//------------------------------// // Female Titan: The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission, Part 1 // Story: Attack on Titan // by Gojizilla54 //------------------------------// In the year 850, humanity successfully took back land from the Titans for the very first time. At great cost. "All of you here are hereby accepted as new members of the Scout Regiment!" declared Erwin. "This is a genuine salute! Give your hearts!" "Yes, sir!" they all yelled. "You've done well to endure your fear," said Erwin. "You're all brave soldiers. T respect you from the bottom of my heart." One month later, the Scout Regiment, led by Erwin Smith, left Calaenth District to establish a roue to Shiganshina, which is believed to house a secret of the Titans. "Now commencing the 57th Exterior Scouting Mission!" shouted Erwin. "MOVE OUT!!!" The Scout Regiment started to leave the Calaenth District and into an abandoned town. All of them rode on a old dirt road of the town. Miche and Hange spotted something in front of them. "10-meter Titan ahead, approaching from the left!" Hange called. Two Scout soldiers got off their horses and swung at the Titan. "I'm extremely curious to know what's inside it's stomach," Hange wondered. "But I'll let the support squad handle it!" A Scout latched on to a tower and wrapped around the Titan. A Scout sliced the nape, but the Titan didn't die. "Dammit! Not deep enough!" yelled the Scout. "Defend the ranks!" yelled the other Scout. The Titan attempted to grab the two, but to only miss. Sasha looked at the battle, but a hand grabbed her head and made her look the other way. "Don't falter!" yelled the Scout next to her. "Leave it to the support squad! Keep moving!" "FORWARD! FORWARD!" Erwin yelled. Eren then remembers what Gunther said before the operation started. "The support squad will only cover us until we're through the old city," he said. "Everything beyond that is wholly Titan territory. From then on, we'll have to rely on Commander Erwin's long-range scouting formation Our special operations will be positioned here." The Scouts then got through the old city. "Oruo!" called Eren. "Do you think my friends can beat the Titans in a fight?" "What the hell did you spend this last month doing?!" Oruo asked. "Listen, kid! Outside scouting missions are about fighting Titans as little as possi..." Then, Oruo's words were cut, by his tongue getting bitten again. The Scout Regiment then got through the old city and were now on the opening. Erwin then gave a hand signal. "Assume long-range scouting formation!" yelled Erwin. "See you later, Armin," said Reiner falling back. "Later, Armin!" shouted Twilight Sparkle. "Don't wet your pants if you run into a Titan!" warned Jean. "Right! Likewise to you!" shouted Armin. All of the Scouts stared to get into their formation and position. Mikasa was in 3-3: Signaling, The Levi Squad was in row 5, center: standby, Reiner was in row 2-5: Signaling, Jean was in row 3-4: Signaling, and Armin was in row 2-4: Signaling. "This formation is a forward-facing semicircle, with soldiers positioned far from each other at equal intervals yet still within clear sights on all sides," explained Ness. All the Scouts were in their formation and started to head forward. Armin, who by now is alone, started panting. He looked back aware of something to see nothing behind him. Then, he saw two crows fly from a nearby tree. "It's okay. Stay calm," Armin thought. Armin then heard shots from the distance. He looked to his right to see a red smoke signal flew in the air. He then remembers what Ness said during class. "The soldiers in the front-view spotting squads will encounter most of the Titans," said Ness. In row 1-8: Spotting, a soldier spotted a Titan in the distance and reached for his pack of signal barrels. He loaded the the pistol and lifted the pistol in the air. "As soon as they spot a Titan they'll fire a red smoke signal," said Ness. The Scout then pulled the trigger and fired a red smoke signal. Then, another Scout saw the reed smoke signal. "Soldiers who see this signal will then signal others in the same way," Ness continued. The other Scout then fires the pistol, sending a red smoke signal in the air. In Row 2, Center: Command, Erwin saw the red smoke signal in the far distance. "Once the commander has learned of the Titan's position, he'll fire a green signal," added Ness. Erwin then got his pistol out and fired a green smoke signal in the air. "Which will re-route the entire platoon around it," Ness continued. 