My Hero

Chapter 10

Did Eren just...get eaten by that titan? What the hell... What the hell are we even doing?? Becoming titan food one by one... Angry tears were sliding down my face. "For the love of God, Armin! Why are you just sitting there?? Get a grip!! Move and kill the titan who ate Eren!" Armin kept shaking in his spot. He's totally lost it. Screw this! If he's not going to do it, I will! But, just as I approached the titan, I noticed something weird moving around in his body. In the next second, while I did my best to move away as quickly as possible, the titan literally exploded and blood splashed everywhere around it. Jean moved to my side. I pointed my finger towards the steam coming out of the titan's corpse. "What is that?"

Jean also took a look, and his expression was just as shocked as mine. "It's another titan..." The blood-covered titan let out a loud roar. "Shortie, we've got to get out of here. This one looks dangerous."

"Wait."

"What do you mean wait?!?"

"It's not coming for us."

That's right. The Titan wasn't taking a single step. Instead, it just stared intently at something behind us. I turned around and noticed another much smaller titan. No, it's not possible, is it? The strange Titan ran ahead, and in a matter of seconds, the smaller titan was no more.

"You've got to be kidding me." Jean mumbled under his breath.

Titans hunting other titans... Since when?

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Erwin Smith wiped the sweat from his forehead. "I need to get back in shape." He moved away from the titan he had just killed. "Still, not too bad for an old man." A grin followed that remark. "Levi will not be happy about this."

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"What the hell happened??" Captain Levi approached us. "Anyone care to explain?"

I somehow found my voice. "The Titan... the strange Titan, he's on a rampage and is killing every other titan in his sight."

"Strange Titan?"

"He doesn't attack humans; he attacks and kills titans. I don't know why. I think he's killed about 30 at this point. We have been following him for a while now."

"I presume he's the one who was roaring earlier. I've never heard a titan roar before."

"Yes, that was him."

"Where is everyone else?"

"Scattered around. Many are dead... We left Armin with Mikasa, and we saw Connie and Sasha not long ago. I have no idea what happened to the rest."

"I see."

"What should we do now, Captain?"

"You keep following the Titan. If it's really an enemy of the other titans, it will at least be helpful to us. My squad managed to clean up all the Titans around the broken gate, but we don't know when more of them will make their way inside. Once you're done with this Strange Titan, as you called it, go back to Erwin. I will go gather the ones who survived and bring them back with me, so we can all discuss our next move. If the Titan appears to be dangerous to you in any way, do not try to fight him; instead, run away. Is that clear?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Good." And with that, Captain Levi left me and Jean with our new mission.

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"I wonder how long we'll have to follow after this damn Titan." Jean protested.

"He's doing our job for us, isn't he? So, don't complain."

"Yeah, you're right. But I still don't understand any of this."

"Same here. But I think its appearance is the biggest mystery. How can a titan be inside another titan's body when they only eat humans? And a titan of this size nonetheless."

"Beats me. There are still many things we don't know about titans."

"Oh, the strange Titan stopped!" As the words left my lips, the titan collapsed on the ground, and smoke started to envelop it. "Damn, I can't see a thing. Wait, what is that?"

"It looks like a human. Stay right here; I'll go see."

I close my eyes for a bit. I'm completely exhausted. "I wish this day would finally end."

"Desi!"

As if on cue, my heart started beating like crazy. I turned around just as he landed in front of me. "Commander..."

"Desi..."

There it was: the comfortable silence between us. Blue irises met green ones, and the commander did something unexpected. He wrapped his arms around me and held me tight. "I'm glad you're alright."

I thought of protesting, but decided against it and answered his hug instead. How I had missed this warmth.

Jean cleared his throat. "If you two are done, can we talk about who I discovered?"

I immediately pulled myself away from the commander, only to be met with something shocking. "Is that... Eren?!?"

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"Eren!" Once we took Eren back with us, Mikasa immediately came to see him.

We still had no clue what exactly happened. The only thing we did know was that he apparently came out of the Strange Titan, however absurd that sounded. And we wouldn't get any more information until he woke up. So, for now, we would have to wait. I did have my suspicions, but I admitted them only to myself.

Once we arrived, Captain Levi shot the Commander a look that could definitely kill. I left them alone to discuss the situation, mostly because I didn't want to hear them argue, and went around to see who survived. I just had to know, I guess. The feeling was hard to explain. It was both reassuring and horribly overwhelming. The only reason I survived was because Jean made it on time. It was so foolish of me to think I was in any way ready for all of this. Oh, how arrogant I was...