*Hi everyone! This is the continuation of the last chapter! I thought I reached a good stopping point last time, or good enough to throw it up so I didn't go forever with nothing up, but now it has been like... forever, so I figured I should try to get the rest of it up tonight since I have a little time! Thanks for reading and enjoy Chapter 2 part 2!

"Attention!" The Commander called at the top of his lungs over the ruckus the soldiers below were causing. The chatter ceased and the soldiers fell in line, ready to listen to the next orders that would tell them to evacuate civilians or lay down their lives.

"Take note! The blueprint of the Trost Recovery Operation is this." He stood tall and proud announcing the plan as he bull shitted his way through most of, claiming I was a product of science, a weapon to be used against the titans. Sure, for now it would calm people's fears, but soon enough I would terrify them once again, because I had the power to turn into a species who's sole objective is the extermination of the human race.

"Our primary objective is to seal the whole, what's more it will be done manually." A wave a whispers voiced the fears of the soldiers below us, "As for how the task will be done, that's where this girl comes it. Allow me to introduce Cadet Erin Jaeger." I took the cue stepping forward with as straight a face as I could muster, saluting my fellow soldiers.

"Don't let appearances deceive you! This girl is in fact the successful product of cutting-edge science. Fantastic as this may sound, Cadet Jaeger possesses the ability to fabricate and control a Titan body at will. Recall the massive boulder nearly a league from the gate. Having assumed Titan form, Cadet Jaeger will hoist it on her back, schlep it to the hole, and voila!" He paused as another wave of uncertain whispers washed through the crowd.

"And this is where you come in!" I could see the people below stiffening at the thought of what possible role they could have in the plan, "Your job will be to defend her. Yes, defend a titan against her own kind."

The hush was gone and accusations were slung around. People shouted that the Commander was lying to disguise a suicide mission, that I couldn't actually turn into a titan despite the number of people who'd witnessed me emerging from a titan corpse and forming one in defense of my friends, that this wasn't the way they were going to die, that they weren't just going to die this way. I wanted to say something, to try and get them to listen. I wanted to tell them that this would work, that no one would die, that I would be the only one at risk, but that would only be spewing more lie.

People were leaving, abandoning their posts. It was a mutiny. Soon enough, we'd have the whole military turned against us.

I could hear Woermann's booming voice yelling out that he'd kill anyone who deserted. I could see him drawing his sword and making for the crowd of people fleeing. I wanted nothing more than to jump down there and stop him. I wanted to yell out for him to stop. I didn't want him to threaten or kill anyone else. Panic ensued as people rushed around hoping not to be cut down in their place. I opened my mouth to say something, but the Commander beat me to it.

"Anyone wishing to leave, will by my personal order, not be charged with treason!" The crowd froze once again, stunned by what the Commander was saying. I had to admit, I was pretty caught off guard too, "Those who have seen a Titan first hand will not be expected to revisit such horror again. Whomever this applies to, you may leave with my blessing. Additionally anyone with family or loved ones they would spare from the same trauma may also leave. The crown will continue to recognize your service. Thank you and good luck!"

I could see people turning, getting out of there as fast as they could, but I could also see a few turn around, like the Commander's words had somehow turned their terror into drive. Drive to never see the same horrors done to their fellow soldiers done to their families, to the people inside the walls. That they would held to create this small victory for man kind, because if we could not stop the titans here and now, when would we? Its only a matter of time before the last of our walls fall and we are left defenseless if we don't make a stand, however desperate we may be. With the right plan, I know we could accomplish this.

"Now, think back four years ago" the Commander spoke again. What is he talking about now? "Namely, the operation to retake Wall Maria. I bring it up because you all deserve to have your suspicions confirmed. Officially, we labeled it reconnaissance, but in fact, as most of you probably know, it was little more than a purge; a thinly disguised exercise in population control. We knew this in our hearts, of course we did. Yet we turned a blind eye."

I knew Armin was behind me. I wanted nothing more than to check on him. I knew he could hear the Commander. I wondered how he was handling the fact that the truth about the deaths of all those people, including his grandfather, and the blame for those deaths were finally being taken by those accountable. I almost wanted to hug him and claim a small, but important victory for justice.

