"Fire!" one of the commanders shouted, followed by the firing of several cannon and launching of another lava bomb into the oncoming swarm of Titan's. Lilith however was firing off three of her lava bomb's for every time the cannons were fired, and still wasn't making a dent in the massive horde's numbers. Her main bomb may take out one or two, and the leftovers that remained easily could burn off a limb, but with their numbers it was like trying to stop a forest fire with a bucket of water. Like the human's at the top of the wall, she could see that there wasn't an end in sight to the Titan's numbers. She reared back, launching another lava bomb towards a target. But to the human's horror, despite the early counter attack, they had already reached the walls.
'Dammit' she thought 'they need more time.' The massive Behemoth let out a bellow, a massive wall of stone erecting itself in front of the gate. It was temporary though, and it wasn't going to hold. She just hoped that it gave more time for more soldiers to get the front lines. Lilith reared upwards once again, sending a lava bomb sailing towards her target.
'It's all up to you now brother.'
"Do you think we can trust them?" one of the Garrison soldiers whispered. After setting up the net and barricades in front of the now destroyed gate, did they finally notice the Goliath inside the district and the Behemoth raining fire down from the wall. Panic nearly broke out among the Garrison's member until they noticed the creature remained, for the most part, still. While the creature's chest rose and fell with it's breathing, and tail twitch in anticipation, it showed no hostility toward the human's that had gathered around the gate. Some level of assurance also came from a human like voice coming out of a massive suit of armor. While many didn't want to trust them, the lack of hostility and the sheer possibility that they brought a human with them was enough to stay any attack on the massive beasts. While he did share his name, Ian Whelan, the name was not one they had heard before, and his speech was weird as well. Some words just simply came out strange, or he used a different tongue entirely.
"And what is your appraisal of the situation, Mr., Whelan, was it?" A commander asked to the silver and red colored suit of armor.
"Just call me Ian," a voice responded back, "and I'm not a soldier, but I feel that everything is absolutely fucked." The commander winced.
"But you're not a soldier, so why would you think," he started before Ian interrupted.
"Because you're trying to use numbers to win. Your throwing more meat into a giant ass grinder. Against Titan's, that type of strategy is shit. You need small, skilled groups that can bring down their quarry, not shove a Titan' next meal straight into their faces." Ian snapped, "And your cannon's are shit, but that's something I can at least fix." The commander's mouth dropped to the floor in shock before a massive rumbling went was heard, as a massive wall of rock ripped itself out of the earth.
"Shit," a muttered voice came out of the suit, pointing the massive gun on its left arm towards the gate.
"One-thousand one, one-thousand two, one-thousand three, one-thousand four, one-thousand five," the voice in the suit counted. "I hope your ready commander, because here they come." The stone barricade slow began to fall away, allowing the Titan's to slowly advance through the gate. Multiple noises were heard. Screams of panic, to bellow's of rage, all drowned out by the ear splitting roar of a Goliath and the dull thunks of an anti-aircraft battery.
"Just like in the training, split up into your individual squads," ordered Kitts Woerman, a captain of the garrison forces, "You will be under Garrison command. Your duties are to assist in providing supplies, communications, and sweeping up the Titans!"
"The first line of defense will be the frontline unit of the Garrison!" he continued, "The second will be the cadet squads under our command! The rearguard will be the Garrison's elite unit's! We have already received word that the vanguard has almost been wiped out!" Multiple gasps went up, followed by whispering.
"No way," Caira whispered to Alexander, "there were two massive beasts killing the titan's. They couldn't have been pushed back already!" Alexander gritted his teeth in slight annoyance. It was a natural reaction on her part, but even he know that likely the one at least was being drowned in numbers and likely didn't want to risk friendly fire with it's own firebreath. Add that with the fact that the creatures had no idea what the Garrisons strategy is, and you had the potential for a real mess.
"The outer gate was destroyed, and the Titans have encroached upon the city!" he went on, ignoring the whispering, "This means that the Armored Titan might show up any moment to breach the inner gate!" The whispering being to intensify at the mention of the Armored Titan.
"Silence!" Katts bellowed, having had enough of the noise. "The frontline guards are already in combat! There is only one goal to this defensive operation: defending Wall Rose until all civilians are evacuated! Also, in case you forgot, let me remind you that deseration is a capital offense! Vow on your hearts to devote your lives! Dismissed!" A loud shout went up from the cadets, before they scattered to get into their squads.
"He didn't mention either of the two things fighting out there," She said to herself, slightly annoyed that their commanding officer didn't bother to share that there were at least two things in Trost that weren't human but killing Titans.
