World at War

A Solution Presents Itself

'This wasn't suppose to happen!' Mikasa cried as she dropped to her knees in sorrow

Tim wasn't any better himself. He had failed to keep his promise to Mikasa... he'd failed to save Eren, who he had told that he didn't want his death on his conscious

Neither could move, the Titan that had devoured Eren leaving them soon after. Both had just stood their frozen, still trying to wrap their mind around the fact that Eren was gone

'Damn it! I'm Red Robin, former Robin and protégé of Batman and I couldn't do a single thing again! What type of hero, one with training from various teachers, can't save one person from something like a Titan?!'

"We need to go. We're not safe here and with you not having any gas, that makes it even worse" Tim said breaking away from his thoughts as he said this in an emotionless tone that made Mikasa slightly flinch

Both slowly made their way down onto street level, with Tim looking at the sword that Eren had dropped when he jumped to save Mikasa

"Again, I've lost my family again. Do I have to remember this pain and start everything all over again?" she whispered softly, once again on her knees as Tim slowly walked over towards her and dropped onto his knees, causing Mikasa to look at him

"Mikasa... Eren will always be with you no matter what. He wouldn't want you to feel this way. He'd want you to keep moving forward. I know if he were still here, he'd hate seeing you like this. I know the feeling, losing someone you care about that you yourself just want to give up. However, you shouldn't allow those feelings to take over, if you die... then Eren's sacrifice was for nothing. You need to keep fighting, for yours and Eren's sake" he said, getting back onto his feet as he surveyed the area for any more Titans

Mikasa said nothing, as giant footsteps could be heard from afar, but you could tell that they were heading towards them. She thought back to when Eren had wrapped his scarf around her neck that day 'This world is cruel and very beautiful'

Tim cursed as he saw a 5 meter Titan making his way to Mikasa and grabbed the sword from the ground. He was able to grab his attention by using a gas pellet as he grabbed his grappling gun, attaching it to his wrist and fired as he was able to move out of the way. Seeing the Titan reaching for him, Tim used this to his advantage as he shot his grappling gun onto the shoulder and using the momentum he twisted and threw his sword at the weak point

Tim let go as he dangled from a rooftop and watched the Titan drop to the ground. He pulled the wire back and moved to go grab his sword

Meanwhile with Mikasa, she still hadn't made a move since Tim had left her to face the 5 meter. However she suddenly grabbed the knife and slashed at the fingers of the Titan that had wanted to grab hold of her

Tim looked over in her direction and took note that she had good instincts having somehow known the Titan was nearing her

Mikasa kept facing the Titan, unsure about why it was she was fighting still. She had wanted to end it all, was ready to die. Mikasa dodged the Titan's hand as Tim suddenly came in and slashed at the leg, making him turn towards him instead 'There's no point in living anymore. So what's driving me?'

At this a 15 meter Titan was slowly rounding the corner to where both teens were at

'You need to keep fighting, for yours and Eren's sake'

'Fight! You have to fight!'

Mikasa gasped as she realized what it was that she was fighting for now 'I'm sorry, Eren. I won't give up anymore. I'll never give up again. If I die I'll lose my memories of you too, on top of everything else'