Chapter 21
After some days of resting, Eren decides to continue the talk about his past. Sasha says, "Guys... can I start this first? Since I have something to talk about what happened to Captain Levi using Zeke's memories."
"What happened to him?" Petra asks with slight fear.
"After Zeke was brought to Paradis, Captain Levi volunteered to watch over him." Sasha says, "He also brought 20 scouts to help him out, but...all of them ingested the wine with the Spinal Fluid."
"But that means if he used the scream, then Captain Levi would be in trouble..." Petra gasps.
"Captain Levi wasn't the one who would go down that easy." Eren says. "Though it would be hard for him to kill all the scouts because of it."
Everyone frowns, and Sasha says, "You're right, Captain Levi did kill all of the scouts and he also deals a lot of damage to Zeke, but he made a wrong move, and Zeke accidentally pulled off the Thunder Spear to make both of them blasted off."
"You're kidding... so you mean Levi is also dead?" Erwin asks.
"After the Yeagerists arrive, Hange lied to them that Levi was dead and got away by jumping into the river." Sasha says. "And all I knew is that Zeke was heading back to Shiganshina to find Eren."
"After doing such a horrible thing, we've also learned that Marley is heading to Paradis." Eren says. "I was ambushed by both Pieck and Porco Galliard at the same time, and then Marley's airship also comes."
"I know. Reiner thought that we should attack right then because we couldn't wait for six more months. All I wanted is to bring Falco and Gabi back." Colt says.
"It really was a mess..." Eren says. "Yelena and Oyankopon decide to reveal Zeke's whole plan and they want to beg for the military to help us because of that."
"So what is actually Zeke's plan?" Colt asks. "Why would he do this?"
"His plan... known as the euthanasia plan... he wants to use the Founding Titan's powers to make all Eldians infertile. That means... taking away our ability to reproduce, and then we Eldians will die out in the future." Eren says.
This causes everyone to be enraged, Sasha already knows because of Zeke's memories. Marco says, "Take away our ability to reproduce? That's going too far...Surely you're not agreeing with this, right, Eren?"
"Of course not." Eren says, "That's why I couldn't tell everyone, I will need to use Zeke, but I'm not going to go with this plan. I had the Founding Titan, I only need him to activate its full power."
Sasha says, "Zeke did arrive eventually and he managed to help us destroy some Marley Military forces. But he was also shot by the Cart Titan."
"Yes... and I was surprised Armin and the others are still wanting to fight for us... after everything we've done... but still, they're not enough as well. That's why Zeke decided to do the scream."
"Meaning Nile, Pyxis, and other Garrison and Military Police are going to become pure Titans..." Erwin frowns.
"Right, and even Falco..." Eren says with a frown. "I'm sorry..."
"It's no use apologizing, I died during his transformation." Colt says. "At least Galliard managed to save him..."
"Yes, because of the Titans keeping Reiner busy, I was about to get in contact with Zeke. But..." Eren frowns.
"But what?" Fay asks. "What happened?"
"Gabi shot my head off." Eren says, much to their horror. "But the head manages to land in Zeke's arms."
"But your head was off... how were you still able to use the Founding Titan?" Frieda asks.
"I was taken to the paths along with Zeke." Eren says, "We have the full power to use the Rumbling, and Zeke tries to persuade me to follow his plan. That's why he shows me Dad's memories. That was his mistake since it was because of it that everything connected. Zeke realizes what he's done and he tries to command Founder Ymir to go with his plan, but I stopped her and told her that she doesn't need to listen to everyone."
"And that's why the Rumbling finally began." Erwin says. "All of the Walls were broken and they start to trample across the earth."
"Yes, I have full access to the Founding Titan's power... the thing is, I could also take away Armin, Reiner, and the other Titan's powers. But I didn't... because deep down inside, I wanted to be stopped."
"I know you're not the kind of person who would want as many death in your hands as you want." Petra says.
"But still, with the Founding Titan's power, I could also look into the minds of all Eldians. I picked Armin so I could see through his eyes." Eren says. "After the Rumbling began, Zeke has no control over the pure Titans, which means the Pure Titans are going to do what they used to do... find humans and eat them...Armin and the rest of the scouts decide to kill all of them. Commander Pyxis, Commander Nile, and the other Titans were killed."
"I guess it can't be helped... but now that we know the true identity of Titans... it was still haunting..." Erwin says.
"Yes. And since I have undone the Hardening, that also meant Annie was also freed from the crystal." Eren says. "Connie wanted to feed Falco to his mother to return her to normal, but he was stopped, and Floch wanted Jean to lead the MPs because it was his initial dream, but everyone just felt wrong because of it... eventually, they decided to find as many people as they can to stop me."
