Hey people! It's been a while. I kinda forgot about it...
Well, here's the moment A LOT of people have probably been wondering about.
THE FEMALE TITAN!
Not trying to give TOO much away, but there will be a giant twist involving who gets killed. Not in this chapter, but soon.
Enjoy. :)
Kaiias: (walks up to Eren) Hey Eren. Who do you think is gonna join?
Eren: (looks at Kaiias) I don't know. A lot of people were planning on joining before Trost.
Kaiias: Well, Mikasa and Armin are definitely gonna join. We can at least guarantee that.
Eren: Yeah. (looks down at the hay) I hope they're actually all right.
Kaiias: There isn't any reason why they wouldn't be.
Mikasa, Armin, and the rest of the cadets that joined walk past the stables. Eren and Kaiias see them and look surprised.
Eren: (runs up to Oluo) May we go see our friends?
Oluo: (yawns) Sure. But don't take too long.
Eren and Kaiias run up to Mikasa and Armin.
Eren: (yells to them) Hey guys!
Mikasa: (turns around) Eren!
Armin: (turns around) Hey Eren!
Everyone walks back and says hey to Eren.
Kaiias: (walks up to everyone) Well I'm here too guys.
Mikasa: (looks happy to see Kaiias) Hey Kaiias!
Everyone says hey to Kaiias.
Eren: (looks at everyone) Wait. So all of you are in the Scouts?
Connie: Well yeah. Why else would we be here?
Eren: (laughs) Oh, well then that must mean that Jean, Annie, and Marco all went to the MP's?
Kaiias: (looks at Eren as he remembers Marco) Um, Eren. There's something you should-
Jean: (walks up behind Eren)
Eren: (turns around) Jean?
Jean: Marco is dead…
Eren: What…? How…?
Jean: No one knows. Kaiias and me found his body…
Eren: (looks at Kaiias)
Kaiias: (looks down and looks back up) He's right. No one knows how he went out.
Eren: Whoa…so…Annie's in the MP's?
Jean: (nods)
Ness: (walks up to the cadets) Look alive rookies! Your uniforms are here! (gives everyone their jackets and capes)
A few hours later, Jean and the rest of the cadets, including Eren and Kaiias, are in the dining room talking.
Eren: So you guys are really gonna be in the next mission?
Mikasa: Yeah.
Jean: Hey…Eren…
Everyone looks at Jean.
Jean: I heard that in your Titan form, you tried to kill Kaiias and Mikasa. What's the deal with that?
Kaiias: (hides his bad arm in his cape)
Mikasa: (hides her cheek) He thought he was swatting a fly. It was nothi-
Jean: No offense, but I was speaking to Eren. Also, that cut on your cheek looks really deep. So does that giant scar on Kaiias' arm. Mind telling me how you guys got those?
Eren: Apparently…I tried to kill them…
Jean: Apparently…? So basically, you can transform into a 15-meter Titan, but you can't control it yet…? (turns to everyone else) Well look at this, our lives in the hands of a person that can't control his power. Isn't this great…?
Kaiias: Jean. Stop.
Everyone looks at Kaiias.
Kaiias: We get that you don't wanna die like Marco. But that's no reason to jeopardize everything.
Eren: (looks confused)
Kaiias: (sees everyone's faces and continues to explain) In Trost, people were doubting Eren's ability. Saying that it might not work or it's a waste of time. When Eren transformed, it can be a huge possibility that his mind was trying so hard to not mess up everything, it accidentally forgot to fix the breach. Causing Eren to attack the nearest people.
Everyone looks at Kaiias.
Jean: Sorry Kaiias, but unlike you, Mikasa, and Armin, we're not ready to put our lives on the line for him at a moments notice. (looks at Eren) But…(walks up to Eren) if you prove that your gonna give it you're all…then we're with you…every step…
Eren: (nods) Trust me. I will give it my all.
A week later, everyone is in Colanith district getting ready for the mission.
Kaiias: (looks at the gate) Looks like we're actually about to do it…(looks at Eren)
Eren: (looks at Kaiias) Yeah…I'm so ready for this.
Kaiias: (looks at Petra, Oluo, Eld, and Gunta and turns back to Eren) Yeah…me to…
Eren: (gets a little worried) Kaiias…you have that look in your eye…
Kaiias: (looks at Eren) I'm just nervous.
Eren: No you're not…(looks ahead) It's another gut feeling…isn't it…?
Kaiias: (looks ahead) Yeah…and I don't know if I'll live through this one either…
Soldier: All the Titans in the vicinity have been lured away!
Ervin: (nods) Open the gate!
The gate opens slowly.
Ervin: (yells) Forward!
Everyone rushes forward.
Ervin: It has now begun! The 57th mission outside! Scouts! MOVE OUT!
