Volume 4

Ch. 46 Rod Reiss

.Pov

-Kara-

"What?!" Rod growls

"Why didn't she transform?" Eren asks

at

"Ugh what is this?!" Rod inspects the injection

"Historia" I whisper "c'mon baby stay with us" I notice she began dazing off

"Kara? What's happening?" Historia asks as her eyes began trembling

"No, no, no, no, no!" Rod shouts as Historia head rolls aside unconscious

"Gahk back off you pig!" I tug on my arms

"Shut up!" Rod snares as he pulls out an identical box with another injection inside

"Fuck" I grunt "don't fucking touch her" I groan painfully using every ounce of strength in me to free myself

"This has to be done there's no way around it" he whispers as he sets it on her nape again

"G-gah fuck I'll kill you!" I shout finally as my my wrists snap before my hands rip right off

Rods eyes widen as I stomp over to him

"Gahkk" he grunts as I slam my head into his chest pushing him over the edge

"Haha whoa what a wonderful turn of events!" the guy that shot me earlier laughs

"Mgh fuck" I groan as my hands began growing back

"That's better" I sigh

I pick up the keys unlocking Eren first so he could help me with Historia

"Ugh fuck" I grunt siting back against the wall holding tight to Historia

"It's okay.. we're okay" I whisper as I rub my nose against her cheek

"I-I'm sorry I couldn't do anything" Eren apologizes

I close my eyes and for the first time in the longest time I find myself shedding a tear

"Ah god no not my baby" I cry "why'd they do this to my baby" I sob trying to figure out what I did to have my child be taken from me not given a single chance to live for itself

.. No I know why

I'm a monster

A murderer

So many have died on my watch.. I couldn't even protect my family not one little life

"Kara?" I hear Levi

"What?!" I growl

"C'mon we need to get out" Armin says in a sorry tone

"N-nah give me a sec-" before I could finish there was a massive explosion

"What the hell is that?!" Connie shouts

"Dammit I think Rod injected himself" Eren shouts over the wind

"The roofs going to collapse, can you get up Kara?" Levi asks

I shake my head

I was beat

I've been exhausted since this morning.. since I last used my Titan powers against Bertolt and Reiner

I don't know how I've been able to stay up

I just felt like all my energy just disappeared suddenly

"Damn" I sigh

"So what now?" Jean asks as the massive Titan breaks through the roof

"I think that thing is even bigger than the colossus" Sasha shouts

"How could you tell? You're an idiot!" Connie shouts at Sasha

"Kara if we don't do something now we're dead" Levi says

"Dead?" I ask

That doesn't sound too bad

I deserve to die don't I ?

"K-Kara" I hear Eren

I look up at him

"What you said back then.. is it true?" He asks "that I have potential.. you think I can ever be like you?" He asks

'You are the face of humanity's last hope' I remember what Erwin said to me back then

"Of course kid you just have to know it yourself" I smile

He closes his eyes "thanks" he whispers before running directly towards the Titan

"Eren!" Mikasa shouts

But I manage to grab her wrist before she went after him

"Kara?" She whispers

There was second explosion as Eren took on his Titan form

"Grahhhhh!!" he roars before shoving his fists into the ground

After a few seconds pillars of sheer crystal began shooting out of the ground and smashing into the ceiling

"H-he's doing it!" Armin shouts

"Haha thats right block head!" Jean shouts

"Oh my god we're really not going to die!" Sasha cries

"Yeah… we're not" I look back down at Historias resting face

After the rumbling finally stopped Mikasa and Levi managed to pull Eren out of his hardened Titan

"Eren hey you did it" Armin slaps him awake

"Wh-what?" He asks

"C'mon we have to stop Rod before he gets to the wall" Levi says

After we find a way out we meet up with commander Erwin

Where Levi went on to talk to him as I made sure Historia was safely inside a wagon

"That's Rod Reiss" Levi explains "everything went well except Hange suffered a heavy concussion and.. well Kara's unborn child.. it.."

I could feel their eyes on me before they continued

".. understood" Erwin says "we haven't been able to redirect the thing, it seems it's an abnormal twice the size of the colossal at about 250 meters in length" he looks over at Erens group "Armin, come we need to discuss a plan to stop the Titan" Erwin says

"Y-yessir" Armin hurries over

By the time the sun began rising we arrived at Orvud district where Rod was heading directly for

We set up on top of the wall and I managed to get the districts best doctor to check up on Historia

"Send someone to fetch me when she wakes up" I tell the doctor

"Yes sir" he nods before I head outside

"Also…" I take three shots of adrenaline "I'm going to need these" I tell him

"B-but sir you must rest every time you use that you trick your body into thinking it's fine, when in reality it needs to rest" he tries stopping me

"It's going to be me who kills that thing.. now move" I order him

He sighs "alright" he lets me through

"He's right you should rest" I hear Levi

"You know I can't do that" I head over to pick up my gear

"Listen Kara I know you're mad but"

"Mad?!" I stop "that ball of shit took my baby from me man" I point at Rod who was crawling over to the wall "you out your damn mind if you think ima just sit back"

