Enemies of Humanity's Past

by Random Crossovers

Humans had always feared the Titans, but they begin to learn that they are nothing compared to what was coming. As Humanity learned more about its past, they begin to face the aftermath of an ancient war between humans and a species that could control massive monsters. Humanity must fix its broken pieces and fight alongside the Earth's remaining monsters to save their world.

11. First Fight against Giant Monsters

Chapter 11: First Fight against Giant Monsters

As the sun rose on a new day, the Xiliens present at Facility 11 investigated various areas of the establishment and tried to determine what had led to its destruction. Throughout their investigation, they found burnt corpses of their brethren piled up inside a large metal cage and large footprints imprinted into the ground that they believed to be one of their Kaijus. With the scale of the damage, it was possible that the Kaiju escaped control and attacked the Facility, but the reason behind it was still unknown.

"It's impossible for a Kaiju to escape our control once the M-base is implanted in their DNA, which means that someone intentionally released it to attack our people," an Xilien soldier explained.

"Do you think it could be the humans ?"

"Maybe. They must have escaped once the Doctor was called upon by the Controller five years ago. With the main person in charge gone, they may have taken advantage of that and created a plan to free the Kaiju, effectively freeing them from confinement."

An Xilien scientist argued, "No, that contradicts our damage report for Facility 11. You're stating that this all happened five years ago, but this all actually happened much longer than that."

"How many years ago exactly ?"

"Apparently, the last reported activity we found in the database dated back to nearly…..five hundred years ago."

The Xiliens murmured among each other about the unbelievable detail when one of them spoke up, "That would mean the Doctor has never reported any of this to the Homeworld, which explains the lack of Titans we've been receiving over time and the human settlement on that island."

"Now we know why the Titan population has declined drastically. We must report to the Controller immediately," another one stated.

"What about the Doctor ? He's kept quiet about all of this and he should deserve to be punished for-"

"Patience. The Controller will deal with him once he learns the truth. Soon enough, we'll start producing Titans again and everything will return to normal."

As the Xiliens finish their discussion, the pilot approaches and informs them, "I received word from our allies from the human settlement and they have successfully captured the Kaiju. They are awaiting our progress."

"Transfer the data of our investigation to them and then have them return to the Homeworld to implant M-base into the Kaiju. We will stay behind and collect any remaining Titans left on this planet. If we don't fill our quota, we'll take some humans instead."

The pilot nodded as everyone retreated back to their ship and began departure for the Walls. The Xilien transport craft that was holding Minilla captive flew back into space with the two Fighter ships following its lead. The other transport ship leaving from Facility 11 quickly flies over the large body of water in the direction of the Walls while several Xiliens try to pinpoint extreme temperatures located on the island in search for the Titans. The population density of their target was less than half of their expected goal, which meant that humans had to be targeted as well. Eventually, the Xiliens discovered a large group of Titans that suddenly appeared in their scanners. The group was located between the middle and inner Walls of the human settlement, but it still wasn't enough. Regardless, the Xiliens decided to gather as many humans and Titans as they could in order to meet their quota.

"We will be approaching the location of the human settlement soon," the pilot stated to the officer, "Which Kaiju would you like for me to deploy when we arrive ?"

"Hmm….Deploy all of the ones we have. We don't want to take any chances on holding back our assets."

"Understood."

---

The rays of sunlight shine on Reiner's face as he wakes up and sees the curtains opened at the window in front of him. He notices that everyone around him began waking up as well and gets off his bed to go change into his uniform. Once Reiner leaves the barracks, he gets in line with every other soldier as he awaits his duty for the day. It has already been a day since Bertholdt had left him alone in the Survey Corps, but Reiner was putting his guard up in case people started connecting the dots and found out his true secret. Putting on an emotionless face, Reiner works on chores throughout the morning while maintaining a distance from the squad leaders. It was difficult avoiding his peers since he had to work with them in groups, so he tries his best to dodge conversations.

In the meantime, Reiner thought about his plans for when his secret is exposed. He wonders where he should go, or more importantly, where to find Bertholdt and Annie since he believes that they are in hiding. Of course, there was also the issue of facing Captain Levi and his team again and there was no way for him to win against humanity's strongest after what happened last time. Reiner began stressing himself out, but he had to stay strong in order to avoid suspicion from others. As Reiner was helping the Scouts remove supplies from the wagons, he turns to see Eren being escorted outside of the castle base by Hange and watches them ride their horses down a dirt road. He took a moment to have some thoughts to himself, wondering what he should do.

"Hmmm…..Eren and Squad Leader Hange are riding by themselves. Should I take that opportunity to capture Eren while he's alone with her ? No, it might be a trap to lure me out there while Captain Levi and other soldiers ambush me."

However, Reiner notices that Captain Levi and his squad are still supervising a group of soldiers, contradicting his theory about being ambushed.

"If they're here, then that means it's not a trap. If I go after Eren, though, they definitely might notice me leaving and catch me. What should I do ?"

Oruo approaches him and says, "Hey, Recruit ! What the hell are you standing around for ?!"

"Huh...uh...sorry. What do you need, Sir ?"

"Anything that belongs to Squad Leader Hange should be set up immediately, so hurry and start moving your ass ! Don't make me say it twice, got it ?"

"Um...where exactly do you want me to set those things up ?" Reiner asked him.

Oruo becomes annoyed and replies, "You got eyes, right ? Maybe you should use them to see where your comrades are going and follow them. Sheesh !"

Reiner scoffs at Oruo's attitude and walks over to the wagons containing Hange's broken contraptions, lifting a barrel filled with grappling hooks. Just as he follows the other recruits to a designated spot to place the items, Oruo heads back to Levi and the others.

"Hehe. You see him spacing out ? There's no doubt that he's the Armored Titan," Oruo told them.

"We still can't be sure," Petra argued, "Once we get him in that well, then we'll know the truth."

"By the way, Captain. What's the reason for having Eren and Hange move in the opposite direction ?" Gunther asked.

Levi replies, "Erwin told me that having Eren close to the target would cause a list of problems. Judging from how he reacted last night, we can't have Eren provoking the target and allow himself to be captured. If it happens, there may be collateral damage."

"I guess that makes sense," Eld spoke up, "But how will we get the target close enough to the well without raising any red flags ?"

"Leave that to Armin. He'll lure him to the well while we try to get as close as possible. If we fail to get to him in time, Mikasa will proceed with Plan B. Spread out and act natural."

They scatter themselves among the recruits and monitor Reiner from different areas. A few minutes of walking later and everyone manages to bring Hange's contraptions to an area with a small building and a well. With the Squad Leaders determining where to place them, the recruits took a break after carrying the heavy items. Reiner stretches while he goes around and looks at the mechanisms, wondering how it was used to trap Annie in the forest. Although Reiner deduces that the machine was supposed to fire multiple grappling hooks to immobilize the targeted subject, he believes that his Titan's hardened skin could withstand the trap and rendered it useless.

"Hey, Reiner. Are you doing okay ?" Marco asked from behind.

Reiner became startled before quickly answering, "Yeah..yeah...I am. You need something ?"

"No, it's just...I've noticed that you're distracted lately. I'm guessing it's about Bertholdt, right ?"

Reiner tried to dodge the question by remaining silent, causing Marco to leave, "I understand if you're upset, Reiner, but if it makes you feel better, you could always talk to me and the others. You don't have to be alone about this."

As Marco returns to Jean and everyone else, Reiner figures that he should probably start talking to people again. However, he doesn't know who to trust and was unsure if Marco was baiting him or not. Either way, if he continues isolating himself from others, someone may surely make a move on him. Reiner moves over to the others and begins engaging in a conversation with them, hoping that it was the right choice.

Ymir was the first to speak, "So the big guy wants to finally talk. I figured you would have wanted to become a loner."

"Well, at least he's trying to open up," Krista added, "Are you, Reiner ?"

"Yeah, might as well. There's no reason for me to shut you guys out," Reiner replied.

Connie smirked, "Still can't believe a big, strong guy like you can be so sensitive. How ironic is that ?"

"Shut up, Connie ! He might beat you up for saying stuff like that !" Sasha timidly shouted.

"Nah, Sasha, it's fine," Reiner reassured, "It may be weird to see me all emotional, but at least it makes me feel human."

As Reiner continues talking with everyone, he begins letting his guard down and starts enjoying the small moment with them. It was like Reiner had displayed a different personality and completely forgot about his anxiety and suspicions towards others.

"Reiner, can I speak with you for a bit ?"

Reiner turns to see Armin speaking to him and replies, "Um...okay."

They both walked to a different area away from the others. Levi, Oruo, and Gunther slowly approached them from one side while Eld and Petra came in from another side. Once he and Reiner reached the wall, Armin tried his best to distract him long enough for Squad Levi to come.

As he leans on the well, Armin says to Reiner, "You've heard how Eren is being handed over soon, right ? Do you mind if I ask you for advice ?"

"I guess, but I don't know how I can help," Reiner responded as Squad Levi was quickly sneaking up from behind.

"It's just….I want to know how you stay strong when you've lost a friend, when you feel like you probably won't see them again."

Reiner tried to think of what to say while scratching his head and suggested, "Well….you just…..um….hang out with friends ?"

"What do you mean by that ?"

"Like...like how I was talking to everyone back there. I...I was obviously conflicted about Bertholdt and I….thought that speaking to anyone else about it would remind me of that. I was definitely wrong when I actually did speak with them and…"

Reiner took a deep breath and calmly continued, "The point is….I didn't really feel like talking to anyone since I felt more comfortable with him. He was the only one that understood me and…..even if he's not here, it's nice to know that you can open your personal boundaries so that you won't have to feel alone."

Despite trying to distract Reiner, Armin was surprised to hear some bits of truth in his words. At a young age, Armin was most comfortable when he was by Eren and Mikasa's side since they understood his interests in the outside world. He could not imagine his life without his two best friends, but at least he was happy with what he has in the current moment. Armin felt his own self-esteem slowly rise and he was able to make more friends in the Survey Corps. Even after saving Eren and Mikasa from the likes of Kitz Woermann, he realizes that he wasn't useless after all and discovers that he can help others in his own way rather than physical strength. The thought about all of this made Armin question the words from Reiner, about whether he was telling the truth, or lying to avoid suspicion. Either way, it was inevitable that Reiner had to be contained in order to find out who he really was.

"Thanks for the advice, Reiner, but I'm really sorry for this," Armin said as he slowly stepped away from the well.

"I'm sorry for this, too," Reiner apologized as he suddenly grabs Armin by the collar of his uniform and puts him into a chokehold with his left arm.

Levi and the others were surprised by this action and decided to run towards them. Reiner sees Squad Levi approaching and turns to face their direction while preventing Armin from freeing himself. They immediately stop running as Reiner moves himself and Armin closer to the well.

"You must have thought that I was stupid enough to believe that you wanted a heart to heart conversation, Armin," Reiner told him, "To be honest, I actually felt a little emotional."

"You don't have to do this, Reiner," Armin tried to reason with him, "We can talk this out."

"It's too late for that when you decided to try and trap me in a well instead," Reiner argued before turning to Squad Levi, "And if any of you get close, I'll be sure to make Armin here a personal travel buddy for when I get out of this hell hole !"

