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.

14. The Hidden Organization

Chapter 14: The Hidden Organization

Serizawa, Miyuki, and Gordon arrive at the Walls during the night. While Gordon was flying the ship, Miyuki was trying to use a communication device to try and contact Muasaka. Serizawa and Miyuki deduced that Muasaka might have encountered her at some point and decided to ask him if he knew where she went. As Miyuki tunes the device to the right signal, she manages to get a hold of the other ship's signal and calls them. Muasaka then proceeds to answer from his end of the transmission.

"This is Muasaka. State your business, Soldier."

"It's me, Miyuki. I need to speak with you on a certain matter."

"Ms. Otonashi ? I'm guessing that this matter you want to talk about involves Ms. Saegusa."

"Yes. Is she there with you or has she already left the ship ?" she questions Muasaka.

"She's gone by now, but I suggest we should find a place to discuss this further."

"Understood. Send us the coordinates and we'll see you soon," Miyuki said, ending the transmission and receiving a location coordinate from Muasaka.

In a few minutes, Gordon flies the ship to the designated area located between Wall Rose and Wall Sina on the west side. The three individuals could see that Muasaka's ship is already on the ground and lands next to them. Serizawa, Miyuki, and Gordon leave the ship and head over to greet Muasaka and the pilots.

"Serizawa, I have not seen you in quite a while," Muasaka remarks as he shakes his hand.

"Likewise," Serizawa replies, "So you know where Miki might have gone ?"

"Last I remember, I dropped her off at the Capital of this place. I gave her a radio just in case she gets into trouble."

"Wait, you helped her ? And you didn't send any escort to protect her ?"

"In my defense, she appeared after the Mutants departed for their mission."

Miyuki then asks, "Well, do you at least know why she's here ?"

"She mentioned something about Carla Jaeger and how she might get into trouble. It was apparent that Ms. Saegusa feels somewhat pitiful for her and wishes to save her, saying that she does not want anyone else to deal with the consequences of Grisha's actions."

Serizawa understood what Muasaka was saying, remembering a terrible memory involving him and Miki. However, he refuses to recall that memory and shakes his head in order to focus his attention back to the matter at hand.

"Now it makes sense," Miyuki speculates, "Miki must have used her powers to spy on Carla Jaeger and felt that the EDF didn't take the effort to protect someone closely related to Grisha, which is why she decided to take matters into her own hands."

"If Miki had told me, I would have returned here in a heartbeat," Serizawa says honestly, "Carla Jaeger was a victim of Grisha just like all of us. Whether he cares about her or not, Carla eventually got caught up in the mess that he left behind. The mess that he created when he gave his son the power to change into a Titan."

Gordon places his hands on his hips, "So you planning on helping Miki deal with what that bastard did to his wife ? All on your own ?"

"I would prefer if you were to assist me once more. Just like you did in Operation Final Wars."

"Operation Final Wars, huh ? If I remember correctly, we didn't exactly win with that plan."

"Things are different this time, Gordon. We will be dealing with people rather than the Xiliens. Think of it as our comeback."

Gordon thought about it before replying, "Alright, I'll help. Only because I'm tired of hanging around headquarters everyday. Maybe when we're rescuing Carla Jaeger, I can sightsee a bit."

"And what about you, Miyuki ?" Serizawa turns to her, "Would you like to work in the field again ?"

Miyuki happily nods, "Sure, I've always been curious on how these people lived within these Walls in person. Seeing it through a camera just doesn't feel the same as in person."

Serizawa then turns back to Muasaka, "Before we head to search for Miki, I would like to ask for the radio channel that she's on."

"Sure thing," Muasaka nods as he gives Serizawa the channel number, "If you need assistance, I'll have the Mutants head over to help you when they've completed their task."

"Thank you again, Muasaka," Serizawa said before heading into the ship with Gordon and Miyuki. Muasaka then watches as they depart into the night sky before returning back into his ship, resuming his duties of monitoring the Mutants.

---

Meanwhile, Levi, Hange, and Mike were walking through Trost's streets, making their way to the barracks where Minister Nick was at. With the Military Police after them, the Scouts became worried of possible loose ends, mainly Nick's cooperation with them. Hoping to prevent Nick from spilling things to the Military Police and ensuring that the barracks was a safe place to hide out, Levi, Hange, and Mike decide to see Nick before anything goes wrong.

"You sure it was a good idea to leave our Squads behind ? What if we somehow get ambushed before we make it to Nick ?" Hange questions Levi.

"If there was an ambush, then it wouldn't be a good idea to bring everyone with us. We'll lose more people that way. Plus, why do you think Mike is here with us ?"

"Oh, right," Hange turns to Mike, "I forgot about your extreme sense of smell for a moment."

Ignoring Hange's comment, Mike sniffs the air and reports to Levi, "No one's around so far. We should be in the clear for a while."

"Good. Then that means the Military Police haven't figured out that we're in Trost yet. It's only a matter of time before they…"

"Hold on," Mike interrupts him, "I'm picking up Nick's scent, but he's not alone. There's someone else with him and…I can smell a bit of blood."

Hange adds, "He must be in trouble. We need to hurry."

The three soldiers made haste to the barracks where they began to hear people talking inside the building. Peering into a window, Levi, Hange, and Mike could see two MP soldiers standing besides Nick, who was strapped to a chair with his mouth muffled with a cloth and had a majority of his fingernails ripped off.

"Interior Police ? What the hell are they doing here ?" Hange asks in surprise.

The MP soldiers were obviously torturing Nick for information, but the three Scouts were curious about what Nick had already revealed. To their surprise, they see that Nick was somewhat calm and not losing his mind despite losing most of his fingernails in the process, indicating that he didn't say anything valuable to the MP soldiers yet.

One of the soldiers, Sannes, tells Nick, "You'd better tell us something soon, Nick. Do you really want to sacrifice yourself for those traitorous bastards ?"

Nick remains silent as the other MP soldier, Ralph, adds, "Maybe taking off another nail would make you talk…this time."

Ralph holds Nick still while Sannes begins forcibly removing Nick's ring fingernail on his right hand. Although Nick was tearing up at the pain, he still refuses to speak to the MP soldiers, but Sannes becomes annoyed at Nick's persistence. Deciding not to give him a rest, Sannes immediately pulls out Nick's last fingernail and puts pressure on his wounds. Nick holds back the pain as much as he could, making grunting sounds while shaking back and forth in the chair. Sannes stops and sighs heavily at his and Ralph's attempt to get Nick to talk.

"You're really not going to talk ?" Sannes asks Nick before getting out a knife, "We didn't want to do this yet, but I'm surprised that you lasted this long. Ralph and I would have done worse things if we weren't so short on time."

Before the MP soldiers could kill Nick, Mike immediately creates a distraction by entering through the hallway window and banging against the door. He signals to Levi and Hange, informing them to rescue Nick as he lures Sannes and Ralph away. They proceed with the plan as Sannes and Ralph exit the room to investigate who was knocking on the door. Mike begins making noises in the hallway to catch the MP soldiers' attention, forcing them to temporarily leave Nick by himself. Levi and Hange sneak in and try to untie Nick from his restraints.

"Don't worry, Nick. We'll get you out of here and patch you up," Hange reassures him.

However, Nick was heavily refusing their offer to help out as he repeatedly shakes his head back and forth.

"N…n…no…leave me…be," Nick struggles to tell them.

"What are you talking about ?" Levi questions him, "Don't you want to be saved so you can preach another day ?"

"I…deserve this…." Nick tells them, "For…my whole life…I have served under a…false…king."

"What ?" Levi and Hange said in unison.

"I should have known…the things that I have done…could never have benefited humanity in any way. To keep myself…from releasing the secrets that the Royal Family has kept for years…to the innocent lives that have now perished."

"Unless you have anything useful to say, I suggest you keep your mouth shut while we get you out of here," Levi says.

"I've already told you…I've accepted my fate…"

"You sure you want this, Nick ?" Hange asks him.

"Allow me…to sacrifice myself…for humanity's sake…I wish to truly prove…my devotion to humanity."

Levi and Hange look at each other before deciding to heed Minister Nick's wish. They leave the building just in time for Sannes and Ralph to return. As the MP soldiers shut the door behind them, Mike catches up to Levi and Hange, confused on why they didn't rescue Nick.

"What's going on ? How come you didn't free him ?"

Hange turns to Mike, "Because it's what he wants."

"So we're just going to leave him ?"

"Afraid so," Levi tells Mike, "The good thing is, we don't have to worry about Nick anymore. He's decided to help humanity one last time his own way."

The three Scouts then hear as Nick starts gagging and spitting blood. They look through the window one last time and witness Nick's death as his throat was sliced by Sannes, who then cuts the restraints and drops Nick to the floor. Nick's body was then moved around and placed in a way that looked like a murder took place. Levi, Hange, and Mike retreat once Sannes and Ralph exit the building and stand at the entrance, covering up the place like a crime scene. As Levi, Hange, and Mike return to the barracks, they try to speculate on what little information they got from Nick.

"So…the King is actually a fake this whole time," Hange tells the others, "How would we know who the real one is ?"

"The only person that could tell us that now would be Historia Reiss," Levi answers, "Without Minister Nick, she's the only other person that is willing to help us. Hopefully, we'll find out the King's true identity in no time."

"And what about the barracks ?" Mike adds, "It's no longer a safe place for us to hide out in. We need to look for someplace else."

"We can't spend our effort to continuously find a place to hide. We need to start fighting back and we need to conjure a plan immediately."

Levi, Hange, and Mike head to a secluded area at the edge of the city where the rest of the Scouts were temporarily staying. The three Squad leaders gather everyone together in order to announce the news of Minister Nick's death and the barracks being compromised. Nick's death was a surprise to some of the soldiers, but the news of the barracks being compromised gave them the idea that they have nowhere else to go. However, Levi explains a plan that involves certain disguises and the Scouts splitting into different groups.

"What the hell ?!" Jean yells, "Captain, you're saying that I have to dress up as Eren ?!"

"Yeah," Eren agrees, "I don't know why you chose Jean out of all people. His horse face looks nothing like me anyway."

"Whatcha say ?!" Jean shouts at Eren.

"I don't know why you guys are complaining. I'm the only one that has to dress up like a girl," Armin said with an embarrassed blush.

"Well, you're technically the only one with the same hair color as Historia," Mina stated, "Not to mention that you're a bit…similar to a girl."

"That doesn't really help me feel better about this."

"Just quit your whining already," Levi orders them, "We only need the disguises to be believable enough for you two to get captured, then we'll follow the captors to their hideout and see what information we can get from them."

"What about us, Captain ?" Historia asks, "What will Eren and I do in the meantime ?"

"You two will just stay in a wagon and lay low until we sort this situation out. With the Interior Police involved, the Council is getting impatient on wanting to get their hands on you both."

"Hey, Captain," Ymir raises her hands, "Who exactly is going to be watching over Eren and Historia ?"

"Mike and his Squad will be supervising them. You and the other recruits will be pursuing the captors when they catch the diversions."

"Oh, okay," Ymir complies, secretly wanting to be next to Historia and protecting her.

"And just to be clear to all of you," Levi announces to the Scouts, "As of tomorrow morning, the Military Police is our enemy, which means you'll be dealing with people this time instead of Titans. Most of you will remain here and look after our belongings while the others will proceed with the plan."

Levi then turns to Ness, "I'm leaving you in charge of this group. If anything happens, retreat back to the inner section of Wall Rose and wait for us there. We'll send out a flare to let you know when the operation is done."

"Understood, Levi. I'll look after them as best as I can. You can bet that our fastest horses could outrun those MP jerks the minute they arrive," Ness said proudly.

