Alex sighed as a member of the scouting legion applied the last of the bandages to her hands.
"Standing so close to that monster... just be happy you got away with these injuries..." she muttered looking over her work one last time to see if there were any openings.
"Believe me I know... I'm in much better shape then the rest of them..." Alex said looking over to where Hanji and a few others lay battered and bruised on the floor of the wall looking a little worse for wear but at least they were sitting up.
"How do you feel Hanji?" Alex asked coming to stand next the scouting legion member.
Hanji glanced at her sitting up a little on the wall.
"Not... bad... still a little sore. But I still wished I could have gone with them thou..." Hanji said looking rather annoyed.
"Yeah... Alex breathed carefully sitting down by the scout member's side as Hanji stared off into the sunset.
"I just hope Mikasa will leave a little bit of Reiner for me..." Alex said eyes pointed to the surrounding on the other side of the wall..
````` flashback`````
They were all lined up ready to fight all along the edge of the wall ready to fight ready for battle ready to save their friend. Mikasa's face had been set in stone. Anger and determination shown in her glittering eyes as they looked towards the setting sun towards where she knew Eren must be at.
"Mikasa..." Alex was saying slowly coming towards her who glared at her as she gingerly put a arm on her shoulder like someone telling a secret or a promise. "I know we don't see eye to eye but... could you please leave a little bit of Reiner's body unmarked for me to beat up... I really wanna pay him back for this." she said holding her charred hands up.
Mikasa had just looked at her and then nodded before following the other down to the other side of the wall...
```End```of```flashback````
"Do you think they'll come back with him?" Alex was saying her voice half in a daze.
"They will... I know that they will. You have to worry!" Hanji assured her grinning a little in spite of the pain.
"Yeah..." she said wishing she could at least have given Hanji some water.
"Good to see you are still in one piece. At least..." a dull voice muttered behind them. Turning they saw Levi his arm still in a sling coming towards them with Mike following right behind him.
"Mike!" Hanji said gingerly getting up from the ground and walking a little towards them.
"So... how are you?"
"That dwarf titan didn't get me as much as I thought it did... strangely no broken bones..."
"Hey..." Levi said turning around.
"Looks like they made it back in one... Oh... wait..."
Alex carefully got up herself making sure not to touch anything with her hands.
It was nearly nightfall and the others weren't back yet.
Wonder what'll happen next... and if I'll still be here. Alex thought looking out at the setting sun... and then back at the others
"Shut up I'm still sore! Who's damned ides was it to put three people on a horse anyway?!" Nora was shouting making Alex smile slightly before she shook her head and frowned slightly.
I wonder... how things are going on... at home... do they even know if I'm missing? Does any time actually pass there? ...Do they even care? Do I even want to go back? she thought looking back at everyone before shaking her head.
Get a grip Chastity... its not like they'll be here long. she thought shaking her head and then gasped pleasing a hand in front of her hand in front of her mouth looking angry with herself.
Why do I keep calling myself that... its not like it means anything to me anymore...
A noise behind her made her turn around and look down the wall and when she did she gasped her eyes wide in horror.
"It's him..." Alex said her eyes glued to a spot before her and Hanji turned around and walked over to where she was.
"Looks like many of the Milatary police didn't make it." Levi scoffed as he watching as he saw about several dozen people on horse back ride out over the field and towards the wall. "Hey... what are you two staring at?" Levi muttered looking at Hanji who's mouth was hanging open and eyes were wide in shock. "What is it?" He looked to where Hanji was staring at and his eyes widened.
There on the ground a good distance below them heading towards the wall was a massive, harry titan even from this far up the could see its eyes leering up at them.
"Is that... the Ape titan?" Levi said.
Mike's hand clenched up as he glared down at it.
"That thing again. Yeah... that's right. Those two... Riener and whatever his name was, the ones who turned into titans. They were looking at it in a way as if they knew it last night at the castle." Kazuma said coming to stand next to them.
