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.

12. Mechanical Warrior

Chapter 12: Mechanical Warrior

Out in the farthest reaches of space, a large asteroid slowly flies past several other small planets. Upon closer inspection, there were alien inhabitants on the asteroid, surrounded by an artificial atmosphere, and were shown to be different species altogether, ranging from insectoids to humanoids. Large cockroach creatures, known as the Nebulans, were carrying metallic materials towards the inner parts of the asteroid and collaborated with the other alien species. Simians, ape-like humanoids, were typing a series of code onto a massive computer system and running tests for artificial intelligence. The last alien species, the Vortaak, were devising strategies on how they could defeat the Xiliens' army of kaijus and what weaknesses they could exploit. Together, all three species quickly constructed their secret and ultimate weapon, hoping that it would be enough to defeat the Xiliens. The leading members of each species, Veraan, Kohoru, and Goburi, discuss the final preparations of the weapon and decide on a location in the universe for their upcoming fight against the Xiliens.

Veraan, representing the Vortaak, turns to the other leaders, "Let's hope we're not being too hasty with this. We're putting all of our effort into this one weapon and it might not fulfill our expectations."

Kohoru, representing the Simians, argues, "My ancestors had no problems when they made this machine in the past. All they could do was improve it beyond its normal capabilities when it had failed them."

"Yet you come to us to borrow our technology," Goburi, the Nebulans' leader, said to her.

"I admit the weapon was obsolete, which is why I could not bring it into battle without making various major upgrades. With your help, every one of our people can finally put an end to the Xiliens' rule in the universe."

Veraan walks up to a platform and looks down to watch a giant mechanical being, which was nearly completed, and turns to Kohoru.

"We don't have enough resources to create more, so how do we know that this single machine can take down the whole Kaiju army by itself ?"

"The Xiliens have mind control technology, the same ones that your own people possess as well. By destroying the main ship that houses the mind control device, the Xiliens will lose control to all of the Kaijus in a specific area. Amidst the chaos, we will quickly use our own mind control devices and turn the Kaijus against their former masters."

"I would concur with that strategic route if not for one thing," Goburi stated, "Who exactly will be controlling the Kaijus afterwards ?"

"That's something we'll have to see for ourselves. We need to focus on completing our weapon first," Kohoru said before turning away.

Goburi's question on who will control the Kaijus began creating a rift between their partnership. With each species having intentions to betray the others in an effort to save their own people, everyone became suspicious of each other. However, they knew that they cannot defeat the Xiliens without the support of each other, effectively preventing an all-out struggle for dominance.

Hours passed and the constructed weapon was at completion, causing the three alien species to cheer for their future success. Kohoru, Veraan, and Goburi began the testing phase of the weapon and watched the demonstration take place. The weapon was revealed to resemble Godzilla in a way, but the limbs were thinner and the dorsal plates were rectangular with glowing red lights shining at the tips. Its claws were crane-like and the tip of its tail had a small set of blades. The three leaders activated the Mech and ordered it to follow various commands. As its glowing red eyes blink repeatedly before stopping, the Mech followed the commands with ease.

"Success has finally been reached," Veraan cheered, "All functions are working properly."

"You're forgetting about the weapon systems," Goburi pointed out, "Obviously the most vital aspect of our creation."

Kohoru chuckled, "You're incorrect about that. The most important part of any machine is the power source. Especially one that's powerful enough to bring this one to its full potential."

"Or enough to last a full fight against a Kaiju. Face it, Simian. The only power source that we have access to would be the one powering this huge ball of rock."

"Regardless, this vessel's power supply is enough to power the machine for thirty minutes. I guarantee that the weapon will dispatch the Xilien mind control device swiftly."

An alarm begins ringing throughout the entire area and Goburi turns to her, "It looks like you have the chance to prove that statement of yours, Simian. Let's see how effective your machine really is."

"Then I'll remain here to insert the power source into it while you two stall the Xiliens as long as possible."

Veraan and Goburi nodded before gathering their troops and marching into the surface of the asteroid. Kohoru smiles wickedly before gathering her group of engineers and moving to insert a large cable into the Mech's leg. Afterwards, the Vortaak, the Nebulans, and the Simians got into a defensive position as the Xiliens arrived on their mobile base. It was apparent that the opposing force outnumbered them greatly as numerous ships surrounded the entire asteroid. X and the Doctor stood in the main chamber of their mothership as they watched a holographic view of the asteroid.

The Doctor turns to X, "Shall I prepare the Molecular Integration process ?"

"Yes, but I wish to have a little chat with them first before feeding them to our Kaijus."

"Understood, Sir," the Doctor said before leaving the main chamber.

X, along with several Xilien soldiers leave the mothership and place themselves on the asteroid. The Doctor activates a beam of light that summons a group of Kaijus near X's position. Skullcrawlers, Gyaos, Meganulas, and another insectoid race known as Legion, began following the Controller's lead as they roared and hissed at their enemies. The Vortaak, Simians, and the Nebulans quickly placed their guard up as they tried to stall X long enough for Kohoru to complete her objective. Veraan and Goburi moved ahead of their troops as they tried to speak with X.

"What's with the cannon fodders, X ?" Goburi questions him, "We're not worth your best monsters anymore ?"

X simply laughs and replies, "I just wanted to catch up after lost time. Especially after you all kept on leaving the party so soon."

"Party ?!" Veraan said angrily, "Is that what you call the genocide of our people ?!"

"Well…..I guess. I definitely had lots of fun on each of your planets, just like when I humiliated Vorticia and showed her how much of a loser she really is."

"You dare to speak of her Highness that way, Xilien !" Veraan aggressively points at X with Goburi trying to calm him down.

"You guys don't deserve to have your Kaijus. I made sure that they have better use out of them than you ever did. You all can thank me by becoming my slaves instead of just dying on this small rock."

"Like we would ever become your slaves. You already have almost everything you wanted. You have no need for us," Goburi explained.

"Fair point, but it couldn't hurt to have some more help."

All of a sudden, the asteroid stops moving just as every machinery in the area begins losing power. Kohoru manages to successfully transfer the main power supply, while keeping the artificial atmosphere on backup power, and inputs the weapon's targets into its database. X starts to realize that something was wrong and orders the Kaijus and his soldiers to attack the other aliens. The Vortaak, Simians, and the Nebulans fought as hard as they could, but their lack of resources and powerful weaponry made it a losing fight for them. The rest of the Xiliens watch the battle from their ships and cheer for their side while laughing hysterically at their enemies. The Kaijus decimate everything in their path as they brutally kill the three alien species.

Veraan and Goburi were the only ones that attacked X directly and were too focused on taking him down rather than looking after their own troops. Wielding a large hammer, Goburi swings at X's upper body and misses as the latter drops to the ground and jumps back up. Veraan comes in from the side and swings a staff, only for X to effortlessly block it with the back of his hand. Goburi swings his hammer again, but X redirects the swing to make it hit Veraan right in the face, knocking the Vortaak a couple of feet away. X charges towards Goburi and swings his leg to kick him in the face, but is quickly blocked by the hammer before being pushed back. Goburi jumps into the air and slams his hammer on X, who takes the impact and watches as the ground under him cracks intensely. X proceeds to grab the hammer's hilt and forcibly remove it from Goburi before swinging at him. Veraan arrives and tries to land a hit by doing an overhead swing with his staff. X foresaw the attack and dodged in time, but was forced to continuously dodge multiple swings from Veraan.

"I shall kill you in the name of her Highness, then my people will see me as the true successor to the throne when I have avenged her death !" Veraan declares as he continues swinging.

"You sure about that ?" X asks as he throws the hammer behind Veraan and uses his telekinetic powers to call it back.

Goburi quickly retrieves his hammer and he joins Veraan in a tag-team assault against X. The fight continues on for a while longer as Kohoru finishes the remaining preparations for the weapon. It lets out a roar similar to his organic counterpart, but was higher in pitch and sounded more mechanical. The Godzilla-like Mech slowly becomes aware of its surroundings and turns to see its master upon a platform. They both stare into each other's eyes as Kohoru smiles at her creation.

Goburi and Veraan start to show signs of exhaustion while X shows no sweat. Their hope of winning this fight was low, but they expected the weapon to finish the war. However, X decides to end the fight as he begins to feel bored. Snapping his fingers, he summons a nearby Skullcrawler and orders it to kill the two leaders. The Kaiju charges and easily catches them. Veraan was the first to be eaten as the Skullcrawler crunches on his body and swallows him whole. Goburi, knowing that his death was inevitable, accepted his fate before being slammed into the ground by the Skullcrawler's claws.

As X approaches him, Goburi says one final thing to the Xilien Controller, "There was once a time when my people and yours cooperated and shared technology, but it seems that you lack the honor that your elders had."

X chuckled before replying, "Those old geezers were outdated and they didn't have the guts to do what's necessary for our race. They gave up on trying to invade Earth the old fashion way, but the minute that I started taking over, my race instantly became the most dominant in the universe."

"I beg to differ, X," Kohoru says as X turns around to see her walking towards him with a remote of some kind.

X waves his hand at the Skullcrawler, who puts Goburi into its mouth and devours him whole, and turns to Kohoru, "You got a lot of nerve coming out of your hiding hole without any backup."

"Oh, I do. Have you ever heard of the Earth Kaiju, Godzilla ?"