"Because he didn't want any more panic," he stated blandly, "people are already stressed out enough as it stands." Almost to prove his point, someone began throwing up on the ground not to far away.
"Let's get to our squads," he said before walking off.
"Shit!" Ian bellowed at the top of his lungs, narrowly dodging a swipe from a fourteen meter Titan. Pulling the trigger for his weapon, the gun thundered to life, launching shell's into the titan's neck. The explosion ripped the creature's neck wide open, making it pause due to the severity of its wounds. The thrusters fired off, sending him up and around the creature's body, allowing him to line up a shot to the nape. He pulled the trigger, sending two rounds into the Titan's nape, killing it instantly. He came down with a loud crash, landing on a nearby rooftop. After the rock wall had gone down, Luke had all but charged into the breach. He had held out for a little while, but it quickly became apparent that there were simply too many Titan's for him to keep at bay, and once he got pushed out of the breach, things went to hell. Despite his and Luke's best efforts, the human force was simply outclassed and outnumbered. Luke couldn't use his fire breath or throw any rocks at his foes, due to the flying humans. Now that he had seen the gear in action, he had almost gone green with envy. Ian shook his head.
'Dammit, Ian, focus,' he thought to himself. Dark clouds began rolling in overhead, causing him to grit his teeth inside the armored suit. Hearing the sounds of the 3D Maneuvering Gear, Ian watched as a group of soldiers, from the look of their faces and uniforms, rookies, shot off. From the looks of the things the survivors were trying to regroup. Ian fired off his thrusters, following the group. Hopefully Luke got the same idea, and even more hopefully, Jane would return with Ren soon. But hell if he thought something like that would even the odds. As he shot off, both him and the suit failed to notice something watching from the shadows. The three meter tall creature reared up, letting out a strange chittering noise, before sneaking after the flying human.
Luke let out a mighty roar as the Titans got the net placed over the gate. As he expected it didn't hold up to the stress of the Titan's forcing their way through. As the net came down he charged, closing the distance between him and his foes, knocking them back through the breach with his bulk. While he himself couldn't get through himself, he blocked the gate off with his body. Blue flames erupted from his maw, incinerating any Titan foolish enough to be within the breach. However, a small thing such as fire wouldn't stop the titan's, or the thier lust for human flesh. More and more Titan's began trying to come through the breach. Luke's relentless flurry of tooth, claw, and flame was slowly being pushed back by nothing but sheer numbers. A massive Titan squeezed its way through the breach, only to have Luke's claws take the monster's head off. A smaller Titan that followed, likely abnormal, slammed into Luke's body. He roared in rage, more of shock than pain, as the Titan started pushing against his frame. His massive forearm sent the Titan flying into the wall, but the damage was done. Titan's had begun pouring in as the Garrison sprung into action. The soldier's gear let them fly through the air with ease. Luke snarled.
'Damn,' Luke thought 'I might hit one of them with my fire breath if I use it now.' The Goliath let out a rumbling snarl, lashing out with his massive claws. Things had already started to go downhill as he watched a soldier simply swatted out of the air like a fly. His body was a bloody mess on the Titan's hand. Ian's red and silver mech suit flew past his right eye, rolling around a Titan's arm, launching his lance into it's nape. The Titan crumpled, dead, but for each one brought down, almost two more took their place. Luke brought down an overhand strike, laying the titan before him low, before stepping on its nape. He heard screams as a soldier that had got caught near the gate was eaten alive, blood spraying in the air as the man was chomped in half. The Garrison soldiers were falling like flies in a storm. Despite the fact that between him, Ian, and a few elite troops, had easily racked up nearly two dozen kills, each enemy they brought down was costing them. Ripping off a Titan's head, Luke found himself the center of attention of at least three abnormal's, each one charging at him. While the first was stupid enough, leaping at him like a frog, and was thrown aside like a ragdoll, the other two struck him with their full bodies, forcing him away from the fray. Luke let out a roar in rage, darting forward with speed that belied his bulk, ripping out the first titan's throat with his fangs. A quick slice from his claws finished the creature while the last one ran. Luke's powerful legs launched himself airborne, crashing and landing into the titan's nape.
However, as more Garrison soldiers were killed or eaten, more Titan's began slipping through the defensive. Furthermore, he had lost sight of Ian during the fighting. A single range out as the Garrison began falling back. Once again, Luke charged into the fray, covering the soldier's retreat. 'Ian you better be able to handle yourself out there. Your on your own for now.'
