Vengeance Of A Human

Female Titan: Forest of Revelations

"Great, a forest." It has been about fifteen minutes since Christa rescued Reiner, Jean, Armin, and I. Now we ride adjacent to a large forest, apparently in the path of the formation. No orders have been given to enter the forest, so we decided to ride on the border. Along the way, we picked up two other rookies, though I cared not for their names.

"Hey now, what are we doing at this sightseeing spot? Now we're really straying from our original destination and our return point."

"I don't know. I don't know, but this is what Commander Erwin decided. He seems to have some plan in mind, but…"

Jean scoffs. "Plan? Are you kidding me? What, is he gonna throw a welcome party for us at this tourist spot?"

Armin shakes his head. "No, I don't think so."

"It was a joke. Either way, we got that giant female after us. Regardless of what plan he has, we can't afford to stop here. My guess is we're passing through here on our way to somewhere else." Something tells me Jean is wrong, that there is a plan for these forests. I just wish I knew what the Commander is thinking.

A Scout rides up ahead of us, signaling us to stop. "All soldiers, halt!" We stop in front of him as he begins to point to the forest. All right, listen up, rookies! We're going to take up intercept positions! Unsheathe and wait in the trees. If any Titans try to enter the forest, stop them with full force!"

By this time, we had tied our horses to the trees and assembled in front of the Scout. However, I'm sure we all thought our orders were strange. Jean is just brave enough to voice it. "Huh? Umm, sir? Why would we need to-"

"Shut up and follow orders!" The Scout turns and rises in the air to a large branch.

"You've gotta be kidding me. What the hell's happening?"

I sigh. "Well, whatever. Let's just get to the trees, see what happens."

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"This is insane. First, we abandon our original plan of establishing a logistics base. Then, instead of running home with our tails between our legs like we should, we go on a daring sightseeing tour. And if that wasn't enough, now we're supposed to stand here and keep Titans out of the forest?"

I sit on a branch close to Christa's position on our tree, between her and the pair of Armin and Jean on the adjacent large plant. Jean looks out to the fields, either talking to Armin to out loud to himself. I must agree with him, however. Sitting here, waiting for the Titans, it doesn't sit well with me even though I might understand the Commander's plan.

With the trees, we can use ODM, with the height, we can be safely out of reach of the largest of normal-type Titans. Assuming the Female Titan has caught up to us, she will go after Eren, now that I assume he's in the center ranks. Remove the annoyances that are the Titans, lead the Female to Eren...then kill her using the advantage of the environment and ODM.

I just hate being bait again. I adjust my cloak and turn to Christa. "Just like in Trost, huh? We're baiting Titans while the real target enacts their plan."

Christa smiles. "I recall you were unhappy to not be with the elites."

"That how I am feeling right now." I look down to the forest floor many meters below. Imagine if I fell right now and didn't use my ODM. One long drop, one big splatter. I shake my head, I'm really thinking about dying right now? I laugh, almost deserving of a trip to the mental asylum. I turn to Christa, who looks at me with concern.