The Bloom Titan (1/2)

CH.43: A Massive Problem

Eren and Historia grab onto me for dear life as the massive gusts of steam come towards us with immense force.

"You two! Fall back! You'll be safe, as long as humanity has Eren it won't be much of a loss if you lose me! Let him eat me!" I scream at them.

"Hell no! I need to apologise!" Historia yells back at me.

"Then apologise now while you have the chance!" I wail.

"No! I want you to continue to live! I can't apologise when it's your last moments! It'll end up being for nothing!" She unlocks my ankle restraints and I jolt backwards. Historia and Eren get propelled back at an incredible speed.

"Historia! Eren!" I scream. But just before they crashed into the wall Mikasa came out of nowhere and caught them in both of her arms. I heard the sounds of ODM gear and the rest of my squad land behind me.

"Give me the keys!" Levi shouts to Historia.

"Captain? Everyone..." Jean runs up to me and wraps an arm round mine, unwraping the bandage that held my fingers together. Levi runs up to my other arm and starts unlocking the cuffs. He finishes and I feel and arm wrap round my waist.

"Connie, hurry!" Levi shouts passing the keys down to Connie that had his arm wrapped round me.

"Forget about me! Levi! Get them out of here!" I yell at him.

"Shut up already, you half-naked wuss! We can't focus on the Titan. People are coming after us with guns!" Jean shouts at me. Connie unlocks the chain that was restraining my waist and passes the keys to Jean. He fumbles for the right key and starts unlocking the last restraint.

The massive Titan in front of us began to stand up but it's back hit the ceiling, making it crack and shatter. A bit started falling towards us.

"Look out!" Mikasa yells. Jean unlocks the last restraint and they pull me back to were the wall is. The bit I was just at moments ago gets crushed beneath a piece of the ceiling.

I stood up against the wall, staring death in the eyes.

"Shit, we're completely trapped!" Jean shouts.

I look up at the ceiling that was crumbling still. Should I transform? I could use my powers to make a massive tree to shelter us from the rocks. No, even the tree will be to weak to hold all this up.

Eren starts crying and falls to the ground. "I'm sorry, everyone... I've been completely useless. We were wrong, I was never humanity's way forward. Ezlyn is!"

I look at my feet out of pity and see a bottle. I rolled it over with my toe and it had letters engraved onto it. It read 'ARMOUR'. Armour?

It had purplish liquid in it. I gasp. Is this maybe the thing that lets Titan-shifters obtain the hardening technique? I grasp my Mamas necklace that hung from my neck. I grabbed the bottle and took off the necklace. I secretly slipped it into Jeans pocket and took off.

"Ezlyn! Wait!" A hand grabs my wrist and I turn round to face them. It was Jean. He was holding my necklace in his hand. "What are you doing?!" He wails.

I smile softly. "Look after it for me while I'm gone." I say. I rip my arm from his hand and run towards the Titan.

"Ezlyn!" A voice shouts after me but I take no time to look back and see who it was. I sit the bottle in my mouth and bite into it. The glass shattered in my mouth cutting open my tongue but the luke-warm liquid slips down my throat.

There is a sudden heat and immense strength flowing through me. I land on the ground with a thump and my hands start to emit blue instead of yellow. A crystal-like structure forms around my Titan, the same material as the cavern. But there was a pattern over it, like small, floral patterns.