Well, here is the chapter where the development of the 57th expedition of the legion of recognition will be seen. There will be many feelings throughout the chapter, loaded with a pair of flying visors and a direct reference to Pink Floyd. Just adding Pink Floyd to the recipe already makes it perfect.
"No, don't leave me to die here, help me survive here alone. Don't surrender."
- Breaking Benjamin
Chapter 6: Evil Angel.
Diary of a soldier.
Today is the day of the expedition. I know what could happen today; I know that today many people will die, but I will not let anyone die in front of my nose. I prepared 5 pairs of customized swords for this mission.
Mikasa was nervous this last week, she was worried about Eren; I gave her my word that He had improved a lot and that he was not the same impulsive one a month ago. She was quite skeptical, I would have liked to show her one of our training sessions in person, but Captain Levi does not allow anyone but his squad in his training, and more in those related to Eren. She ended up trusting my word anyway.
We will be quite far away in the formation. I hope nothing happens to her. I do not know what I will do if I lose her or another loved one to me.
I know my thoughts are quite naive, but only here, in this diary, can I reveal my greatest fears and not be that genius that I have to be to survive.
Mina, Thomas, Mom, Dad, Grandpa Gai, all those nameless soldiers who died in Trost under my command; I promise you that the wings of freedom that I carry on my back will blow your souls.
End Diary of a soldier.
The legion of recognition was waiting for the opening of the outer gate of the Karanese district. All the soldiers wore their uniforms with their cloaks that carried the wings of freedom with pride.
Citizens of the district had gathered to bid farewell to the Legion, many giving words of support since they relied heavily on Commander Erwin and the strongest soldier in humanity along with titan soldier.
Faraday had decided to leave his hair loose; he had cut it a little and now he had it as long as Petra; he wore the coat of recognition legion, obviously in a black version; They had been raining on him already because of his choice of color. The white-haired was next to Eren, who watched with nostalgia as some children looked with admiration at the soldiers.
"We do this for them, Eren, so they do not lose the innocence in their eyes as fast as we did." The white-haired man solemnly commented, causing the chestnut to nod and look straight ahead with determination.
The order to open the doors was given and the soldiers raised their swords in jubilation.
"ADVANCE!" It was Commander Erwin's shout, and everything started galloping toward hell.
"The 57th expedition outside the walls has just begun! Soldiers, advance!" The commander of the legion continued screaming.
All were in a short time crossing the old town to the outside of the wall; the houses were shattered and there was a smell of death in the air. Soon, a 10-meter titan appeared and the cover squad went to take care of him so that the rest could advance.
The white-haired watched the coverage team face the titan. He could go there and finish with everything in a few seconds, but that would break ranks and it would not look good that a rookie will take that daring, especially considering he was part of Levi's squad.
"Do not die, please." Mentally asked the light-blue-eyed those soldiers without a name.
In a short time the legion crossed the village, and the blond commander gave the order to begin the long distance reconnaissance formation.
Faraday turned his gaze to the right; in the distance he could recognize Mikasa. With his hawk eyes he watched all his friends move away to take their positions in the formation.
"My dear friends ... Survive." It was the almost drowned thought of the white-haired before turning his gaze to the front, returning to transforms his eyes into icy seas and his expression in a calculator.
Time after. With Armin.
The blond was scared, but even more intrigued. Not long ago, a titan with a feminine appearance appeared, noting mainly her breasts, although they lacked nipples. It was clear to Armin, she was a changing titan. He quickly searched for two flares, but the Titan rushed at him quickly, knocking him off his horse. When Armin thought he was going to die, that Titan only checked his face, before leaving him and keep running.
Now Armin was standing next to Jean and Reiner, discussing Eren's uncertain position while thinking of a conversation he had had with Faraday.
Flashback. Some days ago.
Faraday had gone to meet his friends with Levi's permission. They had talked for a few minutes before they had to go ahead with their duties. Faraday grabbed Armin's arm once he saw that everyone was already ahead.
"What's wrong, Faraday?" Asked the blond puzzled, watching the boy's eyes go from a blue that reminded the warm rivers of summer to frozen rivers in winter.
"Armin, I want to ask you a favor. Do not ask. In the expedition, if you notice or see something strange, and you will know when the time comes, I want you to shoot two successive flares: a black and red." Almost ordered the white-haired. Armin was intrigued, he did not understand why Faraday was asking for that, but because his expression it must be important.
"Ok, I will do it." Armin promised. Then the white-haired relaxed his gaze and smiled kindly at the blond before saying goodbye and returning with Levi's squad. Armin watched his friend walk away, it was amazing how quickly he could change his attitude. Soon he ran to catch up with his friends.
"Hey, Armin, what did Faraday want?" Reiner asked curious. Armin thought for a moment what to say to him.
"Hey, He wanted to ... Ask me if we were busy tomorrow because he wants to spend time with Mikasa." The blond said as fast as possible. The brunette blushed and everyone laughed.
End Flashback.
Armin took the two flares, and before the curious look of Jean and Reiner, shot a black and a red one successively.
"Armin, what was that?" Asked the puzzled stranger.
"It's to attract more attention, the situation is quite critical." Armin excused himself, hoping his friends would not ask any more questions.
Squad of Levi.
The entire squad, including Eren, had noticed that something bad was happening. The emergency flares were thrown in heaps and there were already tyrants cast into the center of the formation.
"This is bad, the formation is being violated very fast. I think something happened to the scouts." The white-haired reflected aloud.
"They are probably dead." It was the harsh reality shared by Levi, who was riding at his side. Faraday frowned.
