AN: It's been WAAAAY too long since I last wrote a chapter of this, and to you guys, I'm sorry, so I guess I'll tell myself to get my butt in gear and write, it's the weekend so I'm pretty much completely free now, so I'm going to try to write 2 chapters so I can update earlier. That sounds good right? DISCLAIM: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING except Rienna/Riea. ALRIGHT THEN! CHAPTER 11!

CH 11 The Battle for Trost (8)

I just barely managed to dodge, before the force of the explosion forced me back, causing me to go flying with the other bits of building and land harshly next to a wall. I had a couple of cuts on my face, and definitely some bruises forming everywhere else. I stood up, leaning against the chimney, looking up at Titan-Eren. He gave another roar and I didn't think twice about anything before fleeing to the others. However, when I got there Mikasa had used her 3DMG to land on Titan-Eren's nose. She looked into the glowing green eyes.

"Hey, Mikasa! Get away from him!" I yelled.

I was ignored, "Eren, don't you know who I am? It's me, Mikasa!" She yelled desperately. "Your family! You must use that boulder to seal the hole!"

I turned around as I saw Riko get the red smoke signal out. "Riko!" I managed, but was again ignored as she shot the signal for a failed mission.

"Eren, you're human! You're…"

I saw Titan-Eren's hand form a tight fist and it started to shake. "Move, Ackerman!" Ian yelled.

She did as she was told and right after Titan-Eren had missed Mikasa and hit himself in the face. If it weren't for the current situation, I would've laughed. Titan-Eren stumbled and fell against the boulder after successfully knocking himself out. "What the-? He's just like any other stupid Titan!" Ian commented.

"Eren!" Mikasa yelled towards the brunette Titan.

"Captain Ian! Two Titans approaching from the front! A ten-meter class and a six-meter class! Another from the rear! One twelve-meter class coming this way!" Someone yelled.

"We should retreat. Look at him. That hole isn't going to get sealed now. " I voiced my thoughts.

"Yeah…" Riko agreed. "We have no choice, but to leave him here."

Mikasa glared at all of us with eyes of burning anger.

"Mikasa, I wouldn't be trusting him if I were you. Look at him, he almost killed me and you, and yet you still want to trust him?" I asked her my voice rising slightly.

Mikasa continued to glare, "He is my friend, and my family. I will continue to trust him, because I know Eren's still in there!"

"I highly doubt that. I don't think friends would try to hurt other friends, let alone family." I shot back.

Mikasa didn't say anything, she just glared at me.

"Hey, what's wrong? Give the order! Ian, it wasn't your fault. The plan was a long shot, everyone knew that. It was worth trying and we gave it our best shot! Come on! Our squad will climb the walls." Mitabi said walking towards the walls, I almost followed him.

"You-" Mikasa started to yelled, running towards Mitabi, before Ian stopped her.

"Calm down, Ackerman! Riko, your squad will handle the twelve-meter Titan behind us. Mitabi's squad and min will take the two in front." Ian commanded.

"What?" Riko yelled.

"I'm the one they left in charge! Shut up and follow your orders! We can't leave Jeager defenseless. I'm changing the plan; we protect Jeager from Titans until we can retrieve him." He said turning to look at Titan-Eren, "He's still valuable as one of humanity's last hopes. We cannot just abandon him like this. We can be replaced, but he can't be. "

"The failure of that dysfunctional human weapon has already cost several hundred lives! You're saying we should bring him back so this can happen again?" Riko fought back.

"That's right. We must try as many times as necessary, regardless of the human cost!" Ian replied.

Riko and Ian stood there, eyes wide and mouth open in shock. As for me, I was ready to turn around and go back to the walls myself. Riko seemed to snap back into reality, "Ian, are you serious?!"

"how else would humanity defeat the Titans?!" Ian yelled. "Riko, tell me. Is there any other way to get ourselves out of this mess? Some way to maintain our human dignity, without more deaths? How can we counter the Titans' overwhelming advantage over us?"

"As if I'd know a way to defeat them." Riko said quietly.

"That's right… So for the moment, this is all we can and should do. We must be willing to sacrifice our lives and do our best for that incomprehensible human weapon." Ian calmed down, "Pathetic, isn't it? But as humans, it's all we can do. Now, what will you do? This is the only battle we can fight. This is the struggle we've been allowed to engage." Ian finished.

Mikasa looked at Ian a little shocked, while Riko just said, "I can't accept that." Through gritted teeth as she walked away.

"Riko!" Ian yelled.

"I'll obey the order. I think what you're saying is right. But as we struggle our hardest, we'll also show them how terrifying humans can be. I refuse to die for nothing. Leave the twelve-meter class behind us to my squad." She finished over her shoulder walking to her squad.

Mitabi did the same, walking away and going over to his squad. "Let's go. Our target will be the two in the front. "

"Yeah." Ian said.

"Thank you, Commander Ian." Mikasa said simply.

"Ackerman, there's no need to thank me. I was terrified because there's no telling what you'll do. Do as you like, just as in the original plan. That will be a more efficient use of your abilities."

"Yes, sir."

"You have to protect your boyfriend." Ian commented.

Mikasa had an apparent blush on her face, "We're just family." She whispered, looking up to see Ian running to his squad. She turned around to me. I had been just glaring at nothing and was forgotten, it was better that way.

I looked at her, "I'm calling bullshit." I stated before running off to the buildings. 'I don't need to trust anyone. I'm fine by myself.'

AN: Alright, so I know this was on the short side but hear me out, I'm doing a leveling thing and it just needed to be there, sorry this chapter was kind of on the short side, it's going to be the same next chapter. I KNOW! It's completely awful… it just needs to happen. But, wait…. There is nothing more to say right? Yep that's all, BYE!