Ren caught the smell of something she hadn't smelled in a few years. Well, excluding Ian, of course. But he was only one, and know she smelled several. In the titan's turf as well. The young Wraith knew what that meant very well. She observed this group of humans many times before they stopped paying visits to the woods she had called home. She didn't know why at first but once she found her brothers and sisters, they told her why. The Wraith finished inhaling her meal, still stuck in town. Unlike in the forest where she could easily hide, the flat streets and tall towers meant she was going to be seen at some point. Another sniff brought another smell to her. They brought food. Her body twitched a little with excitement. She felt like she was on the verge of something, and this newfound food would serve her well. Her body warped forward into a hiding spot, ready to ambush her incoming prey.
The humans had already gone past her hiding spot, but they still lingered in the area. Ren would have giggled if she could. They wanted to fight here, the towers and the buildings allowing them to use their flying gear to it's full effect. The thundering footsteps echoed the Titan's approach long before she could smell them. She wondered briefly about how such creatures could exist that have no concept of stealth or subtlety, but discarded the thought quickly. As far as she was concerned, Titan's believed themselves to be top of the food chain, eating only humans, who used to be at the top. A foot slammed down in front of her hiding spot in the alleyway, snapping the young Wraith out of her thoughts. Her body hunched down, coiling itself up like a spring, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Another earth breaking step, and the Titan's nape is wide open. Her body blinked forward, right above the creature's weak spot, before twisting her body around, her scythe like arm-blades cleanly removing the titan's head. She heard the gasp of a few humans as the Titan fell to the ground with a crash. Warping down the ground this time, her body shot forward, not even touching the ground. Another sniff through her nostrils revealed two more titans. Blinking around a corner brought her to two titans nearly four times her height. Something within her body. It felt slow to her, but to those who watched, it happened in an instant. The wraith's cells begun duplicating at an increasing rate, with the newly formed double ripping itself off of the original's body.
The new clone shot forward as the original faded from view. Ren slightly giggled at her favorite trick, her little decoy providing her with a distraction. She ducked around a nearby building, scaling up the side with her claws. Her decoy warped straight into the first Titan, running trough the Titan's nape with it's claws. The second Titan brought it's hand down on the decoy. The hastily cloned body fell apart under the assault, but the damage was done. Ren pounced from the rooftop, her claws rending the second Titan's nape, bringing it down to the ground with a thud. She inhaled through her nostrils, keeping track of a handful of humans who had gathered on the rooftops around her. Ren's stomach rumbled from the food in front of her. She opened her mouth to inhale her food as she heard shouting. She quickly pinpointed the noise, launching herself forward through the streets, picking up the scent of a human trapped in the grasp of a Titan. It raised the human up above it's mouth, intent on dropping the small man straight into it's gaping maw. The titan let the human go as Ren's body shot forward, grabbing the human mid-fall, before warping back to her original position. She carefully placed the now discombobulated human on the ground, before bringing herself to her full height, her arm blades pointed upward to make herself larger. The Titan wasn't ditured by her display, angered the strange creature had dared take away it's food. Ren let out a hiss as the titan stepped closer. However, a noise reached her ears, and a familiar scent filled her nostrils. The Titan dropped the ground in a flash, nape cut out with ease. Ren's hisses of anger turned into chirping with glee. He was with them. The really, really powerful human that killed titan's even more efficiently than her brothers and sisters! Her body twitched in excitement as she shot forward, aiming toward a titan with a mustache. The titan was busy, ramming it's face into a building, trying to get a bite out of two humans on the ground, and was quickly distracted by another. The brunette landed on the rooftop behind the Titan, almost taunting it? Ren couldn't understand her, but the brown hair girl, dodged a grab, going in for a kill that was rightfully her's. Ren warped forward, getting between her and the titan, making the brown haired female back off. Ren let out a chirping noise as she spun, her arm blades cutting through the nape like a knife cutting through butter. She raised her noise to the air, trying to sniff out any more Titans. Thankfully, not a single Titan was left in the area. The Wraith lowered her head to her meal, and began to inhale the titan's flesh.
Hange, however, was almost freaking out. First a strange, while, whatever it was, interrupted her kill, but killed the titan itself and was now eating it. Well eating was a loss term. The creature, smaller than ever a three meter Titan, was inhaling the titan's flesh. The two soldiers next to her backed away from the creature slowly, blades still drawn.
