Chapter 23:Price of a Mile
"Keep advancing ahead and tire up your horses when you find a right spot then switch to the Gears."Ordered Levi as he look at the tethered Titan. "I'm heading to Erwin. Gohan will catch up to you later. You're in charge ,Eld. Remember your mission."He stood on his mount's saddle. "And someone take care of my horse."
"Yes,captain!" Answered the squad only half a second before Levi soared toward the branch where Erwin was standing on,with Gohan on his side.
"I was surprise that you entrusted the boy with the plan."Said Levi as soon as he land on the branch where the two scouts were. The said plan was restricted to a few senior officers and soldier among the Regiment,it was indeed shock to hear the commander wished for a recruit to be envolved.
"Well,I takes many risks in these current days,some of those reaped us a few rewards." The commander replied,then turned his head to Gohan. "You did good ,Gohan. If it wasn't for you, a lot people would have to make sacrifices."The boy just nodded.
Hearing Erwin's replies,Levi looked down upon the Titan ,which Ki was significantly dimmed. It was until now that the Captain staring to appreciate his sensing ability. He allowed to let his hopes on as he watching the Titan be immobilized with the proof that its low energy due to its constant struggling ,which to no avail.
"Do you think it's really secured?"Asked Levi,just to be sure.
"Some precautions wouldn't harm us." Erwin raised his sword at the harpoon guns as he orderd "Third battery and second,open fire!Fire everything!"
Without second thought, the Harpoon Gunners open fire more harpoon at the Female Titan,paralyzed it furthermore.
"Commander,Captain,should I go with my squad?" Asked the Monkey Boy.
Erwin Smith looked at the scout,raising his brows . "Yes, you're dismissed."
"The squad's waiting for you. Better hurry." Added Levi.
Needed just that Gohan,looked around for a moment and put his hands on his mouth and shouted.
"NIMBUS!"
The boy sensed the horse coming to his direction, abeit hearing the galopping. While he waited his mount to arrive ,the boy asked Erwin another question.
"So, the rest of the Regiment still continue to reach to Shiganshina or we have to wait until we pull the person out off that thing?"
Little surprised ,Commander stared at the boy, he thought that the boy should had figured the answer already.
"No, we won't." he gave a cold answer.
"Pardon?" Gohan widen his eyes "What do you mean 'No'?"
The commander's eyes were still cold when he heard the puzzled boy's question,his voice was also cold as well. "I've briefed you, haven't I?"
"Yes ,you did tell me about your plan to capture the Titan, but you did not say anything about abandoning the original objective." Then he realized "There's no objective about recapturing Shiganshina,was it?"
The commander of the Recon Corps remained silent,confirming his suspiction. But the recruits joined with the clear mission to retake the district of Shiganshina to find the answer about the Titans beneath the Jaeger's resident. Oh gods, so many casualties in the regiment so far! They thought they were dying to retake their lost territory.
"What the HFIL? Then why the devil did you tell us that in the recruitment ceremony?"Gohan angrily pointed his finger at the commander "You told me: Joining the Scout; taking the Expedition into the outer walls; retaking Shiganshina; discovering what inside Doctor Jaeger's basement; reclaiming Wall Maria ; saving mankind."
"Take it easy now,Monkey Boy!" Scolded Levi.
"You are not involve in this conversation,Human Ginyu!" Levi recoiled by the Monkey Boy's loud voice,who didn't keep his eyes on Erwin. "You lied to them. My god, you even sued me to persuaded them to join us to executed a nonexistent mission! They'd died thinking they're liberating humanity,for crying out loud. But as it turns out,they were just fucking baits!"
"We need information, Gohan." Replied calmly Erwin,despite his Recon rookie being hostile to him "We need to capture atleast one Titan colaborator to understand them further, helping us winning the war."
"It's not that necessary . We retook Trost with out Killing or Capture any Titan shifter."Gohan rebutted "With the exception of Eren ,and he was helping us."
