I Can't Lose You [Eren Yeager x Reader]

15. The Female Titan

"What is that...?" I muttered.

Soldiers and soldiers were being killed by the titan. Is that the thing that took out the right wing?

Everyone looked desperately at Captain Levi for answers.

"Captain... your orders?" Petra asked.

Captain Levi hesitated before saying, "Ready your weapons. Do not engage the titan unless you or Eren are in immediate danger."

"But... sir!" I said. "The titan is closing in on us!"

"Soldiers are dying back there!" Eren added.

"Do not engage unless you are in immediate danger." Captain Levi repeated.

I looked over at Eren, and it looked like he was about to transform. "Eren! What are you doing? Captain Levi said only to engage if you're in danger!" I said.

"I'm sorry Y/n," Eren replied. "But if you died today... I would never forgive myself for letting that happen."

"I won't be dying today! I promise! We can fight that thing!"

"Don't get me wrong Y/n, you're strong. But still... I can't bear the thought of you dying when I had a chance to prevent it from happening."

I was silent for a moment. "But... I can't have you dying either... What if... what if you die trying to protect me?! Eren I can't let you die!"

Eren was about to transform when Petra stopped him. "Eren! Whatever it is, I'm sure the captain has his reasons for not engaging! If you don't want Y/n to die, then you'll trust us!"

Eren looked down at his hand, and then at me. I mouthed something to him. Please, Eren.

The female titan was getting closer and closer, and soldiers were dying left and right.

"Cover your ears." Captain Levi suddenly said.

"What...?" Gunther muttered.

"Just do it!" Captain Levi shouted.

We all covered our ears while Captain Levi grabbed his flare gun. He pointed it upwards and shot it. A ringing noise went through my ears. It was giving me a headache.

"Wha- What did you do that for?" Eld said.

Just then we heard a voice shout something. "Fire!" It sounded like Commander Erwin.

I looked behind me and saw a bunch of arrows being shot at the titan. The female titan looked like it was in pain, but the arrows just kept coming. The titan was stuck in its place, it wasn't able to move.

"What the..." Oluo said.

Was this the plan all along? Why didn't Commander Erwin or Captain Levi tell us? I was seriously considering defying orders and taking on the damn thing.

"Keep riding until you're out of the forest," Captain Levi stood up on his horse. "I'll be back." Captain Levi then used his gear to get to where Erwin was standing on one of the branches.

We all rode in silence for a while until I suddenly said, "Am I the only one who's hungry all of a sudden?"

Everyone just laughed at the comment I made.

"What? I actually am hungry." I said.

"Tell you what, if we survive, and I mean when we survive this, I'll take you out on a date," Eren said.

"Really? That sounds great!" I replied, smiling.

"Now that I think about it, I'm getting kind of hungry too," Gunther said.

"Same," Oluo replied.

"How about we convince the captain to let us have a big feast with all of the best kinds of foods later? It could be our reward for doing so well on this mission," Petra said.

"I don't know about us "doing so well" on our mission," Eren said. He then looked down and said, "All we did was run away while those soldiers died back there for us."

"At least we know now that it was for a good cause," Eld said. "Do you think Commander Erwin sent those soldiers as decoys for his trap?"

"Probably," Gunther replied.

"But I think we were the main decoys," I said.

Everyone was silent for a moment.

"Maybe we were," Petra said. "But let's not think about that right now. Let's just be grateful that Eren is still alive." Petra then looked at Eren. "Thanks for trusting us Eren."

Eren smiled at her and we continued to ride through the forest. Just then we heard a loud roar.

"What was that?" Eren asked.

"It sounded like a roar," I replied. "Do you think it was the female titan they captured?"

"Maybe," Gunther replied. "Hopefully it's nothing to worry about and they're keeping it under control."

"Abnormal titan coming straight ahead!" Oluo shouted.

"There are two more behind it!" Petra added.

"Switch to the ODM gear!" Eld said.

We all did as he said and flew up to the trees. "There are more coming," I said.

They were coming from all directions, and it looked like they were headed for... the female titan.

A little while later I spotted a soldier coming this way. "Hey, who's that?" I asked.

Everyone looked back to see who I was talking about. "Hey! Were you given orders to come this way?" Eld shouted.

The soldier was silent.

"Hello?" Eld shouted. "Answer me!"

"Get away from them!" Captain Levi shouted. He was following not far behind the soldier.

"Why?" Petra shouted. "Who are they?"

The soldier got close to us before we could even move. Then, a bright yellow light appeared. I know this light... it's the light that appears when Eren transforms into his titan!

I looked over at Eren to see if he transformed. But he was just standing on the branch next to me, looking at the light, shocked. Wait... don't tell me that that soldier has the power to transform into a titan...

Just then the female titan appears once again. "What the..." Oluo said. "I thought they caught the son of a bitch!"

The titan raised it's arm and swung at me and Eren. Luckily, Eren managed to grab me and get us out of the way. We fell onto a different tree branch and Eren asked, "Are you ok Y/n?"

"I'm fine," I replied. "Thanks for saving me."

"No problem," He said.

Just then we heard a loud scream. "What was that?" I asked.

We moved to the tree branches that our squad was standing on before and saw something horrible.

"No..." I said. "It can't be..." Tears started running down my cheek.

There, in this area, our squad mates lay dead and bloody.

"This... this can't be real," Eren said. He then looked at me, and raised his hand to his mouth.

"Eren..." I said. I then looked over at the female titan. She came running towards us. "Do it. Transform."

Without hesitation, Eren bit his hand, and the same yellow light appeared again. I moved out of his way and landed on another tree branch.

Captain Levi stood next to me and said, "What's going on?"

"Eren's about to kill the bitch That killed our squad mates."