Hello everyone, sorry for not posting a lot, Anyways This will be very like Power to Strive But I think he/she gave up on it.. so I'm gonna do my own. Hope you enjoy it.
Summary: The scouts become trapped in a room for twelve hours and are forced to watch Attack on Titan.
I don't Own Attack on Titan/Shengki no Kyojin.
WARNING THIS CONTAINS MANGA/ANIME SPOLIER SO BE WARNED.
Chapter 1: Fall of Shinganshina Part I
"Why do you think that commander Erwin summoned us all of a sudden like this?" Eren frowned a bit at the note in his hands. "And why does it have to be very secretive?"
"I'm not sure, but I am sure we will find out," Armin said.
"Well, it must be important if he summoned us right now," Mikasa answered. When they reached the top of the castle, they Saw Levi and Hange standing before their destination.
"What are you guys doing here?" Hange asked while exchanging a look with Levi.
"We got a note from Commander Erwin to come to this room as fast as possible, and not to tell anyone else," Eren explained while holding up his note. "But I saw Armin and Mikasa also had the same note so we all came here together. Eren said.
Suddenly a group of people arrived up the stairs.
"You guys also got a letter?" Sasha asked.
"Yeah, we all got a letter too!" Armin said as now there is Eren, Armin, Mikasa, Levi, Hange, Jean, Connie, Sasha, Christa, and Ymir.
"So? Does anyone know why he summoned us?" Jean asked.
"No, but we're about to find out," Levi said and he proceeded to open the door.
The room looked clean, too clean even for Levi. It had been sorted out and arranged, also there is food, 2 bathrooms and couches and chairs surrounding a black rectangular box.
Suddenly the door opened and commander Erwin entered looking a bit confused.
"Did you all also got a note from Hange?" Erwin asked.
All of them looked confused.
"You told us to come here, commander," Christa said.
"Well, it says here that Hange had invited me because of something she discovered," Erwin replied.
"So is this a joke?" Connie said.
"It can't be. The food and drinks are still warm and this place looks too perfect just for a joke, So this must want us to stay." Levi said.
"Also The doors had locked and so can't get out," Mikasa said
Sasha saw a note in the black rectangular box and picked it up.
"Guys there is a note here!" Sasha said.
"Well don't just stand there read it out," Hange said
"Greetings, I have gathered you all here today and probably wondering, Why are we here and why can't we leave? Well, you are all here because I gonna show you your pasts and futures and there will be no protests."
"Shouldn't this person ask consent?" Eren said.
"Hange ignored him and continued. "While I would love to stay and watch it with you all, but I can not do that right now."
"Huh?" Connie said.
"Unfortunately, I can't be in 2 places at once. So I've left you supplies that will last for a long time and there's also a restroom. You'll be able to leave this room in twelve hours. One more thing I made sure that your absences will not be noted so don't worry about that.
That line sent Levi to the door. As much he might, the door wouldn't budge an inch. Armin went beside the door and placed his palm on the wooden surface. "It seems almost new," Armin said.
Jean came too and knocked on the door. "Yeah, you're right. It's sturdier than most doors. Something's not right about this." Jean said with a bit of concern.
"It might be blocked from the other side," suggested Christa.
"How could they had done that without alerting us?" Mikasa said.
"Hange, please finish the note, It might tell us," Erwin said
"Don't even bother trying to escape. You can't. And why would you guys even do that? Don't you wanna know more about the Titans and their origins to increase your chances of survival, right? Well, I'm going to serve the answers to you using that black thing in the wall which is called a Television or TV for short." Hange said.
"So that thing is called TV," Armin muttered to himself, eyeing the mysterious rectangular object.
"If you're wondering why I chose you, people, specifically, it's because all of you are the main key elements." Hange contuined reading.
"I wonder what he means by that," Jean said.
"Now settle down and turn the TV on. The remote's on the table. You only have to point it at the TV and press the red button called 'Power button'. It's all pretty self-explanatory. So, have fun and enjoy but don't forget in 12 hours you can leave and you can not skip any Episodes. Peace, Shinra.
