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"I'm so sorry Eren..." Armin apologized. I didn't look to face him, I only continued to stare off at the group of the garrison's elite soldiers that were being sent to guard Eren. I still don't know what part I play in this mission but no matter what I will be there to protect Eren. Mikasa must be thinking the same thing but I hope she trusts me enough to get the job done by myself.

"Ackerman, Jaegar, you're squads have been changed" The squad leader of Eren's guard, Ian Detric, addressed.

I blinked. "Sir?"

"You will both be providing Jaegar with backup, we'll need your skill" My eyes lit up in relief.

The captain shook his head. "Let's get this started!"

We took off at an unsteady pace, I fell into a jog with the rest of my squad, Eren, Mikasa, Ian, Reco, and Mitabe, as we raced along the wall.

"Listen, I don't care what you are, I just need to know that you'll be able to get that rock in place" Eren nodded his head at Ian's command.

"I will! I promise sir!" He spoke.

Mikasa picked up her place to fall next to Eren. "Are you absolutely sure you're gonna be alright to do this?"

He groaned quietly. "I got it"

"Seriously-"

"How many times do you want me to say it? You just go do your job and I'll do mine!" Eren shouted.

Reco ran in between the two fighting best friends. "Now is not the time to be playing house"

"Come on it isn't like that!" Eren defended himself like a child who had been called out on having a crush on someone.

Mitabe sighed. "I'm going to say what we're all thinking here. If the fate of mankind rests on the shoulders of a brat like you-"

My eyes flared. "Hey! Watch what you're saying about-"

Ian cut me off. "Stop it! All of you! We're about to be in range of the giant boulder!"

I looked around the smoldering city until I saw the massive hunk of rock sitting between two damaged buildings in the center of the street. Dispite the terrible situation we were in I couldn't help but wonder how such a thing came to be. Was the rock moved in some way? Was the city built around the stone? I had no idea.

"Jaegar, there's something I want you to know" Reco addressed the brown haired soldier. "More than a few of our comrades are going to die today trying to pull this off. Their blood's on your hands. I'm talking friends, captains, lieutenants, peons, yes they' are soldiers and yes they are prepared to die. But remember..." Reco's short, silver hair that swayed with the wind seemed limp and her unemotional eyes seemed heavy with the burden of death. "Each one of them is a flesh and blood person"

"Every one of them has dreams, hopes, fears, every one of them has a name. Aliosha, Finnick, Ludvick, Anthony, Martina, Coulson, Loki, Rodgers, Isabel, Hans..."

This caught me off guard. "Wait a minute!" I interrupted the elite's amazing speech.

"What is it?" Fear shone in my violet eyes. "Isabel... what is her last name? What does she look like!?"

Reco looked curious as to my concern. "Her name is Isabel Magnolia. She has bright red hair..." I gasped in horror.

"WHERE IS SHE!?" I demanded with the fury of Lucifer himself.

Reco seemed to understand in that instant. Obviously I knew her and obviously I care about her. "She came here on her own accord from the Survey Corps. She is a skilled enough soldier that we had to let her partake in the mission. She's a part of Eren's back up squad"

I was tempted to jump off the wall right then and there, scouring the whole city to find the girl I considered my big sister, and bring her to safety. I can't lose Isabel... I'm not scared of Eren or Mikasa or Armin getting hurt because Armin is a part of a squad that is safe on top of the wall, away from the titan's reach, Mikasa and Eren are right beside me and I can protect them as long as I keep them in sight.

But I have no idea where Isabel is. Where is she? What rooftop? What squad? Is she safe? Is Levi with her? If Levi is with her then I don't need to worry... but if she isn't...

"Don't worry Mizuki, Isabel will be fine" Eren consoled me. I snapped to look at him with shrunken pupils and git teeth.

Anger surged through my veins as I shouted. "Don't worry about me! Just get your damn head in the game and focus on your mission!" I all but screamed at my idiot brother.

Seeming to catch my message he nodded and fixated his strong green eyes on the expanse in front of him. As we neared closer to the jump point I suddenly felt the urge to remember everything I'm fighting for.

It's become a terrible habit.

Every time I'm about to risk my life I think of those I love, I care for, my family and friends that I will die for. Just to know that if I die then my last thoughts will be of the time Armin and I hid in the closet of the library when we were kids just so we could read books until the sun came up, the time Mikasa and Eren went on a date because of a dare I won and how I followed them just to make the day funnier for them both, the time that I tripped Eren when we were in mid air using the maneuver gear and he would up caught in a web of wires like a spider's prey, all the moments that make me smile.

But with my other family down in the underground I still had moments to live for. Like the time I finally managed to beat Farlan in hand-to-hand combat by tricking him that I was fatally wounded my ankle only to jab out and pin him to the ground a few seconds later, or when Isabel and I accidentally messed up the entire bunker while we were playing tag and Levi got so pissed we had to run away with the maneuver gear with Levi flying right behind us, spouting harsh insults and the two of us just laughing as we zipped through the air. Or maybe... maybe the times that Levi was there for me, always making my heart speed up whenever his eyes were happy or when he pressed a kiss to my cheek because Farlan dared him he couldn't do it and he started blushing.

Even though these thoughts kept me going it was also painful to remember them. Eren, Mikasa, Armin, and I were plagued with the death of our comrades, ripping the smile off our faces, and with my underground family being torn apart by the regulations of the survey corps.

It made me wish for those days to return but inside it broke my heart, knowing that that would never happen.

And before I can even say "I want to go see my family" We had jumped off the wall and Eren had brought his hand to his mouth, blinding the sky in a golden light.

-End of Chapter 24-

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