In the year 850, the Colossal Titan again appeared and decimated yet another barrier between us and them. Once more, mankind retreated in panic before the advance of its greatest for. Brave soul after brave soul perished, eaten alive. Eren himself fell prey to their hunger. Just when things seemed their darkest for Mikasa, out of nowhere came the unlikeliest of allies.
"There it works," said Armin as gas puffed from the main housing of Mikasa's gear. "I also restocked your blades."
"What about you Armin?" asked Sunset Shimmer.
"Just leave me," replied Armin.
"What?! That's crazy talk!" shouted Rainbow Dash.
Armin looked at the broken blade.
"If I can, I want to be avoid being eaten," said Armin.
Mikasa grabbed the broken blade and threw it off the roof.
"But... but why?" he asked.
Then, Mikasa placed her hand over Armin's hand.
"Armin!" she called.
Armin looked back at Mikasa.
"I will not leave you behind," assured Mikasa.
"But Titans are everywhere!" stated Armin. "You can't jump and carry me on your back at..."
"Great idea!" shouted Twilight Sparkle.
"What?" asked Armin.
Connie got up to Armin's face and grabbed Armin's arm.
"Come on. Let's move," said Conny.
All of them started to run towards the roof.
"Please, don't do this. It's not going to work," he thought. "Enough people have died on my account."
As they all got closer from the end of the roof, the Titan roared behind them. Armin looked behind him and an idea sparked in his mind.
"Wait!" shouted Armin taking back his hand. "I've got an idea!"
"What is it, then?" Conny asked.
"Only you all are capable of pulling this off, so it's really your choice," replied Armin. "This may sound crazy, but I think he might be useful."
"Whoa, you mean that Titan?" asked Conny.
"He only attacks his own kind. He seems to have no interest in us," said Armin. "What if we can somehow steer him to HQ and let him loose on the other Titans? Look, we know he's taken one out already. We can use him as a weapon!"
"You have got to be kidding!" shouted Conny.
"How the hell are we going to steer that Titan?" asked Indigo Zap.
"Well, something tells me he's fighting on instinct," replied Armin. "I'm almost sure if you take the pair he's tangling with now, he'll go look for others. That would lead him to HQ. We're not steering him so much as he is himself. I think it'll work. I really do."
"Think?!" You're asking us to rick our necks on a stupid gut feeling?!" asked Conny.
"If I'm right about this, we can put down the siege on HQ in one fell swoop!" stated Armin.
"It's worth a shot," replied Mikasa.
"What?! Seriously?!" asked Conny.
"Better to take a gamble on Armin's gut feeling than wait around to be slaughtered," Mikasa replied. "If there's a decent shot, why not take it?"
"She does have a point," said Sunset Shimmer.
"So you're telling me we're recruiting a Titan?" asked Conny.
"Yes. Exactly," replied Mikasa.
"Hey Conny, would you rather take on the Titans on HQ or have the Titan do it?" asked Rainbow Dash.
Conny then looked at Armin.
"We'll look like morons if we screw this up," said Conny.
"Yeah. But if we don't, look how many lives we stand to save," said Armin.
"Where there's a will there's a way," said Mikasa running.
Armin, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Indigo Zap, Sunset Shimmer, and Sunny followed Mikasa.
"It's still nuts, but what the hell?" questioned Conny.
"Just shut up and follow," said Sunny Flare.
Conny sighed and followed the rest of the group.
On the other side, Jean was still on the roof, gripping his sword and watching the Titan feast.
"Why couldn't I stop them? he questioned. "I'm the last person that should've been given the reigns!"
Jean closed his eyes and quickly opened his eyes.
"No! This is out chance!" he realized. "We can get the drop on them while they're preoccupied. It's perfect!"
"Let's go!" shouted Jean.
Everyone looked at Jean.
"Make for a break for HQ while they're distracted!" he shouted.
Jean then jumped off the roof and landing on another layer and started to run.
'Well, better late than never," said Starlight Glimmer.
She then started to follow Jean. One by one everyone started to follow Jean.
"We can do this!" Jean thought. "Hey, we run out of gas, we're dead anyway!"
"Give it everything you've got!" he yelled.
On the other side, Mikasa swung around the town and and when towards a Titan. She wrapped around it and sliced its nape. Behind Mikasa, Conny was carrying Armin, Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Sunny Flare, and Indigo Zap were swinging amd following Mikasa and Conny. The Titan pushed another Titan into a building and repeatedly punched it. After killing the other Titan, the Titan looked at HQ to see more Titans.