Ymir raised an eyebrow. "Shinra?"
"That's what it says in the note." Hange showed them.
"I guess we should start," Erwin said.
"I'll be honest, I'm intrigued. Let's watch it." Erwin was very eager to see the answers *Shinra* had promised. And it wasn't like they could go anywhere. They all quickly settled: Mikasa and Eren next to him were Armin and Jean, Sasha and Connie next to Ymir and Christa, Levi and Hange, and commander Erwin all sat together.
The commander picked up the so-called 'Remote' and studied it a bit and then pointed it to the TV and hit the button that Shinra told them to press.
Suddenly the black screen lit up which caused gasps to appear from everyone.
Hange let out a noise of excitement. "Hurry up and start it!"
Erwin didn't need to be told twice.
"Humanity was suddenly reminded that day..."
"Holy," Jean said wide eyes at the sight of the Colossal Titan looking down on them over the 50 Meter wall, The shocked little humans, the very young tri included, stood frozen in horror.
"... Of the Terror of being at their mercy."
Silence filled over the entire room, Jaws open.
Hearing about the Colossal Titan was one thing, But seeing it was a whole another level. Eren, Mikasa, and Armin tensed, knowing where this was headed too.
"The humiliation of being caged is what triggers us to fight back.
The screen cuts to the image of horses racing through a forest in a storm.
"ALL SOLDIERS, PREPARE FOR BATTLE!" The commander yelled.
All of the remaining 104th corp recognize that yell.
"That Man sounds like our instructor Keith Shadies," Connie said.
"Well, it is because he is," Erwin replied.
"Wow really? Though he really let himself go." Connie said.
"We only have one target! We will slay it and claim this spot as humanity's first stronghold beyond the Walls!"
"This looks amazing," Sasha said while they all started watching in awe.
"Target approaching!"
"Erwin, that's you!" Hange squealed.
Way to state the obvious Four-Eyes." But even Levi didn't deny the amazement he felt.
"Split into five groups just as we practiced!" The commander ordered. "We'll act as the bait! All assault squads, switch to 3D Maneuver Gear! Strike from all directions at once!"
A young man was the first to approach the Titan. He attacked from behind, blades swirling. "Taste the power of humanity!"
Hange and Erwin recognized that man.
The sun shining on flowers was disrupted by images of blood, a Titan's teeth, a stone building with a windmill that became overrun by Titans, a red uniform, children's toys, a bee in a human eye, a close-up of a creepy Titan smile, and someone being plucked from the ground.
"What the?" They all said confused.
Mikasa looked at Eren and he had the same look on his face because she knew what they had just seen.
The screen cut to a Grown-up Mikasa with hair reaching her neck. "See you later Eren..."
Everyone looked confused about what they were seeing.
The images zoomed by quickly and then a young Eren woke with a gasp.
"Did you dream that?!" Armin asked Eren a bit scared.
I...don't know. I can't remember." Shock and confusion coursed through him. Had he seen the future? Was that even possible? Then again this Shinra person is showing us our pasts and future.
"I'm sure it'll explain," Mikasa whispered softly from next to him. She was the only other person who could have recognized that haunting sight of Carla being killed.
"Did we just see Eren dying?" Jean asked.
Mikasa's eyes went wide open and was frightened. "No that's Impossible," Mikasa muttered.
Eren just looked at her in the corner of his eye.
The screen showed a little Mikasa looking down on Eren in Worry.
"Oh my god, Mikasa you look sooo cute! When you were little." Sasha said.
Mikasa blushed from the compliment
"Now that you mention it, She did look cute and cuter now," Eren said.
Mikasa blushed hard At what Eren had just said. "Th-Thanks.
"Mikasa?"
"We should be heading back," Mikasa suggested.
"Awww when did your hair get so long...?" Eren said.
Mikasa just stared at him.
Everyone looked confused. "So did Eren see the future?" Armin asked.
"No that's impossible..." Eren said.
Everyone just looked at him.
"What are we doing here?" Eren asked.
