Chapter 6

While Eren and Aya are talking with Mikasa and Jean, Erich and Fay bring Carla to meet Laura and Wade. Laura asks, "Erich, Fay, who is she?"

"This is Carla, her parents seem to be friends of our parents." Fay says. "Carla, they are our neighbors, Laura and Wade."

"H-hi..." Carla says with a shy tone, then she quickly hides behind Erich, who sighs, "Don't worry, they are not going to hurt you. We're all friends."

Wade whispers to Erich, "Looks like she seems comfortable around you..."

"Shut up..." Erich mutters.

Laura says, "Since we're now alone, how about we try to check out the other side of the forest? How about we try to hunt a bear for our parents?"

"Sounds like a good idea." Fay adds.

Carla mutters, "B-bears? There are bears around the area?"

Erich says, "There might be, but don't worry, as long as we are here, nobody will hurt you."

Then the five of them decide to find some bears, but instead of finding bears, they hear strange voices. Wade says, "Wait, I heard footsteps..."

And just then, three people arrive with their guns aimed at them. "Now what do we have here? Five children hanging around in the forest."

"Are you perhaps lost? This isn't a place for children like you to stay." The other one says.

"We're not lost, we live near here. And why are you aiming your guns at us?" Fay asks.

The three men didn't answer them, instead, one of the guys turn to the others, "Looks like there are three girls and two boys. What are we going to do with them?"

"We'll kill the two boys and sell those three girls. I'm sure they'll be able to sell for high prices."

Erich widens his eyes and says, "Run!"

The kids are trying to run away from the three men, but one of them manages to grab Carla, causing her to scream in horror.

"Carla!" Erich yells in horror, and he rushes after the men.

"Erich! Come back!" Fay yells, but she's stopped by Wade. "Fay, calm down. We need to tell Mr. Kruger about this."

"But Erich and Carla..." Fay says before she grits her teeth and rushes back to her home.


Erich has been following the three men at a house, he notices that Carla is tied up and she is crying on the ground. "Damn it... what should I do? I have to save her..."

Then he starts to remember what his father told him. "If we lose, we die. If we win, we live. If we don't fight, we won't win."

And then he also remembers the whole Rumbling scene, he closes his eyes and says, "No, I have to save her. I can't wait until Mom and Dad."

In the house, the three men were discussing what to do with Carla. "Do you think she'll sell?"

"She looks nice, but she's still just a kid. Doesn't strike my fancy." The second man says.

"I'm not asking about your tastes. She's an Asian. We're gonna take her to the Underground market in the capital and auction her off to those old perverts."

Carla can only close her eyes in tears, "It's cold..."

Then he decides to knock on the door, causing the three men to look in surprise. "Don't tell me it's those kids again."

"They are probably here to save their friend. Let's just deal with them as quickly as possible." But just as the first man opens the door, a bullet has shot through his chest and he falls to the floor.

"What the? Where did that bullet-" Before the second one can say anything, Erich already throws the rifle to the ground and charges at them with the makeshift spear using a knife and a tree stick.

"Die!" Erich manages to stab through the second one, leaving the boss left.

At the same time, Armin and Annie are passing by as they notice what happened. "Isn't that Erich? What is he doing?" Annie asks.

"He's killing people..." Armin gasps in horror, Erich says, "You damn animals! Die!"

The boss is trying to shoot Erich, but he misses as the bullet hit Erich's shoulder, Erich winces in pain, but that doesn't stop him from stabbing the last person. Carla can only look in shock as Erich tries to free her.

"You're safe now, Carla. You can relax..." Erich says while trying to untie the girl, and Carla can only blush at how he tries to kill them for her safety.

"Erich! Carla!" At the same time, Eren and the others arrive at the scene and they are surprised to see what happened. Three dead bodies and Erich holding hands with Carla while bringing her out of the house.

The soldiers who come with Eren and the others are examining the place and one says, "Two of them are stabbed by the knife and one of them was shot..."

Eren notices what's going on, and he says, "Erich, did you do all of this on your own?"

Erich says nothing, and Eren kneels down and yells, "Do you have any idea what you've done?!"

"I got rid of some dangerous animals!" Erich growls a little. "They were beasts in human form! They would've been long gone by the time the National Military arrived! It would've been too late!"

Eren and Mikasa are both surprised at what he said, what are the odds that the same thing has happened again? Eren frowns and says, "Even so, you were just lucky, Erich! The way you casually threw your life away is what I'm angry about!"

"But..." Erich starts to cry, "I wanted to save her as fast as I could."

Eren realizes that he is starting to act like his father, he frowns and says, "Erich. Listen to me. I'm glad that you are willing to save Carla's life. But the way you approached the situation wasn't wise. I understand that it was necessary for this situation. But you have to try to restrain your anger. The daggers in your eyes are enough to burn the whole world down to ashes."