X's smile turns into a serious face the second he hears that name, but Kohoru continues, "Rumors spread across the universe during the time you invaded Earth and I've heard that a single monster nearly defeated your entire army of Kaijus. However, I'm quite surprised you've never heard of him prior to your invasion."

"What do you know about that damn lizard ? Your kind has dealt with him before ?"

"As a matter of fact, my ancestors constructed a mechanical being a long time ago that was made specifically to combat Godzilla and other monsters. They made the weapon in Godzilla's image to prove that it was his superior and now…."

Kohoru activates the remote and the asteroid begins shaking intensely. A mechanical hand emerges from the ground and slams on the small Kaijus before the entire Mech digs itself out of the ground. X sees that the Mech's whole figure was reminiscent of Godzilla and he became extremely irritated at seeing the one thing that has the potential of defeating him.

Kohoru continues, "I present to you my ancestors' prized creation, improved by me ! Destroy these Xilien scum, MechaGodzilla !"

The Mech turns to see its main target, the Xilien Mothership, and runs to its direction. X gritted his teeth before calling the Doctor to bring him back to the ship. Several groups of Xilien fighters fly in to attack MechaGodzilla and fire a barrage of lasers at him. MechaGodzilla responded by withstanding the attack and firing back using cannons that opened up on his shoulders. Most of the ships went down and combust into flames while MechaGodzilla roared at his opponents. The remaining Kaijus on the asteroid charge at the Mech, who swipes his tail and sends them flying into space. Kohoru smiles at how amazing MechaGodzilla has been performing and slowly realizes that she is in a vulnerable position as Meganulas and Legions start seeing her. Just as they moved in to attack her, MechaGodzilla quickly disintegrates the insects by using its beam, the Proton Scream, from his mouth. With the Kaijus wiped out, MechaGodzilla turns his attention back to the other fighters and continues attacking them.

Back in the Mothership, X watches the holographic image of MechaGodzilla while the Doctor decides on which Kaiju to summon next. X was sure that Godzilla is no longer a threat and that capturing the last member of his kind would prevent further difficulties in his plans, but now a metallic version of the lizard menace threatens his army. After taking a few minutes to examine the Mech's other abilities, X notices that MechaGodzilla has a unique ability of charging some kind of energy into its hands and feet, along with weapons on its body that included a tail drill, small buzzsaws on its claws, and thruster rockets on its back. Compared to Godzilla, MechaGodzilla is much more agile and possesses firepower that rivals his own military, which poses a huge problem to his monsters. The Doctor finally picks two suitable kaijus to combat MechaGodzilla and summons them into the battlefield. X goes over to the console where the Doctor was at and examines the monsters he has chosen.

"My dear old friend….why is it that you didn't choose our strongest monsters to fight this machine ?" X asks him with concern.

The Doctor replies with an emotionless face, "I merely wanted to test its strength and see exactly how long it will last. Machines always have an energy source and I doubt that our enemies have one that could last indefinitely."

X chuckles and pats the Doctor on the back, "And this is why you're my second in command."

Two ships fly right by MechaGodzilla and proceed to fire beams of light in front of the Mech. Two Kaijus begin materializing and MechaGodzilla looks at them in confusion. Gigan, a dinosaur-like cyborg with buzzsaw for hands, another circular saw on its belly, and large red fins on its back, screeches as he waves his hands around in intimidation. Megalon, a bipedal insectoid with drills for hands and a large horn on top of his head, roars while banging his drills against each other repeatedly. The two Kaijus stand their ground as they glare at their target. Kohoru opens up a portable monitor and checks to see that MechaGodzilla only has twelve minutes left using the Proton Scream. She quickly puts on an advanced type of mask and redirects the emergency power from the artificial atmosphere to another hidden machine from a console. The hidden machine is revealed to be a large cannon that was aimed at the Xilien Mothership, causing X and the Doctor to be confused. The large cannon fires an electrified beam at the Mothership, which penetrates the invisible shield surrounding the vessel and shocks the entire ship. X and the Doctor remain calm as the ship's systems become disabled and the shield generator loses power, causing the Mothership to become vulnerable.

"It works !" Kohoru stated, "Time for you Xiliens to lose control of your monsters !"

She examines the inner workings of the Mothership and pinpoints a certain chamber that she believes to be the mind control device for the Kaijus. Kohoru orders MechaGodzilla to fire at that chamber and watches as her creation charges its red beam and fires at the Mothership. The red beam breaks through the hull of the Mothership and completely destroys the chamber, which then results in the Mothership forcing it to land itself on the asteroid. Kohoru smiles as she witnesses Gigan and Megalon slowly breaking free of their masters' control and laughs maniacally.

"How does it feel, X ?! To lose control of your precious Kaijus ?!" Kohoru shouts at him.

Gigan and Megalon suddenly stop and turn their focus back to MechaGodzilla. Kohoru's smile turns into shock as she realizes that X has somehow regained his control over them. Kohoru decides to order Mechagodzilla to defend himself until she figures out a new plan. As MechaGodzilla's eyes blink a few times, he roars before charging at the two Kaijus. Gigan slams his buzzsaws on MechaGodzilla, who defends using his arms. The metal in the arms begins chipping away from the fast rotation of the blades, but MechaGodzilla pushes the buzzsaws up, jumps, and kicks Gigan with both of his legs. Gigan flips backwards and lands upright as Megalon launches a few punches with his drill hands. MechaGodzilla barely dodges the attack, but he uses his back thrusters to maneuver behind Megalon, grabs his horn, and flips him over into the ground. Unexpectedly, Gigan grabs MechaGodzilla by the neck using the claws on his tail and drags him across the asteroid's surface. MechaGodzilla activates the shoulder cannons and fires repeatedly at Gigan, who lets go and proceeds to attack with his buzzsaws again. Megalon joins in and both Kaijus slowly overpower the Mech as he begins losing power to some of his functions. MechaGodzilla fires his Proton Scream once more and pushes the Kaijus back, but Gigan fires a laser from his eye and the two opponents get caught up on a beam lock. MechaGodzilla simultaneously fires his shoulder cannons and disrupts Gigan enough that he loses the beam lock, but Megalon appears from behind and punches into MechaGodzilla's back. As Megalon continuously punches the Mech's back, the dorsal plates become damaged and eventually break off the body. MechaGodzilla uses the drill on his tail to pierce Megalon's leg and tries to swing his fist until Gigan jumps kicks him in the face and uses his buzzsaw in an attempt to cut through the Mech's torso. MechaGodzilla forcibly stops the spinning blades by grabbing the buzzsaw with his hands, but the red lights all over his body begin blinking before they start to fade. MechaGodzilla's eyes lose their bright red glow and he releases his grip on Gigan's buzzsaw. Gigan and Megalon realize that their opponent has lost power and screech in victory as Kohoru kneels to the ground, horrified to see that her creation has lost.

X smiles at Gigan and Megalon's victory while the Doctor remains emotionless. They both leave the Mothership and head over to Kohoru, who struggles to transfer the emergency power over to MechaGodzilla. X pulls out a weapon and fires two lasers at both of Kohoru's legs, forcing the Simian to fall down. Kohoru screams in pain as X steps on her portable devices, crushing them beyond repair, and crouches down beside her.

"I must admit, your 'MechaGodzilla' could hold its own. I'm curious to see what would have happened if you had a more reliable power source," X told her.

"It doesn't make sense," Kohoru stated, "I destroyed your mind control device. You shouldn't have been able to control your Kaijus."

"There are other ways than you think."

X puts his hand in the air and signals the Kaijus over to his position. Gigan and Megalon approach their master and look down at him and the others. Kohoru slowly pieces the puzzle together and realizes that X has the ability of mind control all along, regardless of whether the Xiliens had a machine or not. The attempt at freeing the Kaijus from the Xiliens was worthless from the start and Kohoru began filling with despair as X and the Doctor returned to the Mothership. Just as they both were being pulled up by the tractor beam, X snaps his fingers. Gigan charges his eye while Megalon's horn becomes electrified. Kohoru slams her fists on the ground in frustration, believing in her last moments that the Xiliens were truly formidable. If only she had more time, if only MechaGodzilla lasted longer, if only there were a number of things she should have considered beforehand, then things might have turned out different. All Kohoru could do was watch the Kaijus fire their beams at her while she felt pity for any other species in the universe that dares to face the Xiliens' full might.

As the Mothership begins to undergo repairs, Gigan and Megalon are recalled into the transport ships as X stares at the lifeless body of MechaGodzilla. Despite the Mech resembling one of the things he hates in his life, X couldn't pass up the opportunity to take MechaGodzilla and use him for the betterment of his race. With the first mechanical Kaiju in his possession, X had to find a way to transport him out of the asteroid since his ships could not break down an inorganic being. The Doctor, however, showed a face full of concern as X orders soldiers to salvage MechaGodzilla. Suddenly, the Doctor receives an emergency distress signal from Facility 4 and X decides to listen in.

"Emergency ! Unprecedented Kaiju attack !" shouted the soldier speaking from the other end of the communication device, "Requesting reinforcement to detain the invading Kaiju !"

The message ends as the Doctor turns to X, "What would you like to do about this situation, X ?"

X takes a moment to think before responding, "I shall remain here to finish up the repairs and gather what's left of our enemies. Including their MechaGodzilla. You should go and help out your scientists at the Facility. I trust that you'll defuse the situation without fail."

"Understood, X. I'll start departing right away," the Doctor said as he and a group of soldiers left the Mothership on one of the transport ships, leaving X and the rest of the fleet behind.

