Hello! Yes I'm still alive.
I have gotten distracted by the new season of Korra so I was inspired to write a story that mashed up Attack on Titan and Avatar/Korra. If you're a Avatar and/or Korra fan you should check it out, it has all AoT characters in it but not the Titans and more of what an Avatar/Korra story line would be like :)
Sorry for taking so long on this, but I've finally got nice weather where I live :p
Enjoy (~^0^)~
When we got to Shiganshina, just outside Wall Maria, I was surprised to see how busy it was. Adults were rushing around with their groceries and chores while the kids played, laughing loudly in the streets.
I looked around wide-eyed, the Underground would get busy from time to time but they were never full of life like these people. Levi was patiently walking beside me with his hands in his pockets, lazily looking around; he's probably seen this a hundred times.
I stopped to look at a stand that held fabrics. There was a deep red coloured headscarf; I picked it up to show Levi.
"This is nice, isn't it?"
He looked at it and shrugged, "I guess."
"You men have no fashion sense." I scowled at him and put the scarf back, smiling at the old lady behind the stand.
"Do you have anything you wanted to look at?"
Levi looked around before pointing to a little shop, "let's check that place out."
As we got closer to the shop I noticed that it was a teashop with teacups and kettles in the window display. Just as Levi opened the door I heard yelling coming from the alley just beside it.
"I just need to check something out quick."
Levi looked at me for a moment, debating whether or not he should let me go alone. "Alright, be quick."
"Roger that." I gave a wave and headed down the alley.
It was a pretty long alleyway, but it was wide and filled with sunlight. I listened for any more noise and I heard a grunt come from the end of the alley, around the corner. I picked up my pace; doing a light jog when I came around the corner to see a sight I'd always see in the Underground; a fight between a couple of kids.
I ran up to them and grabbed the older, chubby looking kid by the back of his shirt. I yanked him off the kid he was pummeling and through him to the ground. I easily swatted away his friends' pathetic attempt to hit me and tossed him on top of the one on the ground.
I looked at the third one and he sweat dropped. He quickly ran in the other direction, his friends stumbling after him.
"Yeah that's what I thought! Run along little boys!"
I looked down to the other two kids, one had a bloody lip, and the other's cheek was red from being hit. After looking closely at them, I recognized them as the two boys who were looking at the Survey Squad leaving and coming back from the mission, the girl was nowhere in site.
"What are you guys doing picking fights?"
"We didn't start it! They're always bullying Armin, I tried to stop them!" The brown haired boy was pouting with his arms crossed avoiding my eye contact.
"Hey, aren't you part of the Survey Corps?" It was the blond one who said this; he looked to be a lot smarter than the other.
The other boy seemed to light up at this, jumping to his feet he stared at me with twinkling eyes, it was kind of freaky.
"Wooow! This is amazing! I've always wanted to meet someone from the Survey Corps! It's my dream to join them!"
I looked at him sadly, "it's not all what you make it out to be. It's a scary place there."
"I'm not scared of anything!"
I raised a brow at him; this kid is either way too full of himself or dumb, probably both. "What's your name?"
"I'm Eren Yeager and this is Armin Arlert."
I pointed to the duo, waving my finger around, "Where's your other friend, the girl?"
"Oh, Mikasa? She's with mom doing girly things."
"Girl stuff huh? Well my names Charlie Grey, if you end up joining the Survey Corps, which I know you will because you aren't going to listen to a word anyone says, make sure you look for me, shorty."
I vigorously rubbed their heads, messing the hair up, and headed back down the alley, "keep out of trouble!"
"That's never gonna happen!" Eren yelled this back and I laughed, it must be nice.
When I walked into the teashop I saw Levi arguing with an old man who was probably the owner of the shop.
"Hey, what's going on?"
"This man is charging way too much for a simple box of tea leaves."
"Young lady, take a look at those leaves and tell me if they're simple." I glanced in the box Levi was holding.
"They look like regular tea leaves to me."
"What!? Do you people have no decency!?"
"Grandfather! Don't be rude to the customers." A girl that looked around our age walked up to us and gently pushed her grandfather aside to help the other customers. "I'm so sorry, he likes to over price the tea thinking people wouldn't notice, and you're actually the first to notice it."
"I'm sure he's just doing it for the family." I smiled at her sweetly as Levi went to the counter to pay for his tea.
The girl leaned down and whispered in my ear, "your boyfriend is cute, you did a good job." She winked and nudged my arm.
My face heated up at the comment, "oh, um, thank you…?"
"Oi, Charlie lets go."
Levi was already at the door opening it; I stumbled after him.
"Have a nice day!"
I couldn't help the fidgeting; did we really look like a couple? My cheeks turned red and I slapped my hands on them, causing Levi to turn and look at me.
"What are you doing?"
I quickly removed my hands and put them in my pockets, "nothing!"
"Whatever. Lets go get a cake from there." Levi pointed to another shop that had desserts displayed on their front window. I could feel my mouth watering at the delicious looking treats.
As we opened the door, we were immediately hit with the smell of pastries. "It smells so good in here!"
