Annie, Reiner and Bertholdt reveal their titan forms to Marco. The battle continues. And a nuke descends on Shiganshina.
"Soliders! Protect Eren as he tries to make it to the wall! I don't want any of those titans anywhere near him!" Ian commanded.
"Are they insane? Having Eren move the boulder to the wall? He could get killed. Should we let them cover the wall?" Bertholdt said.
"Yeah, we should. If he dies, that becomes our problem. We can't let that happen. If something goes wrong, I'll use my titan." Reiner said.
"What?" Reiner and Bertholdt froze.
"I'm sorry, but what did you say?" Reiner and Bertholdt turned to look at him.
"Should we let them cover the wall, that's what you said, right? And if something goes wrong, I'll use my titan. Right Reiner?" Marco said.
"M-Marco. What you just heard was a joke." Reiner said.
Marco laughed nervously. "Come on guys, this isn't you. Look, focus on killing the titans. Let's go." He flew away from them. He turned his head and they were looking at him. He looked away and kept going.
When Eren transformed, a lightning strike came from the sky. When the colossal titan appeared, the same thing happened. He landed on a building.
Could titans be...humans?
"Marco!" He turned and Reiner landed next to him.
"We need to talk. You have a moment?" Bertholdt landed next to Reiner.
"Reiner, what the heck are you doing?"
"He needs to know."
"Know what?" Marco asked.
Annie landed next to Marco.
"What are you guys doing?" She asked.
"Reiner said he wants to have a talk. I don't know what he means by that." Marco said.
Annie's eyes widened. "Reiner. You're kidding right? Please tell me you're kidding."
"I'm not," he looked at Marco. "Marco. I'm going to tell you something. When I do, you cannot tell anyone about this. Okay?"
Marco didn't understand. "What do you mean? What are you trying to tell me?"
Reiner sighed. "The truth is...I'm the armored titan. Bertholdt is the colossal titan and Annie is the female titan. We're Marleyan warriors and we came from Marley."
Marco was silent. "W-What?"
Footsteps came from behind them. "A titan! It's coming to us!" Bertholdt said.
Reiner placed his hands on Marco's shoulders. "Marco, say something!"
"S-Say something? What is there to say?"
"Promise us you won't tell anyone about this! People will know about us when the time comes!"
"Guys! The titan is coming close to us!" Annie said.
"Marco!" Reiner said.
Marco gulped. "O-Okay. I won't tell anyone."
Reiner smiled. "Good job Marco. You're a good friend."
The titan was about to grab Reiner, but Marco flew to the titan and sliced the nape.
"Now, come on, let's go." Marco flew away from them.
"Well...that went well." Bertholdt said.
"I can't believe you told him we're titans." Annie said.
"What? What are you talking about?" Bertholdt and Annie looked at Reiner.
"What am I talking about? You told him we're titans." She said.
"No I didn't. That would put our mission at risk." He said.
Bertholdt and Annie's eyes widened.
"Come on, let's go." Reiner flew away from them.
"Please tell me this is a joke." Annie said.
"If it was a joke, we would be laughing right now." Bertholdt said.
Later, everyone was celebrating their victory. They defeated the white titan. Eren held his girlfriends and Mikasa whispered into his ear. Christa turned to see Eren open his titan mouth and he licked her body, making her giggle and moan.
"Is this it? Is it over?" Marco asked.
"I hope so." Connie asked.
"What are you talking about? We showed this titan who's boss. We should be okay now." Jean said.
"Now, all we have to do is take out the beast titan and his army." Reiner said.
Annie placed her hand on Armin's shoulder. "Are you okay, Armin?"
"I'm fine. It's just...something doesn't feel right."
"What do you mean?"
"This titan is different. It's abilities are way different. What kind of titan are we dealing with?"
Annie looked at the titan. "That's a good question."
"Annie, tell me something," he looked at her. "did you guys tried going for the nape?"
"Ymir tried going for the nape...but..."
"But, what?"
"Nothing happened."
Armin's eyes widened. "What?"
Suddenly, the white titan let out a loud roar and spawned long white spikes. Everyone flew away from the titan. Ymir, Eren, and Reiner got away from the titan.
Erwin and Levi's eyes widened.
"What's happening?" Erwin asked.
"It sounds like a titan roar. That doesn't sound good." Levi said.
The titan ran to the beast titan and stopped. He grabbed the barrel and threw it in the air. Everyone looked at the flying barrel.
"A barrel?" Carla said.
"What's the barrel for?" Rico asked.
The barrel landed on the ground and exploded. Everyone was shocked. More barrels came and landed on the ground, destroying everything in their path.
"Crap! Everyone avoid the barrels! Don't get caught in the explosion!" Hanji said.
Armin looked at the barrels and the burning fire. No. This is bad. If one of those barrels hits us, we're finish.