The white-haired man knew that Levi was one of those involved in Erwin's plan, however, the rest of the team was oblivious to that situation. If he were not suspected of being the enemy, he doubted that he had been told about the plan; in fact, he now doubted whether Levi had accepted him as an official member of his squad for his abilities or for being a suspect.
Faraday then noticed two contiguous flares. One black and one red. It was the signal.
"Captain." He called the black-haired man, who looked at him out of the corner of his eye and nodded, then increased the gallop of his horse.
In half an hour they reached the forest of the giant trees, and there at last everything was beginning to disturb everyone. The squadron of special operations had rushed into the forest. Eren did not understand the reason for such action.
"Captain Levi, why do we enter the forest? We have no way of seeing the titans that come to us, we are blind and the formation broke a few minutes ago." Eren said worried, but trying to remain calm. The training with Faraday had served.
"Eren, open your eyes, a forest with exaggeratedly large trees, a perfect field to fight with your maneuver team, use the information you have at your disposal to deduce what is happening." Simply said the Captain.
"I see, since I'm new, he does not tell me things directly because he wants me to discover it for myself." When thinking that, Eren directed the glance towards his companions. He could hear Auruo cursing in a low voice wondering what was happening; Petra, Eld and Gunther had a nervous look on his face; the only one who remained serious was his white-haired friend.
"What, they do not know what's going on either ... But Faraday stays calm, doeshe know what's going on or just try to keep quiet? Or is he trying to figure out what's going on? Will Captain Levi know what's going on?" The green-eyed man was puzzled, the situation was very confusing.
Faraday could see Eren's troubled look; It was his thoughtful look. Obviously he did not understand what was happening; in fact, nobody in the team except the captain and he knew it.
He focused his eyes on Petra, clearly bewildered, even with a hint of fear of uncertainty.
"Petra, calm down, think about that song."
The white-haired man's voice reached the redhead's ears. She looked up at him, his ligh-blue eyes trying to comfort her.
"He does not look upset, does he know what's going on? No, he's a rookie, very skilled, but a rookie. Is he just trying to make himself strong to calm those around him? You and your hero complex, silly little brother. " I thought the redhead, before smiling. She was supposed to be the oldest, both in rank and age, she could not be untrustworthy to novices. Then, a memory came to her mind.
Flashback. Some days ago.
Petra was cleaning her room. Since joining Levi's squad the cleanliness had taken root in her being, perhaps not as much as the Captain, but enough to clean her room at least every two days.
Without realizing it, she began to hum a special song for her.
Faraday had just gone to look for her in her room, since her personal training was going to start in a few minutes. The white-haired man stopped at the door when he heard the sound of the amber-eyed's voice.
It was quite beautiful and melodious. The white-haired boy could not help to stay in the doorframe, watching the woman sweep while her melodious humming continued.
It was not until she turned around that she saw the white-haired; from the fright that caused her she screamed and threw the broom against him, which the light-blue-eyed caught.
"Hey, do not you know how to knock? You almost killed me with fright." The girl complained, causing Faraday to laugh.
"Oh? How bad do I look?" The boy asked playfully, giving a false face of regret. The redhead sighed and she punches him gentle blow to the chest.
"You have a beautiful voice, what song was that?" The white-haired asked. The woman was a little saddened by the fact that they had heard her.
"It's ... an old song that my father sang to me when I was a child." Said the redhead. Faraday took one look at the woman's room for the first time; before he had only come to the door out of respect, but feeling a little more confident he decided to enter. He noticed almost immediately an old, but clean acoustic guitar leaning against the wall.
"Oh, do you like music?" The white-haired asked, although he already guessed the answer. Petra watched the novice play the fingerboard of his guitar lightly.
"Yes ... It's family ... My parents met for music, my mother sang in a bar and my father played guitar in a nearby square, all this in the Utopia district. One day they met and join each other, they were a pair playing in pubs." The story told the redhead with confidence and a sad smile. Faraday knew why, she had already confessed that her mother had died when she was very small. Petra had almost no memories of her mother.
"It's funny, my parents met for music too, although it was something different. My father was in a bar and he was challenged to play the guitar, although he did not have any knowledge or practice, he made such a mess that the guitar ended up put in the head of my mother, and that's how they met. " It was Faraday's turn to tell his story, with a smile between funny and sad. Petra smiled at this too.
"What's the name of the song you were humming?" The white-haired asked.
"Oh, the title is in an old language, but translated means something like Wish You Were here. "
End Flashback.
The memories of the redhead were interrupted by the sound of a flare behind her. A black flare
"It's what has been following us on the left." Gunther commented and Levi gave the order to prepare the swords.
They could visualize a soldier in the legion before a strange titan appeared at full speed, killing the soldier as he approached.
Everyone in the squadron looked at the female Titan with horror.
"He killed him ... I could not even react when he appeared." The white-haired man scolded himself, making his horse gallop faster because the Titan was now chasing them.
"What the hell is that ?! An abnormal ?!" Those were the question cries of the blond of the squadron.
Faraday noticed some soldiers approaching. Surely they would try to attack the Titan since they did not know that they were simply guiding her into a trap.
He looked at Levi. He would not let him face the beast, but he should be able to warn them not to approach and then catch up with the team. With his speed it would not cost him to surround the Titan, she would also look for Eren.
"Captain, permission to warn the soldiers not to engage in combat." The white-haired man told Levi, causing everyone to look at him.
"This brat knows what the plan is, his stupid hero complex dominated him; but whether or not those soldiers die will not affect the mission." The black haired thought.
"You have 20 seconds."
Faraday do not need to hear anymore and at full speed he launched himself towards the trees. He did not stop seeing the Titan while keeping his distance. She noticed him and followed him with her eyes, instinctively placing one of his hands on the back of her neck; He saw a nameless soldier at his side, and without thinking she crushed him against a tree.