Levi hummed in response and I ran around the store to look at everything. It all looked so good, I didn't know what I should choose. Levi walked up to me; he was already holding a tart that looked like there were blackberries in it.
"Levi, have you been here before?"
He shrugged, "a couple of times. Here you should try this, it's cheesecake with raspberries and blackberries." He reached around me and picked up the cake, softly brushing my arm in the process.
"Okay, sure."
He carried both of them to the counter and paid for them and we walked out of the bakery to find a ledge to sit on facing the water.
"I could have paid for that."
"It's fine, my treat." He handed me the cake and a fork.
I took my first bite and it melted in my mouth.
"Holy shi- Levi! Is this some kind of sorcery? How could you hide this heavenly place from me?"
He was just biting into his own treat and his face lit up immediately.
"Because I don't need you blabbing about it to the others."
I scowled at him and looked at his pastry, it looked so good. I went to grab for it but he moved it from my reach and glared at me. I pouted.
"Come on! Let me have a bit! I'll let you have some of mine!"
I put some of my cake on a fork and offered it to him, wagging my eyebrow up and down. He leaned forward and put his mouth over the fork, the whole time he looked me in the eye and I couldn't stop my face from turning red.
Why does he do this to me?
He pulled away and chewed slowly.
"You're right, it is good. Here."
He presented the pastry and I smirked, two could play at this game. I leaned forward and took a bite, I couldn't hold my composure; the tart was too good.
I pulled away, chewing slowly to savour the taste. I looked at Levi and he was just staring, giving me a weird look.
"What?"
He moved closer so our shoulders and hands were touching, he glanced down at my lips before looking into my eyes.
"It's nothing."
Closing the space between us he gently kissed me. I basked in his warmth, savouring the moment.
When he pulled away I smiled at him. "I could get used to that."
BREAK
After we had finished our treats we moved closer to the water and I took my shoes off to dip my feet in the cool water. Levi refused to put his feet in such 'fowl' water and opted for crossing his legs and leaning against me.
We had been sitting there for a while, the sun shining its' afternoon glow. We didn't talk much, just enjoyed the silence and watching the people. I noticed Eren, Armin, and Mikasa settle down on the stairs on the other side of the bank. They seemed like they were in a deep discussion.
It seemed like the perfect day, but a perfect day wasn't allowed in the world we live in. There was a sudden explosion and a light that came from the front gates of the wall.
The ground shook so hard I almost fell into Levi's lap. I saw other people falling to the ground at the sudden quake.
From the corner of my eye I saw the three friends get up and run towards the sound. I quickly pulled my boots on over my wet feet and stood up. Levi was already standing and had a hand over his eyes, shading them from the sun. The look on his face had me hesitating to turn my eyes in the direction he was staring; but I did and wish I hadn't.
I gasped, covering my mouth with a hand. It was a giant Titan, it could have easily climbed over the wall if it wanted to and that wall was 50 meters high.
There was another sudden explosion and chunks of the wall went flying, so far that pieces were landing by Levi and I. Levi turned me away from the debris his body covering mine. I stared terrified as people were crushed by large chunks of concrete.
I couldn't move, everything seemed fine; everything was perfect. How could something like this happen so fast?
"Charlie! We need to get to the wall, we're useless here without equipment!"
The rocks had finally stopped falling but I could only stare at Levi.
"TITANS! THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE HOLE!"
"RUN!"
People were screaming all around us, running to Wall Maria. Levi grabbed my hand and held on tightly; he began to run towards the wall.
I was finally brought to my senses and moved my legs running with Levi and the other citizens trying to get away. I glanced back and saw that the Titan had disappeared, but all I could think about were the three friends who ran towards it.
I looked back in front of me, I couldn't think like that; they're going to be fine.
We finally made it to Wall Maria and squeezed through the people trying to get out, Levi still had my hand in his and I'm glad he did for I would have been carried away in the sea of people.
When we got to the front, Stationary Guards were trying to keep the peace, leading people through as safely as possible. One guard immediately recognized Levi.
"Captain Levi!"
"We need to get through there, we can't help if we don't have any 3D Maneuver Gear."
"Let them through! Let them through!" The guard was yelling at the others and they cleared a path for us to go through.
We got into Wall Maria and went to the closest building that held all the equipment. We didn't have time to go back to the camp, the Titans were coming through the breached wall to fast and help was needed here.
As we walked through the doors we finally let go of each other's hands, Levi stopped a man who was rushing by.
"We need equipment, we're from the Survey Corps."
"Oh, thank god we need people like you. Just grab whatever you see and put it on."
He pointed towards a rack of 3D Maneuver Gear and Levi and I ran over to it, grabbing the first ones we saw.
It took us about five minutes to put the straps on, we got blades and inserted them in the slots on the gear. We filled up on air canisters and were out the door, running back toward the wall.
We used our gear to climb the wall and looked at the chaos on the other side. There were Titans everywhere.
"Charlie, I'm going to go and help as many people get out of there as possible. You should stay by the wall, help people get through and keep the Titans at bay."
I nodded my head. Levi reached up and cupped my face in his hands, leaning in he kissed me deeply before pulling away and rested his forehead against mine. Our breath mingled as we spoke.