"Counting on it."

Hange taps Levi's shoulder, catching his attention, "There might be a slight change to the plan, Levi. My Squad and I won't be participating."

"Why's that ?"

"Well, for one thing, we need to let Erwin know what exactly is going on. My Squad and I will go and see him."

Levi nods, "That's fine. That still leaves my Squad and Mike's to handle the operation on our own. When do you plan on leaving ?"

"I'd prefer we leave soon before the night ends. We just need to make sure that we have everything we need before we leave."

"Just be careful, Hange. We can't afford to lose you and your Squad…and especially Erwin."

Hange pats his shoulders with both of her hands and chuckles, "So sweet that you care so much ! But we'll be okay. I hope the plan goes well while we're away."

Hange leaves and regroups with her Squad while Levi murmurs to himself, "I hope so too."

Just as Hange heads to her group, Ymir approaches her and catches her attention, "Squad Leader Hange, do you mind if I tell you a theory of mine real quick ?"

"Huh ? Sure thing, Ymir ! What did you want to tell me ?"

"It's about Eren and why the King wants him. It's a bit farfetched, but I think that it makes sense."

"Surprise me."

"Well, you know how other than Eren and I, Reiner, Annie, and Bertholdt are the only Titan Shifters that we know of ?"

"Yeah," Hange nods her head.

"There was another Titan Shifter that was with them. I don't know his name, but…that person is the reason that I was able to become a Titan Shifter in the first place."

"What do you mean ? You're saying that you stole that power ?"

"Something like that. The truth was…I was a regular Titan years ago and what I remembered before reverting back into a human was eating that person. So I think that the King intends to take Eren's powers."

"I see. Are you sure about this ?"

"Yeah. I've always remembered the moment that I was free from being a Titan after so many years."

"So that's probably why Titans eat humans in the first place. If someone were to have the power like you and Eren, then that means that the Titans are looking for people like you in order to return back to human. However, that also means that the King would have to turn into a Titan in order to consume Eren and gain his power. I need to get to Commander Erwin as quickly as possible. Thanks again for this information, Ymir !" Hange said before leaving.

"Um…you're welcome."

Hange and her Squad as they begin to depart for the Capital while Levi, Mike, and the other Squads prepare for their plan. They gave Jean a wig that resembles Eren's hair that the Scouts originally planned to use a while ago, but never got to use. Some of the girls gather around Armin and discuss various clothes that he should wear, despite his reluctance to try them on. Being forced to wear the clothes, Armin becomes embarrassed as some of the Scouts like Oruo, Jean, and Connie were laughing hysterically while others were chuckling and giggling. Afterwards, Levi and Mike pull out a map of Trost and show the Scouts about various routes that they should take for the plan.

---

In another part of Trost, the Mutants were hiding out in an alleyway while covering themselves in rags. While everyone was sleeping and resting, Ozaki stayed awake and surveyed the area until one of the Mutants had returned from the Scouts' direction. Ozaki stands up and approaches his comrade while covering his suit under the rag.

"Anything new ?" Ozaki asks his Mutant brethren.

"Yeah, they're planning for something and I saw that they're putting on disguises on some of the soldiers. One of them looked like he was disguising as Eren Jaeger."

"Did you happen to get some insight on what their plan is ?"

"Something about…the police or something capturing the decoys. I heard that Eren is going to be hidden within a wagon."

Ozaki thinks for a moment before responding, "That means they're planning for a possible capture, but that does give us an opportunity to follow that wagon without them expecting it."

"What about that guy with the hat ?"

"Like I said earlier, wait until he makes a move first and try to grab the key once things start going to shit," Ozaki said before removing the rag and jumping onto a rooftop, "Go get some rest while I go get Jet Jaguar."

The Mutant nods and covers himself in a rag as Ozaki travels across Trost. In a few minutes, Ozaki quickly reaches the Scouts' location and looks around for anyone guarding Jet Jaguar. Luckily, he manages to spot the Mech hiding under a cloth tarp in a wagon and there was no one around. As Ozaki jumps from the rooftops and quietly sneaks to Jet Jaguar, he was unaware that his foreign scent had caught Mike's attention. The scent wakes him up from his sleep and causes Mike to look around for the origin of the scent. Mike looks around the camp and manages to spot Ozaki trying to uncover Jet Jaguar from the wagon. Ozaki's strange uniform confuses Mike and he was unsure who he was affiliated with, but decides to go and requests help from Levi in case there were more people like the man nearby.

At the same time, Ozaki removes the ropes holding down the cloth tarp and takes it off to reveal Jet Jaguar's damaged state. The sight of Jet Jaguar's inner parts being exposed and his chest plate on the side shocked Ozaki and he wasn't sure whether he should be angry or concerned.

"What the hell did these guys do to you ?" Ozaki whispers to Jet Jaguar, "I just hope that the guys back at base could fix you up."

Ozaki gathers every piece of Jet Jaguar and ties them together with a rope. Ensuring that nothing would fall off, Ozaki quietly makes his way out of the camp until he sees two figures standing in front of him, revealing to be Levi and Mike wearing their 3DMGs. Ozaki holds onto Jet Jaguar tightly and prepares to make a move, keeping eye contact with the two soldiers.

Levi holds the hilt of his blade tightly and calls out to Ozaki, "Whoever you are, whether you're with the Military Police or not, I suggest you put down that metal man and walk away before things get ugly."

"Listen here, Shorty, this guy doesn't belong to you and from what I saw, you guys fucked him up a lot."

Mike adds, "Even if it belongs to you, we can't allow something as technologically advanced as that metal man to be taken away and be prevented from benefiting humanity."

"Trust me, this guy is benefiting humanity in a different way. Not like you guys would understand anyway."

"I doubt your problem is more important than what we're facing," Levi argues with him, "What we're trying to accomplish actually involves saving humanity."

"Sheesh, man. I'm just trying to take back what belongs to my group. You guys just do your thing and my group will do our own stuff."

Levi pulls out his blade, "Not until we find out your true intentions. The moment that metal man arrived, we've been wondering who has access to powerful technology and why they never bothered to share it with the rest of humanity. You're not leaving until you tell us exactly why your group has been hiding away like cowards when the rest of us are sacrificing ourselves."

"Sacrifice ? You think we've never experienced sacrifice before ? You guys may have been through hell and back, but my group…we've been through a lot worse than you guys can imagine."

With no hesitation, Ozaki jumps past Levi and Mike with blinding speed, catching the two soldiers off guard. Levi and Mike grapple after Ozaki and watch him jump onto the rooftops with ease, surprising them even more. The Scouts woke up after hearing a commotion, but went back to sleep, unaware that two of humanity's strongest were pursuing a superhuman.

Ozaki looks back at Levi and Mike, noticing a clear difference between this encounter and the one he had with Kenny. With them wielding blades instead of guns, Ozaki was relieved that he did not have to worry about dodging gunshots, which slowed him down at that time. He drops into an alley and watches as Levi and Mike grapple past him, laughing before causally leaving the alley and walking in the opposite direction. However, Mike catches Ozaki's scent and stops Levi before sniffing the air. Realizing that Ozaki changed directions, he leads Levi towards the other way and they both spot Ozaki in the street. Just as they propel themselves towards Ozaki, the Mutant can hear the gas from their 3DMG and quickly ducks before Levi and Mike can land a hit.

Surprised that they manage to find him again so quickly, Ozaki dodges another strike as Levi and Mike backhand their blades. They then spin their blades towards Ozaki, who continuously backflips across the ground before kicking their blades with enough force to shatter them into pieces. Levi and Mike widen their eyes in shock, but swiftly pull out new blades in order to continue their assault. Ozaki turns around and returns to the rooftops as Levi and Mike follow.

Sliding down the slopes of the roofs and jumping from one building to another, Ozaki could see that he was putting a lot of strain on the rope holding Jet Jaguar's pieces together. He quickly looks for an escape route before the rope holding Jet Jaguar breaks and spots a few areas where some buildings were not fully reconstructed. He slides down another roof while grabbing an abundance of roof shackles before jumping back down to the ground. As Levi and Mike were in the air, Ozaki threw all of the shackles at them, forcing the two soldiers to smack them with their blades before losing sight of Ozaki. They land on the ground and lose Ozaki once more, but Mike picks up on the scent again and turns towards the Mutant's direction.

Ozaki stands behind a large wooden beam in the reconstruction area and tries to listen for Levi and Mike's footsteps. He hears gas again and flinches as a grappling hook launches through the wooden beam. Ozaki throws himself on the ground and lays on his back as Mike slashes through the beam and Levi attacks from above. They both slam their blades at Ozaki, who blocks them with the soles of his boots before pushing them away. He jumps up and lands on his feet before running away again. Levi throws one of his blades at Ozaki, causing it to spin in a circular motion before missing and hitting a brick wall. Ozaki grabs the tang of the blade and pulls the entire thing out of the wall, examining it before turning towards them.

"You guys are just as persistent as this group of soldiers I met a while back. The only thing different is how you guys keep finding me so easily."

"It's my little secret," Mike says to him, 'You should worry about dealing with the two of us when you've got nowhere to go."

"You guys should worry when your box cutters run out, which I'm a bit surprised that they can break so easily. Then again, I don't know why they're so thin."

Ozaki breaks the blade by grabbing both ends and kicking it with his knee before facing them. Levi equips another blade before attacking head on with Mike. The two Scouts grapple towards Ozaki from different directions, striking at the legs and the legs. Ozaki softly jumps in the air and stomps on Mike's blades before proceeding to catch Levi's with only his fingers. Unexpectedly, Levi removes the hilts from the blades and tries to land a spin kick towards Ozaki's face. The Mutant quickly ducks, but Mike also removes the hilts from the blades and sweep kicks Ozaki to the ground. Ozaki lands roughly and watches as Levi and Mike forcibly place their feet on his chest.

"Damn. You guys actually got me," Ozaki said while being impressed.

"Now you're gonna tell us everything and return that metal man to us," Levi said while pulling out another set of blades.

"Like hell I am," Ozaki argues as he quickly grabs a brick in each hand, crushing them into dust, and throwing it at their faces.

While Levi stood back and covered his eyes, Ozaki unknowingly messed up Mike's sense of smell, despite intending to mess up the eyesight. Mike begins letting out loud bursts of air through his nose in an attempt to get the dust out, but Ozaki takes the opportunity to flee. He hides in another alley while looking back at them both, wondering if they were going to find him again. As Levi regains his composure, he turns to see Mike constantly blowing his nose and approaches him.

"Shit. He must have found out about your sense of smell," Levi said while getting out a handkerchief and giving it to Mike.

"Sense of smell ? So that's how they keep finding me," Ozaki discovers, "Maybe now I can finally get away."

Ozaki leaves the area as Levi and Mike hang around for a bit. Mike was blowing his nose really hard, but wasn't able to fully get the dust out of his nose. Levi looks around and realizes that they actually have lost Ozaki for good, along with Jet Jaguar. Seeing that Mike has temporarily lost his sense of smell, Levi decides to return back to the camp with him.

Ozaki makes it back to the alley where another Mutant was awaiting her turn to take over surveillance duties. She notices that Ozaki was able to successfully retrieve Jet Jaguar, but was surprised to see the damages.

"What happened to him ? Did you drop him from the top of the Wall ?"

"Nah. He was already like that. I just hope the higher-ups don't get too pissed off about this."

"Well, at least we got him back. Must have been stressful getting him though."

"Yeah, I'm gonna get some shuteye. I had to deal with these two soldiers and they did not fuck around."

"I hope they don't put too much of a challenge for the rest of us if they're causing you problems. You better not be getting rusty on us," the Mutant said before leaving.