"Damn, I'm late!" The white-haired man lamented mentally, hurling himself at full speed against the other soldier who was approaching, ramming him and falling on the branch of a tree.
"Nobody gets close to the titan! Spread the word! It's a direct order from Captain Levi!" He shouted to the soldier who in a few seconds took in the information. By the time he did, Faraday had reached his team.
With thanks, he landed on his horse.
"You took 22." Simply said the Captain.
"One died." The white-haired man wailed in a low voice, frowning.
"The soldiers die, child, do not be whiny." Auruo complained.
"I do not tolerate unnecessary sacrifices." The white-haired one fought back. The titan was fast approaching.
"Captain! Orders!" Asked the whole team. Levi just looked back and told them to cover their ears. Then he raised the flare gun, but only a Boom was heard.
"Remember the reason for your mission, protect that brat, nobody must touch a hair of him. Stop acting like idiots." The black-haired said to them. Eren looked at them in surprise.
"I thought that they were only prepared to strike me if I got out of control ... There is something strange here, I do not understand why we did not attack that titan, she has already killed several and even though Faraday has sent the order not to get close he can sneak some soldier. " As if it were a prophet, Eren's thoughts came true. A soldier appeared at the side of the Titan, trying to cut off the back of her neck, only to be crushed by her hand. Eren and Faraday watched this with horror.
"Damn ... they do not listen." The white-haired complained; It was happening again, soldiers were dying and he could not do anything.
"Captain, we must finish that thing now! We can not let her keep killing our comrades!" Eren shouted at the top of his lungs, only to be silenced by Gunther, who told him that he should follow the captain's orders and continue riding.
"I do not understand why nobody says anything to me, why do we let that titan kill our comrades ?!" The chestnut asked desperately. His head was heating up.
"You do not need to understand, just follow orders! You do not understand 'cause you're a rookie, just follow your captain's orders!" This time it was Auruo's turn to scold him.
"Why do I depend on them? I can do it alone ..." The brunette was thinking looking at his hand, about to bite, only to be stopped by Petra.
"No, you are right. She is a monster, she should die; your will is strong, however, our decision and yours are differentiated by experience, you decide whether to trust us, the legion or trust your abilities. The truth is that no matter how much I trusted my abilities or those of my colleagues, in the end we do not know what will happen ... we just have to make the decision that we will least regret. " It was Captain Levi's speech.
Faraday looked with surprise at the Captain. He had stood aside given his knowledge of the plan, despite his dislike of unnecessary deaths.
He could see from the corner of his eye how they were once again towards the gesture of biting.
"Eren ... Trust us."
Faraday's words collided in Eren. The white-haired man looked at Eren with his typical relaxed yet honest expression. Eren then remembered the first time he transformed in front of the team.
Despite being warned of his transformation, when he did, everyone looked at him with fear; except for Faraday and Levi who were neutral and Hange who watched him excited. The other members of the squadron watched him with fear and swords ready. Later they apologized for their unprofessional attitude and bit their hands as He did.
"What do you choose, Eren?" Levi asked, demanding in his voice. Faraday noticed that they were getting close to the point; They had traveled 300 meters since Levi launched his sound flare.
"I will continue!" The chestnut shouted.
The Titan was approaching at great speed. Faraday looked forward and smiled.
Suddenly, the Titan realized that there were capture devices and several soldiers waiting for her.
"Fire!" Commander Erwin shouted, and all the guns went off. The Titan only had time to cover the back of her neck with both hands while all the wires were embedded in her skin.
Then everyone in Levi's squad understood; the objective was always to capture the Titan.
"Eld, you're in charge, keep moving." Levi ordered before pushing himself towards the trees.
Petra smiled relieved, and as she looked at the white-haired boy she noticed that he still remained impassive.
"Faraday, did you know about this?" Petra asked, curious.
"Petra, do not be silly, if we did not know much less the rookie." Said the . Faraday just looked at them and gave them a playful smile.
"That fool ..." Petra thought smiling at the boy she had come to love in the last month; Maybe it was a short time, but in this world, only one second is enough to die, so you have to live fast.
Soon, Levi's squad stopped to rest and discuss the situation.
"We achieved the goal, but there is something more frightening in all of this, I had hoped it would be the armored titan who appeared, since it is obvious that the colossal is not an option, I did not expect to see a new titan shifter. It's terrifying that we do not know how many titans shifters there are and how many can be infiltrated. " Reflected the white-haired, leaving his thoughts to see how the team discussed why the commander did not trust the information. Eld had made a great deduction.
"Hey, brat, did you really know about this?" Auruo asked suddenly in disbelief. Faraday sighed.
"I suppose there is no reason to hide it now. Yes, Commander Erwin himself told me about the true purpose of the expedition, however, that was mainly because I was one of the main suspects of being a spy." The white-haired revealed, making everyone surprised.
"You a suspect? That's impossible." Eren said with confidence.
"It's not impossible, Eren, there were several reasons why the commander mistrusted me and they are valid. Depending on the outcome of this mission, my innocence, guilt or accusation, since we managed to capture the Titan, I want to believe that the Commander cleared his doubts about me. Last month he had sharp eyes from Levi and the others involved about me." Explained the light-blue-eyed.
"Did he tell you to check you in case you were the enemy? And in case you were not, like, I want to believe, is it?" Eld asked. Faraday shrugged.
"The only motive that the commander gave me was that I had important information about the battle in Trost and that this mission could help me tie things together and find more infiltrators." Faraday explained.
