I Love You... In Every Universe (AOT Alternative Universe)

13. Response

"Captain Weilman!" Rico said, walking up to him.

Weilman whimpered, seeing the Titan's face and stepping back.

"We're on standby! We can't risk getting near it!" He yelled. "Stay on alert, everyone! Remain on standby! Artillerymen, reload the cannon!"

The Titan's eye twitched. Inside, Eren began to wake. He gasped, noticing the muscles and the bones. He struggled to break free. After a few attempts, he got out of his Titan's nape.

'What is this?' He stared at the back of the giant red head.
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"I-I remember hearing the cannon go off," Armin said, standing up. "After that came a tremendous crash, shock, and heat! And now we're inside a giant skeleton-"

"Eren protected us," Mikasa said calmly. "That's all we need to understand for now."

"But it's... Fascinating..." Faye exclaimed.

Eren then ran towards them. He was surprised too.

"Hey! You guys okay?"

Mikasa and Faye stared at him with wide eyes.

"Eren, what is this?" Armin asked.

"I don't know! But it's already starting to vaporize, just like a Titan's corpse! Let's get away from it!"

The four of them moved a bit far from the titan corpse. They were hidden by the steam.

"Whether they're watching and waiting or if they're in a daze, the Garrisons aren't showing any signs of activity for now." Eren said.

Eren shifted to where the cannons were mounted on the wall. Then he turned to his friends and sister.

"But I'm sure they'll start attacking again soon enough." Eren continued. "I doubt there's any chance of reasoning with them now, after seeing this."

Eren then grabbed the key around his neck and showed it to his friends.

"But there is one thing I remember now. The basement. The basement of our house."

Faye and Mikasa immediately recognised the key. They looked at the key with wide eyes.

"That key..." Mikasa trailed off.

"When did Dad give that to you?" Faye asked with surprise.

"I don't remember that but he said it'd all make sense if I go there!" Eren replied and clutched the key, staring at it intently. "He's also the reason this has happened to me. If I go to the basement, I might figure out what the Titans are too!"

Eren then remembered Grisha injecting him with something.

"Damn it!" He punched a bone of the skeleton in frustration, causing more cracks. "Why did he keep it a secret?! Thousands of Scouts have died trying to get that information! It's the only hope humanity has!"

"And he just kept it tucked away in our basement all this time?! What the hell was he thinking?!" Eren said, angrily. "And where the hell has he been these last five years?"

Mikasa then placed a hand on his shoulder, calming his down. "Eren, we have other things to attend to right now."

"Yeah... You are right." Eren replied, looking down.
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"The smoke's clearing!" A soldier said.

Weilman looked around, listening to them.

"Attack on sight!"

"Let's finish it off quick!"

"Hold your positions!" Weilman yelled.

They all flinched when the Titan's body fell apart. Bones shattered and turned to dust as they hit they ground.
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