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Back on Earth, Erwin begins to carry out his plan to rescue the trapped Scouts from the Meganulas. Once Mike has fully determined that the bigger Kaiju have left the area, Erwin puts his hand in the air. With one swift motion of his hand, he signals to the others hiding in the trees and they all jump out at once. The Meganulas barely notice the Scouts and immediately fly into action as they scatter all over the place. Unfortunately for the insect Kaijus, Erwin and the Scouts manage to slice their wings and allow the rest of the Scouts to finish them off on the ground. The rescue mission went quickly and successfully without any issues as Erwin gathered up every Scout in the area while supplying gear to the ones that were free from the Meganulas.

"Is everyone accounted for ?" Erwin asked Mike.

"Yes, including the ones that we just rescued. We can finally get out of here and head to the Walls," Mike replied as he sniffed the air once more before concluding whether it was safe or not.

"Let's hope that everyone else manages to do their missions safely. In the meantime, I believe that we should retreat back to the Inner Walls and assist with the defenses there."

"Sounds good. We should hurry before something comes back."

Erwin gathers everyone around in a circle and begins to announce the next part of the plan to them. As the Commander went on, Jean and Krista turned towards Thomas with concern as they were worried about his current state. Krista was the first one to speak up.

"I don't think it's a good idea for you to head into any further battles. You might have trouble breathing again."

"She's right," Jean agrees, "We should let Commander Erwin know and have you stay on the wagons until we get to the Walls."

"No, you guys need all the help you could get. Eren and the others had to carry me back at Trost and I've already got both of you to get caught by these bugs. I don't want to let anyone else down again."

"I'm sure you'll do fine, Thomas, but call out to us if you ever need help. We'll be glad to do so," Krista said before turning to Jean, "Right ?"

"Yeah, whatever."

"Thanks, you two. I'll definitely-"

The loud sound of an explosion and a huge gust of wind forces the Scouts down to the ground, forcing them to kneel. Once it stops, Erwin and Mike look for the source of the explosion and proceed to get pressured by another gust of wind as Jet Jaguar lands near the Scouts, along with pieces of the Xilien ship falling from the sky. Erwin and the Scouts quickly evade the falling debris and make their way out of the area while Mike looks back at Jet Jaguar, who doesn't seem to notice them at all. Erwin looks back as well and they both witness Jet shrinking down to human size and running away. Once the chaos was over and the Scouts were trying to process what was happening, Erwin and Mike were trying to understand what they saw.

"I can't smell anything significant from it other than explosive residue, but from the looks of it, it seems to consist of metal," Mike explains.

"This day is becoming even stranger by the minute," Erwin states, "We're left with more questions than answers by this point."

"Should we pursue it ?"

"Hmmm…..yes. It's headed towards the South where Levi and the others are. We should see what that metal being is up to and see whether it's an ally or an enemy."

"I really hope it's a potential ally. Otherwise, we'll have even more trouble than ever."

Erwin, Mike, and the rest of their group follow Jet Jaguar towards the direction of Ragako. Ozaki becomes notified by the engineers about Erwin and the Scouts following Jet, but focuses on accomplishing his mission. Raising his hands in the air, Ozaki makes Jet fly across the land, eventually outrunning the Scouts. Erwin could do nothing except watch Jet fly away ahead of him and the others, but he was more fascinated rather than shocked.

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In the outskirts of Ragako, Reiner, Annie, and Bertholdt were analyzing the situation and devised a plan to capture Eren. With the Scouts so heavily focused on the Gyaos, the three Titan Shifters decide to sneak into the battle and move into their positions. All they had to do was wait for Eren to leave his Titan body and make sure that both the Gyaos and the Scouts were distracted before they could commence their plan.

Meanwhile, the Scouts at Ragako were having a tough time fighting against the two Gyaos. With Eren being the bigger target in his Titan form, the Gyaos focus on him rather than the humans, putting intense pressure on the Titan Shifter. He fights both of the Gyaos as best as he could, but he could feel himself becoming exhausted. Despite some of the Scouts like Connie and Ymir trying to assist him, their efforts to damage the Kaijus' skin was useless and caused their blades to constantly break into pieces. Eren desperately tries to fight back against his large opponents by throwing pieces of buildings at them, but even they were unfazed. One of the Gyaos charges at Eren with its head and crashes into a building, allowing Eren to climb onto its head. The Gyaos tries to shake Eren off and uses its claws to slash at the Titan Shifter. The other Gyaos helps out its brethren by hovering in the air and swiping at Eren with its talons. Levi and his Squad appear in the air behind the Gyaos that was currently flying and circle around it in order to catch the Kaiju's attention. Luckily, it follows Squad Levi in annoyance while Levi goes to help Eren with the other Gyaos. As Eren continues holding on to the Gyaos' head, Levi swings close to his face and tries to shout something to him.

"Hey, Jaeger ! Go for the eyes !"

Levi leaves and heads over to his Squad, who are trying to dodge the other Gyaos' attacks, while Eren climbs down the Gyaos' head and faces one of its eyes. Eren launches a hard punch at the eye and causes the Gyaos to screech in pain as it tries to scratch Eren off of its face. Eren repeatedly kicks the claws away and continues to punch the eye, unaware that Connie and Mylius were watching from their cover. Seeing what Eren was doing, Connie leaves his cover from a destroyed building with Mylius following his lead. They both grapple over to Eren and the Gyaos, focusing on the other eye and drawing their blades. Once they were close, Connie and Mylius swung their blades and successfully slash the eye, rendering it into a bloody mess on the Gyaos' face. The Kaiju screeches loudly and slams Eren into a building before rolling on the ground in pain. Eren gets back up and pushes the debris off of him as he watches the Gyaos still writhing in pain. He turns to see a large wooden support beam and picks it up before running towards the Gyaos. Eren then pierces the Gyaos' remaining eye with the wooden beam and pushes it in deep. The Gyaos screeches once more before trying to remove the beam from its eye, unable to see anything that was happening. Eren lets out a deep breath as he turns to see Connie and Mylius cheering and turns back to see the injured Gyaos tiring itself out. Seeing that the Gyaos was in no condition, Eren decides to finish the job and heads over to the Kaiju. Eren stands in front of the exhausted Gyaos and places his hands on the wooden beam, hoping to drive it further into the Gyaos' head. The Gyaos could feel Eren moving the beam and swipes its claws to trip him, revealing that it was faking its tiredness. As the Gyaos towers over Eren, it aggressively removes the wooden beam from its eye and uses its sense of smell to pinpoint Eren's position. The Gyaos growls before slamming its claws on the ground next to Eren, who quickly gets back up, grabs a handful of dirt, and throws it at the Gyaos' snout. The Kaiju snorts and shakes its head a few times to get rid of the dirt and starts to smell for Eren once more. The Gyaos follows his scent and catches the smell of Eren's blood. Although still blind, the Gyaos charges at the source of the smell and crashes into a building, unaware that Eren was actually standing on top of another building holding a boulder half of his size. He jumps off of the building and slams the boulder on the Gyaos' head repeatedly until he manages to knock the Kaiju unconscious. As the boulder was reduced to pieces in his hands, Eren breathed heavily before walking away from the Gyaos and falling into a pile of debris. Connie and Mylius grapple over to Eren while Ymir, Mina, and several other Scouts arrive as well, hoping to check Eren's status. Behind a destroyed building, Reiner and Annie stood waiting for the Scouts to remove Eren from his Titan while looking over to another building to see Bertholdt in position.

In the meantime, Levi and his Squad were dodging the Gyaos' bite attacks and claw swipes as it hovered over Ragako. Petra and Eld serve as diversions and draw the Gyaos' attention while Levi, Oruo, and Gunther approach from behind the Kaiju's head, hoping to reach the eyes and cut them. Levi looks to see Eren being removed from his Titan body by his peers before turning to catch a glimpse of Bertholdt getting ready to transform. The appearance of Bertholdt completely takes Levi by surprise, but he doesn't hesitate to stop chasing down the Gyaos and quickly grapples towards the Titan Shifter in blinding speed. Just as Bertholdt gets ready to bite down on his hand, Levi kicks him in the torso with a huge impact and pins him down on the ground. Bertholdt grunts in pain and could barely move an inch as Levi's superior strength overpowers him.

"I'm quite surprised that you got the balls to come here, but you've lost the element of surprise," Levi tells Bertholdt, "So you better start telling me where your friends are at."

Bertholdt remains silent as Levi pulls out a single blade and places it on his neck, "I know what happens if I draw a single drop of blood from your body, so I'll just give you a quick death instead. If anything, taking you out would make it easier for me and the Scouts to take down your allies."

"I-if…y-y-you take me out, then you will lose against these things," Bertholdt argues, "I can take them down with my Titan form."

"You're a fool if you think you can convince me about that shit and by the looks of it…." Levi pauses as he sees the unconscious Gyaos and his Squad handling the other one, "We're doing okay on our own."

"You should know….there are worse monsters than these ones, even bigger too. You'll never survive against them, even with Godzilla on your side."

"We'll take our chances, but first….we're gonna squeeze every bit of information out of you once we get the hell out of here. Hopefully, we can use you as bait to lure your friends out as well."

Levi tries to signal to the other Scouts of his location using a flare. As Connie and Ymir were carrying Eren by the shoulders, they and everyone else in the area saw Levi's flare and gathered at that location. Reiner and Annie became worried when they realized that the flare came from Bertholdt's position, forcing them to move closer.