"You were that deep asleep that you're still only half-awake?"
"No," Eren replied. "It just feels like I had this really long dream or something."
"What was it about?"
"I can't remember."
Mikasa went to grab her firewood, then looked at him in surprise. "Eren, why are you crying?"
"Huh?" Eren touched his face in confusion.
"If I saw that I'd cry, too," Connie muttered. "Creepy!"
The screen showed text saying '[Year 845 - Shinganshina District]'
The atmosphere was peaceful. People moved about without worry, going on with their lives. Children ran around, laughing and playing.
"Listen! It was by the goddesses' great wisdom that the Walls were built! The Walls are their divine work! No one must be allowed to defile the Walls!"
The preaching got the frowns and eye-rolls it deserved.
"Don't tell anyone. About me crying." Eren sulked a little, head down as he walked.
"Too bad Eren," Jean said, smirking. "Now we all know."
Eren just glared at him extra hard.
"I won't," Mikasa said. "But crying for no real reason, you should have your dad give you a checkup."
"Don't be stupid! I can't tell him!"
"Why? Do you have daddy issues?" Ymir asked.
"No... It was just not important." Eren answered.
"What are you cryin' about, Eren?" A tall man, a Garrison soldier, walked up to them.
"Mr. Hannes!"
"Did you get scolded by Mikasa?" Hannes's cheeks were pink and his words a little slurred.
"He's drunk," Levi said in disapproval.
"Huh?! What makes you think I was crying?! Whoa," Eren said and jerked way, hand over his nose, "you reek of booze!"
"Come on, it's cool." A voice came from behind Hannes. Three Garrison soldiers were playing cards, a bottle of alcohol in plain sight, laughing without a care.
"Is this how Garrasions used to be?" Sasha asked.
"Yes, but they're still like that," Hange said.
"You're drinking again?" Eren stared at the scene with wide eyes.
"Why don't you two join us?" Hannes teased.
Eren stared at him in disbelief.
"Well, uh...don't you have work to do?" Eren said trying to change the subject.
"Yup! We're guardin' the gate today!" Hannes said proudly. "We're stuck here all day, so we end up getting hungry and if some booze happens to get into our drinks, so what? It's no big deal."
"If I find any of you slacking and drinking while on duty, you'll get my boot up your ass," Levi barked at the teens, making them shrink in their seats.
"And will you be able to fight if something happens?!" Eren demanded.
"And when would that be?" Hannes looked honestly confused.
"Isn't it obvious?! When they break the Walls and storm the city!"
"Damn, Eren." Hannes touched his forehead. "Don't start yelling so suddenly."
One of the Garrison soldiers stood and walked up to them, laughing, just as drunk as his comrade. "You're lively, doctor's son! If they do bust down the Walls, we'll take care of business, don't you worry. It's never happened, not once in the last one hundred years."
"That's what they want you to think," Shinra said.
"Whoa! What does that mean?" Connie yelled, whipping his head left and right.
"How come we've never heard about this?" Mikasa asked.
Christa stared at the veteran Scouts. "Have Titans broken in before?"
They were just as shocked by that revelation. "But...if Titans came inside the Walls before, shouldn't we know?" Sasha said. "Something like that isn't easily forgotten."
Erwin pressed his lips at that, mind racing.
"Hey, Shinra, what does that mean?" Jean asked the TV, on the off chance she might answer.
No reply came.
"He's the narrator, remember? If it's like a story in a book, it's pre-recorded so it means it was recorded before," Armin pointed out.
Jean thought that he looked dumb for embarrassing himself.
"Let's hope it's revealed later on," Hange said. "Now shush! I wanna get to the Colossal Titan part."
"Still, my dad says there's nothing more dangerous than being complacent like that!"
Levi nodded. "Smart man."
"Dr. Jeager, huh?" Hannes looked reminiscent. "Yeah, he's got a point. He once saved this town from an epidemic. I can't argue with him."
"Really?" Sasha asked. "He did?"
Mikasa nodded. "It was before we were born. Not surprising you don't know since it affected only our town Siginshina."