Ozaki places Jet Jaguar down and covers the Mech in a dirty rag before covering himself. He lays against a wall and closes his eyes, putting himself to sleep.

---

As the sun rises on Trost, the Scouts begin the first steps of their plan. Ozaki was holding Jet Jaguar on his back and was watching the Scouts with the other Mutants from a distance. So far, Ozaki and the Mutants were following the wagon containing Eren and Historia after the decoys were already captured. Focusing on going after the key, the Mutants made sure to keep the wagon in their line of sight while also checking their surroundings in case Kenny and his Squad arrived to cause trouble.

At the same time, Levi was grappling towards the wagon's location and was hiding on the rooftop with Mike, who managed to clear his nose. However, Mike was still having trouble trying to pick up recent scents, especially Ozaki's scent since he only experienced it for the first time last night. Levi and Mike sat next to each other as they watched Mike's Squad riding the wagon through the crowded streets. Levi's Squad was also watching from the rooftops at various spots, overlooking the wagon from different points of view.

"Did you find out anything about the captors ?" Mike asks Levi as they both kept on watching the wagon, which was stuck behind a large group of people.

"Well, they appear to be amateurs. I honestly don't feel like this is something the Military Police could come up with."

"Who else could it be ? It certainly isn't that man we saw last night."

Levi takes a moment to speculate more on what was really going on. Staring down at the wagon making its way through the crowd, Levi wonders whether the crowd being there was actually just a ploy of some kind. In fact, this whole situation with the captors and the crowd reminds him of someone he knew in the past. Levi wasn't sure if that person was orchestrating this operation as of right now, but he found it unlikely since he knew that this particular person was infamous in the eyes of the Military Police.

"Hey, Mike. You familiar with Kenny the Ripper ?"

"The man that killed several Military Police soldiers ? I've heard stories and rumors. Why ?"

"…You remember how you and Erwin met me in the Underground ? Before our first ever encounter, I was actually raised by Kenny himself."

Mike raises a brow, "That explains your skills. Even though I'm glad that you didn't pick up any murderous tendencies from him, what made you bring him up ?"

"Because this whole thing has his name written all over it. It's exactly like something he would do."

"A killer ? Helping out the Military Police ? That seems a bit far-fetched."

Levi and Mike continue watching the wagon, unaware that Kenny was sneaking up behind them. More MP soldiers arrive and they all start sneaking up on both the wagon and Squad Levi. Kenny manages to climb on the rooftop before aiming his gun at Levi and Mike. As he slowly pulls the trigger, Mike turns around and quickly fires a flare at Kenny's feet, causing the smoke to obscure his vision. Kenny fires his guns, but misses as Levi and Mike grapple away. The commotion alerts Squad Levi and they turn to see the other MP soldiers, grappling away at the last minute before nearly getting shot at. Levi and Mike watch as Kenny emerges from the smoke, reloading his guns and smiling at his failed attempt to kill them both.

"Damn ! Just when I thought I got the upper hand, but your sense of smell is no joke at all !" Kenny said, looking at Mike.

He then turns to Levi, "And you ! I see that you haven't grown that much over the years, Levi. Can't say that I'm not that surprised."

Levi shows an angered look as Mike calls out to him, "We got to get to the wagon !"

Mike goes ahead as Levi follows along, dodging the various gunshots that Kenny fires at them. Levi and Mike grapple across the streets and fly close to the buildings in order to cover themselves from Kenny's attacks. As Kenny continues pursuing the two soldiers, Levi decides to give Mike the chance to get to the wagon without any struggle.

"Get to the others without me ! I'll handle Kenny on my own !"

Mike heeds his words and grapples away as Levi turns back around to face Kenny. Levi and Kenny proceed to clash against each other as their weapons create sparks upon contact. Kenny moves his gun towards Levi's face, but Levi grapples downward and pulls Kenny with him. Kenny kicks Levi away before they could reach the ground and hooks onto a building, swinging away until he releases the hook and lands on the ground. Levi grapples and lands on a rooftop, staring down at Kenny while holding a stance.

"It's hard to believe that you of all people joined the Military Police," Levi says to Kenny, "Is killing them in cold blood no longer fun for you ?"

"Please ! As if a child like you could comprehend the motivations of an adult. Oh, wait ! I forgot that you're a fully fledged grown up now. It's crazy how many years it's been and you're still just as short as I remembered."

Kenny removes a barrel from one of his guns and reloads while looking over at Levi, "You know, I've always wondered how you do in a fight against me one day. I'm quite curious to see if you remember the things I've taught you back in the Underground."

"You'd be surprised how much I didn't forget, Kenny. You better hope that being in the Military Police hasn't made you rusty."

"I could say the same about you joining the Scouts, but at least we both found something to do in our lives. You know, a hobby to keep us busy."

"And yet, trying to kill my friends is a part of your 'hobby' ?"

"I have big things that I want to achieve in life, Levi. I'd kill as many as it takes to get a step closer to my goals," Kenny smiles, "And you would do the same too. I just know it."

Levi focuses on Kenny's hands and notices that he was getting ready to fire, "Yeah, I probably would."

Kenny quickly draws his weapons and fires at Levi's spot. Levi jumps and dodges the shot before grappling towards Kenny while he is reloading. Kenny steps back as Levi hits the ground with his blades, reloading in the process before firing another two shots. Levi grapples away from the attack and bursts himself towards Kenny, clashing his blades against Kenny's guns. They then went into close combat, making it difficult for Kenny to reload. They were in a stalemate, but Levi was slowly coming out on top since Kenny was the only one that couldn't do anything except defend at the moment. Frustrated, Kenny turns to see a couple of barrels nearby and grabs one with his grappling hook. He pulls it over to Levi, hoping to give him enough time to reload. Levi sees the barrel coming towards him and breaks it into pieces with his blades while Kenny reloads. Just as Kenny aims his guns, Levi places his blades up to his neck. They both stop for a moment and realize that they both could kill each other at the same time, forcing them to decide on what to do in order to gain the advantage.

Out of nowhere, one of Kenny's allies crashes on a rooftop before sliding down and landing on the ground. Both Levi and Kenny lower their guard as they see the MP soldier twitching. They hear rapid footsteps on another rooftop, causing them to direct their attention. Levi, and especially Kenny, became surprised to see one of the Mutants running away, reminding them of their own encounters with Ozaki. Kenny exits the stalemate by pushing Levi's blades away from his neck and kicking him away. While Levi gets ready to fight again, he gets surprised to see that Kenny began pursuing the Mutant and decides to follow him.

"What's the matter, Kenny ?! I no longer have your attention !"

"As much as I want to enjoy this reunion, Levi, I just found myself a huge opportunity and I'm not gonna let it get away again !"

Levi continues chasing him down, hoping that Kenny doesn't get the chance to capture the Mutant. After encountering Ozaki last night, Levi knew that more people like him could potentially hold valuable information and something like that could prove disastrous in the hands of someone like Kenny. The longer they both chased the Mutant, the more unconscious MP soldiers that they spotted across various areas.

The Mutant jumps down from the rooftops while Kenny and Levi stop at the edge. To their surprise, they saw the wagon speeding past them with Ozaki and the other Mutants fighting off the MP soldiers. Squad Mike was tending to Gelgar's wounds within the wagon, but Squad Levi was nowhere to be seen. As the wagon heads down the street, Levi and Kenny begin to pursue the wooden vehicle.

---

Several minutes earlier

As Mike leaves Levi alone to fight against Kenny, he quickly grapples his way over to the wagon. Memorizing the wagon's route, he manages to spot the wagon riding at full speed. The wagon itself had its cloth cover ripped off and his Squad was trying to hold off against the MP. Although Eren and Historia were safe, Mike wasn't sure if his Squad could protect them on their own. Sniffing two MP soldiers behind his back, Mike quickly turns around and cuts their bodies before they could fire a single shot. He continues chasing down the wagon and kills two more MP soldiers along the way. Before he could kill another, Mike smells another MP soldier close to him and tries to attack. However, he gets pushed onto a rooftop and lands roughly before getting up on his feet. He looks to see Caven land in front of him as she aims her guns at him, preparing to fire.

"I was expecting more from humanity's second strongest than just his 'efficient' sense of smell. I figured that you would've been more like Levi," Caven confessed to him.

"I may not be as strong as him, but I'm a capable soldier like he is," Mike said as he got into a stance.

Caven, without hesitation, fires at Mike, who dodges to the right before going up to her. She reloads before fighting Mike in close combat. Mike jumps in the air, slams down his blades, and swings them at Caven. She continuously blocks Mike's attacks with her gun until Mike sweeps his leg to cause her to trip and fall off the roof. Caven grapples and misses the ground before flying above the rooftop to fire at Mike. Another two shots were fired, but Mike barely dodges and slides across the roof. Caven reloads again, lands on the roof, and continues firing at Mike. He dodges again and grapples straight for Caven with his blades pointing towards her. Caven deflects the blades and pushes them up, but receives a scratch on her face before being pushed by Mike across the roof until they reach the edge. Caven tries to hold her ground and pushes back against Mike. While they are currently in a stalemate, Squad Levi arrives and lands next to them.

Mike notices them and shouts, "Get to the wagon ! Assist my Squad and make sure Eren and Historia are safe !"

They nodded before grappling away, leaving Mike and Caven to their stalemate. Caven, realizing that Squad Levi will make things more difficult for her allies, jumps backwards off the roof and grapples away. Mike follows her and tries to chase her down before she could reach Squad Levi.

With Nanaba too busy steering the wagon to safety, the rest of Mike's Squad were in the air fighting back against the MP while Eren and Historia are holding onto the wagon as best as they can. As Gelgar cuts the grappling hook of an MP soldier and makes them drop to the ground, he gets wounded as another MP soldier fires his gun and lands a hit on his torso. Tomas takes down the MP soldier and goes to grab Gelgar before he hits the ground, taking him to the wagon. Tomas begins tending to Gelgar's wound, but Lynne and Henning begin having difficulties fighting the MP on their own. Before several MP soldiers fire their weapons at Lynne and Henning, Squad Levi comes to the rescue. Petra and Oruo take down two MP soldiers individually while Eld and Gunther take down three more by kicking them into each other. They grapple alongside the wagon and allow Lynne and Henning to rest in the wagon with the others.

Right behind them, Caven slowly catches up and aims her weapons at Squad Levi. Just as she fires, Mike kicks her back and causes Caven to fire in a different direction. However, the shots fired landed several small hits on both Petra and Eld, causing them to fall to the ground. Oruo and Gunther went down to retrieve them, with Oruo catching Petra and Gunther catching Eld, while Caven continued pursuing the wagon, reloading in the process. Mike, despite wanting to help out Squad Levi, decides to continue following Caven.

With the wagon halfway towards the designated escape route, Nanaba tries her best to get the horses to go faster. Meanwhile, the bumpy ride made it difficult to patch up Gelgar's wounds and Squad Mike were worried about facing more of the MP after Squad Levi got left behind. Their fears come true as Caven appears and fires at the wagon, creating holes in its exterior. Mike, using the full extent of his gas, focuses on Caven with the intent to kill. As she is reloading, Mike moves his blades to the side, preparing to slice her body. However, he suddenly catches the scent of others and turns to see more MP soldiers appear, aiming their guns at him. Once they fired, Mike changed directions and stopped going after Caven, who was now accompanied by a few of her allies. Outnumbered and out of range, Mike desperately dodges gunfire while still in pursuit of the wagon, but the abundance of MP soldiers made it hard for him to flawlessly dodge their attacks. Mike slowly receives cuts on both his face and body until blood starts covering one of his eyes, forcing him to land on a rooftop. Sitting in one place, Mike was then surrounded by MP soldiers. He looks in the distance to see the wagon getting surrounded by MP soldiers itself and no one from the Scouts nearby to help. As the MP soldiers readied their weapons, Mike prepared for the worst.