Everyone runs to the outside of the walls where a destroyed city is. Everything is quiet when a 10-meter comes out of nowhere. Two support soldiers hold it off.
Eren: (looks at Kaiias) Hey, Kaiias, you think they'll have a good chance of taking on a Titan?
Kaiias: (remembers Armin, Jean, and Reiner fighting the female Titan) Yeah. I really do.
Ervin: Change to long distance Scout formation!
Everyone starts spreading out.
Reiner: (is next to Armin) That's our time. I'll see you guys later! (backs away)
Jean: Armin, if you see one. Make sure not to piss yourself. (backs away)
Armin: (nods) Same goes for you! (speeds up a little)
Everyone spreads so far that the only way to communicate is through smoke signals. Armin is all by himself.
Armin: (feels his heart beating rapidly and starts looking around)
Armin gets more nervous as he hears so much noise going on.
Armin: I gotta calm down…I'm perfectly fine…(looks up to find a red smoke signal) Oh no…(gets a red signal out an shoots it)
Everyone shoots a red signal until it reaches Ervin. Ervin shoots a green signal in the opposite direction.
Armin: (looks in the West) Why hasn't the West wing spotted any Titans yet…? (sees a black smoke signal) oh no! An abnormal! (shoots a black signal)
A Titan comes from the Woods. It is heading straight for the middle of the formation. Ness and another soldier ride up towards it.
Soldier: Damn it! The spotters missed a live one!
Ness: (looks ahead) Shit! Arlert is up ahead! We must kill it now! I'll so for the heels! (stands up on his horse)
Soldier: (waits for Ness to strike first)
Ness: Here goes nothing! (swings onto the Titan and cuts it's heel) All yours!
Soldier: (jumps up high and slices the Titan's nape)
Armin: (smiles) Way to go Ness! (sees a figure running towards them)
Kaiias: (looks in the West)
Eren: (looks at Kaiias) Kaiias, you okay?
Kaiias: (is still looking at the West) Yeah. I just think the West has taken a really serious hit.
Levi: Kaiias. Tell me.
Everyone looks at Levi.
Levi: Eren tends to say that you have gut feelings about everything a lot. And when those feelings come, something bad happens. Right…?
Kaiias: (nods) Yes sir.
Levi: Then tell me. What does you're gut say about the Mission…?
Kaiias: Um, with all due respect sir, I suggest we focus on the Mission. Not on what one kid says.
Levi: (nods) I suppose so…
Ness and the other soldier are celebrating their victory.
Ness: Whoa! That was a rush! (jumps back on his horse)
Soldier: (hears footsteps and looks behind him) Looks like we got another one!
Ness: (looks behind him) Damn it…what are the spotters even doing?! (looks ahead) Not only is it an abnormal…it's gotta be at least 14-meters. This is gonna be a big pain in the ass…(looks behind him to see The Titan running fast)
Ness and the soldier both speed up faster.
Armin: (shoots a black flare) It's…it's going too fast…
Ness: (yells) Go for it!
Soldier: (swings up and tries to hit the nape)
Female Titan: (grabs the soldier and crushes him)
Ness: (gasps and swings up to the Titan's nape)
Female Titan: (grabs Ness' cord and hits Ness hard on the ground, killing him instantly)
Armin: (gasps and speeds ahead)
Female Titan: (runs after Armin)
Armin: What is that? That's impossible! It's showing intelligence! Like the Colossal and Armored! Like Eren…! It's…It's a human wrapped in a Titan's body!
Female Titan: (catches up to Armin)
Armin: No! What can I do? I'm dead! (grabs the latch to the other horse and lets it go)
Female Titan: (jumps over Armin)
Armin: (looks up as the foot comes down) No…why is it…? No…why are they doing this…?
Female Titan: (steps right in front of Armin, stepping on his horse and causing him to fly forwards)
Armin: (hits the ground hard, sits on his knees, and stays quiet)
Female Titan: (reaches for Armin)
Armin: (starts breathing heavily)
Female Titan: (grabs Armin's hood)
Armin: (looks surprised) Wh…what…? (looks up at the Female Titan)
Female Titan: (sees Armin's face, lets go of his hood, gets up, and runs in the same direction, leaving Armin)
Armin: (stands up) What the…(feels his face) It checked my…face…why would it need to check my face…?
Reiner: (sees Armin) Armin! (rides up to him) What the hell are you doing? You can't be in Titan territory without a horse. Get on my spare.
Armin: (nods, gets on the horse, and rides with Reiner towards the Female Titan)
Armin and Reiner start riding towards the Female Titan, who is running away towards the center.
Reiner: I came the second I saw the smoke. You gotta admit, this abnormal has a nice ass when it's running like that.
Armin: It's not an abnormal. It's a person like Eren!
Reiner: (looks at Armin) What? How's that possible?
Armin: (reaches for his flare box) I'll explain in a second. We need to warn the others. (struggles to put the flare in the gun) Come on! Work! This is an emergency!
