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Ghost's POV

'There's no way I could survive the blast.'

"Ajax!" yelled Phantom

But out of nowhere a grappling hook attaches itself into the titans head and someone swoops in and slices its nape. Someone else cut off the arm and another caught me falling just in time before the grenade exploded, completely obliterating the titan's head. We crashed onto the ground next to Emily and Emily helped me up.

"I thought I told you to stand down." I said

"Sorry sir, but this is the one time we disobeyed." replied Mikasa

I sighed but I smiled from inside my mask. The ground shook and I saw Eren and Annie in titan form, fighting off the remaining titans. A bunch of other scouts started swinging in with their ODM gear, killing off the other titans.

"Ghost are you okay?" asked Phantom

"I'm fine." I replied

Captain Levi landed in front of us and raised an eyebrow.

"I thought you were able to handle it." said Levi

"I thought, I wasn't sure." I replied

The other survivors began crossing the river with Marksman guiding them. 2 Ospreys were on the other side of the river and the survivors were boarding on it.

"Let's go." I said

"Colonel we have multiple titans coming towards you, advise you to get out." said Echo

An Osprey came over me and landed in front of us.

"All survivors are on board, all Scouts fall back." said Levi through his earpiece

I backed up and watched every Scout in the rescue team enter the Osprey with my team.

"Take off." I said

The Osprey takes off and we head back home. I didn't take a seat and just stood at the ramp watching the titans below us chase after us.

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1 day later

"30 more survivors." sighed Recon

"Why are you sighing for?" snapped Phantom

"Why can't I sigh?" Recon snapped back

"Hey hey hey, let's calm down, I know you guys are on bad terms but we should all work together right now." interrupted Aid

Both of them looked the other way and Malvik sighed in relief. I looked at them with disbelief and sighed as well.

'Just like bootcamp.'

"You two need to work together in order to get through-"

"Shut up!" both Phantom and Recon yelled at Aid

Aid backed up and hid behind me from those two.

"You control them." said Aid

"I think you know that I can't control them." I replied

Both of them started yelling at each other right at their face.

"What if another fight breaks out." asked Aid

"I think, maybe I'll let this one pass." I replied

I was about to leave but Aid grabbed my arm.

"You good? You seemed off ever since all of this started." asked Aid

"I'm, don't worry about me." I replied

He nods and lets go of my arm.

"Oh and by the way, most of us can't tell who's a bounty hunter and who's TMO. Try having something that we can differentiate." I said

"Oh, yea we thought about that." replied Aid

I got on my motorcycle and drove off towards the beach.

'Why is my life so terrible?'

After driving for about 30 minutes I got to the beach. I walked onto the sand and just stood there and watched the waves.

'Why does my heart feel so heavy.'

I couldn't hold so I screamed at the top of my lungs to release all the heaviness and the burden in my heart.

"FUCKKKK!" I yelled

Phantom's POV

"Shut the fuck up." I snapped

I glared at Tessa as she glared back at me.

"Wait sorry to interrupt but I think something's wrong with Ajax." interrupted Malvik

That caught my attention so I glared at him too.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked

"Hasn't he been acting weird." asked Malvik

"He has, he's experiencing that time again." replied Tessa

"What do you mean?" I snapped

"Hey calm the fuck down, I'm surprised you haven't noticed but he's at that stage right now." snapped Tessa

I raised an eyebrow confused.

"Are you talking about that time where he rejected Emily when she confessed her feelings?" asked Malvik

"What does that have to do with this?" I asked

"You seriously don't remember?" asked Malvik

"What do you mean?"

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8 years ago

Phantom's POV

I put the last cross into the dirt, marking a dead person buried here. I looked up and saw Ajax sitting on a log all by himself.

"Is he okay?" I asked Malvik

"He's sad, you should help since you know." replied Malvik

I nodded and walked over to Ajax.

"Ajax, is there something wrong?" I asked

He doesn't respond, he doesn't even look at me. He just had his elbows on his knees and his head was hanging down looking at the ground. I decided to sit down next to him and that's when he noticed me.

"Ajax, there's something I want to tell you." I said

Ajax sits up straight but continues to look at the setting sun.

"Continue." he bluntly says

"Well I uhh, I uhh don't know how to express this to you." I stuttered

"You're going to talk about emotions right after we just buried a bunch of innocent civilians?" asked Ghost

"No sorry, I know the timing is bad but I just can't seem to hold in my emotions." I replied

"Emily, I might have been good at dealing with emotions back then but now, I can't." said Ajax

I sat there, fiddling with my fingers.

"Well I uhh, I have you know, feelings for you." I mumbled

I looked over to Ajax but he didn't react at all.

"And?" he simply asked

"Well, maybe we can be more than just friends." I replied

Ajax gets up and I look at him in confusion.

"Sorry, I don't have any heart strength left to love someone anymore." he replied

My heart sank like someone put an anchor on it, I even heard my teammates gasp in shock.

"But Ajax, I thought you liked her back." said Malvik

"That's the old me." he simply replied

"Sergeant-"

"Enough." Ajax cuts off Gunner

"Ajax, I understand that you're feeling empty but if you give me a chance-"

"Sorry, you love the Ajax right now. You never loved the old Ajax." Ajax cuts me off

He leaves the group and I stand there in sadness. I just couldn't believe that for the first time in my life I felt love but then it decided that love didn't want me. I couldn't help but kind of tear up but Colt pats my shoulder.

"I understand how you're feeling. But give him some time, he's been through hell." said Colt

I nodded and watched as Ajax disappeared down the hill.

