Light breathing, a mumble. Aeryn had fallen asleep in her shift. She had fallen asleep about an hour after midnight. Luckily Josiah had woken up not soon after she fell asleep. That's when Aeryn jumped awake to the sound of something breaking atmosphere. Then the landing, another Titan. But this one was Josiah's, a Tone.

"Shh, it's okay, It's only Lin" Josiah said standing up "Lin, send a report to Briggs that me and Aeryn are the only two left alive."

"Yes, Pilot" Lin said in her robotic voice. she stood straight leaving her splitter rifle on the acolyte pod.

Aeryn yawned and laid down on her side using her arms as a pillow and closed her eyes falling back asleep.

Later that morning Aeryn awoke to the sounds of Josiah strecthing.

"Pilot, There are incoming IMC Grunts on this position. They do not know of our positions. Yet." Lin said as Aeryn stood up. Aeryn quickly slipped her helmet on and readied herself for action.

"Looks like time for some action," Josiah said smiling and jumping into Lins cockpit, "Lets go, hop on" Josiah said through the comms.

"Alright" Aeryn said boosting herself onto the back of Lin readying herself. "Lets go." Lin turned and walked opposite the direction they came from the day earlier.

They never did come across the grunts, what they did come across though, was a pack of native wildlife, which ran off when Lin came near.

"Pilot, it appears I was mistaken, I apologize" Lin said grabbing her 40mm cannon.

"No need, if we didn't have you, we might've ran into them and could've possibly died." Josiah said and Lin's ocular lense flickered in agreement.

"What is that" Aeryn said looking at something near the end of the ravine, "Lin, what is that in the distance."

"That's the Macallen, of the marauders ninth fleet" Lin said "One of the destinations that we need to search for anything salvagable."

"But Weren't we supposed to meet more opposition than one titan?," Josiah asked scanning the area.

"Yes it is suspi..." Lin was saying then got cut off by two titans dropping. Another Tone and a ronin.

"Aeryn, get to cover I got this," Josiah said deploying Lins particle shield. Aeryn jumped off and ran into a nearby cave. She grabbed the archer which she prefered over almost every other Anti-Titan weapon. she locked onto the enemy tone and fired. What Josiah nor Aeryn saw was that the ronin had flanked around Lin. luckily Lin realized what happened and went into auto titan mode and spun around punching the Ronin back.

Aeryn could only suppose that the ronin pilot was pissed as the Titan dashed backwards grabbing it's leadwall.

"Okay, I'm gonna need a bit of help, target the tone" Josiah said through the comms focusing on the ronin. Aeryn nodded and threw a firestar at the Tone's ocular system blinding it for a few moments, just long enough for aeryn to run up and climb onto it.

"Fuck you," Aeryn said ripping out its battery and the tone stumbled as it lost it's main power souce and had only a few minutes to do anything before the backup power was lost completey.

The battle was continued on until the roningrabbed it's broadsword and ripped Lin's cockpit open.

"Josiah," Aeryn screamed jabbing a pulse blae into the Tone's ocular system blinding it permanantly. She then jumped off and ran to her brother who had fallen out of Lin's cokpit, who had taken severe damage.

"Aeryn, we have to leave, now" Josiah said looking at his titan "Lin, I'm sorry"

"Don't be sorry Pilot, It was a pleasure" Lin said before the Ronin had it's way with her. Josiah screamed in agony as he lost his best freind of almost two years years.

"I'm sorry" Aeryn said pulling Josiah and ran off with him to the Macallen. losing the attention of the other two titans. "Josiah, we need to continue our mission."

Josiah looked at his little sister "Your right, I'll get another titan, but I'll never get another Lin."

Benny will apear in the next chapter. Thanks for reading.