"Gohan,shut your fucking face." Now,Levi got his attention "Find the squad,now."
The half sayain cooled himself down,before appologising "My apology,Commander."
Then he jumped down to the steed beneath who was waiting for him. He hopped on his back before both the horse and his rider faded away to the trees.
Mikasa smiled as the massive power inside the forest dimmed . The Mysterious Titan had been either killed or overpowered,both were good news. Whatever plan Erwin had,it had worked, Eren was now safe. And soon enough, Gohan would meet him and nothing could threaten him anymore.
She looked down to the Titans beneath the trees, whose energy were nothing compare to Gohan or that creature that had been captured. But those Titans, however, stupid as they were,these creature were able to learn. They were currently trying to climb the trees to their preys,which didn't bother Mikasa much as she knew she could take them down easily, without using Gohan's techniques.
On another branch,perhaps someone else also figured out what was going on. They leaped to another branch as the titan had climbed closer to their position .
"For fuck's sake, I prefer when they were stupid." Said Jean,before reaching out to Armin "I think this is the good time you tell me what's on your mind."
"I….I.." Armin recoiled,he stuttered .
"Oh, god damned it, just tell me." Scolded Jean "It's that they want to lure the damn thing into the woods so they can capture it,isn't it?"
Armin was surprised how quick his comrade realized what was on his head the whole time. Jean was smart one, but for him to deduce something like that was incredible.
"Yes, it is correct." Said Armin and then with some hesitation, he continued "I believe that The Recon Corps believe that one us is a Titan that infiltrated our ranks."
"Really? You do really think so?" Said Jean "Should we knew that there was a Titan amidst us, things would've result in different ways!"
His blond comrade remained silent for a moment. "As much as I want the opposite. Yet, I don't think he's wrong."
"The fuck you mean?" Jean puzzled "We could've been all dead."
"Jean, it's not sensible to say something would happened differently when it'd already done." Answered Armin "None can predict the future. But, there will be a time someone has to make decision . Commander Erwin's willing to choose his fellow brothers and sisters in arms over the people within the Walls. " He continued "But there something I certainly know for sure,a person who want to bring about changes, he has to be willing to sacrifice everything."
Jean grimaced as he knew who his friend was referring to 'That asshole,Erwin.'
"I surprise that you find this place, Eld." Oulo said as he pressed his foot on the treehouse that the squad were settling in.
"Well ,we found many like this in the last expedition. " Said Petra ,grimacing at her comrade "Don't you remember ?"
"WE did not found many like this in the last expedition."Said Oulo ,indicated to the squad "The rest of the Regiment did."
"Well, all of us have been reported so." Said Gunther ,before turning to his temporary squad leader. "Shouldn't we use our ODM gears to move around the forrest?"
"Any of you're able to sense energy?" Eld look upon his squad,whose all members shook their heads "Gohan will catch up to us and guide us in this forrest without running into danger. For now, let's just lay down and admire the boy's cratfmanship,shall we?"
The squad nodded in agreement as they did amazed by the treehouse that was made up in high in the giant tree and more stunning ,able to hold the weight of four people. No one could believe that someone from Wall Sina could do such thing, building.
"That aside, did the Regiment just capture a Titan?"Ask Eren.
"Yeah, Commander Erwin set a trap which sprung." Answered Eld. "Though, none of us knew about it."
"That's it, right?" Said Eren,but then he had a question. "I understand why new recruits like me was not inform,shouldn't Survey Corps veterans like you guys acknowledged about it?"
"Shut it." Scolded Oulo.
Petra angrily barked at Eren "Are you implying that Captain Levi and Commander Erwin don't trust us?"
"No, I agree with Eren with this point." Interrupted Eld "I think the commander had a good reason not to trust us"
"What the fuck?"confused Oulo
"The only reason not to trust your fellow soldiers." Explained Eld "A Titan Shifter, a spy., is working in our ranks."