"What the hell ?!" one of the MP soldiers shouted, catching Mike's attention.

Mike turns to the air and sees several figures jumping from behind the MP soldiers before landing on them and knocking them out. Recognizing their uniforms to be the same as Ozaki's, Mike wonders why they were here after they already got Jet Jaguar. The Mutants leave and pursue the wagon, causing Mike to become stunned at their arrival. Afterwards, Mike turns around and notices that Squad Levi was catching up to him, along with the recruits. They all land next to him after witnessing the Mutants' arrival as well, becoming just as surprised as Mike.

"Who are those guys ?" Armin asks.

"No idea, but did you see the way they jump so high without any gear ? It's…pretty impressive," Mina remarks.

"They're probably on our side if they're against the Military Police too ! At least that gives us less work to do !" Sasha says excitedly.

Mike argues, 'It doesn't matter if they're on our side or not. We don't know their intentions or why they are helping us, but protecting Eren and Historia is still our priority. Not theirs. Move your asses and let's go."

As the recruits follow his order, Mike turns to Squad Levi and asks, "Are Petra and Eld good to go ?"

"No way," Gunther replies, "They can move, but they definitely aren't going to do much."

"Neither are we if we're the ones fucking carrying them !" Oruo added, "Could we at least switch cause I don't wanna hold Petra. She feels like she's gaining a few pounds."

Petra angrily smacks Oruo on the head, "I can hear you !"

"Shit ! I thought you were asleep !"

"Hmm…Just follow along with me for now. If it's possible, those people might fight off the Military Police for us while we escape to the rendezvous point," Mike said to them as Oruo and Gunther nod and start to follow his lead, grappling after the others ahead.

In the meantime, Caven and the MP soldiers begin invading the wagon and attack Squad Mike while she goes to get Eren and Historia. She loads tranquilizer darts in her guns and aims them at Eren and Historia. Before she could fire, Caven turns to see various shadows on the ground that seem like people running and looks up to see the Mutants, widening her eyes at their sudden appearance. She remembers her team's encounter with Ozaki and recognizes him as someone that they should avoid in a direct confrontation, but seeing more people just like him made her nervous and frozen in place.

The Mutants made their move by jumping towards the MP soldiers, who continuously fired their guns at the superhumans. The Mutants reacted by bringing out the rags that they used and quickly scooped up the bullets before tossing them to the side. Once they touched the ground, the Mutants jumped with enough force for them to launch straight for the MP. As one Mutant punches an MP soldier away, another Mutant kicks one through a window and into a building, and so on. Overpowered by the Mutants, the MP soldiers were taken down one by one as they were easily one-shotted and knocked out instantly. Caven, for the first time feeling some bit of fear, didn't know what to do. Hoping to get the mission over with, Caven lands in the wagon and tries to shoot Eren and Historia with the tranquilizer darts. Suddenly, Ozaki lands in front of Caven and forcibly removes her guns from her 3DMG before dropping them. Caven stands frozen as she recognizes Ozaki and slowly steps back.

"Y-y-you ! Y-you've really come back ?!" Caven stutters.

"Yeah, you know, it must be fate that we're seeing each other again," Ozaki terribly jokes, "But I can't really let you guys take away Eren Jaeger when I've got business with him."

Ozaki then kicks Caven out of the wagon and watches as she lands on top of a vegetable stand and breaks it in half. He then turns to see his Mutant brethren disperse and disappear, knowing that the Military Police won't get in their way anymore. However, he sees Kenny and Levi closing in on the wagon. Kenny sees Caven struggling to get out of the broken vegetable stand before turning back to Ozaki, who was doing a two finger salute towards him.

Kenny mutters to himself, "Looks like the fish got away again."

Kenny turns around and goes to retrieve his allies, knowing that he couldn't handle both Ozaki and Levi on his own . As he passes Levi, they both lock eyes before going their separate ways for the time being. After Kenny leaves, the recruits, Squad Levi, and Mike regroup with Levi as they all look down to see Ozaki trying to speak with Eren.

Eren and Historia, despite being relieved that the Military Police didn't get them, are hesitant to say anything to Ozaki as he looks at them with a calm face. They did not know what exactly he wanted, but Eren was prepared to fight if necessary.

"You're taller than I thought," Ozaki says to Eren, making the Titan Shifter confused, "The surveillance footage really doesn't do you any justice."

"Huh ? What are you talking about ?"

"Never mind that, I'm just gonna get straight to the point," Ozaki then points towards Eren's key, "I really, really need that."

"My dad's basement key ? Why ?"

"Important reasons. Stuff you wouldn't really understand anyway."

Ozaki reaches for the key, but Eren hides it away and questions the Mutant, "Do you have anything to do with my dad, Grisha Jaeger ?"

Ozaki becomes a bit annoyed, "Listen, Kid. I really don't want to talk about this stuff. I just want the key and you can go on and do whatever."

"I'm not giving you this key ! Not until I find out what's in my father's basement ! I know for a fact that he entrusted me with it and I'm not going to let a random person like you take it away !" Eren cried out to Ozaki, who sighed deeply.

"Look. I know what kind of person your dad was to you and there's no easy way to say this, but…"

Ozaki feels a sting in his neck and pulls out a tranquilizer dart.

"Shit."

He turns around to see Lynne using one of Caven's guns until Henning uses the other gun. Ozaki manages to catch the second tranquilizer dart, but could already feel the effects of the first one. However, he resists the effects as much as he could, feeling dizzy rather than immediately falling asleep. He drops the dart and it rolls towards Eren and Historia. Eren picks it up and pokes it in Ozaki's neck, effectively causing the Mutant to black out and become unconscious.

The wagon makes it to its escape route with Levi, Mike, Squad Levi, and even the recruits following along. The rest of the Mutants couldn't help but watch as Ozaki gets taken away, worried that Muasaka and the higher-ups will be mad about him getting compromised. Despite successfully retrieving Jet Jaguar, they still failed to get Grisha's key and decided to regroup with Muasaka outside of the Wall.

One of the Mutants uses a radio and decides to update Muasaka on the situation, "Calling M-Leader. Repeat, calling M-Leader. Over."

The other end of the channel speaks up, "This is M-Leader, what's your status ? Over."

"We might have a potential problem regarding Ozaki, Sir. During the extraction of Jet Jaguar and Grisha Jaeger's key, the uh…Surveillance Corps managed to knock him out and take him away. We've lost visual of them and have no leads as to where they were headed."

"Hmm…this is definitely a problem, but I doubt the Surveillance Corps will do much to Ozaki anyway, considering that they're basically the good guys in this situation. He can get himself out and grab the key along the way. Just in case, there is someone that could help pinpoint his location. Continue making your way to the extraction point until further orders."

"Copy that, M-Leader," the Mutant said, following the others and heading for the edge of the city.

---

Up in the sky, Gordon leaves the ship in autopilot before making his way over to Serizawa and Miyuki. Serizawa continuously uses the radio and tries to contact Miki, but all he could hear was static. He wasn't sure if Miki didn't want to speak with him, or worse, if something did happen to her. Serizawa tries calling her one more time and hears static again before putting down the radio. Miyuki tries to comfort him while Gordon just lays against a wall with his arms crossed.

"I really hope the same thing doesn't happen again," Serizawa tells the others, "Miki was already experimented on once and I wish that she wouldn't have to experience that ever again."

"Well, it's different this time, Doc," Gordon argues, "Back then, Miki lost her powers. If anything, these outdated soldiers wouldn't be able to lay a finger on her now."

"He's right, Serizawa," Miyuki agrees, "Miki has been slowly regaining her powers and she'll be able to reach her prime again. You know what that means."

Serizawa nods, "I do. But if there are Xilien spies here at the Walls and they find out that Miki has access to her powers again, then we lose our only way of removing the mind control on the Kaijus."

"We're not going to let that happen, Serizawa. We will find her soon."

"Yeah, you can bet your other eye that we'll find her before the end of the day," Gordon declared, "If not, then well…you probably need a walking stick."

Serizawa softly chuckles at Gordon's comment before deciding to pick up the radio again and calling out to Miki once more. A few more attempts resulted in more static, but Serizawa didn't want to give up.

At the same time, Miki was hiding within the barracks of the MP at Mitras while the soldiers were out on duty. She managed to grab a few files and letters from the office of one of the Council members, searching through them for any clues on where to find the chapel. Miki moves her eyes quickly over each of the documents until she gets to a list of chapels that the Council member needed to visit during the week. She reads the names of the chapels one by one and the location of where they were at. Suddenly, Miki looks back at a specific name and somewhat recognizes it.

"Reiss…"

The name causes Miki to remember the debriefing session she and the others had with the EDF leaders. One of the main things that they learned was that the true king was Rod Reiss, which gave Miki an idea on the identity of Carla's kidnappers. Assuming that Rod and the Council members are working together to get Eren, Miki decides that the Reiss family chapel is the only place where Carla should be. To confirm her suspicion, she uses her powers to check the location of the chapel written on the list. Closing her eyes, Miki uses clairvoyance again to search beyond Mitras and past the Orvud District until she manages to find the very chapel in her visions. Miki opens her eyes and smiles, happily knowing that she finally knows Carla's location and quickly leaves the barracks with the documents. Tossing the documents away into a bush, Miki quickly runs towards the north gate while turning her radio back on.

"Muasaka ? Muasaka. I need to update you on my investigation," Miki says while pushing the button on the radio.

On the other end of the channel, Serizawa begins to hear Miki's voice from the radio and picks it up before replying, "Miki ! Are you okay ?!"

"Serizawa ? What are you doing on this channel ?"

"I could say the same about you running off to the Walls, but I'm glad that you're alright."

"I'm sorry that I didn't say anything to you and the others, but I was worried that they wouldn't approve of this sort of rescue operation. Especially since they don't consider Carla to be a valuable asset anymore."

"I only wished that you had brought me along. And even Gordon and Miyuki. But now that we're in contact, you can give us your location and we can help you save Carla together."

"Okay, but let me notify Muasaka first."

"I'm right here. I didn't want to interrupt your little reunion," Muasaka says through the radio.

"Oh, well….I just found out where Carla Jaeger is being kept. She's at a chapel located east of the North Inner City. Orvud, I believe."

"That's one less problem we have to deal with. In the meantime, Ozaki managed to get himself caught by Eren's group."

"What ?!" Serizawa, Miyuki, Miki, and Gordon said in unison.

"How the hell did he get caught by them ? He let his guard down ?" Gordon asks.

"The Mutants informed me that Ozaki was hit with tranquilizer darts."

"Tranquilizer ? I didn't think these people invented that yet."

"They did and it definitely worked on Ozaki. Now we have no way to find him. Of course, he's still a Mutant. He can get himself out of that mess. Just in case, though, would you mind using your powers to look for him, Ms. Saegusa ?"

"Sure thing, Muasaka," Miki said before stopping by an alleyway and hiding in the shadows.

Miki then uses her psychic powers again and searches for Ozaki. She senses his unique energy and finds him chained up and unconscious inside an abandoned building at Trost. Miki could also sense Eren and the others nearby and decides to listen in on their conversation, hoping to see what they plan on doing to Ozaki. Surprisingly to her, Miki watches as the Scouts were more focused on interrogating a man named Dimo Reeves and requesting his help to fight back against the MP. Seeing that no harm would come to Ozaki for a while, Miki was about to pull out from the clairvoyance until she notices Eren sitting alone, staring at his father's key. She looks more closely as Mikasa approaches Eren and sits down next to him.

