Here we will see the conclusion of the arc of Trost and the suffering of Faraday for his sense of responsibility and his wrath for all the damage that the titans have caused to humanity. Of course, I love existential shits.
So far everything is as close to the canon as possible because Faraday is just beginning to make himself known on the walls, so his impact should not be enough even to change the course of history. For now he is only affecting the characters closest to him, especially Mikasa because I want to get rid of that dependence on Eren, and I want to make Eren less prince. Obviously this will not happen from one chapter to the other, it will take some time.
"We are the prisoners, things couldn't get much worse. I've had it up to here, you know your end is near."
-Breaking benjamin.
Chapter 3: Had Enough.
"Why do they all look at me like that?" They were the current thoughts of Eren, who did not understand how or when he had arrived at this place and situation; his two best friends at his side protecting him from several garrison soldiers and sub-commander Kitz looking at him with fear in his eyes.
"Eren Jeager, surrender right now or you will be executed immediately!" The veteran ordered with more fear than authority.
Eren did not understand; the last thing he remembered was being in that titan's stomach and then everything was darkness.
"Armin ... what's wrong?" He asked his friend who was at his side, looking fearfully at the situation.
"You do not remember anything…?" The blonde asked him.
"My men saw you come out of that Titan, Eren Jeager! You will be punished for the crimes of your race towards humanity!" The man was still shouting.
"I ... A titan?" Eren wondered mentally, and then some memories came to his mind. Sparks of him crushing titans with his own hands.
"What the hell are you talking about ?! I'm not a fucking titan!" The green-eyed one exploded.
That only served to scare everyone present, who stiffened, pointing to Eren. Then Mikasa got fed up and drew her swords, threatening everyone.
"I'm very good at slicing things, if you want to try me, go ahead." The brunette said with a murderous look.
"Sir, she is Mikasa Ackerman, one of the two Top 1 cadets of this year's generation, She and her partner Faraday Furorem are worth one battalion each, and together half an army." Ian informed his superior before he ordered the execution of the brunette.
"I guess it would be a waste to kill her, on the other hand, there's still that Furorem boy." Rico Brzenska reflected, captain of the troops of Garrison and leader of the elite team.
"If we would know where he is. He has not gone through the wall and you know what that means in most cases." Reported the blonde.
"That does not matter now, we have to get rid of that damn titan before he eats us alive!" Exclaimed Kitz, already tired of diverting the subject. He raised his hand giving the order.
Everything that happened afterwards was uncertainty.
With the cadets of 104.
"... And that's how we managed to survive." Connie told Krista and Ymir.
"Oh, by God, then those who did not arrive ..." The little blonde did not want to finish saying when she saw the somber look of the short-haired boy.
"And what about Mikasa and Faraday?" Ymir asked, not believing that those two have died.
"Faraday gave us the order to go in groups of 5 to all, while he and Mikasa would go last, they must have already arrived. The last group that was with them was Jean's." Connie mentioned. Then the three looked at the aforementioned, who was drinking water sitting together with Annie, Reiner and Berthold.
"Hey, Jean, what happened to those two love birds?" Asked the brunette.
"Mikasa came with us, Faraday stayed in Trost fighting two abnormal volcanoes." Jean informed with his mind what happened with Eren; they were ordered to keep it a secret. Faraday was right.
"What, You left him alone fighting those things?" Asked incredulously Krista worried about her friend; Everyone was surprised to hear the somewhat rough tone of the sweet blonde.
"He was the one who insisted, besides, he just had a bit of gas when he had managed to take care of another abnormal volcano before. That bastard has delusions of sacrifice." Commented the pelimiel.
"Hey, Faraday was the one who took over, thanks to him we're here." Reiner reminded him. Jean only snorted, although he knew it was true. The only thing he did not understand is why the white-haired man had left him in command when he went for that titan and Mikasa.
"I hope he's okay ..." Krista whispered.
Then a cannon shot was heard.
With Armin.
Titanic steam flooded the place, where a bastard figure of a titan's body lay evaporating.
