𝐀 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐄 | eren yeager

4 | First Battle

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The titan released another strong blow of steam, giving Eren a burning feeling on the skin of his face.

The Colossal Titan then spread its right arm to the side, before it swinged it in the air towards the Wall's top. As the hand came in contact with the hard material, the titan kept going, pushing every single cannon and crate off the Wall to the ground. Eren watched intensely at the titan's moves, looking at the giant hand that was coming closer. At the last second, he jumped from its way, letting the titan get rid of every last one of the cannons.

Eren kept himself close to the Wall, shielding his head with his hands so that the pieces of stone and wood wouldn't hit him. As the air was finally clear, he shot his wires to the Colossus Titan's arm, and pushed himself away from the Wall. He used his gas tanks to fly in the air, and with slight trouble, he landed on the titan's skinless arm.

With heavy breaths, he started running on the bare muscles up the titan's arm, towards its head and neck where the nape was located. He felt the titan's eyes on him for every second he moved, nothing could stop his urge to look up at it straight in the eyes. Every single of his muscles tensed as he moved his eyes up, and their gazes met.

'Bastard.' Eren thought to himself, looking to his left where the Wall was standing, the cannons and crates falling to the ground. 'He aimed for the fixed artillery...! And that's not all!'

His eyes then moved down to the ground. There was a big hole in the Wall where the gate should've been, with the large cracks that almost reached the top. 'It was no coincidence that he went for the gate either! Then he is... Intelligent.'

Eren moved his eyes back to the Colossus Titan he was standing on, and shot his wires again. The anchors attached themselves to the titan's shoulder as he jumped off the arm, and used his gas to fly forward.

"But this is my chance!" he shouted, keeping his eyes on the Colossus Titan's nape that soon came into view. "This is the only one that can break through the Walls! If I can just kill it...!"

He quickly looked at where the titan's hands were, both of his arms were moving so slowly, that its fingers weren't going to grab him that soon.

"He's slow!" Eren said to himself. "I can do this!"

With another blow of his gas, Eren flew forward, and took out his swords. He zoomed closer to the nape, and raised the sharp blades in his hands to strike the spot.

"He's dead!"

Before Eren could even touch the titan's neck, another strong blow of hot steam pushed him away from the nape. He tried to keep his tight grip on the trigger, even though it felt like his skin was melting away.

"Wha...?! It's hot?!" he exclaimed, grunting as strong the wind was swinging him around.

He furrowed his brows as he glared at what he could see of the titan, and used his gear to get closer even though it was at the verge of breaking. "Go!" he screamed as he got close enough to kill, and swinged his swords.

But all they touched was air.

He started looking franctly around himself, quickly shooting his wires to the Wall as he realized he was falling to the ground. "No effect...! Did I miss...?!" His eyes were searching for the giant beast that was standing there just a few seconds ago, but there was nothing. "No... Not this."