A/N Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter and thank you for the feedback! I'll try and continue to improve my writing as the story progresses. Also, I will try and answer recent discoveries that were revealed in the manga in the past year, especially the Ackerman bloodline. Note that everything will be based on theory, we won't know what it truly means until it is explained in the Manga. Another thing, this story will have its fair share of far fetched fantasy like concepts that aren't Titan related but that can't be helped when you're dealing with crossing realities :) but I will try and keep it at a minimum in the future.
Thanks again!
Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes
Screams could be heard from the citizens of Trost District as two bolts lightning came from the sky and struck the top of the wall, revealing the Beast Titan and the Armoured Titan. The citizens of Trost scrambled to the escape route, people trampling on one another in their panic to escape as they were reminded that their safety was always just temporary.
The Beast Titan opened its mouth and screamed.
He watched in satisfaction as he saw countless bolts of lightning flash across the District as people, who drank the wine he sneaked into the city, turned into mindless Titans. He just watched as his creations started devouring innocent people; Men, Women, and Children. Pools of blood filled the streets of Trost, as the mindless Titans filled their stomachs with the flesh of the innocents.
"Now, we wait," Zeke said, his eyes just lazily swooped over the district, unaffected by the blood-curdling screams that were now filling the air.
Reiner, and Bertolt, who was stood on Reiner's shoulder, looked at Zeke, eyes wide as they saw the casual ruthlessness of their War-Chief.
They watched as people, scrambling away, were caught by these mindless Titans and devoured before their eyes. The Garrison Regiment tried their best to hold off the Titans, but it proved too difficult as the number of soldiers within that regiment shrunk rapidly as the minutes ticked by.
The mindless Titans advanced towards the pool of people that had gathered around the escape exit, screams and cries of children could be heard as the Titans got closer and closer. Blood covered the streets like a blanket, getting larger as the clock ticked by.
Just as the light from the sun started to dim, the clouds touched with orange from the slowly setting sun, Zeke saw a glint of light as one of his Titans fell and started to steam. The crowd of people became deadly silent as they looked at the figure that stood on top of the steaming body of the Titan, blades at her sides as they dripped with the blood of the Titan she just killed. She glanced at the crowd with her stormy grey eyes, lifeless, cold, and ruthless, before throwing herself at another Titan nearby, quickly dispatching it with a clean slice to its nape.
The crowd watched as six other soldiers quickly followed her and ended the life of every single Titan that stood close by. The crowd continued to push itself through the escape exit as their saviours continued to make quick work of any Titans that got close to them.
'Finally,' Zeke thought.
He watched with interest as each one of his Titans were killed by these soldiers as they zipped around using their gear and sliced at the Titan's nape with their blades; he was fascinated with this technology, it was unlike anything that he had seen before. 'I'll need to get my hands on one so I can analyse it closely,' Zeke thought.
Mikasa looked up at the two Titan Shifters standing on top of the wall after she killed the remaining mindless Titans that were in her way. Squad Levi flanked her on both sides of the street, they stood on top of the buildings as they looked up at the two Titans at the top of the wall. They recognised the Armoured Titan; Reiner. But the Titan that stood next to him was unlike any they've ever dealt with. Its arms were long, its body was covered in fur and its features closely represented an ape, but it was clearly another Titan shifter, there was another Human inside that Titan who wished to harm Humanity.
'Just how many of them are there and why are they doing this?' was the thought that went through the minds of Squad Levi as they looked on.
Mikasa looked at them with fury in her eyes, a storm brewing behind them. They're the ones that want Eren, they're the ones that put him in the condition he was in, they're the ones she must kill, no matter the cost.
'For Eren,' Mikasa's grip on her blades tightened, her knuckles turned white as she took on her fighting stance.
"Mikasa," Levi said as he walked up next to her, his eyes were also locked on the two Titan shifters sitting on top of the wall.
"Don't be an idiot, fight only if you need to, it's hard enough that we don't have Eren's Titan here. Our priority is to get the civilians onto the boats, understood?" Levi said, looking at her now.
Mikasa sighed as her grip loosened slightly, she knew he was right. She glanced at Levi, the fury in her eyes dampening slightly.
"Yes, sir," Mikasa said curtly, she turned away and was about to make her way to the exit.
