Chapter 27: The Clash
As the Armoured Titan and Eren's Titan descended into Stohess Eren swung his fist at the Armoured Titan's head, pushing him further down, before they both crashed onto the buildings below, dust and debris being thrown into the air and the ground cracking under the weight of the two Titans.
Mikasa could only watch as the two of them plummeted into the floor "Eren!" she yelled out, as the dust settled she caught sight of the Armoured Titan, Reiner's Titan, lying on the ground why… why didn't I cut his head off? She thought to herself why couldn't I kill him? she thought back on the fight not a minute ago, she had held back when she launched her attack and now her hesitation had cost them dearly I… I can't let that happen again.
Eren's Titan quickly got up to his feet as the Armoured Titan causally got up to his; Eren charged in with a hard right hook as the Armoured Titan was on its knees, its fist collided with the Armoured Titan's face but the only damage done was to Eren's hand; his fingers were crushed on impact with the Armour plating. The Armoured Titan pushed Eren back slightly and launches his own punch; the fist connects to Eren's face and sends him flying into a line of houses.
The Scouts stared in abject shock at the Colossal Titan before them; even though only the upper half of its body had formed its massive size towered over them, they were but mere bugs in its presence. Levi rushes over to them "Is everyone alright?" he asks
"Eren's off to fight Reiner!" replied Ed, turning his head in the general direction of the two.
Jean clenched his teeth; he attached the blades to his handles and charged off the wall going after Eren and the Armoured Titan
"Jean wait!" yelled Connie as he took his eyes off the Colossal Titan for a second to watch his friend jump off the wall, he quickly turned his attention back to Bertholdt. "I… I… I just… What the hell is going on?" he exclaimed
The Colossal Titan pulls back its arm, is palm out stretched, and swings towards the Scouts in a sweeping motion. "Everybody off the wall, now!" yelled Levi, as the enormous hand dropped down towards them the Scouts scuttled off the wall; in their panic Edward and Alphonse ran off in opposite direction from each other, Ed, Levi, Hange, the 104th and a bunch of other Scouts had thrown themselves into Stohess. The Colossal Titan hand crashed into the wall from the side of Wall Rose's interior and skid its arm across Wall Sina; chunks of rock were tossed into the sky. The group fired their cables onto the side of the wall.
"It's got Ymir" cried Historia as she caught sight of Ymir in the Colossal Titan's clutches
"He's got another person!" yelled one of the Scouts, all of them quickly turned their attention to its other hand; Ed's stomach dropped, he eyes widen to its fullest extent and his jaw almost fell off its hinges as he caught sight of it.
"Al!" he yelled as he saw Alphonse caught in the clutches of the Colossal Titan's skinless hand, Alphonse didn't respond; he looked to be unconscious. What Ed saw next almost made him throw up; the Colossal Titan then threw both Ymir and Alphonse into is gigantic mouth devouring the two, its mouth closing shut with a sickening chomp.
Krista's eyes widen as she watched Ymir being locked inside the Colossal Titan's mouth, she was at a complete loss for words.
"Bertholdt…" muttered Armin, even though he knew Bertholdt was the Colossal Titan the dramatic revelation and horrific turn of events still left him in a state of shock.
"No… It can't… it can't be." Muttered Sasha, distressed by their betrayal
"Bertholdt… Reiner…." Whispered Mina completely dismayed "How could you…"
Ed was almost on the brink of breaking down into tears, until he felt a burning heat within him; it was pure white hot rage, the same kind of anger and hatred he felt for Shou Tucker after he transmuted Nina and Alexander. He gripped the handles of his gear so hard his knuckles threaten to stick out of his skin as he glared daggers at the Colossal Titan.
Levi bit down on his lower lip as he observed the Colossal Titan You didn't kill them he thought no, you need them and Eren alive. Suddenly the Colossal Titan swings its left arm at them; in an effort to squash the Scouts on the other side "Everyone drop now!" yells Levi, the group detach their cables from the wall and narrowly avoid the Colossal Titan hand trying to squish them like bugs. As he brings back his hand the crushed body of one of the Scouts fell to the ground before them and a massive crack in the wall was shown.