"So," Ymir said, "this hero thing runs in the family, huh?"
"Still," Hannes said, "they're another story. When you're a soldier, you get to see those things roaming around outside while you're on Wall reinforcement duty and stuff. The Walls are fifty meters tall, though. I can't see 'em do anything about it."
"All this talk about the Wall being impenetrable, it's like you jinxed it," Ymir said.
"Ymir," Christa said, tone lightly scolding.
"What? I'm just saying."
"W-Wait... So you're saying you don't even have the resolve to fight them, to begin with?" Eren demanded.
"Yup!" Came a cheerful reply from Hannes.
"Wh-What?!" Eren said indignantly. "Then drop the 'Garrison Regimen' name for 'Wall Construction Squad' instead!"
Laughter came at that remark.
"Good one, Eren!"
The other Garrison soldier thought it was funny, too. "That doesn't sound half bad."
"But you gotta understand, Eren, if a soldier's doing his job, things have seriously gone to hell. It's better when everyone's calling us useless freeloaders. It means peaceful times for us all."
"You know, weirdly, I can kinda see his point," Hange admitted. "Of course, it would only hold merit if Wall Maria wasn't breached."
"Sure, we can stay inside the Walls our entire lives and do nothing but eat and sleep! But that basically makes us cattle!" Eren yelled, scowling.
The words seemed to strike a chord with Hannes, although the other soldiers laughed. "Man, you're one plucky kid! For someone who's totally helpless! Right, Hannes?!"
"Huh? Y-Yeah."
Eren kept his head down and walked away, Mikasa right beside him.
"Hey, Eren," Hannes called out, but he was ignored.
"What a strange kid," one of the soldiers commented.
"Don't tell me...does he wants to join the Survey Corps?" Hannes stared after him.
"I'm honestly impressed, you've known exactly what you wanted since you were a kid," Hange said.
"Most were against my decision from the start," Eren replied, shooting Mikasa a look.
Mikasa looked down.
The two children continued to walk in silence, until Mikasa finally spoke, "Eren, I'd forget about the Survey Corps if I were you."
"See?" Eren said.
"I just didn't want you killing yourself," Mikasa muttered.
"What? You're gonna look down on them, too?"
"It doesn't have anything to do with how I see them—"
Bells began ringing in the distances. "The Heros are back! They're gonna open the front gate!" Eren grabbed Mikasa's arm. "Let's go see the heroes return, Mikasa!"
"Oh, I can just tell this is not gonna be good," Sasha said nervously.
"Ohm! Damn! I can't see!" Eren spotted some crates and they ran toward them.
A defeated Erwin caught sight of Eren's hopeful, bright-eyed smile and looked away, confusing the child.
"Hey, do you remember that?" Hange asked him.
"No. My mind was... That expedition was a massive failure," Erwin said with a shake of the head.
Almost every single soldier walked broken, bloodied, and bandaged. It finally seemed to hit little Eren.
"They're the only ones who made it back?"
"Everyone else must've gotten eaten by Titans."
"This is what they get for going outside the Walls."
"Moses! Moses!" A frantic feminine cry came from the crowd.
Erwin sighed. "This I remember."
"Yeah..." Eren agreed, Mikasa nodding next to him.
"Excuse me, I don't see my son, Moses, anywhere. Do you know where he is?" The woman walked up to the commander.
"This is Moses' mother. Go get it," he ordered.
The viewers shifted uncomfortably, apprehensive at what was about to happen.
She stared down at the bloodied sheet, unsure. Carefully, she began to unwrap it—then gasped, trying to quickly cover up the appendage. Pain-filled whimpers escaped her as she sank to her knees, clutching what was left of her son.
"That's just awful." Christa covered her mouth.
"It's all we could retrieve." The commander knelt before her.
"But my son...he carried out his duty, right? Even if he didn't achieve direct greatness, surely my son's death helped humanity to fight back, didn't it?!"