"Holly shit!" Swore Gunther.
"So that what it is,"Said Oulo "But wait,that tailed freak knows."
"Barely,I'm afraid," Explained Eld "I think he was only ordered to stall that thing without killing until we lead it into the trap. By his performance in Trost, the lives he saved also he knows this forest like the back of his hand. Erwin did something he never did before, gave him the benefit of the doubt."
Just as he finished ,despite the height of the treehouse,the squad could hear the sound of horse galloping towards their position.
"Speak of the devil."Commented Oulo
Then the galloping stopped ,following a grapple was hooked into the tree house as sound of bursting gas came nearer until Gohan landed on the Treehouse.
"Hi everyone."
"How does it feel, hottie?" Smirk Hange, speaking to the restrained Titan ,who quickly enough to cover its nape with it hands before the ambush. "You can't even scratch when you have an itch .Unable to move a muscle, forever." She chuckled "The more you try to move,the more you try to heal, the less you can't. You know, we all sensed your horror when Gohan removed his hood. He's the only one you fear, isn't he?"
The before the Titan could response, Hange heard two burst of gas as two squad leaders landed on the ground next to her, Mike and Levi ,they were both disappointed.
"What happened ?" Asked Hange.
"That damn thing crystalize it hands like some kind of armor,"Said Mike,showing his broken blades. "we couldn't cut through it."
Hange hopped up on a branch to verify this, it was true, the titan had formed some kind of krystal like armour in its hands. "I don't recall it has armor."
Mike and Levi landed next to Erwin, who realise that though had some differences, the Female Titan armor was quite similar to the Armoured Titan's, preventing them to penetrate it. But unlike the Armoured Titan, the armor only hardened in one particular body part ,fortunately.
"Maybe it's not a good idea to send the boy away?" Suggest Mike.
"Nah, not with his attitude towards Erwin." Replied Levi "Also, I need someone to look over my squad."
"No need for him." Said Erwin ,before he ordered Mike "Set the explosive!"
"Yes, sir." Said Mike ,before shouted "Ilse ,get the charges we stol…borrowed from Winters Industry."
"In a minute." The squad leader ran toward the supplies carts , as Erwin had sent letters to Lady Winters, he sent Ilse and Mike to sneak into one of her factories to loot a considerable quantity of newly up to dates dynamites.
While he was waiting for the explosive being unboxed ,Levi decided to shot a cable line to the Titan where he eventually landed on it.
"You want my personal opinion? You should get out and save us the troubles for your own good." Said a frustrated Levi "Or else," He leaned forward to the Female Titan's eye. "we'll cut off your fucking arms and legs, while you're awake of course. And when they heal,we'll continue. Or…. maybe, we'll starve Gohan and let him have his way with you, how about that?"
He shouldn't had done that, the Titan, having no other solution, opened its mouth and let out a loud scream. The noise was so loud it echoed across the forest and statled Levi who lunged off the Titan's head and landed on the ground.
"The heck you did? Calling for help?" Said Levi ,until his new ability answered his question. "You skinless- bitch!" He turned to Erwin "Titans incoming!"
"What?" His warning puzzled his fellow Scouts. Until Mike verified it.
"Commander, Titans are coming." Sniffed Mike "I can smell them coming from all direction."
Commander Erwin widen his eyes when he heard his subordinate warning, Mike's nose never lied.
"Langnar, set the charges now." Erwin rushed his soldiers.
"Common, we don't have much time." Ilse and her squad ran to Female Titan as they were holding wield sticky explosive on their hand. But then they all stopped when they heard the Titans' footsteps "At all."
The Recon Corps listened to rumbling in the forest until the first horde of Titans revealed themselves amidst the trees. They came to devour the Female Titan, it was unexpected that the Female Titan would sacrifice itself to protect its secrets .