"Is something bothering you, Eren ?" Mikasa asks, noticing that he seems troubled.

Eren stops looking at the key before replying, "That man we tied up. The one that was in the wagon with us. He knew Dad and...I was surprised that the man also knew about his key."

"Do you think he knows about the basement ?"

"Probably. Otherwise, what other reason does he need the key for ? I just...don't know if we could trust him."

"It's a bit soon to tell, but if he really does know Dad, then we should be somewhat cautious. We don't know what he's going after."

"And I doubt that Mom would know who that guy is…" Eren said until he realized something was wrong, "Mom. I completely forgot that she is with the Military Police !"

Mikasa widens her eyes, "Then...that means they'll use her to get you ! We need to save her !"

"No one's going anywhere," Levi tells them as he approaches, "Luring you to the Military Police using your mother as hostage is exactly what they would do. We can't risk saving her without being fully prepared."

"But Captain ! Our mother is in trouble and we don't know what they'll do to her !" Mikasa protests.

"I do know that if you were to go and save her, and then get caught, your mother will be killed after they believe that she is no longer useful. You'll be putting her in more danger by going to rescue her than doing nothing."

Eren stands up, "Captain ! There should at least be something we can do !"

"We stick to the plan, Jaeger. If you don't want anything to happen to your mom, I suggest you lay low until we find her."

Levi leaves while Eren and Mikasa become filled with hopelessness. Miki begins to feel empathetic towards them, experiencing their feelings through her powers. It was at that moment, Miki wanted to say something to Eren and Mikasa. Something to reassure them that Carla was going to be rescued by her and the others, but it would have either freaked them out or it'll be like an imaginary thought speaking in their heads that they will ignore. Miki decides to think of something risky and stops using her powers before calling out to the radio again.

"Guys ? Are you still there ?"

"Yeah, did you find out where Ozaki is yet ?" Muasaka asks her.

"Um…I did. He's…at an abandoned building back in Trost. Located near the reconstruction area."

"That's good then. Muasaka can give Ozaki's location to the Mutants and we can meet up with you on your way to save Carla," Serizawa declares.

Miki becomes silent until Serizawa continues, "Miki ? Could you give us your coordinates ?"

Miki then speaks up from the silence, "I'm sorry, Serizawa, but I'm going to continue this alone."

"What ?" Serizawa and Muasaka said together.

"Muasaka, I…I really think it's better if Serizawa, Miyuki, and Gordon retrieve Ozaki."

"Why's that, Ms. Saegusa ? What are you planning ?"

"I just...believe that Serizawa should be the one to retrieve Ozaki. It would be a safer alternative since Eren and some of his friends recognize and trust him."

"Hmmm….I cannot deny that. They might put up a fight against the Mutants, so...I'll go along with that plan. My one condition is that the Mutants will be in the shadows with Serizawa and the others while they deal with the Surveillance Corps. If that's okay with them."

"We're completely fine with that, Muasaka. We'll start heading out to that abandoned building."

"I'll inform the Mutants of everything and have them join you by the building. Good luck and be careful," Muasaka said before cutting off.

Serizawa turns his radio off as Gordon prepares the ship. As Serizawa and Miyuki sat and waited in their seats, Gordon began to fly the ship over to Trost. However, Miki's voice enters Serizawa's head and calls out to him.

"Serizawa, can I speak with you for a bit ?" she asks him.

"Miki ? What's going on ?" Serizawa replies, "How come you're only talking to me ?"

"Because you're going to be seeing Eren and his friends again. I know that they'll believe you when you explain everything that's going on with his mom."

"Hold on, I thought we were just retrieving Ozaki."

Miki sighs and explains to him, "I know, but I can't stand to keep them in the dark anymore, Serizawa. I've always seen these people through nothing more than a computer monitor and I don't need to read their minds to know that they've been through a lot. Most of all, I want Eren to at least see the consequences of his father's actions and that we can save his mother from the Wall's true king."

Serizawa didn't want to argue back, considering that he understood what Miki was saying. Miki's act of trying to help out the people in the Walls reminded Serizawa of Emiko trying to convince him to use the Oxygen Destroyer in order to defeat the first Godzilla. Both people are trying to reveal secrets to the public despite how risky it was, but actually seems like the best solution in desperate times. Because of that, Serizawa completely trusts Miki's decision to disclose everything to the Scouts.

"I don't think it's that bad of an idea."

"Huh ? Why's that ?"

Serizawa explains, "Keeping secrets for too long, knowing that it could have helped others, is bound to create more trouble than it needs to. Something that I'm too familiar with."

"You mean...like how you kept the Oxygen Destroyer a secret ? I guess it makes sense that we're in a similar situation."

"It's going to be different this time. No more innocent people are going to die over secrets. I'll tell Eren Jaeger about what's going on, but please be safe, Miki."

"I will, Serizawa. Good luck."

Miki's voice disappears from his head as Serizawa turns back to Miyuki and Gordon. He looks out a window to see Trost in the distance, quickly appearing bigger by the second. Laying back against his seat, Serizawa sighs and prepares himself to see Eren and the others again, hoping that they would trust him enough to believe the things that he will say to them.

---

On the way to Mitras, Hange and her Squad snuck into the main building in the capital while avoiding the sights of the Military Police. After hearing news that the Military Police had issued an arrest warrant for the Scouts, Hange and her Squad hoped to hurry and get to Erwin. Using 3DMG, they grapple along the top portion of the building and make their way to a window where they peer through and see Erwin speaking with Nile. They couldn't hear what they were speaking about, but Nile leaves sooner than expected, leaving Erwin alone for the time being. Hange goes into his room by herself as her Squad waits outside, becoming temporary lookouts. Erwin turns to see Hange approaching as he checks outside his room for potential eavesdroppers before turning back to her.

"I assume you have news for me," Erwin points out.

"Some good news actually. On the way here, I heard rumors from the Military Police that there was an unsuccessful kidnapping attempt carried out by these people wearing black and silver armor. It seems that Eren and Historia are safe for now, but I don't know who these black and silver armored people are or how they relate to the Military Police," Hange explains.

"Black and silver armor ? I've never heard or seen anything like that, but it could be something that the King could be hiding. Is there anything else ?"

"Hmm...there is one thing. Ymir told me something that could prove essential to understanding why the King wants Eren," Hange said before repeating the information Ymir has explained to her.

Erwin listens intently before rubbing his chin, "She believes that the King intends to eat Eren ? In order to gain his Titan powers ?"

"That's a possibility. The only question is what part does Historia play in this whole scheme."

Erwin then thinks to himself, "If only Miki Saegusa was here, she would have been able to assist us."

Erwin and Hange both hear footsteps approaching the room and she quickly leaves back through the window. She watches as Nile returns with several MP soldiers and they begin taking away his belongings. Hange turns to her Squad and signals them to follow her out of Mitras. As they grapple away from the Capital building and run across the rooftops towards the Wall, Nifa curiously asks her Squad Leader.

"Did you say everything you needed to say to the Commander ?"

"Yup ! Now all we need to do now is regroup with Levi and the others. Hopefully, they manage to get some work done on their end. I also hope that they took good care of Metal Man as well."

---

Meanwhile at night, Levi, Mike, and their Squads were carrying out another plan involving Dimo Reeves, who was riding a wagon with his son, Sannes, and Ralph in an unknown forest area. As the Scouts were preparing to capture the MP soldiers, Eren and Historia were hiding out in a nearby building. Feeling a bit bored of not being able to do anything, Eren gets up from a chair and looks out the back window where he could see Jean and Sasha moving around in their 3DMGs. Eren begins to feel restricted and grows frustrated at his lack of freedom until he spots something outside. While Historia was distracted by the plan taking place in front of the building, Eren leaves out through the back door and wanders into the forest. He walks closer to the point of interest and comes upon a figure hiding in the shadow of a tree. Hesitant to approach the figure, Eren decides to head back to the building until the figure calls out to him.

"You're not even gonna question my presence ? What a smart kid you are," the figure said as he leaves the shadow and reveals himself to be Kenny, "Though, you are missing out on a pretty good deal."

Eren stops and replies, "I doubt you would give a good deal, considering that you're one of the people trying to capture me."

"I know for a fact that my soldiers would've gotten you if it weren't for those meddling superhumans with the silver armor. It would've been more fun without them ruining everything, so now I have to resort to Plan B."

As Eren slowly steps back, Kenny notices and continues, "And don't think that the Scouts will be able to help you right now. I came a bit prepared and made sure to cover my scent from that one guy."

Eren stops and decides to quickly put his hand up to his mouth, indicating that he would transform.

"Ho ho ! You tryna threaten me, Kid ? Go ahead. Turn into a Titan and squish me, for all I care."

Eren opens his mouth and begins to bite down until Kenny continues, "Of course, if you kill me, then you won't find out what'll happen to your mother."

Eren becomes shocked and puts his hand down before replying, "I knew it. You guys are holding her hostage !"

"Then why don't you come with me and try to save her ? Seems like a reasonable thing to do."

Remembering Levi's words, Eren wasn't sure if he should just run back to the Scouts or continue to ask Kenny about his mother's condition. He looks around for any more MP soldiers in case he was in a trap before deciding to continue speaking with Kenny.

"What did you do to her and Dr. Serizawa ? I swear if you'd done anything…"

"Dr. Serizawa ? That guy is nowhere to be found. I assume that he was supposed to protect your mother, but he wasn't there to do so. You just can't really depend on some people these days."

"It can't be. You're lying about that," Eren said with his voice raised, "He said he would look after her like family."

"Well, looks like he failed. Terribly. Anyways ! If you want to see how your mother's doing, you should probably give her a visit. If not, then that's fine. I'll just slit her throat and toss her body away since you don't really give much of a shit about her."

Eren grits his teeth and hardens his fists, "How will I know that you won't still kill her even after I go with you ?!"

"Because you got a choice. Either you let your mother die by being a stubborn brat or….you sacrifice yourself and prevent your mother's death."

"What do you mean by that ?"

The sound of rustling leaves catches their attention and they both turn to see Caven approaching them with an unconscious Historia on her shoulders. Eren widens his eyes in shock until Kenny immediately wraps his arm around his neck, forcing Eren to struggle himself free. Kenny, however, puts his mouth up to Eren's ear and continues talking.

"Listen, Kid. I really wouldn't like to kill your mother. Honestly, she reminds me a bit of my sister except she can actually walk. Other than that, I'm giving you a chance to see your mother one last time before you sacrifice yourself for the sake of humanity. Try and give this opportunity a chance."

Eren gasps and tries to breathe for air as Kenny tightens his grip. Eren eventually closes his eyes and becomes unconscious. Kenny proceeds to pick him up and carries him over his shoulders.

"EREN ! EREN ! WHERE ARE YOU ?!" Mikasa cries out, catching Kenny and Caven's attention.

As they both spot the Scouts heading their way, Ymir also yells along with Mikasa, "HISTORIAAA ! Where the hell did you go ?!"

"Stop yelling, both of you !" Levi loudly orders them before turning to Mike, "Do you have their scent ?"

Mike sniffs the air and replies to Levi, "They're both somewhere over there, but...there's something else as well."

Kenny turns to Caven and whispers to her, "Let's get the hell out of here while the smoke covers our tracks from that guy. Hopefully, those our crew managed to free those Military Police soldiers."

"Understood, Sir," Caven complies with him as she and Kenny proceed to run deeper into the forest.

