The white titan is defeated. The battle is over. All that's left is to go inside the basement.
Their eyes widened. The white titan's body was no longer standing. They cheered.
"What happened?" Eren asked.
"That's a good question," he said. "let's check on our friends."
"Right," Eren said. "let's go."
A titan jumped and landed on a house. They noticed it.
"A titan?" Armin said.
"Who the heck is riding it?" Eren asked.
The titan was moving to them. Eren grabbed out his sword.
"Armin, get behind me!"
"Right!"
The titan was in-front of them. "Stay right where you are! Come any closer and you will die!" Eren said.
"Eren, wait," Armin said. "look at his eyes."
"What the...those marks on his eyes...they come from a titan transformation...is this guy, the beast titan?" Eren asked.
"You're Eren Yeager, right?" Zeke asked.
Eren and Armin's eyes widened.
"Who are you and how do you know my name?" Eren asked.
"Interesting," Zeke said. "you look nothing lke your father."
"What are you talking about?" Armin asked.
"You see, I understand Eren," Zeke said. "him and I have been brain washed by that man."
"What?" Eren said.
"Eren, look!" Armin said.
Eren and Zeke looked up and Levi, Mike and Bertholdt were on-top of the wall.
"What? How? You three chased me all the way here?" Zeke said.
Levi, Mike and Bertholdt slid down the wall.
"We're all exhausted from fighting each other," Zeke said. "let's call this a draw."
"Wait, you haven't answerd my question," Eren said. "who the heck are you and how do you know my name?"
"I'm sorry," Zeke said. "but that's for a another time."
The titan turned away from them. "Eren," he said. "someday I will come back and save you."
The titan jumped and ran away.
"Who is that guy and how does he know you and your Dad?" Armin asked.
"I don't know," he said. "I wish he told us before he left."
Levi, Mike and Bertholdt came to them.
"Captain!" Eren said.
"Eren, give me your gas and your blades!" Levi said.
"Okay!"
"Let him go Levi," Mike said. "you've done enough."
"But I promised Erwin, that I would take down the beast titan!" Levi said.
Armin's eyes widened. "Wait, the guy with blonde hair is the beast titan?"
"Yes," Mike said. "why do you ask?"
"Because Eren and I saw marks on his eyes," he said. "and he knows him and his Dad."
"What?" Bertholdt said.
"Y'all can stay if you want," Levi said. "I'm going after him."
"Forget it Levi," Mike said. "you'll just get yourself killed."
"He's right," Bertholdt said. "let's just forget about him."
Levi sighed. "I swear, I will take down the beast titan," he said. "that's a promise."
"And you will," Mike said. "right now, let's do what we came here to do."
Three soldiers came to them.
"Captain Levi," Marlowe said. "I'm glad we found you."
"Commander Erwin!" Armin said.
"Whoa," Eren said. "he's not looking too good."
Levi's eyes widened. He looked at Erwin who is on Floch's back. "Erwin, what happened to you?"
"I'm fine, Levi," he said. "the beast titan took my arm off with his rocks."
"The beast titan threw rocks at you guys?" Eren asked.
"Yeah," Marlowe said. "we could've died, but we survived."
"The others didn't made it out alive," Hitch said. "Erwin's plan was crazy but, I'm glad to be alive."
"Yeah," Floch said. "me too."
"What should we do with Erwin?" Armin asked.
Levi looked at Erwin. "We get him back home," he said. "that's an order."
"No," Erwin said. "I need to know what's inside the basement."
"But, sir, you're hurt," Levi said. "we need to take care of that wound."
"I'll be fine, Levi," Erwin said. "right now, I need to go to the basement."
Levi sighed. "Fine," he said. "Eren, take us to your house."
"Okay," Eren said. "but let's check on our friends first."
"Yeah," Armin said. "then we'll go to the basement."
"Alright," Levi said. "let's go."
The girl looked at them and they looked at her.
"It's over for you," Annie said. "you have lost."
Reiner and Ymir came out of their titan forms.
"Finally," Reiner said. "it's over."
"Yeah," Ymir said. "you can say that again."
Sasha kissed him. He kissed her back.
