"FIRE!" Came the command from Commander Erwin who was perched on a tree, waiting until the target had arrived. Once the signal to fire was given there was an intense volley of cannon fire, but instead of cannon balls being fired, it was hundreds of spiked spears being fired into the Female Titan, she instinctively moved both hands to protect her nape so she wouldn't be cut out of her body. The lines were being fired into her body and into the nearby trees simultaneously to prevent her from escaping the trap the Scouts had managed to set up for her.
Eren and the Special Operations Squad continued down the path after they had just witnessed the Female Titan being trapped with the cables.
"Everyone, hitch your horses a bit further on, switch to ODM gear. I have to break away for a little while. Eld's in charge till I get back." Levi told his squad.
"But Captain, your leg!" Petra pointed out as she pointed at the remains of the blade that was still lodged in his right leg.
"I'll be fine Petra." He told her before continuing. "Tuck Eren somewhere out of site, away from the Female Titan, and see to my horse." He said as he activated his gear, leaving them to go forward while he went back to where the target was stuck.
"Wait what?... They're going to take her alive, seriously?" Eren asked, still shocked that they had captured her.
"So what do you think of us now Eren, we managed to outsmart the damn thing!" Gunther yelled at him, sweat dripping of his forehead.
"Let this be a lesson to you greenhorn, don't ever underestimate the Scouts! Never again." Olou told him as he looked at Eren.
"Agreed?" He asked him.
"Agreed." Eren responded with as they continued along the trail on their horses.
Captain Levi however had just landed next to Commander Erwin who was standing on a branch above the Female Titan. "She's not putting up much of a fight." Levi pointed out.
"That's no reason to let our guard down." Erwin stated just as the Female Titan was trying to pull away at the cables that were stuck to her. "Good work leading her here, I'm more than a little impressed."
"We couldn't have without the rear contingent, whose lives bought us time. This belongs to them. I don't intend to ever forget that." Levi told him.
"That so, what about Meier, did he survive?" Erwin asked him.
"Yes, he did survive, but only because he was saved by another member of the rear contingent." Levi told him.
"Interesting, I assume he gave his all to slow her down?" Erwin asked.
"Yes he did, almost got crushed as a result, but he did his job well." Levi surprisingly praised Nick with. "Because of their sacrifices, we can expose whoever this really is. It's any wonder if they're pissing themselves right about now."
Back on the ground, Nick had just regrouped with Section Commander Hange, who was busy organising the spare artillery to be ready to fire.
"Section Commander Hange." Nick said as he approached her.
"Oh, hello Nick, I see you made it, did anyone else from the rear contingent make it?" She asked him, hoping for a positive answer.
"No, I'm the only one who made it." He meekly responded with, not looking at her, but at the ground instead.
"I see." She simply said. "If you go refill your supplies then go talk to Nifa over there." She pointed at her. "I'm sure she can give you something to do alright."
"Yeah." He dimly responded. "Sir?"
"What is it?" She asked.
"Its about her hands, when I attacked them, some sort of crystal formed around them, and it shattered my blades on impact." He told her.
""What!? Like some sort of defense against the blades?" She gleefully asked, seeming forgetting that the rear contingent had almost been wiped out.
"Yes, it would seem that way." He admitted to her.
"Oh, this is brilliant, Imagine what we could do when we get our hands on them. I'll have to ask them about it when we extract them from the body of the Titan. I can't wait for this!" She happily exclaimed, squealing in delight.
"Uh, Section Commander, I think the point in the defense is that we can't break through it." Nick pointed out.
"Nonsense Nick! If there's a will, there's a way!" She exclaimed as she shooed him off to go refill his supplies and to talk to Nifa.
"I don't think that applies here, it would take too long to even make a dent in her crystal, and even if we do get through her hands, what's to say she can't put that crystal on her nape." He theorised.
"She can." Frieda simply responded with. "The Female Titan is able to use a crystalline like substance to harden multiple parts on her body at the same time, including her nape." Frieda told him.
