Hey guys, it's me again with another chapter of HSF. Anyways, I won't be uploading as often as I do because of school and other stuff. I actually found a golden opportunity right now so I took and advantage and started to write this chapter. I'm attempting a new writing style where line breaks also represent change in POV alongside scenes so please tell me what you think. I bet a lot of you are wondering what the hell happened with Irene and all I can say is stay tuned and find out. Back to the story.

"Irene!" Junior shouted, feeling himself shatter to a thousand pieces at what he had just witnessed. He watched as the titan lifted its hand, revealing Irene's body lying lifelessly on the roof, covered in blood.

"N-No!" he gasped when he saw her lying there. He continued to watch as the titan reached back to pick her up.

"S-Stop! Leave her alone!" he shouted, aiming his swords at the beast that ignored him completely as it picked her up, "I-I said leave her alone!" he shouted, still ignored by the titan. "T-That's it. I-Irene, I'm coming," he said before trying to take a step but he didn't move. He tried to move forward but his legs were glued to the ground.

The titan then turned to look at him, barring its teeth after picking Irene up. It then opened its mouth and let out a loud shriek, releasing a gust of wind that carried a terrible stench with it.

Junior felt his entire body tremble before he lowered himself to his knees, dropping his sword to his sides. His heart fiercely pounded against his ribcage as he watched the titan turn around and begin to walk away with Irene in its hands. A part of him wondered why it ignored him.

He then looked down at his trembling hands, wondering why he was still there after he chose a path he knew he couldn't possibly take. He had to be saved by Irene, who he was mad at, who he had feelings for, who had just saved his life, who was dead.

"Coward…" he mumbled as he clenched his fists, feeling a wave of anger flow through him, "I'm a fucking coward!" he shouted once more, feeling a tight sensation in his throat. Irene had just save his life, throwing away hers in the process. He still could've returned the favour. He didn't, he didn't know why but he didn't. What was he going to tell everyone else about what happened—forget everyone else, what was he going to tell Commander Erwin? That she had saved his life but he couldn't save hers because of what, he was a coward.

"I'm sorry…" he gasped as he let the moisture roll down his cheeks, the titan still not so far away calmly walked, still holding her in its hands.

The sound of gas and a thud, snapped him out of his thoughts. He turned around and came face to face with Mikasa, "mom."

He saw Mikasa's eyes widen as she immediately rushed to his side and crouched next to him, beginning her thorough examination of his body, freezing the moment she saw his face, "Junior, your face. What happened?"

Junior let his blue eyes look into his mother's grey ones. He pulled her into a hug, letting all the moisture on his face be absorbed by the fabrics of her uniform, "m-mom, I'm sorry," he sobbed, still resting against her. Any other time he would try his best to brush off his mother but at this point, he needed her.


Mikasa stayed silent as she caressed her son's back. She never knew exactly why he was crying but she hated it. First, she hated the fact that she let him join the military. Second, she hated the fact that he still chose to fight even when he knew he wasn't strong enough. Third, she hated the fact that she let him do it either way and now he was injured and crying against her chest. That was it, no more. There was no way she was going to let him risk his life even more and she didn't care whoever protested. Be it Levi, Hange or even Erwin. She wasn't going to let him go through this again.

"Mom…" his voice came out; his breath had stabilised at least.

"Yes Junior," Mikasa responded, very curious as to what he had to say. Hopefully he'd already began to regret.

"I let her die."

Mikasa cocked an eyebrow, wondering why he had just said what he said.

"I almost died but Irene saved me," Junior started, "she was killed and I just stood there…" he continued, "I'm a coward, mom. A pathetic coward."

"She was killed?" Mikasa asked, surprise evident despite her calm tone. Ever since they became training partners, they had gotten a lot closer than when they first met. She had seen first-hand how determined the girl was, never seeming to give up every time they'd spar, watched her grow from an overzealous child into a strong young woman in just a year.

