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The Empire of Titans Chapter 15 (Titan Captured)
🕑 Added 2022-10-21 20:24:34 +0000 UTCEren Yeager - One Month Later
Again, they had been sleeping without a care in the world. When a voice was heard yelling at them...
"WAKE UP, MAGGOTS," Keith shouted right at their faces causing almost all of them to scream back, some thinking they were getting attacked, some not understanding what was happening.
Connie tried to run away while screaming, completely forgetting that he was laying on a bed and not in a field somewhere, causing him to fall from the bed, letting out a groan of pain as he tried to stand up while rubbing his nose.
Eren, Reiner, Bertholdt, and Armin stood up before everyone else, only wearing their night clothes; Armin was still rubbing his eyes, trying to make the sleep go away.
Everyone slowly stood up; some were still trying to wear their clothes and not salute in front of the instructor with only night clothes.
Eren grabbed his brown shirt, his hand going through the sleeve.
Eren was about to ask the instructor what they were supposed to do since the latter had been silent, not really giving out any orders.
When Eren peeked over the instructor's shoulder, only now noticing that it was pitch black out there, it wasn't something uncommon to be woken up earlier than usual, but never like this. The sun wasn't peeking over the mountain, Eren didn't have a watch around him, but he knew it was around 3 AM! And it seemed the others were noticing as well.
"Instructor, why did you wake us so early?" Jean asked, trying to sound as respectful as possible, but his voice showed clear annoyance; it was one thing to train the whole day and run around like a slave carrying heavy items, but waking up early so was straight-up cruel.
Keith glared at Jean, who backed away a little, Marco beside him sending him a concerned look.
"Now, everyone fix your beds; within an hour, I want everyone outside at the training yard," he shouted, earning confused and angry looks from everyone, except a few who had gotten used to the torture at this point.
Soon they all started complaining about why wake them up so early, only to be immediately silenced by Keith, who shouted at them.
"SILENCE. An Hour Later, Everyone Outside. No Exceptions," He shouted, silencing everyone, giving a warning look at every one. They all looked down the moment his cold eyes made eye contact with them; some even backed away.
After saying what he wanted to say, Keith turned around and left the big room the moment the door clicked, signaling that it was closed...
"Man, what the hell is his problem?" One moaned in annoyance before falling back on his bed as if he was dead.
"Ohhh, Samuel. Don't sleep; he will kill you if you are late," Connie warned him, trying to get him to stand up, nudging his shoulders. Samuel simply turned around, not answering his friend, dismissing him with a wave of his hands.
"Only five minutes," he said, with his eyes closed, already half-asleep.
Connie stopped trying to wake him up, and many others followed Samuel's example, falling back to sleep almost immediately. Eren ignored them and simply decided to wear the rest of his uniform.
Same for some others. Eren knew there must be a reason that Keith decided to wake them up an hour earlier than needed.
"Eren?" Armin gave him a confused look seeing him wearing his socks and then his boots.
Eren turned to him, still trying to fit his feet in them. "I lost all my sleep. I might as well take a walk outside," Eren said with a little shrug; Armin nodded in understanding.
Jean yawned loudly; his eyes felt heavy, but he didn't dare to lie down; he knew the moment he would do that, he would most likely fall asleep, which wouldn't be a good thing. Whenever the punishment was cleaning the bathrooms or whatever else, he wasn't in the mood to suffer any punishment.
Eren opened the door and walked outside; it was complete darkness. He wondered how long before the sun peeks over the horizon, a gentle breeze passed around him, sending shivers down his spine. The sound of crickets and birds reached his ears as he walked through, soon reaching the training yard.
Much to his surprise, Keith was standing at the center, his arms locked together behind his back, facing the mountainside. As he got closer, he could hear the man saying something in a very hushed tone, he could hardly make out the words, but for a moment, he heard names.
"Moses, Abra, Joseph..."
Eren decided to make his presence known by letting out a loud fake cough, causing the instructor to stop before turning to face him. Eren wasn't sure if it was because of the lack of light around them, but his eyes looked dark and shallow; the dark circles around his eyes looked larger than during the day.
"Good morning, sir!" Eren greeted him with a salute and straightened up his body.
Keith barely acknowledged him, his eyes looking at his green eyes as if searching for something. Silence fell over them; the atmosphere felt unbearable; Eren wondered if he should say something.
"Cadet Yeager, you still have fifty minutes left. Why are you here already?" Keith questioned, breaking the silence, his voice blank but sounding slightly tired.
"I didn't feel like sleeping, sir. So I decided to take a walk,"
"You should spend your time with your friends Yeager. Laugh and smile, the time might come when..." he stopped mid-sentence, glancing at his right hand; a flash passed through his eyes, his hands holding a severed head, his hands full of blood, a scream of pain and fear reached his ears, Keith shook his head, trying to ignore the images before his eyes turned back to Eren who gave him a concerned look.
"You are alright, sir?"
Keith closed his eyes almost too tightly, Eren didn't know why, but the instructor's mouth twitched, opening and closing, murmuring something he couldn't hear. Finally opening his eyes, his face turned to a serious one.