"Then we'll just hunt you down and put you in your place like last time," Levi declared as he moves closer.

Reiner moves his right hand close to his mouth and threatened Levi, "Wanna bet on that ? Captain ?"

Reiner and Levi glare at each other as Petra, Oruo, Gunther, and Eld stepped away. It was an intense standoff between the two individuals and Armin tries to remain as calm as possible, hoping that Mikasa can pull off their Plan B. Just as Reiner slowly began making his escape with Armin still in his grasp, Mikasa climbs out of the well, stands on the opening, and wraps a white cloth over Reiner's mouth. He immediately lets go of Armin, who runs to safety, and struggles to remove the cloth from his mouth. Mikasa jumps off the opening of the well, kicks Reiner's legs to make him fall, and tosses him into the well. Reiner falls all the way down and lands roughly before getting back on his feet. Levi leans over the opening of the well and looks down at the Titan Shifter.

"Go ahead and transform," Levi told Reiner, "That is, if you can with this narrow space."

"Damn you all !" Reiner shouted, "Once I get out of here, I'll….I'll…."

Oruo laughed, "Haha ! You really wanna fuck with us again after what happened last time ?! Even at a disadvantage, we still managed to kick your ass !"

"That's enough, Oruo," Petra said, "There's no need to provoke him further."

"Now we just need to get him to talk about the other Shifters," Gunther added.

Eld leaned into the well and said, "Unless you want to starve, or die from dehydration down there, you better start spilling some secrets to us."

"You can forget it ! I'm not saying anything !" Reiner responded.

Armin felt bad doing this to a former friend, but he prioritized Eren's freedom and asked Levi, "Does this mean that we can finally free Eren and his Mom from the Military Police ?"

"Of course, it does," Mikasa quickly answers, "The Military Police only wants a Titan Shifter and it doesn't have to be Eren."

Levi adds, "I'm not so sure about that. There's nothing in the compromise that states anything about Titan Shifters other than Eren. If we're lucky, we can trade this one to the Military Police and get Eren back into our regiment."

Eld added, "Not to mention that we did this behind the Military's back, so they're definitely gonna want to talk to us about that."

"Who the hell cares ?" Oruo argued, "We caught one of the people breaking down the Walls. Ain't that enough ?"

"That's something we'll have to find out," Levi says as he loads a flare gun and fires a yellow signal into the sky.

Eren and Hange waited on a hilltop as they saw the signal and returned back to the castle base. As Squad Levi tried to explain the situation to the recruits, nearly everyone was shocked at Reiner's true nature while some were denying the fact. Connie, Sasha, Krista, Mina, and Marco hated to deceive Reiner and were hurt to know that he was an enemy, despite their initial protests when they first found out. Jean, Ymir, Thomas, Mylius, and Nac had their doubts about Reiner being the Armored Titan, but they easily accepted the truth after seeing all the evidence from last night.

Erwin makes his way through the recruits and approaches Levi, "Was there any difficulty executing the plan ?"

"Not really," Levi answered, "There was a little setback, but Armin and Mikasa did their jobs perfectly."

"Good. We will begin interrogating as soon as Hange and Mike get back. We only have a few days until the Military Police come to get Eren by force, so we'll try to get as much information as possible before reporting this to Darius."

Erwin walks towards the well and peers into it as Reiner was struggling to climb up the brick wall. After reaching two feet, Reiner slips and falls back down, landing roughly once again. At that point, Erwin believed that the Scouts had finally achieved victory after many years of searching for the truth. There certainly are a few obstacles left to counter, but as long as there were no distractions, the Scouts would definitely open the path to the outside world for humanity once again.

---

The Xilien transport ship finally arrives at the Walls and hovers above the southwest land between Wall Rose and Wall Sina. The Xiliens managed to find the group of Titans that they detected earlier and focused on gathering them first. With too many moving around at once, the Xiliens prepared to release their monsters to capture the Titans. The pilot of the ship views a monitor in front of him that displayed the following words.

"Preparing release of contained assets: Meganula, two meter class….Gyaos, thirty meter class….Skullcrawler, twenty-eight meter class. Beginning Molecular Integration."

The ship begins firing a ray of light at the ground near the group of Titans. At the base of the light, human-sized insects, bat-like creatures, and bi-pedal reptilians began to form. Deep within their consciousness, the Titans sensed imminent danger and quickly fled the area towards the east.

The Xilien pilot called out to the monsters from the ship, "All Kaijus, seek out human and Titan targets and bring them back to this location. Kill anything that stand in your way."

The three groups of monsters roared and screeched as they chased down the Titans in front of them. Three Gyaos and the swarm of thirty Meganulas flew through the air while the five Skullcrawlers sprinted across the land. It was only a matter of time before the chase would eventually escalate and become a problem for humanity as a whole. The Xiliens in the ship watched a live holographic footage of the chase and became sadistically excited for the events that were about to unfold.

---

In the far outskirts of the castle base, Mike and his squadmates, Tomas, Lynne, Henning, Gelgar, and Nanaba, patrolled the land in case Annie and Bertholdt tried to rescue Reiner. Luckily, Gelgar manages to spot the yellow flare signal and inform his comrades. Just as everyone prepares to return to the castle base, Mike is the only one that stays behind as he looks toward the west, sniffing the air before covering it in disgust.

"Do you smell Titans, Squad Leader ?!" Lynne asked him in a worried manner.

"Yes, I do," he replied.

"If you really smell Titans inside Wall Rose, then there must be a breach somewhere. We have to warn Commander Erwin," Gelgar suggested as he loaded his flare gun.

Mike stops him and says, "It's not only them. There's something else out there too, and they smell just as bad as the Titans."

"What are you talking about ?" Henning asked, "What else is out there ?"

"I don't know, but it's definitely getting closer. Gelgar, Lynne, Henning, you three will go with me to investigate. Tomas, Nanaba, you two will report back to the Commander and let him know of a possible Titan breach in the west. Tell them to be careful of what else is out there too. Look out for flares so you know that we found them."

"Yes, Sir !" Tomas and Nanaba said in unison before riding their horses back to the castle base while Mike and the others rode west.

After traveling a far amount of distance, Mike could smell incoming Titans nearby and tried to pinpoint which direction they were coming from. He could also smell the other stenches and knew that they were close by, but he would not know what to look for. After finally reaching the road that leads to the Districts, Mike and his Squad observed the land in front of them to ensure that no Titans were heading towards the gates. After a few minutes of waiting, Squad Mike was able to spot three Titans sprinting in the distance and launched a red flare to notify their allies at the base.

"Hopefully, Tomas and Nanaba will see the flare and let everyone know where the Titans are coming from," Mike told the others, "Now it's up to us to warn the Garrison before the Titans get to the Districts."

"Sir ! The Titans !" Henning shouted.

Before Squad Mike could split up and ride to the Districts, the three Titans were seen charging towards their directions and forced them to retreat. Squad Mike rode their horses as fast as they could to outrun the Titans, but Mike could also smell the other stenches closing in and looked back. He stops his horse and catches the attention of his squadmates, who were wondering why their leader stopped.

"Squad Leader ! There's no….time...to," Gelgar slowly stops speaking as he and the others notice that the Titans have vanished.

"Where the hell did they go ?" Lynne asked as Mike kept sniffing the air.

"They should still be around here," Mike told them, "There's nowhere else for them to go, but…"

Loud screeches attract Squad Mike's attention as the four of them look up to find giant winged creatures carrying the three Titans in the air and taking them away. In a sudden turn of events, more Titans emerged from the same direction along with more monsters. Squad Mike were so shocked to see the Titans becoming pursued by these unknown beings and weren't sure about what to do until the swarm of Meganulas spotted them.

Seeing the giant insects flying towards them, Mike orders the others, "RUN BACK TO BASE ! QUICKLY !"

With no hesitation, Squad Mike rides their horses back to base as the Meganulas begin to pursue the humans while the Gyaos and Skullcrawlers were busy with the Titans. Despite riding at full speed, the horses were not able to outrun the Meganulas, forcing Mike and the others to draw their blades.

"This is bullshit ! What the hell are these things ?!" Henning shouted.

"We can't let them reach the cities ! As long as they're focused on us, they won't fly over the Walls and attack the civilians !" Gelgar points out as he tries to swing his blades at one of the Meganulas.

"He's right !" Mike agreed, "We have to deal with these insects first before we can warn the Garrison, or else we'll just be leading them to the Walls ! I doubt those cannons could land a hit on those things !"

Five Meganulas charged in on the soldiers and tried to stab them with their stingers, but Squad Mike easily evaded the attacks by quickly steering their horses. However, their swift speed made it difficult for Mike and the others to land a direct hit, forcing them to dodge their attacks until they got back to the base. With so many of them moving at fast speeds, either comparable to or faster than the 3DMG, Squad Mike had trouble reacting to the Meganulas' attacks and their horses were nearly slow enough that the Meganulas could easily kill them if they were not careful. With not much distance left to go, Mike prepares another flare and hopes that Erwin would be able to see the danger coming towards the base.

Erwin and Squad Levi listened as Tomas and Nanaba explained about a possible breach within Wall Rose and showed them which direction they saw the red flare signal. They also inform Erwin about Mike catching the scent of something else other than Titans and warn him to be careful.

"I see. Then we should have everyone put on their gear and move out," Erwin suggested, "We need to find that breach and try to plug it up before more Titans enter it."

"Looks like we'll have to fix the breach instead of having Godzilla do it," Levi said, "Maybe Eren could do it himself once he and Hange get back."

Petra added, "At least we're here this time. We can help with evacuations rather than leaving it to the Garrison."

"Tsk ! Not even a week and we haven't even gotten a chance to relax yet," Oruo complained.

Eld agreed, "I guess you're right. We have been working so hard with all the strange things that's been happening lately, but we gotta do our job."

Gunther's eyes widened as he tried to tell his teammates, "Hey, you guys ! There's a red flare up ahead."

"What ?!"

Everyone, including some of the recruits behind them, saw the arch of a red flare signal close by, bringing up concerns of Titans approaching their position.

"What the hell is Mike doing ?!" Eld asked, "Is he leading Titans here ?"

"Hold on," Erwin told him, "There's something in the air."

Several dark figures could be seen flying through the red smoke and the voice of Mike could be heard in front of them. Erwin, Levi, and the others saw Mike and his Squad riding their horses towards them and shouting out words that were hard to hear. Eventually, Erwin was able to distinguish what Mike was trying to say.

"COMMANDER ! GET EVERYONE INSIDE QUICKLY ! YOU MUST HURRY !"

Erwin quickly looks back at the dark figures and sees that they were large dragonfly-like creatures before turning to everyone, "ALL TROOPS ! RETREAT TO HEADQUARTERS IMMEDIATELY !"

As the Meganulas got closer, everyone started to run away in terror as the sudden appearance of giant insects had them confused and defenseless. With the exception of Squad Mike, the rest of the Scouts did not have the 3DMG at their disposal and made their best efforts to avoid the incoming attacks from the Meganulas. Unfortunately, the swift speed of the Meganulas gave them the advantage and they began capturing the Scouts one by one. Screams could be heard as Erwin looks back and watches his soldiers being taken away, feeling deep anger within himself. Whatever these creatures were, it only brought another mystery that has him questioning everything he's learned.