"Hange" yelled Levi, catching her attention "You led team one and the 104th and distract him, I'll lead team two and go in for the-" he was interrupted by the sound of cables being fired and gas being forced out of the exhaust, they quickly turned their attention to Edward who had shot himself upwards into the air; charging towards the Colossal Titan, Historia quickly followed suit; there was a burning fire in her eyes as she charged forward determined to either save Ymir or avenge her.
"What the hell?" exclaimed Hange as they watched them zoom off towards the Colossal Titan. Hange narrowed her eyes and let out an angered growl "Soldiers go now, attack the Colossal Titan" she ordered.
"Those damn brats" growled Levi; they quickly leapt from the wall, their gas propelling them upwards into the air.
"Kill the Colossal Titan!" ordered Hange "That monster is Humanity's greatest enemy; it must not be allowed to live!"
Ed and Historia zoomed towards the Colossal Titan; the enormous monster swung its gigantic fist at them but they easily maneuvered his sluggish attack by swirling around his enormous arm
"Too slow you giant piece of shit!" taunted Ed, he flew past its face, the two of them catching each other glances, Bertholdt felt a small pang of fear as he caught a glimpse of the anger he saw on Ed's face. He shifted eyes towards Historia, who was just trailing behind Edward, before his vision suddenly turned black.
Wuh? Thought Bertholdt
Levi flew past the Colossal Titan's gaze; his blades and the right side of his uniform was soaked in the blood of the Colossal Titan as he sliced its eyeballs leaving a large cut where two large eyes should be "I need two people to go for the jaw, retrieve Alphonse and Ymir!" he ordered "the rest of you, kill this son of a bitch!"
Damn it thought Levi this isn't what I had in mind, something's gonna go wrong…
Mina and Sasha fired their cables into the hinges of the jaw and reeled themselves forward; their blades ready to strike while Armin and Connie fired their cables onto the top lip of the Colosal Titan, ready to snatched Ymir and Alphonse from its mouth.
So you were the one staring down on us that day, Bertholdt...
Ed flew past the neck and was now behind the Colossal Titan,he spun around, fired his cables onto the nape of its neck and tilted his blades ready to cut an opening, he caught sight of the other Scouts around him swarming its nape. Ed pull the trigger and quickly reeled himself forward;he wanted to be the first one there, to drag Bertholdt out into the open and beat him to a bloody pulp.
"He's wide open!" yelled Hange "Go for the nape!" they quickly descended into the Colossal Titan, it looked as though victory was at hand and they were now about to rid themselves of the biggest threat to humanity. Suddenly a furious gust of steam burst from the Colossal Titan's body pushing back the Scouts, disrupting their attack and leaving them suspended in the air. The steam was unbearable; it felt as though they were being cooked alive and the air seemed to set fire to their lungs as they tried to breathe.
"Everyone, fall back!" ordered Hange as she detached her blades from the nape, allowing herself to be carried off by the steam, the rest of the Scouts followed suit, Ed wanted to press the trigger to pull himself forward and continue on with the attack, but the hellish heat forced him to fall back. The Scouts broke through the smoke and onto the top of the wall; they were drenched in the condensation and some had sustained burn injuries from their exposure to the steam attack.
"My hand…" groaned one of the Scouts
"Are you guys alright?" asked Connie, as he looked towards his friends
"We're fine" coughed Sasha as she helped Mina off the ground; they all looked back at the Colossal Titan
"Damn you… Bertholdt." Whispered Mina as a mixture of both the bitterness of being defeated by her enemy and the sadness of fighting a person she once considered her friend overcame her, she thought back to Annie, who must be terrified at the sight; Mina remembered that she was part of the refugees that came in from Wall Maria that day how am I going to tell her? She thought.
