Attack on Titan: Monster ( x Male Reader)

Running Thoughts

Chapter 53

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POV: Falco

Part 1.

Silence. That is what we heard on our train right back to Liberio. Why would there be anything but silence. The guardian came and crushed us like we were the bugs, no not us, Marley. A single titan, a single man, is on the verge of bringing an entire country to its knees. Is that truly possible? Though, why question when it's happening before my eyes. I sat at the edge of the boxcar we were inside. From where I sat I saw Colt trying to comfort Gabi. Now, after the adrenaline has exited her system, she's finally breaking to the words of the guardian angel.

"Don't beat yourself up over what she said" Colt says as he patted Gabi's back.

"She's obviously right. The guardian titan is doing what I've been dreaming of doing" Gabi replies as she held her knees to her chest.

"So you're going to cry in defeat because of one crushed dream? This isn't like you" Colt states to her.

"That dream meant everything to me. It's all I was raised on, to crush the island devils and give freedom to all edlians" Gabi says.

"She's really taking it hard" Udo says as he sits down next to me, Zofia alongside him.

"Everything she's ever dreamed for got crushed in front of her, literally" I replied to Udo.

"In my opinion, it's her fault for falling into such delusion, that everything can easily be fixed" Udo says as we watched Colt and Gabi "The guardian may be doing what she dreamed of doing, but what has the guardian sacrificed to get this far? Who did he leave behind on the island to do something for more than him? How much pain has he gone through to get here?"

"I don't think we'll ever know" Zofia replies "However, he may not even be the monster he portrays himself as...a facade really"

"What are you saying Zofia?" I ask her.

"The guardian titan may portray himself as a monster...that doesn't mean he is one...but he has to for the sake of giving Eldians freedom...someone has to bear the sins for what has to be done for such a grand venture" Zofia answers.

"He's trying to hold an entire race on his back" Udo says "He's sacrificing his entire life to the cause he believes in, that is what he's giving up"

"I don't think any of us whether we wanted to or not could bear a burden like that" I say then slump down "Why fight then? If the guardian will free us himself?"

"Just in case he doesn't" Udo states "If Commander Magath thinks the war hammer can take on the guardian, we may fall out of his reach"

"That's if the war hammer is as strong as we think it is" I say as I looked at Gabi and Colt.

"Lighten up Gabi, look, think on the bright side, by the time you gain the armored titan, the guardian will succumb to the curse. Then you can show the power of the armored titan to his successor, if he has one" Colt says, this reigniting the fire in Gabi.

"You're right!, then I can show the world we are the good Eldians and not him!" Gabi exclaims with a bright smile.

"Yeah, something like that" Colt says as he patted her head.