With many of the recruits crowded together as they ran, Thomas was the only one who had trouble breathing as his own lungs began hurting. He falls to the ground as everyone else leaves him behind, forcing himself to get back up on his own. One of the Meganulas dives towards Thomas and spreads its legs out in order to catch him. Just as Thomas began to fear for the worst, the Meganula gets smacked by a wooden plank and flies back into the air. Thomas turns to see Marco holding the wooden plank and dropping it before picking him up.

"Thank you, Marco," Thomas said while catching his breath.

"Don't worry about it !" Marco replies as he carries Thomas with his arm over his shoulder.

The two soldiers move as quickly as possible, but they were easy targets for the Meganulas. Up ahead, Krista was alongside Ymir until she turns around to see Marco and Thomas in a vulnerable position. Worried for her friends, she tries to run back for them, but Ymir holds her arm to pull her back.

"What're you doing, Krista ?! We gotta get away from these bugs !"

"We have to help them, Ymir ! They're not going to make it !"

Ymir hesitates before deciding, "I'll go help them. You just keep running."

She turns to see Connie nearby and shouts to him, "Hey ! Take Krista back to the base and don't stop no matter what !"

"Huh ?! No, Ymir ! Don't !" Krista protested, but it was too late as Connie quickly heads over.

"Come on ! Let's go !" Connie demanded as he pulls Krista away while Ymir runs back to help Marco and Thomas.

The Meganulas swooped down, but they missed as Ymir and Marco successfully carried Thomas away from danger. Eventually, one of the Meganulas tackles and knocks down all three of them to the ground, allowing its brethren to grab Thomas. Marco gets up and heads over to a large cloth tarp where he lifts one side and forces a Meganula to fly into it, putting itself and Marco temporarily trapped in the tarp. Knowing that there was nothing else she could do, Ymir quickly runs back to headquarters. A Meganula flies straight towards her with its claws out and nearly grabs her until Jean arrives and knocks Ymir to the ground, allowing the Meganula to take him instead. She quickly gets back up and tries to grab Jean's hand, but it was too late as the Meganula flies away. Ymir looks at Jean's face and realizes that he did not regret trying to save her. She looks ahead and sees that Connie and Krista were about to be grabbed, forcing her to try and reach them. Krista notices one of the Meganulas flying towards her and Connie and looks back at Ymir. Not wanting Connie to get caught because of her, Krista roughly pushes him away and allows herself to be taken.

Ymir shows a frightened expression as she desperately hurries to save Krista, who tells her, "Don't worry about me ! Just get to safety !"

"NO ! KRISTA !" Ymir shouts until a Meganula dives down and picks Krista up.

Ymir watches as the giant insect flies away with her friend and slowly tears up, but she angrily wipes them away and goes to help Connie on his feet. They both quickly escape the Meganulas and successfully reach the castle base with everyone else. The Meganulas that captured the humans flew back to where they came from while the rest flew over to the main building of the base and surrounded the area.

Marco manages to escape the cloth tarp and watches as the trapped Meganula struggles to get out. He sees that the swarm was gone, but was shocked to see that they moved to the main building. The Meganula partially escapes the tarp, catching Marco's attention, and charges at him. Marco runs into the building next to the well and blocks the entrance to prevent the Meganula from breaking in. After a while, the Meganula gives up and senses another human presence from inside the well, prompting it to go after the human.

Reiner could hear screaming and shouting from within the well and was unsure about the situation outside. Regardless, he needs to get out and leave the area before something happens to him. Reiner attempts to climb the well again and examines each brick carefully before ascending. After managing to reach halfway, Reiner became exhausted and his hands were becoming sweaty enough to easily slip off the bricks. Despite that, Reiner continued on and became determined to get out. Suddenly, he stops once he hears something by the opening and looks up to see the head of a Meganula above the well. The Meganula uses one of its claws to try and reach Reiner, but fails since he is still too far down. With quick thinking, Reiner jumps and grabs the claw, forcing the Meganula to pull him out of the well. Reiner releases his hold on the claw and lands a few feet from the giant insect. The Meganula turns to him and charges, but Reiner runs towards the broken contraptions in an effort to find something useful. Remembering the barrel he lifted earlier, Reiner ran over to where he placed it and hoped that he could launch the grappling hooks somehow. Just as he reaches for the barrel, the Meganula tackles him and pushes him further away. Reiner gets back up again and runs head on towards the charging Meganula, only to slide under the insectoid at the last minute and pick up the barrel. The Meganula charges at Reiner again, but the Titan Shifter lifts the barrel high enough to slam it down strong enough for the hooks to pierce the Meganula's head. Reiner proceeds to put all of his weight on top of the barrel and waits until the Meganula stops moving, effectively killing it. He takes a moment to rest and sits on the ground before looking to see the swarm in front of him. From where he was, Reiner assumed that they were surrounding the castle base and took the opportunity to escape.

"Reiner !"

He turns around and sees Marco leaving the small building, approaching him in a cautious manner.

"What makes you think you can stop me from escaping, Marco ?" Reiner asked.

"Nothing. I know that you can overpower me, especially with your Titan powers."

"Then I assume that you're going to convince me to help. Don't you see me as an enemy ?"

"I don't know what your motives are. I don't know why you're against us, but I'm sure we could work something out if you could tell us what you're dealing with."

"My issues are complicated. Annie, Bertholdt, and I have a mission to complete and it's only a matter of time before more of those things show up and destroy everything," Reiner pointed at the Meganula corpse.

"You know about these things ?"

"I've never actually seen them before in my life, but I have heard of them. These bugs are only fodder compared to the types of giant monsters that can destroy cities by simply walking over them. Just like Godzilla, these monsters have the potential to destroy the world."

"Why aren't you telling anyone about this ? Why won't you work with us ?"

Reiner turns away and hesitantly tells Marco, "Because…..I don't believe that there's anything you guys can do anyway and I don't fully trust the people in these Walls. I'm sorry, Marco."

Marco watches Reiner run away and feels bad that he wasn't able to convince him before retreating back to his allies. In truth, Reiner's last words were only a lie and he genuinely wanted to work with everyone. However, knowing that they see him as an enemy, Reiner decided it would be best if he left to join up with Bertholdt and Annie now that his secret is out.

Eren and Hange quickly rode back once they saw the red flare near the base. They weren't sure what the situation was, but the swarm of giant insects flying around the base pretty much gave away the idea that something wrong was happening. Eren was the only one that wasn't wearing his 3DMG and was prepared to use his powers again.

"Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to have you far away from the base," Hange stated, "Then again, we couldn't risk you provoking Reiner."

"I understand, but I could've been there to use my powers when something turned out wrong," Eren argued until he sees Marco waving his hands in the air.

They both ride over to Marco and slowly stop when they begin closing in on him.

"Marco, what the hell are you doing out here ? What's going on ?" Eren questioned him.

"After we managed to capture Reiner, these giant bugs came out of nowhere and started taking people away," Marco explained, "It was so unexpected, but Reiner got away because of them."

"He escaped ?!" Hange shouted as she put her hands on top of her head, "I can't believe we lost another one ! Uuuuggghh ! We can't catch a break for once !"

"We'll worry about that later, Squad Leader. We need to save everyone from those things," Eren argued, "Stay here, Marco. We'll try to clear those things and make sure it's safe enough to come."

Marco agreed, "You got it, Eren."

Eren and Hange headed towards the swarm of Meganulas, with Hange drawing her swords. As Eren rides in front of her, he stands on his horse and catches the Meganulas' attention. Just as they all begin diving towards him, Eren jumps off of his horse and bites his hand.

Inside the castle base, the Scouts were readying their equipment while Erwin was going over the number of victims taken by the Meganulas with Levi, Mike, and their Squads. Some of the recruits were also discussing the same topic and were worried about the state of their kidnapped comrades. Connie felt like it was partially his fault that Krista was taken, but Mina, Sasha, and Armin felt useless for not trying to help them out. Armin and Mikasa wondered about how Eren was doing and expected him to hold his own against the giant insects. Armin turns to see his superiors discussing the situation and decides to eavesdrop.

"We've estimated a total of thirty of those things out there," Mike explained, "There were others too, but they were vastly different species. Yet, they seem to be working together to capture the Titans."

"They also seem to want us as well," Levi remarked, "They've already taken eighteen of our comrades, so that basically leaves twelve more of those things left."

"Twelve ? With our numbers, we can beat them now that we've got our gear," Oruo pointed out.

Henning argued, "Don't think it would be that simple. Those things are fast enough that our horses couldn't outrun them. Not to mention that they can also fly in the air, which is a huge disadvantage for us."

"He's right about that," Erwin agreed, "Without proper foundations for us to navigate in the three dimensional space, especially when we are in open land, we won't be able to outmaneuver them."

"Maybe we might not need to," Armin spoke up, catching everyone's attention.

"What are you trying to say, Recruit ?" Gunther questions him.

"This might sound simple, but how about we attack the minute they dive towards us ? It's obvious that they want us for some reason, so they'll be tempted to try and catch us, giving us the chance to use our weapons for close combat."

"Exactly !" Oruo agreed with high enthusiasm, "This kid's got the right idea."

Erwin looks at Armin with curiosity, "And how do you suggest we execute that plan while dealing with the fast speed of those insects ? It's likely that they can easily catch us if we don't react fast enough."

"Hmmm…If we do manage to get captured, we can use our maneuvering gear to anchor us to the ground. That way, they can't take us away and we can take the time to free ourselves, or have someone else take down the giant insects."

"That does sound surprisingly simple, but I guess it's the best strategy we got against these things," Petra remarks.

"It's the only strategy we have," Levi pointed out, "There's no time to work out the flaws. Either we go out there and fight, or we continue waiting and allowing our soldiers to their deaths by these damn bugs."

Erwin added, "We'll go with this plan of yours, Armin Arlet. Let's hope that we don't lose anyone else."

"Uh….understood, Sir !" Armin nervously saluted.

A loud thundering noise was heard outside, startling everyone in the base. A familiar roar was heard, causing Erwin and the others to exit the building. As they opened the front doors, everyone could see Eren in his Titan form swatting the Meganulas. Hange was also seen trying to swing her swords at the Meganulas, but failed to catch up to them.

Levi walks out and draws his blades before saying, "Let's just hurry up and kill these damn bugs. There's no point in waiting around and letting them do all of the work."

He runs over to Hange in order to help her attack the Meganulas on Eren's body. Erwin, Levi's Squad, and Squad Mike followed his lead, along with the rest of the Scouts. The Scouts outnumbered the Meganulas and managed to hold their ground once they managed to get their hands on the 3DMG. The Meganulas kept their distance in the air and circled around the Scouts before diving towards them. It was a fatal mistake as Armin's plan was put into action. Three Meganulas were sliced up into pieces by Levi, Mike, and Oruo while two more were injured by Nanaba, Petra, and Gunther. The two injured Meganulas fell to the ground and were finished off by Eren, who stepped on them with his foot. With only seven more Meganulas in the air and out of the Scouts' reach, Armin thinks of another idea and brings Mikasa over to Eren.