"That would have been useful earlier Frieda." Nick commented.
"Sorry, but you did tell me not to interrupt you during the expedition." She pointed out. "When you looked at her, I had flashes which gave me the memories of the Female Titans abilities, they also include a scream which can call other Titans to her." She told him.
"Shit, I better get resupplied quickly then, if she does that then I'll be expected to defend her." Nick thought to himself as he quickly got resuplied from the supply wagons which had gotten into the forest without a hitch.
Back up in the trees Captain Levi had drawn his blades, ready to attack the Female Titan to see who was hiding inside before Erwin stopped him.
"Not quite yet Levi, a little more insurance." He calmly spoke before he began to shout. "Second and third waves, FIRE ALL RESERVES!" He yelled as the rest of the cables were fired into the Female Titan, keeping her in place for the time being.
The last reserve was fired by Section Commander Hange who was still down below after all the reserves had been fired, after it had sunk into the flesh of the target, she began to speak to it.
"Poor thing, can't so much as bat an eyelash can we? Must be terrible frustrating, get used to it my dear." She gave out a short laugh before continuing. "Biology can often at times be a curse, case and point, the more your wounds heal, the stiffer your joints become." She then started to giggle at the thought of that. "Now what in the world is the hold up on the extraction of our esteemed guest. It won't get any easier, strike while the iron is hot I say."
Just as she had finished speaking, Levi and Mike came down from above to cut through her hands, but just before they could she crystallised her hands, causing the blades to shatter on impact. Mike ascended back up to where Erwin was standing, holding up his broken blades for Erwin to see while he shook his head.
"An impressive ablility, so she can harden her skin to protect portions of her body, similar one who rushed Wall Maria, the Armoured Titan I believe they called him. The question is how many blade strikes will it take to finally chip our way through, too many in any event. Time is short." Erwin thought to himself as he signalled for one of the artillery crew members to get up next to him.
"Yes Sir." The Scout asked.
"Prepare an artillery round. I want her hands blown off." He ordered.
"With all due respect Commander, there's a risk if we use the cannons, the hands will get blown off, but whatever's beneath them will to Sir." The Scout responded with.
"A fine point soldier, which is why you'll aim carefully and sever them at the wrists." He said as he put his hand of the Scouts shoulder. "On my signal I want an all out salvo."
"Yes Sir." The Scout responded as he left to go back down to the ground to signal the others on the artillery team to get the cannons loaded.
On top of the head of the Female Titan, Captain Levi was talking to her, trying to intimidate her.
"Knock knock, we know you're in there, why don't you make this easy and come on out, stop wasting our time." He told her. "Seriously, what can you hope to gain by stalling? If you're thinking we'll let you go, we won't, if you're thinking about trying to escape, don't. All you should be thinking about are the good men you killed today." He told her.
"Tch, not that you would, that's not your style is it? Remorse. You enjoy killing." He continued on with. "Which means we have something in common, of course I enjoy killing Titans, but it's a start, I'm sure we can still find some middle ground." He told her, still continuing to intimidate her. "That's right, while we're on that subject let me ask, you're okay with me cutting your limbs off at the joints right? I mean they'll grow back, I'm talking about your actual body, don't want you dead just yet. Timing wouldn't work."
The Female Titan let out a small grumble at his words, slightly startling him, before she let out an ear piercing scream that went out for miles, causing the Scouts to cover their ears at the high pitched noise that was let out.
"Shit, that means the Titans are coming now!" Nick thought as he held his hands onto his ears to prevent any damage to his hearing.
"Nicely done, I almost lost my composure." Levi started to talk once again to the Female Titan after it had stopped its screeching.
Mike however could smell the incoming Titans as he rushed up to where Commander Erwin was perched high above. "They're coming, I can smell them." He reported.
"From what direction?" Erwin asked.
"From every direction, fast, dozens." He told Erwin.
"Faster on the artillery gentlemen!" Erwin called out as he regained his composure after a short while.
