Attack on Titan: Power of 12 Titans

Chapter 39

Eren, Dina, Peter, and Odom stand momentarily speechless over the burned body of his childhood friend, Armin Arlelt.

"I should've known this would happen, but I had no other choice but to rely on you, Armin." Eren says with tears in his eyes. "Why... don't you run away?"

Just then, they see the Cart Titan with Zeke on it. Dina gasps and says, "Zeke..."

Zeke notices Eren and the group, but he is shocked to see Dina with them. "No way... I thought you turned into a Titan!"

Dina says, "Zeke... so it is really you..."

Eren grabs Bertolt and holds his sword at the boy's neck as the Cart Titan lands on his roof. "You just try coming closer! Make one move to take him and he's dead!"

"And you... are you Eren Yeager?" Zeke asks. "The one who is bound with Aya Neumann?"

"What did you do to her? I swear if you do something to her-!"

"You look nothing like your father." Zeke says.

"Believe me, I know what you're going through. We're both victims of your father. You've been brainwashed by him." Zeke says.

"Leave Mother and Dad out of this! They know their mistake and they have never forced anything on me and Katrina." Eren growls back.

"Eren..." Dina says softly. "Zeke, please listen to me. Your father and I...we put too much pressure on you. We treated you terribly. I'm so sorry."

Zeke doesn't know why, he also feels his eyes watering, before he can say anything, Levi and Aya arrive.

"Argh... You're kidding me! They chased me all the way here?"

Aya yells, "Eren! Let's do it now!"

Eren nods, Aya rushes towards him as Eren throws Bertolt to Peter before rushing at her. Levi is also rushing beside Aya to make sure the Cart Titan doesn't interfere.

"Let's call it a draw, Levi. We're in no shape to fight." Zeke says as he turns to Bertolt in Peter's hands, "Bertolt. I'm sorry, but I think it's the end for you."

Then the Cart Titan is about to leave as Zeke says, "Eren, Mother, someday, I'll come back to rescue you!"

Then they leave, and Aya yells, "Get back here! You still haven't paid for what you've done!"

"Aya, that's enough." Levi says. "That's the last of our gas. I'll chase him! Hand over your gas and blades!"

Eren begins to comply when he hears Armin gasp for breath.

At the same time, Hange and the others are by Reiner's side. Hange asks about a metal case that was in his chest pocket. He tells Hange that it is a letter written by Ymir, and that the Scouts need to deliver it to Christa. Hange agrees, but only after they inspect it. They would like to ask him more questions, but draws their blade, feeling that he is not inclined to talk. Reiner does not disagree.

However, when Hange begins to cut Reiner's throat, Jean says, "Are you sure? We might be able to steal his power."

"I don't think all the conditions for that have been met," Hange says and Reiner spats blood again. "We don't know the situation with Levi and the other side. Neither do we have the time to go confirm it ourselves. The reason is there's no way for us to gauge the full depth of their powers! Even if I cut his head off, we can't be too sure!"

"But we still have Eren and Aya. We can take his powers first before killing him." Jean says.

Hange considers and asks Mikasa Ackermann to meet up with Eren and Armin to check out their situation, then refill her gas and retrieve the injection from Levi. If she cannot, then she is to fire a signal flare as a signal to end Reiner. Mikasa agrees and flies off to find Levi.