As the Scouts stayed on guard and prepared for another dive attack, some of the recruits saw Eren with his arm out and Mikasa standing on his shoulder. Eren slowly moves his arm in a circular motion until Mikasa jumps off of his shoulder and grapples onto his hand. Eren then moves his arm a bit faster until he throws a fist in the air, causing Mikasa to let go of his hand and propelling herself at the Meganulas using maximum gas output. With high speeds, Mikasa flies straight at one of the Meganulas and decapitates its body in an instant before falling back down to the ground, landing safely among her peers. Levi was impressed by what he just saw and looked over to Eren, noticing that Armin was underneath him. Assuming that Armin was the one who made the plan, Levi decides to try it out and calls out to Eren. Levi grapples onto Eren's hand and gets thrown into the air just like Mikasa. Expelling maximum gas, Levi aims for the Meganulas and holds his right blade backhanded. Just as the Meganulas were lined up, Levi fires a hook at the one in the front and pulls himself towards them before using his iconic move. With a swift spin, Levi manages to kill two of the Meganulas and slices the wings of another. Levi lands on the roof of the building and watches as the Meganula falls to the ground and gets finished off by Hange.

Seeing that Eren was giving the humans the advantage, the three remaining Meganulas attacked him using their stingers and began draining his energy. Despite sacrificing their lives to take him down, the Meganulas were smacked and squished by Eren. He then removes himself from his Titan body and heads over to the Scouts. The fight against the giant insects came to a close for the time being, but the Scouts needed to move on to their next objective: saving their taken comrades and warning the Garrison of the attack.

---

Ozaki and Miyuki made their way through the hallways of their headquarters until they reached a hangar that contained mostly fighter jets. They walked over to an area where Gordon and Komura were training a group of pilots on how to operate the Mechs. Both Gordon and Komura noticed Ozaki and Miyuki approaching them and concluded the session to see what they needed.

"Heard you guys found the basement," Gordon told them.

Ozaki replies, "Yeah, and we found a desk with really good security for some reason. No lockpicks work on that damn thing."

"Not to mention you hurt your hand in the process," Miyuki added, trying to hold in a laugh.

"Haha, very funny," Ozaki said sarcastically before turning to Gordon and Komura, "The point is, the desk can be opened if we find the right key that belongs to it. This key happens to be in Eren Jaeger's possession and now he and his group, the uhhh…Surveillance Corps or whatever, just became involved in an Xilien attack."

"I heard that Godzilla was taken away by them as well," Komura remarked, "Without him, those people will be defenseless against the Xiliens and their Kaijus."

"Those guys definitely probably wouldn't last a second against the bigger ones," Gordon included.

"Luckily, the Xiliens only sent out Kaijus thirty meters or less, but I'm not sure how they'll do against those ones," Miyuki explained.

"That's why we need you guys to give us one of the robots right now," Ozaki told them, "If anything happens to Eren Jaeger and we lose that key, our chances of defeating the Xiliens are done."

Gordon and Komura thought about which Mech to give to them until Komura spoke up, "I know the perfect Mech for you to use. It'll take some time to calibrate the suit needed to control him."

"A suit ? What kind of robot needs a suit to control it ?" Ozaki asked.

"This specific Mech is more agile than the other two and is more capable of close combat. The suit would actually be a lot better than a standard control panel for this one, which is why you would probably be the perfect person to use it," Gordon explained.

"I get it. It'll allow more fluidity and make the Mech faster using actual movements simulated by the suit instead of pushing buttons that generate a single action," Miyuki speculated.

"So the robot will copy everything I do when I wear the suit ? I guess that's the only logical choice," Ozaki concluded, "At least I'll get the feeling of punching the lights out of a Kaiju. Show me where it's at."

Gordon and Komura lead both Ozaki and Miyuki to a workshop near the entrance of the hangar where the suit was located. The item itself looked like an exoskeleton rather than a full body suit and was hooked up by wires. The entire setup looks rushed and created concerns for Ozaki and Miyuki, who were staring at Gordon and Komura in disbelief.

"What ? You expect the engineers to get this done in a couple of days ?" Gordon pointed out, "This is the best they got and trust me, it works."

"Have you tested it out yet ?" Ozaki questioned him.

"Of course not, but I believe it works just fine."

"So where the hell's the robot ? We can't test this thing without seeing it in person."

Komura turned to the engineers near them, "Open the storage unit and bring him out."

The engineers began typing commands on a keyboard and using a joystick controller to bring out a human-sized machine from a locker near the workshop. They move the Mech over to them and command it to stand next to the suit. Ozaki and Miyuki examined its features and saw that it has a pointed head along with a blue, yellow, reddish orange, and silver color scheme. There were no other noticeable features other than the fact that the machine has a smile on its face.

"This is the robot ? I didn't expect him to look like...that," Miyuki said, "What is he called anyway ?"

Gordon walks over to the machine and states, "Ozaki. Miyuki. Meet Jet Jaguar, a one of a kind robot invented by Goro Ibuki. Took us a while to recreate his invention from the schematics we found in the archives, but we managed to do it."

"Well, I think you guys messed up or something because how the hell is he gonna be fighting monsters a hundred times his size ?" Ozaki wondered.

"Geez. Don't you ever learn your history ?" Gordon asked him.

"I don't have the time to do that stuff when I'm out doing my mission."

"Well, allow me to give you a lesson on ol' Jet Jaguar here. From our sources, Goro Ibuki created Jet Jaguar with a unique ability to alter his size, with a theoretical max height of 120 meters. Not only that, but Jet also developed sentience that could be interpreted as artificial intelligence."

Komura added, "Our version of Jet Jaguar doesn't have the artificial intelligence like its predecessor, but we are going to update the controls so it's no longer a joystick basically."

"Now that makes more sense," Ozaki responded, "How do I change the size exactly ?"

One of the engineers answered, "We can just turn this dial right here and change into any size you want. You just let us know."

"Really ? I thought it'd be more complex than that."

"Just put on the damn suit," Gordon said in annoyance.

Ozaki hesitantly approaches the exoskeleton suit and equips it carefully. The engineers began manipulating Jet Jaguar's controls in order for them to adapt to Ozaki's body structure while leaving the joystick useless. Miyuki, Gordon, and Komura stayed on the sidelines as the calibration process took place, expecting it to go by fast before the situation became worse within the Walls.

---

As the rest of the Scouts were quickly gathering their supplies and putting them onto the wagons, Erwin and Levi were speaking with Marco inside the castle building after discovering that he wasn't taken away by the Meganulas. After learning from Marco about Reiner's escape and the existence of more powerful monsters than the Meganulas, the Survey Corps leaders compared the information with Mike's sightings of the other Kaijus.

"If that's everything he told you, then do you happen to know which way he went after escaping ?" Erwin asked Marco.

"He looked like…..he was heading in the same direction as when those giant bugs arrived. I...I apologize that I wasn't able to stop him. I know the Scouts worked hard and all that effort was put to waste."

"I appreciate the apology and I'm afraid we have more pressing matters to deal with than our escaped target. Nevertheless, you still brought some vital information to our attention. Assist the others in loading the wagons and standby for further orders once you've finished. Please keep this discussion of ours confidential so that no panic occurs among your peers."

"Yes, Sir," Marco saluted as he left the building while Erwin sighs deeply, trying to gather his thoughts.

"It's all hard to believe, isn't it, Levi ? To think that one day, we would go from fighting Titans to fighting…..giant monsters. Our entire race was nearly extinct because of the Titans, and now, these monsters will finish us off. No matter what we do, whether we fight or not, we'll all die."

Levi sits next to him while crossing his arms and replies, "This whole thing is way over our heads, but we need to focus on our current problem before deciding that we should just give up."

"I'm not suggesting that we give up, but rather, fighting fire with fire. Godzilla is perhaps the only benevolent creature we know so far, so there is a possible chance for others like him to exist in the world. If Godzilla can search the world for them, then we have a shot at defeating the monsters that will come to destroy us all."

"Do you really think that they exist ? What if they have their own agendas instead of helping us ?"

"We'll find out the hard way. Go and find Eren to see if he managed to make contact with Godzilla yet."

"Let's hope this works," Levi says as he leaves the building along with Erwin.

In the meantime, the Scouts were nearly done with packing their supplies. With barely any rest since the expedition and the Meganla attack, the Scouts slowly became exhausted. However, they knew that their friends' lives were at stake, motivating them to work tirelessly. Eren, on the other hand, tries to connect to Minilla's mind once again and fails to do so. It was strange that Eren was unable to find his Kaiju ally since it felt as if Minilla was no longer on Earth. It was understandable if Minilla was halfway across the world and became too far to reach, but it was odd to know that Eren couldn't actually feel his presence anywhere.

"Are you talking to him right now, Eren ?" Petra asked, catching Eren off guard.

"Uh….no, I'm not. I just c-can't find him for some reason. I don't even know where he's gone off to."

The rest of Squad Levi approaches them both, with Oruo saying, "That's really not the kind of news we need right now. What the hell are we gonna do if there are bigger bugs out there to fight ? We need the big guy to start….eating them or something. Lizards eat bugs, right ?"

"I think you're confusing them for frogs, Oruo," Gunther replied, "Lizards only eat small mammals. Like mice."

"Whatever. It's the same difference."

"Either way, we've managed to deal with these bugs on our own," Levi included, "It's about time we rely on ourselves again instead of Godzilla. We're going to be risking our lives just like we used to before he arrived."

Oruo sighed heavily, "When aren't we risking our lives for the sake of humanity ?"

"Admit it. We have been putting in little effort ever since Godzilla came along and made things easier for us," Eld explained.

Eren spoke up, "So…..it's really okay if I can't find Godzilla at the moment ?"

"Yea, might as well," Levi said, "There's no way for Godzilla to come and help us anyway. Especially when the other Military branches are still pissed off about what he did to the Walls a month ago."

"Well, I'll keep on trying, Sir. Maybe he can try to prevent this from happening again."

"You can do that after we deal with the bugs, Eren. Let's go and regroup with everyone else."

"Yes, Sir !" Eren saluted, but he quickly became worried for Minilla.

As he and Squad Levi regroup with the others, Erwin gathers everyone's attention and presents the main plan that they all will follow. Squad Hange will head to Ehrmich and assist the Garrison unit in defenses while Squad Levi will search for the breach with the Garrison unit in Trost. Erwin, along with Squad Mike, will seek out the direction of the Meganulas and follow them to wherever they were taking their comrades. Once the soldiers are found, Erwin and Squad Mike will proceed to attack the Meganulas and rescue their comrades. It was a simple plan, but Erwin stated that there may be changes when an unprecedented situation occurs to any of the Squads. There was no time to debate on what to do, so the Scouts followed the plan and the entire regiment splits off into three groups. One with Squad Hange, one with Squad Levi, and the last group with Erwin and Squad Mike.

---

Silence. Darkness. Pain. Minilla was struggling to keep himself sane instead of focusing on the fact that his entire body was ripped into billions of pieces. He was uncertain about where he was and wondered who exactly is doing this to him. As each minute passed, Minilla slowly became angry to the point where his anger overcame his sense of pain. Although he was truly helpless in this situation, Minilla could not wait until he unleashed his wrath on whoever put him in this position. Unexpectedly, he was able to see bright light as his eyes began forming and blinking normally. Eventually, his whole body was put back together and the bright light dissipated from his sight, revealing a large cityscape in front of him. Before having a moment to examine his surroundings, Minilla was suddenly restrained by giant mechanical claws that grabbed his legs and arms. Despite having immense strength himself, Minilla was unable to move an inch and figured that these mechanical arms were designed to hold a Kaiju much stronger than him. With only his head being the only part of his body that is mobile, Minilla looks around to find a platform with a group of several Xilien figures.