"Eren is not the enemy! If you all saw him come out of the titan then they also saw him face the other titans and how they were going to him as if it were a prey! The titans see him as the rest of humanity: a prey! "
It was Armin's speech trying to convince the sub-commander to reconsider, but he was too scared.
"Do not listen to it, we do not know anything about the titans, maybe they have learned to emulate them to confuse us! We must not take risks!" It was Kitz's response, putting everyone back on guard.
The only ones who now doubted were Rico and Ian, who, although skeptical, were noticing that their superior did not have a cold mind.
Armin then gave a military salute playing his last card.
"I have sworn to give my heart to humanity and I will die with pleasure for that cause! I therefore ask you to consider adding this titan to our troops, then you will realize the strategic possibilities that we can implement to seek the victory of humanity!"
Armin's screams silenced everyone for a few seconds. Mikasa was centered, ready to flee with Eren and Armin if the situation warrants it. The brunette then thought of Faraday, wondering if he was okay and wishing he were here, sure he and Armin would be able to convince everyone not to kill Eren.
"I do not care, all titans must die!" Then Kitz raised his hand, giving the order. Mikasa took Eren and ran to Armin, and when he was about to escape, someone fell in front of them.
Everyone in the room gaped at a figure covered from head to foot with titanium blood that was evaporating, with two inert garrison soldiers grabbing them from the collar of their shirts; they were the soldiers in charge of the guns.
"Fear makes us human, yes; fear, if controlled, is a deadly weapon, but if you let fear dominate you, you will make mistakes that will lead to death." Those were the solemn words of the newcomer, dropping the two soldiers to the ground.
"Who the hell are you, soldier?! How dare you interfere in a direct order from a superior?!" Kitz exclaimed, looking at the bloody soldier. The blood from his long hair had finally evaporated enough to reveal a white platinum.
"Sir, He is Faraday Furorem." Reported once Ian recognized the cadet.
Mikasa felt very happy to see him, felt the urge to go hug him, but given the situation decided to hold back. Faraday looked calculatingly at the situation: Titan's semi-body was already almost evaporated, Mikasa had Eren at his side and they were right behind Armin.
Somewhere in Trost.
You could see two large bodies of abnormal volcanic titans, both mutilated; without eyes, without legs, without arms, without jaw and both with large cuts in the nape. There were traces of them scattered all over the place and two curved swords broken on a nearby roof.
Back with Faraday and the others.
"Life is based on opportunities, sir." The gray-eyed man said approaching the sub-commander, warning one of the soldiers who was pointing a rifle at him. Faraday stopped in front of the rifle, felt a tremor in the soldier's hand.
"If you're going to shoot, do it. I do not come to fight, I just want to talk." He said to the soldier, staring at him with his icy light-blue eyes. The soldier tried to keep his eyes, but ended up lowering his rifle. The white-haired man turned his gaze to the sub-commander, noticing the two soldiers at his side: Ian and Rico, the garrison's elite.
"I do not know what you intend, cadet, but-
"I said, I just want to talk." He cut the man with the beard.
"As I said before, life is based on opportunities, sir; life in general is crap and gives you a choice between options that always end or may end in suffering, but in this case, life decided to give us a gift." Then Faraday pointed to Eren, surprising the above.
"That titan power, so unknown, fell into the hands of someone I've heard for three years talking about how he wants to exterminate all the titans; irony smiles at us, life holds out its hand for a damn time. If you are so stupid as not to shake hands, then maybe you should rethink your motivations to be a soldier." He finished his speech the white-haired, Mikasa and Armin could realize that the white-haired was quite angry and / or frustrated, since he always talks politely until he only wants to pull heads. That only angered Kitz.
" How dare you ?! I do not care if you are from the elite, I-
Applause silenced the Sub-commander.
"Calm down, Kitz. You've always been scary, but I did not know cadets could put you in check." A somewhat balding, elderly man with a high-ranking mustache and uniform appeared.
"Commander Pixis." Kitz recognized astonished.
"How can you not appreciate the beautiful picture before your eyes? A cadet making that beautiful greeting with his fist in his heart and another one completely covered in Titan's blood, it is a beautiful duality." The old commander exclaimed before heading towards Faraday, who looked at him cautiously.