"It stinks of humans flesh..." Nora muttered.
"Hey..." Atem said looking at the dwarf titans that as on now had been trying to climb the wall now they were running towards the ape titan tiny arms outstretching.
"...What the hell is this?"
Suddenly the ape titan snatched up one of the dwarfs.
Tck! "Nora now!" Kazuma shouted tearing the bandages off his arms but it was too late opened mouthed and gaping the dwarf titan was flung up to the the wall where it grabbed onto the ledge and quickly pulled itself up.
Its hand went to grab them.
"Quick dodge!"
But the backlash of the large, heavy hand sent Alex off her feet and as she was unable to retake her balance she fell back to the other side of the wall. Mike went to grab her but he was too late his fingers just barley scraped against the white bandages and Alex fell right into the ape titans hands.
"I left before I could get that machine from you... oh... You are the one who did this to me." it muttered looking at her the scar on his eyes visible.
"You won't get it... there's too many powerful warriors here for you to anyway..." Alex said glaring up at it and then smirked. "You damned dirty ape!" she finished sneeringly and the titan's hold on her seemed to tighten so much so that she coughed up blood.
"Filthy... monster..." she hissed locked in its iron grip.
"Damn it!" Kazuma hissed back on the wall after the dwarf titan was finished off.
"She's too..."
At that moment there was a sound of metal hitting concrete and someone jumped up above them 3d maneuver gear clearly visible and then there was a flash of temporary blinding light and white smoke.
And Eren's titan form slammed into the ground below them.
"He shouldn't... he shouldn't be doing that so soon!" Hanji said exasperatedly watching as Eren took on the Ape titan.
"What the hell is that damned brat even thinking!?" Levi muttered under his breath and even thou he kept his face a mask something akin to worry shown in his eyes as he watched Eren land a punch across its face enough for it to loosen its grip on that annoying girl.
Alex felt herself falling only to be caught by something hand shaped and huge and she looked up to see familiar green eyes. Quickly Mike leaped off the wall and with the 3d gear landed on Eren's hand.
"Thanks Eren!" he muttered carefully taking the small girl into his arms and just as quickly as he had came leaped off his hand and Eren turned back to the ape titan.
"Thanks..." Alex muttered to Mike as they pulled away.
"Don't worry about it..." he said eyeing her slightly red bandages.
Alex paused and then looked back down as Armin and Mikasa and others could be seen climbing over the wall.
"Eren..." Armin breathed.
How did Eren even...
"So it went well then... wait. Where are Reiner and the other?" Hanji asked. "Surly they hadn't gotten away?"
"They didn't." Connie said stiffly.
"Then..."
"They are in no fit state to do anything anymore. Our... guests made sure of that..." Irvin said looking uneasily at the scene before him.
"So that's the ape titan... who knew it would resurface so soon..."
"It wants your 3d gear... and it acted as if there are more of them around..." Alex told him.
"More of them?" Irvin breathed.
Alex nodded looking somber.
"There's something strange about it... the titans always follow it around... not only that but... Kazuma said that Reiner might just know it..." Levi said and Erwin looked at him and bowed his head.
"With the way the two of them are... I don't really know if we'll get answers out of them..."
"Oh... you are another of them one are you?" the ape titan was asking as it attempted to block one of Eren's blows.
What?! Eren though while inside the titan coming to his senses a little.
When did I... transform?! he thought and then his visible eye widened at what was before him.
So this is it... this must be the ape titan... This the true enemy of mankind... Eren thought thinking of what Ymir had said back in the tree.
If you think that just getting rid of these two is the answer. You're dead wrong...
I get it... Ymir I'll get rid of the beast and... humankind will finally be the ones to devoir the titans! Eren thought savagely and with a mere thought and sever strength he plunged his fist into the ape's body.
Rushing in blindly won't help... came an echoing voice inside the body.
"What...?"