Now she was dead and Mikasa never expected something like that to ever happen—so soon anyway. She had saved her son's life and that meant a lot to her. The least she could do to show her appreciation was avenging her. "Junior, which titan killed her?"

She watched as her son's gaze shifted to the right where a large titan was seen walking away, "mom, it took her body…I don't why," he said before looking back at her, grief evident in his eyes.

Mikasa felt herself tense up when she looked at her son's expression. If there was one thing she hated, it was seeing her children hurt, either physically or mentally. All the other mothers had witnessed Levi holding her back every time Junior or the twins got tackled during their inter-school football games. They actually called the police when they got uncomfortable with the glares she gave other kids. Coming to think of it, that was really embarrassing.

"Junior, stay here," her deadpan voice came out before she turned and watched the titan. In a swift motion, she jetted after it at faster speeds than needed, back hair blowing in the wind, Junior's happiness being the main thing on her mind. She never wanted to see him like that ever again and she knew the only way she could possibly make him smile again was by saving the blonde.

She finally caught up to the titan and thrust herself into the air, flying right above it. Her eyes scaled the titan's body before settling for their target, the nape.

She then shot the hooks at its shoulders and propelled herself forward, swords in hands neatly polished, courtesy of Levi, about to be stained by the blood of the hellish creature.

She then did a spin, an observed technique, and rushed towards the nape. She noticed the titan's eyes shift towards her before its free hand reached and covered her target, encasing itself in a hard crystalline material.

"huh," she gasped, surprised by the fact that the beast had protected its weak spot. Still, she proceeded, slashing but to her surprise, instead of a dismembered hand, her swords shattered. She looked at the encasing and noticed cracks forming, "shit!" she gasped, nimbly dodging the attacking hand that freed itself and started to swat its back like she was an insect.

She then pulled away from it and continued to fly after it, still in shock by the fact that it defended itself unlike any of the mindless titans she faced and was told about by Hange.

"Mikasa, hold on!" a shot came from behind her and when she glanced back, she saw the group of soldiers approaching her.

"We've got this one!" the blonde soldier said as they flew past her, rushing straight for the large titan.

"Thomas, wait!" Mikasa called, knowing that something was off about the titan. Unfortunately, she was too late.

The titan swiftly turned around, still holding Irene's body in its hand. Its eyes immediately focused on the soldiers before it grabbed onto Thomas, tossing him right into its mouth, crushing him like a bug. It then proceeded to swat another soldier into a wall before throwing a kick to the following one into the air.

Mikasa watched in horror as her comrades fell. She wasn't going to let any more of them go down. She then felt her senses go numb as a strong feeling overwhelmed her, forcing her to see things differently, she then huffed before charging right at the titan, swords already in hand, instincts in the driver's seat of her body.

She launched herself around it and rushed for its nape. Instinctively, the beast reached out to cover it, allowing the woman the opportunity to slice off its hand and fly towards the nape.

She hummed in disapproval when she noticed the hardened material form over the weak spot. That still didn't stop her and she allowed herself to fall, low enough to allow her to slice at the back of its knee, forcing it to stumble.

The titan screeched before attempting to run off but Mrs. Ackerman wasn't going to let this slide. She propelled herself after it, her main aim still being taking it down.

She then launched herself towards the titan's ankle and sliced it open, forcing it to fall to the ground. If she could demobilise it, she could kill it.

As the beast screeched, Mikasa launched herself right at it, once more to secure her victory. She then noticed the titan flail its hand into the air, throwing Irene's body away from it. She glanced at Irene and then back at the titan. She would've killed it but that wasn't what really mattered most at the time.

"hold on…" she said before jetting right after her, moving even faster than she was before.

Luckily, she managed to catch her right before she hit a building. She let out a relieved sigh as she held the blonde over her shoulder she seemed to have endured a great deal of damage as several parts of her uniform were covered in blood. She then looked back to where the titan had fallen and it was down, steam escaping from all of the wounds Mikasa had showered it with.

At least it was Dead.

She then looked back at where she was coming from and jetted back to where she left her son.

