"True, I think those who believe that the walls will forever give a life of peace, must face reality someday. Just because the walls have done its job for the past 100 years, it doesn't guarantee that it won't be destroyed today," Armin said. "Not in the slightest."
It was now in the afternoon. Eren, Mikasa and Armin were spending time together as everyone around them minded their own business. Children were playing, mothers were taking care of their own while the husbands went off to work.
Suddenly, a thunder struck just outside of the wall, causing a small quake to occur. Some of the people fell to the ground.
"W-what the? An explosion?" Armin wondered as he, Eren and Mikasa got up.
"It came from there!" one of the townsfolk said.
"Looks like something big fell!" another said.
"I have no idea what that was."
Armin decided to follow those people that were going to where the source was.
"Hey, Armin!" Eren called out to him as he and Mikasa followed Armin. Eren and Mikasa arrived at where the sound of the explosion came from. They then saw their friend staring up like the rest of the people are. "What's wrong? Just what are you staring at?"
Eren then looked up to see where Armin was staring before gasping in shock. They saw smoke rising up from behind the wall. But it wasn't just the smoke. There, atop of the wall, everyone saw…what seemed to be a hand. A giant hand to be exact, with no skin covering said hand. The hand then gripped the top of the wall hard.
"Impossible…" Armin stuttered as the three looked on in worry. "That wall is fifty meters high!"
"It's…it's them…" Eren said.
A shadow in the shape of a head loomed over them revealing to be a large head with exposed muscles and bones.
"A Titan…"
The titan leaned back as it looked like it was about to kick the wall. But before the titan could do it, he was suddenly pulled back from the walls by some unknown force causing him to roar in surprise as it disappeared from sight. Silence consumed the air for a good few minutes. Everyone stood there not knowing what happened as they looked at each other.
At that moment, another giant hand gripped the top of the walls before another head emerged. But this one was different from the last one. it stood taller with its chest and upper arms being visible to all the people. Its face had something covering its eyes and with what seemed to be a black helmet covering his head as well. Its upper arms had weird mismatched looking shapes with the color green and small hints of purple. The torso of the titan has an entire purple color. Eren, Mikasa and Armin noticed something from this new titan. On his chest…it was…some sort of symbol…it looked like…a face. It had three horns on top with triangular looking eyes. It seemed very…sinister. The new titan then busted through the wall, destroying it.
Now all the people could see the titan clearly. It had colors of green and purple. Its entire body looked like it was covered in odd looking parts. It looked like some kind of automaton covered in what looks to be metal. Everyone could only look on in absolute fear at how it busted through the walls with ease. The same walls that had protected them for hundreds of years. But what happened next, none of them could have known…it spoke.
"PREPARE FOR EXTERMINATION! NOTHING DEFEATS THE MIGHT OF…DEVASTATOR!" The titan boomed.
Suddenly, a beam of light came out of the titan's eyes as it hit a chunk of houses before resulting in a huge explosion. The humans could only grow more and more fearful as the titan laughed.
Devastator gave a sinister smile. He was about to continue to cause more destruction in this puny district until…
"Devastator," a voice said. "You're needed elsewhere, the others can take care of this district. You and Bruticus will lay waste to the other ones."
"With pleasure!"
Everyone saw the titan running and stomping all over the houses before destroying another part of the wall as it left the Shiganshina district. At that moment, more of the titans in different shapes and colors, but much smaller than the previous one, began to come in from the destroyed part of the walls. One of them raised its arms to reveal a rifle weapon of some sort towards them. Red bright energy came out of the weapon, as it hit the humans standing nearby, disintegrating them. The humans witnessing this were now running away for their lives.
Armin then slowly backed away in fear. "We need to-Eren!"
Eren began to mindlessly walk forward. "Our house…"
Mikasa then went after Eren as he continued to mindlessly walk forward.
