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"...to the bitter end, as a warrior," Reiner stated as he rose his arm up. I took out my blades and gripped it harder as I saw his arm steaming and healing. Eren stared wide-eyed at Reiner as the wound on his arm heals completely. "Reiner!" Bertholdt shouted as I sent a glare his way. He must be one too...
"Are we doing it? Right here? Right now!?" Bertholdt sought. Reiner agreed and started walking towards Eren. I then ran to Eren with my blades in my hands—ready to attack. I swiftly attack Reiner with my blades as Mikasa went to attack Bertholdt. Mikasa skillfully slashes Bertholdt as he writhed on the floor of the wall.
I was aiming my blade at Reiner—ready to kill him until he used his elbow to knock me off of him. I felt the blood run down my nose as I saw Reiner then knock Mikasa off of Bertholdt. Mikasa has knocked off the wall and fortunately was able to use her ODM gear to prevent her from falling. I felt my nose throbbing as I wiped the blood off with my sleeve.
We are stared wide-eyed as Bertholdt and Reiner started to shift into their titan forms—The Colossal and Armored Titan. "Eren! Get out of there!" I hear the faint screams of Armin as Eren stared at them in shock. A large flash of bright yellow light beams in my eyes as the wall crumbled beneath us.
Everything flew off the wall from the strong gust of Reiner and Bertholdt's transformation. I have swept away from the blast as I grasp for anything to hang off on. I dug my nails in the wall as I looked up at the Colossal Titan. "Eren!" I yelled as Eren was caught in the grasp of the Armored Titan. I stared at the site of the massive Colossal Titan and the Armored Titan who is holding onto Eren.
We all stood our ground as the red muscled hand of the Colossal Titan towers over us. The Colossal Titan seizes Ymir's unconscious body. Reiner slides down the sides of the wall with Eren in his hands. "Eren!" Armin screams as Eren struggles to get out of Reiner's tight grip. The side of the wall shakes and crumbles under Reiner's weight.
"DAMN YOU! YOU TRAITORS!" Eren screams as he transforms into a titan and out of Reiner's grip. Eren then hurls a punch to the Armored Titan. Eren's Titan snarls as he moves in to attack Reiner. Eren knocks Reiner's head into the wall as they both fall to the ground below. They both fell to the ground, breaking the dirt and rocks around them.
Everyone's silent as we gazed at the smoke and debris that was left from both Reiner and Eren. I felt an awful feeling in my gut as I glared at the Armored Titan. If only I was able to cut his head off! I thought back to when I struck Reiner, only being able to cut his arm. The Colossal Titan slowly moves its hand from the side of the wall only to bring it up.
"Everyone, get off the wall!" Just as Hanji warned, the Colossal Titan brings its hand back down to the surface of the wall—destroying pieces of it as everyone scrambled to move out of the way. The Colossal Titan grabbed one of our comrades and proceeded to chuck Ymir and the random scout into its mouth.
He ate them!? I gawked with my mouth agape as Bertholdt shut his mouth tight. We used our ODM gear to hold ourselves off the side of the wall. "N-No way...Bertholdt..." Armin said speechless as we all leered at the frightening sight. I grit my teeth as I waited for my orders. "Prepare to attack!" Hanji commands. "Our target is the Colossal Titan! He's a threat to all of humanity!" Hanji yells as she skillfully flips off the side of the wall.
Hanji uses her ODM gear to ascend up the wall. "All units, charge in!" She yells as we all use our ODM gear to follow her lead. We all surround the Colossal Titan as it swings its arm at us like how a person would swat a fly. We all dodge the punch as we scale up its arm. It's slow, size is his only advantage. "Strike now! Aim for the neck!" Hanji orders as we all ready our blades and start to fly towards its neck.
Shit! The Colossal Titan suddenly lets out hot cloudy steam from its body "It's hot!" Someone screamed as we attempt to ignore the heat to fly to the titan's nape. "Everyone, fall back!" Hanji said as she and other scouts were blown away from the steam. We retreated away from the Colossal Titan to get away from the scorching heat. I grip my hand in pain as heat radiates through my hand. "Somebody bring us some water!" Someone yelled.
I dismissed him with a wave of my hand. "It's okay, I'm fine," I stated as I stood up fully and ignored the throbbing pain in my hand. Hanji concluded that we must wait and see how long Bertholdt can keep putting out steam. Eventually, he'll come out, and then we'll have an opening to attack.
I turned away from prying eyes as I softly gripped my burned hand. I steadied my breathing and the pain in my hand slowly dissipates. I was snapped out of my meditation as I heard running towards me. "Hey! Do you still need the water?" A comrade questioned as I gave him a soft smile. "I told you I'm fine," I claimed as I showed him my hand that is no longer swollen from the burn.
