Tell me,

how many times

have you lost

your voice to

someone who isn't

even listening?

Kat Savage

-EMMRYN'S POV-

What happened next was a terrible blur. I remember the Colossal Titan showing up out of nowhere and kicking a hole in the wall before Eren and I both attacked it just for it to disappear as we were about to slash its nape.

"What the hell?!" I yelled angrily as I swung down the wall to check on the other cadet trainees. There were some injuries, but more than anything, everyone was just scared out of their minds.

"Everyone! Fall back! We need to meet up with the Garrison and get our marching orders from the higher ups!" I ordered loudly, getting everyone's attention, but they were all still frozen in shock, "Go! NOW!"

At that, they all snapped into focus and began heading towards the inner gate. Taking out a couple of titans on my way, I followed them. When we reached the Garrison, Mikasa and I were ordered to stay back to help with evacuation, earning words of protest from both of us.

"Listen here, Cadet Smith, just because your older brother is the commander of those suicidal bastards in the Survey Corps does NOT mean you have the right to argue with your superiors," the Garrison squad leader snarled at me, "Now start helping with the evacuation before I have you court martialed!"

I growled at this before giving a salute and running to my station. Unfortunately, due to the fact that I had not completed three expeditions, I was still very much on probation. Going against direct orders from a superior would only land me in jail or worse: Back in the Underground. Shaking that disturbing thought from my mind, I focused on taking down any titans not caught by the Vanguard.

The more I killed, the more I realized that the crowd of people behind me, that were supposed to be evacuating, was not shrinking at all. What the hell was the hold up? I quickly finished off the other titans in the area before going back to the inner gate.

To my surprise, the hold up was a huge merchant cart that couldn't fit through the gate and was blocking the other civilians from getting through. As I arrived, the gaudily dressed, obese man, who I could only assume was the owner of the problem in front of me, approached me with a smirk on his face.

"Oh thank the Walls! You're a soldier!" he exclaimed before smugly barking orders at me, "Make these peasants either back off or help my men push my cart through the gate! You help too! After all, this cart is worth more than all of your worthless lives combined!"

The sound of ODM gear stops me from tearing this asshat a new one as I see Mikasa approaching, and she looks shocked as she walks up the merchant.

"Our friends are out there… Fighting… Dying… and you're stopping the evacuation for THIS?!" Mikasa demanded an answer, and I felt my heart ache for her. People truly could be disgusting creatures.

"Of course! That's your job isn't it! Now help us get this cart through," the rich oaf orders, causing Mikasa to snap as suddenly her blades are drawn and at his neck.

"Is that cart worth your life?" Mikasa asked threateningly, and the merchant looked to me for help clearly trying not to panic.

"Wait a minute! You wouldn't kill me in front of your superior, would you? You'll be hanged!" the man claimed, trying to regain control of the situation. I smirked at this.

"First, I'm not her superior. Second, the only reason it's not my blades at your throat right now is because I'm on probation," I answered bluntly. The man paled at this and finally ordered his men to pull the cart back, allowing the evacuation to continue.

After a couple of hours, the evacuation was all but completed. The sound of ODM gear caused Mikasa and I to look up from refilling our gas tanks and blades to see another Garrison officer approaching us. Both of us snapped into salutes as we received new orders.

"Cadet Ackerman, Cadet Smith, you are to both go and aid the vanguard as soon as you finish refilling your blades and gas," the officer ordered before dismissing us. We quickly finished our refilling and headed towards the front lines. Mikasa stayed quite a bit ahead of me, wasting a lot of her gas in the process.

Using my own much more sparingly, I followed behind, picking off any titans that were nearby in order to make things easier for the evacuation team. After I killed my fifth titan on the way to the vanguard, I heard a roar that terrified me, and I picked up my pace, arriving in time to see Eren being pulled out of the nape of a titan. Wait… What?! Feeling completely lost, I jumped down to the Shiganshina trio, demanding answers.

"What the hell happened here?!" I demanded as I helped pull Eren out of the now dissolving titan corpse.

Armin quickly explained about Eren getting eaten by a titan in order to save him. Everyone thought Eren was dead. Mikasa went on a titan killing rampage before running out of gas (called it!). Eren's titan form killed a bunch of titans that were threatening them. They managed to make it to the supply tower to refill and when they left, Eren's titan form was being eaten by several titans. Someone then pointed out the titan that had killed one of our fellow trainees, causing Eren to completely lose his shit apparently, going on a rampage and killing that titan before collapsing. Damn. I really did take my sweet time didn't I?

Pinching the bridge of my nose and heaving a large sigh, I reached down, slung Eren over my shoulders and instructed everyone to retreat. As Eren, Mikasa, Armin, and I made it safely over the inner wall, we were promptly greeted by several cannons pointing at us along with several Garrison soldiers who appeared to be led by an older captain who looked absolutely scared shitless, though he was clearly trying to mask it by acting ruthless and angry.

"Surrender the titan boy now, and we will do our best to make sure Premier Zachary has mercy on you other three!"

I sighed again as I looked up to the sky and thought to myself, "Levi and Erwin are going to be pisssseeeedddd…"

Song: Whatever It Takes by Imagine Dragons

Edited: 03/26/2020