Ed broke through the smoke and rolled onto the floor, he quickly picked himself up and fired his cable at the Colossal Titan once more, but the intense gust of steam forced the steel hooks to go off to the side; the Colossal Titan was now untouchable. "Al!" Ed cried, suddenly he felt someone kick him in the back of his knee; forcing him to fall onto his knees.
"Idiot" said Levi in his calm yet authoritative tone "You just had to run off didn't you? We could have had that bastard's head on a plate if you'd had just stayed put and acted as a unit, the same goes for you too brat" he said turning his attention to Historia who looked onto the floor with an immense feeling of guilt filling her. Ed punched the floor; he was completely frustrated with himself for rushing off, he slowly picked himself up again and huddled around Hange and Levi.
"Is he trying to vanish again?" asked Hange as she observed the Colossal Titan
"No, this is different" replied Armin "He disappeared completely last time, this is prolonged; it's like he's trying to protect himself with the steam and because of that we can't touch him."
"Got any ideas on what to do Hange?" asked Levi
Hange looked to the ground with a bitter expression on her face "Nothing…" she replied to a crowd Scouts shocked at what she was suggesting "He can't keep up this up forever; his body's going to burn out at some point and until then we'll just have to bind our time till the right moment comes. Levi you take over the fight against the Colossal Titan, teams two, three, four and the 104th will be under your command"
"Got it" replied Levi
"Team one and Ed, you're on me" she said as she walked towards the edge of the wall. "We're going after the Armoured Titan!" she, Ed and a group of Scouts leapt off the Wall and plummeted into Stohess, Ed looked back at the Colossal Titan's mouth I'll come back for you Al
"Everyone huddle up" ordered Levi waving them over to him "Here's the plan, we're gonna surround the bastard; team two and three I want you at the flanks, team four I want you at the rear, when the time comes team two and three will swarm the bastard and act as a distraction while team four goes for the kill and brats I want you at the front, your job will be to rescue Ymir and Alphonse, understood?"
"Yes sir" replied the Scouts
"Good… Also if you have the opportunity, kill him; we're not taking prisoners anymore."
In the piles of rubble Eren's Titan lay motionless as his Titan body tried to recover from the devastating blow the Armoured Titan dealt him; his whole body was giving off thick clouds of steam as it tried to repair itself. The Armoured Titan got up to its feet and stared at Eren's Titan body lying in the rubble of the marble buildings before walking over to him, seemingly assured of its victory.
Reiner… You're a real piece of shit thought Eren bitterly as the memories of their years in the Cadet Corps came back to him
You'd always talk about what it meant to be a soldier; always talking about honor, duty, responsibility… who knew you were talking out of your ass the entire time
All that time in hand to hand fighting you were holding back? Eren tried to move his arms, but all he could do was twitch slightly, it felt as if his body was being held down by heavy weights.
I always saw you as the best of us; you were strong, reliable, you could always keep a cool head not matter what and you always put your comrades first without exception…
The ground cracked beneath the weight of the Armoured Titan as he closed in on Eren's Titan.
Damn you… I looked up to you… All I ever wanted was to be like you!
Mikasa fired his cables onto the nape of the Armoured Titan; she zoomed towards it with her blades ready to strike. She twirled through the air and struck the heavily plate nape; however the attack did absolutely nothing instead her blades broke on impact leaving only the stubs connected to her handles. However Jean still followed her example; he fired his cables onto the Armoured Titan's nape, reeled himself forward and slashed his blades at its nape, his own blades splintering into pieces. They landed onto one of the roofs of the houses, only just a few meters from the Armoured Titan.
"Damn it! We can't do shit against him!" yelled Jean as he stamped his foot on the tiles "Those bastards" he growled thinking about Reiner and Bertholdt. Suddenly the sound of cables zipped to the side catches their attention; it was Ed.