The Scouts follow Mike's lead as he chases down Eren and Historia's scents into the forest. However, they eventually discover that the forest was emitting a large amount of smoke that slowly obscures Mike's sense of smell. Kenny and Caven cover their noses and mouths as they quickly run past a small forest fire that they had set up earlier before making it out of the giant smoke cloud where a wagon was waiting for them in the distance. As the Scouts stopped in front of the smoke, Ymir decides to transform and bites her hand, bringing a lightning strike to her position. Once fully transformed, Mikasa grapples onto Ymir's back and they both move through the thick smoke. As Kenny and Caven got onto the wagon and started to escape, one of the MP soldiers alerted Kenny of Ymir and Mikasa approaching them. Kenny pulls out his guns and fires at Ymir, which proved ineffective as the bullets did barely any damage to her body. As Ymir quickly catches up to the wagon, Mikasa loads a flare and fires at the front of the wagon, hoping to slow it down. Although the wagon swerve a bit, it eventually regain its balance and continues riding away. Ymir starts to move more quickly towards the wagon and jumps above it in order to grab Eren and Historia, but Kenny and Caven aim their guns at her eyes and fire. The bullets successfully pierce both of Ymir's eyes and blinds her, causing her to drop and roll on the ground while Mikasa jumps off and lands on the wagon. While Ymir regenerates her eyes, Mikasa places her blades in front of Kenny and Caven with an angered look.

"Let go of them or I'll kill you both !" Mikasa threatens them.

"Oooh ! We got a feisty one here ! You remind me of Levi, little girl," Kenny states.

In a blink of an eye, Caven fires her last shot at Mikasa, who quickly deflects it until Kenny charges at her. He grabs Mikasa's wrists and crosses her arms across her body before trying to push her off the wagon. However, Mikasa holds her ground and pushes back against Kenny, surprising him.

"You're pretty strong, Kid ! Now that I think about it, you're pretty much just like Levi !" Kenny remarks, "You even got features that resemble that of…an Ackerman !"

Mikasa widens her eyes and replies to Kenny, "How did you know my last name ?!"

Instead of getting an answer, Kenny kicks her legs and knocks her out of the wagon. As she rolls across the ground and lands back on her feet, Mikasa desperately tries to run back after the wagon. Eventually, the wagon disappears as it enters another forest and Mikasa falls to her knees, hitting herself on the head for being distracted. Ymir then catches up and realizes that Kenny and the MP got away with Eren and Historia.

"I honestly can't believe that worked," Kenny said truthfully, "I was afraid we might run into those superhumans again, but it looks like we got lucky with those two."

"Yeah, I guess we did, Sir," Caven said while rubbing her back.

"What ? You're still hurt ?"

"I was launched straight into a wooden stand. Unlike you, Captain, most of us are barely able to fight for a while."

"Quit your whining. The next time we face those bastards again, I want everyone to be in tip top shape no matter what. Now that we got what we needed, we'll just focus on getting these kids to Rod for now."

Kenny and Caven ride the wagon towards the Inner Walls while making sure that they were not being followed whatsoever. At the same time, the Scouts were becoming distressed after failing to secure Eren and Historia's safety. As they return to Dimo Reeves and his son, the Scouts learn from them that Sannes and Ralph were rescued by members of Kenny's Squad, creating even more dismay for them. Not only have they lost Sannes and Ralph, they also lost Eren and Historia. Out of everyone, Mikasa and Ymir were obviously devastated that they weren't able to protect their loved ones. Levi and Mike both regret not taking extra measures when executing their plan and decide to leave the area while Dimo Reeves returns to Trost with his son. As the Scouts rode on the wagons towards another location, Levi loads a flare before firing it into the night sky, giving away their location to Ness and the remaining members of the Scouts as well as Hange and her Squad.

---

Some time later, Serizawa, Miyuki, and Gordon stood outside of the Scout's temporary base while the rest of the Mutants stood by and supervised the trio. Using a pair of binoculars, one of the Mutants spots all of the Scouts arriving at their base, along with Hange's Squad, and calls Gordon on the radio.

"The soldiers have arrived and are entering their headquarters as we speak. There appears to be multiple groups gathering at the base, but we can handle them if things get messy."

"Understood. We're ready to move in," Gordon said as he signals to Serizawa and Miyuki until the Mutant quickly responds back.

"Hold on. I don't have any visuals on Eren Jaeger. He's not with them."

"You sure ?"

"Positive. He's nowhere to be found. I hate to say it, but it could be possible that the people after him must have gotten to him before we did."

"Shit. Looks like retrieving Ozaki ain't the only thing we're doing tonight."

Serizawa turns to him, "We've got no choice, Gordon. We get Ozaki, then that means we have to gain their trust. After that, we help them save Eren and hopefully…they'll give us the key once we tell them everything."

"What do you mean by everything, Serizawa ?" Miyuki asks him.

"Who we are and who we're really fighting, as well as what happened to this whole world."

"Serizawa, if we relay all of that kind of information to them, who knows how that'll affect their mentality ? They might literally lose their minds and have a hard time understanding the vast scale of this situation. Try and remember that these people aren't as advanced as we are. They don't live in the same time period as us."

"It's no different than what I've been through. I was once in another time period too, if you both recall that."

"We do, but how will we know if they will react the same way you did back then ?"

"Humanity's need to survive and to adapt," Serizawa answers before he leads Miyuki and Gordon towards the Scouts' base.

As they approach the front door, Ness and several Scouts turn to see them before keeping their guard up. Eventually, Serizawa, Miyuki, and Gordon were surrounded by the Scouts with their blades out. Gordon was holding his cane tightly while Miyuki was standing her ground. Serizawa was then approached by Ness, who was putting his blades away before saying.

"Who the heck are you people ?"

"My name is Daisuke Serizawa. And I believe that we have something of great value to you all."

"We'll have to see about that," Ness says as he escorts Serizawa and the others into the base.

Within the base, Mikasa was sitting alone with Armin as she was caressing her red scarf, thinking of Eren. Ymir was sitting across from them, thinking about Historia, but decides to get up and head over to them. As Armin goes to help out with the other Scouts, Ymir goes to sit down next to Mikasa and hesitantly places her hand on her shoulder. Inside her mind, Ymir could feel as if she is becoming more trusting of her friends and starts to sympathize with Mikasa. However, it still doesn't change the fact that Ymir still wishes to protect Historia at any cost, even risking her own life to do so. Though, she wonders if Mikasa would do the same for Eren.

"Mikasa ?" Ymir calls out to her, catching her attention as she turns towards Ymir, "I'm…a bit curious to know…what makes you so devoted to Eren ?"

"Hmm ? What do you mean ?"

"You're alway together, just like me and Historia, but I never got to know you well, so I'm curious to know what exactly your story is."

Mikasa stares at her before replying, "I'm surprised that you're asking me about this, but….do you really want to know ?"

Ymir nods her head, "Yeah."

"Then, tell me your story afterwards."

"….Fine. It's only fair."

Mikasa takes a deep breath before telling Ymir the story of how she met Eren during their childhood. Ymir listens closely as she learns about how Mikasa's original parents were killed by human traffickers and that Eren managed to save her from them. Ymir also learns about how Mikasa saved Eren's life at the last minute by killing the last person, which caused her to fight against the unfairness of life. She explains how she starts to admire Eren afterwards and receives his red scarf that she wears all the time. The story was shorter than Ymir expected since she figured that there was a lot of history between her and Eren, but it was enough to convince Ymir that she was somewhat related to Mikasa in a way.

"That was…interesting," Ymir tells Mikasa, "I didn't think that you and Eren would have met like that. It must have been scary."

"It was. I wouldn't have known what to do if Eren wasn't there that day, but because of him, I felt a rush of power flowing through me that I can't really explain. After that, I don't ever want to leave his side."

"Funny. You can say that my story is similar to that of yours."

"Really ?" Mikasa said as she widened her eyes a bit, curious of what Ymir said.

"Well, without any killing or anything like that. In a way, Historia was the one that saved me, just like how Eren did with you. The only difference is…Historia saved me by being the only true friend I've ever had."

"I don't really know how that relates to my situation, Ymir."

"Let's say that I was in a bad place in life, like how you were with those kidnappers. And then suddenly, someone comes into your life and they unexpectedly give you another chance to have a purpose. After that, you just can't help but be by their side in order to show them your gratitude."

"And you care about them so much…you'd do everything in your power to protect them from anything," Mikasa included.

Mikasa and Ymir stare at each other before turning their heads away, content to know that they have someone to relate and sympathize with for the time being. To pass the time and relieve their stress about Eren and Historia, Mikasa and Ymir start a discussion about other things.

Armin was looking at them from a distance and smiling, knowing that Mikasa was slowly coming out of her comfort zone and creating a new bond with Ymir. The same could be said for Armin as he continues bonding with the other Scouts. But without Eren, it was an unfamiliar feeling for him to make friends on his own yet he felt more confident by doing these things without having someone holding his hand most of the time.

As Armin was carrying boxes around with Connie and Sasha, they all watched as Hange was crying out loud about Eren and Historia's capture as well as Jet Jaguar being taken away. They see her head to the basement with Mike and Levi before returning to their duties. Armin goes to get another box while Connie and Sasha were talking about the lacking variety of food in the base. He picks up the last box in the area and carries it over to the other pile until he spots a familiar face ahead of him.

To his shock, Armin saw Serizawa and two other people being escorted by Ness towards the basement entrance. He puts the box down before quickly heading over to Mikasa, interrupting her conversation with Ymir.

"Hey, Mikasa ! Dr. Serizawa is here !" he says to her as she looks over to see him.

Ymir was confused and asked, "Who's Dr. Serizawa ?"

Mikasa turns to her and replies, "He's supposed to take care of Eren's mom while we went to join the Military, but I don't know why he's here."

"I thought he was either kidnapped alongside Mrs. Jaeger, or at the very least, took her somewhere safe," Armin assumed, "But...that doesn't seem to be the case."

"Then let's go, Armin. We need to see if Dr. Serizawa knows what happened to her," Mikasa said as she dragged him over to Serizawa and the others with Ymir following them.

Miyuki notices the trio approaching her and the others and taps Serizawa on his shoulder, getting his attention.

"Aren't those Eren's friends ? The ones that lived with him and Carla ?"

Serizawa widens his eye, "Mikasa and Armin. Maybe they can help us."

As Mikasa, Armin, and Ymir approach them, Ness turns to them and says, "What're you recruits doing ? I'm trying to escort these people to Captain Levi. Apparently, they have something valuable to discuss."

"Apologies, Sir, but this person here..." Mikasa said, pointing to Serizawa, "Is a friend of ours and the caretaker of Eren's mom."

"Is that so ? I guess you're gonna vouch for him and his acquaintances then ?"

"Yes, Sir," Armin declared, "I believe that we need as much support as possible during this time. If they have something valuable to tell us, then we need to hear them out."

"Alright, alright. You can tell Captain Levi himself when we go down to see him," Ness said as he continued walking towards the basement entrance.

As Serizawa, Mikasa, Armin, Ymir, and everyone else follow Ness, Serizawa turns to Mikasa and Armin and says to them, "I appreciate both of your help. Though, I must advise that we move quickly before…"

Mikasa interrupts him, "What happened to Mom ? Do you know anything that happened to her ? Did the Military Police take her away ?"

Serizawa tried to think of a lie, but decided to delay the inevitable, "I'll tell you everything once we meet with your Captain first. I promise you, I'll explain everything."

Mikasa hesitantly nods her head as she continues following the group down to the basement. Serizawa couldn't bear to tell another lie like he did with Carla, but he knew that it was time to reveal the EDF's secrets and the truth of who they were. However, he needs to gain the Scouts' trust and save Eren first before a dark fate falls upon him, Historia, and Carla until he is able to tell them. As he and everyone else descend into the basement, Serizawa mentally prepares himself for what lies ahead.

