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Titan territory, outside titan forest, year 850
After Ymir, Historia, and Bertoldt had butted heads and come to some agreement, a soldier from the Garrison… Allen wasn't sure who it was, but he tried to attach his maneuver gear below the armored titan's neck. Eren woke up just then, and his eyes widened in recognition of the man.
However, what the man didn't know, Ymir had regained her titan form. Before he could even approach Eren and Bertoldt, Ymir took the maneuver gear and thrust it off with a flick of her wrist.
Surprising most of them, Mikasa Ackerman came whirling in, slicing Ymir's eye socket. Ymir cried out in pain. While Ymir was distracted, Mikasa chased after Bertoldt, who still had Eren tied to his back. Allen was tempted to jump in and stop Bertoldt from running, but his reaction time was slow at the moment, since most of his concentration was trying to hang onto Reiner.
Bertoldt ran toward Allen, as Mikasa landed dangerously close on the left shoulder. "Reiner! Protect us!"
The next second Allen, Eren, and Bertoldt were encased inside Reiner's hands. He had crossed them over his chest, since they were basically his armor and hardly penetrable. They were protected just in time, too, since Mikasa's blade shattered against his hand.
Allen's anger hitched, realizing what he had to do now. He decided that it wasn't worth it, running away from his problems. He wanted to return to his family, the Black Order.
He heard Eren struggling next to him, and so he decided to change his claw arm into his broad sword. "Eren, stop!" Bertoldt cried. "Stop struggling!"
"You're asking too much there, Bertoldt. You know it's impossible to calm him down, right?" Allen knew that voice from anywhere, and he suspected Eren and Bertoldt knew as well. It was Jean. "He's loud and hopeless! Trust me, I know! I hate that about him too! We can deal with him together… c'mon, just come out of there."
"Bertoldt, give him back!" Mikasa demanded.
"Bertoldt, tell me it's not true! Were you deceiving us this whole time? How could you…" Connie sounded hurt.
"Hand them back, now." Lenalee's voice shocked Allen. She sounded nearly as dark as Mikasa, which was quite uncharacteristic of her. "Allen! This isn't what you want, right? Fight back!" Allen lifted his sword as she said this. "You can't just run away with them."
"But… running away… they just can't do that…. Three years ago, we were all in the same roof, laughing and crying together." Jean said. "Yes, you were there too, Allen. Remember all the times we teased you because of your height? Heh, you got so angry." Allen ignored this bit, only being able to twitch his eyes in frustration. "Bertoldt… you made bad sleeping posture into an art form. We started looking forward to your creation every morning! We'd use it to predict the weather…"
His voice wavered. "Now, I… I can't believe you could sleep at all right next to the victims of your crimes!"
Bertoldt was seemingly becoming more and more frustrated as they others spoke. "Was it all a lie…? What you said about how we could all survive together? When you'd said we'd live to be old men, drinking together… was that all… a lie?" Connie said, sounding like he could break any second. "Tell me, what were you thinking all this time?!"
Allen rose the point of his sword to Bertoldt, who yelped at the sight of it. "Let us go, Bertoldt. And no one gets hurt." His grey orbs glared dangerously at Bertoldt, and it was as if he was in demon poker mode, just without the poker. He dug his sword closer and closer into his throat.
"…They're a threat to humanity, that's all." Mikasa's voice interrupted.
"D…" Bertoldt gulped. "Do you think that anyone wants to kill people?!"
Allen lowered his sword slightly in surprise. "What kind of person would do this for fun? Who would want to do this?! With what we did… of course you despise us, and want to kill us! We can never take any of it back." His voice wavered, and Allen saw tears beginning to fall down Bertoldt's cheeks. He decided to lower his sword then, with a sigh.
"But… we could not come to terms with our sins. When we were pretending to be soldiers, it was a little bit… easier." He took a breath to try and calm himself, before bursting, "It's not a lie, Connie! Jean! It's true we deceived you, but it wasn't all lies! We really did think of you as friends! I know we don't have the right to apologize… but… someone… Please, someone… I'm begging you… someone find us."