"We supported the state-sponsored myth because the deaths of our fellow human beings allowed us to survive. Pure and simple. The guilt is ours. We share the blame. All of us. The citizens of Wall Maria sustained themselves on the wholesale slaughter of refugees who'd flown to us for help. But turnabout is fair play, is it not? If Wall Maria succumbs, the population will fall by a whole other order of magnitude! The lands comprising Wall Sina wouldn't support half the people now living. If we're wiped off the face of the Earth, te culprits will not have been the Titans, let me assure you. No,no. We'll have done it to ourselves."

This sounded familiar, like the conversation we'd been having earlier.

"If the line isn't draw now, it won't be drawn at all. If we must die... let us die here."

Now that's something I'll salute to. I like Commander Pyxis, we think alike.


From there, we were split off into groups. I split off from the Commander and met up with Armin and Mikasa again, but I could hear the conversation the Commander was having with the Elites. The people that were being sent out as my bodyguards, to clear the path for me to make it to the wall with the boulder. They didn't trust me.

"I'm so sorry, Erin!" Armin was still apologizing for telling them to use me as a weapon. It didn't matter though, this is what I'd wanted since the day I found out about these powers. I wanted to help the human race take back our lands, to give us free range to roam to world without fear of the titans, because the beauty of the world is the birth right that was stolen and hidden from all of us for the last hundred years.

"Armin," I smiled at him, "You have nothing to apologize for! You knew this was what I wanted for a long time and you made it a reality, so I should be thanking you. I should also be praising you gift for strategy though because its the reason we have a fifty-fifty shot at getting this done and taking a win, however small, for humanity. You're the reason we weren't blown away by Captain Woermann."

"Erin, I really don't think I should be staying here."

Here we go again...

"This is the last time I'm going to say it Mikasa. I don't want you out there. I know you're strong. I know you're capable. I know you'd survive, but I don't trust myself and this form. I've already used it more than ever today and I just don't trust myself with your life right now. You can fight when you aren't worrying about me, but if this doesn't work or you're just stuck worrying about me in the middle of a battle, I could lose you. I don't think I could take losing either of you."

One of the Elites came by just as I finished speaking, Ian, I think his name was. He'd be leading my protection squad.

"Ackerman!" he called to Mikasa.

"Sir!" she turned to him, saluting.

"I want you on the squad protecting Jaeger."

"But-!"

"No buts, Erin!" she was way too smug about this, "I've been ordered by a superior and their word is final."

Dammit... I gritted my teeth and clenched my fists.

"Let's go!" Ian ordered.

I pulled Armin and Mikasa close, "Don't you dare die, Armin, I was banking on Mikasa protecting you, and now I have to put all my faith in you. I have to believe you'll keep yourself alive. I'll see you soon."

"You better come back too!" he ruffled my hair.

"You got it!" I giggled more than a bit nervously. I was mostly worried I wouldn't be able to keep my promise.

As we ran across the wall, Ian spoke to me, "Let's get this straight, Jaeger, I don't care what the hell you are. I just care about you getting that rock in place, can I count on you for that?"

"Yes, sir! I won't let you down." I yelled.

"Erin..." Mikasa sounded worried, "You're sure you'll be okay doing this? Transforming again?"

"I have to do this, Mikasa, it doesn't matter what happens to me here, it just matter that I do all I can to defeat these bastards before they steal anymore from us."

"Erin-"

"Just focus on what you need to do, Mikasa, don't worry about me." I looked at her with a smile, showing her all the confidence I could muster. "Now let's get this done, okay?"

"Okay." she nodded as we kept on running.

Rico chimed in with a comment, but I missed it. I was getting a little too deep inside my head now that this was actually happening.

Mitabi was next to speak, "I'm going to say what we're all thinking, okay? I'm not sure why the Commander has so much faith in this plan and the fact that its being executed by a little girl does not give me much hope fore success."

"Stop it! We're about to be in range of the boulder, get ready to go on my signal."

"Yes, sir!" we all replied.

"I don't see any titans nearby, so maybe that decoy strategy is working after all. You're little blonde friend is pretty smart. " Ian called from the front.

Yes he is... Thank you, Armin.