"Be careful."
"Same to you."
He pulled away and jumped from the wall, grappling onto a tall building. I watched him go, creating more and more distance between us. I ran to the walls edge and jumped off, grappling onto the same building Levi had.
I moved to a roof that overlooked the boats that were taking the civilians from Shiganshina to Wall Maria. There was a boat moving towards the wall, full of people. Then there was an empty boat coming back to pick up more but as I looked at the amount of people still needing to be picked up, I didn't know if they were all going to make it.
I saw a titan coming towards the boat and I went after it, jumping from roof to roof. Luckily there was a tall building to the Titan's side and I grappled onto it, coming full speed towards the Titan's neck and cutting a chunk from it, successfully bringing the Titan down.
I saw another Titan coming after the boat but I was too far away from it, I wouldn't make it in time to take it down. I put my blades away and closed my eyes, breathing deeply.
I had to concentrate, I needed to feel the particles in the air; the way they connected. I spread my arms wide in front of my and breathed in deeply, stepping forward I thrust my arms out.
Ice shaped like lightening rushed from my hands towards the Titan, hitting it in the neck. It was falling to the ground a second later; I could hear the ice breaking under its' fall.
"Yes! I did it!" I jumped with my hands in the air until another explosion happened and I stumbled forward, almost falling off the roof.
That one was very close.
I turned around and saw it; it was just a couple streets away. It wasn't as big as the first but it looked as if it was covered in armour.
I ran as fast as I could towards it, when I was just a roof away, I swung my arm out, as if I was punching the air. When the ice hit the Titan, there was no damage, it only turned its' head towards me; like I was just a fly buzzing in its' ear.
I launched a grapple into the building behind it and hurled myself towards the weak spot. Whipping my blades out I cut the neck but both blades broke in half.
It was like the Titan was indestructible.
As I came around the other side, it plucked me out of the air. My right arm was bent up towards my face, my other trapped inside the hand, pressed against my body. I grimaced in pain, trying to turn my broken blade around to stab it in the hand. I successful pierced the skin but there was still no reaction from it.
"Shit!" I didn't know what to do, I tried to freeze the hand but he only squeezed tighter, forcing me to stop. Was this it? Was I going to die here?
The Titan moved me closer to its' face, like he was trying to figure out how I was able to use my ability. This Titan was more than just a Deviant Type Titan.
I began to wiggle my arm that wasn't in the hand, trying to release it before it decided to put me in its' mouth and eat me. I finally got my hand free and had my palm facing the eye of the Titan.
I could feel the frost forming over my hand; it did that just before it shot out. The Titan must have noticed too for it sudden flung me behind its' back, as if it was throwing a piece of junk away.
It felt like my heart sprung into my throat, I was so startled. I was spinning in the air and was unable to stop it until my back connected with a rooftop. I felt the shingles shatter beneath the weight and I gasped, my air stolen from my lungs from the force of impact.
I could only lie there for moment because I couldn't move. My vision turning black at the edges as pain shot through my body. I stared at the sky, birds were flying above, safe from all the chaos below; I envy them.
I heard another explosion and it sounded like the one when the other Titan took down the wall of Shiganshina. I knew Wall Maria has fallen.
My fingers were the first to move, then my arms and legs. I began to slowly sit up, grimacing in pain and hearing bones in my back cracking. I was amazed to feel that nothing was broken, but confused as to why the Titan would do that. If it didn't want to eat me than it could have easily thrown me harder, resulting in my body being crushed form the force.
I looked towards the wall and it was like the Titan had thrown me again. There was a huge hole gaping in Wall Maria. I shakily stood up, looking around me I saw that the boats were still moving but at a painstakingly slow pace.
They only looked like dots now because I was airborne for so long. Checking my gear, I sighed in relief. It had somehow stayed intact through the whole ordeal.
I started heading back to the boats and I saw three Titans making their way towards the hole in the wall. With every movement there was pain going through my body but I wasn't going to let those Titans get through that hole.
I caught up with them quickly and went ahead, trying to get distance between us. When there was, I landed onto the cobblestoned street and slammed my hands onto it, releasing the ice like I did in the field.
The Titans stopped dead in there tracks and I took out a new pair of blades. I used my gear to swing around them and cut into their necks.
BREAK
I was sitting on top of Wall Rose completely exhausted. It was hours before the civilians were moved from Shiganshina to Wall Maria where once again, people where pushed to Wall Rose thanks to the second Titan that showed up and disappearing like the first.
I took down more Titans than I could keep track of. When I got too tired to using my power I had to resort to the blades.
Levi was standing beside be, his arms crossed looking out into the mess of the other walls, disgust on his face.
"Levi…that second Titan, the one that broke through the walls, it didn't try to eat me."
He looked down at me with an eyebrow raised; I continued.
"Titans are known for one purpose, eating and killing people. But that Titan, it picked me up, it looked at me."
Levi squatted beside me, "are you sure?"
"Yeah, it even threw me. It threw me in a way so it wouldn't kill me."
Levi didn't say anything; he was probably just as confused as I am. I stared back into Wall Maria that now swarms with Titans.
It was almost like those two Titans planned this.