Levi watched as the Beast Titan broke a piece of the wall and held it in its hand like a ball. With a roar, the Beast Titan threw the large piece of the wall straight at them.
"Mikasa!" Levi shouted as he went to grab her, but a large piece of the wall slammed against the entrance, the force of the impact sending her and Levi flying backwards and onto their backs painfully.
Mikasa groaned at the impact before slowly standing up, her eyes shifting to the two Titan Shifters as they started to make their way towards her squad.
"Fuck," Levi groaned. He snapped his head towards the Titan Shifters as they climbed down from where they sat. As they got closer, his eyes took in the sight of the Beast Titan, Armoured Titan, and Bertolt who was perched up on the Armoured Titan's shoulder.
'They can climb, we can't let them go over this wall, the civilians are not safe yet' Levi thought to himself.
He looked at his squad after he stood up. "We need to buy time for the civilians, I don't want either of them getting over this wall! Do you understand?!" Levi shouted; his squad members looked at him with wide eyes.
'We're going to fight… them?' was the thought that was at the front of his squad's minds as they looked at the incoming threat.
"We don't have to fight," Zeke said as he got closer, his Titan's voice shocked the soldiers in front of him.
Armin's eyes widened at the voice of the Beast Titan. 'Why are they doing this... Aren't we all human after all? Maybe I can get some answers.'
"Why are you doing this?!" Armin shouted, gaining Zeke's attention.
"You'll have to be more specific," Zeke said, his Titan form causing Armin to sweat as he bravely kept his eyes locked onto Zeke.
"Why are you killing us? Why are you attacking humanity?!" Armin replied.
"It has to be this way, I will end all this suffering," Zeke said.
"What does that mean? End this suffering, aren't you all human too?" Armin replied, confused as to what he meant.
"It's truly sad that you do not understand… I apologise but I didn't come here to talk," Zeke said, he turned his head away from Armin, "Just give us Eren and you might live."
"No. You don't touch him," Mikasa coldly, her icy voice caused the spines of her comrades to shiver. Her voice was just about loud enough for Zeke to hear, but the message was clear. Her eyes lit up in fury as she got into her fighting stance, blades raised, ready to give hell to anyone or anything that gets in her way.
Zeke sighed, he didn't want it to come to this, but he had given them a choice and they've chosen. Now, he must show them the consequences of their choice. Such a shame, he didn't want to kill them. After all, they were like him, they were Eldians but he must complete his plan. He must Euthanise all Eldians.
With a mighty roar, Zeke lunged quickly at Mikasa and used his long limbs to swipe at her but his eyes widened slightly inside his Titan form as he saw the girl in front of him jump out of the way with inhuman speed and in a blink of an eye, she had sliced off the hand that was reaching for her and was now launching herself straight at him at speeds that were simply impossible for a normal human.
Seeing this, Levi shouted at his squad. "What are you brats waiting for?! We do not let them get passed us, you hear me! Attack!" this snapped Jean, Connie, Sasha, Armin, and Historia out of their own thoughts and they too jumped into action. But just before Historia jumped, she was stopped by Jean.
"Hey, shouldn't you stay back? Since you're the true heir and all?" Jean stated, blocking her with his arm.
"Like hell I will! Now get out of the way!" Historia shouted heatedly, glaring at him before throwing his arm off and going straight at the Beast Titan. Jean stared wide-eyed for a moment, momentarily stunned, before following her.
Levi quickly jumped into action with speed as ferocious as Mikasa's, maybe even faster, and flew towards the Armoured Titan while Mikasa fought with the Beast Titan. His blades won't be able to penetrate its armour, but he could keep it distracted while his squad dealt with the Beast Titan.
Zeke struggled and swung his arms as they kept cutting him, his ankles, his knees, his shoulders, everywhere. 'What the hell, how is she so fast?' Zeke thought to himself as he continued to struggle against the quick succession of attacks, especially this girl who was moving at speeds that he had never witnessed before and pulling out moves that he had never seen before. Something about her and the other guy nagged him, but he had no time to ponder his thoughts for long as he was bombarded with her attacks.
Frustrated, Zeke roared before grabbing onto a wire that was close to him and swung it against a house. This sent Connie flying into a building, colliding with it painfully before he flopped onto the ground, unconscious.