"Jaeger," I looked over to Rico as we kept going, "Let's get something straight, Jaeger, more than a few people are going to die before the day is over. I'm talking friends, captains, lieutenants, peons. Yes, they're soldiers. Yes, this is what they signed on for, they are prepared to die, but all that blood is still on your hands and no one else's. Your first and foremost focus today must be that their deaths mean something! Take everything from the time this mission starts to the end, seriously."

She's right. The blood will be on my hands and if there's any way to stop some of those deaths, I'll do it. The faster I do this the better.

Focus Erin. Focus Erin. Focus!

"This is the place!" Ian yelled, "Go!" We jumped from the wall heading toward the boulder at top speed with out ODM gear, but Rico stayed back a moment to fire off a green smoke signal, telling the Commander that the mission had begun.

When the boulder was in my sights, I lifted my hand, biting into it and letting the familiar jolt as my titan form emerged and the rush of power when it was fully formed.

This is my chance to do something good for humanity. I stepped toward the boulder, moving to grab it, when one of my legs gave out under me.

No! Not! Now! Push! You can do this, Erin!

I stood, shakily, but I pushed on. My muscles were sore, feeling like they were tearing with each meter I lifted the boulder up. When I finally it sat on my hunched back, just between my shoulder blades. The position left me almost completely defenseless. I was more drained than I'd ever felt before, but this was it. This was my moment, my one shot to make this work. I had to succeed. Failure was no longer an option.

I couldn't give them all this hope just to crap out now.

I could see Mikasa moving slowly across the rooftops to my right, following me with each move. I could hear the pop as another smoke signal was sent off. I assumed it was to signal the snag we'd hit, to tell the decoy squads this was taking longer than we hoped. It felt like I'd been trudging along for hours and I'd only made it a few blocks.

I could hear the Elites fighting around me, guarding me from the oncoming attacks. I was much too fragile right now. I growled, angry at myself as I could see the end of the buildings coming. I would be marching across a field where ODM gear would be useless to my protectors.

I could hear Ian ordering I be defended to the last man, but I couldn't let that happen. I wouldn't. I could hear Armin joining Mikasa by my side. The thought of them having to fight and protect me gave me all the strength I needed. I had to protect them too.

When I walked out into the field ahead of me, a group of titans was heading my way. It was now or never.

Do I sit idly by and let them sacrifice their lives for me? Or do I act and get them out of my way before my body guards are forced to act in a place where their gear wouldn't help them?

I make my own way.

I roared as I lifted the boulder up over my head.

"Erin! What are you doing?!"

I brought it down in front of me and with one more ear piercing screech, I started running, as fast as I could manage. I plowed right through the titans, using the boulder as a bit of a makeshift shield. I could see Team Mitabi out of the corner of my eye trying to gain the remaining titans' attention, but they were ignored.

I felt Armin and Mikasa each land on one of my shoulders and I almost dropped the boulder when my hands trembled with relief that they were both still with me. They weren't fighting. I could protect them too.

My footsteps shook the ground. I couldn't run anymore, I just took slow and heavy steps. My shield trick hadn't killed the titans behind me, only wounded them or knocked them out of my way. I could hear the screams as my comrades were dying behind me. I had to press on. I had to do this.

I felt Mikasa launch off my shoulder and take out a titan to my right and I could hear Armin above everything else yelling in my ear, giving me all the encouragement I needed. I thought of Jean and Marco and Annie and Reiner and Berthold, Sasha, Connie, Ymir, Krista, my squad who'd laid down their lives this morning, Mr. Hannes was out there somewhere, and I thought the Commander up on the wall watching over us. He'd put all his faith in me.

This is for all of you!

I let out one last screech as I fell to my knees, jamming the boulder into place, and limply laying against it. All my strength was gone. I just wanted to sleep.

Armin was hanging from my hair in front of my face. Tears streaked his cheeks as he yelled to me, "Erin! You did it! You beautiful titan-sized nut-job! You actually did it!"

I could hear the smoke signal go off behind me, signalling that the mission was complete. That the mission was a success. Reinforcements were on the way. Humanity had triumphed over the titans. Our sacrifices and the lost lives of our comrades hadn't gone to waste.

Your sacrifice was not in vain...


Hi everyone! This is the third chapter of the redo! Thanks for reading and enjoy the story! Follow. Favorite. Comment.

