The Bloom Titan (1/2)

CH.14: Humanity's Last Hope

Commander Pixis walks over to the edge of the wall behind us. "All staff officers assemble! Prepare to stategize!" He shouts.

I look at him with confusion. "What? Seriously?" I question, looking over at Armin.

"Calling this plan 'optimistic' would be an understatement. How can we just go ahead with it?" He speaks to the Commander.

"Ah, I agree with you, Armin, but it's pointless to question his decision. I'm sure Commander Pixis can see something we can't." Eren shares with us.

"Something we can't see?" My blonde friend asks, tilting his head in confusion. I look over to Eren who is staring into trost.

"Basically Titans aren't our only enemy's." Eren responds, glancing over his shoulder to look at us.

"Huh? What do you mean by that Eren?" Mikasa asks, approching him slowly. Not understanding what he said, but I understand completely. That means there is a slight chance that...

"Time is of the essence." Commander Pixis says, interrupting my train of thought. We all turn to face him and his staff officers. "We have a role for you to fulfill, young soldiers."

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Commander Pixis takes me and Eren on a walk atop of the wall while Armin explains how to execute his plan with Mikasa and Pixis's staff officers.
"It's said that before the Titans claimed dominance of the land, mankind was locked in endless bloody battles over differences in race and ideals." He starts as we make our way along the wall. "Supposedly someone then said, 'If somehing beyond man appeared before us as a powerful foe, mankind will take up arms together in unity.'. What do you make of that?" He asks us.

"There's a legend like that?" Eren inquires.

"Well, it seems rather optimistic." I blurt, nudging Erens side. "But, doesn't spark any intrest with me though, sorry."

The Commander begins to laugh, then glances over his shoulder to look at me. "Miss Ezlyn, your character's quite cynical, much like myself." He laughs.

"Thats's because even now, when that powerful foe has our backs against a wall, it's hard to say that humanity is united." I emi.

"True, that certainly needs to change. Otherwise, it'll get hard to continue fighting." Pixis admits. We finally reach were we left from, and I could see Armin and Mikasa with the staff officers. I notice Eren look over at someone and I follow his gaze to find a familiar face. Hannes.

Hannes almost caught me once when I was out and about in Shiganshina saving one of the stalls from getting robbed and he was on duty. He chased me because I was wearing ODM gear and was only 12, but then I looked as if I was an eight year old due to my height. Still now I'm eighteen and I'm only around 168cm tall, other girls around my age are alot taller than me.

I smile inwardly to myself about the memorys of when I lived within Wall Maria. I suddenly got a pounding head ache and the palm of my hand began to swell and glow yellow. "What the..." I mutter to myself. Eren and Commander Pixis notice and look over at me. A small violet flower like the one I saw from inside Erens titan blooms from the middle of the palm of my hand.

"How... How did you do that?" Eren asks inspecting the flower on my hand, poking and proding at it.

I stared at it in wonder. How did I do that, I recieved a sudden headache and then this happens, what is happening to me?

"Cadet Harper, care to explain that?" Commander Pixis asks, pointing to the small flower. I panic and rip the flower out of my hand and fling it to the ground. My hand begins to bleed from where I ripped the flower from.