Vengeance Of A Human

Battle of Trost: Human or Titan

"Hey look, we can't go back to the Wall now." I look up from Eren's Titan to see what Jean refers to. Titans begin to swarm the road in front of us, blocking our immediate route to the Wall. Now with Mikasa in her state plus an unconscious Eren, we're in a pinch.

"We have to make a path," Reiner directs. "Armin, take care of Eren and Mikasa! I'm going!" Reiner leaps off, followed by Jean, Annie, and Bertholdt. I draw my blades, but turn my head to Armin.

"Hey, Armin."

He looks up. "Huh?"

"As soon as we get the path clear, you need to go. Given the nature of these Titans and our numbers, we can't stay here long." He nods and I leap down, joining the others in the fight. We maneuver our way through the Titans, taking them down one by one. Yet the thought of Eren still dominates my mind. When I last saw him, he was down, bleeding, nearly dead. How in the world did he become a Titan? How is it possible for a human to become a Titan?

In all the years I've known him, this hadn't been possible. Armin said Eren was eaten right? Lost his arm too? How do you explain becoming a Titan because you were swallowed? No one, and I mean no one, has done that before, or else we would already fight fire with fire. So...is there even an explanation, because I know one thing for sure: Eren doesn't know this himself.

"Joshua! Look out!" I stand on top of a building, clearly letting my thoughts get in the way of the mission as I turn to see one of those large, dark-colored, orange-marked, very hyper Titans charge towards my way, demolishing any structure in its path. I barely escape its lunge, letting it bodyslam the building I stood upon before taking flight. As I distance myself away from the Titan, the others swoop in, taking out its arms together. From my position, I lift my telescope to accurately pinpoint the Abnormal's nape and fire my hooks and gas. Seconds later, the Abnormal laid on the ground, me standing on its head.

I catch up with the others, in time to hear Reiner say "I just can't believe...that Titan was really Eren."

"Reiner..." I look to Bertholdt, seeing a wayward look on his face. I wonder what it is for, but ignore it for Jean's usual shouting.

"Dammit! When is Eren going to wake up?"

"Eren's gonna live, right?" Annie asks this of me, though I don't give her an answer. I'm still trying to process how he lived in the first place.

We encounter another one of those Hyper Titans (what I'm going to coin them) by Armin and company's location at headquarters. He's quite the stubborn Titan, so the few of us (including some lingering cadets we saved along the way) swarmed the Titan and reduced it to its trunk and head before I ended its life.

With the area clear, we are now ready to get moving. Jean lands beside me, looking up to the tower from the ground. "We should be able to carry Eren to the Wall now. But what happened to him anyway?"

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"There you are!" Christa, Conny, and Ymir look up towards me as I walk up to them. They situated themselves around a table. I find a spot nearby, sitting beside Jean. The wannabe MP silently sips on a canteen of water, "Thank goodness you're okay!"

I wave to the members of my squadron. "Hi, guys."

Christa looks around us. "Where are Eren and Mikasa? Don't tell me they..." I frown. Why would Christa worry about Mikasa... Oh. Ymir and Christa must have returned to the Wall when the signal was given, though now that I realize it, why didn't Conny head up with them? I don't remember seeing them when Mikasa and I got to the others from the rear guard. Then it registers she also asked about Eren, who we knew was most likely dead when we met with Armin. So...does she means... I look to Jean, who gravely looks away from the others. They know he came in with our group, so they must have asked him before I arrived.