Eren looks at his hands and says, "They all had a talk, Jean tried to reason with Captain Magath about all we did was just for surviving, and Mikasa still didn't want to kill me after all I did for her to hate me..."
"She would never hate you. That's for sure." Sasha says.
"Yeah... and they decided to talk for a whole night, it was also then Reiner decided to reveal your death to Jean and the others." Eren says.
"At least they know how I was killed...I'm glad." Marco says.
"And after talking, they decided to go to the port, where Floch and the others got Hizuru captive. Since they're going to save them, a lot of our comrades in the past were also killed in the process... Samuel, Daz, and those who joined the Garrison at first were killed...the Yeagerists have reinforcements, however, Commander Magath teamed up with Commandant Shadis as the two of them sacrifice themselves to destroy the train and the boats."
"So even Commandant Shadis was dead..." Sasha frowns. "I really miss the times when he yelled at me..."
"I couldn't see them dying anymore..." Eren frowns. "That's why I decided to talk to them one on one, after that's done, I erased their memories until they came back after killing me. And when they get to an untouched Hizuru hanger in Marley and prepare the flying boat for use, Floch tried to destroy the flying boat before he was killed."
"Floch...He was so desperate..." Sasha says.
"He still thinks that without me, the whole Paradis will be destroyed." Eren shakes his head. "But because the flying boat was destroyed, they have to fix it, and the Rumbling is already close by... that's when... Commander Hange appoints Armin as the next Survey Corps member, and she sacrifices herself to buy some time."
"So Hange is also dead..." Petra frowns.
"At this time, 80% of the people outside Paradis were killed... and the Titans were reaching Fort Salva. All of the Liberio Eldians, led by Annie's father, managed to evacuate there as they continued to fight, and it was also when they landed on my Founding Titan's back as they are going to reach my head. Founder Ymir... she wanted the people to see how they are fighting for their lives, summons all the past Titan Shifters for them to fight."
"Past Titan Shifters?" Frieda asks, "How many are there?"
"We don't know, but one of them manage to swallow Armin, thus getting him into the paths." Sasha says. "In the paths, Armin continues to persuade Zeke that as long as they have hope they can't stop fighting, and that's why Zeke decides to let himself out and be killed by Levi, stopping the Rumbling."
"The Rumbling was stopped, and Armin transforms into Colossal and explodes under me, it manages to get the creation of living beings to get out of my body. However, the being is what caused Eldians to transform into Titans, so all of the people there, maybe including your parents, Colt, were turned into pure Titans. Jean, Connie, and Gabi also turn into Titans... the only ones left there are Mikasa, Captain Levi, and all the other Titan shifters. It is then Mikasa finally made up his mind to kill me. And that's the end of my memory."
"I see... and since Mikasa killed you, everyone will be back to normal, and Armin, Jean, Connie, Mikasa, and the others will become heroes." Eren says, "It is all I wanted..."
"But still, you killed a lot of the people..." Petra says.
"I know, and I'm not wanting to earn your forgiveness... There is nothing that I can do to get rid of the guilt." Eren sighs. "I also didn't think that I would be able to live again..."
Erwin says, "Eren, when you're doing this Rumbling, have you ever thought of other alternatives?"
"Commander, I searched a lot of alternatives ever since I learned the memory four years ago. But everything led to the same result: The death of Eldians and the destruction of Paradis." Eren says.
Everyone can feel bad for Eren, Fay says, "Brother... I don't know what you guys have been through... but I don't think you're a bad person. You want to sacrifice the world for your friends and family..."
"Everyone is a hero in their own story." Marco says. "And it will be better that we work together and face the upcoming danger. Eren, you said that the Attack Titan can see future memories, what did you see right now?"
Eren closes his eyes and says, "The world will strike at Paradis and Marley at the same time... Armin and the others... who serve as negotiators for the world alliance... fail their attempts to negotiate. Everyone living in the two areas will be killed..."
"If that's the case, can you tell us the deciding factors?" Frieda asks. "If we prevent that from happening, then we'll be able to change this time."
"I can't see any deciding factors unless... we have to show ourselves as Titans." Eren says.
"Show ourselves as Titans? To whom?" Sasha asks.
"To our enemies." Eren says, "That way, we will be able to create chaos between the enemies and distrust."
"That sounds like a serious problem. However, if we want this to succeed, we must form a plan." Erwin says. "Is this the only deciding factor? Or there's something else?"
Eren says, "I don't know...the Attack Titan can't show me the complete future, only memories."
"During these days, we've been trying to prepare our meals and train with our Titans. I think we should also train with the weapons and ODM gear." Erwin says.
"But how are we going to get some ODM gears for ourselves?" Petra asks. "And the weapons, like Thunder Spears, it is hard to get them since the Military controls all."
"We'll find a way to do it." Eren says.
And here is the new chapter, this wraps up the memory chapters and I hope you like it.