"This is unprecedented!" Hange gasped in glee, "something with ability to eat a Titan! That's incredible!" She stepped closer, despite protests from the two behind her. Saying the creature was strange would be an understatement. It was smaller than a Titan, but only just barely. It also had no legs, something very strange. However, it was able to float slightly above the ground. Air sacks to decrease its weight, perhaps? It had no eyes, not even sockets, likely relying on hearing and smell to find its prey. The fact that it had four arms was also strange. She had seen what the upper arms could do, not ending in a hand, but a massive blade that the creature used as a sword. The lower pair ended in a hand with four fingers, each one equipped with razor sharp claws. The thing had finally finished its meal, leaving nothing but steaming bone behind. Hange reached out and touched what would have had to be the creature's thigh. That was something the creature didn't like, however, letting out a massive screeching noise, warping away from the scientist's touch.
"Hey! Don't run away!" Hange pouted, as the creature backed itself away from her, clearly more startled and scared by her than she was of it. It let out a hiss in response, raising the spike like quills on its back, attempting look larger than it actually was. Hange cocked her head to the side. No, it wasn't trying to appear larger. It was actually growing! Slowly the creature's body curled up into a ball, body becoming covered in a black slime, hardening into a cocoon like structure on the ground. An annoyed Levi landed not to far away.
"Shit glasses," Levi said coldly, "what are you doing to create all this noise?" Hange simply pointed at the nearly four meter tall cocoon in the middle of the road. The thing was still growing, and the creature's heartbeat echoed from within the protective shell.
"I have no idea what it is!" Hange said giddily, "it eats Titans for food somehow, and now it's doing this. It's like a giant titan killing butterfly, except it has sword hands!" Levi almost raised an eyebrow as the what was inside the cocoon stopped moving. Everything felt still, if only for a second. Suddenly, massive spikes burst out of the top of the structure, nearly double size of what originally went in. The shell began to fail apart as the creature trashed within, letting out bellows, making all but Levi and Hange to clamp down on their ears to block out the noise. Hange gasped in shock. Whatever the creature did, it's growth was abnormally rapid. It spent only a minute inside the structure, but the beast was easily double it's original size. The creature finally stopped convulsing as the last of the shell fell apart, bringing itself up to its newfound five meter height. It didn't seem hostile however. The creature, turned its head skyward, letting out harsh clicks, almost like it was trying to find something. A crash came from behind them, causing the group to turn around. Hange let out a squeal of joy. Another strange creature, one that had appeared almost out of nowhere, was behind them. Around seven meters in height and walking on all fours, it stepped over them, almost carefully trying not to step on them. The two were completely different, forcing Hange to try and calm herself. The smaller of the two started making chirping like noise, almost like that of a birds, while the larger, let out low rumbles.
"Their talking to each other!" Hange squealed almost bouncing in excitement, "They're actual intelligence!" The larger of the two turned it's head toward her, and despite it's four eyes and weird looking face, she could have sworn that she saw a look of disbelief on it's face. The smaller gave off maybe a nod, returning the larger one's attention back to itself. Suddenly it's body slowly began to turn into a mist like substance, rapidly swirling and condensing. Hange blinded in surprise and Petra gasped. Even Levi himself raised an eyebrow. In one second the five meter Wraith had turned into a small girl! The child suddenly vanished from view, only to appear on top of the seven meter creature's head. Winds began to like up as the beast lifted itself off the ground, shooting northward at high speed. Abnormal fast, almost like it was in a hurry of sorts. Hange blinked. 'Wait, northward. But that's right towards,' she didn't get the chance to finish her thoughts as Erwin shout.
"We're going back!"
Ian swore as rain had begun to pour down. He had meet up with the group of survivors, and each and every fucking one was a green recruit, and they had all given up hope.
"We need to help them," Luke snapped angrily, flame nearly exiting his maw in rage.
"Are you dense Luke?" Ian bellowed back, "they don't even want to help themselves! We can't help them if they don't even want to go on living!" Luke was livid in rage, the only thing stopping him for trying to melt the suit into slag was the rain itself.
"It doesn't fucking matter whether they want our help or not," Luke shouted back, no longer caring about the stares they were getting, "They're going to get our help whether they like it or not! That even means if I have to carry all of these cowards on my back to do so, I will!" Ian let out a sigh of annoyance, letting Luke know that he won the argument. One of the girl's, one with brown hair, ran about trying to get her fellow cadets in action, but nothing seemed to work.
