Chapter Four: Grim Reminder
The silhouette of a man appeared in the hole, but the thing was no man, it stood at nearly twenty metres tall, naked, and a deathly grin on its' face. A Titan. as soon as the horror stepped into the afternoon sun, people screamed and fled from the area, as chaos reigned. The giant advanced on the townspeople, followed by another, and another. Within minutes, nearly forty titans had flooded through the hole in the wall as people ran for their lives.
The kid who hit that bystander earlier, ran off down the street towards the chaos, followed by that girl who was with him earlier. The two ran past Shaun as fear took over his body. He didn't know what to do. His brother walked towards the terror as shock as a titan spotted him. Shaun needed to do something. His primal instinct roared inside of him.
Get out, run for it, get on the boat and get the hell out of here! The army don't need you here, just run! His brain ordered until his conscious self took control again. Shaun ran forward after his brother, full force as the titan towered ahead of him. "Adrian!" Shaun yelled as he reached his brother, grabbing his arm, "c'mon! we've gotta go NOW!" He screamed. Adrian's' eyes widened as his senses came back and he cursed aloud in pure fright. The two brothers turned to leave when another titan appeared at the other end of the street, they were cornered.
"INTO THE BUILDING!" Adrian yelled, dragging Shaun by the arm into the nearby pub. He kicked in the door and darted into the room, followed by his brother and the two sprinted between the tables and chairs, into the kitchen and out of the back door. Shaun looked up and down the street, all clear.
The two ran out o the pub and up the street, back towards the Gatehouse leading to the boats. Shaun stopped in his tracks when he saw a titan lift someone into the air, snap their spine and drag them closer to its' maw. The creature bit down and blood flew all over. The air was filled by an ear-splitting shrill, Shaun looked over, seeing Hannes running away with those two kids, the boy screaming violently. He realised what was going on here and silently paid his respects to the boys' dead mother before taking off again to somewhere safe.
Adrian reached the gatehouse first, followed by his sibling as they rocketed down the crowds and looked past, straight into the queue for the boats. It took them ages of waiting, but they eventually got aboard.
As the boat made its' journey down the river to Wall Rose, Shaun heard canon fire behind the gate as soldiers from the Garrison tried to use guns on the advancing beasts. A sudden rhythm of booms sped up, what sounded like explosions, turned into the sound of footsteps. Before Shaun could react, a massive Titan burst through the Wall behind them, not as tall as the skinless one, but taller than the others, the creature skidded as it slowed, tearing up the path Shaun and Adrian sprinted up earlier that day. The titan uncurled from its' stance and let out a giant burst of flame from its' maw.
Wall Maria was breached, and there was noting in the name of God that anyone could do to stop them from advancing inward. Corriganna would fall, Shiganshina, even Stoneton was doomed. Shaun leaned forward to Adrian, who was sat hunched over, "hey. do you think Mom and Dad made it out?" Adrian shrugged his shoulders as tears ran down his face. Before Shaun could say another word, That Kid stormed past, slamming his palms on the rail of the boat, teas in his eye as he stared off into the sunset. "I'm gonna kill them. Every last titan. I will wipe them off the face of the earth!" He yelled through clenched teeth.
"Hey, Hey, Kid. Calm the hell down, will you. You're not the only one in this situation." Shaun spoke in a matter-of-factly tone. "Look, Me and My brother are in same problem, I think what is best, that the five of us stick together" Shaun suggested as he looked around to the others; Adrian That Kid, The Girl with the scarf and the kid with the book.
That Kid exhaled deeply, turning round as Shaun looked up at him, "My names' Shaun, this is my brother, Adrian." The boy nodded, pointing to the other two, "Thats' my sister Mikasa and my friend Armin. My names' Eren. Eren Jaeger." Shaun managed a smile, "right, Eren. Friends?" he offered him a handshake. Eren grinned, returning the gesture, "Friends."
On that day, mankind received a grim reminder; we lived in fear of the titans...
ATTACK ON TITAN: LAST STAND
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