"Of course!" Then he faltered, looking dejected. "No… On this latest scouting mission, we…" He gritted his teeth and screamed, eyes shut. "No! Just like all the other missions we achieved nothing at all!" Tears streamed down his face. "My incompetence has done nothing but needlessly send soldiers to their deaths! We haven't found out anything about them!"
"Oh, man," Connie said, wincing.
"That's not something you say to a grieving parent." Christa shook her head. "Saying that their child died in vain."
"Yes," Erwin agreed. "Keith should have kept it together." It was simply not how a commander should act, especially in public.
"No wonder he has such crazy eyes," Connie said.
"The poor man." Christa felt bad for him.
That expedition really did a number on him. Armin thought.
"What a mess," a civilian said.
They could tell from the tone it wasn't going to be good.
"You can say that again."
"Our taxes are basically going to feeding and fattening those things up now."
Looks of disgust were shot at the TV.
The judgmental jerk let out a squawk, holding his head. "What the hell, you little punk?!" He turned to see an angry Eren holding a stick.
"Good job, Eren." Hange gave him a thumbs-up.
"Serves him right," Hange said.
Levi didn't say anything but silently agreed.
A hand reached from around the building and yanked him back. "H-Hey!" Eren cried out. "What are you doing, Mikasa?!"
"Get your ass back here!" The man yelled while Eren was dragged away by Mikasa.
"Mikasa, this is far enough, isn't it?!"
Without a word, she launched him into the wall.
Levi raised an eyebrow at the impressive display of strength. Maybe rumors of her skills equaling a hundred soldiers weren't exaggerated after all.
"What was that for? Now the firewood's all over the place." Eren began collecting the firewood.
"Eren, have you changed your mind about joining the Survey Corps?"
Eren ignored her question. "Help me pick this up."
"There isn't much, to begin with." Mikasa knelt and started picking up the firewood.
Mikasa and Eren saw their house and Nostalgia filled Eren and Mikasa's throats as they leaned forward to get a closer look.
"We're home."
"Welcome back," Carla greeted and smiled, looking over her shoulder.
Immediately Eren felt tears forming in his eyes but he had forced them in. He did not want to waste a single second of seeing his mother again.
Wow, Eren, I see you've worked harder than usual!" Carla remarked.
Guilt squirmed in his stomach. That wasn't quite how he remembered her face. How could I forget my own mother's face? Eren thought to himself.
Eren emptied the firewood into a wooden box. "Yeah..."
Levi looked at him and thought, "He's lying."
Carla pulled his ear for a second. "Your ear's red, that shows that you're lying. You had Mikasa help you, didn't you?"
"Oooo.. Busted." Connie laughed.
"My mom would always go on about her mother's intuition and all that when she catches me lying," Jean said, smiling.
Eren sat at the table with Mikasa and Grisha, stuffing his face. "Oh? You're leaving, Dad? Is it for work?"
"Yes. Some checkups in the interior. It'll take a couple of days."
"Wait," Hange interrupted, "if your father had connections there, and a good reputation from when he saved the town, surely he could have taken you two to the interior. If he's half as good as you claim, his skills would have been highly valuable." Doctors were in high demand, after all.
Eren exchanged a look with Mikasa and shrugged. "We don't know. I hope this tells me what happened to him." Eren said.
"Eren says he wants to join the Survey Corps," Mikasa said, eyes downcast.
"Wow," Ymir snorted.
The atmosphere changed immediately.
It had felt like the right thing at the time. Now, watching it, Mikasa couldn't help but think that she did something very wrong.
At the same time, Eren couldn't help but notice the expression on little Mikasa's face. He'd been too shocked and annoyed before to really notice the emotion shining in her eyes.
"M-Mikasa! I told you not to say anything!"
"Eren! What are you thinking?!" Carla walked over to him, grabbing his shoulders. "Do you have any idea how many people have died outside the Walls?!"
"Yes, I do!" The little boy said.
She was just worried about me because she loved me. The only reason he'd survived was that he turned out to be a Titan-Shifter. He'd been so arrogant. If he hadn't had those extraordinary abilities and Wall Maria hadn't been destroyed, was that how his first expedition would have ended? Suddenly, the scene with Moses' mother came back and hit Eren harder.