"Mom!" she heard him say when she landed on it with a loud thump. She then saw his face brighten when he saw Irene on her. At least he wasn't frowning any more. Feeling the weight on her shoulders, she proceeded to lay Irene's body on the roof and watched as her son knelt down next to it. She saw the way he looked down at her, lips tightly closed as though he were biting back words.

"Irene, I-I'm sorry for being a coward," Junior started, "You saved my life. You were brave, strong, smart, confident… beautiful," he confessed, "you were so many good things… I can't even explain it to you."

Mikasa watched as her son's face went a bit pink. she felt herself get a tad protective. But then, Irene was a corpse and in no way was it normal for her to feel like that. She just had to let him have this moment—even if it was a bit weird.

"You made me smile whenever we chatted for hours into the night. You made me feel like there was nothing that would rather be doing and I kinda got bummed when we had to call it quits," he continued, "and when I'd go to sleep, I couldn't stop thinking about you and I was like, 'shit, I can't wait to see her tomorrow'. Even when we got closer, telling each other secrets and stuff, I felt myself getting even more attracted to you."

Mikasa watched as her son confessed to a corpse. He was speaking as though she were wide awake, forgetting that she would never be able to return the feelings. It even of reminded her about her earlier relationship with Eren; completely one sided.

"Ugh… Dammit Irene. I loved you alright," he finally burst out. breathing as though a large weight had been lifted from his shoulders. "I loved every single thing about you and I got pissed off when I failed to make you smile whenever you were down. I felt like a total idiot and I got even more pissed off whenever Doug put a smile on your face."

She then saw him sigh before relaxing. She then took the liberty to crouch beside him again, resting her hand on his shoulder, "how do you feel?" she asked, her deadpan look faded away and was replaced with a warm one.

"I feel… great," he sighed before looking back at her, throwing her a happier expression. He then got worried again, "what are we going to tell the Commander?"

"That she's dead," Mikasa calmly said, ignoring the shocked look she received from her son. She never really was the best person to ask whenever it came to such things. She had to admit that even Levi would occasionally offer better advice. She then looked down at Irene's body and noticed a slight twitch.

In a swift movement, Mikasa was already pumping Irene's chest, remembering what she had learnt from the CPR classes she and Levi took to ensure they were ready for anything life had to throw at them once they became parents.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Junior asked, receiving no response from his mother as she continued to act.

"Ach!" Irene coughed as she opened her eyes. she then began to gasp for air as though she hadn't breathed in years. Mikasa had already gotten to work, gently patting her back until the gasping calmed down.

"J-Junior, Mrs. Ackerman?" she asked, glancing at the two before grabbing her head. A low moan escaped her lips before she went unconscious once again.

The Ackermans shared a look before the sound of many gas canisters was heard, followed by loud thumps.

"Hey guys!" Sasha greeted as she walked, arm in arm with her husband.

"Your saviours have arrived," Connie cheered as they walked towards the trio. He then gasped when he saw Irene's state, "Is she…"

"No," Mikasa responded before looking back at everyone else behind him. she had to admit that she was impressed by the fact that they had gotten back onto their feet but her face hid everything.

"Well, does Snow White over there need a kiss?" Jean smirked as he stepped forward.

"Don't be a paedophile!" Junior spat at the older man.

"Oh, I wasn't talking about Irene, idiot," Jean said before looking at Mikasa, "well?"

Ignoring the brunette's advances, Mikasa rose to her feet and glanced around. The area was free of any titans which meant that she could inform the centre to lead the busses through this path and more importantly, get the children on a bus. That way, they could be safe. That's what she needed.

She then looked over at Jean, who wore a somewhat disappointed look, "Jean."

"Y-Yes," he started, a look of desperation on his face.

Mikasa brushed it off and continued, "tell the Special Ops Squads they can use this route."

"O-Oh, okay," Jean said before pressing the button on his communicator, "Jean Kirschtein here. The right wing has a clear path," he said before putting his hand down.

