Jean stood on a roof, looking at the Titans below him. He knew they stood in the way of getting to HQ and without Mikasa, they may as well be goners. He soon noticed a soldier, on the ground and out of gas. "Tom", a solider shouted as another shouted, "We'll save you!" "No! Don't!", Jean shouted but the Titans already got them. Jean just stood there and heard their cries for help when he heard Nero shout, "Get down!" Jean did so and saw a stream go towards the Titan's weak spot, and it soon disintegrated into a skeleton. He looked to see a sword that was slightly curved in Nero's right hand but it soon vanished from his hand as he reached for the sword on his back while he said, "Get the ones that can move to your HQ, I'll take care of these guys" Jean didn't want to question Nero at the moment as he ordered everyone onward. Nero jumped into the air as he noticed a Titan reaching for him, causing him to use his Devil Bringer and crush its head. He jumped off its shoulder and used Red Queen to kill the Titan that had the female soldier which surprised her. Nero knew he couldn't use Devil Bringer for long as the last Titan was killed. The soldiers looked at him in awe as Nero said, "Let's get moving, our only way of staying safe is the roofs"

Jean could see HQ as he shouted, "We're almost there, full speed ahead!" They broke through the glass and landed inside HQ. He looked around and asked, "Is everyone here?" "Jean, look", Marco shouted, causing him to see Nero and the soldiers that were almost killed by Titans earlier right behind them as they climbed through a broken window. "How are you-?", Jean asked. "This guy is faster than a horse with those Titans. I trust Armin's judgment on this guy" Nero was the last up and Jean could see the exhaustion on his face as he asked, "You alright? That looked like it took a lot out of you" Nero looked at Jean as he sat down and replied between pants, "My arm…can be used…as long as my…stamina…is high" 'If it wasn't for Nero, more lives would've been lost', Jean thought, 'Even he's got his limits with his right arm' He looked to two soldiers hiding under a desk as he asked them if they were with the supply team. One of them quietly said they were, making Jean grab one of them by the collar and yell at him, "Where the hell were you?! The Titans could've killed us out there-!" "The Titans were all over the place! We couldn't do anything to stop them!", a female soldier cried out to Jean when someone yelled out, "Get down!" a wall was crashed into, causing everyone to jump, even Nero. Once the dust settled, two Titan heads were seen, causing the soldiers to scream and panic; some asked about Mikasa, while some say she ran out of gas and was eaten by a Titan.

'There's too many people in here', Jean thought, 'And Albino's not doing so well. At this rate, we're done for' Jean and Nero's eyes widened when as if in slow motion a fist from a Titan hit one of the heads of the Titans. "What-!", Nero and Jean gasped out as the Titans were knocked away from the building; it was easy to see the Titan that did it as it let out a deep roar, as if saying not to hurt the humans inside. A window crashed to reveal Mikasa, Armin, and Connie, making Nero stand up as Connie said, "Well, looks like we made it in time" Armin noticed Nero out of breath and asked, "Nero, are you alright?" Nero nodded his head and said, "Yeah, I'm fine, Armin. Don't worry about me" "Nevermind that", Jean said, "We've got Titans to deal with outside-" He was cut off by Mikasa as she said, "Not that Titan. He's rampaging against them. Abnormal or not, we can use him against them" She pointed to the one that was fighting the other Titans, making everyone but Armin and Connie look at her as if she was crazy, even Nero thought that at first. From what he learned about the Titans, they seemed to go after humans, and that there are some Abnormal Titans, but the more he thought about it, the more he realized that Mikasa was right. That Titan was different, but how come the Titans are fighting it? "Is it normal to see Titans fighting each other?", Nero asked, making Mikasa shake her head saying, "No one's ever seen Titans fighting against their own" "Then we use the Titan to keep the others from coming in", Nero stated.

Jean just stared at Nero. Granted, this guy was different, but saying that was enough for Jean, but before he could say anything, Nero held up his right arm and said, "I'll help it deal with those things" Armin stopped Nero by saying, "Nero, wait. I think you may need to take a rest. You don't look like you're in the best of shape to fight them" "Don't worry", Nero said before revving up Red Queen, "I got this" In one single bound, Nero charged at the closest Titan and began to fight, leaving everyone to deal with the Titans inside the supply area.