"Here they are." Mike said. "First waves closing from the east, and coming in fast." He told him.
"Wagon defense squad, intercept now!" Erwin yelled down to them as he saw three Titans approaching.
Three Scouts moved to intercept them but they were shocked as the incoming Titans simply ignored them and continued straight ahead towards the Female Titan.
"What's going on, damn things passed right by us!" Abel shouted out to the rest of them.
"Three Titans have broken through!" A Scout called out to them.
"Captain Levi!" One of the shouted as he was still on the head of the Female Titan, stomping his foot on the head of her, wincing slightly as the pain of the blade still in his flesh shot up his leg.
"Hey! What did you do? Called in some friends didn't you?" He rhetorically asked as he quickly shot forward and killed the two taller Titans with ease, the small one however, made its way through and began to munch on the leg of the Female Titan.
"The enemy is bearing down from all directions!" One of the Scouts yelled.
"All hands commence combat!" Erwim ordered. "Defend the Female Titan at all costs!"
"Finally some action." Nick thought as he shot upwards to get a good angle of attack on the incoming Titans. Once he was above them he shot towards a twelve metre, quickly cutting its exposed nape before retreating to find another target, he spotted a ten metre currently eating the Female Titan, he used that to his advantage as he swooped down and killed the Titan with ease.
Just as he managed to pull away Commander Erwin behan to give them orders again. "ALL HANDS WITHDRAW!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. "REDEPLOY THE FORMATION, RETURN TO KARANES DISTRICT." He ordered them, seeing that there were too many Titans for his soldiers to keep up with, conceding defeat for the day.
"We've been bested." Erwin solemly spoke as Levi was perched near him.
"Oh don't give me that crap, not now, not yet." Levi protested.
"Think about it, the enemy was prepared to make sacrifices, enormous ones." Erwin stated. "So commited to maintaining her secret that she would rather let herself be cannibalised than exposed."
"That whole fiasco in the courtroom, with the forged letter, and this is what we've got to show for it. We scurry back now with our tail between our legs, Eren's right back in chains or worse, Meier won't be able to make another forgery without arousing suspicion, from either Zackly or from the Assembly." Levi told him.
"We'll jump off that bridge when we come to it, right to our only concern is getting back without sustaining further casulties, however we can." Erwin responded to him with.
"All this steam, I can barely see ten feet in front of me." Nick thought. "I highly doubt she let herself be eaten, she must have escaped during the commotion."
A blue smoke flare was fired, signalling the retreat to Karanese, it was quickly followed by more blue smoke so that the Scouts on the edge of the forest could also see it.
As Nick was riding alongside Nifa who was just behind Section Commander Hange, he heard a small sound in the distance, he turned his head to see a green smoke flare just through the trees. A few seconds later it was followed by another some distance away.
"Must be Captain Levi and his squad signalling to each oth-" He stopped his train of thought as he looked behind him onto one of the supply wagons. "But Captain Levi is right there resupplying, then who... Oh shit, she's still after him!" He thought to himself.
"Nifa take the reigns of my horse!" He almost shouted at her as he thrust the reigns into her hands and quickly junped off his horse and flew in the direction the second green flare came from.
"What? Where are you going!" She shouted at him, but it was too late as he was already out of site. "What's he up to?" Nifa thought. "He must have something in his mind if he just ditched us like that, I'm sure he can deal with it." She thought as she took his horses reigns and kept it running alongside hers.
"I've got to get there fast!" Nick thought as he sped through the trees towards where the direction that he thought the Special Operations Squad was heading. "They're some of the best Titan slayers humanity has, but I doubt that they could take her on without Levi." He continued onwards going as fast as he could but using as little gas as possible. "If it was her then she'll likely transform again, meaning we'll have to fight, I need all the gas I can spare."
