A month had passed since Aila and the others joined the scouts, no real missions have been distributed yet. Eren was secluded from everyone else, being treated like a dangerous animal. Although he was safe, Mikasa still couldn't help but worry for him and feel guilty about his current living case. Even though this was concerning, there was something more sinister cooking up. After Trost, Reiner and Bertholdt stopped letting Annie in on their plans, and scolded her for getting so attached to Aila because she was a "devil". The 57th expedition to retake wall maria was a day away, and Reiner and Bertholdt have been sneaking away quite frequently recently. This concerned the four former dorm mates, they were worried that they might attack another sector of wall rose or worse, kidnap Eren. "I wont let them!", Mikasa shouted, the four had met up after supper to discuss what precautions should be taken for Reiner and Bertholdt. Aila frowned as she scratched the back of her neck, "I know, none of us will, however if Bertholdt OR Reiner attack at all during this expedition, it'll be up to one of the three of the titan holders here to stop them", Annie swiveled her head at Aila as she unfolded her arms, expressing her worry. "It'll have to be Eren then, we can't risk you being exposed, who knows the lengths Reiner and Bertholdt would go to get you to fight for Marley", Sasha leaned back against the wall letting out a deep sigh, she had a shakiness in her voice, "S-She's right.. but Annie you can't be caught either or they might kill you" "We're backed into a corner here, I guess we'll just have to improvise if that happens", Mikasa stated as she walked over and held Sasha who was shaking from anxiety. They all agreed with a nod and headed to the scouts rooms, preparing to rest up and sleep in preparation for the expedition. The scouts HQ had separate rooms for everyone, two in a room. Annie and Aila shared a room as Sasha and Mikasa shared a room. Aila walked to the recreational bathrooms and started a warm shower, she stood in the sprinkling water staring at the tiles below her feet. She was thinking to herself, "What if.. Reiner or Bertholdt really do try something tomorrow?", she thought to herself. She raised her hand and stared at it, remembering her friends who were slaughtered in Trost, she recalled how Marco was a hair away from death. She clenched the hand before her, "I WONT let them take Eren, Sasha, Mikasa, Annie, or anyone else! I'll kill them when I get the chance", suddenly, the door to the bathroom opened.
Tip... tack... tip... tack. The footsteps of whoever entered started to get closer to Aila, she started to get paranoid, "Who the hell is coming over to me?", she thought to herself as she turned her eyes to behind her. SHHHHHK! The curtains slid open, and there stood Annie covered with just a towel. Aila jumped back, "Jesus! You scared me asshole!", Annie giggled and walked into the shower with her, closing the curtains behind her. Aila's face began to heat up as Annie dropped the towel and began rinsing herself, Annie opened her eyes and looked at her, "Gawking? C'mon this isn't the first time you've seen me naked", she said smirking. Annie pushed her hair back and slowly walked over to Aila, pushing her against the wall. She leaned in and whispered, "You know, its been a while since we've fooled around", Aila smirked and blushed a little, she picked Annie up, Annie wrapped her legs around Aila. Aila leaned in and kissed Annie, she slid her tongue into her mouth, making Annie moan from the contact. Aila lifted Annie's tongue with her own and slid hers under it and down her throat, Annie gripped onto Aila's went hair as she began to melt into Aila's arms. Aila broke the kiss and rested her forehead on Annie's, smirking, making Annie confused. "Let's finish showering and take this back to our room yeah?", Annie was slightly disappointed but saw why she suggested so, the bathroom had no bench to rest on and it was dark. They finished showering and went back to the bedroom, Aila threw her clothes in the dirty pile and locked the door behind her. She walked over to the bed that her and Annie combined to sleep together and threw Annie down, pinning her arms above her head and kissed her passionately. Annie slipped her bra and panties off, throwing them to the ground. Aila's hunger for pleasure overtook her, she slid down and began kissing her neck and collarbone, leaving the darkest hickeys for everyone to see. She made her way down to Annie's perked breasts, she began sucking on her left breast as she played with her right with her hand. Annie gripped onto she sheets and moaned, "Oh fuck... that feels so good", encouraging Aila to keep going. Aila then moved onto her lower body, leaving hickeys to trail her way down. She licked Annie's toned thighs and kissed them, sucking them slightly. She looked Annie straight into her eyes and rested her tongue on Annie's sweet spot, making her moan out. Aila pressed onto Annie's clit and began to make circles, Annie grabbed her hair as she arched her back, panting from the stimulation. Aila smirked and slipped her tongue into her, making Annie dig her heels into her back as she moaned, "Oh my god Aila~ fuck me senseless please". Aila smiled and used her right hand to play with Annie's clit as she licked and tasted Annie, using her left hand to play with her right breast. Annie began to pant faster, "Aila I'm cumming! Oh god oh!", Annie shouted as she pushed Aila's head into her, shaking her legs as she squirted into Aila's mouth. Annie collapsed onto the bed, sweating and panting from her orgasm. Aila lifted her head up and crawled on top of Annie, kissing her passionately. Aila broke the kiss and licked her fingers, smirking, she bent down to Annie's ear and whispered, "You taste delicious, now it's my turn". She sat up and took her bra and boxers off, leaving her completely naked.