"This is the commander of the garrison troops: Dot Pixis." They thought Armin and Faraday together.
"So You're Faraday Furorem, I heard a lot of interesting things about you from Keith Shadis, He defined you as a born leader and a genius of hard work." He recognized the bald one. Faraday raised an eyebrow, it was incredible that the instructor Shadis expressed good things about someone.
"It's a pleasure, Commander." The white-haired boy greeted putting his fist on his chest. Pixis smiled.
"So, you and your blonde friend mentioned something about using Eren in a way that benefits us, would you explain to me how it is?" The commander decried.
"Yes, sir, I'm sure Armin and I think the same." The little gray-eyed man smiled, turning to look at his friend who signed calmly when he saw that the situation was getting better.
Dot then told them to accompany him to talk more privately.
"Eren, I'm glad you're okay, well, you're alive." Once Faraday arrived at his friend, he took him from both shoulders, squeezing them in a show of affection.
"Thank you, Faraday." The green-eyed smiled, nodding.
Then Mikasa approached the white-haired man, hugging him.
"You're an idiot, I was worried." The brunette told him. Faraday laughed a little and returned the hug.
"Hugs are becoming customary. I could get used to it." The boy joked Then he noticed how Eren raised an eyebrow suggestively, making Faraday remember the conversation he had with him in the morning. He only managed to send him a "Shut up" look.
Diary of a soldier.
Commander Pixis gave us a talk about the war and the common enemy. You can tell that the man is quite wise.
I would be joking if I said I'm no longer overwhelmed by the Eren theme, but I must keep my mind cold. Given his body language it is obvious that Eren had no idea that he could do such things, and when I met him for three years I had no reason to doubt him. The only thing that would put in doubt is to be a good actor, but had previously confirmed that Eren is lousy keeping secrets.
Armin and I explained to Commander Pixis our plan: to use the titan form of Eren to load that enormous stone and close the gap with it. And in case of the appearance of the armored titan use Eren to fight it while the Survey Corps returned from its mission.
Pixis introduced Eren to the soldiers as a laboratory experiment, obviously to avoid causing more uncertainty among soldiers who were already frightened.
Daily end of a soldier.
"Why did you need to talk to me alone, sir?" The white-haired man asked looking at Dot taking a drink from his canteen.
"Well, Armin mentioned that it was thanks to you that they managed to get out alive and Mikasa confirmed it, he said something about a formation." The bald one Inquired.
"Yes, sir, it occurred to me at the time, to put Mikasa and me in front of everyone in a total offensive, with 3 of the best cadets behind each one, but not looking at our backs to offer more visibility and maybe see something that she and I do not, more to the center a rhombus of containment with at least one of the best cadets to guide the others if a titan is sneaked, and behind all the irregular rows, responsible for leaving immobile or fulminate any titan that escapes from the other offensive lines." He briefly explained his plan.
"Yes, it's totally offensive, there are some defensive gaps, but even so it's surprising that you managed to come up with something with so little, but I am curious about the usefulness of the back row, is it sure to correct what the most capable left to pass? " The commander asked, making the white-haired man sighed.
"Their purpose was to serve as possible cannon fodder, sir, they would distract the titans enough so that the rest could move in. Twenty cadets died of 5." Light-blue-eyed boy explained. Pixis looked at the boy, had not averted his eyes when admitting that he sent his companions to die, but he could feel the pain of having to do it.
"Tell me, why did you do it, why did you send them to die?" The commander asked. Faraday thought for a moment.
"In this world, unfortunately, you always have to sacrifice something to get something else in return. Work to earn money, spend that money on food, consume food to live, and live to finally die some day. Life can be nonsense but it has rules: nothing is free, the survival of the fittest, the eternal debt. If it were for me, no soldier would die, sir, but some die or we all die. " He finished his speech with a sad sigh.
Dot Pixis looked at the white-haired, his philosophy pretended to be nihilistic but his attitude was completely honorable, the pain in his eyes for the very position he had to take was legitimate.
"How do you handle that guilt?"
Dot Pixis does know how to ask complicated questions.