Chapter 3: Acatalepsy

(noun) the impossibility to truly comprehend anything

What a pleasant dream. I suppose nowadays I only get to see good things in my dreams. I guess I'll have to get used to a dark and musty cell in the dungeon of God knows where. That is, if I don't decide to use my powers to bust myself out of here. I'd probably only make it worse if I were to try, after all, my powers got me into this mess in the first place. I survived over three years with this secret, but in my very first battle I blew it. I got myself eaten protecting Armin and was forced to use my powers to escape a titan's stomach.

I remember speaking to Commander Pyxis in the middle of the battle, after defending my friends from the military's mortar fire. I was lucky I reacted as quickly as I did or Mikasa and Armin may be dead by now. Maybe I saved them in vain. Maybe these idiots killed them already to prove their might, to prove my friends weren't titans, to calm their cowardly hearts. I sealed the hole in their wall, saving them from the titan hordes that roamed beyond it.

I struggled to remember more of what happened after I sealed the hole. I thought I remembered Armin and Mikasa being with me. I could hear them conversing, but I had no idea what they were saying, it was muffled and distorted. I heard another voice I didn't recognize as well, maybe Ian or Rico. I wasn't sure, but them I heard a new sound.

I heard the jangling of keys as my cell door was unlocked and screeched open. I didn't bother to look, probably a guard bringing me rations, I could see his uniform out of the corner of my eye.

I was pleasantly surprised when a hand wrapped itself in my shirt, yanking me forward only to throw me back against the wall.

"Answer when we ask you a question, bitch! You understand me?" the man yelled in my face. I couldn't help but laugh. I'd been through too much actually scary stuff recently to be intimidated by him. From what I could make out of him, he was a pipsqueak. Usually when guys like this are rough on others their trying to compensate for something else. Like a minuteman owning a nice estate.

"Oh, sir, I'm terribly sorry! I do hope you'll forgive me!" I teased, breaking out into a fit of giggles.

"Get your shit together, Jaeger." Levi... this was Captain Levi in front of me. Man, he's shorter in person. I guess he always looked a little bigger riding a horse. So far I was enjoying making fun of him and I had no intention of stopping anytime soon.

"Aw, Captain, you know its just Erin to you!" I reached a shackled hand forward, playfully poking him in the chest.

"I'm being serious brat!" he raised a hand to hit me.

"I can get behind some punishment. Bring it on, sir." I taunted, "Just be careful. Break the skin and I might just shift on you. A personal attack of that magnitude can't go unanswered."

"Levi," Commander Erwin called, his tone warning him not to. Oooo, I wonder how he'll react to similar treatment.

"Commander!" I whined sarcastically, a big smirk spreading across my face, "You just had to go and ruin my fun, didn't you?"

He frowned at my pout.

"Get a hold of yourself, brat." Levi ordered as he headed back out the door, taking his place beside the Commander like a loyal little puppy.

"Let's start again, Ms. Jaeger. Do you have any question before we begin?" the Commander crossed one leg over the other.

"Hm... I don't know. What day is it? Or maybe the time? Oh! I know! Tell me where I am!" Levi's eye twitched.

Levi, Levi, Levi, you make this much too fun!

"A dungeon, brat."

Yeah, no shit.

"You are currently in the custody of the Military Police." the Commander explained, "We were only just granted permission to speak with you."

"Am I really that special to you?" I faked a sniffle, "Commander, I'm touched!"

"Shut it." Levi ordered. I snickered.

"Not having fun, Captain?" I smirked, "I think this could be quite interesting! Maybe they'll kill me? Or maybe they'll dissect me? Wait, I like this one the best! Maybe they'll just use me for target practice!"

"Let's cut to the chase." the Commander cut in before Levi could speak. I gave a knowing glance to the key he dangled in front of him, my father's key to the cellar.

"Tell us about your cellar back in Shiganshina." Levi crossed his arms in front of his chest, tapping his foot expectantly.

I sighed, sitting straight up and moving into business mode. "Really? Couldn't let me have a little more fun? You just had to go and bring that up already? Ugh, how dreadfully boring. My first real interaction with humans in the last... however many days and you go and ruin my fun."

