Ace: Here's the fourth chapter! … I made Mikasa violent…

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Chapter 4: Trost

Mikasa

I jerked up from my sleep. For a second, I forgot where I was. Then I remembered last night's events, and I sighed.

Man, I couldn't kill Reiner... Why did I hesitate? I should have killed him...

Voices could be heard, and I saw the cadets leaving the barracks. I ducked my head so that I wouldn't be seen. I waited until they were gone, then I slipped out of the building I hid in.

What should I do now? I thought silently.

I thought about it for a second, and then I decided that I was going to the town. I moved though the training field without being seen. I then went out to the supply room and refilled my gas tanks. Slipping out of the supply room unseen, I went to one of the rooftops to plan my next move.

That's when I saw the Colossal Titan appear behind the gate. Catching my breath, I could only stare at it in shock. Within the next few seconds, the gate was blown open, and there was panic occurring below me.

What's happening? Why did the Colossal Titan attack?!

While this happened, I noticed the townsfolk evacuating. I saw the trainees running towards a building. Curiosity overwhelmed me, so I followed them, putting my vendetta to the side for a bit, at least until the Battle for Trost was over. Then I was going to kill the Military Police and move on with my life.

The cadets were all in formation. The head instructor was yelling at them about stuff. After a while, he dismissed them, and everyone began to run around in a panic.

I started to think to myself. Should I help them? I'm their enemy, but then again, there are innocent people here... Despite the fact that I taught myself how to fight, I didn't know who to kill the Titans. I knew that you couldn't kill them by ordinary means...

Regardless, I followed the older Garrison members. They didn't see or notice my presence as I followed. To the casual onlooker (I mean frantic as Titans had breached the walls), I was helping them protect the villagers.

People weren't exiting the gate for some reason. When we got closer, I realized that no one could leave the town due to a stupid merchant. As much as I wanted to kill the MPs, these people could die at any second, and I would never be able to live with the knowledge that I didn't try to save them.

Angry, I moved ahead of the Garrison troops (who were busy with a Titan, thankfully) and went to the merchant. Upon landing, he saw me and smiled. "Hey you! Help move this cart!"

I angrily stepped forward. "Like I'll help a selfish pig. Let these citizens pass."

"But this-"

I cut him off and moved closer. "Move, or I'll kill you before you can move a muscle."

The merchant looked scared. "You take that back, or I can have your employer-"

I gave a psychotic laugh. "I work for no one but myself. And thankfully-" I held my sword at his throat,"-blood is easy to clean off of swords."

The merchant looked terrified. He moved his hand, and two of his men ran towards me. I hit both of them with my swords (but let them live) and cut the merchant's necklace off. He glared at me, and I returned my cold stare. After several seconds, he lowered his head. "Move the cart."

His men went to work and the people began to cheer, but I quickly left. I didn't want the Garrison to know that I was there.

After several seconds of using the gear to leave the area, I heard someone nearby scream.

Armin! I thought to myself. I turned my head and saw a Bearded Titan near him. Quickly changing directions, I moved towards him and grabbed him. As I did, I notice a giant hand come out of the Titan's mouth.

"Mikasa?" Armin asked. I stopped and stared in horror as another Titan escaped the Bearded Titan's body, which had split in half. Armin seemed shocked too. The new Titan turned around and stomped on the Bearded Titan's neck, killing it.

"What the heck?" Armin said. "Where's Eren body?"

"What?" I asked. The new Titan saw us, but proceeded to walk away.

"T-The Bearded Titan ate him after Eren saved me!"

My heart of steel broke. Eren was dead. Armin was now broken. We were doomed.

Armin blinked. "Look!"

I looked up and saw the Titan that had ignored us attack another Titan. I was in shock. Despite teaching myself math and history from the local library, I hadn't ever heard of a Titan attacking other Titans.

"Whoa..." I said in awe.

Armin looked at me. "Mikasa... I don't know whose side you're on, what your motives are, or why you spared me, but I have an idea. It seems crazy though..."

"I'm listening," I replied.

"Why don't we use the Titan to attack the other Titans? All of the villagers have escaped, so we need to- What the heck?" Armin yelled as he pointed to something away from us.

Looking up, I saw Titans surrounding a building. It was a bit far from us, but it was still horrifying to see them attack an area. I let go of Armin, but he didn't say anything at first, but my eyes widened.

"That's HQ!" Armin yelled in shock.

I blinked. "We need to save the people there."

Armin looked at the "rogue" Titan. "We need to get him over there... The best why to do that is to kill the Titans around him. But I can't really manage to kill them..."

"I'll do it," I replied.

Armin looked shocked. "But you haven't been trained! You might die!"

"Armin..." I said quietly. "Did you hear about the incident with the MPs, where they were all attacked, yet they had no clue who did it or why they were spared?"

Armin nodded. "Yep. Because of that, my friend Marco is afraid of going into the MPs."*

"That was me," I responded. "I used this gear and the cover of darkness."

I seemed to have unnerved Armin, but he nodded. "Okay... The only way to kill Titans is on the nape of their necks." To demonstrate, he turned around and circled the area in question with his hand.

I nodded. "Start moving when I kill the Titans. Is that good?"

Armin nodded.

I pulled my blade out. "Let's do this thing."

Ace: Slight cliffhanger...

Notes:

If you are wondering why Armin is freaking out too much about Mikasa, it's because he knew her when they were younger and he's in the middle of a battlefield, so he can't really focus on the fact that she nearly killed Reiner. And she DID save his life…

* Marco is scared to join the MPs... I wonder how Jean feels about that? And why did that event involving Mikasa scare him? It's probably because he's afraid of Mikasa, aka, The MP Hunter, a name that the MPs have nicknamed her because they don't know her identity and they needed to call her by something for identification of her attacks.

Ace