"My grandfather Gai taught me about the power of will and discipline, his philosophy of effort was admirable but his philosophy of life was unrealistic: He wanted to save them, he swore he would do it despite having lost men in the past. Everything ended up with him in a wheelchair to try to save his squad. My grandfather, still in a wheelchair, always tried to help the needy, he taught me that a good person makes a difference in a dark world. My only regret is that I can not save everybody, and although I have been able to accept that fact, it still hurts."
The commander could notice that the boy not only spoke of today, sure he had lost people in the past. He decided to change the subject.
"I also understand that you have killed three abnormal Volcanics on your own, quite impressive, you have the faculties of leader and ability to back it up, so I want to put you in charge of the squadron to clean the surroundings of Eren's starting position." Pixis declared, surprising Faraday.
"But, sir, I'm just a cadet." That made the old man laugh, and he took a drink once he stopped laughing.
"Oh, Faraday, I know soldiers who have been less capable in the army than You, I just want to know, can you do it?" Dot Pixis asked seriously. The white-haired man returned to his serene expression, waving his fist in his heart.
"On my honor, sir, I will not disappoint you."
Later.
"Annie, Reiner, Berthold, Marco, I want you four on the right diagonal in front of the Eren route; Jean, Connie, Sasha, Daz, right diagonal behind Eren; Ymir, Krista, Hannes, Mitabi, Diagonal left behind Eren; I'll be on the left diagonal in front of Eren, so we'll create a radius around Eren to clean up the titans and keep them from getting too close. Mikasa, Rico and Ian will take care of Eren's direct protection. " Faraday explained while everyone refilled.
"Hey, who put you in charge? I'm a squad leader and Hannes is captain." Mitabi complained.
"Your commander put me in charge, if you have any problems, complain to him." Expressed the white-haired looking at the regular swords in his hands, everything was going to be slower without his special swords.
"I do not want to go back there ... I do not want to!" Daz cried, who was in a fetal position. Faraday realized this and approached Him.
"Daz, look at me, I do not want you to die, but I want you to do your duty and that sometimes means to die. I can not promise you that you will get out of here, but I can promise you that your life will have been worth it, you will not be alone, you will have your companions. Jean is a good leader, he will not let you die if he can avoid it, just obey him. " The light-blue-eyed man told him coldly. Daz looked at him with his typical face of the living dead, but finally nodded.
Jean was looking at the white-haired man.
"Do you think I'm a good leader?" Marco thinks so too ..." thought the nut-brown-haired remembering the words of his jet friend a few hours ago.
"The other squadrons will take care of the cannons and refuel, others will watch the Titans farthest from Eren, it's up to us that no Titan should come to Him." Finally the light-blue-eyed said, before saluting furiously with his fist in his heart.
"Sacrifice your hearts! Soldiers, COME!"
And then they all shot out at their positions.
The titans, seeing the air movement of the soldiers, began to move away from the walls. The containment squads led by Faraday got rid of as many titans as they could get into position, not too many to save gas; that work was for support squads. The squadrons arrived at their positions, taking the large rock that Eren would have to raise as a point of reference; Faraday had already pretended to be near the door, and he began to clean the streets that led to the outer door. Abnormal and normal, of all sizes and shapes; After about 20 minutes his area was practically clean, so he threw a yellow flare. He waited and in the Hannes area he also saw a yellow flurry, the same in the Reiner area. However, in the area of Jean he saw a green blast, in this context it means a request for help.
Faraday was a long way off, but he was not going to let anyone else die today, so at full speed he started off towards the blast. In 4 minutes he traveled 600 meters.
When he arrived, he could see how Daz had a wound on his head; Sasha and Connie tried to drive away 4 abnormal people while Jean tried to make Daz react, who was only very scared.
"Connie! Sasha! By the heels!" He shouted calling the attention of his companions, who upon seeing him did not question it and they went at full speed to cut the heels of 2 of the four titans. Faraday did not waste time and pushed himself to the maximum turning like a tornado to kill the other two titans, slicing the entire head and neck to the base of the neck to both. Faraday then saw Sasha and Connie managing to finish off one of the two titans without heels; the white-haired man was going to go for the other, but Jean went ahead, taking the titan by surprise.