"Damn it, he better not have been caught !" Reiner whispered loudly to Annie.

"If he did, then we might have to change up our plans after all. We're gonna have to transform before him."

"Let's hurry before Squad Levi over there manages to take down that Kaiju."

Reiner and Annie continue to head closer to Levi and the other Scouts in order to determine whether Bertholdt was captured or not. At the same time, Connie, Mina, and Mylius were looking after Eren, who was a bit tired from his fight against the Gyaos. Levi ties Bertholdt onto a wooden chair he found nearby and wraps a white cloth around the mouth. Bertholdt looks around to see glaring faces and looks of betrayal, especially by Eren. They both stare at each other with incredible intensity, but Eren displayed anger while Bertholdt showed calmness. Softly pushing his friends away, Eren gets up and slowly moves over to Bertholdt in order to interrogate him.

Looking straight in his former friend's eyes and pulling down the white cloth, Eren coldly questions him, "How….fucking….could you ?"

"….."

"How did it feel ? Back when I told you about my home and my mother ? About how a piece of the Wall took away her legs and ruined her life ?"

Bertholdt sighs deeply before replying, "Eren….I truly am sorry for what happened. I'm sorry that your mother had to suffer because of my actions."

"You think I want an apology ? After everything you did !" Eren grabs the collar of Bertholdt's shirt, "I'll never forgive you, asshole ! And I'll make sure to-"

"That's enough, Eren," Levi said as he holds Eren back, "You don't want to waste what little energy you have left."

Eren calms down and lets go of Bertholdt, "I'm sorry, Captain."

"Just go rest for a bit. Remember what's at stake right now instead of him."

Eren nodded and returned to the other while Levi pulled the cloth back up on Bertholdt. Before Levi could leave the area and return to help his Squad deal with the Gyaos, he turns to the Scouts and points out to them, "This traitor, Bertholdt, may not be the only one here. Look out for the other two Titan Shifters and fire a flare if you see them."

Levi grapples away and heads over to his squadmates while the Scouts stay behind to watch the fight. Despite trying to use the max output of his gas, Levi could feel his tank becoming empty and checks to see which member of his squad is having a similar issue. Just as he predicted, Petra and Eld are slowing down and have a few close calls when the Gyaos nearly bites them both. At the same time, Oruo and Gunther were also running out of gas trying to catch up to the Gyaos. Levi puts away his blades and loads a flare, firing it in front of the Gyaos in order to distract it from his allies. The Gyaos turns to see Levi grappling towards itself and flies straight for him. Petra, Eld, Gunther, and Oruo stop and land on the ground, watching the crazy act that their Captain was displaying. Levi remains calm, staring into the mouth of the Gyaos as he loads another flare. The Gyaos opens its mouth wider, intending on devouring Levi whole. However, Levi fires the flare into its mouth, causing it to gag in a rough manner while the smoke from the flare flowed out of its mouth. Levi quickly takes out his blades and aims them at the Gyaos' eye while increasing his speed with the remaining gas in his tank. As they both get closer, Levi stabs the eye with great force before breaking the blades off of the handles and flipping over the Gyaos, causing it to crash into the ground. Levi stays in the air for a moment longer until he eventually runs out of gas, forcing him to land near his Squad. Although the Gyaos had no more smoke coming out of its mouth, it began to feel pain from its damaged eye. Oruo laughs victoriously while Petra, Eld, and Gunther sigh in relief, but Levi knew that there were other problems to deal with at the moment. The Scouts were amazed at Levi's bold move against the Gyaos, but Reiner and Annie became glad that Squad Levi has nearly run out of gas, believing that they have the advantage when they transform. Leaving the Gyaos by itself to endure its own pain, Squad Levi regroups with the Scouts in order to discuss their next course of action.

Levi stands on top of a pile of debris and announces to the Scouts, "Alright, listen up ! I'm not sure if these winged bastards can regenerate from their wounds like the Titans, but we don't have the time to stay here and see it for ourselves."

"But we don't have our horses, Captain," a soldier remarked, "Should we wait for the Garrison to return ?"

"Unfortunately, yes. However, I highly suggest we relocate to a different location away from this village first. It's obvious that there's nothing else for us here except for these monsters. After that, we need to make our way to Ehrmich and join with the others."

Levi walks over to Bertholdt and grabs his hair tightly before lifting him up, "Maybe then, we could get someone to make you talk."

"I doubt that, Captain Levi !" Reiner said as he and Annie jumped off a rooftop above everyone while covered in an electric aura.

They both instantly transform with the wind pressure pushing everyone away, causing the chair restraining Bertholdt to break upon impact against a wall. Bertholdt turns to see Eren struggling to get up and removes the cloth from his face, knowing that it is his one chance to capture him. Eren tries to look around for his comrades until Bertholdt wraps the cloth around his mouth and pins him to the ground where Bertholdt ties him up with a rope. He signals to Annie, who spots them both and places them on her shoulder. With Eren in their possession, Reiner, Annie, and Bertholdt make their getaway and flee from Ragako. Levi and the Scouts regain their composure after the impact from the sudden transformations and quickly pursue the Titan Shifters in order to rescue Eren. However, nearly everyone has barely enough gas to last a fight against the Titan Shifters and all they could do was try and follow them on foot. Bertholdt was relieved that he, Reiner, and Annie had finally accomplished their mission and watched the Scouts desperately try to catch up to them. The moment of accomplishment didn't last long until a humanoid figure landed in front of the Titan Shifters. The Scouts even stop to see the metallic figure revealed to be Jet Jaguar, who is looking around until he spots Eren being carried by Bertholdt.

Ozaki turns to one of the engineers and tells them, "Increase size to max so I can squash these guys !"

"Increasing your height to 120m will only last a full minute before the energy needed to change your size is depleted. Afterwards, it'll take some time for that energy to recharge."

"Could've told me sooner. How long can I last if I'm their size ?"

"Quite a while, Sir."

"Then change me to their size !"

The engineer turns the dial and Jet Jaguar grows up to fifthteen meters, which surprises both the Scouts and the Titan Shifters. Ozaki then moves Jet into a fighting stance as Annie places Bertholdt down and watches him carry Eren away. Annie and Reiner stay cautious due to the mysterious appearance of Jet Jaguar, who runs towards them and jumps in the air. Jet Jaguar proceeds to use his flight ability and tackles Annie into the ground before kicking Reiner in the face. Jet gets back up, grabs Annie's legs, and throws her at Reiner. Bertholdt tries to flee from the fight while carrying Eren behind his back, but he runs into the Scouts instead. With his allies too busy fighting Jet Jaguar, Bertholdt becomes anxious on what to do and slowly begins to panic.

Seeing Bertholdt on the ground, Jet Jaguar tries to reach his hand out to grab Eren, but Reiner and Annie both grab his arms in order to restrain him. Jet lifts his legs to kick Annie in the face, causing her to let go, and grabs Reiner's leg with his free hand before lifting and throwing him into a building. Annie sweeps her hardened leg at Jet Jaguar, who jumps and lands on his torso. As he gets back up, Annie tackles him and Reiner joins in. Jet Jaguar shrinks to human size, rolls behind them, and grows back to fifthteen meters before throwing a punch at them. Reiner quickly tries to defend himself by putting up his arms and endures the impact of the punch, only to realize that Jet Jaguar's hand becomes dented and broken once it makes contact with his hardened skin. Figuring out that Jet Jaguar was not as durable as their hardening, Reiner charges at Jet and tries to tackle him down, but Jet holds his ground.

As Jet Jaguar and Reiner engage in a stalemate, Bertholdt was continuing his attempt at outrunning the Scouts. It became difficult as Eren was constantly struggling on his back, eventually causing Bertholdt to stumble and fall to the ground. Levi and the Scouts manage to catch up and surround Bertholdt once more. However, Annie approaches them and retrieves Bertholdt before attempting to slam her feet at the Scouts. Although Levi, his Squad, and several other Scouts dodge the attack, three soldiers are unlucky as they get squashed by Annie. She carries Bertholdt and Eren away and runs past Jet Jaguar and Reiner. Jet spots Annie holding Eren and decides to do something to get Reiner off of him. He lays on his back, places his feet on Reiner's torso, and pushes as hard as he could, throwing Reiner off of him. Jet gets back up and starts pursuing Annie, but limps due to his damaged leg. Just as Annie was about to reach the outskirts of Ragako, the Gyaos that Eren fought earlier appears and attacks her. Despite its eyes being partially regenerated, the Gyaos aggressively swipes its claws at Annie, forcing her to drop Bertholdt and Eren. Jet stops and leaves the Gyaos alone with Annie, turning to Bertholdt and Eren on the ground.

Bertholdt gets up after the rough landing and widens his eyes to see Jet Jaguar approaching him. He tries to drag Eren away, but Jet's hand blocks his path. Bertholdt and Eren watch Jet Jaguar tower over them until Reiner appears from behind and grabs Jet in a headlock. As he tightens his grip, the metal on Jet Jaguar's neck slowly bends and shows small signs of cracking.

"The hell are you guys doing ?! Hurry up and shrink me !" Ozaki orders the engineers, who were too distracted watching the fight from the monitor. Jet Jaguar shrinks back to human size before reverting back to fifthteen meters, facing Reiner.

"Damn ! I can't do much against this guy with his armor. I can't believe you guys made this robot with weak ass metal."