A yellow smoke signal comes from behind them.
Reiner: (looks behind him) Looks like Jean has you covered.
Jean: (rides up to them)
Reiner: (hears smoke guns in the West and looks at all the yellow smoke signals) Oh no. The right wing spotters have suffered too many casualties…
Jean: Yeah. Apparently they've been all but wiped out. Some are still fighting off the Titan horde but now no one's looking out for Titans!
Armin: (looks at the Female Titan) Hold on. She came from that direction…could she have led the Titans here…?
Jean: (looks at the Female Titan) Her? Why is it running from us? Is it an abnormal?
Armin: No. I don't know how it's possible, but it's a human like Eren!
Jean: (looks at Armin) How can you tell?
Armin: It killed Ness…on purpose…
Everyone stays in a silent confusion.
Armin: Titans eat people but they don't mean to kill us. They just feed on instinct like any other creature. This one killed them. It swatted them like flies. (looks at the Female Titan) She didn't eat them, she killed them and headed on her merry way! That's weird, even for an abnormal.
Jean: (looks back at the Female Titan)
Armin: She must be after someone…but who…? Wait…is it Eren…?
Reiner: Wait, Eren's in Levi's squad. They're in the right wing. Or at least, they were.
Jean: (looks at Reiner) Wait. Levi's squad is in the left wing. That's what my plan had.
Armin: My plan had them in the right wing too…then that means, Eren, Kaiias…(thinks and looks back up) Wait. That isn't smart…putting them in the vanguard…plus, if they were in danger, Eren would have transformed.
Reiner: Then…where is he…?
Armin: They have to be in the safest position in the formation. Which is…the middle of the formation.
Jean: (looks at the Female Titan) Guys…(looks at them) We gotta slow it down.
Armin and Reiner look at Jean.
Armin: Jean…I don't think you know the danger of this…to her we're nothing more than insects. If she hits one of us, we'll be crushed…
Jean: (smiles insanely) Hehe...what a terrifying thought…
Reiner: Jean? What's gotten into you…? The old Jean wouldn't care about anyone but himself.
Jean: Well, you're wrong. (thinks back to when he saw Marco's corpse) believe me Reiner…I'm all about number one…I just don't wanna end up a pile of bones and no one knows what happened to me…(looks at both of them) I understand the risks! I know what we have to do! And the last I checked no one forced us to take on this position! Now are you in or out?
Armin: (thinks for a moment)
Reiner: (nods and looks forward) I'm with you.
Armin: (puts his hood over his head) Pull you're hood over so she can't see your face! She won't attempt to kill you if she doesn't know you're the person she's looking for!
Reiner: (smiles) Brilliant thought Armin. (pulls his hood over his head)
Jean: I gotta admit, the way you, Mikasa, and Kaiias latched onto Eren during training days always scared me. (pulls his hood over his head) But I always knew you were smart.
Armin: Um, thanks? I guess.
Everyone heads straight for the Female Titan.
Female Titan: (slows down)
Armin: (rides up beside her) She's slowed a little, hopefully from tiredness. We gotta do this now, before she gains speed.
Jean: (rides on the other side of her) Okay, don't kill her, if she's anything that Armin says, we need her alive. Let's just cut the heels.
Armin: (sighs a little) We gotta do this.
Jean: (kisses his sword and stands up on his horse)
Female Titan: (turns and sees Armin)
Armin: (gasps)
Female Titan: (stops and hits Armin off his horse, wounding his head and sending Armin flying through the air)
Reiner: Armin!
Jean: Armin! (latches onto the Female Titan's back and swings up high)
Female Titan: (turns, sees jean, and moves, unlatching Jean's hook)
Jean: What the…she's like a damn athlete! (dodges her arm and goes behind her)
Female Titan: (covers her nape)
Jean: (latches onto her back and sees that she covered her weak spot) What? (sees her hand) Oh no! I'm a dead man! She's gonna crush me!
Reiner: Jean! (starts riding faster)
Armin: Jean! Don't let that suicidal maniac die in vain!
The Female Titan stops her hand in mid air.
Jean: What…? Why'd she stop…?
Armin: (looks up with blood dripping down his face) Eren is dead! I saw him die in the right wing! So is Kaiias! They all died! They're dead because of her! (looks at the Female Titan)
Jean: (lands near a tree) What? Out of all the shit that came outta Armin's mouth…(sees Reiner)
Reiner: (rides to the Female Titan and latches onto the nape)
Jean: Of course! Now's his chance when he's distracted!
Reiner: (swings up to the nape)
Female Titan: (looks at Reiner)
Reiner: (looks back at her)
Female Titan: (grabs Reiner)
Both Armin and Jean look shocked.