"I do not want to die!" Daz cried. Faraday got fed up and took him by the scruff.
"Listen to me, if you want to be killed, it's your problem, but your life is not yours now, if you fail, your squad will probably also try to rescue you, do not kill your comrades and die with honor."
Daz stared at him before squinting and nodding. The white-haired man sighed before turning to Jean.
"Try that he doesn't die, but if he puts himself at risk, do not blindly save him." The light-blue-eyed whispered sadly. Jean looked at him in astonishment, but deep down he knew that Faraday was right; better a death than four.
Faraday looked around, there were no more titans within a radius of 200 meters; He fired the yellow flare, and with that, four are already there, giving Eren the go-ahead.
"Mitabi, come with me, the titans focused on one place, the others on the change."
Faraday rushed to quickly return to his position, as he passed close to the rock he noticed Eren transforming himself successfully; for a moment he felt relief, but it did not last long as the changing titan did not move to move the rock.
"Dammit."
Of course, Armin and Faraday had thought about the possibility that Eren could not control his Titan form, but since they could not come up with a solution for that case, they ended up leaving everything in a leap of faith.
Everything went to hell when he saw that Eren started attacking his protection squadron; and everything even more went to hell when he saw him beat Mikasa. Out of pure instinct Faraday pulled the trigger and went full speed toward the brunette.
"Mikasa!" He called as soon as he fell to her side on the roof, kneeling and cradling her head in his hand.
"Are You ok?" He asked worried; he noticed a cut a little deep on her right cheek. The girl opened her eyes to meet with the light blues of Faraday.
"Faraday... Eren is...-
" Yes, I know. I was afraid of this possibility." The boy cursed under his breath,
Mikasa then tried to talk to Eren, but he responded by trying to kill her, however, he ended up punching himself in the face, Eren was left sitting on rock against KO.
"This was a loss of time." Rico said before launching a red flare.
" We must regroup and leave the district, obviously the plan failed. We must leave and go." The words of the white-haired woman made Mikasa look at her with murderous eyes.
"Captain, even if the mission fails, it is better to keep Eren with us." commented Faraday.
"Furorem is right, Rico. Jeager is still a good resource for humanity. We must prevent the titans from devouring him." Ian surrendered,
"Many have already died in this suicide mission, do you expect more soldiers to die to protect that excuse of a human weapon?" Rico raged.
"Captain, maybe Eren cannot control his powers now, but if he succeeds in the future we can repeat this operation with greater probability of success. Eren is a must, no one else in the army has his abilities." Explained the white-haired man, making the garrison soldier snort.
"He's determined. We will protect Jeager until he can close the gap or until we can remove him from his titan and retreat." Ian ordered.
" Mikasa! Faraday! What happened with Eren?"
The voice of Armin caught the attention of both, who just killed a couple of titans. Armin was on the back of Eren.
"Armin is dangerous, stay away! "Warned Mikasa.
Faraday looked to Armin, he had his face of "I have a plan, but I do not know if it's going to work."
"Mikasa, leave it. We go to the front, 3 abnormal and 4 normal approach." He called his friend, who looked confused, but seeing his eyes decided to pay attention to him.
For the next few minutes there was only death and blood everywhere, mostly human, all soldiers they had launched the maximum offensive, no matter what, they were all giving their bodies, their hearts, their souls for the possibility of recovering the dignity stolen by beings who were only looking for extinction. Mikasa and Faraday did what they could, but they could not save all, only advanced and killed as many titans could, however, the cleanup in charge of Faraday served, decreasing the casualties considerably. Then the white-haired visualized another volcanic, 15 meters, swallowing 3 soldiers in a single bite and with two others in his other hand waiting for the same fate. He looked at Mikasa and they both rushed towards the titan.
Mikasa cut off the back of the titan's knees to look for imbalance. as Faraday rushed forward with his already characteristic tornado movement to slice the hand that held the two soldiers; He released them and they managed to escape. Then he and Mikasa went to cut his jaw muscles to see if the soldiers he had just brought to his mouth had salvation, but unfortunately they were already in the stomach. The black-haired and the white-haired together sliced the other arm of the titan and then cut vertically the face of the monster; already seeing that they had done enough damage both they precipitated towards the nape, doing a deep cut altogether, killing the titan.
