A/N: WOW this took a while to write. I kind of forgot about the scout regiment after about a minute of writing, but don't worry, They'll be back before you know it.

"Who are we? We are what's left of Squad Yaeger." Eran said sternly, but the mans face didn't change.

"Well then a poor squad leader you must have if so many are dead." the man said.

"Yes... a poor squad leader indeed." Eren repeated.

"So why the hell are you Garrison soldiers outside of the wall?" the man demanded.

"We were looking for them." Elsa said as she pointed at the corpses of Squad Mitchelle.

"You mean these rogue idiots? I don't even know how they made it into the military." the man said with a chuckle.

Erens eyes widened as he realised why the man was laughing at what he said. He had killed all 13 of them.

"So you killed them did you?" Eren asked.

"One or two, some titan came running in and finished the job for me." the man said sharply.

Eren once again had a shocked look on his face.

"What kind of titan doesn't eat what it kills?" Eren asked in a demanding tone.

"Not sure, but it looked female. No skin, very fast... unlike anything I have ever seen before."

Eren was growing impatient with the man and approached him slowly.

Suddenly, three other people came out of the tree line, swords in hand as they stood between Eren and the man.

"Stand down." the man said as the three people looked back at him and then back at Eren.

They put their swords in back in their 3DMG and stepped aside as the short man walked until he was face to face with Eren.

"You and your squad get back to the wall, you have no more reason to be out here."

Mikasa, Armin, Connie, Sahsa, Christa and Jean were scouting ahead through some dense bush needing to use their blades to get through.

"Don't worry Mikasa, we'll find him." Armin said as he struggled to cut through a large bush.

Jean came over and took it out in one clean swing, then went back to helping Christa clear a path.

"Thanks Jean." Armin said.

Mikasa just kept on hacking through the bush, she didn't even hear Armin. She could only think about finding Eren.

They continued on until they entered a clearing littered with the bodies of Garrison soldiers.

Mikasa stood there with the thought of Eren being one of those bodies as she rushed in to identify him.

Everyone else just stood there, mouths open at the scene that lay in front of them.

Mikasa finished checking all the bodies and to her relief, none of them were Eren. She was still worried because it meant he was out there, lost and alone.

Eren kept looking at Elsa as they walked through the forest and when the man from the Scout Regiment told them to stop and wait, he went and took a seat beside her.

"Look, I am sorry for being so harsh... I am just so pissed at myself for making that stupid call." he said to her.

"Hey, it's not your fault. Who knows what would have happened to us if we didn't cross that field." she said trying to cheer him up.

"Yeah, but what if it didn't get everyone killed, what if I could have saved their lives?" Eren said, tears starting to form in his eyes.

"Hey, we are alive! That has to count for something... right?" Jessy said as he butted in on their conversation.

"He has a point, at least we are still alive." Elsa said looking at Eren.

"I think our squad needs a new saying." Eren said, still looking at the ground.

"And what would that be?" Jessy asked.

"For those who are dead and for the next man to die." Eren said.

Elsa looked at him with concern, Eren wasn't looking too good.

"Hey, come and sit by the fire with the others. It's getting cold out." Jessy said as he got up.

Elsa was about to stand, but Eren just sat there on the ground with no interest in moving.

"You know, you go ahead Jessy, we'll catch up." Elsa said as she sat back down.

Jessy didn't hesitate to leave.

"Something is up with you Yaeger... I don't like it when the people I know aren't thinking clearly."

"It's nothing... just go to the fire." Eren said to her.

Eren knew what was wrong with him, the feeling he kept burying always dug themselves up.

'What the fuck have I done? Mikasa probably never wants to see me again after the shit I pulled. Why the fuck do I always have to be so stupid. Why can't I just respect her choices for once in my miserable life!' he thought as Elsa got closer to him.

He felt something warm get drapped over him and when he looked over at Elsa, she had given him her coat.

"Elsa, you are going to freeze!" he said as he put her coat back on her.

"I grew up in the high mountains, I am no stranger to the cold Eren." she said trying to take the coat off again but Eren kept putting it back in place on her.

"Eren..." she sighed in defeat. "Thank you for being concerned." she said.

"Elsa, I need to talk to you about something." Eren said as he felt the temperature start to rapidly drop.

"Anything Eren, I always have time for you." she said with a smile.

"Elsa, I fucked something up and I mean it, I really... Really fucked up." he said breaking their eye contact.

Elsa got even closer to him and wrapped an arm around him.

"You see, there is this girl... was this girl. She meant the world to me, I was willing to sacrifice anything just to be with her and..."

"Eren, you don't need to say anymore." Elsa said as she saw tears rolling down Erens cheeks.

"No, I need to get this out. I fucked everything between us up with my irrational actions, I love... loved her so much and I just walked away from her." he said, his words starting to stutter.

"Eren... you really don't have to do this." Elsa said as she was getting a bit emotional from the story.

"I heard her talking to someone, we both loved each other more than anyone could understand and when I heard her say that she loved someone else... I lost it. I came here to die, not to be a leader and look at what I've done. I got people killed, people who didn't deserve to die." Eren was having trouble speaking.

Elsa wrapped her other arm around Eren and gave him a massive hug as he broke down crying.

"It's ok Eren, just let it out." she said as she rubbed his back.

Eren started to shiver and chatter his teeth, the temperature drops were getting worse and worse and he had nothing to defend against the cold.

Elsa brought him to his feet and slowly walked him over to the others and sat Eren down beside the fire.

Everyone looked at each other as Eren continued to cry into Elsas' shoulder, they all heard why Eren was here.

The night dragged on and Eren lost all hope of seeing daylight, the only light coming from the dying fire.