'This will allow the platoon to proceed toward its destination while completely avoiding the Titans." In Row 2-3: Signaling, Sasha and Rarity rode through an abandoned little town. "However, as the terrain and other obstacles could delay their detection, we may encounter Titans inside the formation," Ness added. Sasha and Rarity looked at their right and caught a glimpse of a Titan. "What was that?" Rarity asked. As they they got through the houses, a Titan crawling on all fours crashed through a house. Sasha freaked out at the sight of the Titan, while Rarity screamed for dear life. Both of them made a sharp turn, as the Titan started to chase on them. Sasha reached for the bag, but was struggling to barrel the barrel to the barrel. "Red... Red Signal...!" she repeated. Sasha fumbled on the barrel dropping it. The Titan then crushed the barrel. "Sasha what are you doing?!" Rarity yelled. "There's a Titan on our ass!" Sasha replied. "What do you want me to do? Tell you a story?!" Then, both of their names were called. "Braus! Rarity! Over here!" yelled a Scout. The second Scout next to him shot a red smoke signal in the air. "Damn! The spotters missed one," said the second Scout. "Let's lure this bastard away!" yelled the Scout. "Braus! Rarity! Run towards us!" The Titan behind them was catching up to them. Then, both of them had a sharp left turn dodging a bite from the Titan. The two Scouts got in front of the Titan, drawing its attention. The Titan then started to chase after the two Scouts. Then one of the Scouts thought of something. "Break away! I'll handle it!" yelled the Scout. "Yes, sir!" yelled the second Scout. The second scout started to break away from the Scout. The Titan followed the Scout that didn't break away, who made sharp turns trying to loose it. The Titan was hot on his trail, then the Scout spotted something ahead. The Scout made a sharp turn to the left, causing the Titan behind to crash into a tree. Sasha then pulled up with her horse, claiming it down. "Never again," stated Rarity. "Sir!" called Sasha. "It's conked out! Return to your positions!" he yelled. Then, Sasha and Rarity followed the Scout. Back at Armin's position, he notices something off. "Something's not right..." he thought. "It's been a while since the last red signal, yet the formation's in disarray. Could it be...?" Armin then remembered what Ness said. "Keep in mind, this strategy will only work with "Normals." Titans with predictable behavior," said Ness. Then, a black smoke signal was shot in the distance in the middle of the woods. "A black smoke signal?!" he wondered. "It's ignoring everyone nearby and heading straight for the center of the formation?!" Armin loaded the pistol with the barrel and shot it in the air. "No doubt about it! It's..." Armin thought. Sure enough, Dieter Ness and Luke Cis rode out of the woods and into the open. A Titan appeared through the woods and was speed walking towards the center, ignoring the two Scouts below it. "...an Abnormal!" Armin realized. Ness and Luke were hot on the Abnormal's trail and were chasing it. "Only way dealing with an Abnormal is combat necessary!" Ness thought. "Fuck it! No choice but to fight it!" he yelled. "Cis! You go for its nape! I'll stop it in its tracks!" "Understood!" shouted Luke Cis. Ness drew out two of his swords, while riding on the horse. "An ODM battle on level ground puts us at a clear disadvantage," Ness thought. "Our chance of success are incredibly low, but we can't afford to let it wreck our formation! Arlelt's that way, as I recall. I can't let a rookie face this thing!" Ness then stood on top of his horse. "I'm taking it out!" he declared. Ness jumped off his horse and latched on to the Abnormal's leg. He and his ODM gear slid on the ground and sliced the Achilles tendon of the Abnormal, causing it to fall on its face. "Now! Cis!" called Ness. Luke Cis jumped up and drew out his swords and swung at the down Abnormal. As the Abnormal got up, Cis sliced the nape of it and killed it. "Way to go, Section Commander Ness!" shouted Armin, smiling. Armin's smile was cut short, as he spotted something in the distance. "Got it," said Ness. Then, his horse galloped back. "You came! You're my horse, alright," he said, drawing back his swords. "I love you, Charrette!" Ness got on his horses and galloped away, unaware of another Titan running towards his direction. Luke Cis and Dieter Ness looked back and saw another Titan running at their direction. "Another one?! What are the right wing spotter's doing?!" Ness asked. "It must be another Abnormal too." Cis hypothesize. "It's ignoring everyone on its way here." The Titan then got closer to them every second. "Alright," said Ness, drawing his sword out. "Let's do this again, Cis!" "Yes, sir!" yelled Cis. "Man, two in a row... Talk about unlucky," said Ness. "Plus, this one looks to be 14-meters high. This is gonna be tough." Then, the Titan behind them had a feminine look, had short blonde hair, having breasts, her body consists mainly of exposed muscle tissue, fingers made out of bone, and her face is laden with muscle lining had caught up to them in a matter of seconds. Both Luke and Ness got out of the way and were now next to it. Armin then shot a black smoke signal in the air and immediately lowered his signal gun. "What the...! It's way too fast!" Armin realized. 