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Present day

"Oh now I remember." I sadly whispered

"He's probably experiencing one again." said Recon

"Commander Recon." called out Section Commander Hange

"Yes?" asked Recon

"We have a transmission from the TMO." she replied

"TMO contacting us huh." sighed Aid

"But where's Lieutenant Colonel Ghost?" asked Hange

"Give him some time." I replied

"Oh I see." said Hange, "Anyways follow me."

We followed Hange but I couldn't get Ghost off my mind.

'Is he really going through it again?'

We got to our main headquarters and entered the control room. Everyone was waiting there watching the big screen in front of the room. I watched as the screen was playing something and then a room appeared on screen.

"When did we receive this?" I asked

"Well, we didn't receive it. I hacked into their system and pulled this out." replied Hacker

I watched the screen, showing an empty room at first. But then a voice came on, a deep voice.

"Hello there." said the voice

"Can they see us?" asked Levi

"No I don't think that's possible." replied Hacker

"I can see you." continued the voice

"Oi what's going on?" snapped Levi

Then all the computer screens in the room began to flicker and multiple rows and columns of green symbols began to appear.

"He's hacking into our system!" yelled Hacker

"The age of mankind is over." said the voice

The screen switched to a picture of Ghost and I gasped.

"Heroes will fall." said the voice

The screen began to show every member of Ghost team 117, Scout team and Recon.

"Every single one of them will be killed." said the voice

"He's consuming everything!" yelled Armin

"Shut it off!" yelled Erwin

"Everything you loved will be destroyed." said the voice

I began to grow angry from the bullshit I was hearing.

"I'll tear apart everything that ever and will exist." said the voice

"I almost have it!" yelled Hacker, "Armin take the hardware!"

"Goddamn machine. Are you a fucking AI?" growled Recon

"I'm greater than an AI, I'm a god." said the voice

"That's some bullshit." smirked Recon in disbelief

"Where's Lieutenant Colonel?!" shouted a soldier

"I saw him head over to the beach!" shouted another soldier

"We need him!" yelled a third soldier

"Someone go get him!" I yelled not in anger but in fear for my husband.

"It's the end for Lieutenant Ghost. For all of you." said the voice

"Who are you?!" shouted Commander Erwin

"Humanity is a disease." said the voice, "And I as a god, shall destroy it."

The entire room shut down, every screen went dark and we all looked around confused.

"Fuck!" yelled Hacker, "He has all of our fucking intel!"

"Everything?" asked Erwin

"I don't know sir!" yelled Hacker

"I was able to save the hard drive." said Armin

"That's not enough, the hard drive has the biggest secrets but that doesn't matter! Now whoever the fuck that guy was now knows all of our security protocols!" yelled Hacker, "Fuck! I shouldn't have hacked into their system, it was too fucking easy! I should have fucking known!"

"Hey calm down!" said Juggernaut

"Sorry." sighed Hacker

"Commander Erwin!" yelled a boy with red curly curly hair

"What is it Floch?" asked Erwin

"Everything shut down. All of our computers, cell phones, TVs, everything shut down, even our radios." replied the man named Floch

"Oh no..." I whispered

"Get the queen and king to their bunker! Get every civilian in the underground safety bunkers now!" yelled Recon

"Yes ma'am!" replied every soldier in the room

"I want every ship in this area to be informed and I try to get every ship that's stationed somewhere else back here!" yelled Armin

"Captain Marksman, your orders?" asked Kit

"Someone get Colonel." replied Marksman, "The rest of you get to the outer layers of the island and have everyone ready just in case."

"Understood." replied Kit

"Oh and make sure every soldier out there wears a gas mask." said Marksman

"Move it!" yelled Recon

Everyone began to rush around, doing things they were ordered to do.

"Lieutenant Colonel is here!" yelled a soldier

"Someone get a medic!" yelled another soldier

'What?'

I rushed out and I saw Ghost on his motorcycle. At first I didn't see what was wrong until I saw blood on his wrist.

"Ghost!" I yelled

I ran up to him and hugged him.

"Where were you what happened to you?!" I frantically asked

Kit checks up on Ghost and wraps a bandage around his wrist.

"Colonel did you try to-"

"Nothing, forget about it." he bluntly replied

He gets up and leaves me and the others worried. I was about to run after him but Aid grabs his arm.

"I'll go, you stay and get things organized." he replied

Before I could even reply he ran off after Ghost leaving me alone, sad and depressed.

Aid's POV

"Bro, what's up with you?" I asked

He ignored me and kept walking so I grabbed his arm to stop him.

"If there's a problem we need to know." I said

"I'm fine." he simply replied

"I don't a slit wrist means someone's fine." I replied

He jerks his arm away from me but doesn't walk away.

"I don't know what to do." he whispered

I stood there confused.

"I'm not like Emily nor Tessa nor you." I continued, "If I continue to do this, I'll get everyone killed."

He turns and looks at me and for the first time since we were in Sentinels, I saw fear in his eyes.

"I-I can't lose anyone." he whispered, "You know that's my biggest fear."

"But losing you isn't a fear for us?" I asked

"Malvik, look around you. All of this, it's happening because of me." continued Ajax

"Ajax don't feel guilty-"

Ajax cuts me off by grabbing my shoulder and shaking me violently.

"How do you think I'll feel when everyone's dead then, huh?! I lost so many fucking people in my life that I just can't take it anymore!" he yelled

He yelled at me not because he was angry or upset but because he was scared.

"I lost you once I can't fucking lose you again!" he yelled

"Ajax calm down!" I yelled back, "Everything will be okay if you focus."

Ajax sighed and let go of my shoulders.

"I am focusing." he sighed, "I just can't deal with this anymore."

"Everyone is worried about you Ajax." I said, "Don't make others lose their hope."

He nodded so I smiled.

"Anyways, you know what happened right?" I asked

"Yea I do." he replied

"Then let's get to work