"We already told you Kara, by this time next week you'll be the one leading this Kingdom don't risk throwing this kingdom into ruin because you want vengeance" he says "we have a plan to take him down, trust me he won't be crawling any further" he adds

"This time next week?" I ask

"That's right" Levi says

"Then let me shine one last time, and get some 'justice' for my child" I say before heading into the ODM shop

"Wh-whoa captain Akuma Kara never would I have thought you'd stop by here" some chick says

"Ima need some gear.. like now" I tell them

"Right I was actually hoping I'd run into you today" she opens up a large case

"What's this ?" I ask

"We've been playing around for a while now and made this thing just for you" she pays the gear "we installed two tanks and a whole new lightweight motor to produce 5x as much power as the normal ODM gear does" she takes a deep breath "plus these totally awesome new anchors that can reel you in twic-"

"Alright lemme see them" I cut her off

"Sure" she hands me the gear

I examine every inch of the gear

I could really use this

I have a plan.. a good one

"Alright I'll take them" I say

"Great, make sure you tell everyone where you got it!" She shouts as I head out

After I get ready I ride Odin to the other side of town

This has to work

I'll be putting every ounce of strength in me to crush that garbage

I stand up on a rooftop listening to the things footsteps get louder and louder

I bring the three needles to my neck injecting the all the adrenaline

I take a deep breath

"God you're so fucking dead" I sigh before letting myself fall

The power of the new ODM gear launches me forward and it takes me a second to get used to the speed

But once I did I didn't stop

I kept going faster and faster zipping past the massive crowd of people that had gathered in the middle of town in a blink of an eye

At around 30 meters before I reach the wall I launch myself into the air making sure I wouldn't slam into the wall like a bug and I make my way up at full throttle

The wall began shaking as the Titan made its way up the wall

"GROOAAAA" a deep roar dawns over the city before I finally reach the end of the wall

With the speed I was going at I manage to launch myself over a hundred meters into the air right above the faceless insect that Rod Reiss had become

"You killed my baby" I raise my arms over my head

"Now.." I gather up everything I had inside me to create a boulder made up of sheer crystal

I could see everyone evacuating the wall as the boulder got larger and larger till it became three the size of Rod Reiss's head

"DIEEE!!" I throw my arms in front of me launching my massive attack

By the time Rod had looked up at me the boulder slammed into his face before crushing it against the wall

The boulder rolled over the edge smashing his nape as it did before it fell onto the other side

"Kghhk" I cough

"Fuck" I growl before my arms explode

"Ahh fuck" I gasp as I began free falling

I had put every ounce of strength in my arms to create that boulder it's no wonder

I could feel my arms growing back but there's wasn't a thing I could do to stop myself from splattering all over the ground below

"Haha" I laugh "I did it" I giggle

That's all that mattered

I'd love to just die here and now

But I can't

We've gone so far we're so close to the end

"So I can't join you just yet" I smile

"Daddy's got some work to do" I open my eyes

"Susanoo!" I shout instinctively and I felt a pain in my back as I was engulfed in a purple aura and I suddenly began slowing down before I land safely onto the ground

"Haha" I laugh "fuck" I groan falling onto my knees "yess" I giggle before loosing consciousness

-days later-

I finally woke up after 4 days of resting and I was sitting inside a large room all alone wondering where everyone was at

It looks like I'm inside the castle

Maybe I should just leave I'm sure as hell not ready for this

"Mgh" I groan slowly and painfully pulling myself over the edge

I could already tell I had very little control over my arms so Historia would probably have to feed me again

Which I hate the thought of

Before I could get out of bed the doors fling open

"Kara!" Historia shouts

Her eyes were open wide as if she'd seen a ghost or something

"Wh-what is it?" I ask painfully

"I-I'm still, w-we're still.. our baby.. it's still.," she tears up

"What?" I ask not ready for what she said next

"Alive.. our baby's still alive Kara" she finally says

"It's… what?" I ask before she throws herself into my arms

"Alive Kara it's alive" she sobs

"B-but how? Why?" I ask not knowing how to react

"The doctor said her womb is protected by a very thin layer of hardened skin that was more than enough to protect the child inside after the deadly beating Rod gave her" I hear Levi at the door

"Really?" I ask

Historia nods

"I… thank god" I sigh hugging her tightly

"Not only that but the sole reason she hadn't turned into a Titan back then was because she was carrying your child" Levi adds

"So that's why, huh?" I smile

"I was so scared" Historia whispers

"Yeah.. I was too" I give her a gentle kiss as she looked up at me

"C'mon General Zachly and the rest of us want to get this wedding and coronation over with as quickly as we can" Levi says

"W-wait marriage ?" I ask

"Yes in order to appoint you as king we have to officially have the two of you joined by marriage"

"Really?" I ask

"What's wrong with that?" Historia asks

"Oh.. nothing" I smile

The time has come

I don't want to have such a responsibility it's why I've been turning down Section Commander all these years

But I was odd

I have this odd feeling deep deep down that the throne..

Is where I belong