Zuri: Attack On Titan

Crashing Down

      We run down the 10th flights of stairs, though I follow sliding down the railings. "The supply room should be right here!" Armin yells before stopping before a door. He jogs the handle. "It's locked!" he says, exasperated. Mikasa steps forward and punches through the door. "Brittle." She says as she peels the door off from the hole. Having no time to gawk at Mikasa's superior skill, we step through, and find the 3D gear. We each grab one, finding their full with gas, and stock them with blades. After, we continue our run (or my slide) down to the cell where Annie is kept.

    We finally arrive and run down the hall. As the first going down the hall, Mikasa barely dodges the blade that was expertly thrown at her. I round the corner and keep the boys behind me, as I had been right behind Mikasa. Down the hall, the ropes hang loose, the crystal only shards. And, in the middle of the hall, grabbing another blade..

   Was Annie Leonhardt.

    "Good to see you all again." She says, her face bored. I had never seen her in person, other than passing by her sleeping in her crystal. "But I blame you for my hibernation in that crystal. So now your all going to die." Her lips only slightly curve up in a smile. Mikasa and I each slide blades onto our sword handles simultaneously, and soon after the boys do the same. I blow some hair from my face. Annie rushes forward quickly, and though Mikasa dodges it easily, I barely move in time. *Dang..* I think. *Annie is really fast!*

  I feel a stab of pain from the hole in my torso. "Run!" I hear Mikasa yell. "Run to where you can shift!" "Pff!" Annie says, colliding her blade with Mikasa's. "You barely beat me last time," Annie says. "You have one measly shifter who doesn't know anything! How do you expect to beat me again?" This is when I realize that she doesn't know anything about me. Even if that dream was a vision, it had been a bit off of the real world.

"And look at her! What a joke!" Annie says, motioning to me. "She looks like she was barely trained to scoop dung from horse stalls!" Annie shakes her head. "I must have been locked up a long time if society is thinking like it is."

    "Armin, Eren! Run!" I yell. I turn around and push them towards the stairs. "Run up to where you can shift, Eren!" I say. "Armin, make sure he doesn't lose control! Keep on task!" "Wh-What about you?" Armin says. "No matter how superior Mikasa is, Annie is near to matching her skill. Thats as bad as being better than her. I have to help." I say. "Zuri, Mikasa can take care of it! Please, you j-." I cut him off as I come up a bit and kiss him on the lips. I let go almost instantly. "Go." I say. "Please." With that, he hesitates before grabbing Eren's sleeve and running towards the stairs.

    I turn around to see that Annie and Mikasa were still locked in combat. Mikasa was easily dodging every one of her advances, but the same went for Annie. I run at Annie, and she goes to stab me with one of her blades. I jump, using her head as a stand for my hands as I do a flip over her. I land on my feet, and she's watching me, her eyes squinted. "Die, Murbin!" She yells, raising her blades. I grip my own, knowing I was no where near matching her skills. Her blades stop in midair, and she coughs blood on my face. She falls down, bleeding from her back. Mikasa stands before me. "We need to go now." She says. "She'll regenerate. We can talk about how stupid your moves were later."

    I smile as she turns around and runs, and I quickly follow. As I easily run up the stairs behind her, I let my thoughts wander about Annie. *She knew my last name.. Was she just faking that she didn't know I am a shifter?* I wonder as I step on the 7th landing to the top. *No.. She looked genuine, but still got out of the crystal.. I'll have to think later, fight now.* I step onto the ground floor, bursting out the door behind Mikasa towards the stables. Annie's blood instantly evaporates in the sunlight as we go through the stable doors. The boys are there, saddling the fourth horse. Each was a different color; One grey, one palomino, one chestnut, and one bay. "Which one is mine?" I ask. Armin pats the shoulder of the palomino, and I easily mount it in one attempt.

                  Soon the others are mounted as well, and we gallop out the doorway of the stables to see Annie stumbling out the doorway of HQ, a devilish smile on her face. She puts her hand up to her mouth, watching us with deathly angry eyes. "She's gon-" I start to say, after I am cut off by a blinding orange and green light. I shield my eyes, and when I open them again steam has covered the ground around HQ. By this time, other scouts were trying to come out of the doorway, but cannot see due to the steam. Then, a huge pink-and-red foot steps from the clouds.

    The Female Titan.

 I only briefly look up at her smiling face before turning my head to Eren, who is riding right next to me. "Shift!" I yell. "Shift and let us evacuate the Regiment before its too late!" Eren screams something but I don't hear it, as the Female Titan lets out a scream. "What?" I yell. "Zuri, you have to help me!" He screams. "I barely defeated her last time, and wouldn't have if I hadn't gone berserk! I need help from another Titan bigger than her!"

  I look down at my hands. *Can I control my size?* I think while The Titan begins to lift her foot. *I just have to Imagine it. Me. That Cream and Purple Titan. 20 meters.* I look back at Eren. "Shift on Three! One! Two! Three!"

    The Titan slams her foot down on Eren and I.. right after we bite our thumbs.