Jean and the other cadets were gliding across and were heading into a group of Titans. Jean took the lead. All the cadets dodged the Titans, then a Titan grabbed Jean by the leg, but Jean sliced its finger off, letting him go. Jean then landed on a roof and started running. Marco then landed next to him.
"Jean!" called Marco.
"What?" replied Jean.
"You really came through for us there, man," said Marco. "We owe you big time."
"Huh?" he replied.
"Don't shrug it off, I'm serious," said Marco. "We're alive because of you! As I said, you're a great leader! Easy with that crap."
Jean the looked forward.
"We're not out of this yet!" he shouted.
Then, several Titan attempted to grab Jean and Marco, but both of them dodged it. A Titan then appeared next to a male cadet and grabbed him. The cadet screamed as he was devoured. Jean looked back wondering.
'Dammit!" he yelled.
Jean screamed as he latched on to a wall. Jean headed towards a window in the upper deck, he braced for impact as he was getting closer. Jean then crashed into the window, breaking it. He tumbled over and got up. Then, Marco and Annie crashed into a window followed by several other cadets.
"We... made it," stuttered Fluttershy.
"Yeah," said Pinkie Pie boringly.
"You think?" groaned Sour Sweet.
"How many of us made it?" Jean questioned. How many bodies did I crawl over? How many of our comrades died on my orders?"
Jean then looked to this right and saw two cadets under a desk. Jean looked them and they looked back.
"Hold on a sec," said Jean. "You guys with the supply team?"
"Yeah," replied a male cadet.
Jean then grabbed the cadet and punched him in the face. Marco came behind Jean and pulls him off.
"Jean stop!" yelled Marco.
"You cowards! you left us out there on out own! People are dead because you didn't have the balls to do your job!" yelled Jean.
"The Titans were coming at us from every angle!" cried a female cadet. "They overran the supply room, okay?"
"It's your job to deal with it and back us up anyway!" Jean yelled.
Then, Reiner heard something in the distance.
"HIT THE DECK!!!" he yelled.
Everyone heard the sound. Then, a large portion of a wall behind exploded, causing a cadet to fly and hitting the ground. Jean covered his face and looked to see a Titan's head looking inside the building.
"There's too many people! They can smell us!" realized Jean.
"Nobody told me Titans can smell us!" yelled Lemon Zest.
"They're giant humans, what did you expect," said Sugarcoat.
Everyone ran to the other side of the building screaming in terror.
"RUN!!!" yelled a male cadet.
"GET FURTHER IN!" yelled another.
"WHERE'S MIKASA?!" asked a third one.
"SHE RAN OUT OF GAS! FORGET ABOUT HER. SHE'S DEAD!!!" yelled a fourth.
"This is it," Jean thought. "This is reality. Of course it is. How deluded was I? No, on the same level, I knew it all along. I mean, when you stop and think for a second, it's obvious."
Then, two Titans looked straight at Jean.
"There's no winning. Not against them," he thought.
Then Jean saw a giant fist punching the side of the Titan.
"What?!" he asked.
The Titan's punched launched the other two Titans, their bodies were dragged onto the ground and several meters away from HQ. The Titan lets out tremendous roar.
"Wha... What the.. My god," stuttered Jean.
Then, Mikasa crashed into a window, following was Conny, Armin, and the others.
"Mikasa, you're..." said Jean.
"Girls!" called Starlight Glimmer.
The rest of the group reunited with the rest of them.
"Wow. Close one," said Conny hitting his cylinder. "I was running out of fumes. We made it here, though! Crazy, but we did!"
"How is she alive, even though she ran out of gas?" asked Sour Sweet.
"You... I... Am dreaming this, or what?" Jean asked.
"You're a goddamn genius!" said Conny slapping Armin's back. "From now on, as far I'm concerned, your word is law!"
"What was that thing?" asked Starlight Glimmer.
"Check it out guys! We found an Abnormal that's got a bone to pick with its own kind," said Conny pointing to the Titan. "And the best part? He couldn't care less about us!"
"At least he's friendly to us," said Fluttershy.
"I never heard any Titan like that before," said Sugarcoat.