"Then in the end he did trust you, in a somewhat bizarre way, that's the commander." Petra said, smiling at the white-haired man. She knew that he was not a traitor; as a soldier she should distrust and wait for such a possibility, but her heart told her it was impossible.
They kept debating the situation, though Faraday plunged into his mind.
"The colossal titan breaks the outer door and the titan locked in. The colossal titan does not break both doors because that would mean that the human would have to infiltrate inside the district after disappearing, that or a single transformation spends a lot of energy, after all it is A 60-meter titan must assume some burden on the body, given that there are two of them sharing the work, but then, what is the use of this female titan? What role did it play in the invasion towards Shiganshina and towards Trost? Come on, think about the differences .The armored titan did not appear due to Eren, the titans were slow to enter more into Trost while in Shiganshina they were huddled at the door even though the garrison reports said that there were no lurking titans that morning ... It is! The female titan attracts the titans in some way, but why didn't she do her job in Trost? Eren can not be the reason since that is not her point of employment ... Except that guide in my deduction, everything points to that she is the one that attracts the titans, the question is: how? "
Just at that moment, a scream brought him out of his thoughts. It was the cry of a beast, rumbling through the forest. Then it fell silent.
"What was that?" Whispered the white-haired man. A couple of minutes later, the withdrawal signal was released.
They all proceeded to leave, but Petra noticed that Faraday was not moving, still with his eyes fixed on the place where the female titan had been trapped.
"Faraday, what's wrong? We have to go." The redhead called the light-blue-eyed, waking him from his reflection.
"Yes, I'm going."
Faraday took off along with his team, but he was still thoughtful. He did not even hear the conversation that Petra and Auruo had urinated on their first mission. Soon Gunther saw a green signal, and, thinking it was Captain Levi, so he threw another. Faraday followed them in automatic mode.
"That scream ... I heard it once, when I was hunting with Sasha ... She told me that it was the cry of a desolate animal that had lost everything ... What did it mean? ... With that cry does it attract the titans? In that case ... "
When the white-haired man left his thoughts to tell the group, it was too late. The figure they had thought was Captain Levi slit Gunther's neck.
"Mr. Gunther!" Eren shouted, heading towards the tan's hanging body. Faraday had a surprised expression.
"It's the female titan! She escaped! No matter how, protect Eren!" It was the cries of the white-haired, not caring to fill in the gaps in his deduction. As a missile he rushed towards the figure, who apparently recognized the danger that was coming, so without hesitation she let herself fall. What Faraday knew was that there was a titan in her place. Waiting for that change, Faraday quickly changed direction, spinning and cutting around the arm of the female titan who had aimed at him in an attempt to grab him; Faraday quickly positioned himself behind the back of his neck, lunging at the place like a tornado. However, their swords did not cut the flesh, they broke. The white-haired noticed that the skin on the back of his neck had hardened, and without losing time he left the Titan, dodging a counterattack and catching up with his squadron.
"That hardening is like that of the super soldier a month ago." The white-haired thought.
"We have to finish her now!" Eren shouted when he saw Faraday come back, preparing to become a titan.
"No! Eren, you must return to the headquarters quickly! Faraday, escort Eren!" They were Eld's orders.
"I want to fight too!" It was Eren's response.
"Eld, we need to attack her with everything, all together we can defeat her." It was the white-haired man's voice, surprising Eren since he did not wait for him to stand on his side.
"Are you also doubting us, Faraday ?!" Auruo complained.
"Eren, Faraday, trust us." Petra asked, looking specifically at the white-haired, who had a look of indecision.
"I have to trust them, I can trust them, they do not need protection, they are the elite of the elite ... why am I hesitating? Maybe they are not weak, but Petra is a loved one for me ... maybe that's a Greatest reason to trust her." Those were the white-haired's conflicting thoughts, looking at the redhead who was smiling at him.
Eren and Faraday looked at each other before nodding, and left. Faraday soon took Eren from the hood.
"Eren, I'm faster, hold on to me." The white-haired ordered. Eren, though not delighted, did it.
"I must trust ... They will be fine, she will be fine ..." thought the white-haired man, and memories came to his mind.
Flashback.
"Mikasa is pretty beautiful."
Faraday complained.
"Are you going to start again?" He asked the redhead. They were both at the top of the castle, watching the full moon.
"There's nothing wrong with it, Faraday, she's pretty, smart and strong. I think you would make a beautiful couple and have beautiful children." The woman became dreamer, causing Faraday to blush.
"I think you're going too far ..." Whispered the white-haired boy with a nervous smile. Petra just laughed tenderly.
"Obviously I speak to the future, You are still very young." The redhead said playfully.
"Petra, I've already told you what I think of those things; I do not think I have children, I'm a soldier, I could die at any moment, I do not want any child to have to go through what I went through." The young man declared sighing.
"You should not put so much weight on your shoulders, Faraday, you're not a war machine, you're still just a child." The redhead said sadly. The light-blue-eyed man looked at the moon.
"5 years ago I stopped being a child." The young man declared. To his surprise, the redhead hugged him, pulling the boy's head to his shoulder.
"No, you still are; you're a frightened child behind all that armor of hero, pragmatist, strategist and titans killer; you're a child who just wants to be loved, I know you hate unnecessary violence, you think you have to save them All because there was a time when you wanted to be saved. Faraday, behind that metal heart, if we take away all your intellect, strength, speed, there is a person who simply does not want to see anyone die. We don't know each other for a long time, and even for others you are a mystery, for me you are an open book. "
The redhead's words were sweet and sincere, that tone reminded Faraday of the times his mother calmed him down when having a nightmare or hurting himself; the times she hugged him when he cried because the other kids made fun of him and they messed with him.