"Mikasa!" Armin called out as he reached his hand out to her but felt his arm trembling. Armin put his other hand on top of his trembling arm, slowly putting down his arm to try and calm himself. "It's all over." His tears start to appear. "This town is…going to be overrun by Titans!"
Eren ran and ran as fast as he could with Mikasa following him behind. They ran past two people who ran past them..
'Our house is surely safe!' Eren thought. 'Once I make a turn from here, our house will be there as it always has!'. As the two kept on running, they looked on in relief. Their house WAS safe! "Mom!"
Their mother came out of the house. "Eren! Mikasa!" She ran down the stairs of the house and hugged the two tightly before breaking off from the hug. "I heard the commotion from outside. I was going to go look for the two of you. What happened?"
Before any of them could answer, the sound of loud stompings was heard, accompanied by odd noises. They all looked up to see the titans blasting away from their rifles at the residents and their houses.
"Oh no…" Mikasa breathed.
"The titans? How did they get in?!" their mother exclaimed.
"We have to get out of here mom," Eren told her. Carla nodded as they ran away as fast as they could. Suddenly, they felt a shadow looming over them from a distance but they continued running.
"Hey!"
They heard someone calling out to them. The family saw a blonde man with short hair landing right in front of them.
"Hannes!" Eren said.
"Carla, take the kids and get out of here, I'll distract that titan," the man known as Hannes, said to them.
Their mother, Carla, nodded "Thank you Hannes. Come on, let's go."
As the three continue running away, Hannes faces forward and charges at whatever this titan is. But as he was about to attack, he stopped dead in his tracks and looked up to see the titan. It was…hideous. Its entire body and face was sharp and jagged. It had claws for hands and on his feet as well. There were these long metallic, vine-like objects attached to his head. Was that its hair? And its face…it bared long sharp teeths with horns on its head. The thing that scared him the most however was the four glowing red eyes that were glaring at him.
Hannes could only stare at the thing. His whole body was overcome by absolute fear. The Garrison soldier felt his body growing cold. The titan then stretched its hand out at him and picked him up. The creature snarled at Hannes before it…laughed?! Suddenly, he felt himself being squeezed. This titan…it was crushing him with its hand! It slowly crushed him as it continued laughing. Hannes struggled in vain as he felt breath leave his body. His starts to feel hazy before he felt like seeing blood over his eyes.
"Until that day I have been a wicked soul and have fully given in to greed!" a street preacher, carrying a book and a small besom, was mindlessly preaching as he walked down the street with people running past him. Some of the metal titans began to wreck the houses of the people with their bare hands. "As you have witnessed now, I am punished right here and then! What greed of riches have manifested here? In this cleansing of converted souls! Nor has this mount been a punishment more bitter!"
A horrified young woman was trying to run away from all the destruction that was happening. She ended up in an alley between the houses before reaching a dead end. She was gasping for breath as she closed her mouth with both her hands so that her breathing wouldn't be noticed by the titans. Suddenly, a shadow loomed over her. The young woman looked up to see a creature with two heads, long necks and horns on each side. It resembled some sort of reptile-like creature. Its eyes were bright bloody red as it glared and snarled at her with absolute hatred. The creature grabbed her with its metallic claws.
"Stop! Let me go!" the young woman begged and cried in fear as she was being picked up.
The citizens of Shiganshina continued to run as fast as they could, as the metal titans continued to destroy everything in their path.
"O Avarice! You have drawn to my race, that even for its own kind it cares not! What more can you do to us?" Suddenly the preacher stopped to see one of the metal titans staring at him. It looked like a hunched back giant monster with broad shoulders. It has a dark blue and purple color with a long nose and arms. It also gave a terrifying stench. The creature picked up the preacher by its hand as he continued preaching. Before he can finish, the monster slammed him to the ground, killing him instantly. The creature roared victoriously.
Eren, Carla and Mikasa continued running as sounds of explosions can be heard from a distance.
