Chapter 24
The War Ends
Reiner sat on the blimp heading for Fort Salta. He twisted his wedding band as he sat with his eyes closed. This battle would end the conflict for good in Marley. Reiner hoped it be awhile before they go to Paradis Island so he could enjoy sometime with Evelyn.
"We are almost over the Fort. You ready?" Zeke asked, looking at Reiner. Reiner stood up.
"Yes. Let's get this over with." Reiner said as the phone rang and one of the Soldiers answered. He listened and hung up the phone. He turned to the others.
"Our forces have disabled the armored train. We can now commence the airborne assault. The plan from this point is straightforward. Zeke will be our spear, and Reiner our shield. Reiner moved forward and pushed the button to release the hatch and let the Eldian Prisoners start sliding out. Reiner watched as the last of them slid out. He pulled out the knife and took a look at it. Zeke steps forward. Zeke cleared his throat and let out a yell. Gold light filled the sky as the Eldians were turned into Titans. The Titans fell to the ground. Most were killed on impact. Others stood and started to eat the Soldiers that were at the Forts. Cannonfire ripped through the air as the enemy soldiers shot the Titans.
Reiner used a parachute to get down to the fort.
"The kinetic bombardment was effective, but due to the height they were dropped from, roughly half the Titans deployed were killed on impact. The enemy has a number of anti-Titan cannons." Reiner said. He looked across the wall, looking for the cannons. "That's 28. 29. I know how many and where they are now." Reiner pulled his goggles up. "But still." He saw the walls and it brought back memories of Paradis. "Another wall." He brought the knife up to his hand. "I'm sick and tired of all these walls." Reiner slashes his hand and he is surrounded by gold light. Reiner transforms into the Armored Titan. He throws his hand forward and takes out a wall as he lands on the ground.
"It's the Armored."
"Hurry and kill it"
The Armorned knelt and then started running. He uses his hand to destroy all the Anti-Titan cannons on the wall.
"Fire!" Cannons were fired and Reiner turned to block it and the cannons go through the armor.
"They got these somehow for this battle. The ones that penetrate my Armor. Damnit." Reiner said. Another shell hits his arm, taking off his hand. "What the? What hit me?" Reiner turned and saw another train going up a hill. "An armored train. There's another?" Another shot rings out from the train and Reiner rolls out of the way. The train keeps shooting as Reiner runs towards it. Reiner takes another blow to the arm and uses his shoulder to knock the train off the rails. Reiner slides across the ground.
Reiner comes up and notices more cannons on the wall, all aimed right at him.
"Shit!" Reiner growled.
"Fi..." A arm comes down and destroys the cannon before they could shoot at Reiner. Reiner looks to see Galliard standing on the wall. "Galliard!" Reiner smiled inside.
"Sons of the devil's whore!" Reiner and Galliard moved as shots were fired. Galliard jumped from roof to roof and Reiner used a train as a shield. The Armored Titan roars as it spins around with the train and uses it to destroy the remaining cannons on the wall. Reiner dropped the train. Reiner sighed.
"It's done." Reiner said. He looked up to see his brother-in-law heading down towards them. Reiner waved that it was clear.
"So the fort's been cleared." Zeke said. He let go of the handles and put the knife to his hand. "It's our failure that allowed this war to happen, Reiner." He sliced his hand and a gold light lights up the sky. The Beast Titan lands on the ground. "But every war is awful, don't you agree?" The Beast Titan picks up shells that were still in it racks. He walks to a hole in the wall of the fort and looked at the Harbor where the ships were sitting. He gets his arm ready to throw back. The ships fire as he takes aim and throws the shells. The Beast Titan throws his arms in front of him but Reiner jumps in front of the Beast and takes the hits for him.
'Evelyn is gonna kill me.' Reiner thought. The shells that Zeke threw hit their marks and took down some of the ships but not all of them. The Armored Titan collapses to the ground as Zeke comes forward with more shells and tosses them at the ships, taking out the rest of the ships.
"We won." Reiner said. He felt darkness take him.
Back in Liberio. Evelyn pushed through the crowds as they held papers. She just got done with a nigth shift and heard there was news on the war.
"Thanks to the incomparable bravery of the Marleyan army, Fort Slava fell and the Mid-East fleet was sunk!"
Cheers rang through the crowd. Evelyn grabbed a paper and paid for it. She quickly read through it and a smile fell on her face. The conflict was finally over and Reiner will be home soon. Evelyn ran towards her mother in laws house to break the news with a huge smile on her face.
AN: Will skip to when they arrive home. Til next time