A barrel landed on the ground and exploded near Sasha. "Ah!"
"Sasha!" Bertholdt grabbed her.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. Thanks."
"No problem," he put her down. "don't worry, I'm gonna put an end to this." He was about to bite his hand, but a barrel landed on Reiner's nape. He fell to the ground.
Bertholdt and Sasha's eyes widened.
"No!" Sasha said.
"Reiner!" Bertholdt flew to him and Sasha followed him.
"Reiner," he placed his hand on his body. "oh my god."
"What? Is he okay?"
"He's alive," he said. "I didn't think he would do this."
"Do what?"
"He transferred his consciousness to his body. We talked about this. He would only do it as a last resort." Bertholdt clenched his fists.
"Reiner," he placed his hand on his shoulder. "Sasha will stay by your side. There's something I gotta do."
"W-What? What are you gonna do?" Bertholdt kissed Sasha.
"I'm gonna put an end to this battle." He said.
"Looks like our enemy is not making this battle easy for us." Hanji said.
"No kidding. With all these exploding barrels, Shiganshina will end up being burned to the ground if we don't do something." Carla said.
"If anyone has any ideas, now would be the good time to come up with one." Rico said.
"Guys," they looked at Bertholdt. "I have a plan!" He flew to a building.
"I'm gonna talk to Bertholdt," Armin said. "everyone be careful." He flew away from them.
"Bertholdt," he flew to him. "what's the plan?"
He breathed in and out. "I'm gonna go to the other side of the wall and turn into the colossal titan. You guys will deal with the white titan. Got it?"
"Seriously?"
"Yeah."
"But, how are we gonna deal with the white titan? Annie said Ymir bit its nape and nothing happened."
"The titan must have a weak spot. If it's not the nape, then it has to be something else. You can figure it out Armin. I know you can." Bertholdt turned around.
"Make sure to tell the others my plan," he attached himself to a building. "good luck." He flew away.
Annie flew to Armin. "Armin," he looked at her. "where's Bertholdt going?" She asked.
"He's going to the other side of the wall to face our enemy. We need to deal with the white titan. That's his plan." He said.
"But, how? Going for the nape won't do anything."
"The titan must have a weak spot. We just need to figure out what it is."
"Okay," she kissed him. "then let's find out where the weak spot is and take this titan down." She said.
"Right," he held her hand. "let's do this." he said.
Bertholdt was flying to the wall while avoiding the barrels. This is a strange feeling. I'm not sacred anymore. I see everything clearly. Being here brings back painful memories. If I can turn back time to change what happened, I would. Yeah. That's right. We didn't want to attack Shiganshina. But they made us do it.
He attached himself to the wall and flew in the air. That's just how it is. This world...is just so cruel.
"Who is that? Is that Eren? Levi asked."
"No," he looked up at the sky. "I don't think so."
The bright light appeared in the sky. Erwin's eyes widened. "Scouts! Above you! Get out of the way!"
The scouts got out of the way and Bertholdt landed on the titans. The power of the nuke burned the titans out of existence. Everyone looked at the explosion mushroom in the sky.
"Bertholdt," tears fell from Sasha's eyes. "please be careful."
"Everyone, listen up," they looked at Armin. "Bertholdt will handle the enemy on the other side of the wall. We need to take out the white titan. That's his plan."
"And how do you expect us to take it out?" Jean asked.
"Yeah. Do you have a idea on how we're gonna kill this thing?" Marco asked.
Armin paused. "N-No."
"So what you're telling us is we're screwed?" Connie asked.
"No, it's just..." Mikasa placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Armin," he looked at her. "you're in command. We'll follow you to the end."
He nodded. "We need to figure out what the titan's weak spot is. Going for the nape won't work, so we'll have to try something else."
"Ah!" Historia screamed.
"Historia, what's wrong?" Mikasa asked.
"Over there," she pointed her finger at the titan. "It's..."
Everyone's eyes widened. The titan was fully healed. It spawned a hammer and began walking to them.
"Armin, you better come up with a plan fast! We need to take this thing down, now!" Connie said.
"Make it fast, Armin!" Sasha said.
Armin froze in fear as he looked at the white titan. Erwin and Levi watched the colossal titan kill the rest of the titans. "So what now, beast titan? Do you have anything else for us?" Erwin asked.
"Don't waste your breath, Erwin. He's a coward. He doesn't have any balls to do anything." Levi said.
The beast titan smiled and scratched his ear. The titan rolled a boulder to the beast titan and stopped. He got up and picked up the boulder.
"The time has come," he crushed the boulder into small rocks. "for me to go for a perfect game."
Rocks are thrown to the scouts. Eren and his friends are taking a beating from the white titan. Erwin leads his army to the beast titan.
To be continued...
