We charged into the city that was now run down. The buildings were all breaking a part and the roads were filled with individual's belongings. As we approached the wall I began to recognize the city that I had fought in all those years ago. When the Titans appeared and made the hole in the wall all hell broke loose. We were unable to stop them and we lost so many lives that day – we didn't just lose fellow Survey Corps members, but citizens as well.
"Be careful of hiding Titans!" Erwin yelled back to the rest of us that were trailing behind him.
"The sun is starting to rise!" Another voice yelled. I looked behind and I saw the sun begin to peak from the horizon. The Titans would be awake now and they'll be ready to devour every one of us.
"Begin the operation!" Erwin commanded. "Everyone, switch to your vertical position!" With Erwin's instructions – we all used our Maneuver Gear and jumped off of our horses. My wires grabbed onto a nearby building and it pulled me forward. I landed on top of a roof and ran forward before jumping at the edge and grabbing onto the wall. I scaled my way upward and landed at the top with my other comrades. With all our faces hidden by our hoods we jumped down into the city and moved towards the outer gate. Our goal was the seal that first, so we were all going to head to the outer gate together in order to confuse our enemy. Erwin had predicted that Bertolt and Reiner would try to ruin our plans, so we needed to close the wall before they realized which one of us were Eren.
I easily glided over to the outer gate and I realized that even though my heart was pounding in my chest – I was at peace. There wasn't a single Titan in sight, so I was making my way to the outer gate with ease. However, when I landed on my feet above the outer gate I looked around with a confused expression. Why wasn't there a single Titan in sight? Where could they be? This was completely abnormal.
"Why isn't there a single Titan in the area?" Hanji asked. I looked beside me to see my friend standing next to me.
"I was just thinking the same thing." I commented.
"That means we're right in the enemy's pocket. But-" Levi's sentence was cut off.
"We have to do it. The operation is continuing as planned." Hanji announced as she fired her flare into the sky. I turned around to see Eren jump off the edge of the wall before a bright light erupted from his form. There was a powerful wind that slapped us in the face – causing us to look away, but when we were able to turn our heads again, we saw that Eren had successfully sealed the hole. Mikasa made her way down to grab her childhood friend and bring him back up.
"Any enemies?" I asked as I looked around.
"None visible!" One of Hanji's squad members answered.
"Keep your eyes open!" Hanji instructed her men. With the sound of the flare we knew that the hole had been sealed perfectly.
"We did it." I said aloud. Finally, there was hope at the end of the tunnel. I felt my heart begin to flutter in my chest as I thought about the idea of us retaking the wall and heading back home.
"Ryder." I turned around to see Levi nod his head towards the inner gate. I nodded my head as I followed Hanji,
"Then we're headed towards the inner gate! Keep your faces hidden, so you're not attacked as you move!" We continued to make our move towards the inner gate. We were moving at a rapid speed because we all knew we needed to leave. The ominous feeling that slept in this town left us feeling uneasy, but when we saw the flare that signalled us to halt the operation we were confused. "Everyone spread out on top of the wall and wait for further orders!" Hanji instructed us. We made our way to the top of the wall and gathered. I ran over to Hanji, but when she turned around the first thing she said was, "Ryder, you're the fastest, with Levi, so head their immediately and get us answers." Without a second thought – Levi and I quickly took off towards Erwin and the others.
The men were now scaling the walls and tapping against the concrete. When we reached Erwin he quickly explained that Armin believes that they are hiding in the walls, so they're checking for any hollow spots. Without a word I latched onto the wall and followed down to where Armin was. I pulled out my blades and began to tap onto the wall.
"Here!" I looked to my right and saw one of the men pulled out his flare gun and fired it into the sky. "There's a hollow spot here!"
"Fuck." I cursed as soon as he spoke because I knew that he had made the wrong decision. I saw the piece of the wall move and I didn't remember moving at that moment. My eyes locked onto the man and I had closed the distance between us so quickly that he was surprised to see me. With the flick of my wrist, I managed to get under the blade that had appeared from inside the wall. I moved it out of the man's way as my feet landed on his side and I kicked him towards Armin. With my previous action, the man inside the wall appeared as I had latched back onto the wall to the right of him.
"Reiner!" Armin announced that the man was his blonde haired friend. He stepped out of the wall just so Levi could attack him from above. Levi's first blade landed on the back of his neck as he tried to cut his head off and his second blade went right through the middle of Reiner's chest. I watched as Reiner lifted his hand and steam escaped his body. Levi had to let go of his blades and allow Reiner to fall to ground alone.
"Levi!" I yelled over to him.
"Damn it!" He cursed as he grabbed onto his arm. Then, the similar bright light appeared as Reiner turned into the Colossal Titan.
"Check all around us! Capture any other enemies-" Erwin's commands were cut short when the ground started shaking from explosions on the other side of the wall. I quickly climbed back up to the top, so I could see, but I felt my heart stop in my chest. There were Titans standing as a wall around the city, so we wouldn't be able to escape and there was one larger Titan in the middle. It had brown hair and resembled the facial structure of a monkey. I stood frozen as I saw this beast like Titan pick up a boulder and wind up his arm before letting it go towards us. "Projectile incoming! Take cover!" I took a few steps back – wanting to be able to escape when I needed to, but stopped when I noticed the trajectory of the boulder. It landed in front of the entrance – making it impossible for our horses to pass through.
"He missed…" One soldier said as he stood next to me.
"No. It has good aim." Erwin stated as his eyes scanned our blocked off exit. "It blocked out entrance. Enough so that our horses can't pass through. Take our horses away…then surround us. They're planning to wipe us out here by cutting off out escape route. We're both getting the battle we've been hoping for. Let's put an end to this here. Humanity against those damned Titans! One of us will survive and the other will die!"
LOOK AT ME! I POSTED THE CHAPTER BEFORE I LEFT FOR LECTURE! WOOHOO! Anyways, I hope you're well! Tell me what you think of this chapter! I'm going to be changing up the writing style for one of the chapters coming up...I wonder what I could have up my sleeve this time...hmmmmmm