"Then why—"
"Eren," Grisha interrupted his wife, "why do you want to go out there?"
"I want to know what the outside world is like!" Eren replied passionately. "I don't want to live my entire life in ignorance inside the Walls! Plus if no one else is willing to take their place, then the lives of all who've died will be for nothing!"
"Hm, not bad," Levi commented
"Yeah, it's," Erwin said.
"I see." Grisha stood and walked away. "The boat's about to leave. I better get going."
"Hold on, dear!" Carla followed after him. "Talk some sense into Eren!"
"Carla, words can't hold back human curiosity."
"Wise words," Hange said in agreement.
"Eren, when I get back, I'll show you the basement that I've kept secret all this time." Grisha pulled out the key hanging from his neck.
Eren smiled excitedly. "R-Really?!"
Grisha tucked the key back under his shirt.
"When exactly does he give you the key?" Erwin asked Eren.
"Sorry... I don't remember.
Hange groaned. "We're gonna have to wait forever before we get to the really good part!" If this really was focused on the trio, there were still their training years to go through before they got to the Battle for Trost.
"Take care!" Eren waved happily.
"You're still not around," Carla said. "Joining the Survey Corps is a stupid idea!"
"Huh?! People who don't mind living like livestock are the stupid ones if you ask me!" With that, Eren took off running.
"I'm such an idiot!." Eren groaned. Why did I have to be such an asshole to her? He wanted to reach into the TV and slap his younger self.
"Eren!" Carla called out. He rounded the corner, out of sight. She turned to the little girl with hopeful, expectant eyes. "Mikasa, he gets himself into trouble so easily. If anything ever happens, you need to be there for each other!"
"Okay," Mikasa said and nodded.
Eren looked at her, Is that why she had always been babying me? Because it was the last thing she promised my mom? More guilt swirled in him, recalling all the times he'd snapped at her for her needless fussing. All because she was fulfilling the promise she made to his mother.
But he, too, wanted to honor his words to his mother about protecting Mikasa, and it had made him angry that she'd try to take care of him instead of the other way around. They were both trying to do the same thing and it always caused fights. I really am an idiot.
"What's the matter, heretic?!" A bully pushed Armin into a wall. "If you don't like it, let's see you hit back!"
"Y-Yeah, right! That would be stooping to your level!"
"What was that?"
"You know I'm right! That's why you have to resort to violence! Because you can't argue back! Which means you concede defeat to me, does it not?!" Armin said angrily.
Ymir rolled her eyes. "He's too stupid for that."
"He's a bully," Jean said. "Saying that will only get you more beat up."
"Shut up, smart-ass!" He raised his hand to strike Armin.
"Told you."
"Stop that!"
"It's Eren!"
The bullies got excited.
"That idiot's back for more?!"
"Does he want his ass kicked?!"
"We'll tear you a new one!"
"Ever the Suicidal Bastard, I see." Jean snorted.
One of them squinted and said, "M-Mikasa's with him!"
"We're screwed! Run!"
Laughter broke out as just the sight of her made them run with their tails between their legs.
"One look at me and they ran off!" Eren said arrogantly.
Everyone, except an embarrassed Eren, continued to laugh.
Even Levi seemed amused by the scene.
"No, it was Mikasa they saw—ow!" Armin winced.
"Hey! You okay, Armin?" Eren offered him a hand.
Armin looked at his friend's outstretched hand and hid his emotional face by looking at the ground. "I can get up on my own."
"Oh, alright."
Armin shifted in his seat, uncomfortable with his comrades seeing him so weak.
There's no way our home got hit. Eren stared in fear at the chaos around him as he ran. People screaming, children crying, blood, boulders, and destruction, everywhere he looked it was a nightmare. Just around this corner, our house is standing there, like always!
Eren and Mikasa became distressed at the sight before them.
Mikasa pulled up the scarf, squeezing Eren's hand, who already had tears streaming down his face, not caring who saw.