Petra bothered him, played (trained) with him, understood him, comforted him. It was like having the older sister he never had. Faraday, for the first time in a long time, let the tears come out of his eyes, while he clung to the redhead as if to let go he would die. Petra just let the white-haired boy vent, caressing his platinum hair.
"I will not let them steal your humanity ..." The redhead whispered. Faraday could hear her, and clung to her more.
End flashback.
"No, I can not lose her ... I trust her, but I'd rather she gets mad at me than die." Faraday stopped suddenly, causing Eren to look at him strangely.
"Faraday, what's wrong?"
"Keep moving alone, Eren. I will help them." Faraday ordered to let the chestnut go.
"If you go, I'm going too." Said Eren determined. Faraday looked at him with icy eyes.
"No. You are essential, you must get away from danger as much as you can."
"But-
" It's an order! "The white-haired man shouted, surprising Eren: in the years that Faraday had known him, he very rarely lost the papers.
Without waiting for an answer, the white-haired man took off at full speed to where he had left the rest of the team.
As he approached felt more chills, had a bad feeling.
"I have to hurry." I thought the whitehaired increasing its speed spending more gas than he normally spend.
Finally he was able to visualize the female titan in the distance, looked how her arms were regenerating, he looked towards the ground ...
And then he saw it.
Eld, or what was left of him; the upper half of his body was lying on the grass, his eyes open denoting death itself. Auruo, he has his body in one piece, but his neck was in an unnatural position; his eyes open denoting death itself.
Faraday froze.
Petra, she lying stretched out beside a tree, her legs were in an unnatural position al, fully bent, could not see her face; she was against the floor.
Faraday's breathing cut off; their irises became small.
"It's not true ..." whispered the light-blue-eyed man.
Flashback
"Would you sing for me?"
Petra was surprised at the sudden question of the white-haired man.
"Huh? Why do you ask me that?" The redhead asked somewhat embarrassed.
"It's just that I realized the other day that your voice is relaxing. Come on, sing that song you were humming, I'd like to hear what the lyrics say." The white-haired animated before the nervous look of the ambar-eyed women.
"The song is in that old language." Petra said, since English was an uncommon language on the walls, normally only the inside ones used to be pretentious.
"I know English, Petra. Come on, sing." Faraday kept pressing. The redhead sighed.
"You know, anyone would think you have a crush on me and this is just an attempt to court me, eh Faraday?" The redhead smiled playfully trying to embarrass the white-haired, although this was not affected.
"I'm sorry, but I don't like older women." The light-blue-eyed returned the ball.
"Did you just call me old?" The redhead asked dangerously. Faraday raised his hands in surrender, not wanting to die today.
"Do not get like that, I just want you to sing." He asked with the victim's face the boy.
"Yes, anyway, I know you like blackheads." She wanted to embarrass the boy again, and this time it worked.
"I guess I do not mind singing a little ..." Petra ended up giving a sigh in defeat. Faraday looked at her expectantly.
End flashback.
"So, so you think You can tell..."
The female titan had seen Faraday arrive, and aware of his danger, she put a hand to her nape and crystallized it from now on to avoid surprises.
But she could not avoid a big surprise.
"Heaven from hell...?"
The Titan did not know when or how something cracked her face, cutting it vertically. The giant blonde stepped back, looking for the man with her one good eye.
A deep cut in her abdomen made her bend; and then another, and another. Then she saw him.
"Blue skies from pain...?"
Right there was the incarnation of human anger. Faraday's eyes were almost completely white because their irises were minuscule; his long hair had bristled, the veins of his arms, his neck and his forehead were marked. Sparks of electricity began to appear on their swords and legs.
Like a bolt of lightning he rushed towards the Titan, cutting her neck; then, low to her feet turning while cutting her flesh.
"Can You tell a Green field..."
The sparks became pure electricity around Faraday's body as he slashed the Titan's legs with such speed and anger that he was not going to leave anything but bits of flesh when he finished. And that was what he wanted, it was not enough to kill her, he wanted to torture her until she asked for mercy.
"Suffer ..."
"From a cold Steel rail...?"
The upper part of the titan's body fell to the floor. Faraday did not waste time and began to cut accurately the flesh of her torso, although you could tell he was not going so fast. The white-haired wanted to enjoy it.
"Suffer ... like all of them ..."
"A smile from a veil?"
Faraday stopped slicing the titan's flesh and began to stab her chest with great speed; Stab and stab, the electricity around him increased more and more, to the point of causing large and several beams of light.
"I hate you… Suffer ..."
"Do you think You can tell?"
Faraday jumped, staying suspended for a moment in the air, charged his electric swords to the maximum before throwing himself like a stormy tornado towards the torso of the titan, cutting it and burning it with fury.
"Give her back to me ..."
"Did they get You to trade Your heroes for ghosts?"
The person in the nape of the titan was experiencing the most frightening pain of her existence; She felt how her body was sliced fiber by fiber, tendon by tendon, muscle by muscle. The electricity that Faraday gave off not only cut, but also incinerated all the parts he touched.
"I'm going to kill you ..."
"Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cold breeze? Cold comfort for change?"
Faraday threw himself into the arms, one of which was still protecting the crystallized neck. Faraday cared little when he began to slice the flesh of her remaining remaining limbs again, enjoying every second of the Titan's agony.
"If you do not give her back to me, I'll kill you slowly ..."
"Did You Exchange a walk on part of the war for a lead role in a cage?"
The titan shifter could not stand it anymore, she needed to flee, she wanted to flee; she did not want to die, she knew that if her suffering had been great in the form of a titan, if he pulled her out of the neck her torture would be a thousand times worse than death.