In the distance Nick could see the Eren with the rest of the squad, but he could also see a hooded figure flying to the side of them. "That must be her, shit! She's going to kill the guy in front, if only-" He stopped his thoughts as he came up with an idea to save him. "Which line is his? If I can cut it, it will spare him, uh... not that one... fuck, there's too many... wait that's it!" He thought as he swung his blade downwards, cutting the cable that was hooked into the tree, he started to fall as he was thrown off balance by the sudden loss of his cable. Just as he fell, the figure came across attempting to kill him but narrowly missed. The guy who's cable was cut by Nick shot another one but hit his head against the tree, knocking him out as he was suspended in the air.
"Gunther! Are you okay!?" Eren shouted towards his comrade. "What happened? Talk to me!"
"He's fine! He just got knocked out, but who cut the cable? They went for the kill." Eld said as he pointed to the hooded figure that had flown across Gunther's path.
"Go kid come on, he'll be fine!" Olou yelled as he grabbed Eren, urging him along. "Keep moving!" He yelled as he threw him forward, allowing Eren to use his gear once again.
"We're just leaving him!" Eren shouted as he looked back at him, only to see the figure come into view once again.
"He'll be fine Eren, someone will get him later!" Nick yelled as he joined the four of them in retreating from the enemy.
"Was that you who cut his line?" Eld asked him.
"Yes, it was either that or death, I'm sure he would take a sore head over being dead any day." Nick replied with.
"Who is that!?" Petra yelled as she looked back at the hooded person.
"It's the Female Titan! Keep her away from Eren!" Nick shouted.
"Damnit! Hey Eld, what are we doing? Huh?" Olou asked him.
"There isn't time to get the horses, make for HQ at full speed!" He ordered them as he sped up, trying to get away from them.
"Damn, whoever it is, they're gonna pay even if it's the last thing I do!" Petra yelled out.
"The Female Titan! No that can't be right, I thought we caught her!" Eren thought as they continued on at top speed.
The hooded figure slowed down, putting themselves out of sight behind a tree so the five of them couldn't see them. Just then lightning came down from the sky and into the forest, creating a shockwave in the near vicinity to them.
"No time to lose, move it!" Eld commamded as the Female Titan appeared out of the shadows amd behan sprinting at them. "She's coming for us!"
"Damn you, not again, I'll kill you! I swear I will!" Eren shouted as he lifted his hand up to his mouth to transform.
"Eren don't!" Nick shouted at them. "I have a plan!"
"What is it? We don't have a lot of time!" Eld yelled back at him.
"Everyone put your hoods up, she won't kill us if she doesn't know we aren't Eren. That means the five of us will have to attack her with our ODM gear." He announced to them.
"What kind of plan is that, useless greenhorn." Olou barked at him.
"No he's right." Eld stated. "If Eren is with us, she wont risk killing him, giving us more of a chance of taking her down. Everyone, put your hoods up and mix yourselves up, don't let her catch on to which one Eren is." Eld commanded as they all began to mix themselves up in the process, confusing the Female Titan.
"Let's do it!" Eld yelled as the five of them changed direction, charging at the Female Titan. Eld faked a strike for her eyes and as she reached out he pulled back, blowing gas into her face, the confusion allowed Petra and Olou to strike at her eyes, blinding her in the process. At this time Eren and Nick went for the back of her knees, causing her to stumble back against a tree, blinded and unable to walk.
"We've blinded her, that should give us at least a minute until she can regenerate." Eld thought.
"We'll finish her well before then!" Petra angrily thought.
"To hell with capturing you." Olou thought.
"They're going to kill her, that's not good, we can't lose her power, not while there's still hope for her." Nick thought to himself.
"You two stay back, we can handle the rest!" Eld yelled at Eren and Nick while he signalled for the others to go for her arms which were protecting her nape.
Petra and Olou shot hight into the air, bring their blades above their heads just before they came rushing down, cutting away at the flesh under her arms, Eld then came forward, slashing into the flesh at a different angle. They came at her once again, slicing away at different parts of her arms, aiming for the muscles supporting her arms.
