A Second Chance (Marco x Fem Reader)

Chapter 25

The female titan was unbelievably close, you could feel it through the way the shaking increased.

"Fire!", you suddenly heard Erwin scream and you abruptly opened your eyes. A sudden sharp whizzing noise, one you recognised as the same sound that comes when you send out your wires from your gear, only intensified by a thousand, rung out. Looking behind you, you saw the titan now trapped and secured, pierced by hundreds of hooks and wires. She was unable to move. You all continued forward, relieved but shocked.

"Advance a bit farther, tether the horses, and switch to Maneuver Gear", Levi ordered. "You guys will be off on your own for a while. Eld, you are in charge", he then said as he stood up on his horse, looking back at all of you. "Once you're a good distance away from the titan, hide Eren. Y/N, you take my horse". Activating his gear, he went off towards the trap.

You quickly grabbed a hold of Levi's horse's reins while moving, tying it to the back of your saddle.

"Are they really going to take that titan alive?", Eren asked dumbfounded. Everyone looked at him with strange expressions, and you were now certain they had never experienced anything like this before. They were taken aback by this entire situation.

"W-well, Eren? See that?", Gunther finally broke the silence. "We caught that titan!".

"This is the power of the Survey Corps!", Oruo exclaimed. "Never underestimate us again you fool!". You rolled your eyes and smiled.

'Like he wasn't about to piss his pants three minutes ago'

Everyone had a renewed energy, Eren now smiling confidently. He had just seen his childhood hero's in action, confirming that they deserved his admiration.

~Marco POV~

"What is all that noise?! That is the second time we've heard that already!", Connie exclaimed, as the explosion-like sound made their way too us again from the midst of the forest. I was still very worried for Y/N's safety, this not soothing my anxiousness in any way.

The titans waiting for us below the trees was getting more and more impatient, some even trying to climb their way up. Luckily, their attempt didn't seem to be any successful, however it was still terrifying.

Mikasa seemed stressed ever since I told them about my suspicion as to where Eren and Y/N really was, but she didn't really let it show. She has always been good at keeping a calm exterior even if she was absolutely devastated, like when she thought Eren was dead in Trost.

A sudden scream rung out from the forest now, even louder and more excruciating than the explosions. We all covered our ears, our faces contorting into an expression of discomfort.

"Now what the fuck is this then!", Connie exclaimed, nearing his last straw. Not being told anything, then hearing all this did not do us any good, and people were starting to crack under the pressure. I took a deep breath.

'Y/N trust these people with her life and so will I. I just hope they have whatever plan they made behind our backs under control, because now it doesn't really seem like they do'

All the titans that has been reaching and aching to get us for the last few hours suddenly stopped. They started running and sprinting in towards the sound of the scream simultaneously.

"Wh-what?", I said dumbfounded, the words coming out airier than intended.

"What's up with them?! They're all running into the forest?", Jean exclaimed confused. "Why are they suddenly ignoring us?!". No one answered as we all stared after them in disbelief.