Ymir's Legacy

Ch. 24; Home

As they approached the wall, the veteran soldiers were to scale the wall and watch for enemy as Aila closes the hole, the rookies from the emergency recruitment were to stay on the ground with the horses. Aila and Annie looked at each other, they stood on their horses and kissed before shooting off on their ODM gear to the top of the wall. Once they landed, Levi was next to them, Eren and Ymir, along with the rest of Levi squad was present as well, acting as the guards for the titan shifters. Levi looked over at Aila, and nodded, Aila took in a deep breath and jumped off of the wall, using the ring she had personally made for her's and Annie's wedding, she flicked it open and revealed a sharpened piece of metal, similar to Annie's. She sliced her finger, a flash of yellow lightning struck her, BOOM! Her titan landed, she looked up and walked towards the wall, making sure no soldiers were in the vicinity, she roared, "RAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!", and slammed her fists onto the ground. She focused all her hardening in that moment towards the wall, a thick and tall crystal wall was formed, sealing Shiganshina off from central wall maria. Aila's titan collapsed, she emerged and immediately shot back up onto the wall, "Ail! Are you ok?", Annie asked her fiance. Aila checked her body, she was alright, Hange bent down to her, "And your ODM gear?", she asked. Aila check the gear she wore, "Still good and functional", she replied. Hange let a smile loose, she was happy that all the experiments had payed off, and not a single abrasion was on Aila. As she stood, Annie flipped the hood that slid off of Aila's head back on, concealing their identities to protect them. Despite their achievement, Aila couldn't help but feel uneasy, she turned to Mikasa and Annie, "Hey guys, I don't know if I'm just being paranoid but.." "No, you're right, something is off", Mikasa finished for her. Sasha joined them, "It's like I told Mikasa when we first got here, it feels as if we've walked into a trap", everyone stood in silence, staring at one another trying to discretely solve the problem. BOOM! CRASH! Aila and the the other's snapped their heads towards the inner wall maria, seeing the beast titan emerge from steam, suddenly, he roared, and tens of flashes of lightning struck the ground surrounding the exit, titans emerged from each spot, the beast had accepted their challenge.

Annie frowned at the beast in the distance, sweat trickled down her brow, "Zeke.. wait, is that-", she squinted her eyes and focused on the titan next to him. It was the cart, "Shit! Pieck is here too", Annie shouted through her teeth, she looked at the cart and what it had on it's back, she sighed a bit of relief. She turned to Aila and the others, "The cart is here, though it doesn't have it's armory on which is good. But, we still don't know where Reiner and Bertholdt are, if I had to guess, Bertholdt is most likely in one of the barrels on the cart's back", Aila looked at the cart titan, analyzing it, she saw what Annie spoke of, the problem was which barrel he was in. "Alright, we can't let him transform or the entirety of Shiganshina will be on the line", Aila told Mikasa and the others, Annie nodded confirming her statement, although they were curious as to how Annie concluded Bertholdt was in the barrel, they remembered that the two were once comrades, it was probably a trick done before. Armin spoke up, "Well at least we know where three of them are, but what about Reiner?", he asked, everyone sat thinking for a moment. Then Armin came to a realization, he lifted the smoke flare gun in his hand and shot off a green round, "Armin what's wrong?", Eren asked, "I think I figured out where Reiner may be.. and it's not good". Everyone began to sweat, Armin was almost never wrong, Erwin and the other scouts scaling the wall had rushed over, "Arlert, what's the matter?", Erwin asked. Armin stepped in front before the commander, "Reiner, I think I know where he might be, we need to check the wall for a hollow cavity, somewhere he can watch us in secret". Erwin and the others stood confused for a moment, a scout spoke up, "But we already check the area by the wall, there's no sign of him" "Check IN the wall", Armin cut in, everyone gasped, including the commander. The scouts began to argue among themselves, they weren't sure Armin was right, but the commander raised his arm and shot off a red signal flare, gathering everyone's attention. "Do as Arlert says, there's a high possibility he's correct, scale the wall and check for any hollow areas. I'm passing the chain of command onto him for a time, you are to follow his every order", the scouts hesitantly listened, but all in all saluted their understanding. Armin gave off the order to scale the wall and check for cavities, Annie, Aila, and Ymir stayed with Eren by Levi and Mikasa, waiting for their last opponents to appear.