//------------------------------// // The Hunters // Story: Attack on Titan 2: Clash of the Titans // by Gojizilla54 //------------------------------// The Colossal Titan started to lean to the south side, breaking free from the rib cage. "ABOVE YOU!!!" shouted a Garrison. "LOOK OUT!!!" Everyone looked up in shock to see the Colossal Titan plummeting down towards the two Titans, head first. The Colossal Titan collided into the ground, causing a strong gust of wind, blowing everyone off the side of the wall. Mikasa tried her hardest to stay on the side of a tree, but the gust of wind was too strong, causing her to be flung. Sasha shielded Armin from the wind as the rest of were blown off. The collision created a mass amount of steam and dust, covering the Armored Titan, who used it as an advantage. The Armored Titan roared as it pinned Eren's Titan to the ground. Armin opened his eyes and saw that the Armored Titan had pinned Eren's Titan to the ground. The Armored Titan lowered his head and bit down on the nape of Eren's Titan, ripping it. Once the wind had settled, Bertholdt emerged from his Titan, carrying the unconscious Ymir in his hands. Then, the Armored Titan started running away from the other Scouts with Eren, and Bertholdt grapples to the Armored Titan's shoulder as the warriors make their escape with Eren and Ymir. "EREN!!!" cried Armin. Trost District At Trost, Commander Pyxis was sitting and napping on top of the wall with three bottles of alcohol around him and one bottle in his hand. "Commander," called Anaka. "Wake up, Commander Pyxis. You'll get sick if you fall asleep here." Anaka slapped Pyxis in the back of his bald head. Pyxis fluttered his eyes and rubbed his head. "i can't believe you drank all this," she sighed, picking up the bottles. "You're not young anymore. And I'd rather not spend my days changing your diapers." "Being cared for by a pretty lady sounds all right to me," said Pyxis, popping a cork and drinking. "So? What's the situation?" Anaka quickly took the bottle away from Pyxis. "Patrols were sent out once the Titans were gone from the 1st and 2nd defensive line, but any Titan sightings are few and far between," said Anaka. Pyxis then took out a watch from his uniform. "If Hannes and the advance squad followed the wall without problem, they'll be returning any minute now," said Pyxis. "It would mean they met the unit from Krolva District and turned around halfway. And they couldn't have encountered many Titans, if any. If there was a hole in the wall, it would never work out like that." Then, Commander Erwin swung up towards the wall and met up with Pyxis. "Commander Pyxis," called Erwin. "Oh, if it isn't Erwin," called Pyxis. "I hear you've captured one of those troublesome mice." "Yes," said Erwin. "Unfortunately, we're one step behind." "But at least it will get those goons in the interiors thinking," said Pyxis. "Maybe they'll reconsider how important their stale beliefs and motives are to them." "Yes, it appears they have," stated Erwin, looking down. "Look over there. The Military Police have finally been forced into an area with Titans." In the city streets, the MPs and the Scouts discuss the surprisingly low amount of Titans found within Wall Rose. Jean was too busy worrying about his friends. "Can't believe we didn't see any Titans," said a Scout behind Jean. "Was there really none at all?" asked Jean. "Seems so," replied the Scout. "It's unusually quiet out there." "I wonder if they're still alive..." wondered Jean quietly looking down. "Can you believe it?" asked an MP. "I thought this was an emergency." "Yeah," said another MP. "And everyone's just sitting around here. "Hey, Levi, Petra!" called the MP. "Where you two hiding the Titans at?" "You all seem so disappointed," said Levi. "Sorry... A shame you couldn't fight Titans today." "If you're looking for another chance, there's plenty of expeditions outside the walls," stated Petra. "That's true," said Levi. "And how about we join forces and face some Titans together?" "It will be fun," said Petra. "You get to go around instead of sitting on your lazy asses in the interior, fight Titans, and see the world outside these walls." "Uh, well you know," stammered the MP. "We're busy with work on the interiors..." "Yeah, "busy," groaned Petra, rolling her eyes. "The advance squad's returned!" shouted a Scout. "Inform Commander Pyxis!" Everyone gathered around a Garrison to hear about the status on the wall. "I see..." said Pyxis. "So there was nothing wrong with the wall?" "Yes, sir!" replied the Garrison. "As I suspected..." said Pyxis. "However, there's a bit of a situation!" added the Garrison. "We were heading back to Trost to give our report when we into the Scout unit led by Section Commander Hange. Along with them, there were some new recruits from the 105th with equipment and the 104th without their equipment. And it turns out, three of them... were Titans!" Everyone gasped at the report. "Are you saying there were three more?!" asked Jean. "Who are they?!" "U-Uh, well..." stammered Sasha. "Jean, relax," told Erwin, placing his hand on his shoulder. "What