"Just keep going. We're almost there," Carla assured them.
"Is Hannes going to be alright?" Mikasa wondered.
"I…hope he will…"
"He will! He's one of the Garrison Regiment after all!" Eren said with a smile and a hope.
Mikasa then smiled in return before nodding. "Yeah."
Carla smiled at the two. "Come on, we still have a long way to go."
The citizens continued running as a Garrison soldier guided them to the gate, where a boat was ready to take them to a safe place. One boat began to depart while the survivors waited anxiously. As some of the survivors got on board, one of the Garrisons threw a sack away.
"Get rid of your belongings! Make rooms for others as much as possible!" one of the Garrisons exclaimed.
Armin stood up from the boat as he tried to look for his friends.
"Armin, sit," his grandfather said.
"But, Eren and Mikasa aren't here yet," the young boy said. He turned back to see Eren, Mikasa and their mother with them. "There they are!"
"Hannes told me to let them get on first," a Garrison soldier told one of his soldiers.
"Eren! Mikasa!" Armin called out as he looked back to his grandfather. "Mrs. Jaeger is with them too."
Eren, Mikasa and Carla looked at the boy before smiling at him with Eren waving back.
"It's a miracle they were able to survive from those titans," Armin's grandfather said. "They…are not the same as the ones we were told about…"
"Huh?"
Armin was about to ask what his grandfather meant by that.
"Armin!" Eren said, causing Armin to look to his friend.
"Guys!" Armin hugged both Eren and Mikasa with the two hugging him back. "I'm glad you guys made it."
"Same here," Mikasa replied.
As they broke off from the hug, Armin turned to Carla. "I'm glad you're alright Mrs. Jaeger."
Carla nodded and smiled at the young blonde before hugging and patting his head.
A civilian was running into a gate as a Garrison soldier was commanding his forces guarding the gate.
"What are you standing around for?! Hurry up! And get those cannons loaded!" The soldier then saw one of the titans breaking through a structure and was coming their way. "Quickly! They're close!"
The civilians continued running as the Garrison soldiers prepared the cannons.
Reiner didn't know what was going on. Bertholdt was supposed to destroy the wall and leave a hole for the titans to go in. And now these new titans that he doesn't know about were here. They were destroying the Shiganshina district left and right at an alarming rate. These things caused so much damage than regular titans. But maybe…maybe he can use this destruction to his advantage. He MUST complete his mission. It doesn't matter if these metal titans are the ones currently destroying the district, or are even in the way. He HAS to complete his mission. It's his duty as a warrior. He lifted one of his hands up to his face. It's time to do this…for the empire.
As the people kept waiting their turn to get on the boat, the children on board were terrified to no end.
"This cannot be happening…this can't be real…" a horrified boy said.
"Please God…I beg of you…" a young girl desperately prayed.
Carla wrapped both her arms around Eren and Mikasa. "It's alright you two. Everything is going to be fine." Though, Carla herself was worried and scared as well.
The plank to their boat was lifted, causing the crowd of people that were waiting to get on the boat to panic as they tried to push through, only for the Garrisons to block them.
"Hey!" someone called out from the crowd.
"What are you doing?!" another exclaimed.
"The boat is full! It has to leave right now!" one of the Garrisons said.
"No, please! At least let our children get on the boat!" a woman begged.
"I'm sorry but we can't!" the Garrison told them before looking at the boat. "Depart, now!"
The boat began to leave as the crowd panicked even more.
"No, let us on the boat!"
"Please let us get on!"
Three people from the crowd immediately jumped on the boat. Two of them were successful in clinging on the edge of the boat, but the other wasn't so lucky as he fell to the waters below. Eren and Mikasa continued to hug Carla before the sounds of cannons sounded off over the walls. The crowd that was on land turned to see what happened.
The cannons were fired upon the metal titans, but the shots were missed.
"You fool! What are you aiming at?" the commander berated a soldier.