---

Ozaki slowly opens his eyes to find himself in a dark room while strapped to a chair in chains and his mouth covered by a cloth. He turns to see a metal door in front of him with a tiny window near the top and begins to hear footsteps incoming. Levi, Hange, and Mike were walking down a flight of stairs while Hange was extremely stressed out as she was wailing and crying, much to Levi and Mike's annoyance.

"Such a beautiful piece of machinery ! GONE ! And not only that, but we managed to lose Eren and Historia right after I told Erwin that everything was alright !"

"Jeez, will you stop whining about it already ?" Levi asks her, "That kind of attitude ain't gonna bring them back."

Hange sniffs and wipes away her tears before calming down, "You're right, Levi. I need to stop crying my eyes out and focus on doing whatever I can to find them. Even if I so badly wanted to continue working on Metal Man ! Ooooh, I knew I should've just focus on him instead on other things."

"Well, we're not going to have much to work with after what happened to our plan," Levi explains, "I'm not sure whether this guy could help us with finding Eren and Historia, but at least we can find out who he is and where he came from."

"As long as he doesn't do anything drastic," Mike adds as Levi begins to open Ozaki's door.

The three squad leaders look inside the cell, only to find Ozaki sitting casually in the chair with the chains broken and the cloth removed. Ozaki nods his head upwards while smiling.

"Sup."

While Levi and Mike were not surprised to see Ozaki free himself, Hange pushes them out of her way as she goes over and picks up the broken chains in amazement.

"This is a pure steel chain and you've managed to break it so easily !" she said excitedly while examining the chain before turning to Ozaki, "Speaking of which, I've heard quite a lot of rumors about you and I have to say that I'm simply impressed by your strength !"

"Uh...thanks ?"

"Oh ! By the way, I must sincerely apologize, but I assumed that you were the ones sent by the Military Police to capture Eren and Historia, but Levi and Mike here explained to me that you were just trying to help and I couldn't help but wonder why you decided to help us, so I just really wanted to know-"

Levi stops Hange from continuing her long sentence, "That's enough, Four Eyes. We're wasting time here."

"Hehe...sorry."

Levi turns to Ozaki and glares at him before asking, "So...I assume that you have no incentive to talk after removing your bonds ?"

"You're exactly right about that. Since you and your Boy Scouts have managed to lose Eren, I have no choice but to get on out of here and find him myself. I'll fight all of you if I have to."

Levi sighs before continuing, "Look. You don't know how big of a deal it is for us to have lost our most valuable people. Even if you did, I believe that you should understand our situation and tell us everything you might know."

"Listen here, Shorty. There's obviously nothing you can do to make me talk," Ozaki said as he stands up, "I would really like to help out with your situation and all, but I have much bigger problems than a corrupt government."

"You're right about that, Ozaki, but our plans have changed," Gordon said as Ozaki, Levi, Hange, and Mike turned to see everyone standing by the stairs.

Ness walks up to Levi and tells him, "These people are saying that the guy right there is a friend of theirs. Cadets Mikasa and Armin are able to vouch for them."

Recognizing Serizawa from the court trial, Levi orders Ness, "Head back up and monitor the others. Leave them to us."

Ness nods before heading back up from the basement with his group, leaving Serizawa, Miyuki, and Gordon to Levi and the others. Ozaki walks past Levi, Hange, and Mike until he stops in front of Miyuki before awkwardly opening his arms to her.

"I'm uh...sorry that I got caught. I won't let it happen again ?" Ozaki said sheepishly while softly smiling.

Miyuki smirks before putting his arms down, "Hopefully, you're not going to get caught again. You're starting to get pretty sloppy."

"Well, what can I really do except get better."

Miyuki turns to Levi, Hange, and Mike, "I hope he hasn't been giving you all any trouble."

"Just a little," Levi told her before turning to Serizawa, "On the other hand, Dr. Serizawa, I'm curious to know why you're here and what exactly is going on."

"I'll comply with you and all of your questions, Captain Levi. So let's get you all situated."

---

At the Mitras Capital, the four Council members were impatiently waiting for Kenny's status in his mission to capture Eren and Historia. Two MP soldiers open the doors to the throne room where they deliver a letter from Kenny. Aurille reads the letter before turning to his allies.

"It looks like he's managed to pull it off. At least he made up for the failed attempt at Trost."

"Yes, what a relief it was. At least Lord Rod won't stop pestering us about the issue," Deltoff responded.

"It'll also mean that we won't have to take action anymore. Once the power has returned to Rod, the Scouts will be unable to do anything," Roderich adds.

"We won't know that for sure," Aurille explains, "We must put an arrest order on Erwin and the Scouts in order to ensure that they won't meddle with our plans."

"I will handle that on my end," Roderich says to the others, "I will spread word to the Order of the Walls of the Scouts being the very reason that giant creatures are invading the Walls by utilizing Eren Jaeger's powers to communicate with them."

"An excellent idea indeed," Gerald agrees, "We should also inform the Military Police of this as well to spread the news towards the public."

Deltoff adds, "If there is enough reaction from the public, then the Scouts are truly finished. Hopefully by then, they'll forget everything that will ever happen."

The Council disband the meeting and head off to their separate ways, determined to get rid of the Scouts once and for all.

---

Serizawa, Ozaki, Miyuki, and Gordon were sitting on a table with Levi, Hange, and Mike while Mikasa, Armin, and the rest of the Scouts stood behind their leaders. To the Scouts' surprise, they did not expect the rest of the Mutants to appear so suddenly, but were told by Gordon that it was a precaution for them to survey the area. Once everyone was present for the small meeting, Levi started the discussion.

"So...what faction do you belong to ?"

"We are members of the Earth Defense Force," Serizawa explains, "We are a military-based organization meant to defeat hostile monsters across the world."

"Monsters like Godzilla and those two-legged lizards ?" Hange asks.

"And those winged creatures ?" Connie adds.

"And those weirdly tasty smelling bugs ?" Sasha also adds

"Uh…yeah. And we're pretty good at it," Ozaki boasts.

"And what about you ? How did you become….who you are now ?" Levi questions Ozaki.

Miyuki quickly answers, "Ozaki, as well as the people behind us, are a unique type of humans born with an extra DNA base known simply as M-Base. It allows for them to attain superhuman strength, reflexes, and even speed. They're one of the major parts of our organization and we have used their abilities to defeat giant monsters over the years."

"Hmm...I wonder if we have people like those born within the Walls," Hange speculates.

Levi continues, "I can't argue with that. You've put up a hell of a fight that I haven't experienced in a long time."

"You did too. I can see why people refer to you as Humanity's strongest soldier," Ozaki states.

"One thing I still don't understand," Hange said, "How come you guys concealed yourselves all this time and never bothered to reach out to us ?"

Gordon scoffs, "Don't take this the wrong way, Lady, but this place sucks. Now only did we find out that your government was corrupted, but we were suspicious of potential spies that may be walking around here."

"What spies ?" Mike asks.

The EDF members look at each other until Serizawa replies, "You might not believe this, but...there are other species from beyond the stars."

Sasha cries out from the group while pointing upwards, "You mean up above ? That doesn't make any sense."

Jean argues, "With what's going on and how weird of a turn our lives just took, I have to say that it could be possible that there's life above the sky."

"There is," Ozaki said, "And they're huge assholes too. You think at first that they want to form an alliance until they stab you in the back and make you suffer."

Mina raises her hands, "Wait, so…are these beings from above the sky like…the ones controlling those monsters ?"

"Unfortunately, yes. As well as the ability to summon them at any time," Serizawa answers.

"Dr. Serizawa, exactly how many monsters do they have ?" Armin asks.

Serizawa sighs, "Too many, Armin. We know for a fact that they might have collected monsters for a long time, which we estimated to about….two hundred."

This causes some of the Scouts to feel a bit of anxiety until Serizawa reassures them, "There is a way to defeat this threat though. We need your help to get Eren and retrieve his father's key."

"The one he wears around his neck ?" Armin asks, "Why would you need that ?"

Levi added, "Eren told me himself that the key might lead to the truth about the Titans within his father's basement. What does that have to do with your threat and the giant monsters ?"

Serizawa looks at Mikasa and Armin before replying, "This is something that I would rather tell to Eren and his mother, but believe me about this, Grisha is hiding a lot of secrets within that basement that could benefit both of our sides."

Levi turns towards Hange and Mike until he receives a nod from them both, "We believe you, Serizawa, but after we rescue Eren, Historia, and Carla Jaeger, we're keeping the key."

"But, Levi…"

"However, we will be willing to give you the key, if your organization agrees to provide full support to the people of the Walls. Meaning you will share your resources with us and fill us in on what other information you've been keeping from us."

"Very well," Serizawa said, surprising Levi and the other Scouts as they expected a negotiation instead of compliance, "Just so you know, Captain Levi, I admit that our organization has ignored your issues for many years and isolated ourselves in the event of spies within your society. It was only until the recent monster attack that we decided to intervene, but we will not make the same mistake again. I believe that it is time for us to show ourselves to the world again and truly protect you and the people of the Walls from the bigger threat hiding above, just like how the Earth Defense Force is supposed to be."

"If that's how you really feel, then I guess we're in agreement," Levi said until he stands up from his chair and walks over to Serizawa, "From this point on, we work together for the benefit of humanity."

"Likewise," Serizawa said as he got up from his chair and began to shake hands with Levi.

The newfound alliance brought hope to the Scouts as they received a powerful new ally. Although the Scouts have yet to see the true power of the EDF, they had a feeling that they were going to be in one heck of a ride into unknown territory. For now, the Scouts and the EDF worked together to focus their efforts on saving Eren, Historia, and Carla.

---

A million lightyears away and steadily making its way towards Earth, the Facility carrying Minilla and the other Kaijus begins breaking apart as the damages continue to get worse. Although it doesn't really bother the Kaijus, they realize that they are starting to lose their footing and are forced to huddle together so that they are not thrown out into space. Gamera, however, begins flying alongside the Facility and leaves more room for the other Kaijus to stand on.

Minilla turns to Rodan and asks, "Why don't you fly outside of the vessel as well ? You have wings."

"There is no wind in the vastness of space," Rodan answers, "Without it, I cannot use my wings to lift myself up.""

King Caesar adds, "And yet, if this whole vessel breaks apart, we will wander aimlessly throughout space with no way to fight back against the Xiliens."

A few moments later, Minilla begins having a hard time breathing and notices that the other Kaijus, except for Gamera, are having a similar issue. Minilla looks up and sees that the artificial atmosphere of the Facility was slowly deteriorating. Realizing that it was only a matter of time, Minilla decides to look for something in the Facility that would increase its speed. The few problems he encountered was that the text on various monitors were too small to read and he couldn't understand what they said. Not wanting to damage anything else and hoping that it would do something, Minilla sits still and continues waiting with the other Kaijus. Suddenly, Minilla begins sensing danger coming towards them and looks to see an Xilien transport ship catching up. The other Kaijus began to notice and they all got into defensive positions. The Xiliens in the transport ship were multitasking between choosing Kaijus in their arsenal and deciding what was the best method to take down Minilla, Gamera, and the rogue Kaijus. One of the Xiliens contacts X and pulls him up on a display before telling the Controller the current situation.

"Controller, we have located the Kaijus as you instructed. It appears that the Facility is slowly turning itself into scraps," the Xilien informs him.

X, watching the whole thing from his end, replies to his subordinate, "Don't bother wasting some of our strongest monsters. Send in our lower ranking monsters and weaken the Kaijus. Reinitiate the mind control on the Kaijus and give the Turtle and the Lizard M-Base while you're at it."

"Yes, my Controller," the Xilien soldier saluted before turning to his allies over at the Molecular Integration device, "Send in the Alpha level Trilopods."

