Chapter 22

Mikasa was full of worry right now, both Eren and Gabriel had given into rage. What worried her most was how angry Gabriel had become. He had lost control many times over the years but never had he ever laid a finger on anyone he cared about. When he had grabbed Jean by the collar and demanded his ODM gear she was worried that he might hit him. Jean was by no means a pushover due to his many fights with Eren over the years but against someone as physically powerful as Gabriel, he'd have no chance. While she too hated Annie for what she had done, she had never liked her much in the first place. Eren had been furious, as evidenced by his flaming Titan form, Gabriel? He had been so innocent, he loved Annie like a sister. The snap in him must have been horrid. She watched as he clenched his teeth as he flew towards her. She didn't like seeing him like this at all, this wasn't him. Gabriel was kind and loving, not bloodthirsty and rageful.

"Gabriel, I know this hard-" She tried to say.

"Shut it." Gabriel growled back. Mikasa gasped, he had never talked to her like that before. "Understand this, the bitch is mine, stop me, and I'll kill you too." This wasn't happening, he just threatened her life! Mikasa bit her lip as they approached the brawling titans. Eren had grabbed a hold of her head and was squeezing tightly. The agonizing roar of pain and fear coming from Annie was not enough for Eren, she had to die, plain and simple. Eren was too focused on his anger that he didn't see Annie had come loose and she kicked him away. Annie knee she had to get out of there! With both Eren and Gabriel coming after with a lust for vengeance, she was doomed if she stayed here. She sprinted to the wall and crystallized her fingers to begin scaling it. Once she got a good a good distance away she would hunker down and slowly move towards the ocean. There she could summon a ship to get her. She knew was waiting for her failure but at this point it didn't matter anymore. She wanted to see her father, and come back to save Gabriel from what was to come.

"Going somewhere?" Annie froze as her vision went dark. Oh no, if he was here, then she was doomed…. Gabriel and Mikasa worked together flaying away at her tissue trying to render her limbs useless. She had already hardened her nape and these two weren't as fast as Levi. She grunted, she had no problem crushing Mikasa, maybe she would bite her in half, but Gabriel? She couldn't do it. The two scouts finally cut her fingers and she felt herself go into free fall. Her eyes finally healed and she opened them to see Mikasa standing on her nose.

"Annie, fall." She said wickedly as Annie fell to the ground where a rabid Eren awaited. He took no time ripping Annie's Titan to shreds, tearing away limbs and whatever else he could get his hands on

"Do it Eren!" Gabriel cried out. "Crush her!" He wanted to be one to deal the final blow but even in his angered state he knew it'd be suicide to get in between that right now. Eren roared as he tore the female titans head clean off. The female slumped over as Eren bit away the nape exposing Annie who simply closed her eyes and was crying. Mikasa turned to see Gabriel smiling but it wasn't his normal smile, this one was much for twisted…

"Yes! Do it! Bite her in half!" Gabriel changes disturbing Mikasa to no end. She was afraid he couldn't snap out of this one. Just as Eren was about to end Annie's life, his own Titan suddenly slumped down and began to steam away. "WHAT!" Gabriel screamed. Mikasa couldn't see him but knew there was only one who could have cut Eren out of his Titan that quickly.

"Don't kill our source of intel you dumbass." Levi said to the unconscious boy. His winced in pain as his leg flared up. Despite Erwins protests, Levi couldn't leave two fighting titans to duke it out in a city. Levi looked at Annie and felt the same rage as Eren, this bitch killed his squad and crippled Petra. He quickly calmed his emotions knowing they needed her to talk. He hopped off Eren's Titan as Annie's body began to crystallize in a hard transparent shell. He landed on the ground with the unconscious Eren when a large boy landed in front of him.

"What the hell?" Gabriel screamed which caught Levi off guard. "Why the fuck did you stop him? He had her!"

"Heimer just what the hell do you think you're doing right now?" Levi threatened. This must have been one of his freakout episodes. Gabriel growled walking up to him and staring him down.

"So she kills your squad and you just saved her life? What kind of Captain are you?" Gabriel yelled, grabbing Levi by the collar and attempting to hoist him up. He never succeeded as Levi swung out his arms to break the hold and kicked Gabriel with all his might in the stomach with his good leg. Gabriel gagged as the powerful blow knocked the wind out of him. Gabriel didn't have time to react as Levi struck him again in the face.

"Never put your hands on me again boy!" Levi ordered angrily. He was very pissed off that he had grabbed him and then mocked him over his dead squad. Levi knew he was in a different state of mind right now and actually felt bad about kicking him but he was not going to allow this behavior to go unpunished. Mikasa quickly landed next to Gabriel and looked up at Levi with a death glare. "Don't you even start Ackerman, because of you is why I'm injured in the first place!" Mikasa grunted, despite her anger, she knew he was right. If he had been here at full ability then he could have taken Annie out before she started her rampage. Gabriel continued to cough as he looked around confused. He saw Levi looking angrily at him and Mikasa by his side. Levi looked and saw his eyes were back to normal. Gabriel continued to look around and gulped when he pieced together what happened.

"I-I-I d-did I-it a-again?" He asked shamefully. Levi's face went from angry to comforting as he knelt down in front of Gabriel who was still on his knees.

"Yes you did, you tried to grab me." Levi said. Gabriel whimpered in guilt.

"I-I-I'm s-sorry!" He said sniffling. "I-I d-didn't w-want t-to h-hurt anyone!"

"Gabe you're back!" Mikasa said hugging him tightly. It had hurt her heart so badly to see him unlike himself. She could hear other troops yelling loudly, from what she heard, Annie had encased herself in an impenetrable crystal meaning all this had been for nothing!

"Gabriel." Levi said. "You assaulted an officer again. If you can't get this under control, we can not have you with us, do you understand what I'm saying?"

"Y-yes." Gabriel said looking down. He couldn't believe he tried to hurt Superman! He felt so awful right now he wanted to throw up. Mikasa continued to hug him in a very maternal fashion as she ran her hand down his back and spoke words of encouragement to him.

"D-did I h-hurt y-you?" Gabriel asked fearing the answer.

"No." Mikasa lied, she didn't want to burden him with the death threat from earlier.

"M-mik, w-what I-if I-I-I d-Dont c-come b-back n-next t-time?" Gabriel asked full of fear. Mikasa sniffled at his pain.

"We will always be here to bring you back, we will never leave you, no matter what." Mikasa said gently.

"Please!" Gabriel cried. "I-I d-Dont w-want b-b-be a b-bad g-guy w-who h-hurts p-people!" He was so scared of becoming a monster.

"You won't, we all love you Gabriel. We will never let that happen." Mikasa said as Gabriel held onto her like a lifeline.

Short chapter but I'd figure I'd bust out something before I catch coronavirus. No worries though, my boi Osmosis Jones got my back.