But everyone was staring at the scene in silent horror, unable to look away.
"Mom!" Eren ran over to the destroyed house. "Mom!"
Carla weakly opened her eyes, the lower half of her body buried under the rubble. "Eren."
"Mikasa! Grab that end!" Eren grabbed a piece of the rubble. "We gotta move this pillar!" Footsteps boomed around them. They looked up to see many giants over the roofs of the houses, wandering around.
"Hurry, Mikasa!"
"I know!"
"The Titans have gotten inside, haven't they?" Carla began fearfully. "Eren, take Mikasa and run away! Hurry!"
"I want to!" Eren grunted, trying to force the wreckage to move. "I want to run away! Get up already!"
"The debris has crushed my legs," Carla continued, almost dazed. "Even if I could get out, I wouldn't be able to run. You understand what that means."
Christa sniffed and Ymir put a comforting arm around her.
Connie and Sasha—the only two who had not been so awed by the TV that they forgot about the food and had helped themselves—pushed their plates away, suddenly losing their appetite.
"I'll run away carrying you, then!" Eren screamed, tears in his eyes.
"Why don't you ever listen to your mother?!" Carla yelled back. "You can at least do this one last thing! Mikasa!"
The young girl bowed her head, crying, too. "No, No!" A pair of legs were seen.
"If you don't go, all three of us will—" A familiar sound of wires was heard. "—Hannes!"
Relief surged in most of the viewers.
"Take the children and get out of here!"
"I can't have you thinking I'm a small man, Carla. I'm gonna slaughter the Titan and save all three of ya!" Hannes declared confidently.
It was dumb, what she was feeling. Erwin knew Eren's mother was going to die. He'd told her so himself. Still, a glimmer of hope survived.
Levi, ever the pessimist, had to dash everyone's hopes. "He's never fought a Titan before, hasn't even seen one up close. And after years of neglect and laziness, he's out of shape. I wouldn't hold my breath."
"Wait! Don't fight them!" Carla begged.
Hannes pulled out his blades, running toward the Titan. She's right, I could save those two for now for sure. But I'm finally going to repay the favor I owe!
"Favor?" Hange wondered.
"When my dad saved the town from the plague, Hannes's family was among them," Eren said.
Hannes came to a grinding halt, staring at the looming mass that grinned creepily down at him, terror clear on his face, feeling suffocated as if it were just him and the Titan. Quickly, he sheathed his swords and turned back.
I knew it. Levi was not the least bit happy about being right.
Some were disappointed, even if they understood it.
"Hey! Hannes!" Eren screamed when the older man grabbed him, then moved to Mikasa. "What are you doing?!"
At least he saved the children. That was more than Hange could expect from someone who had never intended to fight Titans, especially in the most catastrophic event in known human history. He'd only have gotten himself killed. This way, at least he was able to do some good.
"Thank you." Carla smiled, relieved.
"Hey! Mom's still!" Eren reached out for her, sobbing.
Carla mimicked the action, holding out her arm. "Eren! Mikasa! You have to survive!" A happy image of her family flashed through her mind. She retracted her arm, trembling, covering her mouth to smother her words. "Don't go."
Strangled gasps escaped Eren and Mikasa.
Armin's stomach dropped.
The Titan stood firmly behind her. Reaching down, it moved the rubble aside with ease and picked her up. "Stop!" Carla struggled to break free.
It brought its other hand up and snapped her spine, a horrified Eren still watching.
The soldiers were agitated, itching to jump into action, knowing it was futile. It was all already said and done.
Putting the limp body in its mouth, it chomped down. A fountain of blood exploded in the air.
Jean, Sasha, and Connie immediately thought of their own mothers, of what it would have been like to be in Eren's place and watch the nightmare unfold before their very eyes.
All Levi could think about was how silently his own mother had passed away, not at all like the loud, bloody, and visceral death he'd just witnessed.
"Humanity was suddenly reminded that day…"
The Titan swallowed, looking gleeful.
"…of the terror of being at their mercy. Of the humiliation of being trapped inside a cage."
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