce had went of on his own to protect him but in doing so, he lost his left leg and right arm. He would soon have to leave the military. "You're awake I see," came a voice in front of him.

Two men were looking at him outside his cell. "My name is Erwin Smith, commander of the Survey Corps. I am aware that you mentioned that the key you wear is vital to humanity?" he asked, gesturing to Eren's key in Erwin's hand.

"Yes sir," Eren nodded.

"So brat, what do you want to do?" the other man asked.

"Levi-" "Erwin, be quiet I'm trying to talk to mister titan here," Levi snapped back.

Erwin sighed and motioned for him to carry on. "I-I want to join the Survey Corps," Eren burst out. Levi nodded.

"So did your friend over there. He nearly died from blood loss protecting you," Levi said motioning to Drayce.

"You have some friends that wanted to see you guys," Erwin said. They walked out leaving them alone. Drayce groaned next to Eren.

"They gone yet?" he asked.

"Yeah, they're gone. Look I'm sorry about, you know," Eren said sadly. "If I hadn't lost control, it wouldn't have happened."

"Ah, it's fine. I'm not giving up on humanity yet," Drayce says.

"What do you mean?" Eren asked confused. The door burst open and they're friends ran in. Drayce shot mouthed the words "show you later," to him. Mikasa, Armin, William, Rachel, and Annie walked over to their cells. Their faces were white.

"I actually thought you were dead when I found you," Annie whispered angrily.

"You promised me that you wouldn't do that again." Drayce groaned.

"Not quite Annie. You just said not to surprise you but regardless, I think I'm still in trouble," he said. No one said anything.

"Who knew you cared so much about him," Mikasa teased.

"Oh great, an audience. If you are faint of heart, don't watch. Eren, this is what I meant earlier," Drayce said and began to unwrap his bandages.

"What are you doing?! You're still wounded," Eren yelled.

"Oh boy, this is gonna hurt a bit. Please try not to freak out." Drayce gave a strangled cry as an skeletal arm shot out of his stump. His friends jumped back and yelped in surprise, even Mikasa. Blood sprayed everywhere on the bed and wall. Flesh layered on and in no time, his arm grew back. Armin stepped back while Annie, Eren, and Mikasa looked shocked. Rachel and William shuddered a bit. No matter how many times they saw him do that, they just couldn't get used to it. Just as Drayce's skeletal leg shot out of him, the door was threw open. A woman walked in and when she saw Drayce's leg, her eyes bugged.

"WAIT! WAIT! HOLD IT UNTIL I GET A SKETCH," she screamed. "Moblit, get my notebook and a pencil," she shouted. She danced happily and started probing his skeletal leg. "How do you regenerate it?" "Is it like a titan?" "Are you a titan?" "Does it hurt?" "Are your bones completely made of dark steel?" The woman bombarded him with questions. He gave a glance to his friends that read "Help me". Annie knew she shouldn't smile but she did. Served him right for making her worry. It was the most ridiculous thing that happened today despite the situation.

"Wait Annie, did you just smile?!" Rachel asked shocked. A man ran into the room with a note book and pencil, eyes bugged when seeing Drayce's leg. He sat down and began to sketch.

"Shitty glasses, what are you doing? I can hear you all the way down the-" Levi walked in followed by Erwin. Both stopped at the sight of Drayce's regenerated arm and skeletal leg.

"I guess I have some explaining to do," Drayce said calmly, healing the rest of his leg.

"If anything your gonna clean the sheets," Levi grumbled.

"Attention everyone. We have a second trial." Darius Zackly, the judge quieted the room. "Bring him in."

Drayce was brought into the room. He knelt down and a pole was inserted between his hands and back to prevent escape. "Drayce Whitler was it," Darius asked.

"Yes sir," Drayce answered.

"As you know, the Survey Corps and the Military Police are arguing for your responsibility. We will hear from the Military Police first," he says.

"I am Nile Doc of the Military Police. We believe that this person before us is extremely dangerous. He has escaped the custody of the Military Police at the age of eight as well as commit murder on two men two years later. With his abnormal genes, we should test him further for more information and lock him away," Nile presented and stepped back.

"Well, let's hear from the Survey Corps," Darius says.

"For our testimony, we will be having the defendant speaking as well as a few other members from the 104th squad," Erwin says.

"Very well. Please begin," Darius says.

"Sixteen years ago, I was forcefully taken at birth by the Military Police. For eight years, they have repeatedly experimented, beaten, and tortured me. I soon escaped their custody," Drayce says and pauses. Darius looks in the direction at Nile and frowned. "At the age of ten, I found out that my parents were killed. I wandered the forest near the walls for some time before coming across two men who were human traffickers. They attacked me and all I did was perform an act of self defense," he finished.

"Sir if I may," George said. "The Military Police already inhumanly treated him for half his life. What is to say they won't do it again?" George asked. The crowd murmured in agreement.

"We also believe that if he were handed over to the Survey Corps, his excellent combat skills and regeneration would prove useful in fighting titans, being a virtually unbeatable opponent against the titans," Annie added.

"I see," Darius said. "Then I have made my decision. Drayce Whitler will also be handed over to the Survey Corps," Darius announced.

Nile stormed out the building followed by the rest of the Military Police. The chains were undone and Drayce stood up and rubbed his wrists. Erwin walked towards him with a small smile. "Well then, I officially welcome you to the Survey Corps."