The Island of Devils

Chapter 14

Hiding behind a canon was Sasha, she held a rifle close as she closed her eyes when the explosion went off. Once it stopped, she opened her eyes and looked over her shoulder, and stared at the gaping holes the machine guns would use to move around in the gear. She let out a deep breath before she aimed the gun at one of the members, who was focused on trying to shoot down the Scouts. Sasha held her breath, aimed the gun at the member, and shot out the bullet. The machine gun continued to go off after the bullet had entered the area, but it soon stopped and idly fell. Pieck and the other members noticed the sudden quietness from that side as their eyes widened and gasped.

"What's wrong?" "Hey, Carlo!" "Say something, man! Carlo!"

Carlo was dead, as the bullet Sasha shot hit his head and killed him in an instant. The Cart Titan turned its body over to Sasha, who simply reloaded her rifle and glared at the Titan.

"You'll pay for that!" The Titan screamed at her and began to run her way to Sasha with her mouth open, but suddenly, the Female Titan appeared and punched the Cart Titan.

"What the-" Pieck turned to see that Annie was the one attacking them. "Annie?"

Annie said nothing as she turned to Jean, who nodded and sent the Thunder Spear at Pieck's left eye. It exploded and made her lose focus and she fell to the side as she stopped running.

"Annie... why?" Pieck couldn't believe what was going on, Annie Leonhart was working with the island devils.

 "Now! Fire!" Jean exclaimed as a group of Scouts flew high above the Cart Titan and sent their Thunder Spears down at the Panzer Unit.

The Spears all exploded inside of the gear, and the Panzer Units all exploded from the impact and let out screams. "Pieck!"

Pieck felt the heat and explosions hit her back and close to her nape as she screamed. "Guys!"

Soon enough, the final explosion was let out and the Scouts quickly moved away from the heat and smoke, but the Cart Titan emerged from it and staggered with a scream until it fell off the roof, hit a wall, and fell to the ground with a large thud.

Magath, Falco, and Gabi gasped when they felt the impact and looked over to see the Titan's damaged body. Her left eye was barely hanging onto the socket, as the rest of its body had exploded to almost nothing. "Pieck!"

The fleet and the port were successfully destroyed. But that also cost the homes of Marleyan citizens. Loud stomps thundered through the ground as Armin, who had transformed into the Colossal Titan, took several steps at the destruction before he suddenly stopped and looked around.

Armin pulled himself out of the nape as the muscle on his face was deliberately ripped off. He stared at the back of his Titan with anguish until he looked down at the destruction he caused.

"Are these the sort of sights that you saw?" He mumbled to himself, climbing on top of his Titan's head and holding his left hand up when what looked like an airship was above him. "Bertolt..."

Gabi and Falco's hearts sank when they saw the bloodied up and defeated Titan. "No... Please, don't!"

At the same time, Annie managed to get off the Titan with her ODM gear, and she just stared at them. Magath noticed her and gasped, "Leonhart?"

Annie stared at her former commander before taking out the Thunder Spear, preparing to finish Pieck. Much to her surprise, Falco stood protectively in front of the Titan and held out his arms, and begged Annie with tears in his eyes. "Don't shoot! Please, stop!"

Annie felt conflicted when she heard his quivering voice and tearful gaze but she made up her mind. She narrowed her eyes and threw the Thunder Spear down at them, but a sudden steam eruption knocked Falco away and caused the Thunder Spear to miss as it exploded. Annie flew away, watching the Spear explode, and cursed to herself. "It missed?!" Was it because of the steam, or...?