"What's happening?" he asks as he observed the Armoured Titan
"We can't stop him, it's like nothing seems to hurt him" replied Mikasa "Not Eren's attacks, not our blades; his whole body's covered!" they watched as the Armoured Titan continued its advance towards Eren unhindered. "Eren!" she yelled trying to alert him
"Hey blockhead!" yelled Jean "Get the hell out of there!"
Eren sharply awoke from his dream state and moved his eyes forward towards the Armoured Titan, a familiar feeling of rage quickly began to boil inside him.
Reiner…I don't know what going through your mind right about now but I hope you two know…
Eren's hands quickly regenerated his hand and clenched it into a fist; he thought back to the day five years ago when he saw the Colossal Titan over the gate of Shiganshina, the Armoured Titan breaking the gate of Wall Maria and his mother being eaten in front of him.
That you two are worse than scum; I doubt there's a person in the history of mankind that has done anything even close to the crimes you've committed…
Eren's Titan rose from the ground in an almost zombie like state, Mikasa quickly swapped out her blades and was about to charge off again until Jean grabbed her cloak stopping her "Wait Mikasa!" he yelled. The three of them watched wide eyed as Eren came to a standing position.
You're nothing but a pest, a disgusting bug; it makes me sick to my stomach just thinking about all that pride and heroic bullshit that spewed from your mouth. You make me want to vomit.
Eren's Titan pulled back his right arm; preparing to throw another hard punch to Reiner's face.
You...Berthold…Annie… the Titans, you're nothing but disgusting vermin!
He threw a hard right punch, his fist colliding with the Armoured Titan's face, pushing the Armoured Titan's head slightly to the side.
AND I WILL WIPE YOU OUT!
The Armoured Titan seems to absorb the blow to his face and threw his own punch to Eren; shattering his jaw and knocking him straight into the air, Mikasa, Jean and Edward gasp at the punch and the sheer strength behind its impact.
"Minister!" yelled out one of the cultist "we must leave; the mayor had ordered an evacuation" suddenly the sound of muffled boom was heard outside the church causing the cultist to flinch.
"Just hold on!" replied Minister Nick as he gathered his books and the fragments of rock from the wall; he wasn't about to let any of this out of his sight, with the Scouts in the city he knew that a certain curious Scout officer could be with them and she just might try and take more items from the church like she had done last time If they find out about the secret…
Suddenly there was a loud crash as a fifteen meter Titan landed on top of the church, squashing the cultist who accompanied Minister Nick under the massive muscular body, Nick ducks his head trying to cover himself from debris. Nick lowers his arms to see chunks of rubble and shards of coloured glass lying around him and a large Titan with half its face caved in front of him.
"Im…impossible…" he exclaims
Ed, Mikasa and Jean watched horrified at the Eren's inability to damage the Armoured Titan
"Guy's a walking tank!" exclaims Edward
"Tank?" questioned Jean
"I'll tell you later!" replies Edward "We can't do anything to him if he has that Armour plating around him; we're as good as useless." Ed kneels down and slams his fist at on the tiles C'mon think! Think damn it! He turns his head and looks back at the Colossal Titan on the Wall… Wall
He thought back to what Hange said about the composition of the walls and his fight with Annie where she demonstrated his hardening crystal abilities, he looked back at Reiner Could they…
Ed stands up "I have a plan; Jean I need you to distract Reiner for me"
"Got it!" replied Jean
"Mikasa, I'm going to need you to fling me towards Reiner's face."
Just give up, Eren thought Reiner as he approached Eren's Titan who was now trying to stand up once more, Reiner causally approached like a predator neither you nor the Scouts can beat me
Jean zipped over to one of the houses along Reiner's path "Hey asshole!" he yelled trying to catch Reiner's attention "You use to talk a lot of shit about being a soldier! But you're nothing but a piece of shit traitor!"
Reiner stopped in his tracks and turned his head towards Jean, Jean flinched slightly as the Armoured Titan stared at him but he quickly recomposed himself "I can't believe I considered you as a friend, you fucking bastard!"