"I'm glad you're okay," she said. "I thought I lost you."
"Don't worry, Sasha," he said, kissing her forehead. "I'm here, now."
"Now that the battle is over, what do we do with her?" Carla asked.
"We make her start talking to us," Rico said. "I would love to hear what she has to say."
"Leave that to me," Hanji said. "hello there, titan girl, my name is Hanji and let me say it's nice to meet you."
The girl was silent. "Not the talking type, huh?" Hanji asked.
"Hey," Ymir said. "this is not the time to be friends with her."
"She's right," Moblit said. "we need to know who she is and where she came from."
Jean walked to the crystal and smashed it with his sword. It broke in half.
"Seriously?" He said. "Come on, start talking! We didn't go through all that crap just so that you can sit there in silence!"
The girl glared at him. Jean raised his arm to hit the crystal again but Marco stopped him. "Jean," he said. "calm down."
"Calm down? She's sitting there in silence and you're telling me to calm down?"
"We don't want to give her a reason to hurt us," he said. "let's just calm down and talk about this."
"What if she gets angry and turns into the white titan?" Historia asked.
"I won't let that happen," Mikasa said. "I'll break her crystal open if I have to."
"I would like to see that," Connie said. "that would be better than trying to force her to talk."
The sound of loud footsteps filled the air. They noticed it and looked around to see where it was coming from.
"What's that noise I hear?" Annie asked.
"Sounds like a noise a titan would make," Reiner grabbed out his sword. "get ready."
Everyone pulled out their swords. The noise was getting closer to them. It became louder.
"Here it comes!" Reiner said.
The titan was behind Hanji. "Hanji, look out!" Moblit said.
Moblit pushed Hanji out of the way before the titan could chomp on her.
"Guys! Look!" Historia said.
Their eyes widened. The crystal was in the titans mouth. It ran away from them.
"No!" Hanji said.
"I'll go after them!" Connie said.
"Don't, Connie," Moblit said. "you'll just run out of gas and get yourself killed."
"He's right," Hanji said. "just forget about them."
"Darn it!" Jean said as he banged his fist on the ground. "All that fighting we did was for nothing?"
"I wouldn't say that," Hanji said. "we could've gotten seriously hurt but we were able to take down the white titan."
"Yeah, but we couldn't get any information out of her," Moblit said. "now what do we do?"
"Hey, guys," Eren said. "over here!"
Eren and the others came to them. Historia and Mikasa ran to him. Annie ran to Armin and Sasha ran to Bertholdt.
"Is everyone alright?" Levi asked.
"Yeah," Eren said. "we're okay."
"Good," Mike said. "let's move."
Levi removed Erwin from Floch's back.
"Oh my god," Historia said. "what happened to you Erwin?"
"I led the scouts to the beast titan and he took my arm off with his rocks," Erwin said. "me, Marlowe, Hitch and Floch are the only ones who made it out alive."
"So the others didn't made it out alive," Rico said. "I don't know how you guys made it out alive, but I'm glad the four of you are okay."
"Look at you Erwin," Hanji said. "we need to take care of that wound."
"I'll be fine, Hanji," he said. "right now, going to the basement is all that matters."
"The basement," Carla said. "my husband's basement?"
"Yes," Erwin said. "the truth is in there and I have to see it."
"Well, we better get a move on," Ymir said. "whatever this truth is, it better be worth the crap we went through."
"Yeah," Annie said. "It better be."
"Eren, do you have the key to the basement?" Carla asked.
"Yeah," he grabbed out the key. "right here."
"Good," she said. "let's go see what's inside the basement."
Eren started walking and the others followed him. While they were walking, Eren, Armin and Mikasa remembered what happened in Shiganshina. The colossal titan used its big red foot to kick through the wall and the armored titan broke through the gate. Everyone was panicking and running for their lives.
Eren would've been fine if different people were the colossal titan and the armored titan, but because it was Bertholdt and Reiner, it was like a punch to the stomach to him. He wanted to scream and yell at them, but he held back the burning rage and continued walking.