"That's right you, heard me: This big beautiful son of a bitch is our ticket out of here!" assured Conny.
The Titan started to walk towards the other Titans ready to engaged them.
"You mean like fighting fire with fire?" asked a male cadet.
"Listen to yourself, a Titan's not going to help us!" shouted Jean. "You're out of your mind is you think this can work!"
"It's working," assured Mikasa. "For whatever reason he's rampaging against them. Stand back and let him do it. Trust me. You'll see."
The Titan punched another Titan in the punched in the face. The Titan then lets out a loud roar signaling all the Titans around. All of the Titan started to walk towards the Titan.
"Either way, what choice do we have?" she asked. "Right now that thing is out best chance at survival."
The Titan looked back and saw another Titan coming at him. The Titan got the other Titan in an arm lock and dragging it on the ground. The Titan lets out another loud roar as more Titans started to walk towards the Titan.
"Look at him go. This guy makes the other look like total weaklings," said Conny.
The Titan punched another Titan in the jaw and kicks two smaller ones. Inside a building a lift, was going up where the cadets were placed.
"They're not going to take this building," assured Conny. "Not with him rampaging out there."
"That's all well and good," said Reiner. "But what's to keep him from turning on us once he's done?"
"Guess we'll worry about that when we're safe," Conny replied.
"Yeah, you're right," Reiner smiled. "At least he's buying us a little time."
"Good news!" shouted Jean carrying a box in his hand. "Courtesy of the Military Police. And covered with a layer of dust.
Jean then took out a musket out of the box and loaded it.
"Are you absolutely sure buckshot is the way to go?" asked Jean. "Seems like we might as well throw spitwads. I mean are guns even effective?"
Everyone gathered around Armin, who had laid a map down of the supply room.
"I don't know, but they're bound to be better than nothing," Armin replied. "We're looking at ten Titans in the supply room, of the 4-meters-tall variety. If we time this perfectly, this much ammo ought to be enough to do the trick."
"So how does this plan of yours work Armin?" asked Starlight Glimmer.
"Step one, we lower a group into the area via lift to get the Titan's attention. Step two, when the Titans come within range, the group fires in all directions simultaneously, blinding them. Then the hard part, the moment of truth, as it were. Before the Titans have time to recover, ten of us swoop down from the ceiling and strike at their napes. That's it," Armin explained. "That's the plan. It puts all our lives on the line. We screw up, we're dead. That's a hell of a risk for one attack but it's our only chance. Ten people have to slay ten Titans in one blow, at the same time. We're going to need the best of you. The ten soldiers most physically gifted and adept with their pairing blades. You'll be the difference between life and death for the rest of us. I'm sorry. That's it."
"Sounds like a good plan," Reiner complimented.
"This plan looks foolproof," said Indigo Zap.
'Look when you make the first plan work it makes the rest a working plan," said Sunset Shimmer.
"When you get right down to it, the risk is the same for everyone," said Annie. "Doesn't really matter who goes."
"Look, I... I'm willing to be talked out of this," said Armin. "One half-baked strategy can't be our only option, right?"
"Hey, don't be so hard on yourself," said Marco. "Come on, with our situation? Cause for our only option, it's pretty well thought out. If we give it our all, we might just pull this off!"
"It'll be fine," assured Mikasa. "You just have to be confident. You're a better strategist than you give yourself credit for. I'm serious. That mind saved Eren and me more than once."
"When did I save you?" asked Armin.
Then, the door to the lift opened.
"Alright, the lift's ready to go," said a male cadet. "Guns are loaded to the stocks. Let's go kill some Titans!"
"You didn't realize it at the time," said Mikasa. "We can talk about it later."
Mikasa walked away and Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Indigo Zap followed her. Then, Conny, Sasha, Jean, Annie, Reiner, Bertholdt, Mikasa, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Indigo Zap started to go downstairs.
"Okay. I'm going to ask the obvious question. Can we do this without ODM gear?" asked Conny.
"No problem," Reiner simply replied. "These guys are only four meters tall. Their weak spot are not too far above eye level."
"He's right. Size won'r be an issue," said Jean.
'The spot is still one meter high and ten centimeters across," said Sasha.
"Back of the head to the nape of the neck," said Reiner. "Worst comes to worst, you can always just shove one of these up their ass."
"That's the weak spot? Are you serious?" asked Conny.
"Conny are you missing a brain?" asked Indigo Zap.