Jean… shut up thought Reiner as he pulled his arm back to strike at the building Jean was on
Ed fired himself into the air and let go of his handles, Mikasa zoomed towards Edward grabbed his air and spun him around and threw him towards Reiner, Ed clapped his hands together while he was thrown towards the Armour Titan, he pulled back his hands and slammed it into the left side of the armored plating around Reiner's face. The armoured plating exploded as Ed deconstructed it; shards of it were thrown into the air, Jean quickly fires himself towards Ed grabbing him in the air and lands them both safely on the ground. Reiner pulls back slightly and begins to feel the exposed left side of his face; his fingers running over his rough muscular face.
What the hell?
Eren's eyes widen as he now saw his opening to strike, he pulls back his right arm, balls is hand into a fist and throws a hard right hook at Reiner's exposed face; sending Reiner crashing down into some of the buildings. Reiner rolls onto his back and sits up looking at Eren's Titan who's bright green eyes glared at him with murderous intent as he cast a shadow over the Armoured Titian's. He doesn't notice Ed running along the rooftops next to him; Ed leaps from the edge of the damaged building, clasps his hands together and slams them onto Reiner's right side deconstructing the armored plating.
Damn him! Thought Reiner That bastard!
Eren grabs Reiner by his front plating, pulls him upwards and launches a barrage of punches at Reiner's exposed face; his strength and rage behind his punches only grew in its intensity as the memories of Shiganshina start flooding back, he throws Reiner into another line of houses, Eren pins Reiner to the ground and lets out a savage roar which shatters the glass of the nearby buildings
"Has he lost control?" asks Hange as she and the other Scouts as they watched Eren annihilate Reiner.
Reiner's face was engulfed in a thick cloud of steam but Eren wasn't going to give him the opportunity to grow back his armoured plating; he launched a fast assault of punches at Reiner, even tearing some of the armoured plating from his skin before rapidly throwing more punches.
"He'll kill him at this rate!" said Jean as he watched Eren's attack on the Armoured Titan, even though Reiner had ousted himself as the enemy a small part of him still couldn't bring himself to not be remorseful over the beating Reiner was taking. However the other Scouts didn't seem to share the same sentimet
"Yeah Eren!" yelled one of the Scouts "Tear him out into the open!"
"No Mercy!" yelled other
"Make that traitor pay!" yelled a third
I… I won't die here thought Reiner as Eren threw another punch into his right cheek I have a job to finish… and I cannot fail! Using all of his strength Reiner pushes Eren off of him and into a pile of rubble, Eren tries to get up but Reiner picks him up and throws him onto the main road; putting some distance between the two.
As Eren once more tries to get up on his feet again, Reiner charges at him and tackles him into the ground, he then picks up Eren and places him on his shoulder, Eren tries to struggle out of Reiner's grip but fails as he repeatedly slams his fist onto his armour plated back.
"He's trying to take Eren outside of Stohess!" yelled Hange "Soldiers, prevent the Armoured Titan from reaching the gate!" Mikasa surges through the air towards the Armoured Titan and strikes his Achilles heel, Jean, Hange and the other Scouts all quickly follow suit but to no avail; they couldn't slow down the Armoured Titan.
Reiner then charges forward holding Eren. Ed overtakes them and shoots himself further ahead, he lands onto the main road and transmutes a block in Reiner's path in a desperate attempt to stop him but Reiner crashes through the wall, Ed quickly jumps off to the side and avoids the massive Titan charging forward. Reiner crashes through the gate of Stohess into Wall Rose's interior with Eren, chunks of debris falling around them as a massive hole through the gate was made.
"What the hell was that?" yelled Connie, the sound of the loud crash behind them took their focus from the Colossal Titan. They rushed over to the side of Wall Rose's interior to see the Armoured Titan and Eren's Titan both lying on the ground surrounded by large chunks of the gate. Jean and Mikasa scale the wall and rush over to the edge where the rest of the 104th looked down watching the battle.