"B-but sir! These cannons are not accurate enough to aim!"
"I don't care! Get the cannons reloaded quickly!"
"But sir, it's still no use. Even if I reload it, the titans are hiding behind the houses for cover. They're intelligent!"
Suddenly, the gate to Wall Maria was starting to drop slowly causing the Garrison soldiers to look behind them.
"The gate…it's closing!" one of them said.
"We gotta get out of here! We're gonna get left out here!" another said as he and the other began to run to the gate.
"Hey!" the commander called out to the two.
As the gate was starting to close, they suddenly heard a loud stomping noise. The Garrison soldiers outside of the gate felt the ground shake as the loud stomping noise was getting closer. There, in the distance, they saw a titan covered in metal with organic muscles exposed. It has gray hair and bright white eyes. It's as if this titan was armored. And it was looking straight at the Garrisons. The titan took a step back before sprinting.
The commander was taken aback as the titan was closing in to their position. "What in…? It's…FIRE AT THAT TITAN!"
The soldiers did as they were told as they fired the cannons at the running titan. One of the shots hit the armored giant but it continued to run.
"What?!"
"It…had no effect!"
The Armored Titan was running at full speed. He was almost at the gates now. Just a little bit close until he destroys the wall. He will return with a warm welcome and open arms from his people and father. Just a little closer. Suddenly, something landed in front of him.
He didn't get a good look as he was suddenly picked up, thrown away and crashed onto the houses. As he struggled to get up, he saw the titan in front of him. It was light gray in color. Its hands, legs and waist were colored black. This titan, like the others, was completely covered in metal and had red glowing eyes.
"We finally meet, Armored Titan," the titan then spoke in a deep growling voice. "Allow me to venture, you are to destroy the gates to let the titans in is it not? And when that happens, you will attract all those mindless flesh titans into the rest of Wall Maria, thereby pushing the people of Paradis back, further to Wall Rose."
The Armored Titan was taken aback. How…did it know his plans? He looked to the gate leading to the rest of Wall Maria as the Garrison soldiers were still there, now staring at them.
"A good plan, I must admit. But futile nonetheless. Not while I am here. Your arrogant foolish empire has no idea what lies ahead for them, once I'm finished with this pitiful little island, Reiner Braun."
The Armored Titan, Reiner, flinched in shock.
"Surprised are you? Preparation goes a long way Braun. My men have already captured the one you called the Colossal Titan, Bertholdt Hoover is his name? He is now in our custody."
Reiner felt his body trembling. How can this be? All these years of planning…now amounts to nothing?! No, this can't be real. This mission is scrubbed. He has to get out of here. He has to get Annie, get Bertholdt, get out of Paradis and warn Marley!
"Are you going to run now, Reiner Braun?" The titan said, as if knowing what he was about to do. "I thought you wanted to be regarded as a hero by your empire. To return to your people, your loved ones, and receive a hero's welcome. Any one would have wanted that. But in your case? It's useless."
Before he could think any further, the titan suddenly got in front of him and punched him, causing him to fly upwards. Suddenly, he was grabbed by his foot and slammed down to the houses. But the titan wasn't done yet as Reiner was thrown farther back. He struggled to get up as the titan walked towards him, smiling menacingly.
The Armored Titan put both his arms up and threw a punch at it, but it dodged. He threw another punch but it dodged that punch as well. Before he could throw another, the titan punched him in the face, then the gut, before punching his side of the face.
"Try again!" the metal titan mocked him.
Reiner tried throwing another punch, only for it to block his punch and pushed him a few feet.
"Is that all you got? Is the training from your commander really enough? Look at you, receiving such power yet you don't know how to wield it properly."
Reiner's frustration was growing. It was plain to see that this titan was toying with him. Running away won't do him any good. He didn't know how fast this titan was, and he isn't going to fail his empire. Reiner then shrugged those thoughts off as he threw several hard punches and kicks to the titan.