"The poor kids look awful," Historia was the next to speak as she went and knelt down next to the teenagers.

Mikasa almost reprimanded her but stopped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned and met a pair of green eyes beaming back at her, making her flush as she covered her face with her scarf, "Eren."

"I'm glad you're okay," he said, "I got a bit worried that you wouldn't make it."

Mikasa said nothing. It wasn't like she ever did whenever Eren smiled at her. Despite being in a relationship with someone else, her devotion to the brunette hadn't died out. How could it? considering that he was the one that made her feel alive as she recalled. Those green orbs brought back the light that had died out when she lost her parents to burglars. The scarf he wrapped around her neck brought her more comfort than anything really. He made her feel different, almost alive. Perhaps that was Why Levi never liked it.

Her train of thoughts was broken when she heard Eren's voice again, but he wasn't looking at her. She followed his gaze and it landed on Historia, who was having a conversation with Junior while Irene was propped up onto her lap, resting while in her unconscious state.

"Man, I can't wait to have kids of my own," Eren smiled, clearly in awe of the sight before him.

"Tch," she scoffed but covered her mouth before Eren looked back at her, sporting a quizzical look. Guiltily, she looked away, "That's what marriage does. You start sounding like each other, okay."

"Heh," he only chuckled in response.


"We're heading East!" Hange said through her communicator, passing the message to her squad members and the bus drivers.

"Looks like you set things straight over there," Levi said to himself, acknowledging that his squad members had set things straight on the right wing. That probably meant Junior was alright, much to his relief.

The squads took a right turn and led the busses through the much clearer route. For sure, there weren't any titans in sight which meant things were looking good for the busses.

Levi looked around, searching the area for any danger. There may not have been any titans in sight but he still couldn't let his guard down. He then sighed as he noticed some familiar places. The school the twins went to, the station Mikasa worked at, the park where it all began. Often times he would find himself questioning why any of this happened. Why life decided to return him to the life of fighting when he had finally found peace.

"Hey, Levi."

"No!" he responded in his usual tone.

"I didn't even get to say anything," Hange complained from her end of the communicator.

"I don't care," he responded, keeping his eyes on the road.

"Anyway…" she continued either way, much to his annoyance, "aren't we entering your old neighbourhood?"

Hange was right. Many nice looking houses came into view. Even in this fallout, many of the houses were still standing. He then felt a rush of nostalgia flow through him. All the memories he had made when he first moved there with Mikasa and Junior, who was a toddler at the time. All their unique neighbours getting into all sorts of crazy activities.

They then passed by a large house with a Lamborghini parked right outside. He could see the dents and dust that had formed a layer over the house and car, the front pool had turned green with Algae. The sight almost brought up the pathetic punch he had earlier on. He recognised the house as his neighbour, Miche's.

"Bastard," he scoffed, remembering his neighbour. The blonde man happened to be a war vet like a lot of other people he knew. He then got invested in professional football and made a lot of money and scored himself two models that he later married and had kids with. The thing that annoyed Levi the most about the blonde was the fact that he always told him off for being a stay-at-home. He did, however, appreciate the times when he would entertain the kids with his crazy lifestyle when he was too busy.

His face softened at the sight of his own house. The lawn completely over grown, the walls stained with so many different colours. His crushed Ford was still there, except now rusted with leaves growing through the tires. "Tch, damn brat," he scoffed, remembering how his car had ended up that way.

He couldn't deny the fact that thoughts of clearing everything up started to fill his mind. He also noticed that their garage door was still locked. A realisation had struck his mind. They had a Mercedes in the garage. He could've come back to check on it but the thought of how it may look after a year of no maintenance repelled him. He just had to let it slide.

He still imagined the days his family would hang out on the lawn, fooling around occasionally or go over to the neighbourhood BBQs. The times he'd play catch with the twins or teach Marie how to trike. All those memories remained engraved into his heart. The happier moments, the moments when he wasn't fighting to keep his family, alongside many others, alive.