"More titans enter the gap!"
It was heard screaming at someone. Faraday looked at the entrance. 10 titans, from 8 to 16 meters. This was getting complicated.
The white-haired boy heard screams around him. It was like 5 years ago. No, it was not, now they were fighting, dying on their feet; Sincerely, He was beginning to lose hope of getting out of this mission.
He looked at Mikasa, who also looked somewhat disturbed by everything that was happening; He could feel some panting in her. She was tired.
"Mikasa, stay behind me, do not jump on the offensive, you'll be my support." He almost ordered his friend who looked at him surprised.
"What are you talking about? If I'm just your support, you'll put yourself more at risk." The brunette argued.
"I know, but you're getting tired ... I'm not going to lose someone I love again for these damn titans." The white-haired man said, hurling himself furiously at the nape of a 7-meter man who did not know what hit him. Mikasa was paralyzed in her place.
"Someone ... that I love?" She repeated the light-blue-eyed's words. She did not know what to feel about that; He was protecting her, he had saved her life before when she had resigned herself to death; He had taken care of her earlier that day in the snow. It felt strange that someone wanted to protect her, she had not had that feeling for a long time, since her parents died.
Mikasa squeezed her swords, throwing herself at a titan who was stalking Faraday while he was in charge of two abnormal ones.
"Mikasa, I told you that-
"Shut up. You want to protect me, but I also want to protect you. We will take care of each other's backs; Let's survive together. "
Mikasa's words opened her eyes, he was beginning to act like she did with Eren.
"It's okay." He gave her a smile and continued working, and suddenly they felt heavy footsteps. An enormous stone peeked over the houses, Eren had made it,
Faraday smiled and did not waste time casting a green flare, making all the soldiers look at him.
"Our priority is to make Eren reach the gap! Let no titan approach you! Fight like this by biting and scratching! Fight until the end with Honor! Sacrifice your hearts! ADVANCE!" It was the furious shout that unleashed furor among all the soldiers, who were filled with hope and charged against those soulless beasts, and death did not care, they did not care to be eaten, they would win at the expense of Their souls, but the important thing is that they would do it.
Armin arrived with Faraday and Mikasa, the blond and the jet looked at his friend with admiration, on this dark day he had always found a way to motivate even those who were dead. The three stood right in front of Eren, watching the massacre that was unfolding before them, as many Titans as humans fell, even more humans than titans, but enough titans fell, cadets, garrison soldiers and even seasoned veterans died. Like the squadron leader Ian, who sacrificed himself to save a soldier from the jaws of a titan,
Faraday then visualized another damned volcanic anomaly of 20 meters right Go to the entrance, demolishing houses trying to trap the soldiers.
"I'll get ahead of that, you guys stay with Eren." The white-haired did not let time of protests when it launched at full speed like a furious tornado, a tornado composed of all the souls fallen in battle.
"They have removed so much."
So much was the force with which Faraday turned that he managed to cut it cleanly and with one blow the left arm of the titan.
"To so many people, who have been devastated."
The white-haired creature whirled furiously around the titan's torso, leaving innumerable deep cuts. Everyone present was stunned by that white tornado.
"So many children crying, their innocent eyes turned off by you."
The swords were useless, the white-haired threw what remained of them to the eyes of the titan and then quickly change them and go towards the mouth of the monster, cutting the lower part of the jaw, detaching it.
"They eat men, they try to devour our hope."
Faraday then went for the left arm, with implacable fury, did not notice when sparks began to surround his swords and his feet. Cleanly sliced the titan's arm, falling to pieces.
"They can tear us all with their teeth, but they will never erase our memories, we do not forget, we avenge."
The white-haired creature descended to the base of the titan's feet, and began to spin furiously around the figure of the titan, cracking the flesh of the being and releasing electric sparks. That was no longer a tornado, it was a storm, the storm of humanity.
"We have had ENOUGH!"