Eren's Titan was the first to get up onto its feet, its body slumped and hunched over as it tried to repair the broken bones it had sustained from the attack, coulda of steam poured from his body. He quickly shuffled away from Reiner; trying to put some distance between them so that he could focus on repairing the damage done to his Titan.
"Eren!" yells Armin, he jumps down from the wall and lands onto its side and he was now at eye level with Eren, Eren looked at Armin "Reiner's trying to kidnap you have to get back into Stohess, you're in no shape to keep on fighting!" Eren turned his head back to the entrance only to see the Armoured Titan was now back on its feet however even his condition looked terrible; his face and parts of his chest had yet to regenerate its armoured plating. It looked as though neither Titans were in any shape to continue but neither of the shifters weren't looking to back down.
Hange, Ed and team one quickly arrived at the scene "Eren I found a way to beat Reiner" said Hange "I need you to hold him down" she then looked to Ed "Once that happens then I need you to destroy the armoured plating around his nape, then we go in for the kill! Understood?"
"Understood" replied Ed, he turns his head upwards to the Colossal Titan above them "Then we get Al back."
Eren nodded his head, Hange looked at Eren a little shocked wait he understood what I said? HOLYFUCKINGSHIT
The Armoured Titan began to circle them, he was now staring them down, with Eren's back up against the wall, and began to advance towards Eren. "Good luck you two" said Hange as she and Armin fell back to higher ground
"Eren, I need you to get him into a leg lock" said Ed "I'll trip him up and you pin him down."
I've got to keep my wits about me thought Reiner eyeing Ed If he tries to come at me again then I'll have to swat him like a bug… Reiner dug his feet into the ground and pushed himself forward, charging towards them with the speed of a rabid bull. Ed clapped his hands together and slapped the wall; a large fist burst straight out of the left side of thewall and curves around.
Reiner turns his head to the side slightly, noticing the large fist coming at him What the... the fist strikes the Armoured Titan in the right side of its face sending him skidding into the ground; Ed transmute the fist back into the wall while Eren charges at the downed Armoured Titan, Eren grabs his legs and places the Armoured Titan into a spinal lock; he hooked Reiner's legs into his arms. Reiner digs his hands into the ground and tries to crawl away, dragging both him and Eren under the shadow of the Colossal Titan. Ed prepares to descend onto the Armoured Titan when suddenly it lets out a vicious roar, Ed hesitates; the Scouts quickly scan their surroundings.
"Can Reiner call Titans too?" questioned Jean
"There can't be any more of them" said Armin as he frantically observed the surrounding area
"Soldiers watch the perimeter!" ordered Hange
Screaming for help won't save you Reiner! Thought Eren as he pulled on the Armoured Titans legs and dug his knees into the dirt, suddenly the sound of loud snapping echoed in the air.
"What the…" mutters Connie, the Scouts close by then quickly noticed the ribs of the Colossal Titan breaking and its monstrous large body shifting to the side. "Oh fuck! No! No! No!"
"Everyone move!" Levi yells "Hange lookout!" Levi leaps from the wall, Hange looks up to see the shadow of the Colossal Titan looming over them; she stares at the Colossal Titan in wide eyed shock when suddenly she's tackled by Levi who quickly moves them out of the way of the Colossal Titan's descent.
"Eren!" yells Mikasa from the top of the wall
Ed quickly transmutes a part of the wall to shield himself from the blast while the rest of the Scouts scatter. Eren looks upwards to see the large skull of the Colossal Titan heading straight for him.
BOOOOM!
