Jean stared off at the darkness in the night. It was his turn to be on watch for the night. He turned his attenton to the sleeping forms of his comrades. Sasha and Connie were dogpiled unto eachother, snoring like bears... Armin and Mikasa were snoozing quietly by Eren, practically cuddling into his undamaged arm.

He turned his attention back outside, sighing. A lot was going through his mind right now. Though more than anything, he was mad...

Eren was supposed to be an advantage...A weapon that they would use to take back the wall. And now, his powers don't work.

'Many have died trying to take this wall back...' He thought to himself, 'Many died trying to protect Eren... Was it in vain?'

"Can you see this...Marco?" he murmered, "Can you see the shit we have to deal with right now?"

"I don't want their deaths t-to be worthless either..." a Quiet voice spoke up. Jean looked over his shoulder to see a not-so-asleep Eren staring right at him.

"You should be resting in the condition you're in..." Jean told him.

"C-can't sleep..." Eren said weakly, "Penny for your thoughts?"

"Go to sleep, Jeager..."

"Since when d-do you care... Horseface?" Jean Squirmed apon hearing his 'nickname'.

"I only care about weather you die or not..." The Copper blond coldly stated, still looking straight at him

"Hey, Jean..." Eren began, "If we encouter any titans on the way back... I want you to keep an eye on these two." The brunett gestured towards Armin and Mikasa. Jeans eyes widened.

"Wha-"

"Please, I'm trusting you here... I don't care if you have to...d-drag them out of a hoard of titans a-and leave me behind...just , don't let me be the cause of their deaths... I've already g-gotten enough people killed as it is..." Eren had signs of greif in his voice. His eyes looked a little droopy and watery.

"Alright," Jean sighed, "If that happens, I'll see to it that they get out safely...

And, also... I'll keep my eyes on them if you die..." Eren grinned slightly, closing his eyes as he did.

"Th-thanks..." He managed to whisper out before falling asleep. Jean stared back outside, into the darkness.

The group had awoken a few hours later and set out on horse back. They had to double up on horses, but they managed.

Armin and Connie rode on one horse, Mikasa and Sasha on another, and finally Jean rode with Eren.

They were almost out of the forest... after that it would just be a matter of getting back to the settlement where the rest of the regiment were. They would be able to bandage his wounds more efficiently there-

ROOOOOOOOAAAAR!

A loud roar rang into everyones ears. Jean looked behind him. There was a 15 meter class, and a crawler by the looks of it, heading straight at them.

'Shit...this is not good.' Jean thought, 'Mikasa and Armin are out of gas, and we barely have any left as it it...' He suddenly remembered the previous night. 'Somehow, Eren knew this was going to happen-'

"JEAN," Sasha yelled, "IT'S RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU!" Jean looked upward. He was greeted by 2 huge pair of eyes, and 2 equally sized sets of teeth. The Crawler was to snap at them. The copper-blond swerved his horse out of the way, Sending the Crawler into a nearby tree. The 15 meter titan wasn't shaken by the change of direction and followed them.

"Connie, Sasha! Get them back to camp!" He yelled before he and Eren dissappeared amungst the trees. Mikasa and Armin had been watching.

"We have to help them!" Mikasa stated.

"Yeah," Armin agreed, "Jean only has a small ammount of gas left, they'll never make it

"They're going to be fine," Connie assured them, "Just keep looking ahead!"

"But, Eren-" Armin began.

"Don't think about it!" Sasha told them. Jean had told potato-girl and buzz-cut about his and Eren's conversation...

"Mikasa is one of our strongest," Jean told them, "and Armin is the best stratigest the military has ever seen... Eren know that, He doesn't want them to die quickly because he wasn't able to stop them from trying to protect him... I'll ride with Eren, Connie you'll keep your eyes on Armin, And Sasha will be taking Mikasa. If we encounter any titans at all, You two need to speed up your horses. If worst comes to worst and we get seperated, Get them to the camps. No matter how much they beg you to go back and find me and Eren, Got it?"

They were going to have to trust Jean's word for now. Connie and Sasha increased their speed and continued towards the camp.

FINALLY! I thought I'd never finish this...

I'm posting this in History class...Shhhhhhhhhh!

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