"Survey Corps," Erwin gave out an odd order "PROTECT THE FEMALE TITAN AT ALL COSTS!"
The Special Operational Squad did enjoy their stay at the architectural marvel known as Gohan's treehouse. Oulo and Petra rested their backs on the walls while Gunther and Eld checked their gears,at the mean time, Eren meditated under Gohan's demand and Gohan himself devoured his field rations like a wild beast. They decided not to leave the tree house for obvious reasons, they thought it would be a good idea to stay in one place where the Captain could easily sense their energy and find them, also they thought wandering around in the forest and wasting they fuel was not a good idea.
It was when Gohan finished eating his last can of food that the deafening scream echoed into the treehouse which put all the SOS on their feet.
"What is that?" Ask Petra.
"It must be Gohan's mom." Mocked Oulo.
"It's not funny." Grunted Eld "I think it the Female Titan."
"The bitch's finally broken" Gunther remarked.
'No,that thing broke out.' Gohan could sense how those dozens of Titans devoured the Female Titan, carving the way of its escape.
While his mentor consentrated on the Female Titan's status, something caught his attention, an item that looked like some kind of a piece of beneath one of Gohan lootboxes . The young man moved to the boxes. He lifted the lootboxes one by one and move them aside so that he get the piece of paper.
"Gohan," Asked Eren, showing Gohan and subsequently,the squad the said paper. "where did you get this?"
The paper was a painting, a picture of the Jaegers, Eren ,Grisha ,Carla ,Mikasa and Gohan with their house in the back. This picture was drawn by Mikasa no doubt,when they were young kids and Gohan was depicted in his purple Gi and his tail wrapped around his hip.
"Tell me Gohan,where and when did you get this?"Demanded Eren, still showing the picture "The last time I saw this was in our house, OUR FUCKING HOUSE, Gohan, in Shiganshina. So, how'd you get this?"
"Remember the three years I spent in ….. I don't know, …here?"He reluctantly answered "I revisited Shiganshina to gather supplies and also…heh heh… you know,get some momentos."
"Figured."Said Eld,which the squad nod in response.
If Gohan thought Eren would be sattified with his answer like the rest of the squad,he was wrong. The boy grabbed his mentor's collar and screamed at him.
"Eren ,watch it!" Threatened Petra.
"You idiot! Why didn't you enter the fucking basement?" Still grabbing Gohan's collar, Eren was. "You could have already discovered the damn mystery inside it and none of us had to die."
"Yeah, why didn't you?" Asked Oulo "Can't believe I agree with Eren on this one."
"Wait, guys, I think that Gohan has a good explanation to this question." Said Petra before the other could ask any thing.
"Yes, because…"Grimaced Gohan when he answered "…I did not know that you had had a basement,okay ?"
"What?" Numbed Eren,he released Gohan "Really?"
"Yes,really." Said Gohan "It is not like I explored your house like some sort of adventurer ,okay."
That was a simple explanation for a very serious question but it was an answer nonetheless.
"Well, that was convincing and unexpected at the same time" Said Eren "I'm sorry."
"You bet"Petra and Gohan found their word matched .
"You'll do a 100 sit ups when we get back." Said Gohan.
"I deserve that one." Said Eren.
Before the young titan shifter could say any thing else, a gunshot interrupted him. The scouts peaked out of the tree house to see a collum of yellow smoke, the retreat signal. Most of the squad cheered and clapped their hands in enjoyment that they about to go home. There was an exception, two actually, they frowned and face-palmed as they had realized that the mission had failed.
'All of those lives .' Gohan stared at the smoke collum 'What's the price of a mile?"
"Check your weapons and gears, we're moving." Order Eld, before he interrupted himself "On second thought ,let's just wait for the captain first,shall we ?" Which was surprisingly approved by the squad.
"Good idea."
"Yeah,yeah."
"Save our gas."
So said the squad sat on the treehouse one more time, reviewing the 3DM Gears they prossesed . It was conveniently when they know that their Gears had no malfunction it was when they heard another gunshot.