Annie smirked and caught her breath, Aila crawled over and hovered her womanhood over Annie's face. Annie grabbed her thighs and pulled her onto her face. Aila moaned at the contact, "Ah~", Annie stuck her tongue out and onto Aila's drenched womanhood, making circles as Aila rode her face. Aila reached up and played with her breasts, trying her hardest not to moan loud. Seconds felt like hours, minutes felt like days, Aila was panting and sweating, biting her lower lip trying to contain her moan. Annie noticed this and chuckled, making Aila shiver from the vibration. Annie slipped her tongue into Aila's sweet spot, making Aila unable to contain her moan anymore. "Oh fuck Annie~ oh my god you're so fucking good my love", she moaned out as she began to buck her hips, riding Annie's face. Annie loved this, she reached up and dug her nails into Aila's back, leaving marks. Annie moved her tongue in and out, along with Aila's moving body, it made Aila go crazy, she was on the verge of cumming. Annie moved back to her clit and sucked on it, she moved her right hand and slipped three fingers into Aila, stimulating her nerves. Aila couldn't hold it anymore, "Annie! Oh god oh god oh god I'm- I'm cumming oh fuuuck~", Aila squirted into Annie's mouth, riding her orgasm out as she shook. She collapsed next to Annie, panting and sweating like she ran a marathon. Annie lifted her head and licked her lips, smirking as she hovered over Aila, she bent down and said, "You taste even better than I ever could". Aila chuckled and leaned up to kiss her lover, melting together. They turned the gas lamp off and went under the covers, cuddling. Annie sat up, "Oh I almost forgot", she said as she leaned down and kissed Aila's neck, sucking on it leaving hickeys on both sides of her neck. She laid back down into Aila's arms, saying, "Now we match", smiling as she and Aila fell asleep embracing each other.
Birds began to chirp and the sun shone through the window, the soft breeze made the curtains sway. KLOCK! KLOCK! KLOCK! Someone knocked at the door. A muffled voice came from behind it, "Helloooooo new recruits! We leave for our lovely expedition in an hour so rise and shine!", Aila sat up and walked to the door, opening it. There she was greeted by Hange Zoe, a section commander and titan research specialist in the scouts. She blushed a bit and jumped back, "WOAH WOAH WOAH! CLOTHES MA'AM!", Aila looked down and immediately turned to a beet. She slammed the door shut, covering her face from embarrassment. Annie sat up and was laughing, "Hahaha! Wow what a good way to meet the section commander for the first time" "Oh shut up! I forgot is all", Aila told her amused lover. Annie stepped out of bed and hugged Aila from behind, kissing her back, "We should probably get ready and go down to eat quickly" "Yeah, let's go". The two got dressed and threw their new cloaks over them, embracing their new status. They walked downstairs and met Ymir and Christa, leaning against the wall. Ymir smiled and wrapped her arms around the two, "Well look who it is! The two lovely ladies that kept me and my Christa awake last night, sleep well lovebirds?", Aila blushed and looked away. Annie stayed poker faced and stopped walking, staring Ymir in the eyes, "You're one to talk considering how much Christa calls out your name at night", Christa stopped and swung around, her face as red as a tomato. "A-Annie!", Ymir laughed, "Yep! I'm proud of my work", Christa walked over angry, grabbing Ymir's ear and yanking her away. Aila laughed and walked back to Annie, placing her arm around her. Annie smiled and held Aila's hand, leaning into her as they walked. They grabbed their field rations and ate, preparing for their mission, they were met by Hange who came over smiling ever so mischievously, "Hello~ racketeers! Thanks for the view this morning Brandt, needed some motivation anyways", Aila hid her face in her cloaks' hood. Annie growled a bit at Hange's comment, feeling protective. "I-I'm sorry section commander it won't happen again!", Aila said as she saluted, Hange laughed and turned away. "Don't worry about it, it happens, stay safe during the expedition kiddies!", she said as she waved, walking away.