"Yes. You can take a walk, but don't wander off too far if you get late. I will count you as falling asleep," Keith spoke strictly before walking away quickly.
Eren wondered who were the names he was speaking off, he knew he was the former commander of the Survey Corps, and he wondered if their names were familiar to him.
Later
Everyone had woken up; Eren wasn't surprised to see Mikasa and a few others had woken up on time. When the time was up, Keith personally walked up to the boy's and girl's common room and shouted at whoever was still sleeping, telling them they would clean the bathrooms for an entire month and would wake up like today for the whole month, with no excuses, unless they died during the training.
Soon they were all running around; Eren was keeping pace with Mikasa; he couldn't stop his eyes from glancing at her ass every now and then, especially the way it swayed, something Mikasa knew and made her smile triumphantly as if she just scored a point.
That wasn't left unnoticed by Sasha, who, despite acting as if she was exhausted and could barely keep running, she was still paying attention to everything; the hungry girl was keeping pace with Krista and Ymir, and the tall girl was looking out for her girl but also looking at Eren.
After running around for hours, they had stopped to rest, but only for ten minutes; Eren decided to change his shirt, it was full of sweat, and his clothes were clinging into his body.
The moment he removed his shirt, his six-pack was noticed by many of the girls, except a few who had their eyes on someone else, one of them being Mina, who was talking with Armin, discussing about the outside world.
Mikasa's eyes lingered on Eren's chest for a longer time than she thought; unconsciously, she licked her red lips at the perfect image in front of her; she thought what it would be like to touch his abs, his chest, and kiss his lips.
Sasha also had her eyes on him, meanwhile eating a potato a bit too fast and biting a bit too hard, as if she was eating a piece of rock instead.
Krista blushed furiously at his body, Ymir blushed slightly, but her attention turned to Mikasa; knowing what was going through her head, Ymir walked up to her slowly, almost taking her by surprise.
Nudging her softly, she leaned close to her ear. "I bet you just want to go there and kiss his abs," she spoke with a husky tone. Her words made the Ackerman girl bite her lower lip lightly.
Mikasa barely acknowledged her but heard what she said.
"I can't blame you; I want him too. Perhaps we can share him. I wouldn't mind at all," Ymir added with a smirk that turned to a triumphant one when Mikasa didn't yell or glare at her.
Mikasa thought she would get angry at her words, but the idea sounded appealing; she wouldn't mind it as long as she was with Eren.
Annie, on the other hand, had noticed his well-built body, but she preferred to act as if it didn't affect her, but her eyes couldn't help but steal a few glances every now and then.
After spending the entire day running around like crazy, Keith made an announcement to everyone.
"Tomorrow, you will go on another trip in the wild. Tomorrow morning, your teams will be decided, and you all will leave at midday." This earned confused looks from everyone, many thinking they wouldn't get another trip in the forest.
Levi
They were resting on top of a random tree, and his eyes and ears were on full alert, despite knowing the trap was there; they were two teams of very good Titan slayers; he kept his focus on everything around him.
His team, Hange and her team, and Mike were nearby; the team of shitty glasses were carrying the trap. Right now, they were outside of Wall Rose, around the Titan zone somewhere.
They had been waiting for almost half an hour now, but surprisingly the Titan wasn't approaching them; he kept his distance, standing in the forest as if knowing that approaching them wouldn't benefit him.
Levi kept his hands on the pommels of his swords; something was definitely off with this one; Oluo suggested that he might be the Hiding Titan from inside wall Rose, but Hange quickly dropped it, saying that the Titan back then was much larger, this one was not even ten meters tall.
"I really don't understand what we are supposed to find out from this. And why is this important for the Training Corps?" Oluo moaned loudly while almost biting his tongue, standing on a tree branch, his hand holding another nearby branch, and balancing himself.
Petra was about to add something when Mike spoke. "We are not sure, but The Commander ordered us, and it is our duty and follow his orders," he spoke respectfully. His eyes focused on the direction where the Titan had gone too.
Levi didn't say anything, but his eyes glanced briefly at Hange's hands; despite talking with her and his squad, her hands still held the swords in case they were attacked.
Mike was similar to Levi, but he was also smelling everything, and according to him, the Titan was still in the exact same place. Levi wouldn't be surprised if it were the middle of the night, but it was still day, the sun was still up there, and the titan knew they were here, but instead of chasing them outside of the forest, the moment they were out from the forest, the titan turned around.
They waited for him, but Levi was slowly losing his patience with this one, half-convinced just to kill him.
"Mike, is he still there?" Levi suddenly asked with annoyance, turning to face the second strongest soldier, who nodded with a grim look.
"Strange. Do you think the Titan is protecting something, perhaps?" Moblit suggested with a finger on his chin, looking at the fellow scouts around him.
This made Hange pause and go deep in thought; Levi's squad shook their heads, some thinking that was impossible.
"Perhaps, there are still too many things we don't know about them," Petra replied with a downcast look, her hand rubbing the side of her ribs without thinking. She got worried looks from everyone, knowing that despite being over two years ago, that night wasn't forgotten yet.