The memories came to Carla. Eren and Mikasa ran to her and found her trapped. Hannes came to their rescue because of Armin. He tried to take out the smiling titan but he couldn't do it. He freed Carla and ran with the kids to the boat.
"Right here," Eren said. "this is it."
The house had a boulder on top of it. The peaceful memories of Eren eating dinner with his family came to him. Everything on that day was fine, until the titans showed up and ruined everything.
"Eren," Reiner said. "If I could go back in time and change what happened, I would."
Tears fell from Eren's eyes. He wiped them away. "Thanks," he said. "let's just go inside the basement."
He walked to the door on the ground and opened it. Carla stood next to him. They looked at each other and looked at the entrance.
"I remember telling you not to go in there," Carla said. "because that's where your father was doing his work."
"Will you tell me not to go in there, now?" Eren asked.
"No," she said. "let's go."
"Okay," he said. "let's do this."
Erwin walked to Eren. "The basement is down there, right?"
Eren looked at him. "Yes, it's down there."
"Alright," he said. "the rest of you stay here, Levi and Hanji come with me."
"Sir," Armin said. "let me come, too."
"Yeah," Mikasa said. "me too."
"Same here," Historia said. "I would like to come too."
"Okay," Erwin said. "let's go."
They walked down the stairs and made it to the door. Eren grabbed out the key and looked at the door. He took a deep breath.
"Are you okay?" Carla asked.
"I'm okay," he said. "let's see what's behind this door."
He put the key to the hole. His eyes widened. "What?"
"What's wrong?" Mikasa asked.
"The key won't fit," he said. "It won't open the door."
"Impossible," Erwin said. "that key has to work."
"Now, what do we do?" Armin asked.
"I got this," Levi said. "stand back."
"Wait," Hanji said. "what are you going to do?"
Levi smashed the door down with his foot.
"Oh," Hanji said. "that works too."
They walked into a room and there is a chair with a desk and lots of medical stuff that Grisha worked on.
"Is this it?" Eren asked.
"This can't be it, right?" Armin asked.
"Well if you wanted to hide something, you wouldn't have it be seen by others," Levi said. "keep looking."
Everyone searched around the room. Mikasa found a tea cup and a plate. Historia walked to her.
"I remember bringing tea to Grisha," Mikasa said. "those were the good old days."
"I guess he was a good man," she said. "wish I got to know him."
"Yeah," she said. "he would've loved to meet you."
Historia smiled. Mikasa smiled back.
"Mikasa," she said, showing a little bit of her nude body. "I would love to have a baby with you and Eren."
Her eyes widened. "S-Seriously?"
"Yes," she said. "I am."
Tears fell from Mikasa's eyes. She wiped them away and hugged her. Historia hugged back.
"Let's tell Eren later," Mikasa said. "right now, let's focus on searching for the truth."
Historia nodded. "Okay," she said. "we'll tell him later."
"Hey guys," Eren said. "I found another key hole."
"Try using the key," Carla said. "It has to work on this one."
Eren grabbed out the key and put it to the hole. His eyes widened.
"It worked," he said as he opened the desk drawer. "It's empty?"
"Empty?" Erwin said.
"No," Armin said. "that can't be right."
"Look again," Levi said. "remove the wooden plank."
Eren removed the plank and found books. "Books?" He said.
Carla picked up the books and put them on the desk.
"Maybe there's something in the books," she said. "maybe it's the truth of this world."
"This is it," Erwin said. "this is what we've been working towards."
"Let's do it," Armin said. "let's see what the truth is."
Eren put his hand on the green book. Mikasa and Historia put their hands next to his. Eren looked at them. Mikasa and Historia nodded. Eren nodded and they opened the book. Their eyes widened.
"What is this?" Eren asked.
"I don't know," Hanji said. "It looks like there is three people in this thing."
Carla picked up the picture. She noticed something on it. "There's words behind this thing," she said. "It's from Grisha."
"What does it say?" Eren asked.
"It says, whoever is reading this, what you are seeing is a picture," Carla said. "this picture came from a world that is different than the one we know."
To them, it's just a picture. But the picture has a meaning to it. On that day, Grisha, a young boy, finds out about the cruelty of the world they live in.
To be continued...