A loud screeching sound was heard, snapping everyone's attention to the direction from which it came.

A large titan, probably ten metres, hopped out from behind one of the houses and onto the road and glared in their direction.

It was abnormal, judging by the fact that it stood on all fours. It had its eyes set on the bus and began to charge.

"Shit!" Levi grunted before flicking the switch on his bike and launching himself towards the titan. From the times he actually paid attention during Hange's classes, he remembered that abnormal titans weren't often attracted to individuals but to large groups. This would make things way easier for him.

The titan continued to crawl towards the approaching group, tongue hanging out as it licked the air.

"Alright Fido, time to put you down," he said as flew over the titan, releasing the grapples while he hovered above it before latching them to its shoulders and lunging down at it, stabbing it in the neck before it fell to the ground motionlessly.

He looked back at the busses and waved them to keep moving. To his surprise, more screeches could be heard and when he turned around, he noticed that a horde was approaching them. "Shit!" he said before looking back at the busses and noticed another horde of titans approaching from behind the vehicle.

"What the fuck, they said this place was clear," he said as he pressed the button on his communicator, "Hange, we need to get to work or we'll be titan shit any moment now!"

"Titans don't have…"

"I don't fucking, care!" he snapped, annoyed by the correction, "just get your squad members to fight already."

He then shifted the contact to his own squad, or what was left of it. Fortunately, Meyer had returned from his absence so at least two of them were present. He still had to deal with him, though., "Leonhart, Meyer! Let's finish these sons of bitches off!"

He then noticed his bike approaching and shot his gear at it, launching him right onto his seat and right towards the titans. If there was one thing he didn't want to let happen, it was to let all those lives get taken away. Once again, the pressure he felt as he fought for his country in the military fell upon him once again.

Once he was close enough, he propelled himself into the air, rapidly spinning as he cut through several of the titans, taking them down one by one. A year's worth of research trips allowed him to experiment and perfect his titan killing ability. It had become very natural to him.

"Oh… Yeah!" Doug said as he brought down two titans. The once very…unique boy had turned out to be a very capable soldier, with physical abilities being above average when put against his classmates. That was the only reason he was put in the second position. Otherwise in the theory classes, he performed terribly.

"Hey Annie! Check this out!" he shouted, taking down another large titan.

The blonde woman only passed a glare as she took down more titans.

"Tch! damn titans got be dirty," Levi scoffed as he stood on a corpse, looking at his blood-stained uniform. He then placed a hand on his communicator, "Hange, how are things going?"

"Woohoo! Levi there's so many of them!" her voice came back from the other end, "I can't believe my eyes!"

Levi cringed at the loudness she had. He then went back. He then noticed a titan make a move on one of the busses, tipping it over. "Fuck!" he cursed before jetting towards the bus and in a spinning motion, sliced the titan's head off, forcing in to fall onto the ground, "Tch, didn't your parents teach you not to play with your food?"

He then looked below him and saw that he was standing on the windows that hadn't broken. A man knocked on the window, looking terrified.

Levi knew he wasn't a man for comfort but all he could offer was protection. He then spoke, "all of you stay put and we'll get back to you once these assholes are done." He couldn't help but feel his innards churn with worry when he saw the unconscious state of some of the civilians. No one had to get hurt. No under his watch.

He then looked back and noticed that Annie and Doug were almost done with the titans on their side. He glanced back to where the Hange Squad worked and noticed that there were still quite a number of them left.

He then propelled himself forward, letting the wind blow his hair back. His only expression being one intent on destroying those titans.

Using his spinning move once again, he took down two titans before stabbing one more in the neck.

"Show off!" he heard Hange shout not so far away from him, taking down a titan of her own.

"Tch, shitty glasses," he scoffed before looking ahead, watching as the Hange squad soldiers took down the titans, both assists and solo kills were displayed. When it came to picking a squad, both Levi and Hange knew that it would take only the best of the best to work through all of this. Levi had to admit, Hange did have an eye for spotting talent.

