Chapter Fifteen: Predator
The Next Day...
F/N sat on the branch on one of the many trees as they waited for the Military Police unit to pass him. Five men, 3D Manuever Gear, most of them had just standard outfit, blades and nothing else, just basic grunts. The fifth had a more bulky 3DMG, with massive guns rather than swords. F/N leapt off the branch and bit down on their hand, commencing the transformation.
The Warrior Titan lunged at the supprised troops who fled as quickly as Mauler Titan pounced from the side, blocking their retreat and forcing the panicked soldiers towards the clearing. One of them, Their sergeant, Went in for the kill as he rocketed towards Aurous' weak spot, but before he could kill the titan, F/N swiped a massive clawed hand at them, swatting them against a tree, where they tried to crawl away. Aurou barked as he slammed his foot down on top o fht edying soldier, spattering red on the surrounding area as he muttered the word "payback."
The two Titans gave chase to the Military Police search unit as they tried to escape t the clearing. "sir, what the hell do we do?!" One of them shouted, "just try to outrun them, get to the clearing!" Their superior officer yelled in response. F/N ran at full speed, violently slashing at the retreating troops, but deliberately missing by inches.
The four men entered the clearing as F/N and Aurou stopped chasing them, still on guard though. "Sir, I-I think we los-" The Military Police soldier never finished his sentence as Sophia squeezed off a round from his rifle, hitting the trooper in the head.
"snipers! watch yourself!" The officer called out to the other two. Jenkins fired a round, catching the next soldier in the throat, he fell, and died when he hit the floor. The next tried to flee but caught a round in the back by Petra, who emerged from the treeline, rifle shouldered, followed by Shaun and F/N.
The officer raised both of the 3DMG pistols and opened fire, the massive shells tore at the squads' feet but they didn't flinch. "You ain't gonna kill me!" He cried before putting the barrel of one of the pistols to his head. F/N looked away as the man blew his own head off and his corpse dropped to the ground. Shaun signalled the unit in, picking up one of the 3DMG blades.
The plan was for Shaun, Petra, David and Sophia to use the Maneuver gear and attack the front gate of the Castle, while the guards were distracted, F/N and Aurou charge the building too, followed by heavy sniper fire from Jenkins and Jaeger. Major Shadis would probably reveal himself and they bring him down. Then they resupply at the Castles' armory and attack the convoy when it arrived.
David grinned as Shaun handed him the Officers' maneuever gear with the twin pistol cannons. He donned the equipment, which differed from standard maneuver gear, but remained same in principle. The body of the device was slung on Davids' back as he raised the operating devices; Heavy pistols with the grappling hook underbarrel. He tested the gear and flew from tree to tree to get a grip of the new equipment.
"this is it, people." Shaun beckoned the squad in. "we're going to attack the Castle." The squad acknowledged the plan and took their attack then advanced on the Castle.
The new 3dmg used in this chapter is meant to be the anti-human maneuver gear from chapter 58 of the manga. If you haven't read that yet, just picture that of my description rather than google it and stumble on a spoiler or two.
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