Lost

Eren's POV

"We're pinned down!" I yelled

"We have to push through!" yelled Jean

I leaned out of cover and shot a TMO but there was too many TMOs on the other side of the hall.

"Eren your shoulder launcher." said Armin

"Connie, cover me!" I yelled

Connie brought a riot shield and stood in front of me, protecting the bullets from hitting us so I activated my shoulder launcher and shot one missile and it went soaring through the air and exploded. The explosion pushed Connie back a bit but he was able to resist and still stand on his feet.

"Keep moving." I said

But then an elevator door opened so I was about to enter but Armin stopped me.

"Wait it might be a trap." he said

Before I could respond, bullets starting going through the ceiling so we backed up, then the elevator exploded and it fell down the floor.

"We have to go up though." said Jean

I shot my grappling hook from my wrist up with Jean and we swung upwards towards the floor where the doors were open and there were three TMO operators who looked shocked when they saw us. Jean and I shot them killing the three of them and we got on the floor and secured it but then three TMO mutants ran to us so I flipped one over my shoulder and dodged a swing and shot the mutant's nape. Jean threw one TMO mutant out of the elevator and he screamed as he fell down the hole as I kicked the last one out as well.

My team swung up and we began to move down the hallway but we got to this door that said technology so I kicked it open and inside looked like an assembly room with a bunch of machines making something.

"The replacement!" called out Sasha

She picked up the replacement and tossed it to Armin as he caught it and examined it.

"This is it!" exclaimed Armin

But then I heard distant explosions and the entire facility shook.

"They're trying to bury us alive!" yelled a voice through my headset

"They rigged the entire mountain." said Jean

"What the hell are we supposed to do?" asked Sasha

"They must have a team rigging this place up right now or some kind of detonator." said Armin, "If we could find it then we could probably prevent it from bringing the entire mountain on us."

"But who would have it?" asked Sasha

"Probably the boss around here." replied Armin

"Timothy." I said

"Has anyone seen Timothy Anderson?" said Armin through the headset

"This is Phantom, Ghost is fighting him right now." replied Phantom

"Ma'am, we think that he has the detonator. If he blows up the entire mountain then we're all doomed." said Armin, "We also found the replacement."

"Armin this Bomber, do not destroy the detonator." he said

"What why?" asked Armin

"We're going to destroy this entire place once we take it over." he replied

"Why are you telling us this?" asked Armin

"Cause we don't know how many clones of Timothy there are." he replied

"Copy that, moving out." Armin replied

Ghost's POV

I sighed as another Timothy stood next to the other clone.

"Two fucking Timothys." I sighed

But then I felt someone touch my shoulder and it was my dad.

"We'll take care of one Timothy." he said

My mom drew both of her swords and glared at Timothy. The Timothys backed up a bit but they stood their ground and they pulled out their karambits.

"I shouldn't have voted for you." said my dad

"You shouldn't have stuck your nose in other people's business." replied one of the Timothys

"Shut up." I replied

The two Timothys ran to the three of us and I took one Timothy while my parents took care of the other Timothy.

I kicked Timothy's leg and punched his stomach and the floor cracked, then I kicked him away and he got up and groaned.

"Fucking kicks annoy me." he growled

"Fine, I'll play your game." I said, "Fists only."

He approached me and began to throw punches but I elbowed his fists, breaking his knuckles and for the sake of time I just spun him around and sliced his nape.

"You're nothing compared to the original Timothy." I said

My mom beheaded the other Timothy's head and my dad did the finishing blow.

"Do they have the detonator?" I asked

"Nothing, do you?" I asked

I checked his body but I didn't find anything.

"Nothing, is there another Timothy?" I asked

"This is HQ, we got word that Timothy Anderson is in Australia. Commander Recon and Captain Aid are engaging him in battle." said a voice through my headset

"He's fucking everywhere." said my dad

"Where's the real one then?" I questioned myself

"Ghost! Ghost this is Phantom can you read me?!" she yelled through my headset

"I hear you loud and clear, two Timothy Andersons are dead but neither of them have the detonator." I replied

"We'll figure that out later but we're in the control room right now and they're going to launch the pillar in 10 minutes." she replied

"10 minutes." I said

"We need to move." said my dad

"Go on I'll catch up." I said

My parents ran off as I ran off towards the control room, through the stairs and through the hallways. I ran into a bunch of TMOs so I threw a flashbang, blinding them and took them all out with my handgun.

"Phantom I'm entering the control room." I said

I entered the control room and Tech was going through the cameras.

"I got three other Timothy Andersons, one of them is engaging with Captain Levi and Commander Hange." said Tech

"Let's keep going." I said

Hacker tossed me my AR and I cocked it but then Tech saw something that made him confused.

"Wait Colonel I'm getting something." said Tech

He looked back at the screen and it showed a picture of the Timothys, apparently the real one is here but then I noticed that each of them had an indication on one of the Timothy's head.