The Xiliens nod before selecting the Alpha Trilopods on the console and giving them the command to attack the targets until they were incapacitated. With a hit of a button, the device generates a beam of light onto the Facility and the Kaijus watch as twelve giant multi-legged insects, almost half of Minilla's height, begin to appear. Once fully formed, the Alpha Trilopods quickly eyed their targets and began to attack the Kaijus by jumping straight for them. Without hesitation, Minilla swipes away five of them with his tail while Anguirus swipes away two, King Caesar punches one, and Rodan kicks another.

As Minilla and the Kaijus are fighting back against the Trilopods, Gamera decides to deal with the Xiliens and flies towards the transport ship, firing multiple fireballs. The Xiliens went to evasive maneuvers and dodged Gamera's fireballs before deploying small fighter ships to retaliate back. With extreme precision, Gamera successfully destroys the fighter ships with his fireballs before continuing his chase against the transport ship. Gamera follows the ship across a planet's surface and fires more fireballs in front of the ship, destroying the planet's landscape and breaking off pieces of mountains to slow the ship down. However, the transport ship flies back up into space with Gamera hot on its tail. With only one shot, Gamera powers up a fireball and accurately hits the Xilien transport ship, causing the pilots to lose control. The Xilien transport ship lands back down to the planet and crashes as Gamera returns to the Facility.

Meanwhile, the Alpha Trilopods are having a difficult time taking down Minilla and the other Kaijus. King Caesar takes on three Trilopods before grabbing one of them and ripping it in half. The other two Trilopods flank King Caesar on different sides with one of them going for his head and the other towards his legs. King Caesar jumps in the air and roundhouse kicks the Trilopod in the air, sending it across the Facility, before slamming his fist onto the second one into the ground. King Caesar then slams his foot onto the Trilopod and kills it before moving on to the last one. King Caesar then grabs the Trilopod and effortlessly punches through its head before dropping its corpse to the ground.

Rodan hovers a little bit off the ground and keeps his guard up against three Trilopods. Knowing that they won't be able to reach him, the Trilopods use the Facility's remaining structures to try and reach Rodan. However, Rodan flies through the structures and breaks their support, preventing the Trilopods from getting up to higher ground. He then picks up one of the structures with his feet and throws it at two of the Trilopods, knocking them over while the other one makes its way towards Rodan. The Pteranodon Kaiju sees it coming before flying towards it, grabbing the Trilopod with his feet and dragging the insect Kaiju across the floor. The Trilopod screeches as multiple sharp objects and other metal scraps pierces its exoskeleton until Rodan throws the Trilopod outside of the artificial atmosphere, causing it to lose air and die over time.

Anguirus roars at two Trilopods that were trying to bite at his legs. He pounces at one of the Trilopods and swipes his claws, scratching their face and forcing them back. The other Trilopod sneakily bites onto Anguirus' tail, causing the Kaiju to slam its tail onto the ground and smashing the Trilopod. Anguirus turns back to see the scratched Trilopod jump at his face, forcing Anguirus to forcefully shake his head and scratch the Trilopod off with his claws. Seeing as how his efforts to remove the Trilopod isn't working, Anguirus decides to roll into a ball and carry the Trilopod across the facility. The Trilopod struggles to let go as the weight of Anguirus' body repeatedly crushes its own body upon the surface of the metal floor. Eventually, Anguirus stops rolling and lands on his feet before biting down on the Trilopod and crunching its body until it no longer moves. He then turns his attention over to Minilla, who was facing four of the Trilopods at once.

Firing his Atomic Breath, Minilla kills two Trilopods while accidentally destroying more of the Facility. After seeing this, Minilla stops until two Trilopods jump onto his back and bite into his neck, sucking his blood. Anguirus sees Minilla struggling and helps by swiping its tail at one of the Trilopods before biting the other one and pulling it off of Minilla's back. The Trilopods get thrown to the edge of the Facility before being cornered by Minilla and Anguirus. Just as they were about to finish them off, Minilla and Anguirus begin to notice something strange happening to the two Trilopods as they start to stand upright on two legs. It becomes even stranger as the two Trilopods grow dorsal plates on their backs and their exoskeleton slowly transforms into scales, the same ones that Minilla has. Eventually, the two Trilopods finish their odd transformation and appear to look like Minilla, except for the insect features that they still possess from their previous form, such as the mouth and the arms. The transformations were enough to distract King Caesar and Rodan as they did not expect something like that to happen, but it causes them to get attacked by the other Trilopods. They begin to suck the blood of the Kaijus and start undergoing transformations themselves. Just as Rodan and King Caesar knock them off of their bodies, they look to see that one of the Trilopods exhibits King Caesar's form and the other two exhibit Rodan's. King Caesar and Rodan fought their Trilopod lookalikes as Minilla and Anguirus roar and attack the now mutated Trilopods, who proceed to do the same.

As Anguirus deals with one of them, Minilla attacks the other and tackles it, but the Trilopod holds its ground. Anguirus swipes its tail, but the Trilopod blocks it before flipping Anguirus over on his back by kicking him. The Trilopod tries to swipe its claw at Anguirus' underbelly, but Minilla picks up the Trilopod in front of him and throws it at the other, knocking them away and saving Anguirus. As Minilla walks over to him, Anguirus gets back up on his feet and they both turn to face the Trilopods, who were getting back up. Minilla and Anguirus both run together until they tackle both of the Trilopods, pushing them towards the edge of the Facility. However, one of the Trilopods pushes Anguirus to the side before swiping its tail at Minilla's feet, causing him to fall over. One of the Trilopods bites down on Anguirus' tail and throws him at Rodan, who was evading attacks from the other Trilopods. Anguirus slams into Rodan and they both fall to the ground as the two Rodan-like Trilopods begin to restrain them.

The two Minilla-like Trilopods proceed to pin Minilla down on the floor, awaiting their Xilien masters to retrieve them. Minilla looks to see that King Caesar was still fighting against his Trilopod counterpart, but one of the Rodan Trilopods assists its ally and they both take down King Caesar together. Minilla begins to struggle and tries to free himself against the Trilopods, but their combined strength was too much for him. As all of the remaining Trilopods waited for the Xiliens, they all looked up to see Gamera approaching the Facility and launching a barrage of fireballs all over. The fireballs begin to force the Trilopods to release their hold on the Kaijus, who took the opportunity to fight back against them.

As Gamera joins the fight and lands next to Minilla, they both watch as the Minilla Trilopods prepare their own Atomic breaths and fire at the Kaiju duo. Minilla and Gamera proceed to use their own breath attacks and interlocked them with the opposing beams. Although it seemed like the Trilopods had the upper hand, Minilla and Gamera both increase the intensity of their beams and slowly overpower their opponents until an explosion pushes the Trilopods back. Minilla and Gamera quickly approach the Trilopods before they get back up and forcefully pins them down. With just enough force, Minilla brutally rips the top half of his Trilopod counterpart's head and tosses it away while Gamera pierces his claws through the other Minilla Trilopod's torso and rips it open before powering up a Plasma Fireball and shoots it inside the Trilopod, causing it to blow up into pieces.

Minilla and Gamera then look at each other in respect before turning to see the other fights. King Caesar was seen nearly overpowering his counterpart while Rodan and Anguirus were holding their ground against the Rodan Trilopods. Gamera flies in the air, charges at one of the Rodan Trilopods, and takes it into space while Minilla goes to help King Caesar. As King Caesar was pushing against his counterpart, Minilla ran as fast as he could before using his tail to hold his whole body up, sliding across the floor until he kicked the King Caesar Trilopod in the face with both of his feet. Both Minilla and King Caesar proceed to grab both arms of the Trilopod and rip them off until King Caesar punches the Trilopod onto a broken structure and causes its body to get pierced, killing it effectively.

Gamera returns to the Facility after sending the Rodan Trilopod deep into space and helps Rodan and Anguirus deal with the last one. The last Trilopod, with nowhere else to go, corners itself in the middle of the Facility as Minilla, King Caesar, Gamera, Rodan, and Anguirus surround it with threatening auras. The Kaijus then charge at the Trilopod and begin to rip it into pieces, leaving nothing behind except for a bloody mess. With the Trilopods defeated and the Xilien transport ship temporarily stuck on a random planet, the Kaijus celebrated their well earned victory and roared in unison.

The Xiliens quickly went to work on repairs of the ship while one of them hesitates to contact X of their failure. He looks around and sees that his allies were also afraid of the consequences before activating the communication console.

Once X's face appears on the monitor, the Xilien tries to muster his words, "M-m-my C-controller…I-I-I r-regret t-t-to inform you that…we have failed to capture…the Kaijus."

"I see," X says calmly before raising his hand and squeezing it.

The Xilien's head suddenly explodes and his body falls to the floor, startling the others.

"All of you, pieces of shit ! What monster did you even send out ?!" X questions his people.

"The…Alpha Trilopods….my Lord," an Xilien speaks up from the crowd.

"You sent the Alpha ones ?! Why couldn't you all have sent the Beta ones ?!" X raises his voice and sends a shockwave from his end, "One of the monsters that we're trying to capture is the same kind as Godzilla ! You really expect to capture him with the Alpha ones ?!"

"We were actually trying to overwhelm the Kaijus with a swarm of the Alpha Trilopods, but the Seatopian Kaiju, Gamera, pursued our ship and prevented us from unleashing more."

"Maybe next time, increase the max output of Kaijus from the Molecular Integration device ! Quit making damn excuses about your mistakes ! Those Kaijus are almost halfway towards Earth, but what bothers me most is what the Doctor has planned for them there ! Hurry your asses and get to them before they get to Earth ! NOW !"

X closes the transmission and the Xiliens resume their work, doing their best to quickly repair the transport ship.

In the meantime, Minilla and the other Kaijus continue waiting on their journey to Earth. After the battle, they grew tired, deciding to rest for a bit. Minilla, however, looks back and wonders if the Xiliens will return to fight them again. Gamera notices him looking back and decides to have a chat with him.

"Worried about another fight ?" Gamera asks him.

"Yes. I don't know how long we will last until this vessel is completely destroyed," Minilla explains as he looks up at the artificial atmosphere, "By the looks of it, the rest of us, except for you, will run out of air."

"There might be a way to increase the speed of this vessel," Gamera stated as he goes around and begins sucking the fire spread all across the Facility before flying into space.

Gamera then flies behind the Facility near the thrusters and begins to push it, further speeding up its velocity. Though it wasn't much, the Facility picks up a bit more speed. Minilla heads to the edge of the Facility where Gamera was at and tries to find a way to help him. After a few minutes of brainstorming, Minilla finally thinks of something and digs his claws and feet into the metal floor. He begins to charge his Atomic Breath and fires in the direction of the thrusters. With their combined efforts, Minilla and Gamera are able to slowly make the Facility fast enough to reach Earth in less time than they originally were. It was unclear how long they would be traveling for, but the Kaijus waited patiently. Minilla, deep within his mind and heart, hoped to see the humans again, even if they would see him as an enemy. He was also hoping to see Eren again and wondered how he was doing back on Earth. These thoughts kept him busy as he continued firing his Atomic Breath for as long as he could in order to return home.

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After 14 chapters, the Scouts and the EDF are finally joining forces. Also, the Trilopods from the Godzilla comic series, "Rulers of Earth," are now revealed to be another part of the Xiliens army. (I don't own them, obviously.) When I first read the comic series, I didn't expect the Trilopods to be pretty strong. (I'm not spoiling anything.) I don't know if I did them justice in this fanfic, but I hope the fight sequence between them and the Kaijus was good enough to showcase their abilities. Anyways, leave me any questions or concerns about the chapter that you may have. See you later.