happened when their forms were revealed?" "The Scouts engaged the Colossal and Armored Titan in battle," informed the Garrison. "But, by the time we joined up with them to fight... it was all over." Back at Wall Rose, Armin watches over Mikasa and Rainbow Dash, who both had fallen unconscious after the battle. As Armin watched over them, Hannes walked up behind Armin. Hannes and Armin looked at all the unconscious bodies next to them. Some of them included Hange, Nifa, Indigo Zap, Starlight Glimmer, Applejack, Sunny Flare, and Rarity. Conny, Historia, Fluttershy, lemon Zest, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, Sour Sweet, Sunset Shimmer Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and a couple of Scouts were busy tending to them. "Unbelievable," muttered Hannes. "What a disaster. Luckily we were above so we got away unscathed. Everyone underneath got blasted by steam and wind. How's Mikasa and Rainbow doing?" "I don't see any bad wound on Mikasa, so I'm guessing its a concussion," stated Armin. "Rainbow on the other hand, looks like there's a cut on the side of her head, but I'm sure she's going to be alright." "I see..." said Hannes. "Armin... You haven't eaten, have you? I'll get you and the girls something." Hannes then rubbed Armin's blond hair. "You've gotta eat." Five years ago in Shiganshina, a young Armin was running through the busy road of the town. Rainbow Dash was helping Mikasa carrying groceries. "Mikasa! Rainbow!" hollered Armin. Armin ran toward the two and panted heavily as he stopped in front of them. "What is it, Armin?" asked Rainbow Dash. "It's Eren!" answered Armin. "What happened to Eren?" asked Mikasa angirly. "It's those three bullies again," informed Armin. "They took some bread I brought from me. So he went on his own to get--" "Those three shitheads again?" asked Rainbow Dash. "I've always wanted to be in Mikasa's shoes for once." "Well, follow me," said Mikasa, giving Armin the groceries and taking off. "Wait for me!" shouted Rainbow Dash, following Mikasa. "I tried to stop him!" hollered Armin. "Wait!" Further in the back, Eren confronted the three bullies in a marketplace. "Give it back!" demanded Eren. "I thought I told you already," said the bully. "There's none left cause I ate it. Got it?" "That was three days' worth of food for his family!" scolded Eren. "You gotta be kidding me," said the second bully. "Those table scraps?" "Quit it, man," said the bully. "I feel bad now. If you're fine with vomit. I'll give it back." The bully started to mock a gag and the two other bullies started to laugh at the sounds he was making. "Pay him back for what you took!" scolded Eren, grabbing him. Eren then headbutted the bully, causing him to fall on the ground. Eren then threw him into a market stand and started to beat up the bully, punching him. "Hey! Knock it off!" scolded the cashier. "Hey! You drunk, good-for-nothing soldiers! Come and break up this fight!" Hannes and Hugo were too drunk to listen and were concerted on playing some cards. "Pu a sock in it," muttered Hannes. "Can't you see the kids are just fooling around?" "Like hell they're fooling around!" shouted the cashier. "Come and stop them!" Then, the three bully grabbed Eren and restrained him for his bully friend to get up. The bully that Eren was beating up, lunged at him. "Ti'll be fine, I'm telling ya," said Hannes. "Someone will be along who can help more than we can." Sure enough, Mikasa, Rainbow Dash, and Armin came running along. "Eren!" called Armin. The bully pinned Eren against the wall and lifted up his fist. "Eat this!" shouted the bully, ready to swing. Before he could punch Eren, Mikasa jump high in the air and kicked the bully back in the market stand, destroying it. Hannes and the other Garrisons laughed, not helping. "It's Mikasa!" shouted the second bully, before being silenced by Mikasa's hand covering his face. "Now, Rainbow!" shouted Mikasa. Rainbow Dash charged at the bully and punched him on the side of his head, knocking him down. "Mikasa, why are you here?!" asked Eren. "Eren, if you don't get home and chop wood, your mother will get angry again," warned Mikasa. "You little... Don' underestimate me!" shouted the bully, getting up. The bully swung at Mikasa, but Mikasa dodged the punch. "You asked for it!" shouted the third bully. Mikasa then threw the second bully towards the third. Rainbow Dash assisted Mikasa. Rainbow Dash was then grabbed by the bully, but responded by kick him in the crotch area. As the bully knelt down and cringed in pain, Rainbow Dash lifted the bully up. "Hey, Mikasa!" called Rainbow Dash. "Get ready to jump and punch him square in his face!" Mikasa nodded and was ready. Rainbow Dash started to charge towards Mikasa who was charging towards Rainbow Dash. Mikasa then jump up and prepared her fist. As the bully was trying to figure out what was happening, the only thing he saw was Mikasa's fist coming straight towards his face. Mikasa punched the bully off of Rainbow Dash, causing him to fall back on the ground. Eren was about to join in, but Armin restrained him. "Let Mikasa and Rainbow