The soldiers who were supposedly going to run away now looked at the two titans duking it out. One was fighting for his life and the other was just smiling and taunting it.
"Sir? Your orders?" a soldier asked him. But his commander only stared.
Reiner punched the titan in the face.
"Slow," it said as he dodged it.
He threw yet another punch.
"Sloppy!" it mocked as it blocked his punch.
Reiner tried doing an uppercut but was kicked by the titan, causing him to be pushed further from the gate.
"SAD!"
Reiner struggled to quickly get up as he saw the metal titan walking towards him. He attempted a kick, only for the titan to dodge again but caught his leg. It laughed as he crushed it. The Armored Titan roared in pain before being lifted and slammed to the ground. The metal titan got on top of Reiner and began to profusely punch him in the face.
"Your people will do nothing but treat you like dirt again the moment you come back there! As nothing but a demon of Eldia! The Marley Empire hates you. The whole WORLD hates you!"
The metal titan stopped punching before grabbing Reiner by the chest. It then set its eyes on the gate.
"What is he doing?" one of them said as the Garrisons saw the metal titan picking the armored one up and aiming straight for them.
Before anyone could say anything, the titan suddenly gave a yell as it suddenly charged at them at great speed, carrying the titan in front of him. That's when it dawned on them…
"It's…"
"IT'S COMING! RETREAT! A TITAN IS CHARGING THIS WAY!" the commander shrieked. "SHUT THE GATE NOW!"
But it was too late. The metal titan then smashed through the gate using the Armored Titan as its shield, leaving a huge hole in its wake. The Garrison soldiers that were in the titan's way, were flung high to the air. But the metal titan wasn't done yet. It then slammed the armored one to the ground, dragging it through the dirt. The metal one then jumped to the air, grabbing the Armored Titan as he did so before landing and slamming its victim to the ground, leaving a crater and a quake. This caused the humans around the area to trip and fell.
Everyone, even the ones on the boat, can only stare at what just happened in front of them. Everything was deathly quiet. At that moment, the metal one stood up fully and looked around it with a nonchalant expression before smiling as if it was satisfied and proud of what it had done.
Reiner was struggling. His body hurts too much but he still tried his best to regenerate his wounds and scars. As the wounds were regenerating every so slowly, Reiner then looked up to see the metal titan staring down at him with a sinister smile. Reiner felt something trickling down his cheek. Was he…crying?
"Was all of this worth it, boy?" the metal titan asked as he kneeled down towards him. "For you to be recognized as a hero? For you to be recognized by your parents?"
Reiner could only choke as he started feeling breathless. The metal titan stood up as it walked around him like a predator.
"Know this, Reiner Braun…TO THOSE YOU SERVE, YOUR LIFE MEANS NOTHING!"
The last thing he saw was the titan's black metal fist right in his face. Before everything went black.
The metal titan stood up. Everything is going as planned, perfectly. The districts and Wall Maria, will be theirs. Victory is within his grasp. He looked to see the humans still staring at him. How he relished, not only the destruction, but of the fear and terror he spreads to these lowly lifeforms.
"People of the walls! Witness the dawning of a new age that I will bring to this pitiful chaotic world. For I am the dominator…I am the destroyer! I AM MEGATRON!"
The humans could only continue to stare in horror as the titan, Megatron, laughed.
AN: Hey everyone! So, in honor of Melishade's Attack on Prime's story finishing along with AOT as well, I thought I would make my own Attack on Titan and Transformers story :). Now…don't expect this story to be a happy one. This also took me a long time to think about how the story is gonna play out. It ain't easy but nothing too difficult. Originally I was going to have Megatron rip Reiner's (in his titan form) heart out buuuuuuut I feel like it's a bit too overkill haha. Seriously, I even felt so sorry for Reiner when I thought of the idea of Megatron using his Armored Titan form (as a shield btw) to break through the gates of Wall Maria.