"You'll never change... that's why the female titan was able to beat you so quickly... that's why someone always manages to beat you..."
This was a strange hallucination.
"Hey... what's going on? Why is Eren shaking like that!?"
"It must be... because he's too weak to keep that form!"
"Though you are still weak like a human." it muttered and with tremendous strength it punched Eren knocking him to the ground.
"EREN!"
"I must admit I don't really... care much for fighting..." it said looking up at the ones on the wall
"Enough with this idiocy..." a black haired boy said stepping forward on the wall next to them holding one of the scouting legions swords in one of his hands. He jumped down and into the Ape titan's head plunging a sword into the back of its head holding it in just enough to allow the sword and its bearer to slide down its skull and then the boy pushed it deeper into its flesh right below the nape its holder holding into to the hilt of the weapon. "Stop talking like something you are not and get back to your cave... its where you are meant to be anyway." he finished holding the gun out in front of the Ape Titan's neck.
Before the titan could do anything more. he fired a shot at the nape of its neck.
"You sure were sloppy." Asher remarked smirking slightly as Rotto landed on the ground beside him standing next to him were Reiner and Berthodt still with that look in their eyes.
"You missed the mark."
Rotto glanced at him and then held up his still smoking gun.
"I suppose. After all I just stunned it as much as I could" he muttered as the blood seemed to melt off it. "But... I think it best if I leave it alive for them... so this world has a chance. Besides I don't think they can move for a while with your "blood" is inside them." he muttered looking at the fallen form of the ape titan.
"Eren weakened it most though..." he said looking over at the small ground a few meters away.
"But... its not like it was that strong to begin with..."
"Damn it Eren! You shouldn't have changed so soon after becoming a titan so soon!"
"Sorry." Eren said sheepishly to one of the scout members feeling more sick then usual holding his head as he felt a headache coming on as he lay on the ground in Armin's arms with Mikasa beside him watching him carefully.
"How did you even transform after such a short time!?" Armin asked breathlessly.
Eren glanced at him frowning slight.
"I-I don't know... I feel like... it just happened." he said putting a hand on his head.
What was that just now? he thought remembering a voice whispering to him while he was inside the titan.
"Eren..." Alex said slowly coming up to Eren her hands behind her back looking somewhat humble. "Thanks for saving me. Do you remember?" she asked softly.
Eren looked up at her but then something caught his eyes. "H-hey... what happened to your hands?" Eren asked his eyes wide.
"Oh... this?" she asked holding up her bandaged hands. "Well... when you you were down fighting Reiner... or whatever his name was, Hanij and the others were trying to kill the colossal titan... I... was trying to put out the flames it started and I didn't work out so well..." she sighed.
Rotto's eyes widened as he saw the burned bandaged hands a sudden image of an image of a olive skinned with the same type of marks invading his mind and his eyes fell slightly.
A smile tugged at his lips and he walked over to the others coming to stand next to Alex.
"You know there are some who like to say that the female body is naturally weaker then the males. Rotto said stepping forward to stand next to Alex and carefully take her bandaged hand. "However that can't be further form the truth... the female body can take so much more damage then a males and still keep on going. No matter what kind of pain it is in. I admire your strength in yourself..." he finished his eyes gentle as he looked at holding her hand carefully in his.
Alex blushed a little and then looked away along with her hand which he let go gently looking half flattered half angry.
Asher looked on looking somewhat jealous his face nearly comical with one of his fangs prottruding out of his mouth.
"What the hell is your deal? Being so dramatic..." Jonouchi asked his mouth seemly hanging off his face,
"What do you mean? I am merely saying what is the truth." Rotto said turning to him. "Or are you the kind that would think that woman are good for one thing and one thing only?" he finished the last words darkly walking over to him.
"What? No!" Jonouchi said looking flustered as the boy came to stand right next to him.
"Right. I can see it in your eyes... Pensieri sporchi..."*
"...I don't even know what that means..."
"I don't expect you to..."