It was a purple flare , the squad knew it was a signal for an emergency.
"It's definitely Levi, Gunther, fire a flare!"Ordered Eld as he saw the signal.
"Roger that." Gunther unhostered his flare gun.
It was until Gunther loaded his flare and about to fire that Gohan sensed something was wrong, he intended to intervene but Eld did it before him.
"Disregard,Gunther!" Order Eld,stopping Gunther just before he fire.
"What?!" Confused Gunther.
"Okay, we knew that Levi can sense our energy right?" Asked Eld,followed by a nod from the squad "Why would he bother fire a flare if he knows where we are?"
"You mean?" asked Petra
"Gohan, you can also sense energy. Is it him?" Ordered Eld.
Gohan reached out his ki sensing ability to the flare position. He felt that energy was not Levi, but it was awfully familiar, but he could not recognise it .
"It's certainly not Levi." Answered Gohan, the squad became more confused "But, it is oddly familiar. But I can remember whose it is."
"Maybe it's Reiner,Jean or Armin" Said Eren "or any one that is our friend"
"Maybe." Gohan simply replied.
"You mean that some recruits got lost in the forrest fired that distress signal?" Asked Gunther, then he raised his gun again "That happens a lot, can't let new recruit get killed alone in these woods."
"Wait!" Gunther was annoyed by Gohan's interruption
"What?!" spat Gunther.
"Mikasa,Armin, ,Reiner, Bertholdt, Sasha, Connie, Ymir, Krista, Mylius, Nac, Mina and Jean. All of our comrades in the Trainee Corps that had joined our Survey Corps." Eren deadpanned when he heard Gohan listed his friend names. "I recognise all of their energy. But not this one."
"What do you mean?" Asked Eren.
"I get it now." Said Eld "It must be the Female Titan. Whoever it is must be in the 104th Trainee Corps, and that person must be close to you two, we'll report this back to the Commander when we get back."
Giggles could be heard inside the treehouse, they have discovered the crucial information of the Female Titan, what the rest of the Regiment could not do. Eren , however , was sad that he found out one of his friend who trained with him could be a Titan spy. Gohan thought the same, but he was angry that one of the people he trusted could be a monster that responsible for the death of million innocent people. He did not know what he would do to those people if he knew who they were. The Colossal Titan, The Armored Titan and the Female Titan had already caused enough suffering, they must be stopped, whoever they were.
Then, he felt it ,that energy of that unknown person who fire the flare appeared right behind the treehouse. The squad was statled when Gohan stood up and unsheathed his swords. Then they were startled again when they heard something like a lightning strike behind the tree.
"EVERYONE GET OUT NOW!" He shouted.
The squad rushed outside of the treehouse only half second before a giant fist shattered it in pieces. The construction that took Gohan 6 weeks to build had been destroyed by the Female Titan.
The skinless Titan landed on its left hand and feet and slided across the ground. Using their ODM Gears, the Special Operation Squad tried their best to gain distance from the creature.
"How? I didn't shoot the smoke." Confused Gunther as he glided away from the Titan with the squad.
Everyone in the squad was as confused as Gunther,their only reply was to looked back at the Titan who was chasing them. It was until Oulo glanced down to the ground that they had they answer .
"Horse track. Fucking horse track." Said Oulo, the squad look down and saw the horse's footprints leading to the tree house . "Your fucking horse,Gohan. I thought you surposed to be the smart one, you tailed freak."
Gohan just felt like Mr Piccolo beated him again during his training once again. He had doomed his comrade by necklecting tiring Nimbus in place and continue to the squad by his 3D Maneuver Gear.
"Seriously?"Said Eren .
"Unbelievable!" Scolded Petra.
"Alright ,alright ,alright! I'll fix this." Gohan pivoted in midair ,facing the Titan. He put his hand on his head,spreaded out his fingers "SOLAR FLARE!"
