Luke let out a sigh of slight frustration.
"Why do have to bring a human with us?" he asked himself out loud, "We'd have to babysit them the would way, and once we get the walls, they aren't going to be of any use in fight." His sister, Lilith, jabbed him with her elbow.
"Stop being such a downer," she said with a grin, "there are plenty of humans that can fight a titan, right?" The question was directed at Jane, who was clearly lost in thought. Her head jerked up, realising the question was aimed at her.
"Well, most humans cannot really fight a titan in the way Luke wants," Jane said, rubbing her head sheepishly. A smug grin grew across Luke's face.
"But, I think there is one person that fits Luke's bill," she stated, "quite perfectly". Luke's grin vanished as one grew on Jane's face. She grabbed Luke's arm and shot forward, flying just above the ground, pulling Luke behind her.
"Come on," she shouted, "I'll show you him!" Lilith let out a sigh. She was already being left behind. That simply wouldn't do. The earth around her rose up, encasing her in sphere, before rolling after her friends.
The trio finally came to a stop in front of a medium sized hut, obviously a workshop of sorts, with a wrench and a hammer nailed next to the front door. Luke turned around, looking at the two, who were now clearly snickering.
"I take back what I said about not wanting babysit someone," Luke said, about ready to double time it away from the hut.
"Why, are you scared of him?" his sister taunted.
"No," Luke snarled, "I'm simply aware of his grandmother's reputation".
"Luke," Jane stated, clearly already having enough of the argument, "you wanted someone who could kill a titan on their own. Ian is that human. Take it or leave it".
"Fine," Luke sighed, relenting on the matter. However, before he could even knock on the door, a explosion echoed from within the workshop. Jane and Lilith almost tore down the door, charging into the workshop. Thankfully the explosion wasn't large, the smoke quickly exiting the building, revealing a skinny man with blond hair and his face and glasses covered in some form of black residue, most likely left over from the explosion. He took off his glasses before wiping them with a rag that he pulled out of his pocket. Only after placing them on his face did he notice is visitors.
"Ah, Jane and Lilith," he grinned gleefully, "to whom do I owe the honor of your visit?" He didn't bother wiping off his face yet, most likely due to him being nearly finished with whatever his project was. Jane let out a sheepish grin again.
"Actually Ian, this is about you could do for us," She said, causing Ian to blink.
"I am assuming that you are aware of what our mother found five years ago," Luke stated flatly, now entering the building at last.
"You're talking about the giant walls with the humans within them right?" Ian nodded, "Yes, I've heard about that".
"Jane, Lilith and I have been assigned to go to these walls to aid the humans against the shifters that destroyed the first wall," Luke explained, "and we need to bring a human from here as a method of saying 'trust us'".
"And you want me to be the olive branch of diplomacy," Ian said, "And I'm also going to guess that you didn't want to take someone who wasn't able to fight". He jabbed his thumb towards the back of the workshop to a red and silver suit of armor. Jane snickered while Lilith broke out laughing.
"And you now my brother how well again?" she rasped while cackling. Ian simply shurged.
"I'm more than willing to help, but I'm going to do some packing first," Ian said as he touched his face, "and wash my face". The laughing that had just started to die down came back to life.
Ian had quickly begun his packing job. First was a toolbox with extra supplies, along with extra power batteries and some scrap metal, in case of repairs. Second was food, mostly canned. Hopefully it would be used only if he couldn't find any food on the move, but it didn't stop him from packing a lot of it. A hanging sleepbag was next, and outright genius choice, if he said so himself. He also made a grab at a few changes of clothes. He was going to have to wash them when they finally arrived but it was better than nothing. Of course, he still had to put all that into one storage compartment, which was thankfully large enough fit everything. With everything packed, Ian climbed into the control center. The suit began to power up. Within the suit, he lifted his left arm, making the robot copying the action. Lowering the his left, he held his right hand in front of him before activating the energy lance. Thunderstike's right arm shifted, revealing a box with a single hole in it. The weapon came to life, easily close to a meter in length. Finally the top began to close, completely sealing Ian inside the armored suit. Suit began to walk foward with a noisy clanging, before exiting the workshop. Then the jetpacks came online, launching him airborne at breakneck speeds.
Jane let out sigh as she saw the suit touch back down. The landing was noisy. Very noisy. Still, her plan wasn't affected by this.
"So?" Ian's voice echoed from the suit, "How are we getting there?" Jane grinned.