"That's news to me! Did I miss a day of training or something?" questioned Sasha.
"Come on. Knock it off, Reiner. You want your final words to be an ass joke?" Jean asked.
Down below, the supply room was littered of Titans roaming around. The lift containing Armin, Marco, Twlight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Starlight Glimmer, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Sunny Flare, Sugarcoat, Lemon Zest, and Sour Sweet was going down to the supply room. The lift stopped before touching the ground.
"Good. We;re still at seven," said Marco.
Everybody aimed their muskets at every side and corner waiting for the Titans to come.
"Okay, now, nice and easy," said Marco.
A Titan walked in front of them and stopped half way. The Titan looked to see the lift with the other cadets. Several cadets gasped in fear.
"Don't lose your cool!" shouted Marco. "Fire only when they're all within range!"
The Titan started to walk towards them.
"Steady," said Marco.
On top, Mikasa, Jean, Conny, Sasha, Reiner, Bertholdt, Annie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Indigo Zap were on top of beams ready for their attack.
"That's right... wait for it," Reiner thought.
"Our lives are riding on this," Jean thought. "Got to make this attack count."
"Steady," repeated Marco.
Then, all ten Titans were close to the the muzzle of the musket. All of them aimed at the eyes.
"Almost," said Marco.
He then placed his finger at the trigger. Then a Titan's eyes got close to the musket.
"Fire!" yelled Marco.
All at once, the cadets pushed the triggering, firing all their muskets. Their bullets hit each of the Titan's eyes blinding them. Then, all the cadets on the top started running and jumped off the beam to their targets. Mikasa sliced her target's nape and killing it.
"Got it. How are you guys?" asked Mikasa.
Then, Mikasa and Jean landed as their target died, but Conny and Sasha missed their target. The Titan had regained its eyes back and looked back at Sasha and Conny.
"Uh... I, uh... I'm sorry," stuttered Sasha. "I didn't."
"Oh crap," said Conny.
"I didn't mean mean to sneak up on you," said Sasha.
Their Titans started to walk towards Sasha and Conny.
"Sasha and Conny missed!" yelled Bertholdt.
"What?!" yelled Applejack.
"Lead'em the hell back!" shouted Jean.
Sasha stood there in fear as the Titan got closer to her. The Titan tired to pounced at Sasha, but got out of the way.
"I said I was sorry!" she yelled.
She looked up to see Mikasa slicing the Tiatn's nape. Annie then sliced Conny's Titan's nape.
"MIKASA!!!" called Sasha. "You saved my life!"
"Are you okay?" Mikasa asked.
"Because of you I am," replied Sasha.
"Then get up," said Mikasa.
"I owe you one," said Conny.
"No worries," said Annie.
"Wow. By the skin of your teeth. You're dman lucky you didn't end up worse off," said Reiner.
Annie then walked away from Reiner and Betholdt.
"They're all dead!" shouted Jean. "Start loading up supplies!"
Everyone smiled.
"It worked!" yelled Sasha.
"Woohoo," said Pinkie Pie.
"We did it! We actually did it!" yelled Fluttershy.
Lemon Zest let out a huge sigh of relief. Marco fainted and Amrin and a female cadet caught him. Everyone was happy at the sight of refilling their ODM gear with gas.
"We're going to make it! We're going to live!" shouted a male cadet.
"No more of 'em coming in!" shouted another.
"Thank you, crazy-berserker Titan!" thanked a third one.
Sasha loaded her gear with gas.
"I caved. In front of the whole gang. I'm never going to face any of them again!" she cried.
"Dammit, feel sorry for yourself later!" yelled Conny. "Focus on escape!"
On the other side, Jean and Marco sat next to a container, refilling their cylinders with gas.
"Listen, man. What you said about me being a leader and all," said Jean. "Don't talk to me like that again, all right?"
"Promise me you're not going to take this the wrong way," said Marco. "But I don't think you're a good leader because you're strong. I think you're a good leader because you know what it's like to be weak. You're one of us. You're scared out of your mind just like we all are. It makes you so alert, sympathetic."
Jean looked at Marco.
"You made a damn good call out there," complimented Marco. "Got me running for my life. You're why I can say this."
Everyone then exited out of HQ with their supplies loaded.
"Ready, people? asked a male cadet. "Let's do this!"