A blinding light flashed across the forrest, illuminate the entire area. Gohan chuckled when the light appeared but then was shut down when he saw that the Female Titan had covered its eyes.
"Did it work?" Eld asked as the squad turned their heads to find out that it didn't
"You guys keep Eren safe. Levi's that way." Gohan pointed to a direction "I'll cover your retreat!"
"But.."Said Oulo.
"No buts!" He shot a cable into a tree "Just go!"
He glided to the tree, making himself behind the Titan. In the moment he came to the tree, he used his feet to pushed himself toward the Female Titan, then use the gas to accelerate to the Titan's nape. He about to swing his blades ,the titan covered its weakpoint by its left hand ,no matter, he could cut through it. Yet , when he swung his swords, his face puzzled when he saw his blades shattered like his treehouse. He looked upon his target and saw a crystalised hand covering the Titan' nape.
'Armor? Well,you learn new things everyday. I might have underestimated you.'
The Female Titan swiped it right hand as it turned around in order to counterattack ,but when it turned around, Gohan already disappeared. Then it heard something like a hatchet chopped down a tree, it looked around to see no tree being fell.
"TIMBER!" The Female Titan heard Gohan yell before a tree on the left about to fall on it. It instantly and instinctively used it left hand to block it.
With the enemy being distracted, it would be a fool of Gohan not to take this into his advantage. He leaped from the fallen tree and set himself above the Titan, blades ready.
"Do you know how long did it take for me to build that treehouse?" He angrily yelled as he swung the blades at the Female Titan.
The Female Titan startled when it heard Gohan, it throw it right hand to punch him. Also startled, Gohan nimbly dodged the fist and landed on the ground.
"Why do I say things?"
He then shot up another wire and glided toward the Titan, who responed by slamming both its arms to him. He evaded the attack then swung his blades to it throats in an attempt to carve into the weak point. The Titan twisted it head, forced Gohan to retreat to a tree branch.
"I can do this all day!" Gohan challenged the Titan "COME AT ME!"
The Titan walk backward three step, it glared at Gohan ,who readied his blades, then it charged at him.
"Here we go!" He initiated a counter-charge, gas busted as he soared toward the Titan "Geronimo!"
Before the two belligerents collided, two green cloaked figures emerged from behind the Female Titan. With the element of surprise on their hands, Petra Ral and Oulo Bozado dismembered the Titan's ears when they soared pass it. The Titan became so distracted that it forgot about Gohan who attacked it by stabbing the two swords into it eyes. Two other green figures just after Gohan heard their gas busting, they attempted to strike the Female Titan's weak point but the creature threw both its elbows at them. Eld quickly evaded the attack, but Gunther barely prevented the attack to damage any of his vitals and got hit in the legs ,sending him away.
"GUNTHER!" Yelled Eld.
"I got him!" Eren quickly soared toward Gunther and caught him in midair just before he would smashed into the ground,which would certainly kill him.
"Eren, what the heck are you doing here?" Scolded Eld, just before he shrugged it off. "Never mind,just take Gunther to safety."
"Needn't, only one of my legs hurts. I can go on my own." Pled Gunther "Let's go ,Eren."
"Okay, I have a question." Gohan twisted his blades and pulled them out with The Titan's eyeballs stuck on them "Why the HFIL are you here?" And withdrawn to another branch.
"We're a team you know?!" Said Petra while she made a clean cut in the Titan's waist.
"We can't let you take on this bitch on your own ,kid!" Oulo made a spin around the Titan's legs before successfully sliced its left heel cord. "Don't think you can have all the fun, tailed freak!"
"You guys just don't understand," Said Gohan , soaring across the trees to find the best angle. "I cannot kill that thing and protect you all at the same time."