"Hey..." Alex said slowly looking over at the fallen remains of Eren's Titan. "Is that thing supposed to be doing that?"
They looked to where she was pointing and gasped. The smoking remains of Eren's titan looked as if it were shrinking down and the blackened skin around it seemed to disintegrate with it leaving the color of human skin to shine through.
"What is this?" Levi muttered pushing it over with his foot to get a better look at it. Its face looked less titan but also not exactly human either. Its mouth still looked the same as when it was a Titan but the slits running along each courner of the mouth and the gap were all slightly less noticeable giving it the face of a human. Pointed ears and long messy black hair. Sexless and very musclier. Other then that it looked just like Eren.
levi prodded its cheek with his boot and suddenly its eyes snapped opened glowing green and like something out a horror movie grabbed onto Levi's foot who then kicked his way out. It glared at then and then jumped up to it's feet and it stumbled a little unbalanced on its legs holding onto the wall for support. It abruptly paused and stared at its hands and then smirked.
"Well..." came its voice. It sounded like Eren's only sightly different. "Isn't this an amazing turn of events. Wouldn't you agree, Eren?" he said looking directly at him who just stared back at it in utter shock.
It smirked down at them.
"You can put that gun away." it said to Rotto...
"Scared?" Hanes spat darkly shaking a little.
"No... but I do know when I'm outnumbered." he muttered as smoke seemed to seep from its body like Ymir when she was injured who now had her hands tied and a cloth wrapped around her mouth to prevent her from drawing any blood.
Every one was looking at the one before them uneasily their weapons at the ready not really knowing what to do.
However...
"PFT! I just can't take you seriously with those ears!" Alex said bursting out with laughter only to be silenced abruptly by the titans fist which broke the wall behind her.
"Is that right? Wanna say something else about my ears then?" it muttered looking very annoyed a vane throbbing in his temple leaning in closer to her. Alex blinked looked up at him for a few seconds eyes wide but not in shock and then quickly pecked it on the nose. The Titan stared at her for a few seconds before jumping her.
"Umm... should we do something? I mean she's injured and all." Malik said as they watched them struggle around on the ground.
"Think again before doing that..." Alex said sitting on his back his legs wrapped around hers like a pretzel as he struggled to get free.
"What the hell is wrong with you!? the titan demanded angrily."
"Oh so much." Alex breathed her face not too serious then suddenly her face darkened and with one hand she gripped his hair and with the other placed a small dagger to the nape of his neck.
"Next time... don't do something that stupid." she said her voice as dark as her face.
"Agh... just be happy that I'm still weak..." the titan muttered glaring daggers at her.
"My my..." a voice behind them said with just a hint of laughter hidden inside it. "Every time I come to somewhere you are something interesting is always going on." Pixis said smiling at the scene on the ground. Behind him were the ones he had taken with him.
"Alex... get off of... him, please."
"Hai!" Alex said peppily standing up quickly with what looked like flowers around her as she got off from the ground.
Huh... the titan muttered looking up as Pixis' boot met the ground beneath its face and it frowned looking up at Pixis who was looking down at him with mild interest.
"What the hell do you want Old man?" it asked glaring up at him coldly getting up.
Pixis looked at the one before him and then to Eren frowning slightly.
"Who are you?"
The person smirked and then half turned to him.
"A titan." it said simply.
"Really. Then how..."
"Couldn't tell you," it breathed suddenly a little listless.
"Have no idea..."
"Ami-chan... could you heal my hands please?" Alex asked politely holding out her bandaged hands to him/her.
"Umm..."
"So... when do you think Yuki will think up another short chapter for LevRen?"
"I don't know." Levi said stiffly to Eren. "Why can't Onna just cut the crap and call Hanji a woman!? Its not like its a secret anymore!"
"Settle down, settle down. Stop breaking the froth wall. Its not like we can afford it anyway." Pixis said calmly.
*Italian meaning Dirty thoughts.