Blue and White - Levi Fanfiction

Ch. 105 - The Boy Who Can Turn into a Titan

"There was a soldier among the training corps that... Put simply, he managed somehow to become a Titan and plant a boulder in front of the gate."

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Excuse me?

No, really. What the actual fuck?

I couldn't quite bring myself to believe it. I mean, come on. I was supposed to believe that there was a boy who could turn into a Titan?

I could be gullible at times, sure. But did they take us all to be such fools? This was why we'd been called to action here?

"How are we to help?" Erwin asked. "The scouts offer our help however possible."

"There are plenty of titans still swarming the city," the captain told us. "And close to the gate, especially. We're waiting on an opening to retrieve the boy if possible."

"If possible?"

"There were many Titans congregating there," he explained. "They seemed drawn to his Titan."

Levi and I looked at Erwin, just waiting for him to say the word. "Levi, Amaya, go. Clear the way and extract the boy. The rest of the scouts will spread out and assist your soldiers."

The captain saluted. "Thank you, Commander."

With our orders set, and the trust that Erwin would lead our subordinates well, Levi and I took off. Through the heart of the district we raced, seeing the carnage that had taken place here. Corpses lined the streets, some donning the roses on their backs, but some... so young and so brave, we passed many a training cadet, gone far too soon.

Many Titans chose rather stupidly to be in our way. I had half a mind to ask them if they were the boy we were looking for, if they were perhaps somehow being controlled by someone, but I doubted I would get an answer besides a groan or a ham-fisted attempt to kill me.

Honestly. If these specialized Titans who could coordinate attacks on the gates were intelligent in some way, I'd have thought they would tell these fools that trying to fight myself or Levi was futile, but since I hadn't seen either of them... Well, they likely didn't know what was good for them, anyway.

God, what the hell was this world coming to? I had to be mad, or at least going mad. This had to be a dream, and I had to be making it all up, because just... just the thought that there were Titans that could reasonably think and figure out that the walls' gates were their weakest points, and therefore the best access point was absurd. It was just ridiculous!

I couldn't wrap my head around it. And so now to hear there was a cadet who could turn into a Titan? Was there a connection there? Could I turn into a titan? Could Levi? Could Hange? Goodness, that was a rather scary thought, wasn't it? She'd probably ask me to dissect her while she was a Titan just for the good of science.

It was so much to think about.

But I suppose my best chance of getting answers for myself was to see it, right? Right.

So, I focused. Any lingering thought in my mind that it could have been a dream disappeared as I tore through the flesh of a Titan's neck, cleaving through the nape and feeling the distinct strain on my muscles as I flew by.

Levi and I - as usual - flew and fought as though we knew what Titans would be where and that we practiced beforehand how we would kill each one. The gate drew ever nearer, and all too soon, we were within sight of it.

I sped up, getting ahead of him by just a few paces. It was all I needed. Knowing he would go for the napes without needing to even look at him, I did what I could to make it easier, especially considering that as I got close enough, I could make out the sight of a huddled group of soldiers. That would explain, at any rate, why the Titans were not facing us. Honestly, it just made the whole thing easier; their napes were right in front of us. Still, to ensure the soldiers were not harmed, I hooked to the closer of the two and swung around its body, using the momentum to send out another wire as soon as I could to attack the one that was now reaching for the huddled group. My blades tore through the flesh of its wrist, rendering its hands useless.