"Connie!" Sasha yelled in panic as she saw her friend drop to the ground. This momentary distraction was enough for Zeke to grab onto her, causing her to scream and just as he was about to crush her with his one good hand, the hand dropped to the floor and landed with a thud, Sasha landing painfully with it but she stood back up shortly after, relatively unscathed.
Mikasa wasted no time and latched onto Zeke's head using her ODM gear and launched herself straight at him, kicking off his shoulder as she got close so that she can get behind him, exposing his nape. Twisting and turning to gain momentum, she prepared her blades to kill whoever that was inside the Beast Titan but before she could penetrate his nape, the Beast Titan roared and swung his long limb at her, backhanding her, she let out a gasp of pain as his arm collided with her body and she flew down away from him. Mikasa was sent flying down the street, she frantically used the gas on her ODM gear to slow her descent, but she still landed, and skidded, across the ground painfully and did not move when her body came to a stop.
Zeke roared. "Throw him!" he shouted as he began to run in the opposite direction. 'If you don't give me Eren, I'll happily kill every one of you to get him.'
Reiner, hearing his command, started running back too, this confused Levi slightly, but he wasn't stupid enough to chase after him, so he also fell back in the opposite direction. Mid-run, Reiner grabbed onto Bertolt, who gave Reiner a slight nod to confirm he was ready, before throwing him up into the air.
Levi's eyes widened as he looked up at who he threw, the Colossal Titan was coming, 'How the fuck are we going to escape this.'
Turning back around, "Jean, Sasha, Historia, Armin! Grab Connie and get up the wall! I'll get Mikasa!" he shouted.
Pushing himself to the edge of his limits, he quickly scooped up the unconscious Mikasa and latched onto the wall before launching himself at it, his arm firmly holding Mikasa. Sasha, Historia, Armin, and Jean, who held Connie, did the same thing. They all just made it up to the wall just as a huge explosion blew them over to the other side, but they managed to latch onto the wall before they hit the ground.
In the air, Bertolt made sure Zeke and Reiner was a good distance away before he clamped his teeth over his hand, drawing blood. In a huge explosion, sending shock waves throughout Trost, buildings collapsed, debris flying everywhere as the Colossal Titan made his appearance, standing at 50 metres tall, its skinless body casting a shadow over Trost.
Once Squad Levi made it back on top of the wall, they stared at the Colossal Titan as it sent debris all over the district, causing destruction everywhere it moved.
Mikasa let out a slight groan as consciousness came back to her. Sitting up, her eyes widened as she saw the Colossal Titan wreaks havoc to Trost.
"Are you alright Mikasa?" Armin asked her, eyes full of worry as he looked at her.
"Yeah…" answered Mikasa, unable to tear her eyes away from the destruction that was being brought upon Trost.
"Captain! What do we do?!" Jean asked, panic in his voice as he watched with great sadness as the Colossal Titan destroyed his home.
Levi turned around, in search of the civilians, slight relief washed over his body as he saw the boats were already a good distance away from them.
Something inside Mikasa's heart and mind pulled at her suddenly, her eyes widened in fear as her head turned to look in the direction they came from as one thought went through her mind at that very moment 'Eren…'
"Mikasa?" Armin asked as he looked in the direction she was staring at, unable to spot anything. So why was she looking over there?
Back at the cottage, Eren Yeager lied still as his lungs gasped for air. Golden mist surrounded his dying body, he struggled for oxygen as the mist became more and more prominent. He started to shake as he started to inhale the golden mist until there was no more surrounding him. His body suddenly stopped shaking and went limp as the mist disappeared inside. This world's Eren Yeager took his very last breath as his heart stopped, dead.
Suddenly, he sat up, his eyes snapped wide open and they were not his usual green colour, it shone with bright golden light, crackling with energy. The golden energy seemed to get brighter and brighter, shining like a star as his lifeless eyes continued to stay open.
Then, like a mini bomb, the golden light exploded out of his eyes and mouth. If anyone were there to witness this event, they would have been blinded by the brightness of the explosion. Just like it started, it ended abruptly; the light disappeared from the room. He was gone, no sign of him anywhere.
This world's Eren Yeager was no more.
