Traitor

Annie's POV

I kept on thinking about what Eren has said about me, how he really feels about me now. I just couldn't believe that he thinks like that now, not back then, but now.

"Okay what's going to happen now?" asked Connie

"I don't know, Eren probably left to do something." said Jean

That's when I heard footsteps approaching us, their feet clanking against the cold cobblestone floor. Then two military officials appeared, one was a tall female with blonde hair in a bowl cut like Marlowe, another was a black man.

"Petty Officer Yelena? Petty Officer Onyankopon?" questioned Jean

"You know them?" questioned Sasha

"Evening Jean, I know it must be hard to be in here, even for a day." said Yelena

"What's going on?" asked Armin

"Armin we have-"

"It's sir, he's your damn commanding officer." interrupted Connie

"Not anymore." replied Yelena

Jean glared at her but I didn't even bother to interact with the two of them.

"Why are you here?" asked Bertholdt

"I came on behalf of Mr Jaeger, to ask whether or not you're on our side." replied Yelena

"Huh? Eren's side?" questioned Bertholdt

"We're called the Jaegerists, people who are on Mr Jaeger's side." said Yelena

"How many people are on your side?" asked Jean

"More than half the population here." replied Onyankopon

"What if we decline his offer?" asked Connie

Yelena shrugged.

"I'm pretty sure something terrible is going to happen." said Yelena

I looked at Yelena and back down at the floor.

'Please help us, Ajax.'

Kit's POV

"Nothing, I can unjam their signal." said Hacker

"Damn it." I groaned

"We can't act unless they act first but before then what will happen?" asked Bomber, "I'm pretty sure this is some rebellion."

"Whatever it is, we wait." said Marksman

"Understood." I whispered, "Excuse me for a moment sir."

I left the team and went outside to where Colonel was standing.

"Sir, permission to aid, Javelin." I said

Ajax looks at me.

"Explain." he replied

"I just can't bear the thought that she's out there alone doing a risky mission." I replied, "Wouldn't you want to do the same if it was Phantom out there?"

Ajax looked at me and back out the plains and the distant mountains, the sun setting over them.

"Can I tell you something Logan?" he asked

"Of course sir." I replied

He smiled and looked at me.

"I'm not your commanding officer." he said, "That decision is up to you."

"But I don't have the power to make that decision yet." I replied

"You're a Captain, Logan. Future commander of Sentinel, I'm sure you can make the right decision." he said

He looks back at the sunset.

"There's a lot of decisions I made. I wish I could go back and change a lot of them." he said, "But some I don't know what's right, even till this day."

I scratched the back of my head.

"But you're still here." I replied

"I'm still here but at what cost?" asked Ajax, "Gunner, Tech, Exploder, Petra, Oluo, Eld, Gunther, Moblit..."

I looked down at my hands and remembered all the memories of their deaths.

"If you can bear the burden of their deaths, then you're stronger than me." he said

"What do you mean sir?" I asked

"I'm diagnosed, with depression, PTSD and suicidal thoughts." he replied

My eyes widened.

"Sir did you get treatment?" I asked

"I am, don't worry." he said

He smiled and the wind blew gently.

"Everything I've done up to this point, I knew the consequences and I still did it. But you, I know you can deal with those consequences far better than I am." said Ajax, "Cause you have heart, while I don't."

I didn't know what to say, I couldn't tell whether or not I'm still making the right decision.

"I know, you'll be recorded as the best commander of Sentinel in US history." he said

"Oh, that's more than I wish for." I replied

"I know it is." he said, "Go, make your decision wisely."

I nodded and left him and went into a quiet room where the sunlight was shining through the windows. I sat down on a chair and closed my eyes and began to think.

'What should I do?'

Levi's POV

"Find Zeke." I said

"Yes sir." replied my squad

We had ODM gear on since Zeke can shift any time and attack us but right now I'm more concerned about his squad. His squad went missing with him and it's been a day since we last heard from them.

"Keep an eye out." said Levi

Everyone nodded and began to walk through the woods, the trees were huge almost as big as the trees back in Eldia.

"I'm picking up a few heart beat signals." said a Scout, "100 meters out."

We picked up the pace until I saw a group of Scouts on the ground sleeping, there were boxes with the Swine in them.

"They're drunk sir, they must have passed out." said a Scout

I was about to approach them but when I looked at my hologram watch there was another heart beat signal coming.

"Someone's coming here." I said

We waited until I saw someone walk towards us in the distance.

"That's Zeke." said a Scout

Indeed it was, Zeke was walking towards us. I became visible and he gasped and looked shocked.

"My god don't scare me like that." said Zeke

"Zeke you're under arrest you bastard." I said

"For what?" he asked

"For having your spinal fluid inside the Swine. A lot of innocent people consumed it and now they're in custody thanks to you." I said

"I never had my spinal fluid inside the drinks, that's odd." said Zeke

"Whether it's you or not it doesn't matter, you're coming with us." I said

"Okay, I'm not going to resist." said Zeke

I signaled two Scouts to arrest Zeke and the rest to wake up the others while I backed up a bit to call Hange.

"Hange we have him, you're clear to come." I said

"On my way, meet us at the rendezvous point." replied Hange

Before I could respond I heard Zeke scream and then there was a huge explosion that blew me away. I quickly got up and where the Scouts were sleeping, stood 10 titans, all of the Scouts from my squad were caught in the explosion. Zeke wasn't in his titan form, instead a titan was holding him and he was sitting down.