The scouts all geared up and supplied up their wagons, ready to leave. Aila and Annie met with Sasha and Mikasa, "Woah, nice hickeys, guess you guys had fun last night", Sasha stated as she giggled. Mikasa elbowed her, making her cough, "Me and Aila are in the same squad, you and Sasha are in the same squad Annie", Mikasa told the two. Annie sighed, not pleased she's not with Aila but she accepted it and moved on. "Me and Aila will be in the right wing spotters, Aila will use her telepathy connection to check on you guys who will be in the rear", Mikasa stated as she showed a map. "Alright, and if something happens?", Annie asked as she observed the map, "Aila will be connected at all times, if something happens let us know" "Alright, lets get going then!", Sasha stated with enthusiasm. Mikasa kissed Sasha and held her for a moment, saying their goodbyes and to be careful, Aila and Annie did the same. They all hopped aboard their horses and got into position, awaiting the commanders' say so to move out. Erwin took in a deep breath, "ALRIGHT SCOUTS! WE LEAVE FOR COLANETH DISTRICT NOW!", he shouted as he and the others began to make their way to the gate. As they neared the gate, Aila noticed two small children gawking at the scouts, amazed at their presence. Aila smiled softly, remembering back to when she was a child. The gate began to open, the commander shouted, "The 57th recon mission begins! SCOUTS, MOVE OUT!", as he charged out of the gate and into an abandoned town. A scout shouted, "TWELVE METER TO THE LEFT!", Aila snapped her head to her left, seeing the titan closing in. She turned back to Mikasa, "Take my horse, I'll be back", Mikasa nodded as Aila stood atop her horse, unsheathing her blades and shooting her anchors into the buildings. She flew off, towards the titan and the scouts struggling to kill it. It reached it's hand out to grab her, but she spun and avoided it, zipping closer to it. Before it could turn to react to her, she spun at a rapid pace, killing it. She landed on a roof next to a scout, "W-Wow cadet, you handled that nicely", they said amazed with her skills. Aila nodded and shot off to the next building in search of other titans, she came across a few, killing them all without exerting her gas or dulling her blades. Once she was sure there weren't anymore titans, she returned to her horse and continued to ride to wall maria.
Not long after exiting the town, the commander signaled for the long range scouting formation to begin. Mikasa and Aila left to the right wing spotters, beginning their survey. They rode for a few minutes, but it felt as if it were hours. No signs of any titans, then, POOF! Several red signal flares were shot off, signaling the sightings of titans. Aila reached into her pouch on her horse and pulled out a red signal flare, shooting it into the air. "That's a lot of red, you think the other right wing spotters are having a hard time?", Mikasa asked concerned, Aila switched to telepathy, "Hey, you guys see the red right?", she asked the other two in the rear. "Yeah, are you guys ok? That's a lot of titans", Sasha asked them, "Have you guys seen any titans yet?", Annie asked, concerned about her friends and lover. "Yeah, we're ok, we haven't seen any yet" "Oh shit, guys look to the left!", Sasha shouted, Aila and Mikasa looked over to see purple smoke. "Isn't that where Reiner was?!", Aila asked, "Yeah... this isn't good, he might've transformed", Annie replied as sweat dripped down her brow. Soon, a string of purple flares were set off, signaling an emergency. A green flare was shot off by the commander, Aila and Mikasa gasped in shock. "Doesn't he see the purple smoke?! Why are we just changing direction and not retreating completely?!", Aila asked Mikasa, Mikasa frowned as sweat began to secrete from her head, "There's no way he doesn't know about them, which means he's trying to weed a traitor out after all", Mikasa said, "What? How does he know?" "Think about it, if Eren can transform, who's to say the armored and colossal can't?" "Shit... you're right, but even so tens of soldiers will die! He's crazy!", Aila shouted. Mikasa nodded, "I agree with you, what is he thinking? He's putting Eren and us at risk with this ridiculous plan", Sasha cut in, "Hey guys, wasn't Jean and Connie stationed near Reiner?" "Son of a bitch, you're right, they might get caught in the crossfire!", Aila realized. Aila took a deep breath, "I know this is dangerous, but I'm going to check on them, if something happens to me, I'll transform. I love you Annie, I'm sorry", she told everyone before snapping the reigns on her horse and heading towards the flares, turning her telepathy off.