'Don't let it go for Arlelt!" yelled Ness. "Cis!" Both Cis and Ness jumped off their horses. "Yes, sir!" yelled Cis. He then latched on to the Titan's nape and swung at it. Just as he was about to slice the nape, the Titan then grabbed him and crushed Luke Cis' upper half of his body. The Titan then grabbed on to Ness' line and whipped him to the ground, killing him instantly, blood spilled from his body as he impacted the ground. The Titan then slid on the gorund, stopping herself. Armin saw the Titan standing there as it killed Dieter Ness and Luke Cis. The Titan the started to run after Armin. He saw the Titan coming his direction and quickly turned around and quickly make his escape. The Titan was hot on Armin's trail as he and his two horses galloped away. "No! That one's different!" he realized. "This isn't an Abnormal... It has intelligence! Just like the Armored Titan, the Colossal Titan, and Eren! It's a human clad in a Titan's body! But who?! Why?! This is bad! What do I do! It's going to kill me too!" Armin the lets got of his second horse. "Go! Run for it!" he yelled. Then, the Titan leaped over Armin. He looked up at the Titan as it leaped over him. "What is its... No, what is their... goal?!" Armin thought. Meanwhile, all of the Scouts on the right wing were killed. The ground was littered with bodies, limbs, dead horses, and sword's handles had severed hands grabbing it. A bunch of Titan started feasting on the dead Scouts. "S-Someone, let the others know... This right wing spotting squads... are almost entirely wiped out..." muttered a mortally wounded Scout. "A Female Titan brought a horde of Titans with her..." A Titan behind the wounded Scout picked him up. "Is... anyone left...?" he asked weakly. The Titan then bit down on his head, ripping it off. Back at row 2-4, the Female Titan stomped in front of Armin, causing him to be thrown off from his horse, landing facedown on the ground. Armin tried to get up, but the Female Titan then appears above him, causing Armin to freeze in fear. The Female Titan the started reach out to Armin, but much to Armin's shock, pulls back the hood of his cloak. He looked up and saw that he was face-to-face with the Female Titan. Armin looked at the Female Titan in horror for a few moments before she draws back her hand, standing up, and started to run off, leaving Armin. "It... didn't kill me?" he wondered. "What just happened? It pinched my hood and... My face?" Armin the started touching his face. "It's checked my face?" he wondered. "Armin!" called a voice. Armin looked to his right. "Reiner!" he called. Reiner pulled up next to Armin, with a new horse. "Hey, can you stand up?" Reiner asked. "There's no surviving outside the wall without a horse, you know! Hurry!" Armin nodded and got up. Both Reiner and Armin started following the Female Titan. "I saw the Abnormal smoke signal," said Reiner. "Nice ass for an Abnormal, you gotta admit." "It's not an Abnormal!" Armin stated. "It's a persona clad in a Titan's body!" "What?!" asked Reiner. "Hold on! We need to fire a smoke signal first!" said Armin. Armin took out the black smoke signal barrel and placed it onto the pistol. "Hurry. We have to let them know... there's an emergency," said Armin. Then, two Scouts came up behind Armin and Reiner. One of them shot a yellow smoke signal in the air. "Wait. It looks like Jean fired for us," said Reiner. Then, both Armin and Reiner heard a shot and looked to their right. They saw ere several yellow smoke signals. "From the right wing?! They've suffered too severe of an attack to continue to operation?!" asked Reiner. Then, Jean and Twilight Sparkle pulled next to them. "Apparently part of the right wing's been wiped out!" Jean informed. "They said a whole horde of Titans showed up!" added Twilight Sparkle. "A whole bunch of them are fast, too!" Jean added. "We're holding them off for now, but no-one's on spotted duty now! This is a serious setback! If we're not careful we could all get wiped out!" "That's the direction she came from... Could it be?" Armin wondered. "Did she lead the Titans here?!" "She?!" Jean wondered. "What's a Titan doing here?!" "Is it an Abnormal, Armin?" asked Twilight Sparkle. "No, it's a human clad in a