At last, from the titan's mouth came a complaint of pain. Faraday stood still.
"Oh ... Does it hurt?"
"How I wish ... How I wish You were here."
Faraday stopped cutting the blonde's flesh. He walked all over his broken body in regeneration; Faraday's body was surrounded by an aura of yellow electricity that scorched everything in its path. Soon, the storm of humanity landed in front of the titan's only eye. That great blue eye looked at him with real fear.
"Are you ... are you asking me for mercy?"
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl..."
Faraday buried his sword in the titan's cheekbone, sending a volley that made the beast scream in pain. The blue-eyed stared at the frightened eye of the great blonde.
"You ask me for mercy ... The same you had with them? ... With her?" The white-haired man growled. Tears began to come from his eyes that reacted to the electricity around him.
"Year after year, running over the same old ground..."
Faraday rose again, hovering in the air as he saw the Titan with fury and tears in his did not deserve to die, no one that this thing killed deserved to die. He'll avenge them, at least that would do because he failed to protect them, to protect her.
"I'll kill you!"
"And how we found? The same old fears..."
Faraday carried all the electricity possible in his swords, the whole forest was beginning to suffer because of the natural human phenomenon that was happening, nature reacted to the fury of humanity, everyone in the forest felt the roar pain.
Everyone saw how the sky broke.
"I'LL KILL YOU!"
"Wish you were here..."
Faraday wanted rush to the titánida. She knew she would die.
Then there was silence.
The figure of Faraday had stood still, suspended in the air with an expression of shock on his face, with all the electricity still surrounding him.
"My body ... Does not respond."
Then it collapsed.
"AARG!"
Faraday screamed in pain as his body tried to control all the power that he had woken up, failing miserably. The white-haired man writhed in the air as he tried to cling to control.
" No ... no! I must kill her! "
Then there was nothing left
The electricity escaped from Faraday's body in a sigh. The light-blue irises rolled back and the white-haired's body plummeted, crashing to the floor A few meters from where was Petra's body.
Faraday, with his last moments of consciousness, looked at the body of his beloved, tried to approach, but barely and could half raise an arm.
"Petra ... My dear Sister ... I'm sorry," the white-haired man said with tears in his eyes before succumbing vacuum.
From the remains of titan a person emerged, which leaned against a tree, you could see her expression of horror and sheer terror. All of his whole body was shaking and her breathing was heavy and irregular.
Her Blue eyes dared to look at her almost executioner, totally inert.
She had two minutes to rest, before listening to a maneuvering team smiled, she knew who it was.
With Eren.
Eren had stayed in the same spot where Faraday had left him. Maybe he would not go to battle, but at least he would wait for them. The chestnut waited patiently until a great rumble, as if it were a thunderclap, disconcerted him, and as he looked towards the sky he noticed how thunderbolts fell despite there being no black clouds. As soon as it arrived, it disappeared.
"What was that?" The chestnut asked loudly. He clenched his jaw, he could not wait anymore.
Eren went to look for his squad.
When he was close to arriving, another rumble was heard, although this was familiar. Then Eren froze.
The female titan has just emerged next to her previous decomposing body. Eld was on the ground, split in half; Auruo's neck was broken; Petra had her legs twisted, and a few meters away from her was Faraday, his friend, lying on his stomach without any apparent injury. However, given the general framework, Eren could only think of one thing.
"No ... No ... They ... Faraday ... NO!"
"I'll kill you!" Eren screamed as he launched into battle biting his hand furiously.
The female Titan did not expect such speed from Eren when he hit her with a flying kick, sending her through the trees.
Eren ran to her, trying to hit her while she was on the ground, but she was fast and pulled away. The blonde tried to sweep it away, but Eren jumped back.
"You ... are going to pay ... Maybe it was my decision that killed them ... But this is still your fault!"
Eren titan put himself in a fighting position, the position that Faraday had taught him: the Goken.
Eren screamed and rushed towards the blonde. The chestnut gave her several kicks, which were blocked with great difficulty by the Female Titan. She then decided to harden her fist and hit him squarely in the face, however, Eren dragged her teeth over the female titan's arm as he kicked her squarely in the solar plexus that sent her flying several meters into the air.
"I'll kill you using the technique of the man you murdered, you goddamn bitch!"
With Levi.
Levi was refueling and refilling his swords, when suddenly thunder and lightning began to fall from the sky when there was no sign of rain; As soon as that phenomenon came it was gone, and Levi hurried to recharge. Once it was replenished, he heard a scream, Eren's scream.
Levi rushed at full speed to the source of the scream. He did not wait for the scene that he would have to see.
In the distance he managed to see a body hanging from his harness. It was Gunther. Levi passed by without seeing him.
Later he looked towards the ground. Half of Eld's body stared at him with his dead eyes; Auruo's neck did not allow him to see him.
Then, near a tree he saw two bodies. Petra with her legs twisted and a few meters away was Faraday, totally inert face down, but without any missing or crooked limb.
Levi did not have time for mourning. Despite the pain he felt at that time, he only offered a silent prayer to his five fallen soldiers.
Not knowing that some chests still rose and fell to the sound of its breathing irregular.
Later.
Mikasa had found Eren fighting the female Titan, and she proceeded to help him by serving as support.
Eren, seeing Mikasa, could not even see her at the eyed. How would you tell her of Faraday's death? He had not even accepted it yet.
Both were giving a fair battle to the blonde. However, at a given moment Eren was distracted when he saw Mikasa about to be caught by the female titan, which gave sufficient time to the above to give an improved crystallization that blown away, leaving kick KO
When the Titanide prepared to go for Eren, the dark-haired half-eastern threw herself and cut her hand and then quickly cut off Achilles' two heels, putting the big blonde on her knees.