"They're down!" Olou yelled as her arms finally gave way.
"They're so fast!" Eren exclaimed as he was standing next to Nick on a tree branch.
"None of her wounds are steaming." Nick commented.
"What do you mean?" Eren asked him.
"Only her eye is." He quietly spoke as he realised something just as one of the hooded soldiers was going for the muscles supporting her neck.
"Wait don't do it!" Nick shouted only to be too late as the Female Titan opened her right eye and closed her mouth around the soldiers legs that was closest to her. The hood fell back revealing it to be Eld, once she had confirmed it wasn't Eren, she bit down, severing his legs from his body and spit them out onto the ground.
"Eld!" Petra screamed as she saw him get spit out of her mouth.
Eren made a move to go forward but Nick stopped him. "Stop, I'll help them, you stay here."
"What!?" Eren furiously asked. "No way, Eld just died in front of me. I'll kill her!" He announced to him.
"Stop! Look down there, she can't move yet, we have to leave now." Nick told him, grabbing onto his arm to stop him from doing something stupid.
"Hey! You two! Get up here, we're leaving!" Nick yelled out to Petra and Olou who were shocked by Eld's death as the Female Titan was eyeing them both as the back of her legs were heavily steaming.
"Right!" They both responded as they flew up to the tree where Nick and Eren were.
"Where's Eren?" Petra asked as she landed on the tree just before Olou had.
Nick turned around to see that Eren was no longer standing there. "What!? Where the hell did he go?"
"I'LL KILL YOU!" He heard Eren shout from below them as he looked down to see Eren bite down on his hand and transform into the Attack Titan once again. Once he landed he let out a roar of pure hatred towards the Female Titan as he stood about fifty feet away from her, waiting.
"What's he doing? Why is he waiting?" Olou asked the obvious question. "If he's going to break his oath he could at least kill the bitch."
"Get up! I'm going to tear you to pieces when you stand back up!" Eren thought, his rage building up as he looked at the Female Titan, thinking about all the deaths she caused.
"Hurry up! I'm going to enjoy killing you!" Eren thought, slowly losing himself to his blind rage.
"We need to help him!" Petra exclaimed as she made a move to move off the tree but was stopped by Nick.
"You can't get into the middle of that, unless you want to die that is. Once she beats him we'll move in to get him back." Nick announced.
"What do mean, how do you know that she'll beat him?" Olou asked.
"Yeah Nick, Eren was fourth in his class at hand to hand combat, if his skills transfer to his Titan, then he should win, right?" She told him, trying to convince herself.
"She's going to win." He repeated himself. "If it's who I think it is, she's going to kick his ass once she gets up." Nick told them.
As they were talking in the trees the Female Titan's legs had fully healed, allowing her to stand back up on her legs, now allowing herself to focus healing on her arms so she could fight back.
"Good, now I can finally fight you! I'm going to kill you, no, I'm going to EXTERMINATE YOU!" Eren thought to himself as he prepared to fight the female titan.
Eren moved forward, roaring as he did to swing an uppercut at the Female Titan, she stepped back to avoid the blow easily. She moved forward and kicked him in the gut, sending him backwards as a result of the well placed kick. Eren however grabbed onto her leg, and swung his fist at her, causing her to jump back again to avoid the blow, but she was backed into a tree instead as they both took time to catch their breath.
Eren moved forward once again taking the fight to her, aiming jabs at her head, she dodged both of them and then dodged a right hook as he was getting into rhythm. She then dodged an uppercut that caused her defense to open which he took advantage of, hitting her with his left hand which sent her down as she turned and ran away for a bit as Eren gave chase.
"Come on we have to stay close to them!" Nick yelled as he chased after them in case Eren lost, he was quickly followed by Petra and Olou as they regained their composure.
Eren continued to take the initiative, sending multiple punches at the Female Titan, missing all of them until she fell backwards which allowed Eren to straddle her and keep her pinned on the floor. He lifted his left arm and sent his fist crashing down at full force, she moved her head to the side to avoid the blow, causing his arm to break apart.