Nero slashed at another Titan's weak spot like Armin said, and he beginning to feel weak as he landed on a roof, panting heavily. 'Damn it', Nero thought, 'I'm using too much energy and I used up all my Vital Stars during my mission before coming here. If this keeps up, I'll pass out and may get eaten by these things. I still need to find Dante, if he is here and alive' Nero noticed a Titan reaching for him and just before he could attack, the rouge Titan swung a fist at it, killing the Titan. The rouge Titan looked at Nero as the young half-devil looked at it. The Titan noticed Nero's right arm glowing as Nero looked at his Devil Bringer too, seeing the glow. He looked around on the roofs and the streets below, but no sign of the elder half-devil. Nero realized it as coming from the Titan, which surprisingly didn't attack him, making Nero look to it and say, "I'm not your enemy. If we work together, we can help the humans inside" The Titan looked to Nero and as if it understood him, nodded it's head. The rouge Titan reared up a fist and slammed it into another Titan that was going to give Nero a surprise attack, and the two began to fight once more.

After going over a plan for the Titans inside, everyone got into positions as Marco said in a whisper while the pulley stopped, "Good there's still seven of them" All of the cadets aimed a gun as the Titans slowly walked towards them, while Mikasa, Jean, Annie, Connie, Sasha, Reiner, and another cadet waited for their chance to strike. "Steady", Marco said as a cadet began whimper and he placed his finger on the trigger, ready to fire. In one shout, "FIRE!", all of the cadets shot at the seven Titans, and everyone attacked their assigned Titan. Everyone but Sasha and Connie, but before they were eaten, Annie and Mikasa killed the Titans. Sasha cried out to Mikasa and thanked her as Connie calmly thanked Annie. "That's it", a solider said, "That's all of them. And it's all thanks to that rouge Titan and that Nero guy" Everyone filled up their gears as Sasha admitted defeat to a Titan, Jean and Marco sat at another place and filled their gear up. "Hey", Jean said to Marco, "don't ever say I'm a good leader ever again" "Don't get mad at this", Marco said, "I don't think you're a good leader because of strength, but you know what it means to be weak. Even Nero must've felt that way at some point. He's using his own power to help us, complete strangers, defeat the Titans. Being weak, it makes you alert, sympathetic. You're a damned hero, Jean" Once everyone filled up their gear, they hurried to the wall, but Mikasa stopped when she heard Armin say, "Mikasa, we need to get out of there" "Look there", was all she said, even Nero who was on another roof was surprised as he thought, 'Cannibalism. It doesn't look like he can regenerate like the others'

"This may sound crazy", Mikasa said, "but maybe we could use him to help turn the tides" "She's right", Reiner said, "If that Titan dies, then we have no chance of learning from it" "You guys are crazy", Jean said, "We a path away from this and now you wanna stay. Nero, I can understand, but this thing" "Having an Abnormal as an ally like Nero will have an advantage to the other Titans", Annie said, backing up Mikasa and Reiner. Armin looked and noticed an Abnormal and said, "That's the Abnormal that ate Thomas" The rouge Titan let out a roar as it ran towards the Abnormal and with its arms bitten off, bit at the Titan's weak spot, making everyone widen their eyes at it. The rouge Titan used the Abnormal to hit another Titan and it collided into a building as the rouge Titan let out a last roar before collapsing onto the ground. "I guess that proves my point", Jean said, "Let's get Nero and get out of here, before we are next on the menu. It can handle itself" Everyone but Jean looked to see Nero jump onto the fallen Titan's back and they saw a sword that was slightly curved materialize in his right hand with some simple strikes, he hit around the weak spot and the sword disappeared while using his Devil Bringer to remove the skin and the muscle. Jean looked to see it and asked nobody in particular, "What is he doing?"

Nero pulled on the muscle to move it out of the way until he saw a teenage boy with short brown hair and tanned skin. He heard the sound of Armin calling out to Mikasa and saw her running towards the two and embraced the young man, making Nero realize this was Eren Jeager. Mikasa moved to listen to Eren's heartbeat, signifying that he was alive. She tightly embraced him and began to wail with any emotion she could think of. They moved Eren's unconscious body to the top of HQ and Nero could see that some parts of his clothing were torn off with Mikasa still clinging to Eren like a child to his favorite toy. 'So this is Eren Jeager', Nero thought as he looked to the fallen Titans, and he as the one who caused all this' Suddenly, Nero felt himself get dizzy as he placed his Devil Bringer on his forehead, making Everyone look at the young half-devil and before anyone could ask, Nero stumbled backwards and passed out, falling off of the building. "Nero!", Armin cried out when Jean quickly used his gear to grab Nero and pull him back to the others and placed the unconscious half-devil beside Eren. Everyone saw Nero's right arm dim as Armin said, "Even Nero has his limits. But, now the question remains: where did he come from, and why is he here?"

Author's note:

So Dante is still nowhere to be seen and Nero has just passed out while Eren is discovered to be alive somehow.

Please R&R