"Stop complaining about Jet Jaguar and just focus on finding a way to keep that guy occupied," Gordon replied.

"Hold on !" Miyuki shouted before pointing at something on the monitor, "There's another Gyaos over there behind that Titan guy."

Jet turns to see the Gyaos getting up and looking extremely angry. Seeing an opportunity, Jet flies towards Reiner and wraps his arms around his waist, lifting him up and carrying him in the air. Reiner tries to use his elbow to repeatedly hit Jet's back in order to be released, creating sparks and smashing metal. Jet eventually slams Reiner's entire body onto the ground before letting go and crashing into a pile of debris. As Reiner lifts himself up, the Gyaos screeches and catches his attention. The Gyaos proceeds to bite Reiner's neck and brutally attacks him while Jet Jaguar leaves the debris pile and heads back over to Eren and Bertholdt.

With the two Titan Shifters defending themselves against the Gyaos, Bertholdt did not want to leave his allies behind. He had been wanting to save the transformation for a later time, but saw the chance to save Reiner and Annie. Bertholdt carries Eren to a secluded spot and places him there, hoping that no one could find him. As he leaves Eren alone, Bertholdt immediately heads out into the open to find an area to transform until Jet Jaguar grabs him and lifts him up.

When Jet holds Bertholdt up to his face, Ozaki tries to communicate to him, "Alright, Kid ! You better give me Eren Jaeger before I-"

"Uh, Sir ? You can't actually talk to anyone from Jet Jaguar's end. We never implemented any audio devices on him," one of the engineers said to him.

"What the hell ?! Then how are we gonna talk to anyone in the Walls ?!"

As Ozaki briefly argues with the engineers, Bertholdt takes the chance to bite his hand and forces himself to let out an explosive transformation, which resulted in most of Ragako being destroyed. Jet Jaguar flies backwards in the air and crashes into the ground with great impact. The Scouts were also blown away by the blast and scattered among the village. Bertholdt, in his Colossal Titan form, looks down at the remains of Ragako and watches the Scouts trying to gather everyone together while Jet Jaguar looks up at him. Bertholdt turns his attention to his friends and lifts his foot over Annie and one of the Gyaos before slamming it down and incapacitating the Kaiju. Annie frees herself from the Gyaos' grasp and nods at Bertholdt, who shows her which way Eren was. She makes her way over to Eren while Bertholdt heads over to help Reiner with his fight against the other Gyaos. Bertholdt reaches his hands out, grabs the Gyaos by the wings, and lifts it into the air. He slams the Gyaos on the ground and stomps on it with his foot, injuring it greatly. With the two Kaijus taken down, Jet Jaguar was the only threat remaining to Bertholdt and the others. He looks at Jet Jaguar before lifting his right arm up and slamming down, but fails to land a direct hit when Jet Jaguar jumps to the side.

"Crank up the dial ! This guy should fight someone his own size !" Ozaki orders as the engineers change Jet Jaguar's height to sixty meters.

In a split second, Jet quickly grows to Bertholdt's size, leaving the Titan Shifter in a shocked state. Bertholdt swings his left arm, but Jet blocks it before throwing a punch in Bertholdt's face, pushing him back. Jet jumps and kicks Bertholdt with both of his feet, effectively knocking him down to the ground. Although Bertholdt tries to get up, his thin arms make it difficult to push himself off the ground. Jet Jaguar goes over to him, but Bertholdt quickly expels steam from his body to obscure him. Unfortunately, Jet manages to see through the steam and throws a punch at Bertholdt's torso. He gets Bertholdt on his knees and decides to reach his hands for the nape. Digging his thumbs into Bertholdt's nape, Jet Jaguar slowly rips it apart and starts revealing Bertholdt's position. Bertholdt grabs both of Jet Jaguar's wrists and tries to pull them away from his nape.

With Jet struggling to remove Bertholdt from his Colossal Titan body, the Scouts were trying their best to navigate through what was left of Ragako in search of Eren. From broken swords to empty gas tanks, Levi and the Scouts were at a disadvantage if they were to come across the Kaijus or the Titan Shifters. At the same time, Eren was trying to free himself by cutting the rope against the corner of a brick. Eventually, he manages to free himself and removes the cloth on his mouth. Eren immediately leaves the secluded spot and avoids Annie and Reiner, who were at the spot he was previously at. He slowly backed away until he determined that it was safe to run. Unknowingly, Eren accidentally moves a brick wall that crashes down and attracts Annie and Reiner's attention. As he was running, Eren managed to find Levi and the Scouts up ahead until he felt the loud footsteps of Annie and Reiner, causing him to look behind. Connie even sees Eren running towards him and the others, notifying Levi and everyone else. However, Annie is catching up and she reaches her hand out for Eren, bringing concern to the Scouts.

Just as her hand was about to wrap around Eren's body, Annie trips and rolls across the ground. Annie lifts her legs up to see that her heels have been cut while Reiner watches as someone swings by and picks Eren up into the air before stopping. Then, multiple soldiers appear and begin attacking Annie and Reiner. Levi, his Squad, and the group of Scouts turn their attention to Erwin, who has arrived with wagons and more Scout soldiers. Mike lands in one of the wagons while holding Eren in one of his arms before letting him down. Levi gathers his group and leads them to Erwin's group, getting up on the wagon next to his Commander.

"You're a sight for sore eyes," Levi remarks, "Things are starting to become pretty damn strange."

"I fear that it is only the beginning, but we should retreat as soon as possible towards the Ehrmich District."

Erwin gives everyone the order to retreat, steering the wagon back the way they arrived. However, several soldiers served as a distraction in their fight with Annie and Bertholdt, but they slowly became caught and killed by the Titan Shifters, who started their pursuit on the Scouts afterwards. Jet Jaguar notices that everyone was leaving Ragako and decides to let go of Bertholdt's nape. Before he leaves, Jet breaks Bertholdt's legs and runs after the others. He shrinks back to fifthteen meters and flies into the air while Bertholdt gets left behind.

Leaving his Titan body, Bertholdt takes his time to climb down and flees Ragako, unable to catch up. Fearing that he could not help Annie and Reiner now, Bertholdt tries to find Zeke instead. However, Pieck arrives and stands in front of Bertholdt.

"Pieck ? How did you find me ?"

"I watched the whole battle from the Wall with the others. Climb on and we'll try to get to the other Warriors."

Bertholdt climbs onto Pieck's back and they both travel across the land towards everyone else. As the Scouts left Ragako, some of the soldiers were relieved to see some of their friends rescued from the Meganulas, especially Ymir. She goes over and hugs Krista tightly before letting go and examining her body for wounds.

"I'm o-okay, Ymir ! I-i-it's fine !" Krista hesitantly denies to her friend.

"I just want to be sure, that's all ! I thought I had lost you back there."

Jean adds, "Those bugs didn't do much to us. All they did was put us in a pile and stood guard."

Ymir ignores him and becomes glad to know that Krista was safe at last. Meanwhile, Mylius and Mina were comforting Connie, who looked back at Ragako. The only person there that truly understood his pain was Eren, who had also lost his home in a similar way. He sits next to Connie and places a hand on his shoulder.

"I guess I'm just like you now, huh ?" Connie asked Eren, "Now I know what it feels like to lose your home forever. How do you deal with that ?"

"I don't know, but….taking down the Titans crossed my mind ever since then because I believe killing them all would satisfy me for what they did. In your case, it's different, but…I think all we can do now is just make sure that no one else has to lose their home and experience what you and I have been through."

"You're right. I definitely wouldn't want this to happen to anyone else. You think we can actually prevent something like that in the future ?"

"Maybe, but things are becoming more challenging recently with all the monsters and stuff. Now we even have to deal with that giant…growing and shrinking…metal man."

"I thought he was an ally because he fought Reiner and Annie."

"I'm not sure, but that thing came at a convenient time and showed up out of nowhere. It's something humanity has never seen before. It's almost too good to be true if it really is on our side."

As Eren and Connie continue talking about Jet Jaguar, Reiner and Annie catch up to the Scouts. Since Eren was the priority, Reiner and Annie focused more on the wagon he was on and ignored the rest. Erwin tries to lead everyone through a small forest in order to lose the Titan Shifters, but Annie manages to knock a wagon over and kill the soldiers. The Scouts continue down the path of the forest until they eventually scatter in different directions, confusing Reiner and Annie. One wagon gets itself lost as the soldiers struggle to find the others, but they hear something rustling around the trees. They prepare for a fight, thinking that it was either a Titan or the Titan Shifters. As they waited for whatever was in the trees, a lone Skullcrawler pops out and quickly destroys the wagon, devouring the soldiers in the process. One soldier manages to survive and tries to load a flare gun until the Skullcrawler stares at her with an intimidating glare. The soldier did not hesitate to fire the flare and got eaten in a gruesome manner afterwards. The Skullcrawler then sniffs the air, locates the other Scouts, along with Reiner and Annie, and follows their scent out of the forest.

Erwin and the Scouts leave the forest, but Annie and Reiner are still hot on their trail. With little distance left to the Ehrmich District, the Scouts were desperate for help from the Garrison until Erwin noticed that something was wrong. The entire surface of the Wall was covered in scratch marks and loud roars were heard from over the Wall. He speculated that the Kaijus had breached through earlier and wondered if the citizens managed to evacuate.