The main Xilien scientist in the group, X-65, looks at Minilla in excitement and points out to his peers, "To think that we are adding yet another unique Kaiju to our collection ! It's been so long since our division had the chance to experiment on a new species !"

"We've encountered this type of Kaiju before," another Xilien argued, "From what I recall, one of its kind nearly defeated our entire army of Kaijus with little effort."

"Ah, of course ! I can see the resemblance now. Reptilian. Dorsal plates. I don't remember the other one having gills, but still."

Minilla glares at the Xiliens and exhales deeply, generating a bright blue glow from inside his mouth. X-65 pulls a switch on a console in front of him and watches as a force field begins to form around Minilla's whole body. Minilla uses his Atomic Breath and quickly stops before finding out that his attack was rendered useless.

"The infamous beam of radiation ! The same attack just like that other member of his kind ! He's an ultimate source of radiation that could strengthen our Kaijus !" X-65 exaggerated.

"Just hurry up and do the thing before something goes wrong. I need to contact our soldiers on Earth and see their progress on gathering Titans," an Xilien soldier ordered before walking away.

X-65 turned to his colleagues and told them, "Alright ! Before we begin the insertion of M-Base, let's start analyzing this Kaiju's DNA structure and see what we're dealing with. Hopefully, that'll make the process much easier for us."

He turns around to see Minilla and smiles wickedly, "I really hope that you've enjoyed your free will back on Earth because you're not gonna be needing it when you'll become our loyal puppet !"

Minilla understood his words and roared out in anger at the Xiliens until they muzzled him and tightened his mouth shut. Small drills approached Minilla in different directions and started drawing blood from his body. Minilla growled in pain and struggled to free himself from the restraints, but his efforts were in vain and he watched as the Xiliens tried to take samples of his blood. The process continued for a while since Minilla's regenerative abilities caused his wounds to heal and start the whole thing over again several times.

---

Erwin, Squad Mike, and several soldiers followed the direction of the Meganulas and arrived at the area where Mike first spotted them and the other giant monsters. Mike sniffs the air and tries to pinpoint the location of the Titans and the Kaijus before reporting to Erwin.

"The Titans have spread out and lured the monsters in different directions, but the bugs went down that path," Mike deduces as he points towards a certain area, "Wherever they came from, we might encounter more of them if we keep on advancing this way."

Erwin took a moment to think and replied, "We'll establish a recon point when we locate their place of origin."

"Do you think we'll survive this, Erwin ? Besides the bugs, this will be the first time we'll fight against giant monsters we know nothing about. From what I saw, they're bigger than the average Titan."

"We have always adapted to harsh conditions imposed on humanity. The Titans nearly brought our people to extinction until we managed to fight back and live. These monsters are only another obstacle for us to overcome and that makes them no different than the Titans. It may be more difficult for us, but the victory we will achieve together will be fulfilling."

Mike sighs, "Godzilla. Eren. Titan Shifters. Our lives are becoming stranger and stranger, but then again, what else is new ? At this point, I'm betting that nothing is gonna surprise me anymore."

"We'll see about that. I have a feeling that there's more to come, but let's move out before the other monsters catch sight of us," Erwin ordered and rode his horse ahead of the others.

Mike and his Squad, along with several Scouts, followed their Commander's lead while keeping an eye out for any nearby Kaijus. They eventually reached a small forest and rode quietly underneath the trees to prevent any sound from being heard. As Mike kept sniffing the air, the scent of the Meganulas became stronger and he could sense the faint smell of human soldiers up ahead. At the edge of the forest, Erwin and Mike managed to spot a flat area where the captured Scouts were surrounded by the Meganulas. Before they could act, loud footsteps startled Erwin, Mike, and the others until they noticed a Skullcrawler carrying a fifthteen meter Titan by the neck and slamming it on the ground. It was an unbelievable sight and everyone was wondering what the creature was going to do to the Titan before a bright light quickly flashed the area. To everyone's surprise, the Titan was gone and the Skullcrawler starts running away.

"Okay, maybe I was wrong about nothing else surprising me," Mike remarked.

"If we're going to do this, then we'll have to make it quick before the big ones get here," Erwin suggested.

"I'll let you know when they're coming before then."

Erwin nodded before turning towards the group of Meganulas and quickly devising a strategy to defeat them without hurting the captives. He quietly signals to his subordinates and directs them to different spots around the area in order to surround the Meganulas. Jean, who was sitting next to Thomas and Krista, notices Erwin and the other Scouts hiding in the trees. Feeling a bit of hope, Jean notifies the other captive Scouts and they all watch the plan in progress. At the same time, Mike sniffs the air once more and senses a few of the big Kaiju still wandering the area, notifying Erwin to not proceed with the attack yet. Understanding Mike's concerns, Erwin holds off on giving a hand signal to the other Scouts hiding in the trees and waits for the right moment to strike at the Meganulas.

---

Hange, her Squad, Armin, Mikasa, Sasha, Marco, Nac, and several Scouts approached the front gate of the Ehrmich District and noticed that the damage to Wall Sina caused by Minilla's Atomic Breath was covered up by large cloth tarps. Turning their attention back to their mission, Hange and the others enter the District and manage to find Dot Pixis speaking with some of his soldiers. Hange gets off her horse and hurries over to Pixis, who notices her and ends his conversation with his soldiers.

"Commander Dot Pixis, I'm here to deliver urgent news on behalf of Commander Erwin Smith," Hange saluted.

"Well, I have my hands full at the moment. Godzilla did quite a number on Wall Sina and Minister Nick from the Church of the Walls wouldn't stop bothering me about covering up the damages. Don't know what his deal is, but that guy definitely needs to calm down."

"I can assure you that the information that I brought requires your full attention."

Pixis sighs and crosses his arms, "Alright then. Hopefully, it can't be worse than Minister Nick's complaints about the Walls."

Pixis and several other Garrison soldiers listened as Hange explains everything that had occurred, from the capture of Reiner, the attack from the giant insects, and a possible breach in Wall Rose that allowed Titans and other giant monsters to enter.

Pixis took a minute to gather his thoughts and replied, "I see. Looks like we're facing giant monsters now, huh ?"

"It appears so, and we're not sure if they're going to be headed this way. One of our Squad Leaders reported seeing fliers and I doubt that he was talking about the bugs. They can easily go over the Walls and attack innocents."

"My troops will do what they can, but our weaponry is designed for Titans only. If we go up against monsters that can fly, then we're in a whole lot of trouble. And as for the breach…"

Hange interrupted, "Some of the people in our regiment will notify the Garrison in Trost. They will have made it by now."

"I guess that takes care of that. I'll have my troops set up defenses immediately."

"We can stay and help out for a bit, but we're going to head out our Commander requires assistance."

"That's good to hear," Pixis smiled, "I don't know what to expect from these monsters, but it's going to be one hell of a struggle."

Pixis, Hange, and the other Scouts went towards the top of Wall Sina where they helped the Garrison set up defenses. With no knowledge on what exactly they were going to deal with, Hange suggested some ideas based on the information Mike gathered from seeing them. While Armin was helping carry supplies with everyone else, he became curious about the damages on Wall Sina and leaned over the edge to see the cloth covers. He thought about the reason for covering up the damages and wondered why it was beneficial to repair it.

Marco approaches Armin from behind and points out to him, "I'm guessing that you're curious about the damages too."

Armin turns to him and responds, "Yeah, it just seems a bit odd to do something like that. Covering it up like they're trying to hide something."

"Do you think that they're worried about any high winds messing up their progress ?"

"Not really. They had it covered before we even arrived and they didn't seem to be working on repairing it."

"That's because Minister Nick instructed us not to do anything else," Pixis explained as he approached Armin and Marco, "He was quite persistent about us further damaging the 'divine beauty' of the Wall so we put the tarps over the destroyed areas. That way, the eyes of God don't set their gaze upon it."

"He said all of that ?" Marco asked.

"I'm pretty sure he said it in extensive detail, but I've only summarized it as best as I could."

"So….you're just going to leave it like this permanently ?" Armin questioned him, "Or do you have any plans on repairing it soon ?"

"I would rebuild it if that delusional man wouldn't stop yapping about his religious nonsense, but that's not our concern right now anyway," Pixis said in annoyance, "I was actually wondering if you would provide some insight on our plans. Considering your help in fixing the breach at Trost, I was hoping you would assist the Garrison once again. Especially in this situation."

"Oh, uh...I-I-I would be honored, Sir," Armin stuttered before saluting, "I'll...uh...do my best to contribute."

"That's all I'm asking for," Pixis said and turned to face Marco, "And what about you ? Wanna give a shot at strategic planning ?"

"Um...sure. I-I-I mean, I accept the offer, Sir," Marco hesitated.

"Then let's get to work, boys. Who knows when those things might show up ?" Pixis told them as he returned back to Hange and her Squad with Armin and Marco.

A Garrison soldier a couple of feet away shouts out to Pixis, "Commander ! Ten meter Titan spotted !"

Pixis, Armin, and Marco, along with everyone else, headed over to the edge and saw the Titan aggressively trying to climb the wall. It seemed more like an act of desperation, which made everyone confused on what it was trying to achieve.

"Poor thing. It seems like it's trying to escape from…." Hange spoke up before realizing.

Loud roars were heard and gathered everyone's attention, forcing them to look ahead and see a Skullcrawler charging towards the Wall. It dives towards the Titan and violently grabs its whole body in its mouth before running away. Everyone was shocked by the Kaiju's aggressive action and they were surprised to see that it was more than half of the Wall's height. A second Skullcrawler appears and spots the humans before charging and slamming into the Wall. The impact was enough to make everyone lose their footing and fall, but they quickly got back up and hurried to the cannons. The Skullcrawler digs its claws into the Wall and begins ascending to the top where it began receiving cannon fire directly in its face. As the Garrison focused on attacking the Kaiju, Pixis felt his own legs shaking for the first time ever, but he remained calm and quickly acted before the Skullcrawler could deal serious damage. After examining the Kaiju's entire body, Pixis realizes that it only possesses two arms and a tail.

With its left arm holding the top of the Wall and the right arm preparing to swipe at them, Pixis turns to the soldiers at the cannons and shouts out, "AIM THE CANNONS TOWARDS ITS LEFT HAND ! MAKE IT LOSE ITS GRIP ON THE WALL !"

The Garrison soldiers followed the order and fired the cannons at the Skullcrawler's left hand, which caused the part of the Wall it was holding to crumble and break into pieces. The Skullcrawler slips and falls to the ground, forcing itself to use its right arm to try and grab the Wall again. Everyone jumped off to the side before the Skullcrawler slammed its right claws on the Wall and dug them into the structure. The Garrison fired the cannons again and made the Kaiju lose its grip once more. The Skullcrawler lands on its back and quickly recovers to launch another attack. Realizing that the cannons were the humans' main defense, the Skullcrawler jumps in the air and targets the cannons before they could reload. It slams with its left arm first, destroying two cannons, before slamming again with its right, destroying another cannon. The force of the attack blows everyone away, but the Scouts used their 3DMG to save the falling Garrison soldiers and placed them into safety. They grappled themselves on the side of the Wall, facing the city, and watched as the Skullcrawler roared. The citizens of the Ehrmich District were frightened at the sight of the Kaiju and escaped their homes in fear.