Then, Captain Levi took action.
"Captain, Eren is still on his titan, but he's knocked out." Mikasa quickly informed him. Levi recognized her as Eren's friend and Faraday's girlfriend, he did not know if she knew about the latter's death.
"You saw it?" The dark haired asked cryptically. The black-eyed looked at him confused.
"I do not understand."
"It's nothing, forget it. Go for Eren, I'll distract the bitch." Then Levi rushed towards the blonde, who had already risen.
Levi turned around her arm cutting it, to finally nail the swords in her eyes. The black haired man propelled himself into the air, pulling out another new pair and plunging towards the Titan, cutting along her entire body. Then he set out to cut as many muscles as possible, until the blonde was exposed.
Mikasa, who had already removed Eren from his titan, saw the exposed nape of the titan and without thinking she threw herself at her despite Levi's warning.
The blonde surprisingly raised a hand ready to catch and crush Mikasa, however, Levi arrived in time to save her, although he ended up twisted an ankle.
Levi was safe on a high branch where Mikasa had already arrived with Eren.
"Worry about your friend, not because of your thirst for blood. We have to leave here, forget about her." Said the raven, to which the girl nodded somewhat ashamed for having to be saved.
In the air, Levi held Eren, looked at Mikasa sideways.
"Hey, you're Faraday's girlfriend, right?" The captain suddenly asked, causing Mikasa to blush.
"No… We are just friends." However, thinking about Faraday made her realize that he was nowhere to be found, which was odd since he should have been protecting Eren along with Levi and his squad.
"But where is he, is he helping somewhere else?" Mikasa asked, eager to know about the white-haired. Levi stared at her.
"He's dead."
Those words felt as if someone had stabbed her with a knife 50 times in the same place. Mikasa, incredulous, stopped on a branch. Levi did it too.
"You lie ..." the brunette said incredulously.
"No. On the way here I found the corpses of all my squad, He included ..." The gray-eyed said sincerely, noticing how Mikasa began to tremble and fell to her knees, with tears coming out of her eyes.
"No ... again ..." The brunette whispered, grabbing her left wrist.
Flashback.
"I already told you, Mikasa, Eren is doing very well, I hardly recognize him anymore." The white-haired boy said, carrying some boxes along with the brunette.
"Really? Has not he given you problems?" The girl asked, causing Faraday to laugh.
"If he don't cause me problems it would not be Eren." They both laughed at that.
"Ne, Faraday ... My squad leader sent me to buy some things in the district ... I was wondering if ... you would like to accompany me ..." It was the shy request of the brunette, almost stammering. Faraday could not help but smile at how tender she looked.
"I'll accompany you wherever you want to go." The light-blue-eyed boy told her, smiling. The girl smiled back, with pink on her cheeks.
The journey to Trost lasted an hour at a fast gallop. Soon they came to the store where Mikasa's squad leader told her to get the things; The girl handed the leaf to the owner and he nodded and went for the order.
The blue-eyed man looked around the store. It was mainly metals and materials. However, he could see something that shone a little more than the rest. He walked over and realized it was a solitary gold bracelet in a case. An employee noticed that the white-haired man looked at the bracelet and approached.
"Oh, I see you're interested in the bracelet." The lady smiled kindly; I would be around 40 years old.
"I thought it was an armament shop, ma'am." Said the light-blue-eyed.
"And it is, what happens is that the other day I left some molten gold, then I made this bracelet. I put it on sale in case some curious interested." The lady explained to him. Faraday kept looking at the bracelet. Then the employee noticed the dark-haired girl who had arrived with him.
"Why don't you give it to your girlfriend? Sure she likes it." The lady proposed, causing Faraday to blush a little.
"She's not my girlfriend ..." The boy muttered. The lady just smiled and laughed a little.
"Even so, it would be a nice present." The lady pressed a bit more. Faraday looked at the bracelet and then at Mikasa, who was absorbed in waiting for the order. He looked at the skin of her arms, it seemed made in the most beautiful amalgam of ivory and porcelain.
Without thinking about it, he bought the bracelet.
Later, both arrived at the headquarters and Mikasa left the packages with the squadron leader. Both young men decided to walk a little before they had to separate. Then, Mikasa noticed the bag inside Faraday's jacket, since he was fiddling with her.
"Faraday, what is that?" The girl asked curiously, exalting the light-blue-eyed a bit.
"Something I bought in the store ... for you ..." the white-haired man confessed, a little looking away in embarrassment. Mikasa's eyes lit up.
"For me?" She asked wanting to confirm. Faraday nodded and lifted the bag, handing it to Mikasa. She opened the bag and her eyes shone brighter. Now he held the bracelet in his hands. She was never a fan of jewelry, but for some reason this one seemed beautiful to her.
"I saw her and I could not help thinking that it would look good on you."
End flashback.
The brunette was holding the bracelet in her left hand.
"He is not dead ... he can not be dead ..." The brunette continued.
"Listen, I know it's hard and I'm sorry for your loss, today I lost a lot too, my entire squad. But we have to keep going and get Eren back safely to the walls." Levi said, trying to get Mikasa to get up. He should not have told him about Faraday yet.
Mikasa stood up, grabbing her left wrist.
"He is alive. I know." It was all the brunette said before driving into the trees. Levi sighed and did the same with Eren in tow.
Somewhere else.
Faraday opened his eyes suddenly. Scared, all he saw was boil in front of him; then he realized that he was face down. The white-haired boy noticed that his whole body ached and tingled, could barely move. Using his arms, he used all his remaining strength to turn his face away from the ground. It took several breaths until finally he was able to kneel on his knees, to finish, falling while sitting.
