Chapter Eleven: Recover SOS
Shaun rounded a corner and found Mikhael propped against the side of a barrel, clutching his gunshot wound. "I'm a gonna sir, Lemme stay behind and blow these guys to kingdom come" he coughed, pointing to the barrel he sat against "gunpowder. when I get the chance, I'll light it and I'll be out of the fight." he grinned, as Shaun saluted the doomed soldier one last time before continuing on.
He entered a Morgue, filled with the bodies of deceased soldiers from many regiments, mainly Survey Corps. Shaun passed two slabs with a sign on each, reading SURVEY CORPS, SQUAD LEVI" He crouched and examined the first body, lifting the thin material sheet to reveal the corpse. A man, not very old, long blonde hair and a small beard, The man was torn in half from the waist down and had an arm missing "that was his arm" Shaun thought to himself as all made sense. He looked at the name: 'Eldo Jiin'
"damn, wait, two of the bodies are missing?" Shaun looked at the ID tags of the other bodies and found that Two of the bodies from Levi's squad were missing, and he didn't have the time or courage to look at their faces. He saluted the dead and left, in search of the others.
Shaun climbed another few flights of steps to the interrogation room when a loud explosion shook the castle as Mikhael carried out his final act.
When he got back to his feet, Shaun found Sophia., Jenkins, Jaeger and F/N against a wall, rifles and swords drawn, ready to burst in. "this is the place, we're gonna get them on my go" F/N whispered. Sophia handed Shaun a pistol recovered from a Military Police officer. "three...two...one, NOW!" F/N Barked as Jenkins kicked the door down and the five soldiers raided the room.
Shaun was first in, pistol drawn and aimed at the officer in the centre of the room, who suddenly went for the blade on a nearby bench, "Freeze, you're surrounded by armed bastards!" Jenkins leered as the frightened officer dropped the knife and through his arms up in the air.
Jenkins and Sophia restrained the officer as Shaun went to recover David. F/N slowly walked across the room to the survivor, who sat still, bag over their head, still keeping them unidentified. F/N unsheathed a small knife and began to cut off the restraints, freeing the soldier as they helped them stand. "Shadis was here, He left after he heard the explosion..." David wheezed, badly injured from the interrogation "Doesn't matter now, c'mon. People, we are leaving!" Shaun yelled to the squad as they quickly packed up to go.
They raced down the many, many steps as the squad left the Castle as quick as possible. "there they are, stop them!" a voice called out behind, Sophia and Jenkins spun and opened fire on the pursuing guards. "Everyone, in that cart, NOW!" Dr Jaeger yelled and the seven troopers leapt onto the cart as Jenkins raced to the front, grabbing the reins of the two horses, tugging them violently, causing the two animals to startle and run, pulling the cart.
"F/N, You need to try your ability, jump out of the cart and bite your hand!" Dr Jaeger commanded as a unit of Military Police Cavalry gave chase "you've got to be kidding me!" F/N yelled in response. "Just do it!" He roared again. F/N hesitantly leapt out of the cart, rolling as they hit the floor. The soldier got to their feet and bit into their hand. A sudden copper taste filled their mouth as a bright flash filled their vision. The Warrior Titan was born.
The beast stood about twelve metres tall, large build, large, grinning maw, rowed with countless teeth and a gaze made of steel, filled with courage and strength.
Shaun gasped as a massive titan materialised out of the flash of lightning, straightening it's posture. The beast roared and charged the cavalry, kicking soldiers from their horses. One of them fired their manuever gear up at the titan, who in response, grabbed the cable and wrenched the screaming man intpo their grasp, suddenly throwing them to the3 ground as their bones broke.
The beast roared as it finished off the retreating Military Police before turning and catching up to the cart at frightening speed. "can someone tell me what the holy hell just happened?!" Shaun yelled as the Titan got ever closer. "That's your friend, piloting that titan, When I took F/N in for the experiment, the formula I injected Them with gave them the ablity to turn into a titan. I remember doing this to my son as well, When the Government got wind of it, that's how I wound up here."
"so can they turn back into a human?" Sophia questioned. "of course, as soon as they wish, F/N can exit the titan and return to a human form." Dr Jaeger added. David leaned in, "what was your son's name again?" The doctor looked up at him, "Eren, Eren Jaeger, The military Police captured him and his sister, Mikasa a few month ago, they brought havoc to Wall Sina." David shook his head in disagreement, "that's what they told you? No, Eren Jaeger brought down the Female Titan and saved the city from destruction, by turning into a titan."
"I remember Hearing you lot got here because Major Shadis acted as your Captain and led you straight to the facility, setting up a trap to experiment on you." Dr Jaeger informed the squad as The Titan caught up to the cart.
Gradually, the castle fortress disappeared over the horizon and the group came to a stop near the entrance to the forest. "It's getting dark soon, we'll be safe then." Shaun stated as he hopped out of the cart. The F/N-Titan looked down on their team harmlessly as They observed the situation. "alright, let's find out who this bugger is, they better be worth all they put us through" Jenkins spat as he dismounted.
Shaun sat the survivor on the trunk of a fallen tree as the team surrounded them, "okay, let's see who this is..." he removed the bag from the soldiers head.