"Getting to the walls on foot would take almost three months, more if we all have to go was fast as are slowest," Jane said in analytical tone. Lilith mad a sour face at the remark, but kept quiet.
"To get to the walls faster, I will be carrying us until it is time to land for the night. Not only do we deal with less resistance in terms of friction, but we also don't have fight as much, because Ian is with us," she said, one of those grins growing across her face. At mention of his name, Ian made a slight wave. Luke let out a sigh.
"That's quite the plan Jane," Luke stated, but it's the best we have. How long will it take to get the walls with your plan?"
"I expect to shave off two weeks of travel," Jane grinned, "and Ian," Ian turned around at the mention of his name. "If you burn me with that jetpack system of your's, I will fry your ass off with lightning". Ian giggled while doing a slight salute.
"Yes ma'am".
Today we are two day's out from the village. Apparently we are also supposed to keep a journal of what happened during the trip. We all drew straws to determine the order of whose turn it was. So lets see. There were three Titan's in our landing site for the night, so Jane ate well enough. I managed to get a deer myself. The lance thankfully cooks and kills in a single strike, or else my meal would have been a pain in the ass. Luke and Lilith are still out hunting. A note for when I return. Make the suit more comfortable. Not only do I feel like a size ten foot shoved into a size four boot, staying inside that thing all day leaves me with cramps.
-Ian
Ten day out and I'm already bored out of my mind. Should have brought something to do during the day. Sitting my ass on Jane for hours on end is just bland.
-Lilith
Twentieth night since we left. Carrying everyone is leaving me exhausted, but we are making great progress. Thirty more days give or take. A lot less if the weather holds out for the entire trip.
-Jane
Around half way through our journey to the walls. We rested at what I think is an old weather control class tower. Either way, doubt Ian got any sleep last night, with him scrounging up whatever old world tech he could salvage. I'll have to tell Jane to stay away from old world buildings for our trip.
-Luke
Day forty, and we are either closer to walls than Jane thought or something crazy is going on. Found some ruins, and strangely enough, a part of it has a mural on the walls and ceiling. It shows something that I think are wall, along with humans and titan's fighting. However, the ceiling is the most horrifying. The ceiling's mural is clear depiction of a Gorgon, covering the whole ceiling. Could there be really be none feral Gorgons within the walls? And if it's true, who's side is it on?
-Ian
Estimated fifteen more days once this storm blows over. Thankfully Jane found a cave before the storm struck. Ian's been a bit unnerved since his trip to the ruin. While it is a bit creepy that the mural depicts a Gorgon, I'm just willing to bet whoever made it just saw it from afar. Besides, in between the four of us, we should be able to take on of those oversized insects no problem.
-Lilith
Twelve more days but I feel like we are being watched. Not saying it in front of Ian though, his jumpy enough after his little find, not that I blame him. Either way, this feels like a more curious watching than on of hostile observation. Could have sworn I spotted a Wraith following us from bellow. Looked like a tier one, so not a threat. But what is a tier one doing out here? Probably a feral.
-Jane
Ten more days until we find the walls hopefully. We found a small girl by the name of Ren. How she has lived out here is unknown and a curiosity. However, if we return her to the walls, I'm willing to bet her parents will be quite happy.
-Luke
I think I can see the walls on the horizon. Thanks to the fact there are no humans on the first wall anymore, we are able to come at it without stealth. Oh and Ren's a Wraith, probably should mention that. Luke is pretty damn pissed out it, but she saved my ass in the middle of the night, so it's fine by me.
-Ian
It's about damn time. We finally are within the walls. We are resting in a small village between the first and second. In the morning we finish going north. Here is to having go acroding to our little diplomacy plan.
-Lilith
"Everyone ready?" Luke shouted, "And Ren, stay here. Jane will be back to pick you up". The little girl let out giggle, before transforming into her wraith form and shooting off, likely to catch herself morning meal.
"So the plan is have me carry you, Ian, and Lilith too the wall, drop you guys off, then come back and get Ren, while you guys talk it out with the guardians on the wall?" Jane asked, shaking her head. There was really no plan of diplomacy on this one, just a 'you need to trust us and let us help you' minor inventive. If things went south, there was no fall back point.
"That's the jist of it," Luke confirmed. Jane let out a sigh, mist condensing around her body, changing into Kraken. Everyone climbed on top of her back, then she lifted herself into the air, heading toward the southern most district on the wall. The district otherwise known as Trost.