"Sir, it says that the detonator is in their brain." said Tech

"Got it, go on without me I'll go check the bodies." I said

I ran back to the body and when I got there I scanned both of the corpses with my eye visors and one of them had a metal object inside their head.

"Tech, tell me what to do." I said

"Sir, in order to get it out you're going have to open his head." he said, "It's located on the left side of his brain."

"Copy that." I said

I pulled out my knife and stabbed it and began opening his head, blood gushing out onto my hands. I would crush his head but since the detonator is inside I was being cautious, I ripped open his head and saw the metal object with a flashing red light.

"I got it, it's hella small but I think if you destroy it it'll explode." I said

"No that's not how it works, it's a mind reactor. So if you want it to detonate then it'll detonate when your mind says it." said Tech

"You want me to put it in my brain?" I asked

"No put it into your watch sir, it'll act as you mind." replied Hacker

I put it into my watch and it started scanning until a detonate button showed up but I didn't press it yet.

"Got it, move out I'll catch up with you." I said

Recon's POV

"Tessa Petrov, son of the two failures." said Timothy

"Even though Ghost's parents killed my parents, it's still all your fault." I growled, "And I'll kill you for that."

Aid and I ran to Timothy, I took his right side while Aid took his left but once we got close to him we quickly ran around and switched sides to catch him off guard, then we both swung our swords at him but Timothy was able to block both of it.

"This is getting interesting." said Timothy

"Let's teach him a lesson Recon!" said Aid

"With pleasure." I replied

We both pushed him off and we began swinging our swords and he was able to block all of them with just his arms. Timothy kicked Aid and he went flying but Aid quickly threw three knives at him but Timothy was able to block all of them. I rushed in and began swinging rapidly but he was able to catch up to my speed allowing him to kick my stomach but I did a spinning hook kick hitting his face.

"Why you little-"

Aid cuts him off by back kicking his face and he went flying backwards at least 60 feet into the battle. He caught up and pulled out his spear and spun it around as he got into his fighting stance.

Aid and I ran to him and began attacking both of his sides as fast as we could but Timothy was able to kick me but I just dusted myself off and ran to him and slid while leaning back as he tried to slash my neck. Aid came in a did a side flip in the air while smashing his sword down onto Timothy's spear breaking it in half.

I came in and did a butterfly kick knocking him to the ground. Timothy tried to get up but I stabbed one of my swords into his arm, pinning it to the ground and placed my foot on the other.

"You're not bad." I said

I stabbed Timothy Anderson's neck, getting killing him off, my Bounty Hunters roared in the sky as we won the battle.

"This is Commander Recon, we stopped the reinforcements from approaching what's the sitrep on the pillar?" I asked in Russian

"This is alpha 2-3, the Pillar is secure but there are still hostiles here." replied a voice

"Moving to you, ETA 5 minutes." I replied

We all began running towards camp Titan which was smoking from the raging battle.

"Half of the TMO operators are probably clones so if we shoot the cure it might work." said Aid

"Then we'll do that." I said

I took out the cure from my pouch and looked at it.

"I wonder what Ghost would do." sighed Aid

'I'm sorry, for lying to you again.'

Eren's POV

I kicked open the door which led outside, somewhere near the top of the mountain overlooking the open field behind the mountain where there was a bunch of titans, Sentinels and Eldian Marines from the garage already there shooting at the titans. Commandos and tanks were firing everything they got at the titans as they were running towards them.

"Eren Annie!"

Captain Levi and his squad came through the door behind us.

"Shift!" he yelled

We both jumped off the side of the mountain and began sliding down the hill, once we hit the bottom I bit my thumb and the hot titan flesh wrapped around me. I roared into the sky drawing the titans' attention causing all of them to run at us.

Jean's POV

We slid down the mountain and joined up with the Eldian Marines and Sentinel, there were other Sentinel units who were clearing the facility with us sliding down the side.

Ghost team eventually came last and they also began to engage, shooting at the titans and the TMOs still standing.

"Sir Timothy Anderson is at the pillar!" yelled Nanaba

"We have to push through!" yelled Hange

"Commando units take points, tanks give them covering fire!" yelled Ghost

The Commandos jumped over us and began to advance, most of the titans were focused on Eren and Annie, leaving just the TMOs.

We jumped over the barricade and took cover behind the commandos as they advanced. I kept shooting my lmg while moving but then I looked at my watch and the timer warned me that we had 2 minutes left before the launch.

"2 minutes before the launch! Hurry up!" yelled Hange

The commandos moved faster but then RPGs began taking them down so I quickly moved to cover.

"We're pinned down!" I yelled

"Armin air support!" yelled Levi

"Echo this is Section Commander Armin we need fire cover!" yelled Armin through his headset

"This is Echo we need a target." he replied

"Target is indicated with our laser!" yelled Armin, "Laser the targets, avoid the pillar!"

