Death
Destruction
Terror
Gore
Phobia
Fear
Weakness
We are weak
I am weak
Dark muscle shines in the sunlight as doves fly by in slow motion. Time is drawing to a still.
Giant, boulbous cobalt-grey eyes stare down at us, soul-less and glinting with malice. I stare, my body frozen and shakey. My heart had long since stopped as my eyes widen.
Suddenly time catches up with itself...
"SHIT!-"
I gasp as a gale of wind streams past, the sound of what seems to be an explosion of stone filling the air around me and making my heart pulsate back to life. Suddenly my body leaves the ground and I whimper as I fly off of the wall. Acting on instinct, I grip the handle of my currently equipped 3D Manuever Gear and shoot out a wire, skidding to a halt on the wall as the others fly off and stick to the wall on both sides.
I grit my teeth. It's back...
I turn my head sharply towards Mina. Her eyes are glazed over with fear. "What the hell happened?!" I yell over the force of the wind that was slowly beginning to ebb away. "What was that explosion?!" With wide eyes, she seems to snap into reality and her head swivels quickly before freezing. She stares at a point directly below us and to our left. I follow her gaze as Eren sticks a wire into the wall above me. My heart stops again.
The wall's broken again! The Titan's are going to get in!
I begin to hyperventilate. What's going to happen, this is another twenty percent of our population! Will I be sent back to Wall Sina after this? My thinking jolts to a stop.
Will I even survive long enough to make it that far?
Memories flash into my mind.
Destruction. Screaming. Weeping. Blonde hair. Eren. Mikasa. Armin. Titans. Fear. Blood. Death.
My body quakes as I stare at the destoyed wall. That destruction is going to happen again!
Above me, Eren lets out a 'tch'.
"4th Fixed Cannon Maintanence Squad, prepare for battle!" I tear my eyes away from the door and look up at my companion. His blades shine brightly, even in the shadow of the wall. He drops before swinging up and around the group. "Our target is ahead of us, the Collossal Titan!" Flying upward, he skids to the top of the Wall, beyond my view. "This is our chance! Don't let it get away!"
My stomach knots. "Eren!"
The other Graduates stare up at where Eren's form dissapeared before someone snaps out of it. Clenching his teeth, Connie drops his wire and swings around. I follow his lead, heading for the top of the wall. I pressure my gas, but not too much so.
Learning about Kinetic and Potential energy in Science wasn't so bad after all.
As we wire up, I wince as heat floods down upon me and the other, now moving, Graduate Trainee's. It had gone for the defence cannons.
Ammo explodes around me as the Collossal Titan's mighty hand swipes the top of the wall. looking up from my wire just in time to spot a large cannon heading straight for my head, I suck in a breath and push on the gass, sending me rocketing away from the debris.
I knew it! He's intelligent!
Suddenly a plume of smoke rises into the air. The hear from the ammo intensifies and I wince.
It burns!
I skid to a stop as Thomas reaches the top and look at the others, who stare, sweat pouring down their necks.
I gulp. "Everyone!" All eyes turn to me. "Get back to HQ! We need to prepare for a long fight!"
Above me, I hear Thomas yelling faintly as I swallow the bile rising in my throat. I fall back and flip around, swinging down through town and towards HQ.
The Wall's been breached and this time... I wont go down without a fight!
As I approach HQ, the sound of the alarm bells rings out around me, nullifying everything.
My mind goes blank, and I move without realising it. The sound of the bell fills my ears. The only sound that breaches it, is the faint sound of cannonfire in the background.
Just like when I was a kid.
*Flashback*
I whimper, throwing the covers over my head and curling my tiny body into a ball, shivering as the Cannon's sound once more. I make a half attempt to bury my head in my pillow.
"Its so loud... I cant sleep..." I whisper. "Its so scary..."
*Flashback end*
My friends pause their convesation as I, still unaware of my body functioning, jog over to the gas tanks and begin to refuel, my eyes glossy.
Suddeny I feel a sharp shake at my shoulder and I jolt back to life. Mikasa stands over me, her hand firmly gripping my shoulder. "Calm down."
My hands shake as I finish filling up my gas and lift a hand to my forehead.
"Sorry... I started to panic..." Realigning everything and setting my filled gas tank in place, I stand up and pull Mikasa's hand off, walking away before she could try to reassure me. It would only make things worse.
"Tomone!" I halt. Behind me, Eren leans towards me, still seated beside Armin. "We're going to win."
I do not respond.
Through the speech of positions, I find myself hardly listening. Positions wont matter in half an hour. As soldiers scramble around, looking for their teams and equipment or a dark corner to cry in, I fish into my pocket and pull out the pocket knife.
The once off-white handle is now stained with patches of red that scatter across even the Wall Maria symbol. I stare at the hilt. I remember the words I had sworn by the day I signed up for Military Training.
"I want to free humanity and I would gladly give up my life to protect the King and the citizens around us, sir! I want to join the Scouting Legion, sir!... I swore on the life of a man who's life was unrightfully taken by fear, sir!"
"Tomone." I snap my head up and shove the pocket knife away as Reiner approaches me with a small team. Annie, Connie and Jean. I blink. "You're on our squad."
I nod and pull out the blades from their storage. "Lets get moving. Where do we start?"
As the words leave my mouth, a Garrison Squad Leader waves at us from afar, another hand cupped over his mouth as he calls to us. "Squad 54, advance! Assist! Slay any Titans you can find!"
Connie purses his lips. "I guess anywhere. Lets go."