Chapter Four: The Mauler Titan
Shaun flinched when he saw a disturbing sight. Several of the trees were caked with blood. "I guess this is where it went down right?" Shaun asked as he came to land next to one of the bloody trees. he knelt and looked down at a sight he never wished to see. A severed arm lay at his feet, it's skin a cold grey, the tattered stump once attached to a living breathing person, no longer.
"Over here!" F/N called out, causing Shaun to flinch and back away from the severed arm. He ran across the path between the endless rows of trees until he caught up with F/N, who was stood infront of a large tree spattered with blood. "Looks like someone was crushed here..." F/N questioned. "do you think it was David's brother?" Shaun asked. "maybe, but whoever it was, they must have been crushed into this tree pretty badly, probably shattering their spine."
A loud thump interrupted them as they spun around, focussing their gaze on one of the many puddles of water around the forest floor. the puddle rippled again as a second thump echoed through the forest. Shaun looked up in time to see a massive titan slowly advance towards them. the beast sported an odd appearance-even for a titan-, long, tree trunk legs sprouted from it's generally slender form, the titan had double knee joints, each bending in unison as the horror looked down on them. The creature unfolded a smaller, second pair of arms as it grinned with morbid delight.
The titan had an elongated head, resembling that of some kind of reptile, but with long, set back ears and dark, human eyes. The beast opened it's maw and let out a long, ear-splitting roar before running at them. The Two soldiers dived out of the way seconds before the titan slammed into the tree, knocking the behemoth of a plant away from it's roots. The Tree seemed to fall slower than normal, as the massive trunk leaned back and collapsed in an earth shattering crash which shook the ground uncontrollably.
/Meanwhile...
Captain Andrews looked up when he heard the massive crash, he unsheathed his blades and lookedround, ready for any hostile forces which heard the noise. He nodded to Jenkins to get ready to fight. The young recruit clicked two blades onto the hilts before priming his manuever gear.
Seconds passed and turned into minutes as the two crouched queitly on ont=e of the massive tree branches. The silence was interrupted by the constant beat of footfalls, a massive group of titans materialised from the the foliage and gave chase. Andrews rocketed up into the air and slammed straight down on the first titan, a 10 metre killer.
The two blades sank deep into the titan's neck and it fell, giving timefor Andrews to leap to safety before the second beast tried to snatch up the tiny human. Jenkins dived straight into the mass of titans, blindly slicing and roaring like a madman before a titan locked it's grasp around his foot. He screamed as he sliced off the beasts' fingers and jetted to safety.
Andrews winced as a titan ran into the tree he was on face-first, busting the creature's nose. He dived at it and sliced it's neck, killing it before leaping to the next one, doing the same action as it tried to grab him. David, Mikhael and Sophia jetted past the falling titan before going to kill their own.
David roared violently as he flung two blades at a titan's face, blinding the monster as he jetted round behind it and landed on it's neck. He connected another pair of stainless steel blades and roared "You killed my brother, it's payback time you sonofabitch!" before slicing down in an "X" motion, tearing a ragged hole in the titan's weak spot and it died instantly.
He backflipped from the collapsing body and landed on the woodland floor before looking round to see the others had killed all the other titans. The four soldiers regrouped around the smelting corpse of the largest titan. "sir, earlier, I heard what was like an explosion, did like, a tree fall or something?" David asked. Mikhael shrugged his shoulders as he sheathed his blades.
Just at that moment, a loud roar silenced their questions and they mo0ved to intercept it.
A/N: The Mauler Titan in this fanfic isn't an official titan, so just try and picture it as "Knifehead" from Pacific Rim crossed with Eren's Titan form.
Fans of Levi's Squad, I apologise for going into such detail of the tree Petra was crushed against, you have no idea how hard it waas for me to describe it. Seriously, Episode 20 was a heartbreaker and to go back to where it happened in good detail sees a bit harsh but trust me, I've got something awesome planned for Petra and Auruo (at least that's how I think you spell his name)