Caira watched the two strange newcomers with interest. They certainly weren't soldier's, that much was for sure. A matter a fact, she seemed to be the only one who even carried about them. The only person who was moving besides her was Sasha, trying to rally the survivors but failing. Everyone, including Armin, the best friend of the energetic Eren, was still, almost clearly the last man standing in his squad. Most squads had been wiped, and while hers fared better than some of the other's, her group had lost two. She heard rumors that Alexander's squad was also wiped out, something that almost made her want to crawl up into a ball and die. However, she didn't think Alexander would want that, so she said on her feet, at least willing to fight for her life. She heard muttering with the arrival of Mikasa Ackerman. At the same time a loud crash and several panic screams made her turn her head, before falling back in shock. It was the creature that had been flying toward the wall. Two humans slipped off the beast's back. The first was tall, almost as tall as Bertholt himself, her hair almost a silvery color, hanging around her shoulder level. Her clothing was something she had never seen before, it was mostly black, made up of an unknown material. The second was a nothing more than a little girl. Her black hair matching her eyes, and wearing something like a dress, which was also black. The girl suddenly vanished, reappearing on top of the red and silver suit of armor. She gasped as the flying, seven meter creature began to fade into mist, body condensing into that of yet another girl with silver hair and blue eyes. Her clothing consisted of a very long skirt, almost bordering a dress, and a brown-green shirt.
"Jane it's about time," Luke greeted harshly, getting a snarl from her in response.
"I not only had to deal with the fact Ren here," she stated in a pissed off tone, "had just evolved and is very hungry, but I still had to pick Lilith up." The two glared at eachother, before Lilith pulled the two apart.
"Today's been a bad and long day for all of us," she snapped at the two, "so let's just get today over with."
"We need to get them at least on the move so they can get more supplies," Ian interrupted, "but all they want to do is lay down and die. If we could get them to push, we would stand a chance, but if we don't hurry, they'll be surrounded and eaten." Jane gave off a nod. These human's despair was nearly palpable. But if they could be inspired. She grit her teeth in rage. To inspire them would be so simple, yet it would be so hard. Not only did she not know a single one of them personally, she wasn't one of them. If one of their own had the courage and will to fight, than another would back them up, then another, then another, resulting in a cascade of soldiers willing to fight for their lives.
"Luke, I want you on the left flank," Jane ordered, the Goliath nodded, powerful legs launching himself across the rooftops with ease. "Lilith, I want you on the right." The Behemoth grinned, grabbing hold of a black haired girl.
"Carry me to your right flank, if you will," the girl with light grey hair said as she grabbed ahold of Caira.
"Me?" Caira gasped at rude grasping of her arm.
"Yes you," Lilith said, "And if you live through this I'll owe you a date." Caira felt heat rise in her face as she carried the girl to the right flank.
Ian shook his head. Only Lilith would ask somebody out in the middle of enemy territory.
"Ren and Ian," Ian turned his head back to Jane, "I want you two on front-guard. Whoever's leading the charge, I want you two to back them up." He gave a thumbs up with the suit, considering that a nod couldn't be seen through the suit. Ren mimicked the action, before her stomach let out a loud rumbling sound.
"I'm hungry," the small girl complained, pout clear on her face. Ian pat the small child on the head.
"Once we're finished with this, you'll have a lot of food, I promise," he said, causing the girl to grow an ear splitting grin, letting out multiple giggles. These giggles stopped as the someone talking, no, crying would be a better word or the tone that was almost drenched in sobs.
"Our unit. The thirty-fourth cadet unit." The voice sobbed, making Ian's body twitch inside the suit with rage. 'They're all fucking cadets! Why are nothing but poorly trained soldiers a part of this type of operation? Who's idea was this bullshit?' "Thomas Wagner. Nic Tuis. Mvlius Zeramuski. Mina Caroline. Eren Jaeger." Now the suit itself quaked in rage. Each name was not only a failure on him, he felt, but also on the incompetence of whoever thought sending in rookies against titan's was ever a bright idea. The boy somehow had the will to keep talking.
"All five of them have fulfilled their duty and died heroic death in battle!" The voice was laced with grief and pain. He could tell Ren wanted to hug the poor boy, who looked even younger than he was. Whispering broke out, clearly the new's discouraged the soldiers even more. The black haired girl in front of him placed one of her hands over his own, trying to get him to calm down. Her tone, the way she started talking, he knew that she was going to lead the charge. Her speech, though lackluster, pretty much called them all moron's or cowards, making him smirk inside his armor.
"You want to fight all those titans by yourself?" Someone shouted, practically falling over themselves at the thought.