handle this!" shouted Armin. "Yeah, right!" shouted Eren, pushing Armin away. Eren charged at the bully, who was getting up from the punch, and lunged at him. "Nice one, Eren!" complimented Hannes. "Don't lose to Mikasa or Rainbow!" hollered Hugo. Then, the clerk then threw a bottle at Hugo, which shattered in pieces. "What the hell was that for?" Hugo asked. "I told you to stop the fight, you damn freeloaders!" scolded the clerk. "What did you say?" questioned Hugo. "Wanna say that again?!" "Damn straight I will!" shouted the clerk. "You're a waste of taxes!" "You son of a bitch!" shouted Hugo, charging and him and throwing punches. As Hugo was about to fight the clerk, Hannes restrained him from fighting. "Don't let it get to you," said Hannes. "It's the truth whether you like it or--" Hannes was cut off by a punch connecting to him face. The clerk took back his fist and smirk. Blood ran down Hannes' nose, who wiped it off. "That was a pretty good punch for a chump who runs a stall," complimented Hannes., lifting up his fist and hopping side-to-side. Mikasa then pushed the second bully into a fish stand, unaware of the bully headed towards her. Rainbow Dash intervened and punched him, and held him for Mikasa to take care of him. Mikasa then pinned the bylly's arm on his back and spun him sideways. Hannes on the other hand, threw a couple punches, which the clerk easily dodged them. The clerk and Hannes continued to throw punches until a MP ran towards them. "Hey, you idiots!" shouted the MP, getting between them. 'What the hell are you doing?!" The MP looked at see Eren was fighting the third bully, who threw him down to the ground. "Dammit!" hissed Eren, getting up "Knock it off!" shouted the MP, running towards them. "Hey!" This is turning pretty serious, you guys!" warned the third. The first one saw the MP running towards the,. "Screw this!" he shouted. "Let's get out of here!" "Wait right there!" shouted the MP. The third one pushed Eren away and started to follow the two bullies. "Wait!" hollered Eren. "Eren! I don't care about the beard anymore!" shouted Armin, restraining him. "Eren, we should get back home, too," said Mikasa. "Go home with out me!" shouted Eren. Eren pushed Armin away and took off, chasing the three bullies. "Eren! Wait!" cried Mikasa. "EREN!!!" Back in the present, Mikasa started to wake up and looked up at the clouds, which had a tint of gold in them. "You're finally up," said Rainbow Dash. Mikasa didn't speak and looked at the unconscious bodies next to her. Armin then woke up from his nape. "Mikasa!" called Armin. Mikasa then grabbed Armin by his collar. "Armin, where's Eren?!" she asked. "Mikasa, calm down!" scolded Armin. "You shouldn't be moving! We don't know how badly you're injured!" Mikasa ignored Armin and went to the edge of the wall. She looked down and only saw four Titans and a huge hole in the ground. "Where is he?!" asked Mikasa. "Eren was taken away," said Armin. "Ymir, too, by Bertholdt and Reiner. And Eren... he lost to the Armored Titan. It's been five hours since then." Mikasa was horrified at the news of Eren and looked at the outskirts of Wall Rose. "Is anyone chasing them?" she asked. "No..." Armin replied. "Why not?!" asked Mikasa, getting up to Armin's face with an angry glare. "Mikasa, the horses are on the other side of the wall," stated Rainbow Dash. "Right, in order to rescue Eren, we have to wait for lifts to come so we can move the horses," stated Armin. "There's nothing we can do. Section Commander Hange and a couple of others, including some of our friends are too injured to move. To even send out a small scouting party, we're going to need more soldiers than this. Soldiers with experience. Understand?" Mikasa didn't answer, but had a sadden look on her face, she grabbed her head in pain from the concussion.. "Not this again..." she muttered. "Does it hurt?" asked Armin. "No..." muttered Mikasa. "I must've hit my head pretty hard, but I'm fine. But, when Eren was taken away by Annie... I chased them right away. And fighting alongside Captain Levi and Petra, in the end, we were able to get him back. But... if it's already been five hours..." Mikasa then walked back to her red scarf. She picked it up and wrapped it around, and covered half her face. She sat down next to Rainbow Dash, who comforted her. "Hey, Armin," called Mikasa. "Why does Eren always go somewhere far away from us?" "Yeah, now that you mention it.... Eren has always run off on his own, leaving us behind," stated Armin. "I guess that's just the way things are meant to happen... for Eren at least." Both Armin and Mikasa went full on silent. The wind was blowing their hair. Then, Mikasa broke the silence. "But all I want... is to be at his side," whimpered Mikasa. 