Annie and Reiner looked at the Wall ahead and kept an eye out for any cannons, but they also noticed the damage done to the structure. They were unsure if they should continue pursuing the Scouts or postpone their mission for another time. It wasn't long until the Skullcrawler appeared behind them and started to chase after them as well. Reiner, knowing that he was the much slower one, stays behind to deal with the Kaiju, leaving Annie on her own to continue following the Scouts. Just as Reiner prepares to defend against the Skullcrawler, Jet Jaguar dives towards the Kaiju and slams his knee on its back, pushing it into the ground. Reiner steps back to watch Jet grow to a bigger size and fights the Skullcrawler by punching it repeatedly. Knowing about its tongue connected to its organs, Jet proceeds to widen its jaw and reaches into its mouth to try and pull the tongue out. He successfully pulls out the organs and kills the Skullcrawler before turning to Reiner. Annie looks back to see the standoff between the two and stops to see what was going to happen. Currently several meters taller than Reiner, Jet Jaguar stands menacingly and slowly approaches him.

Ozaki points out to the others, "If I can't talk to this guy, then I can give him a visual warning."

Jet points at Reiner and signals him to leave by pointing his thumb in the opposite direction before clenching his fists. Reiner didn't want to abandon his mission yet, but seeing the Scouts closing in on the Walls, he believes that it was already too late. Annie also believed that it was too risky to continue chasing down the Scouts, especially since there were more Kaijus up ahead that would create more problems for them. Jet Jaguar casually walks past the Titan Shifters and heads towards Ehrmich while Reiner and Annie could begin feeling exhaustion after everything they did.

Once Jet Jaguar and the Scouts were gone, Annie and Reiner left their Titan bodies and continue walking South, hoping to regroup with Bertholdt. They eventually come across Pieck and Bertholdt, who had finally caught up to them.

"Get on," Pieck said, "Mission's over. We'll get the Coordinate some other time."

Annie and Reiner climb up on Pieck, sitting next to Bertholdt. All four of them retreated to the South in search of Zeke, worried about what he'll say about the mission failure. They return to the spot where they separated from Zeke and find a severely injured Skullcrawler and Gyaos. The Kaijus showed no signs of movement while Zeke was outside of his Titan body. Although his Titan body was already evaporating, his human body managed to sustain damage from the fight as well. Zeke was sitting on the ground holding his broken glasses as his wounds regenerated and turn to see his allies standing before him. He gets up and walks over to them, climbing onto Pieck's back.

As Pieck takes them to regroup with their other allies at the Wall, Zeke turns to the Titan Shifters and asks them, "I assume that you all failed to get the Coordinate ?"

"Yes, Sir," they all said in unison until Annie spoke up, "We also encountered a….Mechanical unit that appeared out of nowhere."

"A Mech unit ? Hmmm….There's no record of the Xiliens having one of those and these traitors definitely don't have the knowledge to make one. Which means….there's another group involved in all of this."

"Who could they be, Warchief ?" Bertholdt asks.

"I have no clue, but whoever they are…they'll have to show themselves eventually."

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Erwin and the Scouts cautiously approach the gateway leading into Ehrmich and readied their blades for a fight that may be heading their way. Once they went past the gate, they became shocked at what they saw. The three Skullcrawlers had wreaked havoc among the District and left a majority of the buildings demolished. There were corpses of many citizens and soldiers around the streets, which made Erwin wonder where the survivors were. Everyone saw several flares fire in the sky at the other end of the District, making them conclude that everyone else was at the other gate.

"You think you can try to transform again, Eren ?" Connie asked him.

"Maybe, but it might not be enough."

Erwin and the Scouts quickly ride through the streets in order to help Hange and everyone else. They begin to hear metal clanking and turn to see Jet Jaguar running after them. He shrinks down and flies above them all, looking down at Erwin as if he was asking to tag along. Erwin took a moment to realize and nodded, accepting Jet Jaguar as a temporary ally against the remaining Kaijus.

On the other side of Ehrmich, Hange and Pixis were struggling to organize their troops while trying to evacuate the remaining citizens. Despite their efforts to fight against the Skullcrawlers, they had lost many soldiers to them and slowly began to feel hopeless about the situation. It became worse as the soldiers began running out of gas and were unable to scale the Wall for safety, leaving them to their doomed fates. Mikasa and Armin, along with Marco, Sasha, and Nac, had a close call reaching the top of the Wall just as their gas tanks were almost empty. Hange and Moblit were still trying to distract the Skullcrawlers so that all of the citizens made it through the gate. Once they fully evacuated everyone, Hange and Moblit tried to retreat back up the Wall, but Hange's 3DMG expelled the last of its gas and caused her to fall.

Moblit turns around and sees his superior, "Squad Leader ! Hold On, I'm Coming !"

"No ! Just head back up before you run out of gas ! That's an order !" Hange shouted back.

Moblit hesitated before complying and continued grappling back up. Hange looks back to see one of the Skullcrawlers heading towards her and opening its mouth wide.

"Heh...It looks like you monsters managed to catch me. Such a shame that you'll just remain a mystery to me."

Just as Hange accepted her death by the Skullcrawler, Jet Jaguar flies and picks Hange up, holding her bridal style. Jet Jaguar carries her up to the top of the Wall while Hange looks at him with intense amazement. Upon arriving at the top, Jet Jaguar receives a bunch of shocked looks by Pixis, Armin, Mikasa, and the other soldiers as he places Hange down. Afterwards, Jet jumps off the Wall and flies towards the Skullcrawlers. Some of the soldiers started asking questions among themselves.

"Who the hell was that ?!"

"That guy can fly ?!"

"Why did his helmet have a smile on it ?"

Jet Jaguar lands on the ground and waves his hand to attract the Skullcrawlers to his location. All three of them jump towards his position until Jet Jaguar flies above them and grows to their size before landing a dropkick on one of their faces. This causes Hange to become even more amazed and she leaves her mouth agape in surprise towards Jet's ability to grow. The soldiers on the Wall begin cheering for Jet until some of them manage to spot Erwin and his group assisting Jet. Pixis sees an opportunity and orders everyone to resupply while the Kaijus are distracted. The soldiers filled their gas on the double and proceeded to join the fight against the Skullcrawlers once more.

Hange grapples towards the main wagon where Levi and his Squad were steering it through the streets. She lands next to Levi sitting in the front seat holding the rope of the horse. Levi listens as Hange was giggling and notices that she was very enthusiastic about something.

"What are you excited about this time ?" Levi asks her.

"Oh, Levi ! You would not believe who came to my rescue when I was on the verge of death !" Hange replies while blushing, "That giant colorful metal man came out of nowhere and decided to save me for whatever reason ! So heroic !"

"Yeah, it's almost a coincidence that he came when these monsters came. Once we deal with these monsters, let's have a chat with him."

"Ooh ! I get to be the one to talk to him first ! You know, since he and I were probably the closest."

"All he did was catch you when you fell, but whatever. Let's just find out how to take these things down."

"Hmm….I've learned that the arms are basically the only things that's keeping them balanced. Our blades can wound them deeply, but their skin is too thick to fully cut through. Other than that, they have a prehensile tongue they can use to catch us in the air. We've already injured one of them, but it'll be hard to get the other two."

"Not when they're fighting that giant metal man," Levi says as he steers the wagon towards one of the Skullcrawlers, "I'll get you close enough for you to land a hit."

Levi turns the wagon right when he nears the Skullcrawler, allowing Hange to grapple onto its arms. Meanwhile, Jet Jaguar stomps on the injured Skullcrawler's arms and causes it to growl in pain. With the second Skullcrawler distracted by the Scouts, the third one starts to launch an attack until Hange slashes the joint on one of its arms, making it fall in front of Jet Jaguar. The Skullcrawler tries to get up, but Jet Jaguar grabs its sliced arm and bends it the other way until it rips off. The Skullcrawler retaliates by attempting to bite his neck, which manages to dig into the metal. Jet Jaguar begins to glitch and nearly loses connection to Ozaki's control. Jet punches the Skullcrawler in the eye and pushes it off of him before grabbing it in a headlock and trying to snap its neck. However, the Skullcrawler wraps its tail around Jet Jaguar's neck and tries to pull his head off. Jet Jaguar begins to lose grip and slowly lets go as the metal around his neck starts to bend and break apart.

"Shit ! The connection's getting worse ! Turn me up ten more meters quickly !" Ozaki orders the engineers.

Jet Jaguar grows to forty meters and becomes big enough to successfully snap the Skullcrawler's neck with ease, but the damage around his neck was severe. Sparks were flying out from the inner parts of his body, which were exposed by the damages left from the Skullcrawler.

"Sir, I believe we should retreat for now and repair Jet Jaguar before we lose connection," one of the engineers warned.

"There's still two more Kaijus that we need to fight. If we leave now, then those things will kill those soldiers," Ozaki argues as he turns Jet around towards the injured Skullcrawler.

Jet Jaguar slowly approaches the Skullcrawler and tries to finish him off. With still enough willpower to continue fighting, the Skullcrawler jumps with its one remaining arm at Jet Jaguar and scratches his exposed wounds, creating more problems with the connection and certain functions on the body. Jet begins to malfunction, but Ozaki manages to remain in control long enough to deliver a hard punch through the Skullcrawler's eye and rupture the brain. The Skullcrawler instantly dies as Jet Jaguar loses power and shrinks back to human size. Ozaki realizes that he can no longer control Jet and removes the suit before heading to Miyuki and the others. They all watched the remainder of the battle through the monitor that was still displaying Jet Jaguar's vision and hoped that the Scouts would win the fight.