"If I can't then I'll simply die. But if I win, I live. If you don't fight you can't win," The black hair girl said with an eerie calmness, before leaping off the building, flying through the air with her gear. Ian grinned within the suit, dropping the spent shells with a loud clank on the ground, drawing some attention towards me as Ren darted forward, mist already encasing her body as she lept from the building. I pull out the next chain of rounds, slapping them into the cannon, stepping towards the buildings edge.
"Under normal circumstances I would say something about wanting to be part of a desperate charge against impossible odds," he said, his excitement clear on his voice, "but sadly these are not impossible odds." Raising the cannon into the air, he fired off two rounds that exploded midair with tremendous force, before activating the thrusters, shooting off behind the Wraith and the girl.
Lilith grinned as the sound of explosions reached her ears, stopping her stretching short.
"What was that?" the brown eyed girl ask, eyes wide in slight panic. Lilith let out a laugh.
"That was a signal," she said, grinning ear to ear almost like someone gone mad.
"A signal? For what?" Caira's eyes were wide in panic.
"It means that one of you soldier's has finally gotten off their asses and going on the attack," Lilith said with glee, "which means I finally I get in on the action!" Caira's mouth dropped to the floor.
"And trust me," the silver haired girl said, "you haven't seen something like me before, and neither have they." Her body was quickly encased in mist, leaping off the rooftop, hitting the ground with an earth shattering crash. In her place was the mighty Behemoth, eight meters of solid rock and flesh. The creature slowly began to move, fists and stubby legs shaking the earth with each step. Caira shook her head. This was insane! However, the massive creature gave her a feeling, a feeling that everything was going to be ok. With this powerful creature on their side, there was no way they could loss. Caira stepped forward, launching herself towards a nearby rooftop.
"Caira!" Someone shouted, "what are you doing?"
"It's our best chance!" she shouted back, "besides, what do we have to loss?"
On the other side of the survivor's, Luke let out a snort as the explosion reached his ears. About time someone had gotten started.
"If you want to stay alive, then follow me," He shouted, "and if you don't, be aware that a seven year old will be showing you up! Now, are you soldiers or are you cowards?" He didn't bother for to wait for a response, leaping off the rooftop, mist encasing his form, slamming into the ground as the mighty Goliath. His roar echoed throughout the district, and his footfalls made the earth quake with each step.
Jane grinned. Like she predicted, if one had enough guts to try, so would another, then another, at least seven more had taken off after her, and remainder of them started moving as well. Mist shrouded her form, growing and warping into the Kraken. The seven meter beast took to the skies, ready to rain death from above her foes. Her roar echoed above the head of the survivor's, who let out a shout in return. If she could have grinned she would have, forcing her body forward and upward, giving herself a bird's eye view of the entire formation.
"Damn!" Ian shouted, "I know was told to back her up, but she doesn't look like she needs it!" The girl who was leading the charge, Mikasa, yes, that was her name, brought down a titan with ease, moving so fast it didn't even have time to react to her presence. Ian gritted his teeth. At this rate he wasn't going to even get a kill. She would simply just kill every titan that crossed her path. With Luke and Lilith covering their flanks, with Ren's speed on the ground and Jane's lightning strikes from above, the only titan's that would get in their way were the ones that would be in front of them. 'This is going to be easy. In between everyone we have and her, nothing was going to stop them,' he thought. Suddenly, her gear stopped working, sending her plummeting out of the air.
"Mikasa!" the blond haired boy flying nearby shouted, flying off after his fallen friend. Another, one with no hair whatsoever, shot off after him, shouting something to, Jean, was it, to lead the rest. Another person dropped out the air, also running out of gas. Ren shot forward, bringing down the six meter that went for him, blade's taking the titan's head clean off. However two more surrounded the two as her body began to glow. Suddenly a strange dome erupted from her body, covering the area in glowing particles, making the Wraith's body almost see through. The two titans closed in on their would be prey, only to be torn to shreds in an instant, soaking the ground with their boiling blood.
"She picked up Supernova?" Ian whispered in shock, flying by the scene. The dome decayed, the Wraith picking up the human, passing him along to someone that could carry the additional weight. However, the two of them couldn't be everywhere at once. Even Jane's long ranged lightning that had brought down more than a few titan's, wasn't able to keep everyone safe. Ian himself snarled was a girl screaming about how she didn't want to die was bitten in half, just as his shots slammed into the titan's nape.
