Not The One Who Dies ⇀ Attack on Titan *Original*

Part 14: The True Monsters

Logan walked next to Eren down the wall as he heard Reiner call out to his friend.

"Eren. We should talk. You got a moment?" Reiner asked causing Logan's hair to stand up on his arm and his blood to run cold. He didn't turn around he just closed his eyes and stood where he was to wait for his friend.

"Sure, I guess. Logan, I'll be right back." Eren said as he let his hand ever so barely touch the boy's arm.

"Five years ago, we compromised Wall Maria and launched an attack on humanity. I'm the Armored Titan and he's the Colossal." Reiner said, seemingly as calm as can be. Logan's eyes opened spotting Mikasa who has also heard the conversation. Logan shook his head slightly, almost telling her to not engage.

The three talked as Logan stood there, waiting for the slightest hint of aggression from either of the monster titans.

Reiner began to ramble as the wind began to blow harder, snapping a flag pole in two. Logan's fists shook as he prepared to fight, if they really were the colossal and the armored Titan could he kill them?

Reiner took his cast off revealing a steaming arm. Logan let the beast inside of him take over, letting out a primal roar as he looked to the two traitors with hate boiling in his blood.

The two boys quickly tried to get their hands up to their mouths but Logan had been quicker, he got to them in a split second, sending claws into Reiners's chest, staring into his hazel eyes with his own dark yellow ones.

He took a swing upwards and took Burtholdt's left arm off before Reiner got the strength to push the Corporal off of the side of the wall.

The boy caught himself using his claws before he saw two lightning strikes hit the wall. He knew what that meant, things had just gotten a hundred times worse. The boy watched as the Armored Titan slid down the wall, Eren's transforming Titan following him with a punch. He trusted his friend to fight the Armored Titan, it was his job to kill the Colossal Titan.

The boy climbed the wall, sitting in front of the colossal titan. The boy looked into the monster's eyes with his own.

"Burtholdt!" Logan yelled at the monster in front of him to get his attention. The colossal titan looked down at the boy with confused eyes.

"I ask you this as both the Warrior of humanity and Corporal of scouts! How long do you think you can keep yourself and Reiner safe from me!?!! I'm going to shove my claws through your chests and pull out your hearts!!!" Logan yelled as he ran towards the titan before Hange flew above him.

"The Colossal Titan doesn't walk away from this! It's a threat to all mankind! Swarm and terminate!" Hange yelled as she and the rest of the scouts flew towards the colossal. Logan ran beneath at the same speed, attaching a hook into his shoulder as he flew up to his face before hot steam began to blow him back to the ground.

The boy smacked against the wall with a thud, his vision being clouded with dots before he fell unconscious.

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Logan's eyes snapped open to the sunny sky and the sound of Armin and an older man talking.

The boy's eyes snapped around looking for any sight of the armored and colossal titans. The older man saw the boy as he rushed towards him.

"Calm down son, it's fine. The titans are gone." The man said causing Logan's eyes to widen as he fell to the ground, rubbing his face with his hand.

"They got him didn't they?" Logan asked in an almost desperate voice. He had just gotten back to him and he was gone once again.

"Yeah. We're waiting on lifts for the horses so we can go after him." The man said causing Logan to nod, understanding that they couldn't just go on foot in open Titan territory.

"Are you hurt? Hungry?" The man asked causing Logan to slightly shake his head, the man nodding before tossing him some field rations.

"Section commander Hange is out cold so it seems like you're in command here." The man said causing Logan to slightly nod, the older man filling him in on the situation as he ate the rations next to Armin and Mikasa.

The rumble of horses marched across the wall as Logan looked up, seeing the commander leading a group of scouts towards the squad.

Erwin and one of the older scouts started conversing before Hange crawled to Erwins feet like some type of zombie before grasping his ankle and looking up at the man.

"Logan... he's here." She groaned out causing Erwins eyes to widen as his eyebrows shot up. He quickly looked around before spotting the boy who was staring at him with a slight smile on his face.

Erwin pushed past the scouts in front of him to make it to the boy he was sure he wouldn't see again. The man nearly ran him over as he grasped him in his arms and pulling him close to him. Not a lot made Erwin Smith get teary-eyed but the sight of him had brought it out of him.

"What the hell are you doing here kid? Last time I saw you your body was clinging on to life in that hospital room." Erwin asked as he pulled away from the boy, giving him a worried but stern look.

"I'm fine. I woke up and was told that there was a hole in the wall, I found Reiner and his group in a castle and helped them escape. Although some stuff has changed." Logan said, looking past the boy at Hange who was looking at a map.

"Tell me later, right now let's focus on getting you back to Trost, Levi is there and I'm sure he'd love to see you considering he doesn't know you're alive." Erwin spike causing Logan to furrow his eyebrows.

"You knew about me in the hospital bed but Levi doesn't?" Logan asked causing Erwin to sigh.

"The only people who knew about your return are Mikasa, Scout Daniels, and Myself. We didn't know who to trust after we found out about the shifter." Erwin said causing Logan to sigh and nod.

"I'm not going back to Trost Erwin. Not yet." Logan said, looking towards the way that they took Eren.

"Logan..." Erwin started causing Logan to cut him off.

"Eren is in danger. Without him, humanity is fucked. I am the best chance of killing the colossal and armored titans without Levi here. So let me help god damn it!" Logan shouted drawing attention to the pair causing Erwin to sigh.

"Fine, but you stay with me," Erwin said causing Logan to nod and smile. The boy quickly found replenishments for his ODM gear before he saw another familiar face rise above the wall.

"Hey boy! Jeez, you keep showing up right when I need you huh?" Logan said, his voice chipper and happy to see his horse. He patted the side of his neck before he lead him to stand next to Erwin. The older man looked to him and gave him a nod, telling him it was almost time. Hange had told them where she had figured they were held up.

"SCOUTS! OUR MISSION IS TO RETRIEVE EREN YEAGER! WHATEVER IT TAKES! LET'S DO THIS." Logan shouted out getting a shout back from the scouts behind him. The boy placed his foot in the stirrup and climbed atop the horse as the group was lowered from the wall, onto the ground.

"I'm coming Eren, don't worry. I'm coming." Logan mumbled out as he rode next to Erwin towards the forest.