This time the one who went for an attack was Eld, to which the skinless giant covered its nape with one of its hand. However, the neck was not what the lieutenant aimed for. The Feminine Titan roared in paint and anger after its remaining calcaneal tendon was slashed, it retaliated by throwing a backhand at Eld but failed, due to its blindness.
"What makes you think we need your protection?" Asked sarcastically Eld.
"Yeah ,why don't you put a little faith in us?" Asked Petra as she skirmished the Titan with the rest of the squad.
"Why don't I put a little faith in yu…" Gohan was stunned by Petra's question "Why don't you guys put a little faith in me?" He removed the eyes off his swords .
Gohan shot two lines of hook directly at the creature's back ,afterward, he retracted it and ejected to the creature nape, he sheathed one of his blades and grabbed the other by blade with his offhand .
"Half-swording!"He use his offhand to guide the blade through the gap between the Titan's index and middle finger that blocking the nape, he further guide the blade in order to finish off the Titan. Suddenly,the blade stuck ,it couldn't go further. Before Gohan could realise what happened ,the Titan jumped backward. "Oh,snaaaap!"
Should Gohan didn't leap off the Female Giant in time,he would have been crushed into the tree where the creature cover it weak point with its hand and the said tree. He decided to gain some distance from the monster so he could rethink his tactics.
No matter how in sync with eachother the squad were, their power levers were still to low to the Female Titan. He waited and watched Eld,Oulo and Petra repeatedly hacking the joints of its arms, that the good news. The bad news was when the arms were disabled, Gohan would be the one who goes for the kill.
Just the exact second when the arms of the Female Titan dropped motionlessly, Gohan lunged forward and pressed the button to release the gas and fire a cable at the same time, but the turbines gave no response, he had out of gas.
"Oh, Crap Baskeeet!" Swore Gohan as he fell down to the dirt.
"GOHAN!" Screamed Eren when he saw Gohan fell from afar ,the boy quickly pivoted and soared to him.
"Eren!" Said Gunther as he followed the rookie .
"Petra ,you get to Gohan." Ordered Eld "We got this."
"Roger!" Said Petra while she went to Gohan "Ima coming!"
The only female member of S .O. S glided her to the Monkey Boy,it was only until she was half way to him that she decided to look back. Eld, the man who was taking charge of the squad in the absent of Levi, charged into the Female Titan neck to swing the finishing blow.
'Don't do it!' Gohan struggled to get on his feet,then he ran to the squad.
The squad were shocked when not only Eld had no chance to eliminate the Female Titan, but he also got himself caught in the Titan's mouth before it bit him in half.
"ELLLLLLDDDDDD!" Screamed a terrified Petra.
The Female Titan spat Eld's other half out of it mouth before it stood up and chased after Petra.
"How? How could it regen its eyes so fast?" Petra couldn't keep her eyes out of her pursuer as she tried to gain more distance . Then from the flock of golden hair of the creature, revealed a healed eye and an empty socket "Just one eye? It can focus it regeneration on one eye to save time? How could that possible?" The realization did not let Petra calm down,but more panics.
"DAMN YOU PAVLOV!" Gohan fastened his paces.
"Petra,we have to regroup ,now!" Pled Oulo to his scared comrade "PETRA!"
Now, Petra was cornered to a tree ,where the Female Titan simply stomped on where she was.
Petra Ral laid motionless on the ground, her eyes wide opened as she witness her savior's body being nailed to the tree. His entire right side was pinned in to the tree from head to toes.
"Mr . … Piccolo ." Those were the only words Petra could hear before Gohan's lifeless body slowly slided down.
Being numb by the death of the Angel of Trost, she did not notice that the giant's hand was slowly reaching to his body until it finally touched him.
"GET YOUR FUCKING FILTHY HAND OUT OF HIM!" Petra snapped out of it when she heard Eren rage. Then she saw and heard a lightning bolt busted out of Eren and a Titan,the Titan the Corps had been talking about, ermeged.
Next chapter: The Fallen Angel's Disciples