Then he remembered where he was.
He looked at Petra's limp body in front of him. With an expression of agony, sadness and guilt, Faraday almost crawled towards her.
"I have failed again ... What use is my power to me? What use is it to me to work so hard ... if I can not save those I love?" The white-haired lamented, finally reaching the body of the redhead. Once again he noticed the shape of her legs, he could not help let tears fall.
With pain, he gently took Petra to turn her over; It would hurt to see her face, but he wanted to. Gently not to worsen the position of her legs, Faraday finally put the woman on her back. She had a gap in her forehead with dried blood on the left side of her face; her eyes were closed and the mouth was open.
The white-haired could not help and hugged the woman's body while crying, burying his head in her chest.
*Heartbeat*
Faraday stopped crying and opened his eyes, moving slightly away from Petra. Incredulous, he pressed his ear to her chest and concentrated.
*Heartbeat*
*Heartbeat*
Faraday turned away again, looked at Petra's mouth and put his hand close.
She breaths.
"She's breathing ... It's mild, but it's regular."
Faraday did everything; He took off her cloak and tore off the shirt to free her rib cage. He took the pulse, repeated CPR, took his pulse, CPR, and so on a couple of more times until he felt her pulse and breathing become more noticeable.
Faraday cried. He had not lost her; Life gave him another chance.
The white-haired man recovered and inspected the lower part of her body; he could notice that, when he touched, a whimper came from Petra's mouth; For the first time he felt happy to hurt her. He inspected her legs, most of the bones were broken, but the most worrying was her waist; it was disheveled. There he knew that Petra would not walk again; all because he could not do anything.
For now he would concentrate on making her live. He ignored all the pain in his body and tied Petra to his back with his cloaks, taking special care with her legs. Faraday rose towards the trees, being careful, but hurrying.
"You're going to live, Petra ... I do not care if you hate me for the rest of my life, you're going to live." The white-haired thought with certainty. Soon, he reached the outskirts of the forest, to the general base.
"Please help!" Yelled the light-blue-eyed, running towards the soldiers who, seeing him, went to his aid.
Hange and Erwin saw Faraday with Petra on his back and hurried.
"She's injured, almost all the bones in her legs are broken and her waist has suffered a lot of damage, maybe she will not walk again, but her pulse is stable." The white-haired man explained while the medical soldiers brought Petra down from his back and put her on a stretcher. Faraday took the hand of one of the soldiers.
"Please, do not let anything happen to my sister." The white-haired prayed, looking straight into the eyes of the soldier, who nodded fiercely.
"Faraday!"
It was the voice of sub-commander Hange. Faraday looked at her, his body was about to collapse, but when he noticed the commander he forced himself.
The brunette knelt beside the white-haired man, holding him.
"Faraday, what happened?" Erwin asked for the information.
"We were attacked by the female titan, she killed everyone in the squad ... only Petra and I survived ... It was my fault, they sent me to escort Eren and I left them alone, when I wanted to return to them ..." The white-haired man's voice cut, while Hange stroked his back. Erwin looked at him impassively.
"We believe that Eren is fighting with the female titan now, accompanied by Levi." The blonde said to him. Faraday looked at him.
"Sir ... I know who the female titan is."
Once those words came out of Faraday's mouth, his body collapsed and he fell into unconsciousness, leaving Erwin with an indecipherable look.
A few minutes later, Petra and Faraday were side by side, both with doses of painkillers; apparently, the reason why Petra managed to live was because she did not have internal bleeding; if so, she would be dead.
Erwin saw Levi holding Eren and Mikasa with a lost look at his side.
The commander approached his most valuable soldier.
"I'm glad you've arrived safely." The blond said.
"My whole squad is dead. We were lucky to rescue Eren." The captain declared without a word of harassment, making Mikasa tense; she was fighting not to break up in front of the commander.
Erwin looked at him confused.
"The whole? I understand that three of the five died."
That statement caught the attention of the two blackheads.
"What do you mean that you have understood? I saw their bodies." Levi asked darkly.
"It's strange, then, who are those two who are in that carriage?" Asked the blond commander. Levi left Erwin custody of Eren as he left with Mikasa quickly to the carriage that had indicated the blond.
When they arrived, Mikasa held her breath as tears fell from her eyes.
In that carriage were Petra Ral and Faraday Furorem, visibly breathing; somewhat pale and noticeably injured, especially Petra. But alive.
Mikasa dropped by Faraday's side, taking her hand in his. Levi was incredulous, he had been so shocked when he saw all his dead team that he did not even bother to check the pulse of those who, at least, did not lack parts.
The legion took time to return. They collected all the possible corpses and left. However, due to the foolishness of two soldiers ended up being persecuted by titans and had to discard the corpses.
Mikasa never left the side of Faraday and Eren.
Apparently, humanity had been defeated. However, the war did not end.
After all, Erwin Smith and Faraday Furorem talked a lot behind closed doors last month. And now, the safest thing is Armin Arlet will join them.
Ugh, the longest chapter so far.
Ok, ok, before stones are thrown at me, I'll give my reasons for leaving Petra alive. Number 1: The master alv. But already, seriously, yes I thought to stick to the canon and kill it, but then I thought that if it stayed alive but out of service the teaching and trauma would be greater for Faraday than if he only died; Now he will have to live with the guilt of, according to him, having left her invalid. I thought it was better for the development of the character. I also love Petra, and it was a good Plot Twist; literally until the heartbeat is read, it seems that she actually fuck down, although if you noticed that the position she was in was not as in the anime you could suspect. In a future flashback I will explain how she survived.