Female Titan: (starts to crush Reiner)
Jean: (steps back a little) No…Reiner…
Armin: (looks surprised)
Reiner: (bursts out of the Female Titan's hand, swings around her, grabs Armin, and starts running)
Jean: (looks surprised and then starts running) That beautiful son a bitch! Mikasa and Kaiias have been so badass I forgot how much he ranked in the top 10!
Female Titan: (waits for her hand to regenerate)
Reiner: That had to have bought them more than enough time! We gotta get out of here! If she doesn't have an appetite like you said she shouldn't follow us!
Female Titan: (gets up and starts running)
Armin: (looks back) Wait…She…she's going after Eren!
Eren, Kaiias, and the rest of the Levi squad are riding in the formation
Eren: (looks around) Things seem to be going smooth.
Kaiias: For us…
Eren: (looks at Kaiias) What do you mean…?
Kaiias: For us it seems that everything is going smooth. My gut tells me the right wing has taken a really bad hit already…
Levi sees a lot of green smoke signals.
Levi: Oluo, pass it on.
Oluo: Yes Sir! (shoots a green signal)
Soldier: (rides up to Levi) Captain! It appears the right wing spotters are all wiped out! The last order is compromised! One of you will have to tell the others down the line!
Levi: You heard him Petra. Go.
Petra: Yes sir! (rides off)
Eren: (looks at Kaiias) What about Armin…?
Kaiias: He was more towards the back. Hopefully they haven't gotten that far in… (sees a black smoke signal)
Levi: Kaiias. Shoot the signal.
Kaiias: Yes sir! (shoots a black signal)
Eren: (looks at the smoke) Just beyond that smoke…someone's fighting…
Female Titan: (is running towards the middle, sees a soldier, and covers her weak spot)
Soldier: (rides in front of her and points his gun at her) Come on! Look at me!
Female Titan: (looks down at the soldier)
Soldier: (shoots a flare at her)
The Female Titan stops and dodges the flare, when she does; three soldiers go after her ankles, and her nape.
Soldier: We got you now bitch! (tries to go for the ankle)
Female Titan: (jumps high in the air)
Soldier: She…she can jump…? (gets crushed by the Female Titan)
Soldier: (lands on a building and looks behind him) damn it! (gets killed)
Female Titan: (grabs another soldier's hook)
Soldier: (looks at the Female Titan) No…please…NO!
Soldier: (looks in horror as the Soldier is being spun around my his cord, breaking his back) No…
Female Titan: (walks slowly and throws the dead corpse)
Soldier: (starts running away fast) Damn it! I have to tell the others! (hears giant footsteps and looks behind him) NOO! (gets kicked violently)
Kaiias: (looks ahead and gets really nervous)
Eren: Kaiias, you okay…?
Kaiias: (stays silent)
Eren: (looks ahead and sees the Forest of Giant Trees)
Ervin and the others go into the Forest. Ervin tells everyone that only the middle was allowed to go into the forest. Everyone else was to get in a tree and lure titans in. Levi and his squad are running in the Forest.
Eren: Sir! Why do we have to go in here? We won't see a Titan until it's too late! I can hear something behind us!
Levi: (looks behind him) Eren. We're fine. When it comes we'll outrun it.
A black smoke signal comes from behind everyone.
Eld: Shit, it's right behind us!
Levi: (draws his sword) Everyone draw you're swords. It'll happen in a blink of an eye. When it does, run…
Everyone stays silent until a soldier comes out from behind a tree. When the soldier is shown, the Female Titan comes from behind a tree, kills the soldier, and runs towards Levi's team. Everyone looks scared.
Kaiias: (gets scared quickly and thinks to himself) Shit! (looks forward) I don't now if I'll make it out of this one alive…
Levi: Come on! Move it!
Everyone runs away as the Female Titan closes in on everyone.
Eld: Shit! How are we gonna outrun that thing?
Petra: (looks at Levi) Captain! What are you're orders?
Oluo: It's dangerous! Let's take it out!
Levi: (stays quiet)
Two more soldiers come.
Levi: Everyone. Close your ears. Now.
Everyone covers their ears. Levi shoots a flare that sends a high-pitched sound.
Eren: Was that an acoustic round?
Levi: Everyone. Tell me, are we supposed to kill this thing…? Since you don't know I'll answer it for you. No. We're supposed to keep this bitch alive.
Eren: But for how long…? She's right on top of us right now!
A soldier tries to latch onto the Female Titan; the Female Titan dodges the cord, grabs it, pulls the soldier closer, and smashes him into a tree.
Eren: Damnit! He didn't have to die!
Kaiias: Eren! Looks forward! We need you to focus!
Eren: (looks at Kaiias) Really Kaiias? That thing is killing our comrades and you expect me to be okay about it?
Petra: Yes! Do what you're told!
Eren: (looks down at his hand) Wait…I don' t need them…I can kill it…(tries to bite his thumb)