A cut of his swords at the nape of its neck was so deep that he even cut off the titan's head. Faraday then landed with difficulty on a nearby roof, all covered in blood and with that tingling sensation all over his body.
The light-blue-eyed man turned his gaze toward the gap; there was Eren, just a few steps away from his assignment.
"Come on, Eren!" The white-haired man shouted desperately, which was answered by a roar of the changing titan who with all the human fury in his interior crashed the rock against the gap, closing it definitively.
Everyone looked stunned. Humanity had won against the titans for the first time.
"Boys ... your sacrifice was not in vain." Cried Rico, carrying a yellow flare, confirming to Dot Pixis in the distance the success of the mission.
Faraday, ignoring his slight pain, quickly went to meet his friends. Mikasa just saw him hugged him.
"Hey, not so loud, I went back to doing that weird thing, I'm a little sore." The white-haired boy complained a little, earning a look from Mikasa that he considered tender.
"Although I can stand the pain." The light-blue-eyed boy smiled. They both separated and went to see Armin who was trying to get Eren out. It had to be cut to release it. However, upon reaching the floor, Armin saw two titans pouncing on them. Faraday and Mikasa prepared to go to their aid, but someone got ahead of them.
Like a rotating beam, a man came at full speed and sliced the napes of the two titans without any inconvenience.
Faraday saw the symbol on the man's back.
"The wings of freedom ..." Whispered the white-haired.
"Hey, brats, what happened here?" Asked Levi to see the gap covered with a rock, not understanding how they could take it there. No one have time to respond when the order to clean the city was given.
"Tsk. Those who still have gas and swords, follow me." The captain ordered.
"Mikasa, go with Eren and Armin, I will help to clean the city." The white-haired man said quickly, taking Mikasa's cheek with his hand before leaving.
Levi noticed the cadet behind him. He was covered in titan blood from head to toe.
"We will help my squad, try not to die while you inform me of the situation." Levi said as he cut the back of an abnormal nape, and was ready to go for the one next to him, but Faraday went ahead and gave him a clean cut, surprising the captain.
"Oh, nothing bad ..." The dark haired man whispered.
They both went towards a green help flare.
"Trost was violated 10 hours ago, captain, the colossal titan appeared and made the breach before disappearing, like 5 years ago." The boy commented to him before rushing to three titans that were in a row, he launched himself as a missile and knocked down the three with a single impulse.
"Definitely, it's not bad." Levi was still surprised of the cadet, his style so far had been simple, twists with the body erect but forceful.
"And how did You close the gap?" Asked Levi killing two titans.
"That's more bizarre, sir." The cadet responded by rushing towards two abnormal who were giving trouble to a member of the legion that he recognized as part of Levi's squadron; He decided to use his Goken style and rushed like a tornado to the back of both titans, killing them in a couple of seconds.
Aurou looked surprised at the cadet who had helped him.
"Is he a cadet?" The nut-brown-haired man thought incredulously.
"Aurou, come with us!" Levi ordered killing another abnormal one. The man nodded and joined the two.
"Brat, you still do not answer my question." The captain reminded him. Now they were heading towards another green signal. Faraday sighed.
"In the middle of the fight, one of my companions showed the ability to become a titan, he carried the stone while we protected him." He said as simple as possible to both men, who did not even know what face to put.
"What, child, are you drugged or something?" The nut-brown-haired asked incredulously, earning a blank look from the white-haired man.
"No." It was the simple response of the cadet.
They arrived at the place where Petra Ral was, defending cadets from two abnormal 15 meters. Faraday looked at Levi and they both nodded.
White-haired and black-hired descended spinning at full speed giving a cross cut between the two titans, killing them on the spot.
Petra joined the team not without looking weird to the cadet who seemed to move with the captain.
"Aurou, who is the recruit? He's good." He asked his partner.
"I do not know ... And He's not good, it's just rookie luck." The man snorted.
"If he survived all this hell, I doubt it's just luck." The girl declared with a raised eyebrow.
Several titans killed later and Levi's team was complete with the integration of Faraday, they headed towards a volcanic titan that was wreaking havoc near the pier.