He looks at me warily as he slowly nods, "Okay, I'll go give this to someone else." I nodded as he ran off to aid his friend with a burn on his arm. I turn around as I see Armin looking at me with a concerned expression. I walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder. "Are you okay?" Armin asks as I gave a soft smile. "I'm fine, just a little burn," I replied as Armin glanced at my now fully healed hand. Hanji's voice interrupts us, "Capturing them is now impossible. Don't hesitate...kill them!"
Armin stared wide-eyed at the squad leader at the thought of having to kill his (former) comrades. "Armin, Emilia, and squad one follow me!" She instructed as we all followed her off the wall. I gasp as Reiner punched Eren and Eren went soaring. Eren's body tumbled around as Reiner repeatedly strikes him.
I trembled slightly as I saw Eren's Titan with multiple damages as steam radiates from them. I felt my heart sink at the thought of Eren possibly dying as his titan form was laying still on the ground. My eyes widen slightly as Eren's Titan starts to twitch but to no avail, stays stiff on the ground. Shit.
The thuds of Reiner's heavy steps echo in the area as Eren starts to grow his limb back. I felt relieved when Eren started to get up from the floor. Eren growls and strikes Reiner square into the jaw, only for Reiner to retaliate and swiftly punches Eren back—sending him flying once again. Eren stands up wobbly as Armin starts to yell, "Stop fighting him! Your attacks aren't doing anything!" "Come over here!" I added as Reiner continues to stalk closer to Eren.
Eren yells a bloodcurdling roar as he goes in again to attack Reiner. "Did he lose control?" Hanji asks to no one in particular. They both go in to punch each other at the same time until Eren swiftly dodges the attack and goes in to grab Reiner. Eren puts Reiners head between his arms and hoists Reiner to fall onto his back.
"He threw the Armored Titan," I stated as Eren and Reiner struggle for power. My thoughts queried at the familiar attack. I gasp in realization, Annie used that attack to defeat Eren during one-on-one combat! "That's the technique Annie used!" I blurted out to those around me. Eren then draws back his fist as he sat on top of Reiner.
Reiner attempted to push Eren off of him only for Eren to regain control and lock Reiner's neck in between his calves while pulling on his arm. Eren used his strength to close his thighs around Reiner's head as the armor starts to crack. More of the armor cracks until Reiner took his hand and gripped Eren's leg—pulling it away from his neck.
Eren skillfully switches his legs to wrap them around Reiner's torso and pull him forcefully towards the Earth. Eren roars and pulls Reiner's arm back while successfully cracking the hardened armor. Blood emits from the cracks and Eren growled and rips off Reiner's arm. "He did it," I muttered as Armin and I landed next to Mikasa.
"Eren! Can you hear me!?" Armin screams as Eren looks in our direction. "Run away! Get closer to the wall!" Armin stated before saying something else, "Their goal is to kidnap you!" "But Armin, Reiner isn't going to sit back and let us get away," Mikasa stated and I hummed in agreement as Reiner rises to his feet.
Suddenly, a random cadet warns us, "It's dangerous here! You guys need to retreat!" I looked at Eren while gritting my teeth and we all reluctantly retreated. I landed in the wall only for a shadow to loom over us, suddenly, a blast of steam blows in our face. I shut my eyes tightly to not get any of the steam into my eyes, then as I opened my eyes I see that Eren has appeared by the wall.
"Good call, Eren," I muttered as I saw his titan form stands near the wall. He's back in control. Reiner started to walk towards Eren again. Hanji flew down to land on Eren's shoulder, "Listen up, We need a way to stop Reiner and buy some you some time!" Hanji states as Eren's titan form turns to look at her. "Can you get him in a lock again and try to break his legs?" Hanji questions and Eren gives her a curt nod.
"Mikasa!" I called out for the black-haired girl as she then turned to look at me. "Here, you can have the rest of my blades," I suggested since I found that all of her blades were broken. Mikasa thanks me and takes the spare blades. I gave her a tired smile and looked back at the battle in front of us. Reiner then suddenly breaks into a run while breaking his leg armor in the process.
Multiple thuds are heard as the ground lifted from Reiner's feet and he sprinted towards Eren and the wall. Reiner grabs Eren and knocks him back into the wall just before Eren was able to wrap his legs around Reiner's. "Don't stay on the ground! Eren!" I warned as we all observed the scrimmage. With words of encouragement, Eren kicks Reiner off of him and stood up.
Hanji finalized that the reason Reiner was able to attack Eren so fast was because he no longer has the armor surrounding his knees. Eren once again wraps his legs over Reiner and his arms over his neck. My eyes widen as it locked on at the back of Reiner's knees which are now exposed. I gritting my teeth and used my ODM gear to swiftly make it over to Reiner and Eren.
I huffed as I ready my blades and strike down on the back of Reiner's knees, successfully slashing them.
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