Before Mikasa could stop her, a titan flew out from behind a building, preventing her from following Aila. Aila zipped passed everyone, riding as fast as her horse would go to Jean and Connie. Suddenly, another purple flare was shot off from a few miles of Aila. She immediately followed after it, hoping her friends were alright. As she got closer, she saw a horse running away, she stopped and grabbed a hold of it, knowing it was one of theirs. She started off faster than before, scared out of her mind now. She looked around, and eventually saw Jean whistling for his horse. She ran towards him, relieved to see he's ok. "Jean!", she shouted as she approached him, Jean snapped his head around, "Aila? What're you doing here?! And that's my horse!" "Yeah, I saw the signals and couldn't just sit around, I caught this straggler as I was on my way here", she said as she presented the horse to Jean. Aila looked over his shoulder to see Marco laying on the ground with a broken arm, she hopped off her horse and tied it to a tree. She ran over to him, "Marco! What the hell happened you guys?!", Connie stood up, "The armored, he's back!", Aila frowned, her suspicions were right. "Shit, that's not good, what the hell is the commander thinking", she replied, standing up. She connected to the other three once again, "Hey, I reached Jean and Connie. They said the armored attacked again, Marco was with Connie and was knocked unconscious, he suffered a broken arm is all though", Mikasa shouted, "Aila what the hell! That was dangerous and stupid, what if Reiner was still there?!" "I know, I'm sorry, I couldn't just let them die though, they're our friends", she replied. Annie spoke up, "As soon as you turned your telepathy off I headed towards you, I can see you now", Aila snapped her head around to see Annie heading towards her. "Hey! It's Annie!", Connie shouted as he waved, Annie halted at Aila's side, staying in silence. She hopped off her horse and walked to Aila, "Annie I'm sorry I know I shouldn't have left like tha-", Annie slapped her. Aila sighed, she knew she deserved it. Annie then pulled her in and kissed her, she rested her forehead on Aila's, tears in her eyes, "You could've been killed you idiot!", Jean and Connie were shocked, they've never seen Annie like this. Aila caressed her cheek, wiping the tears from her eyes with her thumb, "Hey, I'm ok now". Annie composed herself and stepped away and towards Marco, she knelt down and slapped him, "Wake up", she said. Jean ran over angry, "What the hell!", she turned and looked at him, "He was in the top ten, a broken arm shouldn't stop him from riding a horse" "You're right, sorry I was out so long", Marco said as he groaned, sitting up. They then all got onto their horses and returned to their course.
Eventually, they rode out to a small forest of giant trees, where they were told to stop and tie their horses down. They were then ordered to get atop the trees and keep titans from entering the forest, Annie and Aila were soon met by Sasha and Mikasa. All four of them stood together on the branches of the trees near the edge of the forest. Titans began to swarm under them, trying their hardest to get them. Some even tried to climb the trees, making the scouts move higher up. Minutes felt like hours, suddenly, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Loud explosions were heard from in the forest, "What the hell?", Aila asked as she stared into the forest. These explosions went on for fifteen minutes, for an unknown reason. But soon, they stopped, and screams of soldiers were heard as well as loud thumps. A vetern, Nanaba, ordered everyone to retreat into the forest and help the scouts. As they flew in, bodies were seen more and more, squished onto the trees and ground. They eventually caught up with who was left and landed next to Erwin, "Erwin, what the hell happened here?!", Nanaba asked horrified. Erwin stared at the piled bodies, "The armored, he came, our anchors couldn't pierce him at all""Shit, where'd he run off to?", Nanaba asked. Erwin sighed, "He ran towards where Levi squad retreated, to Eren", Mikasa jumped to attention immediately. "WHAT?! Has anyone gone after it?!", she asked in a panic, "Levi did, just Levi, we can't spare anymore soldiers, plus Levi's squad should be able to handle it". "Which direction?", Mikasa asked, Erwin pointed to further into the forest, and instantly, Mikasa shot off towards it. Nanaba shouted, "Ackerman!", Erwin stopped her, "Let her go, if she wishes to die that is her choice". Aila unsheathed her blades, "I'm sorry sir, but I'm going after her and the armored", and without hesitation, she shot off after Mikasa with Sasha and Annie behind her. As they caught up to her, they saw the bodies of Levi squad, and seconds later, a flash of yellow lightning shone, signaling Eren's transformation. They soon caught up and saw Eren's titan emerge and charge after Reiner, "RAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!", Eren roared as he threw a punch at him. The four soon came up from behind Eren and were set to assist Eren in taking Reiner down,