AN: Here we are at Chapter X! Okay, first off, I feel the need to apologize once again for making Levi so OOC in the previous chapter, so again, I'm so sorry. Thanks to those who reviewed in the previous chapters. I hope you guys enjoy this!
CHAPTER X:
SUCCESS
Cassandra woke up from her branch when the sun hit her face. Checking her watch, she saw that she's only been asleep for 3 hours. She stood up to stretch. There were barely any people awake right now. Cassandra donned her aviators to keep the sun out of her eyes. When she was about to go down from the tree, she felt it shake. When she was about to do so again, the ground shook and Cassandra knew that the ground was transmitting the vibration up the tree and it was not from an earthquake or a tremor. Cassandra felt someone come up next to her. She saw that it was just Mikasa.
"Cassandra, there's some coffee and food down there." She said.
"I can't have coffee. I'm already paranoid enough." She answered, waiting for another vibration. Another happened and it was stronger than usual.
"Did you feel that?" Cassandra asked as she took her glasses off. Mikasa got her blades ready immediately. They've encountered this more than once.
"Get down there and wake everyone up. A titan is coming." Mikasa explained as another vibration came. Cassandra knew that she lacked the time to go around waking everyone up in camp.
"I got a better idea." She answered. She grabbed her pistol and shot it in the air 3 times. After that, she grabbed her flare gun and shot it, releasing a noise grenade. It was a guaranteed alarm clock. Almost everyone came out just as a loud vibration came. When Cassandra turned around, a bunch of titans came.
"OH SHIT!" She yelled. Everyone started to grab their gear. Cassandar immediately latched on a Titan's neck and slashed it. Her face was covered their blood as she, Mikasa and a few others kept going. They stopped at another branch and watched the scene. Titans were coming left and right, leaving death and destruction in their wake.
"What happened?" Commander Irvin asked as he came with Levi, Hanji and Petra.
"Knight and I felt vibrations on the tree where we were. I told her to wake everyone up since Titans were coming. Turns out I was right." Mikasa explained.
"No doubt someone or something lured them here but how come I didn't hear anything?" Cassandra said as she slapped her pistol clip back on. She so badly wanted to kill every single one of them. But instead, she forced herself to watch those unlucky ones die. She clenched her jaw and balled her fists in anger. As she looked around, she saw a hooded feminine figure a few feet behind them. She knew without a doubt that was the person who lured the titans.
"Over there." Cassandra pointed as the hooded figure left using a 3DMG. She immediately gave chase.
"Cassandra, no!" She heard Petra yell. But all that Cassandra felt was rage. She had to make the person responsible pay. Cassandra used an ice slide to give chase. If she uses her watch's gun mode, the ice would disappear. She pulled out her gun and shot at the person. When Cassandra hit her in the shoulder, the person turned into a titan. A titan she was familiar with.
"I knew it was Ymir." She muttered. Cassandra shifted back to 3DMG to chase her. Immediately, a plan formulated in her head. Taking a deatour, she was ahead of Ymir immediately. Stopping on a branch, she turned her watch face back once. When Ymir was on sight, Cassandra willed a ball of fire towards Ymir's eyes. Upon impact, Ymir recoiled in pain but Cassandra knew that Titan can focus their regeneration to heal one eye. That's how Annie Leonhardt killed the other Spec Ops members. She knew she would have no other choice if she wanted to capture Ymir for the Legion and right the wrong she did the previous day. Cassandra forced herself to summon two large spikes of ice and the moment Ymir brought her hand down, she released them towards her eyes to prevent regeneration. It forced Ymir to the ground. Drained of energy, Cassandra forced herself to go down and walk towards the nape of the Titan's neck. Using her blades, she was able to cut the nape open and forcefully pulled her out.
"Don't you dare turn into crystal, you bitch!" She yelled out. Ymir was starting to stir so Cassandra hit her in the head with the handle of her gun. Grabbing a strong vine, she pulled Ymir to a tree and tied her there. Then, she shot her pistol 3 times to signify that she's still alive before releasing a yellow flare. Dropping to the ground, Cassandra leaned against the tree beside Ymir.
"You better be worth the trouble and all those deaths, you bastard." Cassandra said. All of a sudden, her head felt like it was splitting, her vision got blurry and everything went black.
AN: Uh-oh, it seems like Cassandra's side effects are back. Anyways, I know this is a short chapter but I still hope you guys enjoyed this. Thanks for reading. Thanks in advance to those who will review! Ja ne!