After a pause, in a dangerous tone, Mikasa demanded, "Give them back, Bertoldt."
Even though he became soft for them, "…I can't do that." He still refused. "Someone has to do this. Someone has to get this blood on their hands."
Allen raised his sword again then. "That's it!"
However, Bertoldt acted quicker. He murmured a few words, and Allen's innocence deactivated before any harm could be done on him. Allen's eyes widened in shock as he retracted his arm, letting out a surprised yell.
"All units disperse! Get away from the titans!" Erwin's voice called out.
It wasn't long before they were overwhelmed by the sheer amount of titans. Reiner couldn't continue running, and meanwhile, the troops were retreating from the havoc.
"Damn, I hope Allen's ok." Lavi said, watching the titans devour Reiner. He saw that Ymir was trying to fend them off, since Reiner had his hands full.
"All units, charge!" The Commander yelled, shocking most of the soldiers, including some of the Black Order. "This moment will decide the fate of humanity! If we lose Eren and Allen, humans will never again inhabit this land! Take them back and retreat immediately! Dedicate your hearts!"
Without hesitation, and with a loud battle cry, the Survey Corps and the Black Order charged into the titan onslaught.
Before long, Reiner had to release an arm to fend off the titans who were chewing on his body.
The soldiers, especially the Black Order members, saw this as their chance to annihilate the titans around Reiner, and in the process, hopefully rescue Eren and Allen.
"Advance! Eren's right there! Advance!" Erwin desperately cried.
There had been a moment's hesitation, since the Commander had been taken by a titan, and pulled off of his horse. His right arm stuck into the titan's mouth, as he yelled after his team to advance.
Lenalee quickly realized the situation and was able to rescue Erwin from the titan, but only after his arm had been eaten off.
Meanwhile, Mikasa had gotten close to Eren, but only to be snatched away by a titan. She was, however, rescued by Jean. Two other soldiers tried to approach Bertoldt and Eren, but Reiner noticed and batted their gear away like a fly.
Lavi noticed something from where he was, in the air. Allen had deactivated his innocence for some reason. Was he tired? Or had he given up, and was really decided to run away with them? He wasn't so sure.
Bertoldt broke his thoughts. "We've made it this far! We're taking Eren with us, and going back home!"
Suddenly, Armin landed on Reiner's face.
"Are you two sure about this? You're going to go home and leave your friend behind?" He asked, each of the titan-shifters turn pale with shock at the mention of Annie. They had all forgotten, even Allen. "You're leaving Annie behind? Right now, Annie's… deep underground in Utopia District in the far north, where they're torturing her." He paused to let those words sink in. "As soon as they heard their screams, they realized… the wounds on her body might heal, but she can't make the pain go away. They're being careful not to kill her, but they won't rest. At this moment they're inflicting pain on her every way they now how-"
"CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL! I'LL KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU!" In all his pent up frustration, Bertoldt finally let it go.
Suddenly, Erwin landed in front of Bertoldt, and in one fluid motion, sliced his chest. While doing so, he freed Eren from his bonds. Eren fell over, but was eventually caught by Mikasa.
Allen found the opportunity, though exhausted as he was, to jump off the armored titan. He let himself free fall for a moment, but felt that he had been caught by slender hands.
"Allen!" Lenalee's voice reached his ears. "What were you thinking?!"
Then, Commander Erwin called out, "ALL UNITS RETREAT!"
Eventually, Allen was let onto a horse. He ignored Lenalee's question as they retreated. However, he looked back at the sight of the titan shifters in empathy. Just before he had been rescued, Bertoldt had used that strange... practice that Reiner mentioned, and paralyzed his innocence. In his shock, he fell off of Reiner's shoulders.
He looked at his left hand, which was exposed. He flexed it... but it felt strange.
So, yeah. Originally I was going to have Allen run away with them, but, the titan shifters aren't going to reappear for a long time. Yup. Anyway, I'm not sure where you guys are, but, please leave a review~ my POTC fanfic is getting more feedback than this