"Yes, Dad..." Erich mutters.

Jean rushes to Carla and asks, "Are you alright? Did they do anything wrong to you?"

"They... they were trying to send me to the underground... they..." Carla mutters, and Mikasa notices that she's shivering.

"Are you shivering?" Fay asks.

"No... I... I'm just cold..." Carla says.

Erich takes off his green scarf and wraps it around her neck. "You can keep this if you want, Carla. Warm isn't it?"

Carla touches the soft fabric shyly. "It's warm..."

Jean turns to Eren and says, "This is all your fault! I almost lose my daughter because of your children's recklessness!"

Eren rolls his eyes and says, "My fault? It's not my choice that those people try to come here and hunt for children. I still can't believe those people are still around..."

The soldiers then walk to Eren and inform them about the situation, and Eren says, "Just report that they were eaten by dogs, and also inform the queen about finding those scums as well."

"Yes sir." After the soldiers disappear, Mikasa manages to calm Jean down and says, "What are the odds... 15 years ago... the same thing just happened..."

"What do you mean by that?" Jean asks.

Eren says, "15 years ago, Mikasa was kidnapped in the same way, the words that I said to Erich a few minutes ago... they were the same words that my Dad told me after I saved Mikasa..."

This causes everyone to widen their eyes in surprise, and both Armin and Annie, who are hiding behind the tree, also widen their eyes in shock.

"So that's why Mikasa had that scarf..." Aya says.

Then they also notice how Carla seems to be clinging onto Erich after what happened, and the four adults can only sigh as they all head back to the walls.


"Are you telling me that you're going to stay with Eren?" Jean asks with surprise after hearing what Carla says.

"I want to become as strong as Erich and Fay... that's why I want to stay!" Carla says. "Can't we just move here as well?"

"But moving is actually a hard thing to do." Jean groans.

Eren says, "Actually if you want to, I'm sure that my friends can help you out. There was another reason why we decide to live alone here, because we have special powers."

"Special powers?" Mikasa and Jean ask with confusion, and Eren takes out the knife and cuts his palm, but after a while, it heals.

"Wait, you still have your Titan healing powers?" Jean gasps.

"No, they are just healing powers. I'm not a Titan anymore." Eren says. "Aya can manipulate earth and water, while I can manipulate the means to heal and fire, as well as the ability to talk with animals."

"So superpowers?" Mikasa asks.

"Kinda..." Aya says.

Then after calling Katrina, Gloria, Peter, and Odom, the six of them help move Mikasa and Jean's house near the walls, that way, Carla and Erich can meet again.


When Armin and Annie are back at their own house, they are surprised to find Connie, Pieck, and Reiner waiting for them. Pieck says, "Just what's wrong with you two? Erwin has missed you since you haven't come back to Marley and visited him. He also begs us to come and bring you back."

Annie says, "Ever since the day we visited Eren's grave, strange things have been happening. But I want to ask you a question. Is this what Willy Tybur said during the speech that Eren attacked?"

Reiner and Pieck widen their eyes as Annie shoves the paper that Eren gave her to them, and Reiner asks, "H-how did you have this?"

"Just answer me first, was the content of the paper true?" Annie asks with a slightly cold tone.

After reading, Pieck says, "That's what Willy said during the speech. But he didn't finish the last line because Eren Yeager transformed and killed a lot of the people who are listening to it."

"That means if Eren didn't attack Marley, this island is bound to be doomed." Annie says. "No wonder he was so angry and tried to activate the Rumbling."

"What do you mean?" Reiner asks.

Armin says, "Guys, you probably won't like the news, but... Eren... he somehow got a second chance to live and he's still alive."

This causes the three of them to get shocked. Connie asks, "Eren is still alive? Are you kidding me? Where is he?"

"I can't tell. He is trying to live a hermit life with his wife and two kids. We were never meant to know that he's still alive." Armin says.

"But if he's still alive, then it might cause more problems." Reiner says.

Annie says, "And that's why he wants to live a hermit life because he doesn't want the people to know he's still alive. Though he changed his last name into Kruger, and he seems to also be a doctor helping people."

Connie says, "Armin, Annie. Where is he living right now? I have a lot of questions I want to ask him!"

"And he refuses to meet all of you again. He is slowly opening up to Mikasa and Jean, but not us." Armin says. "I can tell you where they are, but please don't show up in font of them."


And now most of the Alliance knows that Eren is still alive, and I hope you like the surprise in the first part of the chapter. And I have to say it again that this is Eren and OC pairing, other pairings with Eren are not going to happen in this story.