"Tell us about it, Ms. Jaeger." The Commander's lips shifted as he pursed them. He's much too easy to read. How boring.

"Its just a key, to a cellar in a home that lay in shambles. My father gave it me at some point, not sure exactly when, and promised he would tell me all about the cellar and his work when he got back from a work trip. That was he day of the attack five years ago. That's all I can tell you, its all I know, well besides the fact that I can confirm there are people who shift."

"Elaborate." Erwin demanded.

"You're quite needy, aren't you?" I wasn't sure why I was trying to go playful again. To avoid the topic, maybe? Who knows, it surely didn't matter. I would tell him everything eventually.

"You witnessed the attack five years ago and did nothing. Your mother was killed in front of your eyes and you did nothing. Countless people died and you did nothing. Explain to me why you didn't use your powers? Were they weak?"

I scoffed, "You don't know a thing, do you? I hadn't discovered these powers at that point. I didn't discover them until I was less than a year away from going to boot camp. To give you as much elaboration as I can, I'll tell you, I don't know of anyone else who can shift, but I know for a fact there are others."

"How?" Levi's voice was hard and angry.

"Five years ago, when the Colossal titan came to break open the gates at Shiganshina, there was a flash of golden lightning just before he appeared. When I shift into a titan, there's a flash of golden lightning just before I transform, less strong and noticeable though. My titan form isn't nearly as big." I crossed one leg over the other and leaned my head on one of my hands, "I'd say there are at least two other titan shifters somewhere among the military's ranks based off the titans who appeared in Trost, the Armored and the Colossal. Find them and you'll stop the breaches of the wall."

"Interesting." the Commander seemed deep in thought, "Anything else you need to share with us?"

"Nope," I shrugged my shoulders, "I'm just as in the dark as you are. There was no one to tell me what my powers where and what to do with them. My father was gone and my mother was dead. All that I know, I learned on my own."

"Who knows of this?" Levi demanded.

"Who do you think?"

"If I tell you who we think knew all along, you'll deny anyone else was involved to save them the trouble of being involved. Tell me who knew." He approached the bars.

"Or what, Captain? You'll kick my bratty ass? I might enjoy that."

"You-" he went for the keys, but the Commander stopped him.

"Levi, she has no reason to lie and we have no reason to believe she is lying." He grabbed Levi's shoulder guiding him farther from the cell, "Ms. Jaeger, we know your two friends, Cadets Armin Arlert and Mikasa Ackerman, helped you hide your abilities. Was there anyone else?"

"No."

"What about the man who housed the three of you before you became cadets? Was Hannes his name?"

I laughed, "You think you're so smart, don't you, Commander? But it's laughable to think that Mr. Hannes knew anything about this. Keeping a secret from him was unbelievably easy. He never knew anything about it. Only Armin and Mikasa knew and if it helps their case, I told them not to tell and they were too scared to disobey."

"I'll pass that along," The Commander looked a bit perplexed, but still moved on, "how about you tell us your intentions."

"Whatever do you mean, Commander?"

"What was your purpose in joining the military? Why are you helping the human race? What do you intend to do with this power?"

"That's it?" I raised an eyebrow doubtfully.

"C'mon!" Levi yelled, goading me on, "It's an easy question, answer it. What the hell do you want to do here?"

I sat straight and stiff, all sense of my usually playful nature fell forgotten as I laughed. My shoulders shook and an angry daze fell over me. I could feel my voice go flat, dead, monotone, as I said, "I want to become a member of the scouts and slaughter every titan that crosses my path. How's that, Captain Levi? Satisfied?"

He huffed in reply, "Well played, brat."

He turned to look at the Commander and gave him a nod as he headed for the door.

"Are you sure, Levi?"

"I'm sure, Erwin, I'll take responsibility for her." He paused and locked eyes with me, "So long as she can learn to shut her trap. If it comes to it, I can kill one brat."

"Good news, Ms. Jaeger," the Commander approached the bars, "You're officially a member of the scouts."

"Aw, Levi, you know just what a girl wants." I smirked.

"That's Captain to you, bitch."

"Haha..." I laid down, listening to my chains rattle. Now, all that's left to do is wait. What a fun day. I can't wait to tell Mikasa and Armin, I'm sure they'll get a real kick out of this.