Eren and the Female Titan stared each other down as he went over his grievances of not transforming when he had the chance, which had gotten Eld killed. He brought his right fist down at her, slightly missing as she moved ger head once again, breaking his hand at the wrist this time. He continued to stare at her, staying on top of her as he got in her face and gave her a hateful roar, he continued to roar as he leaned back once again to keep his position on top of her.
After that he began to shake, letting himself succumb to his rage at the mere thought of tearing her apart with his hands, as he waited for them to heal he let the thoughts of him utterly destroying the Female Titan flow into his mind.
The Female Titan then opened her other eye as she grabbed his arm, attempting to get him off of her, he responded by throwing a punch only to have it caught and be kicked off of her instead. He quickly got up, throwing an uppercut which grazed the face of the Female Titan, as he threw a punch with his left, causing the Female Titan to roll away. As she got up he threw another rage induced punch as he roared all his anger at her, she dodged it as he came at her once again, unrelenting in his pursiut of vengence for Eld.
As he came forward for a massive haymaker she crystallised her hand, throwing a jab at his jaw, effectively breaking it as it flew off. Eren however was having none of it as he moved his jaw along the surface of the crystal and sent her flying with a punch to the stomach.
"See, he's got this." Petra told Nick after seeing Eren send her flying.
"It's not over yet, be ready to quickly extract him." Nick told her as they continued to watch the fight.
Eren lunged forward with his knee, connecting with the tree as the Female Titan moved out of the way. Eren raised his fists back up to fight again when the Female Titan caught him off guard by going into a fighting pose that he knew very well.
"That's your stance Annie, I know it very well." Nick thought to himself as he continued to watch the fight.
As quick as she had gotten into her stance she crystallised her left shin and swung it at Eren, decapitating him in the process as his Titan body slumped to the floor.
Nick, Petra and Olou had no time to react as she kicked the tree that they were standing on, sending it to the ground as well.
"Quick, engage the ODM gear!" Petra shouted at her male comrades. They quickly engaged their gear and all landed together at another tree only to see the Female Titan bite down into Eren's nape and eat him very quickly and then behan to run away.
"She didnt bite down on his spine, she clearly doesn't want his power for herself, we need to get him back." Nick thought as he saw the Female Titan begin to run away.
"EREN!" Nick heard someone shout from below them. He looked down to see that Mikasa had already began to give chase.
"Come on, after her, he's still alive!" Nick yelled as he took off after Mikasa.
"Are you sure!" Petra yelled at him, hesitant to follow.
"If she wanted him dead, he would be dead, he's on her tongue, now lets go!" Nick commanded them as he continued on after Mikasa.
"Right. Come on Olou, we can't let her get away." Petra told him.
"Right, that bitch isn't going to escape from us." Olou responded with as he took off after Petra, following Nick who was after Mikasa.
"GIVE HIM BACK!" Mikasa yelled at the Female Titan as she slashed at her face, cutting her cheek, she turned around and cut her on the arm, then proceeded to cut her leg, moving around with great speed. The Female Titan attempted to grab her, only to have her nose cut instead as Mikasa dodged her attempt.
"GIVE HIM BACK!" She screamed as she cut the back of her right knee, causing her to fall over, she then went for an attack on her nape only to have her blades shatter on her crystallised hands. Mikasa then landed on a tree, observing her prey for now.
"My blades didn't even break the skin!" She said out loud, shock evident in her voice.
"He's still alive." She said to herself. "He's still alive." She said louder this time.
"And I'm coming for him, just hang on Eren! I know you're in there, and after I kill her, I'll carve out her insides and pull you out again. I swear I will. Just hang on a little longer. Don't give up Eren, never give up." She said right as she dodged an attemp to crush her as the Female Titan swung at her right before she took off running again.
"Get back here!" She shouted just as someone tackled her from the side.