Mikasa was laying in her tent, the night was very cold and her blankets were not enough to keep her warm.

She tossed and turned trying to get comfortable, but nothing was working as she let out a loud sigh.

Armin heard all the moving and went to see if Mikasa was ok. When he opened the tent flap, she was sitting up and looking right at him.

"Armin, do you think Eren is alive?" was all she said.

Mikasas tent was rather large and he stepped inside sitting in front of her.

"Eren is strong, of course-" Mikasa cut him off.

"Do you think he is alive."

Armin looked down and sighed. "It has been two weeks... no."

Mikasa just nodded in agreement.

"If he is still alive, do you think he will still love me?"

The question shook Armin. Eren had been very harsh and even stripped himself and Mikasa of everything important to the two of them, but to question Erens feelings for her?

"Eren has a un dying love for you Mikasa, he will love you until the day he dies." he told her.

Somehow, those words seemed to put Mikasa at ease.

"I am going to try to get some sleep now." Mikasa said.

Armin nodded and left the tent. He was about to finish zipping the flap when he heard Mikasa again.

"Thank you Armin."

Erens morning was started with a scream. two 5 meter titans had walked right into their camp and grabbed one of the men, shoving him into its mouth.

"Everyone! Up to the trees!" but just as he said it, he remembered they had all run out of gas a long time ago.

"Eren! Help me!" another man screamed as he was grabbed by a titan.

Eren ran for him, but he was far to late. The titan devoured the man, eating him alive.

"You fucking bastard!" Eren screamed as he charged at the titan.

The titan tried to grab Eren, but he slid between its legs, got up and sliced its achilles tendon causing it to collapse. He was about to just on it when he saw Elsa drive her blade deep into the nape of its neck.

"AHHHHH!" A familiar scream could be heard and then whimpering. The second titan had Jessy in its mouth.

"Eren... Elsa... help me." he said quietly, his voice sounded like a cry.

The two just stood there as the titan began to suck Jessy into its mouth.

"HELP MEEEEEEEE!" Jessy screamed right before the titan got him completely in its mouth and swallowed him whole.

Nothing could be done, everyone was dead.

Elsa and Eren charged the titan and they performed the same maneuver that they use on the first one. Eren cut the achilles tendon and Elsa sliced deep into the nape of the neck.

As the titan fell to the ground, they could still hear yelling. The two rushed down and forced the titan mouth open. Jessy was crawling up the titans throat and Eren climbed into the mouth and grabbed his hand pulling him out.

"Thanks... I really owe you two." Jessy said, his eyes wide open.

Mikasa could hear some commotion outside of her tent when she woke up. She quickly put her uniform on and existed and what she heard next baffled her.

"yeah, I can confirm a small group of people fighting off two titans and they have taken casualties" Connie said to Jean as he looked through some binoculars.

"Well what are we doing standing here with our thumbs up our asses? Lets go help them!" Jean yelled as he began running towards the action.

When the group arrived, it was too late, only three of them were still alive.

"Eren?" Connie said putting his hand on Jessys shoulder.

Jessy was still really shaken up, but he managed to point towards where Eren and Elsa were sitting.

"Uh... thanks." Connie said as he walked over to Eren.

Everyone else walked over to Jessy to see if he was ok and to see who he was.

"Eren!" Connie yelled.

Eren turned around and stood up, his eyes full of joy.

"Connie! What are you doing all the way out here?" he asked

"A small group of us came to rescue you!" Connie yelled.

Elsa stood up as well standing beside Eren.

"And where are my manners! My name is Connie Springer, a pleasure to meet you ma'am." he said sticking his hand out for her to shake.

To his joy, she shook his hand.

"This here is Elsa, she has saved my life a lot lately." Eren said joyfully as he put his hand on her shoulder.

Elsa smiled and let go of Connies hand.

"I better go check on Jessy." she said.

Eren smiled at her and then his smile disappeared in an instant.

Elsa looked confused until she looked back at the group and saw another girl around Erens age looking back at him.

Elsa looked back at Eren.

"I want you to start walking away, she will follow." Elsa said quietly.

Eren nodded and pretended to storm off.

Mikasa started running towards Eren until Elsa caught her arm.

"Who do you think you are, let go of me!" Mikasa said angrily.

"Hey, you are Mikasa aren't you?" Elsa asked.

"Yeah, but what's it to you?" she demanded.

"Eren spilled his feeling about you to me last night, he misses your company... he misses your love. If you two can't set things straight with each other... I fear you might lose him for good. Guilt is ruling his life right now." Elsa told her.

Mikasa looked at the ground as Elsa let her go.

"Go on, before he runs off and neither of us find him." Elsa said causing Mikasa to charge in Erens direction.

Eren was slowly walking through some open areas between the trees when he stopped and drew his sword.

He turned around quickly and swung his swords. To his surprise, he heard the sound of steel hitting steel.

"Things aren't always as they seem are they?" a strange man wearing a black hood, his face covered in cloth said.

"Who are you?" Eren said feeling a bit intimidated by this man.

"Who I am isn't important. What is important is that you learn to forgive." the mysterious man said.

"Forgive? Forgive who? For what?" Eren sounded very confused.

"You will figure it out shortly, now I must go." the man said as he slowly disappeared into the trees.

Soon, Eren heard foot steps and turned around, blades still drawn.

He quickly put them away when he saw who it was running towards him.

Mikasa was running full speed, but she stopped several feet in front of Eren as much as she wanted to just run right into him and hold him.

The two of them just stood there looking at each other and what happened next brought Mikasa to her knees.

A/N: Uh oh, what is going to happen between Mikasa and Eren! (I don't know I haven't thought that far yet!) So as always, leave some feedback as every little bit helps!