Everyone swung out of HQ and headed towards the wall escaping from the Titans outside. Armin saw Mikasa, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Indigo Zap on top of a roof.
"Mikasa?" asked Armin.
Armin latched on to the roof as Reiner and Bertholdt came from the building.
"What are you all doing?" he asked. "We have to go."
'Look," said Mikasa. "Down there."
Armin looked and was shocked. The Titan was pinned against a building with multiple Titans. The other Titans were eating at the Titan. The Titan roared in pain.
"Cannibalism?" asked Armin. "Can he regenerate like the other?"
"This may sound stupid, but I was hoping he'd be the key of us," said Mikasa.
"I thought he would win against the others," said Twilight Sparkle.
"He helped mankind break the cycle," said Mikasa. "Turn the tide just as long enough to give us a little ray of hope."
Then, Reiner, Betholdt, Jean, Annie, Sunny Flare, Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat, Lemon Zest, Starlight Glimmer, Sunset Shimmer, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie
"She's right," said Reiner. "He too valuable to just let it die. There's too much we can learn from him. I think it's perfectly clear our priority should be to ward the scavengers off him. He's no good to us picked apart."
"Are you out of your mind?!" asked Jean. "We've got a path out of this nightmare and you want to stay?"
"Think about it, having an Abnormal as an ally would be an incredible advantage, right?" asked Annie.
"This Titan would be a beast if it were allies with us," said Sunny Flare.
"Do you hear yourself?" asked Jean. "He's not like a new friend!"
Then, Armin looked and saw a familiar Titan in the distance.
"Oh no, it's the one that ate Thomas!" realized Armin.
The Titan used its strength pushing and started running towards the other Titan. Two Titans bit both of it's arms off and started running towards the Titan. The Titan bits down on the nape of the other Titan. Everyone watched in amazement at the sight. The Titan lifted the other with it's mouth. The Titan looked at see another one sneaking up. The Titan used the other to crush it. Then, the Titan tossed the other Titan into another one, crashing it into a building.
"Holy..." said Jean.
The Titan let out a victorious roar.
"What was that you were saying?" asked Reiner.
The Titan limped forward and fell onto the ground on it's face.
"Cause I think it's a moot point now," said Jean. "Alright, enough of this! Let's have while we can! We're lucky the ugly bastard didn't get bored. We'd have been next on the menu. Look a Titan's a Titan..."
Jean looked back and saw non of them moving. All of them looked at the ground.
"What are you looking at?" Jean asked.
On the ground, the Titan's corpse started to disintegrate. A figure removes itself from the Titan, revealing an alive Eren Jaeger. Mikasa saw and was shocked and surprised.
"Is that who I think that is?" asked Pinkie Pie as her hair started to puff up.
"It can't be," said Sour Sweet.
"Well I'll be," said Applejack.
Mikasa then jumped off the roof and started to swing towards Eren.
"Mikasa!" called Armin.
Mikasa landed in front of Eren and started running towards him. Mikasa hugged the unconscious Eren for a while, and knowing it wasn't fake. She placed the side of head on Eren's chest. Tears started to well up in Mikasa's eyes as she heard Eren's heart starting to beat. Mikasa lets out all her emotions as she cried hugging Eren. Then, Armin and Jean swung down towards Mikasa and Eren.
On the other side, several Stationary Guards monitor the Trost District over Wall Rose.
Back at the Trost District, on top of the supply HQ, Jean, Armin, Reiner, Bertholdt, Annie, Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, Starlight Glimmer, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Sunset Shimmer, Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat, Sunny Flare, Lemon Zest, and Indigo Zap watch Mikasa crying the alive Eren. Armin looks at Eren.
"It's him," he thought. "But his arm. His leg. I don't understand. I watched him get eaten. I watched him die. I saw..."
Tears started to well up in Armin's eyes. He grabbed Eren's hand and he then breaks down into tears. Then, Sunset Shimmer, Starlight Glimmer, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Rarity broke down into tears to see their friend alive they all surround Mikasa and Eren.
"How is this possible," Armin asked.
Jean, Reiner, Bertholdt, Annie, Indigo Zap, Lemon Zest, Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat, and Sunny Flare looked behind.
"So, uh... Eren did all of this?" asked Jean.
"What do you think," groaned Sour Sweet.
Jean ignored Sour Sweet's mood swing. The bodies of the Titans that Eren killed started to disintegrate into steam.