"Hey, kid, stay behind, these are dangerous." Gunther warned the white-haired man, but he only ignored him and went forward at full speed like a tornado, swung around the titan's entire arm slicing it, then going to cut the muscles of its jaw and tear its eyes; the titan took its only good hand to his face and the light-blue-eyed took the opportunity to tear it to pieces.
Levi was the first to emerge from his stupor and headed for the titan's legs, spinning around them to weaken him. Levi ended up "surfing" with his swords through the back of the titan along with the white-haired boy so that at last the two of them hit it directly in the nape, knocking down the beast.
"Captain Levi, that's all they say he is, some of his movements are quite similar to Mikasa's, his style is well established, but you can tell he's mostly instinctive - a natural genius who worked hard." Faraday analyzed the black haired man.
"Woah, Levi, it looks like you found your ideal partner, and he's a cadet! I'd say he's a mini-you, but he's about 2 meters taller than you."
That was the voice of sub-commander Hange Zoe, known for her strange philia towards the titans. Faraday was next to the captain on a roof, the difference between Levi's 1.64 meters and Faraday's 1.82 meters was perfectly clear.
"Shut up, four-eyes phenomenon, it seems like things are calming down, there are almost no titans left." He mentioned before ordering to go towards the wall.
Once they arrived, there was Erwin Smith in person waiting for them.
"The Commander of the Survey Corps: Erwin Smith, Genius Strategist, considered the best commander in the history of the Scouts." Faraday evaluated in his mind.
"Good job, Levi." The blonde congratulated his most valuable soldier.
"Tsk, thank the cadet, he did a lot of work." The captain pointed at Faraday, who was standing stoically without knowing what to say.
"Yes, Erwin, it was awesome! I did not think you were a cadet, you moved like a bundle." Expressed excited Hange.
"Thanks, but the work was everyone's, sub-commander Zoe." The white-haired man politely thanked. Erwin then approached the cadet and extended his hand.
"Thanks for your help, it's good to see we have such talented young people, I am Erwin Smith, commander of the Survey Corps." The blonde introduced himself.
Faraday shook the man's hand.
"Faraday Furorem, member of the 104 cadet troop and leader of the road cleaning squad." The white-haired was introduced.
Faraday proceeded to give them a slightly more detailed version of what had happened. Hange almost gets wet at the idea that a human can transform into a titan.
"Hey, Faraday, would you help me capture a titan? Come on, do it. I always ask Levi for help, but he's a curmudgeon and you're like him, but taller and younger." The woman with glasses asked excitedly. The white-haired felt a little nervous before so much emotion.
"Capture? It makes sense, when you have a problem, you analyze it. Scientific method. " The white-haired thought a little. Hange took his hand and looked at him with a flushed, almost drooling expression.
"You do understand me ..."
Faraday could swear he heard her moan. He looked at the others present for help and everyone looked at him with regret.
"Sub-commander, please stop harassing the cadet." It was the voice of Moblit, Hange's assistant.
"But, are you going to help me?" The woman asked once more.
"Eh, yes, I suppose." Faraday affirmed. Maybe the woman is eccentric, but that of capturing a titan was interesting.
The rest of the day was spent cleaning the few remaining titans, managing to capture two abnormal, d meters.
Diary of a soldier.
The infernal battle in Trost ended four days ago. Most of my friends survived, except Marco Bolt's surprise death, which no one knew how he died. We were never close, but he trusted me and always said admire my discipline. The biggest affected by his death was Jean.
I still do not stop thinking about Mina and Thomas, maybe they did not have much impact in my life, but they were my first friends then that misfortune five years ago; they were, in a way, my first students and I failed as a teacher and as a leader; I thought that with physical conditioning it would be enough for them to be well, but I forgot to train their minds. Maybe if I had done it today they would be here, celebrating the victory, but we could not even find any rest of their bodies.
In battle I had to swallow my emotions for the sake of others in my charge, I could not allow someone else to die under my wing. Many died. I saw them die without being able to do anything, with the only consolation that their sacrifices were not in vain. I feel anger for all this, my anger has no end; I have a duty now and that is to take humanity to the freedom to choose when to die.
I wish I could save everybody.
End Diary of a soldier.