The retreat was soon sounded, but it didn't matter no one here had the gas to get over the wall. As more time went on it seemed like more squads joined them on the roof and Elliot tried her hardest to talk with everyone, but it got to the point where people were just pushing her away…literally both Reiner and Marco had to catch her once before convincing her to stop. Elliot didn't want to admit it, but it seemed like words were no longer enough. Elliot stood between Marco and Reiner, her small fingers running over her bracelet over and over again. She could hear Jean speak in the background, his logic was sound…Sasha was trying to gather people to move with her, but it was hopeless. She knew better than anyone at this point that mere words weren't going to get through to these people…someone needed to take action, but everyone was far too afraid. She wanted to cry so badly, but she knew crying wouldn't get her anywhere, so instead she stood there running her fingers over her bracelet and thinking about her first family from when she was a child. It wasn't long after that she started to hear Marco speak, but her ears were quickly covered by a pair of big hands. She blinked a few times glancing back toward Reiner who seemed to have a stern look on his face, Marco with a distraught look on his own face. She couldn't make out what the two were saying, but it ended with Reiner releasing her to land a punch against Marco's jaw. "I thought you were supposed to be the man between you two!? You think she needs to hear those words from you?!" he yelled out toward the dark haired boy that was currently seated on the ground, eyes wide and looking up toward the blond man. "You went too far Reiner," Bertolt said pulling Reiner away from the man. "Don't worry, we'll find a way to get out of this" Reiner spoke up placing a hand on top of Elliot's head as he passed her by. Elliot nodded her head softly before whispering a 'thank you' toward the other man.
She soon stopped messing with her strap and moved toward Marco leaning down in front of him and offering a few words of comfort toward. She gently placed her hand against his cheek, but he only turned his head away before telling her to leave him alone. She sat there shocked before sucking in her lower lip and biting on it softly. She needed him to support her right now, she needed him to hold her and tell her everything would be alright even if it was a lie, so why, why was he pushing her away right now? "Fine!" she yelled toward him anger swelling up in her chest as she pulled away from him and moving toward the opposite side of the roof. Marco quickly regretted having pushed her away when he saw Reiner approach the girl. He offered his arms to her and she quickly stepped into them crying against him and sobbing out what literally just happened as well as all of her fears. He gently rubbed her back for a moment before gesturing to her to go sit down, which she gladly did with his help, in the next moment Sasha rushed over to her and quickly stared chatting with her earning a smile from the stress filled girl in a mere few seconds. Reiner slowly made his way back toward Annie and Bertolt, but just as he was about to open his mouth, Mikasa appeared on the scene, ignoring all other questions and immediately moving toward Annie. She asked a question about Eren's squad and he easily gestured toward Armin stating that he was over there. Elliot slowly looked up toward the group, peaking behind Sasha to look over at Mikasa as she moved toward Armin. It was then, with all eyes turned toward the two, that her thoughts about Armin's squad were put into reality. Elliot hadn't known anyone in that squad all too well, but it still didn't sit well with her, the loss of a comrade. She looked down wishing that the ground would just swallow her up and take her away from this terrible world, unconsciously her hand reached out and gently grasped Sasha's looking for some kind of emotional support. The young woman easily gave it to her the form of a hug, but the hug didn't last long in the next moment, Mikasa started speaking.
Elliot starred at her in awe even as she called her a cowardly warm, unconsciously her hands moved to grip her remaining blades. She watched wide eyed as the woman took off, a smile tugging at her lips…was this the hope they were looking for? Her questions were answered when Jean soon followed adding his own words, she watched in a bit of surprise before moving forward herself. "I made a promise to stay alive! So, I'm not going to stand and wait for death like a coward!" she called out before taking a running jump off the roof top behind Jean and Connie. She flew forward leaving her friends behind. "Well, I better go back her up," Reiner said with a sigh before taking off with Annie and Bertolt. Marco soon followed with a small frown pressed against his lips.