'That's all I ask for..." "Hey, don't worry Mikasa, we'll get him back from those sons of bitches," assured Rainbow Dash. "I hope so," whimpered Mikasa. As the three sat along, Hannes walked up, bringing rations for them. "Mikasa? Rainbow? So you two are up?" asked Hannes, then offering the rations "I bet you tow are hungry, here." Hannes handed Mikasa and Rainbow their rations. "Armin, catch," said Hannes, toss him his rations and sitting next to them. "As usual, field rations are all there is." Hannes opened the box and bit down on the cracker and started to chew. "Taste neither good nor bad. Same as always," said Hannes. drinking water. "Speaking of which, this is the same as always, too. Ever since the good old days, you all have been there to clean up the mess of that brat. That's what I call a lousy relationship. It's a different time and different place, but you kids are doing the same thing you always have. Am I right?" "The neighborhood bullies and Titans are a little bit different in size," said Armin. "True... The thing is, that brat isn't even all that good at fighting," said Hannes. "But no matter if he's up against three or five, he'll charge in all the same. By the time Mikasa or soldiers showed up he'd been beaten into a pulp every time." "That's Eren for you," said Rainbow Dash. "But... I've never seem him win a fight before, but I've never seem him get beat and give up either," stated Hannes. Rainbow Dash, Armin, and Mikasa looked at Hannes with concern. "Sometimes he's so tenacious that even I think it's scary," he said. No matter how many times he knocked over, he gets back up. Thant's the kinda guy he is. You think he'll get taken away without putting up a fight? Nope. He'll keep resisting as long as has the strength. Even more when he's up against just two. He'll give 'em hell no matter who he's up against. Until you or I show up to help. That's how Eren's always been." Armin's, Mikasa's, and Rainbow Dash's eyes widen up. Hannes then looked up in the sky, remembering the good old days. "I loved those good old day," sighed Hannes. "If you ask Eren, he'd say those days were nothing more than a false peace. But for me, I'm more than happy to be drunk, useless soldier. If it means getting back to those plain, ordinary days... I'll do whatever I have to. No matter how long it takes to get there." Hannes looked at his hand and clenched his fist. "I'm coming too," declares Hannes. "Without all of you again, I can't bring back the good old days." With angry glares in Armin's, Mikasa's, Rainbow Dash's, and Hannes' faces, they started to voraciously eat their military rations. Shortly afterward, Commander Erwin and the reinforcements consisting of Scouts and some of the Military Police arrived. On top of the wall, Indigo Zap, Starlight Glimmer, Applejack, Sunny Flare, and Rarity heard the sounds of horses galloping towards them. All of them got up and went over to Armin, Mikasa, and Rainbow Dash. "Isn't that..." muttered Indigo Zap. "It's Commander Erwin!" hollered Starlight Glimmer. "And the Military Police." "I never thought they'd be ride along the wall," said Armin. "That's probably the quickest route," said Histroia. "Christa," called "I'd prefer if you stayed back, but..." "No matter what you say, I won't," said Historia. "I refuse to wait here when Ymir was taken away. And I also want to talk to someone. You all should know how I feel." "Christa has a point, Armin," said Conny. "We have plenty of reasons for chasing after them. One of which I still can't believe... That Reiner and Bertholdt are our enemies. I've gotta hear it straight from their mouths." Historia looked away hiding her blush, knowing she was hiding something deep inside. Erwin then stopped in front of the Scouts that were on the wall and got off his horse. "You made it, Commander Erwin," said Moblit. "Is the situation the same?" asked Erwin. "Yes, sir," replied Moblit. "Good," said Erwin. "Deploy the lifts!" Then, someone grabbed Moblit's leg. "Hange?!" "Moblit," Hange muttered. "Gimme a map." Some of the Scouts were busy with the lifts, containing the horses. The rest of the Scouts and MPs were surrounding Hange and listening to the plan of action. "It might be a long shot, but there's a giant forest here," stated Hange. "We should head straight for it. Though, it's not like they have a way to hide the Armored Titan's footsteps, but... I think that's where they're headed." "Why's that?" asked Erwin. "It's a gamble, but even if they have the strength to change into Titans, the other Titans outside the wall still be a threat," stated Hange. "Especially after all that fighting. They might not be as bad off as Eren, but I'm sure they're exhausted. Like how Annie was out cold for a while. Let's assume for now that their destination is somewhere outside of Wall Maria, we can assume they'll need to recover their stamina. Which means... they'll want to rest somewhere where Titans are unable to reach them. At least until nightfall when Titans can't move. In a forest, Eren, now missing both of his arms, eyes fluttered open. Ymir was on the tree next to him, recovering her missing limbs. "Oh, Eren," called Reiner, on a tree in front of him. "You're awake?" Back on Wall Rose, all the allied soldiers started to gallop for the Forest of the Giant Trees, filled with determination to save Eren. "We have until night!" stated Hange. "If we reach the forest before nightfall, we still might make it in time!" "LET"S MOVE!!!" shouted Erwin.