Lilith's tongue latched onto another titan, bringing it into her mouth, crushing it's nape with her immense bite. The right was holding, mostly thanks to her wiping out every titan that dared enter her line of sight, trying to eat the humans under her protection. Normally her form was to slow to keep up the speed of the human's gear, she encased herself into a ball of earth, allowing her to roll at an even greater pace. If the titan was small enough, she would simply flatten it into a blood stain. If it was to large to crush, she herself would emerge, bringing down her massive fists into the titan's body. Based on the noises her group was making, the supply depot was just up ahead.
Luke let out a tremendous below as he ripped a titan in half. Any titan that dared to have the audacity to try and attack the humans under his guard were promptly ripped into pieces. A line of steaming skeleton was the hallmark of his rampage. Cheers erupted from the humans under his protection. They must have been nearing the supply depot. Good. Soon this whole thing would be over.
Unlike both of the flanks, which benefited hugely from the fact that they had two tier three's watching over them, the middle was suffering heavy casualties. Ian's guns rained their explosive payload into titan flesh, bringing down as many as possible. Ren's speed and claw's did heavy damage, but there was simply too many people who needed help, and not enough firepower to help them. However, the group pressed forward, reluctantly using the ones that couldn't be saved as a distraction. However, it became clear that even getting to the gas wasn't going to be easy either.
"Shit!" Ian shouted as the building came into view, "that is a lot of of titans!" The man eating monsters had the whole building surrounded, not just around, but with titans hanging on the walls. Ren warped forward, throwing up another Supernova, dispatching at least five titans that decided that hanging on the wall was a good place to wait for a meal. Ian himself flanked to the other side of the building, anti-aircraft battery unleashing rounds into the titans hanging on the building, allowing an opening for survivors to enter through the windows. Luke and Lilith's roars were heard, signaling the arrival of their groups, the noise they were creating an attempt to draw the titan's attention away from the humans. Unfortunately the same didn't work of him, alarms flared within the suit. Ian turned around just in time, activating a force field as a titan slapped him out of the air, sending him crashing into the building. While the suit itself was unharmed, Ian let out a groan in pain, pulling himself back up to his feet, with his attacker and another titan now staring into the building. Another titan on the other side of the building forced it's head through the stone, looking inside at their prey.
"You want some of this?" Ian shouted, "do you?" pointing the dual cannons on his arm at the face of the two titans. Jane sniffed one, before grabbing his arm and pushing it down.
"Hold your fire!" She shouted, "something's coming." Ian's confused look turned to shock as the edge of a titan sized fist appeared, aimed at the two starting inside.
"What the!" him and Jean shouted at the same time, as the first of a fifteen meter knocked them clear off the building, before letting out an ear splitting roar. Ian spun around to Jane.
"Was that what I thought that was?" Ian said, shock written in his voice.
"Yep," Jane responded flatly, a slight grin twitching across her face.
"Anything else that I need to know before heading back out?" He asked, an eyebrow raised, despite nobody being able to see it.
"There's a Gorgon on the roof," Ian blinked once as a chittering noise was heard, coming from behind the titan with it's head stuck in the wall. It stopped moving as six claws pierced all the way through it's neck, before quickly withdrawing them. The titan fell, revealing it's killer. Ian froze up, staring at the insectoid creature. It's eight eyes scanned the room, mouth twitching. It lept from it's post, but Ian stayed still, body quaking in fear.
"Ian?" Jane asked, snapping her fingers in front of the suit.
"What the hell was that?" Jean shouted.
"Part of how you're getting out of this alive," Jane said, not turning around, "Between a tier one Gorgon, a berserking Titan Shifter, a tier three Goliath, and a tier three Behemoth, no titan can get near this build without getting torn to pieces." Someone opened their mouth.
"Quite. I'll answer your questions once everyone is safe," she glared at the suit, electricity gathering in her hand. The small makeshift lightning bolt crashed into the suit, causing Ian to roar in pain.
"Thank," his voice rasped from within the armor, "I needed that."
"Help them get the gas," Ian said, confidence returning, "I'll keep the Gorgon and that Shifter covered." He charged out of the smaller hole, launching himself through the air.
"You'd rely on a titan's help?" Jean said, almost in shock, but before he could go further, Ren interrupted.
"You're talking about the really big human, right?" she asked, "It doesn't smell like a titan, it smells like a human."
"It's a Titan Shifter, not a titan," Jane said, annoyed with the man, "it may be acting on instinct and rage, but inside it is a very human pilot." Multiple gasps and whispers went up.
"Worry about it later," Jane's tone changed almost immediately, "I can smell at least seven titan's down in the room I assume the supplies are in. Now does anyone have a plan?"