"What!? Nick?" She asked, shocked that he was here.
"We keep out distance now, let her tire out before we make our move." He told her, she looked around to see two others closely behind him, she recognised them as two of the members of Eren's squad.
"Right." She said as she wriggled free of his grip so she could fly by herself.
"Listen up, here's the plan. First off we forget about killing her." He told them.
"No way, she's killed too many for that, she's dead!" Mikasa growled out.
"He's right, retrieving Eren should be our top priority." Petra pointed out, taking Nick's side.
"She didn't kill him outright, and she didn't chew on him, so she must be holding him on her tongue." Nick told them. "Mikasa, Petra, you two distract her. Olou, you and me are going for her eyes, leave the blades in so she can't regenerate her eyes, once we get them you two join in, we render her limbs immobile then go for the mouth to get Eren. Got it."
"Right." They all responded with.
Mikasa and Petra moved ahead of the Female Titan, with Mikasa flying low and Petra flying high up to distract her, the Female Titan was keeping her eye on the two behind her, she knew they were both skilled, but she didn't think that they would be able to stop her.
Nick was flying alongside Olou above the Female Titan, waiting for her to make the first move, Nick was analysing the best path to her eyes, he figured the best way to surprise her would be to go along her arm, but there was only one way to do that. As he was thinking he swapped the grip on his right blade, holding it so it faced away from him.
Right after he did that the Female Titan turned around to swing at the two of them, Olou quickly moved to the right, avoiding her punch while Nick used the tips that Levi had given him to his full advantage by spinning with the blades, going up her arm until he reached her bicep, he stopped spinning and quickly launched towards her right eye, digging both blades into it and releasing them, he looked over to see that Olou had just stabbed her eyes and released them as well, keeping her blinded until she could remove them.
"She's blinded! Move in!" Nick yelled to Mikasa and Petra as he and Olou went down her legs, cutting them at the back of the knee.
"We've got you now bitch!" Olou yelled as he pulled away with Nick to allow Mikasa and Petra attack her arms until they were rendered useless. Nick and Olou also joined in, helping to carve up her muscles that held her limbs up.
"He's so fast, it's almost like watching Captan Levi!" Petra thought in her head as she watched Nick slash away at the Female Titan.
"Looks like the greenhorn has some skill after all, of course he has a long way to go before he matches up to me." Olou thought after watching Nick pull away from the Female Titan to pull out a new set of blades.
After the latest barage of attacks fron the quartet of soldiers the Female Titan went limp, exposing her nape for someone to attack.
"Her entire body has went limp, like she's gone unconscious. Now's my chance!" Mikasa thought as she changed direction, her wire attaching to the neck of the Female Titan.
"Mikasa don't!" Nick shouted in an attempt to get her to stop.
She let out a cry of determination as she sped towards the nape, intent on killing the Female Titan, she was caught off guard as the Female Titan crystallised her nape and raised her left hand to crush Mikasa. She thought she was about to be crushed when she was shoved out of the way with her saviour injuring their foot in the process.
"Captain Levi!" Petra called out to him.
"What are you idiots doing?" He calmly asked them, Nick however ignored him as sliced the sides of the mouth of the Female Titan, causing the lower jaw to drop, revealing Eren who was covered in Titan spit.
"Somebody grab him!" Nick shouted out to them.
Levi acted the quickest, getting into the mouth and grabbing Eren as he shot off, getting away from the reach of the Female Titan. "Got him!" He called out. "He's alright. Disgusting, but alright."
"What were you thinking greenhorn, you almost got yourself killed, and you could've got Captain Levi killed as well!" Olou scolded her.
"We all get that you love him, but try not to act crazy." Levi stated as he shot off with Eren in his grasp, Petra, Olou and Nick all following closely behind.
When they were flying away Nick turned around to see a tear coming out of the Female Titans eye.
"Annie, it seems like you chose your path here, but I still think there's hope for you yet." Nick thought to himself as he turned back around to follow Captain Levi once again.