Armin turned around to see the so-called "Protector of Humanity", Rajin Kaijunnus Goji had returned. Armin looked back to face Zilla, who collapsed onto a building, breathing heavily. "Th-there are more of them?" Not wanting to get in the way, Armin used his ODM gear to move out of the way of the giant creature.

Rajin slapped a titan out of his way before kneeling over to Zilla, he growled in concern and nudged the smaller kaiju, Zilla roared weakly in reply. Rajin extended his hand to Zilla, who gladly accepted. Now on his feet, Zilla whipped his head up and roared angrily.

Together, the two kaiju charged at the titans, slaughtering them.

Armin had caught up with everyone else, who was watching the two kaiju kill the titans. "Hey Armin, are you okay?" Armin looked up to see Connie above him, "Where's your squad?"

"M-my squad?"

"Pull it together dude," Connie sighed, "Why are you alone?"

Armin stayed quiet for a second, then he got flashbacks to his squad being eaten, including Eren, suddenly, he grabbed his hair and began to scream, "I'm worthless! Why can't I just die!?" Connie, taken aback by this sudden outburst, put a hand on Armin, "Whoa, dude! Calm down."

"Just give it a rest, Connie. They're all dead." Ymir said, "Hey! Armin didn't say that!"

"Isn't it obvious? He's the only one left, it's the only reasonable explanation."

"That's it, I'm gonna make you shut up!" Connie prepared to move towards her, but Christa got in the way, "Stop it, both of you! We're all in a state of shock, we all saw our friends killed like animals! You can't help it."

Defeated, Connie turned back to Armin, "Whatever the case, we need to keep moving. Whatever those things are, they've got this. or at least I think so. Can you stand up?"

"Yes," Armin replied while standing up, "Sorry for being such a nuisance. I'll rendezvous with the rear guard." Armin used his ODM gear to leave, "Armin, wait!" Connie shouted, it was too late, he was already gone. On his way there, Armin looked at the ground to see pools of blood, from titans and humans. This is hell. No, the world hasn't gone to hell, I just had it wrong the entire time. The world was already in hell." Armin said to himself, he began to think back to the days before the Colossal Titan showed up, a time where Eren and Mikasa helped Armin when it came to bullies, how they wanted to be strong, how strength preys on weakness.

Lost in his thoughts, one of the spears on his gear failed to latch on, causing him to smack right into a building. He then fell to the ground, not getting up, but curling up in a ball, "But look what ended up happening. Eren died because of me."


On the other side of town, villagers were trying to escape the carnage, but had to wait because of a wagon that held something that nearly plugged the wall, angry and frightened, the villagers yelled and begged for the wagon to get moving, but a loud rumbling caught their attention, they all turned around to see an Abnormal Titan sprinting their way, running like a retarded person.

Terrified, some began to scream in fear or helped push the wagon. "Push, you idiots! Push if you want to live!" The man ordering the wagon yelled out in fear. Suddenly, the titan's nape went flying as it fell to the ground, as the dust cleared, Mikasa was seen on top of its head. "Let the townsfolk go first."

"Oh really? What are you gonna do about it?" The man taunted, in response, Mikasa hopped off the titan's head and advanced towards the man. "H-hey! Your commander and I are good friends! One word from me and you're court-martialled!"

"How does a dead body speak?" She asked while holding her blade up to his throat, scared for his life, he ordered for the wagon to be pulled out, letting the townsfolk escape.

Soon after, it began to rain, she realized her blades were dull from the attack, she removed the blades, but before she could do anything else, she got a flashback from her past, "Now? Why now of all times?"

Flashback...

It was a rainy day at Mikasa's old home, her father was slicing some potatoes while her mother was sewing, "I'm finished!" A young Mikasa announced, she handed her mother a paper full of vibrant colors, "What do you think, mother?"

"Mikasa, it's fantastic!" She praised, "We've kept the style of embroidery a family tradition for many generations. When you have children of your own, you must teach them too."

"How do I get children?" Mikasa asked, her mother went silent for a second, "Um, why don't you ask your father?'

Hearing this, his father looked up, not wanting to scare his daughter for life, he lied, "I-I'm not sure either." Soon after, a knock was heard at the door.

Later, after an event which I'm not going to write because I'm lazy...

knocked on the door, Eren beside him, "Mikasa?" Eren looked up at his father, "Yes, a girl your age. Try to get along, okay?"

"It depends if she's nice to me,"

"And that's why you don't have any friends." Grisha knocked on the door once more, "Maybe they're not home?" Grisha opened the door slightly, only to see the room covered in blood.

"What's wrong?"

Grisha fully opened the door to reveal Mikasa's mother lying on the ground, dead.

After examining the body closer, Grisha turned back to Eren, "I need to alert the Military Police to investigate this. You start at the foot of the mountain."

Eren didn't respond, instead, he stood still, wide-eyed.

"Eren! Eren!


Mikasa laid on the ground, not able to get up due to being tied up, in front of her, two men were discussing something about selling her when suddenly, a door opened, grabbing their attention.

It was Eren, " Pardon me."

"You little shit!" One of the men walked up to Eren angrily. "How did you find this place!?"

"Well, I was lost in the woods and I saw your cabin," Eren said with tears in his eyes, seeing this, the man let his guard down, which is exactly what Eren wanted, using a blade he had behind his back, he stabbed the man in the stomach.

"Thanks for the offer, but I'm good, bastard." Eren released the blade from the man, killing him.

The other man got up in a panic and grabbed his ax and ran in Eren's direction, only to find nothing. Suddenly, Eren came sprinting at him with a spear in hand, stabbing and killing him. "Die bastards!"

Eren soon began to untie Mikasa, "You're Mikasa, right? I'm Eren. I'm Dr.Yeager's son, I'm sure you've met my father before."

Something clicked in Mikasa's mind, "There were three of them."

Right after that, the third man walked in, in a hurry, Eren tried to grab the knife but the man kicked him away.

"You did this, didn't you?"

The man then grabbed by his neck, lifting him off the ground. Eren, who is trying to pry his hands off, looked over to Mikasa, "Fight! You must fight!"

Mikasa grabbed the knife, it shaking in her hands. Something once again clicked in her mind, no, her entire body.

She realized that the world was always cruel, even back when the earth was just formed.

She felt in control of herself for the first time, she wasn't shaking. At lightning-fast speed, she stabbed the man in the back of his neck.