He then shot himself at another titan, slicing off its legs, sending it onto the ground with a loud thud before shooting himself at it to stab its nape, killing it.

The titan killing went on for another 10 minutes before they were all done.

"Wow, that was massacre," Hange said as she pulled her visor over her head, taking a look at the carnage around them.

"I look like shit," Levi complained while looking at his uniform.

The teams then proceeded to shoot towards the capsized bus. "You guys should start getting the people out of there while I speak to the Commander," Hange said before turning on her communicator, "Commander, we're in a bit of a situation right now. A bus just got tipped over and we might take a while because we'd have to put it upright."

"You should've seen that," Doug said as he pulled out one of the civilians, "I was dropping those things like flies."

"Douglas, how many times do I have to tell you that I don't care?" Annie responded, helping a child out of the bus.

"What the hell does it take to get you to acknowledge me for once?" Douglas asked, a frustrated look on his face.

Annie's eyes narrowed at him, "this isn't the time for this," she said in a hushed tone.

"when then?" he asked, equally hushed, "when can we talk about how hard it is to be acknowledged by you…ow!" he said after she punched him in the mouth.

Levi watched the two from the corner of his eye. The two had a strange relationship he was trying to put together when he unintentionally and intentionally eavesdropped on their conversations. They were always similar to the one he just witnessed with Douglas complaining to her while she never cared. He always wondered why the boy was so intent on impressing her. Perhaps a mere crush? but then, it's not like he would ever ask them or anything. Annie was a very secretive person and Doug… he would probably do whatever it was, Doug did.

"Alright, that's all of them," Moblit said after he had checked the bus and found it empty.

"Alright, let's get this show on the road—literally," Hange said before motioning for her other squad members who had hooked the bus with their gear while they sat on their bikes. They then began to accelerate; their plan was to pull the bus right back up.

Everyone watched as the plan was in action. Even the civilians from the other busses poked their heads out to see what was happening. Levi let his mind wander as he wondered how Marie and the twins were doing. Judging from the state of their bus, everyone seemed safe. Besides, if anyone on the bus tried anything funny, he had been training Daniel to fight ever since the whole shop-lifting fiasco, of course Mikasa was unware, she'd just freak out.

Eventually, the bus was upright and the driver had gotten in to test the engine which was still working. The civilians went back in to fill in their seats "Alright guys, good job!" Hange said before looking back at the soldiers, "we need to get going. The sun will rise soon and I don't think anyone would want to face them in their most active state.

"Understood!" the soldiers all saluted before returning to the bikes, set on continuing their journey to safety.

They continued to pass through different neighbourhoods, keeping their guard up in case any titans decided to show up again.

"Is that Jean?" Hange asked as she noticed the brunette waving them over, "she then pressed her communicator, "Jean?"

Levi watched as the squad captain conversed with the soldier, not really caring about whatever they were saying. Hange then turned and waved at everyone as her own bike started to slow down.

"Hange, the hell is going on?" Levi asked as his bike came to a stop right next to hers.

"The remaining units in the right wing are in need of assistance," she responded before getting off her bike. She then looked back at Levi, "we should go check on them."

Levi only nodded in response before mimicking her actions. He then looked back at his squad members, "keep an eye on everyone, I'll be back." He then followed after Hange, shooting his gear onto the building's edge and pulling himself upwards.

Jean finally led them to a nearby building where everyone else rested.

"I'm glad you're okay," Hange said as she looked at the soldiers.

The first thing that caught Levi's eye was his wife, son and Irene together with the Latest fast asleep. Automatically, he made his way over to them.

"I'm starting to think dirt no longer bothers you," was the first thing Mikasa said as her husband approached them.

"When we get to Fort Rose, I swear I'll soak in the bath for as long as possible," he responded, shifting his eyes to his son as he spoke. The boy looked pretty banged up, hair scruffy, small rips in his uniform topped by the blood on his collar and bruised face. He looked banged up was an understatement, he looked terrible. Levi couldn't help but feel a bit worried about him, his stoic face masked all evidence though.