Jane herself was almost shocked by the plan the small, blond haired boy had cooked up. It was bold, but it made so much sense. Use the guns they found to blind all seven titans within the supply room, and have seven of their best ambush them from above, slicing their napes. Well nine if you counted her and Ren, but they were on backup duty. While Jane herself would like to shoot a gun, but the last time she even touched something that used gunpowder it nearly took off her hand, so she had to pass. Ren was to short, and her speed would be needed if more than two people messed up. She grinned at the banter until.
"Or you can just ram your blade up their assholes. That's their other weak spot," said the blonde with short cropped hair.
"What's an asshole?" Ren asked innocently, as the man visibly flinched, having forgotten about the small child.
"Something you don't ever repeat," the silver haired girl said, sending a death glare at the blonde.
"Reiner, those might be your last words," Jean said. So that was his name. She could tell that Jean had wanted to say something else, but at least was capable of holding his tongue.
The lift was hanging in the center of the room, exactly at face level with the seven titans within the room. The titan's slowly noticed the new food, moving in to surround the cadets. Their nervousness and fear was palpable, but they hold their ground.
"Fire!" the center of room erupted in bright flashes and the sound of gun shots, each and everyone hitting their mark. The seven sprung into action, landing slashing blows on their targets. Five titans dropped. 'Damn,' Jane raged eternally, 'they missed.' Ren already warped forward, hovering above the titan's nape for a second, before unleashing a concussive blast, bringing the titan down. Jane touched down in front of a whimpering Sasha, her Kraken wings already extending out of her shoulders. A low pitched rumble echoed in the throat, her wings crackling with electricity. Her wings shot forward like whips, slamming into the creature's neck, pulling each one back and repeating the process. The titan stumble back under the onslaught, not from the force, but from the electricity forcing it's way into the titan's nervous system. The creature fell, body twitching before laying still, body slowly evaporating into steam. Sasha blinked, tears in her eyes. Jane let out a sigh as Ren already decided that the decaying titan's where an all you could eat buffet, inhaling their flesh much like she did in her Wraith form.
"Thank you for saving Sasha," a black haired girl said. If memory served, it was the same girl that Lilith had carry her to the right flank.
"And thank you for carrying Lilith," she responded with a grin, "and I'm sorry about your date in advance." Caira's face turned an interesting shade of red, embarrassed or simply just shocked.
"You mean she wasn't joking!" Caira half asked half shouted. Jane almost laughed at her misfortune.
"Trust me, you'll know when Lilith is joking," Jane laughed, before scanning the room. The humans were ready to leave, shooting off at high speeds towards the wall. Mikasa however, launched herself to a nearby rooftop, launching herself airborne, Jane quickly followed. She grit her death, biting back the urge to swear. The titan was pinned down, body being devoured by several titans. Despite Ian and the Gorgon's efforts, many simply stayed attached, slowly devouring the Shifter. However the Gorgon was barely able to move. Exactly like the Titan Shifter, it was running on nothing for than fumes, leaving Ian allow to try and clear out the swarm. The noise of battle was clear on the other side of the build. Luke and Lilith likely both struggling to keep the titan's at bay. Suddenly a titan, from appearance an abnormal entered the Shifter's field of vision. It suddenly began to move, titan's falling off it's body, even losing both of it's arms as it closed in, biting down on the abnormal neck. It's roar's, though muted, echoed, throughout the area. Ian swung around in an attempt to cover the now harmless beast, but it didn't need his help. It used the limp titan in it's jaws as a club, finishing off the titan's around it with ease, before letting out a massive roar.
"Hey," Jean said, clearly in shock, "what was that about helping it?" The titan fell to the ground with a crash as Luke, with his sister in tow, joined the group on the roof. Steam came off it's body, in waves as Ian brought up a human. No, the smell was different. So this is what the Gorgon's human gise was. Caira gasped.
"Alexander?" she whispered in shock, before turning to Ian, "where did you find him?" Ian was clearly biting down the urge to panic, due to him holding a Gorgon in his hands.
"He was the giant titan killing spider," his fear was quite clear, "He's a Gorgon. Doesn't even know it." Caira raised an eyebrow.
"Relax, he's going to be fine," Lilith said, "He simply used up all his energy. He'll be conscious within the hour, I assure you."
"I'll care him Ian, you smell like you're about to give yourself a heart attack," Luke offered, with Ian quickly passing Alexander to him. Suddenly, Mikasa gasped, turning everyone's attention toward the body of the Titan Shifter. Through the steam she could see only one thing.
Eren Jaeger.
Never again will I write a seven-thousand word chapter. NEVER!