There was a an intense explosion of light as the Colossal Titan exploded upon impact with the ground, an intense gust of wind blew back the nearby trees, houses and Scouts around the area, both Hange and Levi were shot upwards into the air; still holding onto Hange Levi fires his cable onto the top of the Wall and lowers them both down. Ed pressed himself into the corner of the shield he formed from the wall as a fierce gust of steam hits the wall. In the commotion Reiner pins Eren to the ground with his face in the dirt and bites into Eren's Titan's nape; ripping Eren from his Titan. As the steam died down Bertholdt emerged from the Colossal Titan carrying both Ymir in one arm and Alphonse in the other, Reiner picks up Bertholdt and takes Alphonse while Bertholdt held onto Ymir. As the Armoured Titan runs off Ed manages to catch sight of Alphonse in his grasp.
"Al!" Yells Edward, he frantically presses on the triggers for his gas; it initially shoots himself forward as he tries to give chase to the Armoured Titan, however the exhaust almost immediately ends its continual flow of gas and only gave out a few weak puff which sends him tumbling onto the ground. Ed looks up from the dirt to see the Armoured Titan running off into the distance with his brother; he balls his hand up into fist and punches the ground.
Damn it he thinks to himself as he tries to hold back the tears in his eyes
"Ymir!" cried Historia as she caught sight of her friend being held by Bertholdt
"Eren!" Mikasa screams she pulls the trigger but only pathetic wisps of gas escape the exhaust, she quickly turns to her friends "Your gas, give them to me!" She demanded, a look of desperation in her eyes "I'm going after them!"
"Mikasa, you can't" pleaded Sasha
"You go out after them by yourself then you're as good as dead." Added Levi as he walked up to them, Mikasa collapses onto her knees and lowered his head to the ground as she began to sob into her red scarf.
"No...please, don't go..." Mikasa whispered into her scarf.
Both Mina and Sasha stood on the wall in defeated silence as they watched the people who were once their friends not so long ago run off. Mina sat down on the edge of the wall and placed her mouth trying to muffle her own cries.
Hange and Levi both watch from the top of the wall as the Armoured Titan and Bertholdt make their escape, Hange lets out an angered groan while Levi stared at them menacingly. "We've been beaten…" said Hange, a sour tone in her voice
"Oh how could this get any worse?" yells Connie, suddenly the sound of crumbling close by alerts the Scouts on the wall.
"Is the wall about to collapse?" questioned Mina as she got up to her feet
"Well that'll just be perfect wouldn't it?" said Jean furiously, angered by the recent turn of events, they all ran to other side of the wall and looked down to see large yet surprisingly thin chunks of wall crash onto the ground, as they peered over they saw what looked to be a black hole inside the wall.
"Wait hold on…" said Armin as fell from the wall and fired his cables onto its side near the hole. The others quickly followed his example. What they saw caused them to freeze up on the spot.
"Is… is that a…" stuttered Sasha
"It's a Colossal Titan." Muttered Armin, Hange and Levi looked down on them as the secret they knew about had now just been revealed to everyone else.
"Hey!" Yelled a voice from below, Connie looked down, he fell from the wall and onto the ground to meet the stranger; it was a priest. The Priest grabs Connie by his shoulders and grips him tightly
"Hey man, what the hell?" exclaims Connie, startled by the priest's actions
"Where are your superiors?" asks the priest, by the terrified look on his face Connie knew something wasn't right. Suddenly Levi approaches them.
"What seems to be the matter?" Levi asks sarcastically "Oh right, the big ass Colossal Titan in the wall, right?" he says pointing to the Titan with his thumb
The Minister looks at Levi extremely perplexed by his calmness during this situation "Ye... Yes!" replies Minster Nick urgently "You have to find the Elrics boys and get them to cover up the hole; we can't let the sunlight reach it!"
"Is that so…" says Levi nonchalantly, he looks behind himself to see a group of Scouts from team three and four move in next to him, as they form a half circle around the priest, a few of them gave a nod to Levi. There was an unspoken tension in the air which shattered the moment when Levi raised his blade in the direction of the priest "Minister Nick for the good of Humanity we will be held under the jurisdiction of the Scout Regiment and questioned accordingly."