With one more Skullcrawler to deal with, the Scouts and the Garrison went all out in order to take down the Kaiju. All cannons were ordered by Pixis to be fired directly near the face to blind the Skullcrawler while the soldiers grappling around focused their efforts to slice the limbs. The Skullcrawler did not back down easily and swiped several soldiers out of the air before swinging its tail on the ground to take out the wagons. The wagon holding Eren and the others face the impact of the tail swing, breaking into pieces and causing everyone to fall off. Eren gets up and watches as Jean, Connie, Ymir, Krista and the others get up to escape. He follows along until the Skullcrawler spots him and chases him down, ignoring the rest of the Scouts and the Garrison. With each step it took, another building became demolished and Eren was getting closer to its mouth. He looks ahead to see everyone else in a safe distance, deciding to transform at that moment. Eren turns around and tries to transform again, with the clear intent of fighting the Skullcrawler. However, the Skullcrawler catches Eren mid-transformation and endures the electric aura surrounding him. With only half of his body generated and his human body exposed from the nape, Eren tries to hold on as the Skullcrawler swings his Titan body around and tries to eat it whole. He releases his grip on the nape and falls onto a rooftop just as the Skullcrawler swallows his incomplete Titan body. The Skullcrawler turns to see Eren again and continues to pursue him.

Mikasa and Armin were following the Skullcrawler after finding out that it was chasing Eren. Hoping to save their friend, Mikasa and Armin used as much gas as they could to grapple past the Skullcrawler and pick Eren up from the rooftops. They quickly make it in time just before the Skullcrawler takes a bite out of the building that Eren was running on and spits it out. Mikasa and Armin carry on with taking Eren to safety and grapple towards the top of the Wall. Eren was beginning to tire out and he feared that another transformation would affect him negatively in battle. Compared to fighting the Gyaos in his Titan form, the Skullcrawler was much more savage and relentless, becoming a bigger threat than anyone anticipated so far.

The last Skullcrawler looks around for any other soldiers, but sees them retreating as they gather everyone at the top of the Wall. However, it stops to see a group of soldiers running towards the gate and tries to go after them. With Connie, Ymir, Mylius, and Mina the only ones without gas to use, Krista, Jean, and Nac had to find some way to help their friends get up the Wall. They try to use whatever flares they have left to signal the other soldiers, but the intense pressure by the Skullcrawler causes them to drop the flares in a panic. The Garrison did their best to distract the Skullcrawler by firing their cannons, but the Kaiju was too hungry to deal with them and focused on its desire to eat the vulnerable soldiers.

The entire world suddenly slows down in Ymir's eyes as she looks all around her, from her friends strategizing on how they could escape to the Skullcrawler slowly approaching them. She also notices the Scouts coming to their rescue, but fears that they won't make it in time. Even she could not rely on Eren's Titan form when she witnesses him reaching his limit after multiple transformations already. Regardless, Ymir looks back at Krista and realizes that they'll both die if something doesn't stop that Skullcrawler. There was only one thing left that she could do and she wasn't sure how it would turn out, but Ymir had absolutely no choice. Before Ymir could do anything, Krista unexpectedly steps up and stands in front of the group towards the Skullcrawler.

"Please, everyone ! Get out of here and leave this to me ! I'll distract it from getting to you all !" Krista declared to the others.

"What do you think you're doing ?" Ymir asks while approaching her, "Trying to play hero during your final moments."

"Play hero ? No, I'm not doing anything like that !"

"Of course you are. That's what you always cared about," Ymir says as she finds a piece of broken glass, picks it up, and examines it, "I guess this will do."

Ymir softly pushes Krista to the side and walks past her towards the Skullcrawler.

Connie shouts out to her, "Hey, Ymir ! Are you crazy or something ?! Let's get out of here !"

Ymir ignores him and continues walking just before stopping and staring at the Skullcrawler. Despite knowing something was coming, the Skullcrawler continues approaching the group.

Ymir turns back to Krista once more, "Hey, since we might die here anyway, do you think you could try and remember what we promised back on that mountain ?"

"Promise ?"

"Well, I don't want to force you to remember, but if you do…then please don't forget about it."

"Ymir, hold on, we can…"

Ymir immediately runs towards the Skullcrawler while removing her 3DMG from her body. The Skullcrawler opens its mouth wide to try and swallow her whole, but Ymir rolls to the side as the Kaiju misses and hits the ground. With the broken piece of glass still in her hand, Ymir uses it to draw blood from her palm. In mere seconds, an electric aura surrounds Ymir and organic matter begins forming all around her body. Everyone watches her transformation and becomes shocked to know that she was another Titan Shifter. The sight of Ymir becoming a Titan made Eren remember something that Godzilla had said to him.

"With the exception of the Colossal Titan, I've sensed the presence of three other humans within your territory that possess a similar ability."

Aside from Reiner and Annie, Eren did not expect Ymir to be the third human who inherited the powers of a Titan and wonders how she compares to him. Curious, Eren closely watches Ymir preparing to fight the Skullcrawler, hoping to see how she will deal with it.

Once fully transformed, Ymir reveals her Titan form to be much smaller than Eren's form while possessing sharp teeth and claws. Her head was also disproportionate from her body, forcing herself on all four limbs.

The Skullcrawler swipes its claw at her, but Ymir dodges it with incredible speed and agility. Even with her size, Ymir was able to maneuver around the Skullcrawler with ease. The Kaiju begins having a tough time catching up to Ymir and becomes extremely annoyed. It rolls itself around on the ground to get Ymir off of its body, but she manages to hold on tightly. Ymir quickly crawls to the Skullcrawler's right eye and uses her own claws to scratch them out. She then moves to the right arm and continuously rips the skin off until the bone is exposed. Unable to see anything on the right side of its body, the Skullcrawler shakes its arm and slams it against multiple buildings, but Ymir endures it as much as she could before letting go. The Skullcrawler turns to face Ymir using its left eye before trying to bite down on her. However, the wounded right arm creates a problem for the Kaiju as Krista grapples by and swings her swords at the exposed bone with all of her strength. Luckily, the cracks she made caused the bone to break and bend the Skullcrawler's arm. While the Skullcrawler roars in pain, Ymir runs to the Kaiju and climbs to its neck, using her teeth to dig into the skin. The Skullcrawler tries to remove her from its neck using its remaining arm and successfully grabs her. Krista grapples by again and zips past the Skullcrawler's left eye, horizontally slicing it. The Skullcrawler throws Ymir at the Wall, knocking her out, and tries to relieve its pain.

Everyone on the Wall was wondering what they could do to help Ymir defeat the Skullcrawler, but they have no knowledge on actually killing one of them yet. So far, the Skullcrawlers and the Gyaos were the toughest Kaijus to kill on their own and the soldiers of the Walls have only managed to incapacitate some of them. However, Armin manages to come up with a plan after seeing Ymir rip a hole in the Skullcrawler's neck. He requests gunpowder from Pixis, who is confused about what he was plotting and has a soldier roll a barrel over to Armin.

Ymir gets up and shakes her head after hitting a Wall until Krista lands on her shoulder. Although she didn't want Krista to get hurt, Ymir was somewhat happy to know that she was by her side. As Krista was smiling about helping her friend out, she notices the barrel of gunpowder falling above them and quickly tells Ymir, who grabs the barrel in time. Ymir looks up to see Armin signaling towards the Skullcrawler and instantly knows what he was telling her. Knowing what would happen if she proceeded with Armin's plan, Ymir grabs Krista and places her down before running over to the Skullcrawler with the gunpowder barrel in hand. The Skullcrawler sniffs around and notices Ymir coming towards its direction. It tries to swipe at her, but she jumps on the rooftops and continues running until she reaches the Kaiju, jumping on to its head and climbing down to the neck. Once Ymir reaches the opening of the neck, she forces the barrel of gunpowder into it. Unfortunately, Ymir forgot that she needs to ignite the gunpowder and squeezes the barrel until a trail of it falls out. The Skullcrawler tries to grab her again, but Ymir jumps off and tries to create a spark on the ground. Her claws barely reach the gunpowder as the Skullcrawler manages to bite down on her body, all the way up to her nape. Her human body could feel the pressure of the Skullcrawler's mouth crushing her legs, forcing her to try and emerge from the nape of her Titan body. However, the Skullcrawler does not intend to let go and continues biting down on her hard. Krista could not stand to see Ymir in trouble and decides to help her finish off the Kaiju once and for all. She grapples towards Ymir and the Skullcrawler and pulls out her blades. Krista aims for the trail of gunpowder falling out of the barrel and strikes at the ground, creating a spark and lighting up the gunpowder. In a few moments, the gunpowder lights up the barrel and explodes within the Skullcrawler, ultimately killing it as its inner parts fall out.

The Scouts grapple over to the now deceased Skullcrawler and watch as Krista cuts open Ymir's nape to free her. Eren, Mikasa, Armin, and the others went over to help Krista while Erwin, Levi, and Hange went over to Jet Jaguar's body lying on the ground. As Krista and the others pull Ymir out of her Titan body, she notices that her legs were severely injured yet they were currently healing. Mikasa and Eren carry Ymir on their shoulders while Krista looks at her, tearing up at the thought of nearly losing her.