Mikasa looked at Armin, her eyes wide and sad whilst her heart slammed against her chest as the fear of what she felt consumed her. 'No. Eren is fine, he has to be...' she thought to herself. She put a hand on the scarf that Eren gave her, feeling the material as she pulled it over her mouth, trying to take comfort in its warmth. She closed her eyes for a moment before shakily standing up.
"Mikasa?" Armin asked again, tentatively putting a hand on her arm as he looked at her worriedly.
She looked at him again. "I just felt something… Don't worry about it, it's probably nothing," she replied, her voice slightly shaky. The last time she had this feeling; Eren was eaten by a Titan. She couldn't shake the feeling that something has happened again.
"We need to retreat, Trost is lost, we will fight another day," Levi said, loud enough for his squad to hear. He was about to move but was stopped when he noticed a dark cloud, crackling with lightning, form right above the Colossal Titan. 'What the fuck?' Levi thought.
"Hey, guys… What the fuck is that?" Jean said, pointing at the clouds that were forming above the Colossal.
Everybody stared, mesmerised at the sight. Their eyes widened momentarily as the cloud shone golden bright before an explosion of lightning bolts shot from the clouds, causing everyone to cover their eyes, and struck the Colossal Titan. With a resounding boom and bright light, the Colossal Titan was sent crashing to the ground as the lightning struck him, landing on his front, crushing buildings as it landed, the shockwaves from the impact levelling nearby buildings and debris were sent high in the air.
The Levi Squad stared, shocked as they saw Bertolt fall but nothing could describe their faces of disbelief when they saw a Titan standing near the nape of Bertolt's Colossal.
Zeke and Reiner watched with wide eyes as Bertolt's Titan lied still, his Titan body spasming slightly as the lightning travelled throughout its body. What shocked them the most was that there was a Titan, standing near the nape of Bertolt, crackling with energy. Bolts of lightning surrounded its body.
'What just happened? Bertolt… I need to get him out of there!' was the thought that ran through Reiner's mind as he started to run towards him, Zeke not so far behind him. Whoever was inside that Titan, one was clear; he or she was powerful.
Eren landed on the Colossal Titan with a crash, his Titan was crackling with energy. Lightning surrounded his body, his eyes a bright gold as he looked at the nape of the Colossal Titan.
'Bertolt…' Eren thought as his Titan's mouth widened in a predatory smile, opened slightly so that his tongue can be seen.
Eren looked up in the sky, his mouth opened wide, and let out a mighty roar, which seemed to return his eyes to their normal green colour and cause the lightning, that surrounded his body, to dissipate. He looked back down at Bertolt; his eyes looked feral, predatory as he stared down at the nape of the Colossal.
With another roar, he punched right through the nape of the Colossal, grabbed onto the human form of Bertolt before ripping him straight out of his Titan's nape. Bertolt screamed in terror as he was forced out, his eyes wide as he looked at his attacker in fear. He tilted his head up, Bertolt held in his fist right above him.
"No! Please! Don't- " Bertolt started screaming but he was cut short as Eren squeezed, causing every bone in his body to break and shatter as Eren drained his spinal fluid right into his mouth before devouring him whole. Consuming the power of the Colossal.
Eren snapped his head around as he heard pounding footsteps behind him.
'Zeke… Reiner… We meet again' Eren's human mouth grinned, his eyes animalistic as he stared at the new arrivals with hatred, especially Zeke. He was the one that killed Mikasa and Armin. 'You will suffer' Eren thought furiously.
Eren opened his mouth and let out a thundering roar as the approaching Titan Shifters came to a stop in front of Eren, who was still standing on top of the decaying Colossal. He got into his fighting stance, ready for the incoming fight.
Armin watched in shock as the newcomer ripped Bertolt straight of his Titan and devoured him. He watched in anticipation as the newcomer got into a fighting stance and faced the other two Titan Shifters that were responsible for this Trost Invasion. But then something caught his eye about the newcomer, its appearance looked so familiar.
Armin's eyes widened as it hit him, it looked exactly like Eren's Titan. 'But how!? Eren's not here… It's impossible!' Armin thought.
Mikasa had similar thoughts as her eyes widened when she recognised the form of Eren's Titan.
"Eren?" she whispered; confusion laced in her voice.