Titan body," answered Armin. "A human who can do the same thing as Eren." "What?!" asked Jean. "What makes you think that?" asked Reiner. "From the looks of it, that Titan just looks like an Abnormal," stated Twilight Sparkle. "Eating" is all that Titans do,' stated Armin. "This results in death of course but "killing" isn't their actual goal. But as soon as more experienced soldiers went for her vital spots, she crushed and swatted them down. And she didn't do it to eat them... she did it to kill to kill them. She's unlike any other Titan in that regard. She must've been the one who brought the hordes of Titans when the Colossal and armored Titans destroyed the walls. Meaning she's consistently had the goal of attacking humankind. Or, actually... I think she might be searching for someone. If so, who? Could it be Eren?" "Eren?" asked Reiner. "Eren's with the Levi Squad. They're in charge of the right wing." Jean, Armin, and Twilight Sparkle turned to Reiner in complete shock. "What did you just say?" asked Twilight Sparkle. "Right wing?" asked Jean. "My copy of the plan had them at the rear of the left wing." "My copy placed them at the front of the right wing..." stated Armin. "Wait, there's no way they'd be put on the front lines like that." "Then where are they?" asked Reiner. "The safest place in this formation, I'd assume,' suggested Armin. "Which would be... the rear of the senter rank." "Armin!" called Jean. "This is no time to get lost in thought! Smoke signals aren't enough to explain how much of a threat she poses! at this rate, she'll take out the commanding squad too. And if that happens, the formation falls apart and we'll all die!" "What are you suggesting?" asked Reiner. 'I'm suggesting that from this distance we might sill be able to distract her," Jean suggested. "We can by sometime to retreat. Maybe..." "She really does have intelligence," Armin stated. "From her point of view, we're literally just insects. All it takes is one swipe to kill us." "You don't say..." Jean said smiling. "That's some scary stuff." "Are you really Jean?" asked Reiner. "The Jean I know only ever cares about himself." "That's rude," stated Jean, looking down. Jean then looked up and had an angry glare on his face. "I just don't want to meet a disappointing end as a bunch of burnt bones that you can't even tell are mine," said Jean. "I... I know what needs to be done now! Plus, we choose to take this job! Help me!" Armin was taken by Jean's words. Then, Armin covered his head with the hood. "Put your hoods on!" yelled Armin. "All the way, so she can't see your face! Becuase she can't risk killing us if we can't tell who we are!" "I get it," said Reiner, covering his head with his hood. "She can't risk killing anyone who might be Eren. Now that's a relief to know. Here's hoping she's got bad eyesight too!" "Armin has a point," said Twilight Sparkle, placing her hood over her head. "Let's do this." "Armin, Twilight..." said Jean. "The way you two always clung so close Eren used to creep me out, but I always knew I could count on you." Jean then placed his hood over his head. "Oh, thanks," said Armin. "But that's mean, thinking me and Twilight are creepy." The Femal Titan continued to run, unaware of the four Scouts behind her. Armin, Reiner, Jean, and Twilight Sparkle caught up to the Female Titan and spitted up. Armin was on the right of the Female Titan. He then noticed something. "Shs's a lot slower than when she came from that way," he noticed. "Is she tired? If she takes off at that speed again we'll be too late! We have to do it now! We have to act now, or else...!" Reiner was behind the Female Titan, while Jean and Twilight Sparkle were on her left. "All right, guys. Do it like we discussed," Jean thought. "Distract her for as long as possible so the platoon can retreat! We have to keep her as long as we can!" "Cutting her heel tendons should be more than enough," Twilight Sparkle though. "But don't do anything crazy. We don't need to kill her!" On the right, Armin continued to observe the Female Titan. "She's aware of the vital spot on her nape," he observed. "She's completely different from the other Titans. Killing her is probably out of the question. At least for ordinary people, anyway. Armin then recalls the two could kill the Female Titan. "But maybe Levi and Mikasa could..." Armin could. Jean and Twlight drew out their swords. Both of them got on top of their horse. The Female Titan looked back and saw both of them, surprising Armin. Jean and Twilight jumped off their horses and latched on to the Female Titan's feet, but the Female Titan makes a sharp turn, evading their attempts to hook her feet. Jean and Twilight landed on their knees