"I guess it's my turn to honor our promise. My actual name is…Historia. "

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"How could you lose one of our Mechs ?!" Kunikida shouted at Ozaki.

"In all honesty, Sir," Miyuki tries to explain, "Ozaki did everything he could to save the people of the Walls and he prioritized their survival rather than the Mech."

"I understand that, Miyuki, but losing one of our Mechs gives us a disadvantage for when we face the Xiliens once again," Commander Namikawa told her, "A size-altering Mech is too valuable and complex to leave in the hands of the people in the Walls."

Ozaki steps up and suggests, "Well, maybe, how about we stop wasting our time gathering here and discussing our problems ? We still have live footage of Jet Jaguar's vision, so we know exactly where he's at. We could just try and get him back."

The leaders of the EDF thought about it and decided for an alternative approach to the situation.

"Muasaka, gather the Mutants and prepare to head out to the Walls to retrieve the key from Eren Jaeger. Ozaki, you can go and get back the Jet Jaguar unit," Namikawa orders them.

"Yes, Ma'am," Muasaka saluted.

"You got it," Ozaki nodded.

"One more thing. I must advise that you all do whatever you must to complete your objectives. Keeping our existence in secrecy is no longer a priority. We must get that key and find out what information Grisha Jaeger is holding in that desk."

Ozaki and Muasaka head over to the Mutant training area while Miyuki goes to cover Miki's spot in the surveillance room. In the meantime, Miki was sitting on a bench in the hangar, waiting for Serizawa to return. After a while, she hears the distinct sound of a ship and turns to see Serizawa's transport flying in and landing in the hangar. As a couple of soldiers leave the ship and head off to do their own business, Serizawa comes upon Miki and finds her sitting on the bench. Serizawa chuckles before embracing in a hug with Miki and greets her.

"It's nice to see a familiar face again," he said.

"Maybe next time, I should go with you so you'll always have a familiar face to see."

"Maybe not. I have a feeling that I…really made someone sad back at the Walls."

"Carla Jaeger, right ? It made sense that you two had a close bond after a few years together."

"Just like everything, it's in the past now. I had to leave eventually," Serizawa said as he and Miki left the hangar.

They both caught up on lost time while walking through the hallways of their base, talking about Serizawa's time with the Jaeger family and Miki's powers gaining their strength back. They reach Serizawa's old room where he begins to unpack his belongings and sits on his bed with Miki. Not knowing what else to talk about, they sat awkwardly on the bed and just waited for something to happen.

Serizawa was the first one to break the tension, "As my ship was flying back to headquarters, the soldiers and I saw that Mech. It's certainly impressive technology."

"Um…yeah. Really impressive."

"So…uh….has the Earth Defense Force made you do anything else with your psychic powers yet ?"

"Not really, I'm still trying to strengthen them as much as I can. They're giving me time to focus on doing that until they have something useful for me to do."

"It sounds like we both need to briefly relieve our stress after working so hard."

"Hmmm…yeah. I guess I'll leave you to unpack then," Miki said before getting up to leave Serizawa's room while he begins to place his stuff back.

Miki returns to her room and resumes her meditation, hoping to increase the range of her psychic powers throughout the entire world. She tries to feel the presence of every living being on the planet, from the people in the Walls to the Titans roaming the land. Eventually, Miki focuses her powers to see Carla sitting by a window alone. Her prosthetic legs were on the floor and Miki starts to feel pity for her as Carla becomes depressed and lonely. At first, Miki wants to speak with Carla and decides not to do so after realizing that there was nothing to talk to her about. As Miki stops spying on Carla, she turns her attention to a group of people gathering outside the building Carla was in and listens. She could hear the people talking about Carla and learns that someone will be coming by to pick her up and deliver her to the King himself. Worried that something was going to happen to her, Miki decides to do something risky and leaves her room in a hurry. In the hangar, Miki sees Ozaki, Muasaka, and the Mutants entering a ship and sneaks within the landing. The ship takes off and Miki hopes that this was the right thing to do, regardless of what her superiors would think.

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As Facility 4 awaited the reinforcements of the Doctor and his escorts, X-65 casually sat back and watched his summoned Kaijus fight against Minilla and Gamera. With Rodan in the air, Gamera was the only one that dealt with him while Minilla fought King Caesar and Anguirus on his own. Minilla tries to fire his Atomic Breath, King Caesar uppercuts him and kicks him with both of his feet, sending Minilla back into a thick structure. Anguirus rolls into a ball and King Caesar kicks his ally into Minilla, who catches Anguirus and throws him. However, King Caesar quickly grabs Minilla in a headlock and kicks him in the torso while Anguirus comes to bite Minilla's tail and pulls it. Minilla uses his strength to lift Anguirus up with his tail and slams him onto King Caesar before kicking them both across the Facility.

In the air, Gamera chases Rodan and fires several fireballs to shoot him down. The two Kaijus continue the pursuit until Gamera catches up and grabs Rodan, crashing into the floor of the Facility. Rodan continuously flaps his wings to push Gamera off of him and tries to peck him on the head. Gamera grabs Rodan's feet and swings him into a tower before throwing him over to Minilla. Rodan and his two allies get up until Minilla fires his Atomic Breath and Gamera fires his fireballs. All three of the Kaijus dodge the attacks in time before running up to them for another attack.

Minilla turns around and swiftly swings his tail, sending a couple of debris towards them. King Caesar smacks some of the debris away while Anguirus turns into a ball again and rolls along the floor. Gamera pulls all of his limbs, including his head, into his shell before spinning around in a fast circular motion. With the sharp edges around his shell, Gamera flies towards the Kaijus in order to slice them. Rodan swoops in and slams the top of Gamera's shell, forcing it down to the ground where it was grinding up the floor. Minilla fires his Atomic breath at Rodan to free Gamera, but King Caesar picks Anguirus up in his ball form and kicks him at Minilla. Once Rodan gets off of Gamera, Anguirus lands a hit on Minilla's face and knocks him to the floor. Gamera stops spinning and launches himself towards King Caesar, pushing him across the floor. King Caesar pushes back and tries to hold his ground as Gamera increases the amount of flames expelling from his shell. Minilla gets back up until Rodan grabs his shoulders and starts to lift him up into the air, but he uses his tail to smack Rodan and frees himself.

Anguirus jumps on Minilla's back and bites his neck, but gets slammed on the floor as Minilla falls backwards. Once Minilla gets up, Anguirus hits his face with his tail and Rodan kicks him back down to the floor. Gamera and King Caesar were at a stalemate until King Caesar lifts him up and points Gamera in the direction of Minilla. However, Gamera quickly changes directions and hits Anguirus and Rodan instead. Minilla turns to see King Caesar running towards him and fires his Atomic Breath on the ground in order to stop him. Minilla and King Caesar both let out loud roars before they clashed into each other.

The fight went on for a while as X-65 enjoyed every minute of the battle. He feels that it was only a matter of time before Minilla and Gamera exhaust themselves and become slaves to the Xilien army. Despite the fact that Facility 4 was now in terrible condition, X-65 continues watching the fight until the Doctor arrives in the Xilien transport ship. While the Kaijus fought, X-65 heads to greet the Doctor and prepare to end the battle. Once the Doctor and several Xilien soldiers exit the transport ship, he watches the entire Facility beginning to fall apart and sees X-65 approaching him.

"Aha ! My superior ! You have arrived at last to deal with these two Kaijus !"

"How could you have left this Facility to be in this state ?" the Doctor asks coldly.

"It was that Seatopian Kaiju, Gamera ! It attacked our Facility and unleashed the Earth Kaiju, Godzilla. I swear," X-65 pleaded.

"Are you the only survivor left ?"

"Yes, every one of my subordinates have been lost."

The Doctor sighs and orders X-65, "Proceed into the ship and await further orders."

X-65 and the Xilien soldiers retreat to the transport ship while the Doctor pulls out a detonator and blows up the transport ship, killing the soldiers and pushing X-65 back.

"WHAT ?!" X-65 shouts as he runs to confront the Doctor, "Why are you…"

The Doctor pulls out a laser gun and shoots X-65, causing him to fall on the floor.

"It….can't ….be !" X-65 said as he started spitting out blood, "The….story of your betrayal….is true ?!"

"I have served the Controller for long enough. I always wanted to settle for peace between us and the humans thousands of years ago until X killed our previous Controller. I have looked into the eyes of our victims and grew tired of making their lives miserable. I'm going to make sure that X no longer tortures those humans and be back to my family on Earth."

"F-family ?! You mated with one of the humans ?!"

"I have. And I'm going back to her and my son. No matter what," the Doctor declares as he finishes off X-65 by shooting him in the head and throws the gun away.

The Doctor turns to see the Kaijus continuing their fight and removes his trench coat. Afterwards, he pulls out a small case and takes out a pair of glasses. Once he puts them on, the Doctor proceeds to move on to the next phase of his plan to take down the Xiliens.

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I'm still here. I went back to rewatch AOT and some Godzilla movies, but other than that, I had an unusually busy summer. I assume that you guys at least had a good summer unless the heat made it difficult for you. Anyway, I hope the reveal of MechaGodzilla is okay as well as Ymir's reveal as the Jaw Titan. I did my best to give Jet Jaguar some good action against the Kaijus and the Titan Shifters, but I felt like the Scouts managing to defeat the Gyaos and Skullcrawlers might be unrealistic to some of you. I hope this chapter makes up for the late posting, but I'll see you all later..