"The cannon fire isn't working ! We need to start attacking it directly !" Hange shouted to everyone as she drew her blades, "Slice the arms and tip it over the Wall before it climbs over ! Rescue any other soldiers left on the Wall as well !"

Armin, Marco, Sasha, and most of the Scouts rescued several Garrison soldiers before the Skullcrawler could hurt them. Mikasa, Hange, and her Squad fly into the air and surround the Kaiju before moving in to slice the limbs. The Skullcrawler tries to swipe with its right claw, but the combined efforts of Hange and her Squad allowed the group to dodge the attack and cut the arm in the process. The Skullcrawler lets out a painful screech before losing its balance and falling on top of the Wall, laying on its belly. With one of its arms weakened, the Skullcrawler desperately tries to bite the Scouts in the air.

Armin grapples next to Hange and suggests, "I'll try luring it towards the outside part of the Wall ! Otherwise, it'll fall into the city !"

"Bring some troops with you and be careful when using your blades ! Its skin is much more durable than I expected !" Hange advises as she drops her broken blades and equipped new ones.

Armin gathers the aid of several other Scouts and leads them up close to the Skullcrawler's face. The Kaiju follows them and fully turns itself around to face the outer side of Wall Sina. While Armin and the soldiers try to grapple out of its reach, the Skullcrawler surprises everyone by launching its tongue out and grabbing one of the soldiers in the air. Armin makes a horrified look as he witnesses the Skullcrawler retracting its tongue and swallowing the soldier whole. However, Armin's hesitation allowed the Skullcrawler to launch its tongue again, but it was heading for him. Fearing that he won't be able to dodge it in time, Armin felt his own life flash before his eyes until a blur darted past him. It turns out that Mikasa manages to cut the tongue before it reaches Armin and allows him and the other soldiers to escape.

Hange and her Squad move in on the other arm and slashes it. The Skullcrawler loses all of its support to stay on the Wall and slowly slides off, falling to the ground once more. It began squirming around and tries to get back up, but fails as its arms are too damaged. Hange lands in front of the Skullcrawler and laughs in a wicked manner.

The Skullcrawler stops moving and looks at her while she speaks, "That was pretty smart of you to target the cannons first, but it looks like we—"

Hange quickly steps back as the Skullcrawler suddenly lunges forward and tries to bite her. It continued as Hange kept dodging its bites from one place to another and teasing its attempts.

"Wow ! You sure are persistent despite your arms being severely cut all over ! Even though you're hunting down Titans, you really act just like them ! Always trying to grab a quick bite until the very end !"

Moblit arrives and warns her, "Squad Leader ! I highly suggest you return to the top of the Wall ! This isn't like experimenting with the Titans !"

"What's that, Moblit ?! I can't hear you !" Hange replied as she continued teasing the Skullcrawler, which concerned everyone that was watching.

Hange laughs loudly as she hangs on the side of Wall Sina with Moblit and continues watching the Skullcrawler move around.

Hange stops laughing and smiles as she tells Moblit, "You know, it's nice to do something new once in a while. Sure, the Titans are interesting, but these skull-headed…reptile…. snake thingies are just as...appealing."

"Everything you've admired so far, Squad Leader, really concerns me. Especially since these interests of yours always want to...kill you."

"Well, not all of them," Hange argued, "Godzilla and Eren are definitely my most favorite so far. Mostly because I could communicate with them to some extent."

Moblit turns to the helpless Skullcrawler and asks, "What are we going to do about this creature ? We don't really know exactly how to kill it and we have no place, or time, to experiment on it."

Hange looks in the distance and replies to Moblit, "From the looks of it, just removing the two limbs of these skull-headed creatures is enough to render themselves useless. Our real problem would be the fliers."

She points at a group of three silhouettes flying in the sky and diving down at various areas in the southern lands. The silhouettes were obviously the flying monsters and their speed was faster than Hange and Moblit expected. Leaving the Skullcrawler behind, Hange and Moblit returned to the top and assessed the damage until more roars were heard. They both looked back to see two more Skullcrawlers arrive and begin attacking the Wall. The other Skullcrawler forces itself on its wounded arms and painfully follows its brethren. Everyone prepared themselves for another fight, but with two more of the Kaijus joining in, it was hard for everyone to believe that they could even win. The Skullcrawlers proceed to scale the Wall and start swiping and slamming at the Scouts, who were forced to retreat into the District and assist in the evacuation. The monsters proved more than a challenge with their unexpected intelligence, resilience, and size, which quickly overwhelmed the Scouts as they struggle to come up with a strategy to effectively defeat them.

---

Thirty minutes earlier

Levi and his Squad, along with Eren, Ymir, Connie, Mylius, Mina, and other Scouts, managed to reach Trost and just finished explaining the situation to Hannes, who was making his way to Ehrmich to deliver a report to Pixis. After hearing that there might be a possible breach in Wall Rose, Hannes decided to order one of his subordinates to deliver his report and gathered his unit to find the breach. Levi and the others followed Hannes to assist in any attacks from the Titans or Kaijus. As both the Garrison and Scout units travel along the edge of Wall Rose, Connie realizes that they were all headed towards his village, Ragako. After learning that the Titans and Kaiju were first seen coming from southwestern land, Connie was worried about his family in Ragako and whether they escaped, or worse.

Levi shouts to everyone and warns them, "We're closing in on Ragako Village ! Be prepared to rescue any survivors in the event that an attack has occurred there !"

Connie wanted to deny that something bad might happen and couldn't accept the possibility of his family being hurt, but he snaps himself back to reality and focuses on getting to Ragako. Unaware to him, Ymir was analyzing his facial expressions and deduces that Connie was stressing himself out. After losing Krista to the Meganulas, Ymir could empathize with Connie since they both were hoping that the people they cared about were not hurt in any way. She watches as Connie rides ahead of everyone else in an effort to reach his village first. Eren and Mina were shouting for Connie to slow down and decided to chase after him.

After a while, Connie manages to reach Ragako before everyone else and becomes devastated to find it in ruins. Not only were the buildings damaged, but he saw no sign of any survivors as he rode all around the village. Worried about the state of his family, Connie quickly heads over to his house and becomes shocked after finding out what happened to it. From where his house once stood, a Titan was laying on its back and crushed the entire building. Despite not being able to move an inch, the Titan creepily stares at Connie and freaks him out. Eren and Mina finally caught up to him, but they slowly pieced together what was happening. Eren got off his horse and walked over to Connie, who stood frozen on his horse.

"I….I'm really sorry about your family," Eren tried to comfort him.

Connie responds in a gloomy tone, "We were….too late."

Mina suggests to him, "Maybe we can look around some more. Just to make sure we didn't leave anything out."

"Y-yeah, we can take some time to search the buildings at least," Eren agreed.

Connie snaps out of the trance and nods his head before following them back to the others. Once everyone arrives at Ragako, Oruo and Gunther investigate the village with the Scouts while Eld and Petra go to put the horses in the village's stables. Levi remains with Hannes to discuss the next course of action.

"It looks like we'll have to split up for now," Hannes told Levi, "My unit and I will continue searching for this breach and we'll regroup with you all back here."

"If you don't find us back here, then you should return to Trost and prepare any necessary defenses. There's a chance Erwin might call for our aid."

"Understood, and I'll be sure to keep an eye out for those monsters you told me about. From the sound of it, they seem like a lot of trouble," Hannes stated before moving out with his troops.

Levi moves his horse over to the village's stables and looks around at the destruction of the village. Something felt off and Levi believed that this certain Titan attack was a bit clean, despite Ragako being a mess with all of the debris and destroyed houses. He hears Eld and Petra calling out to him and he approaches his two subordinates, wondering what was going on.

"What's going on ?" Levi asked until he noticed them with the Scouts' horses, "Why haven't you put them into the stables yet ?"

"Um….the stables…." Petra tried to piece her words together, "There's still...horses in them."

Levi raised an eyebrow as Eld added, "We think that….the villagers didn't escape in time. I guess it makes sense due to the state of Ragako."

"No, it doesn't make sense," Levi argued, "Help out with the investigation. Make sure to check thoroughly for anything."

Eld and Petra looked at each other before following their Captain's orders. After the Scouts searched the whole village, it was clear that there were no survivors and it made Connie depressed. He returns to his former house and stands in front of it in hopelessness. Eren, Mina and Mylius tried to comfort him while Ymir stood from a distance and watched the scene unfold as she thought about Krista. She imagines herself in Connie's position and becomes worried for Krista's well-being. Eventually, Ymir empathizes with Connie and decides to stand by his side as he grieves over the loss of his family.

"I can't believe….my home is gone...forever…," Connie tearfully stated.

Eren places his hand on Connie's shoulder, "I'm sorry we didn't find anyone. You don't deserve any of this."

"Hey ! What the hell are you all doing ?! We should be celebrating !" Oruo shouted as he and Gunther approached them, confusing Connie and the others.

"What do you mean about that ?" Mylius asked, "We didn't find any survivors."

"If I knew the Titans, there would be splatters of blood everywhere. Titan blood may evaporate, but human blood doesn't," Gunther explained.

Connie began feeling a bit of hope and said to Oruo, "So...that means….everyone must have escaped."

"That's exactly right !" Oruo said with enthusiasm, "Now quit crying and acting like everyone's dead. They probably made it to Wall Sina by now."

"Then that's great news, Connie !" Mina smiled, "Your family didn't get eaten after all !"

Connie started feeling relieved and cried tears of joy rather than sadness. As he enjoys the small moment of peace, Levi, Eld, and Petra arrive to gather information from Oruo and Gunther. They noticed that Connie and the others were talking among themselves and stood by Oruo and Gunther.

"What's going on over here ?" Eld asked.

Gunther answered, "Oh, nothing. Just really good news towards the recruits. We searched the whole village and we're happy to say that everyone managed to escape in time."

"I find that hard to believe," Levi said, "If everyone really escaped, then why are the horses still at the stables ? It's unlikely that they could've escaped without using the fastest thing they have to outrun the Titans and those monsters."

Petra added, "It also doesn't make sense that the Titans would just break down these houses. They would never do anything like that."

"Oh, yeah ?! Then how do you explain that ?!" Oruo questioned her as he pointed at the Titan inside Connie's house, "They definitely broke the houses down to search for people to eat, that's all."

Levi inspected the Titan's body structure and told Oruo, "You should get your eyes checked. There's no possible way for that Titan to move at all. Look at its limbs and massive torso."

Squad Levi examined the Titan more closely and agreed with their Captain as they also saw the limb deformities. They usually find deformed Titans with small, or large, body parts, but never a Titan so misshapen that it couldn't move anywhere. This odd case of a Titan not being able to move was suspicious towards Levi and his Squad and they began to wonder exactly how this Titan even got to Ragako. Regardless, they decide to leave this Titan to Hange when they regroup with her and order everyone to set up a temporary perimeter. As everyone got on their horse, Connie looked at his house one more time.