and foot, The Female Titan fanned its hand at Jean and Twilight, producing a large gust of wind, blowing their hoods off, revealing both of them. Once the Female Titan notices them both, it then redirected her attention to Armin, who quickly tired to get away. The Female Titan ran towards Armin and swiped at his horse, knocking him off, and sending Armin flying. Jean and Twilight Sparkle went after the Female Titan. Armin hit the ground hard, causing his ODM gear to fall off of him. Armin hit his head and rolled along the ground, making him half conscious. Armin's horse flew at Reiner, who ducked down, barely missing him. The half conscious Armin was bleeding profusely from his forehead and the blood covered half of his face. "Armin!" called Jean. Jean and Twilight latched themselves to the Infraspinatus of the Female Titan. The Female Titan looked back to see them swing towards her. "This one's way more athletic than the other ones!" Jean realized. "We were too navïe!" The Female Titan, still crouching, spread its stance, placing her leg out with the likeness of a frog. The Female Titan the swung at Jean and Twilight Sparkle, who both dipped down and wrapped around her. But much to their surprise, when they both got to the nape, it covered it with her left hand. "She's protecting her nape?!" Jean wondered. "This is really a human inside this Titan!" Twilight thought. "Jean! Twilight!" called Reiner. Jean and Twilight were still in the air. "Shit! There's no escape now!" Jean realized. Both their eyes widen up as they both saw the Female Titan squeezed her fist. "We're dead! She's gonna grab our wires and finish us!" Jean realized. Armin then sat up, just as the Female Titan was about to grab Jean and Twilight. "JEAN!!! TWILIGHT!!!" shouted Armin. "Avenge that suicidal maniac!" The Female Titan then stopped her movements and looked at Armin. "Armin... She stopped?" Jean wondered. "It was her! She killed him! That maniac got himself killed, as part of the right wing!" shouted Armin. "She killed him!" Armin looked at the Female Titan, who was standing still. Jean and Twilight Sparkle landed on the ground near a tree. "What is going on?" Jean wondered. "Did he hit his head and got confused?! This is the worst possible time!" Jean then saw Reiner pulling back his hood. "Reiner!" called Jean. "She crushed my friend!" Armin continued. "I saw him stuck to the bottom of her foot!" Reiner jumped off his horse and latched on the Female Titan's nape. "He's going straight for the nape?!" Jean realized. "Is he crazy?!" Twilight Sparkle thought. Jean then knew what he was doing. "No, he can do it! Now's his chance, while she's focused on Armin!" Jean thought. Reiner swung closer to the Female Titan. Then, she turned her head to see Reiner. Reiner was caught off guard of this and the Female Titan grabbed him. Armin, Twilight Sparkle, and Jean all watched in horror. "H-Hey..." said Jean. Reiner grunted in pain as the grip of the Female Titan had tighten, causing Reiner to gasp for air. Reiner tried to push with all his might to break free, but the Female Titan's hand wouldn't budge. The Female Titan then placed her over Reiner's face. Jean, Armin, and Twilight Sparkle could only watch in horror as they saw Reiner getting squeezed by the Female Titan's hand. They all saw a burst of blood coming from the Titan's hand. Jean and Twilight backed up a couple inches. "H-Hey! Reiner... You..." stuttered Jean. Armin then saw the Female Titan's hand started to twitch and her fingers shift. Suddenly, Reiner bursted from the hand and a bloody mess. Reiner cut the index and middle finger of the Female Titan. Reiner's blade broke at the same time, but it doesn't matter. Reiner was alive and free from the Female Titan's grasp. Jean and Twilight Sparkle watched in amazement at Reiner's escape. He latched on the back of the Female Titan's back and swung down towards Armin and picked him up. He started running away from the Female Titan on foot. The Female Titan looked at her hand, that was steaming from the cuts. Jean and Twilight Sparkle started running away by foot "Reiner did it," thought Jean. "Mikasa stole so much of the spotlight that I forgot he's extremely skilled and dependable too! "I'd say we bought enough time!" shouted Reiner. "Now let's get away from her, quickly! She doesn't eat people I don't think she'll follow us!" The Female Titan's then regenerated and stood. She then started running away from all of them. "Look! The giant wrench is running home with her tail between her legs!" shouted Reiner. Armin to see the Female Titan running the other direction. "Oh, no...Why? The rear pf the center rank is that way... Is she heading for Eren?!" Armin wondered.