"Hey, da… I mean, captain," he greeted, throwing his father a salute.

"The hell happened to you?"

Before Junior could explain, Mikasa was already at it.

"I found him crying because he got scared of a titan," she explained, deleting all the other details as though they were nothing.

"Pussy."

Junior's face then went bright pink, "N-No mom, you're not telling the whole truth," he started, "This abnormal titan showed up and almost killed me. But then, Irene stepped in and saved me, sacrificing herself."

"What?" he asked as his eyes fell on the unconscious blonde, watching her body resting against a wall. He couldn't help but feel a bit of grief flow through him. His best friend's daughter was there, having died at the hands of the titans. Guilt then started to add to the grief as he realised that he had lost Irene while she was under his care. How would he explain to Erwin?

"Dad… I mean, Captain, you're staring."

Levi's eyes went back to where his son stood, a scowl forming on his face "the hell could you let her die?"

"No, the thing is, she's still alive," he said as Levi's eyes shifted back to her and he noticed the steady movement of her chest.

"Mom managed to save her from the weird abnormal," he finished.

"Levi."

The captain's gaze then shifted to where his wife stood, her calm expression had shifted from its plain one to a more serious one, "Ackerman?"

"This is it," she started, "no more of this for Junior."

"Mikasa, this isn't the time for this," Levi brushed her off, ignoring the glare she threw at him. He certainly wasn't in the mood to argue with her as it was neither the time nor place for that. He was just glad that people were still breathing and not everyone was completely gone.

"Wait, you're telling me all your bikes are…gone?" Hange asked the other soldiers after they had just finished explaining their situation.

"No offense, captain Hange but…" Connie started, "those bikes are extremely glitchy."

Hange then placed her hand under her chin, "I guess this was an expected result," she started, "Oh well, the team and I will get to it once we're at Fort Rose."

"Captain Hange," Junior started, "I encountered this very strange titan earlier."

Levi rolled his eyes as he saw the woman grin excitedly. Before they could indulge themselves in annoying nerd banter, Levi made action to grab the woman by her collar and begin to drag her with him, much to her protest. He then called back to the group, "all the injured should get into the busses. Tell those damned security guards to create space for them. The rest of you will hook onto the sides of the busses, you'll ride from there."

With that, the group was back on the move, returning to their destination already on their minds. The trip was a bit rocky as they encountered a few titans here and there but overall, things moved pretty smoothly. They even managed to meet up with the rest of the forces, combining into a single unit.

"Land ho!" Connie shouted from where he stood atop a bus, having a pose somewhat reminiscent of a sailor.

The fort walls appeared to be less spread out than those at Fort Maria, but equally as tall. Along the sides were the emblems of the Fort Rose insignia alongside the Garrison insignia.

As they approached, large gates came into view, bearing the Fort Rose insignia. The large doors slowly opened, allowing the soldiers entry into the Fort.

Each of the soldiers looked around in awe as they drove through the place. It definitely looked better than their previous Fort. It looked more like a party town as the first things they could see were a lot of clubs and bars populating the central business district. People watched from the windows of the many buildings.

They soon reached a clearing, where a large park was centred, several random bystanders also watching while a group of uniformed people, Levi assumed were probably the Garrison Soldiers watched while holding a few drinks in their hands, probably drunk.

The gates had finally closed after the last of the scouts entered the fort, signifying that they had just become a part of a completely new and different society. Clearly much more developed than their rural town and this pleased the civilians that al peaked out the bus windows to watch in awe.

"This is getting on my fucking nerves," Levi grumbled to himself as he felt a bit of frustration build up within him. First his family was removed from their comfortable lives to live in a fort because of the titans. Right when they started to settle, titans destroy the fort wall, forcing them out of their new home and on the run again and here they were in a completely different place. He was tired of not having a place to permanently call home. Well that was how life worked.

That was how it had always treated him.

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