Since the night, Petra had nightmares of that Titan grabbing her for almost a month; in her dreams, the Titan would crush, eat, or simply laugh at her as he killed all her friends.
She knew the titan had allowed her to go, but that wasn't something she could easily forget; the nightmares had forced her to train more than usual, asking the captain every day for tips on how to approve herself; she knew she wasn't in his level, but the better she was, the more chances she had of saving her friends or saving herself.
"Maybe; what do you suggest we do?" Hange's voice caused Petra to escape her dark thoughts when she saw the crazy lady ask something to her captain.
Levi didn't answer immediately; instead, he glanced at the Trees before turning to face her.
"Your squad should stay here; Mike comes with us. We are chopping off each one of his limbs," Levi ordered with a strict tone. Hange felt a shiver in her body from his tone, a part of her wondering why Levi wasn't using that kind of tone more often.
Using their gear, they quickly reached the forest, pulling the Triggers; Levi was the first to reach his location, and to their surprise, he was kneeling down in front of a hole in a tree; a flower was growing inside the hole, due to the big hole, Levi couldn't tell what was inside the hole, but he could have sworn there were boots there?!!
"Holy Shit. What are you doing there, my beauty?" Hange squealed, looking at the Titan with a broad smile.
"Stupid glasses," Levi murmured; the titan stood up, turning to face them, his eyes going from sad ones to hungry ones.
Pulling out his swords, Levi whistled two times; Mike, Petra, and Oluo nodded before jumping down.
The Titan started running towards Petra, who kept her distance, leading him outside the forest; Levi followed behind closely, the brightness outside of the forest getting closer; jumping outside, the Titan stopped chasing them right at the last tree.
Knowing he wouldn't chase them, he wasn't about to waste more of his and his squad's time. Levi whistled three times in a row; Mike jumped down using his gear, his movement almost a blur; with a quick and smooth move, he chopped off both of his ankles, the titan fell on the ground, Oluo jumped down with Petra, chopping both of his arms. Levi jumped last; his move was only a blur, slicing his eyes with one move. The Titan cried out in pain.
"Now," Levi ordered; the Hange squad jumped down, using ropes to tighten him up, using metal plates around his chopped-off limbs, making them unable to regrow. After double-checking, they confirmed that the metal plates around the wounds were blocking his limbs from regrowing.
Mike used his sword to slice off his upper and lower jaw, not being able to handle him crying out; Levi, on the other hand, noticed Hange wasn't with them.
"Where's Hange?" Moblit shouted, noticing that she wasn't with them almost immediately; Levi used his gear without a thought, calling out her name.
"Hange!" He shouted with a hard look; if this was a prank from her, he would beat the crap out of her.
Levi's eyes looked in every direction, hoping he wouldn't find her in the mouth of a Titan until his eyes landed on Hange standing in front of the same tree the titan had been a minute ago. Seeing that she was alright, he sighed in relief; his concern quickly turned to anger and annoyance.
"Shitty four eyes; what do you think you're doing?" Levi questioned with a low tone but intimating one as he slowly approached her.
Surprisingly, Hange didn't acknowledge him. Instead, she kept looking at the hole, in her hand a... notebook?!
"Four Eyes?!" Levi called her out again, reaching her.
"Levi, look," she simply said, pointing inside the hole. Levi heard the surprised tone; turning to his right, he saw a corpse leaning against the back of the hole inside the tree, her legs almost reaching the edge of the hole.
A girl wearing scout clothes, but her head was missing. A thousand questions popped into his head. Why was that Titan kneeling to her? Who was she? And what is happening here?!
"What is this?"
Eren Yeager
They were in the middle of the woods; he, Armin, Ymir, and Krista were group D. He was decided to be the leader again.
He and Armin had collected firewood when they decided who was going to do what; while collecting wood, Eren told Armin that tomorrow they would tell Ymir and Krista about him and Mikasa being Semi-Titan Shifters; once they had eaten some meat, they set up the tents. Eren had noticed the looks he was getting from Ymir and Mikasa throughout the night and hated that his body was acting a certain way.
Right now, he was in his tent, preparing to sleep for the night. "Eren," Mikasa whispered as she poked her head into his tent.
"Mikasa?" Eren blinked as he looked at her in the dim light provided by the small lantern in the corner of the tent.
"I wanted to make sure you were okay," Mikasa murmured quietly.
"I'm alright, Mikasa!" Eren said, not knowing why she checked on him.
The next thing Eren knew, Mikasa was crawling into his tent. "Mikasa, what're you doing?" Eren whispered at her.
"I just wanted to make sure you were alright," she said, her arms going around him, her ears listening to his heartbeat.
"Mikasa..." Eren's eyes widened momentarily before they softened, and he wrapped his arms around Mikasa. "Thank you." He murmured into her ear while pulling her close; pulling away a bit, they both looked into each other's eyes before they knew it. Mikasa pulled him into a kiss.
Comments
Randy Burns
Awesome, time to catch up
