Lady execution Levi Ackerman x OC (ENG) 18+

Chapter XXVI. Broken sky

Shiganshina District August 16th 8:10 am

"I only have one chance," she hid behind one of the tall chimneys and watched Berthold talking to Armin, noticing Rainer's titan lying motionless on the ground. She didn't know those boys that well, but she dared to say, he wouldn't turn into a colossal titan while his defenseless friend was around. She knelt down and pulled out a blade that she broke in half. Aiming the anchors, she launched herself into the air with enormous speed near to the boy's neck, where she stabbed the blade. Bertholdt jumped back in surprise, but couldn't stop her from spinning in mid-air and throwing explosive needles into his neck. Before he could react, Theia pulled the wires, causing an explosion and the stabbed blade tore through his nape. Exhaling heavily, she landed next to the group of cadets and waited for all the mist to clear to reveal the surprised face of Bertholdt, his head hanging just by some muscle. "That's not possible," Theia whispered, horrified. She might have thought that if they could be killed so easily, they wouldn't be who they are. No wonder, even Levi couldn't kill Rainer. They are immortal, or what? She clenched her teeth angrily and pulled Mikasa, who was determined to finish him, back to her. "We have to leave immediately!" She ordered and they left the badly injured Bertholdt on the roof. "Hanje, Nifa! Get out of there, now!" She had only one chance and she didn't take it. She snapped back angrily and looked behind her, where Bertholdt, despite his fatal injury, rose to the air by using his gear. "Hanje, call off your team!" Theia screamed at the moment when Eren hid the entire group into his titan's palm to protect them from the colossal transformation that swept away almost everything in the area. She peeked out from between his fingers to see the fiery inferno that had engulfed the district. The burnt bodies of Hanje's team members fell from the air while Hanje herself with Moblit and Nifa just looked in horror. The transformed Bertholdt immediately began to cause incredible damage and devastated almost half of the city in a matter of seconds.

"Are we the only survivors?" Connie asked into grave silence as terror paralyzed the entire group.

"We need thunder spears. How many do we have left?" Theia asked thoughtfully.

"Not much," Mikasa replied, checking the number of weapons.

"We will try to blow his legs off. If he gets to the ground, we'd have a better chance of blasting his mouth off as well, so we can..." Theia's thoughts were interrupted by the titan's crushing footsteps. Her face paled as she saw the regenerated Rainer coming from the distance. She swallowed hard and closed her eyelids. "I take it back. Hanje and I will hold them back. Eren, you transform back to the human form. We'll move to the walls, protect you and when you will be able to transform back into a titan you'll take whole team and retreat back to Trost," the whole group widened their eyes at her suggestion while Hanje prepared her remaining thunder spears.

"Do you want us to run away and leave you here?" Jean whispered, causing Theia to exhale.

"On the battlefield, it is common to admit defeat and try to ensure that as many soldiers as possible survive. Explain to me the reason why we should all die here unnecessarily? Eren is really important for humanity, they can't get him!" She looked directly into Jean's embarrassed eyes.

"I understand," Mikasa nodded and prepared for retreat.

"Captain. I have a plan," Armin interrupted her in a firm voice, and Hanje sat in Eren's palm again. "You all take care of Rainer and Eren and I take care of Bertholdt," he said simply, keeping a close eye on the two titans in front of him. Theia raised an eyebrow in displeasure.

"That doesn't sound like a plan to me at all," she stated calmly.

"If we escape and they kill you, their gaze will turn to the troops behind the walls and destroy them all. We have to stop them, now and there," Theia put a thumb to her lips after his remark. She looked again at Rainer, who was getting closer to them every second, and immediately into Hanje's eyes, who nodded.