Eren turned to Connie and reassured him, "Don't worry. Once all of this is over, we'll help you find your family in Wall Sina."

"Heh. Yeah. Thanks for offering," Connie mentioned, "I guess things are turning out pretty good."

Eren waited for Connie as he got on his horse. Just before they could leave, Eren and Connie hear a deep voice from behind and pause as they try to process who that voice belongs to.

"Wel...come... home…" the voice said.

With Eren being the only person near him, Connie slowly turns around and realizes that the Titan was the one that spoke. He stares at the Titan in shock and looks closely into its eyes. After a moment, Connie begins seeing something familiar with the Titan and sweats at the thought of something impossible.

Levi comes back and calls out to them, "Hey, you two ! What are you waiting for ?! Let's go !"

Connie hesitates to speak and stutters his words, "T-t-that T-t-titan….I-it just s-spoke."

"The Titan spoke ? What did it say ?"

Eren replies, "It said….Welcome home. I think it's speaking to Connie."

Levi was surprised, but not because the Titan spoke. It wasn't in person, but he had prior knowledge about a Titan talking from a notebook that belonged to a former Scout named Ilse Langnar. This time, the words, "Welcome home," that came from the Titan laying on Connie's house had Levi thinking about whether this Titan, and the Titan that killed Ilse, were actually former humans. As Connie gets off his horse and slowly approaches the Titan, he tries to speak to it, wondering if this Titan is really someone he knows.

"M-m…..mom ?" Connie whispers softly as he slowly reaches his hand out to the Titan's face.

As the Titan tries to move in response to Connie making contact with it, a Gyaos suddenly lands on top of the Titan and creates a wind pressure so hard that it pushes Connie towards Eren and Levi. Their horses became startled from the impact and began freaking out, pushing Eren and Levi off the saddles. The horses ran away as Eren and Levi brought Connie up on his feet. All three of them looked up at the large creature and watched as large wings spread out to clear the dust away. The Gyaos screeched loud enough for all the Scouts in Ragako to hear before digging its hind claws into the Titan and carrying it into the air.

"Mom ! MOM ! NO !" Connie shouts as he runs after the Gyaos and tries to grapple onto its wings.

However, the wind from the Gyaos flapping its wings pushes the grappling hook away, preventing Connie from chasing after it. The Gyaos quickly flies away with the Titan while two more show up and sense the Scouts in the village. One of them lands near the stables and smells the horses before biting and eating them up. The other Gyaos hunts the soldiers down and tries to catch them with its mouth. Eren, Levi, and Connie tried to regroup with everyone else and ran as fast as they could without their horses helping them.

It was complete chaos as the Gyaos continued destroying the village before they flew up and began diving down. With their large size, the Gyaos swooped down at Ragako and created high winds that slowly took apart the buildings piece by piece. It also forced the Scouts to grab onto anything they could find to hold them down. The Gyaos landed once more and started attacking the Scouts again. During the attack, Eren, Levi, and Connie manage to catch up with Squad Levi, who were directing troops into a building to hide in.

Oruo panics as he shouts to Levi, "This is fucking crazy, Captain ! These things are even worse than those damn bugs !"

"There's no need to scream or else we'll attract them to this position !" Eld loudly mentioned.

Levi looks at the Gyaos searching through the village and draws his swords out before telling his subordinates, "We're not going to be able to outrun these things without our horses ! Either we fight them now, or we get killed ! We knew this was going to happen eventually, so let's show these things what we're capable of !"

Eren speaks up to Levi, "Captain ! Let me transform and distract them instead. I'll give you all the chance to get away from here."

"We can't risk losing you, Eren," Petra argued, "Just let us handle this before…"

"Let him do what he wants," Levi interrupted her, "Those things are at least thirty meters and they'll tear us apart, but that doesn't mean we have to do it by ourselves. It's obvious that we need all we have to fight back against these bastards."

"We don't even know how to kill these monsters," Gunther pointed out.

"Then we find out how. If not, then we weaken them or tire them out enough for everyone to escape," Levi proclaimed before turning to Eren, "What do you think ? You ready to fight giant monsters twice your size ?"

Eren nodded, "Let's do this, Captain Levi !"

Squad Levi was hesitant, but they followed their Captain's lead and drew their blades out as well. Connie, Ymir, Mina, Mylius, and other soldiers that were still able to fight, gathered the courage to fight alongside humanity's strongest against the two Gyaos, despite the overwhelming odds. Eren runs ahead of everyone and tries to get both of the Gyaos' attention, which worked as the two winged monsters went after him. With the Scouts behind him ready to fight, Eren stares into the eyes of the Gyaos and bites his hand. Once transformed, Eren lets out a roar at the Gyaos before jumping on a building and throwing himself into the face of the Kaijus.

---

With all three divided groups of the Scouts focused on their own mission and dealing with their own battles against the Kaijus, the issue about Reiner's escape was completely forgotten as the stakes were raised. Reiner walks through the southwest land and avoids the gates leading to any of the Districts. After his escape, Reiner had a few close calls where he saw Titans running around and getting caught by the Kaijus, but he feared that they might eventually get to him. With no clue on where to find Bertholdt and Annie, Reiner decides to head towards Wall Rose in order to reach the other side because he believes that they're still over there ever since the expedition. It was the only logical choice, but Reiner had some doubts about the plan. Regardless, there was really nothing else he could do.

A lightning bolt strikes in an area ahead of him and Reiner could hear the roar of Eren's Titan. Knowing that the Scouts would probably be close by, Reiner turns into a different direction and walks away. Loud noises occurred from where he heard Eren transform and screeches of the Gyaos made him believe that Eren was in a fight with some of the Kaijus. It was definitely something that Reiner did not want to get involved with, so he kept on walking without a care.

Reiner stops in his tracks and notices that something was watching him. Slowly checking his surroundings, Reiner puts his guard up and goes to hide behind a tree. He peeks to the side and quietly walks from one tree to another until he hears the sound of leaves rustling and stops. A giant clawed hand slams down next to him and reveals a Skullcrawler sniffing around.

"Damn it ! I can't get a break !" Reiner thought to himself as he watched the Skullcrawler wandering around.

Once its attention was away from his direction, Reiner quickly made a run for it. The Skullcrawler notices Reiner and begins chasing him down, easily catching up to the Titan Shifter. Using the trees, Reiner forces the Kaiju to crash into them and slow it down, but it still wasn't enough. They both eventually reached open land where there was nothing to prevent the Skullcrawler from catching Reiner. It leaps towards Reiner with its mouth wide open and attempts to incapacitate him, which proves successful as Reiner tries to jump out of the way and gets his left leg bitten off. The Skullcrawler tosses the leg away and slowly approaches Reiner, who was trying to crawl away, before biting down on his body and taking him away. Reiner could feel his ribs cracking from the Kaiju biting down on him and he began spitting blood.

While taking deep breaths, Reiner glares at the Skullcrawler and says to it, "You won't take me down this easily, you damn lizard !"

The Skullcrawler could feel a stinging sensation from its mouth and becomes electrocuted as a lightning bolt strikes at its head. As Reiner transforms into the Armored Titan, he stretches the Skullcrawler's jaws and gives the Kaiju great pain as it desperately uses its claws to try and stop Reiner. Once fully transformed, Reiner escapes the Kaiju's mouth and punches it across the face. Despite experiencing electrocution, having its jaws stretched, and getting punched by armored skin, the Skullcrawler endures the pain and furiously attacks the Titan Shifter. With its superior size, the Skullcrawler overwhelms Reiner by swiping its claws and swinging its tail. Although the claws could barely penetrate Reiner's armored skin, its tail manages to knock him into a cluster of trees. The Skullcrawler approaches Reiner and launches its tongue, only for it to be a mistake as Reiner quickly reacts to the attack and grabs the tongue. He runs towards the Kaiju while wrapping the tongue around his arm and jumps over a claw swipe before climbing up on its body and tugging the tongue from its back. The Skullcrawler tries reaching for Reiner, but he uses the tongue to wrap it around the arms and ties it into a knot, effectively immobilizing the Kaiju. Reiner jumps off of it and watches as the Skullcrawler struggles to free its arms from its own tongue and screeches in pain.

"That'll show you not to mess with me, you two-legged freak," Reiner says as he leaves his Titan body.

"Quite impressive, Reiner. You managed to take down one of the Xiliens' monsters."

Reiner turns around to see a quadrupedal Titan carrying an abundance of supplies on its back, along with Zeke, Bertholdt, and Annie riding on top of it. Recognizing who they were, Reiner approaches them with a surprised expression as Bertholdt and Annie jump off the Titan.

"Bertholdt. Annie. You guys are alright !" Reiner said with relief.

Annie replied, "You seem alright as well. Figured you would have been captured by now."

"I sort of did get captured, but I escaped. I was worried I couldn't find you guys."

"At least we found you first before the Scouts did," Bertholdt said, "Now we can try and capture Eren together."

Zeke jumps off of the Titan and states to them, "And I'll be making sure that you all do your mission properly. From a distance, of course."

"I didn't expect you to come on such short notice," Reiner said, "How did you manage to get here with all of the Kaiju around ?"

"I transformed some of the Eldians here into Titans just to force the Xiliens into unleashing their monsters. I wanted to test humanity's strength within these Walls and see how they'll deal with the threat. If anything, this was merely a distraction for both sides in order to mask Marley's presence in the Walls."

"I just….how will we do our mission with all of these Kaijus everywhere ? I suspect that those fliers will be difficult to deal with and-"

"I'll handle the Kaijus. You three focus on capturing the target and bringing him back to the Shiganshina District. We'll confirm if he has the Coordinate there."

As Annie walks past Reiner and heads towards Ragako, Bertholdt walks up to him and pleads, "Come on, Reiner. Let's hurry up and do this so we can go home."

"Yeah, alright. Let's go," Reiner agreed as he and Bertholdt ran to catch up to Annie.

Zeke watches as the three Titan Shifters embark on their mission once more and hears the screech of the third Gyaos approaching his direction. He lets out a deep breath before taking out a knife from his pocket.

"Warchief. I highly suggest we avoid direct confrontation with the Kaijus. I shall assist you in distracting them from the Warriors," the Quadrupedal Titan advised Zeke.

"No, Pieck. I shall distract them alone. You don't have the capability to fight back against those fliers if you manage to get caught by them. Regroup with the troops and we'll alert you if we need extraction."

"Understood," Pieck responded before running back to Wall Rose, catching the Gyaos' attention.

Zeke quickly slices the palm of his hand with the knife and fully transforms into a Titan covered in brown fur. As the Gyaos turns to Zeke and dives at him instead, he grabs a nearby boulder and prepares to throw it at the Kaiju. With extreme precision and massive strength, Zeke throws the boulder directly at the Gyaos' face, which immediately breaks into pieces as it smacks it with its head. Meanwhile, the Skullcrawler that Reiner immobilized frees itself by ripping apart its tongue and then proceeds to charge at Zeke. The Titan Shifter quickly reacts to the attack by hardening his fists and slamming the Skullcrawler's head to the ground before dodging the Gyaos' dive attack. The flying Kaiju slams into its ally with a huge impact and they both try to reorient themselves.

Zeke laughs and says to them, "You call yourselves true monsters ? You are nothing more than mindless slaves. Forced to follow your master's biddings and sacrifice yourselves to complete their meaningless tasks."