Mikasa turned her laser on her gun and aimed it at several targets with my team.

"Target acquired standby." replied Echo

The targets we marked started exploding as drones flew over us but some were shot down.

"That's all we can give you." said Echo

"Thanks for the assist." replied Armin

"All units advance!" yelled Ghost

"Less than a minute!" yelled Mikasa

I began running towards the pillar with Ghost team right next to us.

"Rip that pillar!" yelled Juggernaut

He began shooting the pillar but it didn't seem to do anything, Ghost tried to do something but Timothy Anderson charged into him.

"5 seconds!" yelled Mikasa

But then Kit jumped and tackled the top part of the pillar breaking it and he fell onto the ground.

"The pillar's down!" I yelled

"Armin!" yelled Ghost

Armin took out the replacement and began fixing the replacement but Timothy came and pulled him away.

"Armin!" I yelled

I tried to help him but I was pinned down forcing me to stay, but Ghost's mom came and side kicked Timothy away.

"I'll kill you!" he yelled

But then Eren's foot came down and crushed Timothy into a bloody puddle. Armin quickly went back to fixing the pillar until he finally got it.

"I got it, the cure!" he yelled

Ghost tossed him the cure and he put it in the pillar.

"Launching in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!"

The pillar shot the cure into the sky and the sky turned blue and particles began to rain down on us. The titans began screaming and steaming as they slowly began to wither away and collapse, I saw humans, inside the titans emerge from their napes. I sighed in relief and watched as the cure rained down on us and I was so relieved I began crying.

Ghost's POV

We won, we did it, it actually worked. But then something strange started happening, some of the TMOs began to slowly disappear, they began to turn into dust and the dust blew the particles into the air.

"What's going on?" I asked

But no one responded.

"Colonel?"

I turned around and Tech, Gunner and Exploder looked at their hands and they were also slowly turning into dust but not their clothes.

"What the hell is going on?" I asked, "Hange!"

Hange flinched but she looked down and took a deep breath.

"The cure wasn't perfect sir, all clones would break off." she said

"And you didn't tell me?!" I snapped

"No sir, please." said Tech

I turned around and looked at the three of them.

"We all knew." said Tech

They all pulled down their bandanas revealing their faces.

"Then..." I looked at my parents and they were also disappearing

"No not you too." I whispered

My parents stood next to Ghost team 116 as they were all disappearing.

"We all knew sir, we just couldn't tell you cause time wasn't on our side." said Gunner

"Goddammit, you sons of bitches why didn't you tell me?" I asked

I felt my eyes water, my heart thumping in my chest.

"There was no other way to perfect it sir." said Exploder, "Plus, we're not the real us."

My mom approached me and rubbed my cheeks as she took off my helmet and my mask.

"I wanted to see your face before we go." she said

My tears began to come out of my eyes and I grit my teeth in pain.

"I'm sorry we have to leave you again son." said my dad, "But this past month with you, was the best moment I've experienced."

"Yes sir." replied Ghost team

My parents hugged me and I began crying even more as they backed up and joined Ghost team.

"We weren't able to properly say our goodbyes last time." said Gunner, "But this we hope we see you on the other side."

"But only when your time is up sir." said Tech

"We know you'll save the world whenever it's in trouble." said Exploder

They all smiled and it shattered my heart completely.

"Just when I thought, maybe my life would be better." I whispered

"Don't worry sir, we'll always be with you." said Tech

"Plus you got Marksman and Phantom, they always have your back sir. We know both of them just as well as you do." said Exploder

They all stood straight and saluted.

"It was an honor serving with you in Ghost team 116 sir." said Gunner, "It was also an honor serving with Ghost team 117."

I wiped my tears away as they were nearly gone.

"Gunner reporting for duty, sir."

"Tech reporting for duty, sir"

"Exploder reporting for duty, sir."

My parents smiled and also saluted.

"We're proud of you, we're proud our child became a hero." said my mom

"Oh and one more thing." said Tech, "Tell Recon that we forgive her. Also tell Aid that we'll see him on the other side."

The three of them disappeared and I wanted to scream or hug them just one last time, or just say one last word to them.

"Ajax, promise me one thing." said my mom, "Be human, always smile."

"I don't know if I could do that." I said

"Promise me." said my mom

I slowly nodded.

"We love you Ajax. We always have and always will." said my dad

And they disappeared as well and I fell onto my knees and cried my life out.

'Why? Why?'

"Get the wounded, arrest the surrendering TMOs. We're going home." said Marksman

Phantom hugged me but I gently pushed her off and got up.

"Ajax I'm sorry." she whispered

I didn't respond as I wiped my tears away and put on my mask and helmet.

"Let's cure the world." I simply whispered