"Farewell Captain." said Zeke

"You bastard." I growled

The titans came charging at me but I quickly swung up and dodge their hands as they tried to grab me.

"They're all just comrades, you know that right? They've done nothing wrong but follow orders." said Zeke

I looked down at one of the titans and he suddenly began to climb the tree.

'Fast, they're not like normal titan. Is it because Zeke's controlling them?'

I dodged another titan who jumped off from a tree but as I was falling a titan tried to grab me so I quickly drew my swords and cut off his fingers. I was going to kill that titan but I stopped when I saw who it was.

'Barris?'

I dodged him as he tried to bite and went behind him and looked at his nape.

'Barris, are you still in there?'

I began to fall down as every single titan opened their mouth, ready to eat me.

'I'm sorry.'

I began to kill every single titan, swinging as fast as I could through the hands that tried to grab me. My clothes stained with titan blood and it was disgusting but who cares, all I want to do now is capture Zeke and kill him.

I slashed the last titan and landed on a branch, looking down at the dead titans I killed, all of them whom I trusted and had another my command.

"I'm sorry." I whispered

I quickly swung to where Zeke ran away, I got up to him, there were three titans and the middle on was holding Zeke. I killed the one on his right and swung in front of him and turned to look at him.

"GOOOO!" yelled Zeke

I could see fear in his eyes as I swung towards the titan that charged at me and sliced it's nape.

"Why won't you just die!" yelled Zeke as he jumped off the titan and bit his hand, shifting into the beast titan.

I swung away to get clear of the blast, hiding behind trees. Zeke grabbed the last titan and began tearing it apart, using its body as a throwing object, he threw it at me and it broke up into tiny parts but they were fast, able to kill me.

"Did you kill all your comrades?! How pitiful!" yelled Zeke

"Shut up you hairy bearded mother fucker." I growled

I quickly began cutting branches, using it as a distraction. Zeke began throwing part of the titans recklessly throughout the forest so I swung up into the air and I had a clear target on his nape.

I fall down towards his nape while clipping three thunder spears onto my handle. I shot the three spears, piercing through Zeke's nape.

'Gotcha.'

I pulled the string and the three thunder spears exploded and Zeke came flying out of his nape. He crashed onto the floor, all burnt up, there's no way he can shift again. I grabbed his hair and began to drag him away towards the rendezvous.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you yet." I said

I looked at him and he was unconscious so I grabbed another thunder spear and stabbed his stomach and wrapped the string around his neck, forcing him to stay still.

The chopper was there with 4 Scouts waiting. They all looked confused and baffled when I approached them.

"Sir, your squad?" asked a Scout

I shook my head and they all nodded.

"We'll go retrieve their bodies, you go on first sir." said the Scout

I nodded and they all ran into the forest with a couple body bags. But then I heard Zeke groan and when I looked at him his eyes slowly opened.

"Oh you're awake huh?" I asked

I picked him up and threw him into the helicopter.

"As you can see the string around your neck is attached to the thunder spear in your stomach, the best way I can explain the outcome is by telling you that it'll explode and you'll be blown into two, including your nape." I said

I then drew my sword and began chopping his leg and he screamed in pain.

"You can't shift in your state right now." I said

"My glasses." whispered Zeke, "Where are my glasses?"

"Why would I want to know?" I questioned

Zeke then looked at me when the helicopter began to ascend.

"You have a lot of questions to answer." I said

Hange's POV

"They stopped approaching." said Mike

"What do you mean?" I asked

"It looks like they've crashed." said Mike

My eyes widened so I quickly set out with a squad to quickly go and help them.

"Mike stays here just in case anything bad happens. Floch and the others you're with me." I said

I quickly got into a Warden and we drove off towards Levi's last signal.

'Don't you die on me Levi.'

We drove for about 20 minutes minutes until I saw a burning helicopter on the ground near a small river.

"Search for survivors!" I yelled as I got out of the car

"Commander you need to stay back." said Hange

I decided to stay back but then I saw something move at the corner of my eye near the stream of water.

"I found one!" I yelled

I ran up to the body and I couldn't see the person's face.

"Hey are you alive?" I asked as I picked him up

I flipped him around and my heart sank, it was Levi, two of his fingers were missing, his face was torn up with multiple scratches on his face and it was bloody. His entire body was just a mess but I could feel him breathing.

"Our biggest threat is gone." I heard Floch whisper

'Biggest threat?'

"Should I put a bullet in his head?" asked a Scout

"No, he's already dead." I said, "A thunder spear must have exploded near him, I've seen this kind of wound before."

"Let me check him, I know how to read a pulse." said Floch

I looked at him and I could see him ready to shoot.

"Move commander." he said

He slowly aimed the gun at me.

"Titan!" yelled a Scout

Everyone turned and I saw a titan slowly crawl towards us.

"Where did that titan come from?" asked Floch

"Oi something's wrong with it. Titan comes out of a titan, it doesn't go into a titan." said a Scout

"Sir what do we do?" asked a Scout

"Hold still, don't open fire until I tell you to." said Floch

I looked towards the titan and in the steam I saw a dark shadow appear, a human formed shadow. Then a person came out of the steam and my eyes widened when I saw that it was Zeke, perfectly fine but naked.

I looked at Floch and the other Scouts and they were all distracted, going for the cars while carrying Levi would take too long. So I grabbed Levi and jumped into the water, Floch and the others began to shoot me but I swam and the current of the river allowed me to move faster.

'Goddammit, we're all fucked.'