"Woah! Mikasa is a badass! How is she going so fast?" Connie said and Elliot only raised a brow, he was right, even she couldn't go that fast unless she pushed her 3D gear to the limit as well as use a shit ton of gas. She blinked in realization, 'She's using too much gas!' she thought to herself and watched in horror as Mikasa fell to the ground mid jump. Armin quickly went after her and Connie soon followed. She herself caught up quickly with Jean before looking over toward him. "Let me take front!" she called out to him watching as he nodded, Reiner quickly coming up to his opposite side. Jean raised a brow expecting to have seen Marco since he was never that far behind Elliot. "I got your back girly!" Reiner called out toward her grinning when she nodded her head toward him. "Titan straight ahead, be ready!" she called back before shooting forward releasing as little gas was needed. She zoomed passed the Titan watching as it turned its ugly head toward her. She grinned a bit, "That's right you ugly piece of crap!" she shouted back toward it, grin only growing wider when she heard the inevitable fall of the monster. "Elliot stop there!" she heard a male voice from behind her and she did just that, stopping right on a roof below her feet. She watched as someone tumbled out right beside, not Jean or Reiner, but someone else…they fell right off the roof, hooks saving them from death as they landed not to gracefully on the ground. She noticed right away though that they had no gas left to get up the roof, they had lost their mobility. Jean came up beside her landing with ease, followed quickly by Reiner. The three watched in horror as the man was lifted by a Titan, but before anything else could happen Elliot felt a set of hands wrap around her eyes hiding her from the horror. She gently raised her hands, fingertips brushing against the hands that covered her eyes, she wanted to pull them away, but just as she was going to she heard the shot of two others going in to try and save their friend. She heard Jean try and stop them but, failed, they wouldn't listen to him. From there, it was nothing more than screams from the people who ran in…her hands lightly trembled in fear and she silently thanked whomever was covering her eyes at the moment.
She stood like that trembling lightly against whoever was hiding her from the bloody scene, but it wasn't long before she heard Jean's voice. He was yelling at them to get a move one, to use this moment to get away. She was slowly steered away from the scene, eyes still covered, when the hands removed themselves she slowly turned around finding her blond friend there. She gave him a quick nod before following after Jean, trying hard to not use her gas, running on foot as long as she could whenever she could. She could hear the footsteps behind her of all her friends, 'we can do this,' she thought to herself, but a moment later fear found its way into the pit of her stomach. This is where the Titans were located in great numbers she could see three of them from where she was, Jean easily escaped by them. Elliot nodded slightly before latching her hooks on to back side of one of the titans, sliding below him and then skidding passed the rest of them before her hooks detached themselves. She used her gas to give her a little extra boost before aiming her hooks to a nearby building and flying upward. She dared a glance behind her just in time to see a few of her other comrades make it passed the three. In that moment though, she felt herself get yanked back her arm having been grabbed once more by a Titan that seemingly came from nowhere in her opinion. She released a shriek of pain when she felt her shoulder pop out of it socket with ease and let out a small whimper when she looked into the eyes of the titan that caught her. She was right there, the supply depot was so close, she could even see Jean as he broke through the window. 'Why?' she thought to herself trying to resist the tears that wanted to well up in her eyes. She watched with wide eyes though when she felt the titan release her, a strong chest colliding with her and carrying her through the window. She looked back over the man's shoulder to see Bertolt flying after them over the dead titan and crashing through the window beside them.
"We have got to stop meeting like this girly," came the voice of the man whom had saved her, she looked up quickly and smiled at the blond male, tears welling up in her eyes. "Yeah, totally," she said biting her lip, trying to stop the tears from welling up, but to no avail, they soon spilled from her eyes and she threw her arms around his neck crying into the crook of it. "I-I was so scared!" she more or less found herself shouting, sobs still escaping from her lips , her body trembling with fear. She barely had enough time to calm herself down before the building rumbled, a titan blowing a good size hole in the wall near them. Reiner easily carried her out of the room with him as she looked over at Jean whom was unmoving, she wanted to shout out for him to leave, but she lost sight of him before she could get anything out of her mouth. She soon found herself pressed against a wall Reiner hovering above her as the building lightly shook, a bit of debris fell from the ceiling…'Why does he keep protecting me?' she thought to herself as everything seemed to quiet down…well as quiet as things could get with a bunch of Titans surrounding the building. She slowly turned her gaze over toward Marco who was currently talking with Jean, ignoring how she was uncomfortably close with the blond haired male. 'Is that it? Is our relationship over then?' she thought to herself watching with eyes full of sorrow as Marco continued speaking with Jean about whatever he just saw. She had been so caught up in what she was doing that she hardly noticed how Mikasa and the other two had arrived or how Reiner was gently touching her arm.