Annie charged toward the armored titan, landing a straight punch to his jaw.
``For a second there, I thought she wanted to come at me,'' Ayato thought to himself. He was on a rooftop with Mikasa by his side.
"We need to go while she's keeping him busy," Mikasa uttered, standing on her feet.
"You're right" Ayato stood up, placing the key to the seller around his neck.
Eren threw the key at Ayato before he jumped down to brawl with the Colossal titan, even Ymir, the jaw titan joined in the fight against the Colossal.
Ayato used his ODM gear to start moving toward his house, dodging the titans that crossed his path.
. .. . . .
"I don't get it, why would Annie of all people change sides? '' Reiner thought to himself while looking at Ayato and Mikasa move past him.
He tried to turn but Annie send another right jab to his face, she stood close to him this time while taking her fighting stance.
"I don't know what they did to make you switch sides like a coward, but there's no way I'm letting you interfere, we've sacrificed too much!" Reiner yelled, charging toward the female titan.
Ayato kept moving, trying to keep up with Mikasa's pace, they finally got to their house, and it was still as they remembered.
The roof had been torn off and the rest of the house looked completely disorganized.
"I guess we're here," Ayato said, landing on the ground and walking slowly toward the house.
"Hold up!" Jean yelled, he whooshed towards them in his ODM gear and landed beside them.
"I wanna help too," Jean uttered.
Ayato smiled, "Sure, let's go then".
They entered the building and climbed down the stairs. They found an artic at the end of the room below the building.
"Is this the seller?" Jean whispered.
"Dad was always working here, but I never once stepped inside," Mikasa said.
"Well, no point in waiting around, let's go in '' Ayato unlocked the door with the key he was holding, and just before he was about to enter he suddenly recalled a voice.
*A little the left and the ground will show you where I am*
Ayato was troubled, but he didn't let that get in the way of what he wanted to do.
Ayato entered the building and took a small step to the left before looking at the ground, "The floor will show me uhn" he thought to himself.
"What are you doing?" Jeans asked.
"Don't worry about me, keep searching for information" Ayato uttered, he noticed that some woods were different so he kept following them.
"He's such a weirdo," Jean uttered.
"Shut up and search," Mikasa uttered, pushing Jean to the side before opening the drawer in front of her.
She found a book inside, "A book?" She questioned.
"Must belong to your father" Jean uttered.
Mikasa opened the book and the first thing they saw was a picture of nine titans, and at the bottom of it were another two titans.
"Ahhh!"
They suddenly heard the screams of Ayato, Mikasa tossed the book to the side and ran to Ayato's aid.
When she got there, she saw Ayato being laid over in titan's guts and a naked lady with white hair was on top of him.
"Don't just stand there Mikasa help me get her off me" Ayato squeezed.
Mikasa cleared Titan's guts and removed the woman away from Ayato, Jean walked in and saw the way Ayato and Mikasa's eyes were fixated on the broken-down wall.
He walked over to take a look and he saw a small bent-over titan that had it inside completely carved out and its eyes were still blinking.
Jean held his mouth as he was about to puke, "What the hell is that?" He shrieked.
"Looks like a titan," Mikasa replied.
Ayato stood up and ran to the woman's side, "Hope for the best" he held her hand and the flashback to came rushing in.
. . . . . . . . .
Ayato had left his titan form behind and was heading back to his house. It was a bit dark but he could still make his way.
Grisha was behind him, he had Dina, the inheritor of the founding titan with him, he wanted to eat her but the look he received from Ayato halfway through his conviction broke.
While Ayato was walking he caught a glimpse of someone jump down from high up, and when the person landed he noticed it was Annie.
"How did you-"
Before he could finish off his question, he received an injection to the head. Whether he was strong or not didn't matter, he was still a kid at that moment.
He fell to the ground and went unconscious for a couple of minutes, the screams of Grisha calling out to him was what woke him up.
"What are you doing on the ground?" Grisha asked.
"Doing? Uhn" Ayato felt a an impulsive headache and couldn't help but groan.
"Are you okay? Look, we have the founder, the next plan is what? I'm putting my faith in you cause you have such extraordinary powers, you must have been sent here to save the Eldians".
"First we keep her in the seller," Ayato uttered, before standing to his feet.
"Why the seller?"
"Because we need her there, we don't have to me Eren eat you, I have a way, a sure way he can gain the attack titan's power." Ayato uttered, 'Besides, I don't want anyone from the Eldains getting their hands on the founding powers'.
"I was well prepared for this, but I- Eren wants the founding-"
"Trust me, I know what I'm doing".
They took Dina Friz and placed her in the walls of the seller, Ayato brought out a white material that slowly obscured Dina and constructed into a small breathing titan.
"How are you able to do that?" Grisha asked,
"Just something the Fulger titan can do, I can unfurl my body at will," Ayato said, "One of the powers the goddess blessed me with," Ayato thought to himself.
. . . .
After they had kept the Dina in the seller, hidden inside the wall, Grisha went up to get Eren.
"Dad? Where are you taking me?" Eren asked, he followed his dad to the back of the seller.
"I've brought him as you requested," Grisha said, moving closer to Ayato who was sitting on a barrel while playing with his necklace.
"Ayato? What's going on?" Eren asked.
"Hard to explain, sorry" Ayato placed his finger on Eren's head that made him fell asleep instantly.
"You really know a way to transfer the power to him without killing me?" Grisha asked.
"Of course, have a little faith in me" Ayato uttered, he held Eren's hands before stretching his other hand to Grisha.
"Hard to trust a kid… oh well" Grisha held Ayato's hand and sat on the ground.
Ayato had his eyes closed, and when he opened them his eyes were shimmering red, a huge surge of lightning transferred from the top of his fingertips to both Grisha and Eren's bodies.