The Skullcrawler and the Gyaos roar as Zeke continues, "Very well, then. I accept your challenge. Let's see if your sheer size can compete against my human intellect !"

The two Kaijus charge at Zeke, who hardens his fists once more and stands his ground.

---

"So the situation's that bad ?" Miyuki asked Miki through her communicator.

"Apparently so. The people in the Walls are trying to fight against the Kaijus to the best of their abilities, but everything they're throwing at them isn't working. We need to send that Mech out immediately."

"Don't worry. They're almost done with the calibration process. We'll send it out once it's completed," Miyuki ends the transmission and returns to the workshop area where the engineers finished off one last detail of the controls.

"Calibration complete. Jet Jaguar should be fully synchronized with the suit," one of them pointed out.

"Finally !" Ozaki complained, "Let's hurry up and get this robot to the Walls."

Miyuki turns to Gordon and Komura, "Any idea how we're gonna transport Jet Jaguar into the field without the Xiliens detecting us ?"

"Hmm ? Ozaki's gonna fly Jet over there," Komura responded.

Ozaki became confused, "Wait, how the hell am I gonna fly ? Jet doesn't look like he has wings, or..or...or rockets to fly with."

"Basically, put your arms up to fly and keep your feet together," Gordon instructed.

"That's a weird way to fly. I don't know what was going on in Goro Ibuki's head when he designed this robot," Ozaki muttered as he followed Gordon's instructions and got pulled up into the air by the wires.

Jet Jaguar copies Ozaki's movements and flies to the ceiling, making a dent deep enough to get stuck. Ozaki proceeds to push Jet out of the predicament and lands him back on the ground.

Gordon laughs and says, "Forgot to mention. He can fly up to Mach 3.5, so try and take it easy."

"Noted. Anything else you guys want to tell me before I do something stupid again ?" Ozaki asked.

"Nothing else. Good luck, soldier," Komura saluted.

Ozaki turns to Miyuki as she approaches him to say, "Be careful with the people out there. You might be helping them, but they might consider you an enemy. Seeing a mechanical being for the first time can spook people like them."

"Relax, will you ? One day, they'll understand that we're trying to save them," Ozaki explained while holding her hand, "We failed humanity years ago when we lost to the Xiliens, but we have a chance to redeem ourselves now. To fix our mistakes and finally take down those alien bastards once and for all."

Miyuki sighs, "What if we lose again ? The last time we fought the Xiliens, we used Godzilla to our advantage and still lost."

Ozaki pauses before answering, "The last time we fought….we blindly trusted them and allowed them to breach our defenses. This time, we have the element of surprise on our side."

"Let's hope it's enough to defeat them. Otherwise, we'll let humanity down a second time."

"After seeing how much of a threat the Xiliens are, it's time we work hard to live up to our name. What's the point of calling ourselves the Earth Defense Force if we can't fulfill our purpose ?"

"You really think we'll win ?"

"Remember what I said to you….when you asked me what keeps me fighting no matter what the odds were."

"Of course, I do," Miyuki smiles as she kisses him on the cheek, "You'll always be my bodyguard, won't you ?"

"Definitely," Ozaki nods as he turns his attention back to the mission.

Miyuki steps back and stands besides Gordon and Komura as they all watch Ozaki pilot Jet to the best of his abilities with a monitor in front of him to display Jet Jaguar's field of vision. As the Mutant takes a couple of steps forward, Jet follows along until Ozaki manages to get the hang of it. Afterwards, Jet perfectly mimics every one of Ozaki's actions and heads towards the large hangar doors. Once the doors fully open, Jet jumps out of the base and puts his hands up in the air, flying away and heading towards the Walls. News about Jet Jaguar spread throughout the base and every staff member was hopeful for the future. The leaders of the Earth Defense Force believe that this was the first true step to revealing themselves, but it was the choice of the people in the Walls to see them as either ally or foe. No matter what they choose, the EDF would still help them regardless and would fight along their side when the time was right.

Jet Jaguar flies through the sky at his fastest speed and quickly arrives at the Walls. With the help of the surveillance crew, they help Ozaki lead Jet towards the position of the Xilien transport ship above Wall Rose. With his current size, Jet Jaguar is able to avoid the Xilien's radar and gains more speed in order to penetrate the exterior.

Meanwhile, the Xiliens inside the ship were counting the total number of Titans they've abducted and analyzing the Scouts that were guarded by the Meganulas. They report their findings to the scientists that were experimenting on Minilla in order to determine if more humans or Titans needed to be captured.

"I doubt that a mere total of seventeen humans would fill our designated quota," the main Xilien scientist claimed, "Even with the Titans that you've already possessed."

"The humans are starting to put up a fight and we've captured nearly all of the Titans in this area. We've already lost at least half of the Meganulas and those larger Kaijus will just kill the humans by accident," the ship's pilot stated.

"It's not my fault those humans are fragile and stubborn. Plus, it's not my problem if your set of Kaijus can't get the job done. I have my own tasks to do and listening to your complaints isn't one of them."

"Tsk ! You stupid piece of-"

The pilot gets interrupted as Jet Jaguar crashes through the hull of the ship and lands within the main control room. Every Xilien soldier in the vicinity, including the pilot, were alarmed by the Mech's presence and quickly gathered their weapons to attack the intruder. X-65 could hear the other end of his communicator and suspected that a fight was breaking out. As the Xiliens fired their weapons at Jet Jaguar, Ozaki turns towards the engineers and tells them to increase the size. With one turn on the dial, Jet Jaguar instantly expands big enough to destroy the Xilien transport ship from the inside. The pilot screams into the communicator before becoming enveloped by the ship's explosion, concerning X-65. The Titans that were stored within the ship were put back together and fell from the sky, eventually landing on the ground and running away. Jet also lands and watches as the bits and pieces of the ship crash to the ground before shrinking back to human size. Now that the Xilien transport ship was destroyed, Ozaki wonders who he should help first: the Scouts at Ehrmich District or Ragako. After a moment of deciding, he leads Jet Jaguar towards a certain direction and hopes that he made the right choice.

---

X-65 was confused at what he heard, but he knew that something attacked his comrades. He contacts the infantry unit in the facility and informs them of what had happened. The infantry unit agrees to check out the situation and prepares to head towards Earth while X-65 resumes his work on Minilla, who continues staring angrily at him.

"Stare all you want, you big lizard. It's almost time for us to begin adding our M-Base into your DNA. Soon, you'll lose all control of your mind and become another instrument of destruction for us."

Minilla growls and lets out a loud burst of air through his snout. X-65 laughs and walks over to his subordinates to see their progress. After extracting whatever they could from Minilla's body, X-65 and his subordinates discover that Minilla has amazing regenerative abilities that rivals that of their own Kaijus. One of his subordinates finds that Minilla's DNA was closely similar to one of their Kaijus and stated that he could possibly be a relative. Before X-65 could elaborate on the discovery, his communicator begins beeping and answers the transmission, which turns out to be one of the infantry soldiers.

"We have an emergency ! Summon the Kaijus quickly before we lose another facilittTTYYY !" the soldier warned before becoming consumed by fire, ending the transmission.

X-65 holds the communicator in shock until one of his subordinates asks, "Sir, what's the situation ? Should we evacuate ?"

A high-pitched roar was heard from outside the facility and Minilla could sense that the Kaiju that made the roar was hostile towards the Xiliens. However, he wasn't sure if that certain Kaiju would be his enemy as well.

"It can't be. After all of these years," X-65 said.

He randomly points at one of his subordinates and orders them, "Send a distress signal to the Controller and request backup. I'll summon our Kaijus and create a distraction long enough for help to arrive."

Following their superior's order, the Xiliens rush to the communication center while X-65 heads towards the Kaiju containment area. It was only moments later when the entire facility was shaking and breaking apart as explosions and fires occurred throughout different areas. One piece of debris lands and breaks the console, releasing Minilla from his restraints. Minilla proceeds to remove everything that was holding him back before turning towards the remaining Xilien scientists, who immediately flee the area. Minilla roars and slams the platform, killing the scientists before wandering the facility. Trying to look for a way out, Minilla powers himself up and fires his Atomic breath throughout the entire landscape, creating large scale explosions. Minilla stops to realize that the sky above him had a hole leading into space and starts wondering where exactly he was at. He continues firing his beam at the artificial sky to the point where a few planets were shown and a large figure was avoiding Minilla's atomic breath using flames coming out of its body. Minilla notices the figure and stops his attack, hoping that he didn't hit the figure, which resembles that of a turtle.

The large turtle Kaiju, who was about Minilla's height, slowly lands inside of the Facility with fire shooting out of its shell before extending his legs and staring at Minilla himself. The turtle was shown to possess large tusks and spiked edges on its shell. It definitely has an intimidating appearance, but Minilla was concerned about whether this Kaiju was an enemy to him or not.

"So it really is Gamera. Those damn Seatopians really know how to create a resilient monster," X-65 mentions as he watches the two Kaijus stare at each other in curiosity.

He continues making his way towards the Molecular Integration device and activates a console with a monitor displaying images of stored Kaijus. With a majority of Kaijus gone to assist the Controller in the invasion, X-65 could only access three Kaijus that were considered weak by the Controller because of a previous battle. X-65 quickly summons the Kaijus and watches as they begin forming in front of him. Minilla momentarily stops staring at the turtle Kaiju, Gamera, and turns his attention towards the other three Kaijus, who he found to be familiar. Once they all were fully formed, Minilla slowly recognizes them as the ones that attacked his relative years ago. He could remember the fight being a three on one and his relative was the victor as he stacked each of the Kaiju on top of each other at the base of a mountain.

"Anguirus ! King Caesar ! Rodan ! Defend the Facility and take down these two behemoths, but keep them alive !" X-65 yells out to the three Kaijus in a wicked manner before turning to Gamera, "You won't get away from us ! The Controller might have nearly killed you last time, but I'll be the one to make you into our own personal slave !"

The three Kaijus roar as Minilla prepares himself for a fight. Other than the Colossal Titan, Minilla would finally be facing Kaijus his size, but he had to be wary about Gamera by his side. Even if they both are fighting the same enemies, they were not acquaintances either. Minilla takes a deep breath and clears his mind, focusing his thoughts on the upcoming brawl. It will be a matter of time before Xilien reinforcements arrive and turn the tide of the battle. If Minilla wanted to return home to Eren and the rest of the humans, he would have to fight with everything he's got and he hopes that this "Gamera" could be a potential ally.

---

Hello again, everyone. Thanks for your patience for this next chapter. I worked really hard on it and made sure the pacing, characters, dialogue, etc. were okay for you guys to read and enjoy. I was a little concerned about my selection of Kaijus in this chapter because I wasn't sure how you all would react to them being revealed first, but I hope it works. For those of you who are Gamera fans, you may be wondering about a few things and I am going to point out some details real quick.

First of all, I'm not really knowledgeable on the Gamera franchise, so I resorted to using the wiki websites to help me since I don't have access to the movies. Secondly, I removed the sunlight weakness from the Gyaos so that I can utilized them more often instead of just having them in nighttime situations. Lastly, I altered Gamera's origins a bit and made it so that he has a reason to be included in this story.

As always, feel free to leave any questions and I'll answer them on the next chapter.