"Jean...can you take over for me?"

Everyone looked at Armin with widened eyes. 

"What?"

"I don't know what to do. I'm worried I'll screw up. I've made a mistake thinking we can talk to Bertholdt, and look where it got us. Please, Jean! You're better suited for this!"

"No offense, but what in what way possible right now?" you thought. 

Jean hesitated for a moment before giving an order. You all boarded Eren and began to head for the river, all while keeping hidden away from Bertholdt. 

Jean suggested that you and Eren stay hidden for the time being. Which seemed like a good plan right about now. You didn't have much of a plan and Eren is not capable of defeating Bertholdt right now. 

"Yell at him, Eren! We can't let Bertholdt get any closer to the walls!" Jean yelled, bringing you out of your thoughts. 

Eren let out a loud roar, which made Bertholdt stop and turn around to face you all.  

"He heard you." Jean pointed out. 

"Yeah, it's pretty obvious to see that, Jean. (ーー;)"

Bertholdt looked in your direction for a few seconds before continuing his way, completing ignoring. 

"That bastard is ignoring us!" Jean yelled. 

"What do we do now, Jean!? If he gets any closer to the walls-!"

"We won't let him! Hey, Eren! Try tackling one of his legs!" Jean replied. 

"...What? What the hell is that gonna do!?"

 Eren's size compared to Bertholdt's, the only thing Eren could tackle was Bertholdt's feet, which wouldn't really do much. 

"But might as well try! (＾＾；)"

Eren began to run towards Bertholdt and you began to feel uneasy. 

"I'm starting to against this decision!（ΩДΩ）"

Mikasa suggested killing him with the thunder spears, but you shook your head in disagreement. The steam is enough to blow the thunder spikes away from his body. 

Once Eren was right in front of Bertholdt, you all scattered. You landed on a nearby house and watched as Eren tried his best to hold Bertholdt by the leg. 

From the looks of it, it actually seemed to be working because Eren seemed to be pushing him back. But your smile faded once you saw Bertholdt slowly raising up his leg, holding Eren mid-air. 

"...!!?"

Your eyes widened as Bertholdt kicked (A/n: yeeted) Eren off causing him to fly straight towards the wall with a loud boom. 

Shit!!

He's not moving!? Is he dead!? Knocked out!? 

"I'm not going to sit around and wait to be slaughtered! Let's get the kill!" Jean yelled out, you all followed after him. 

"He doesn't know about the thunder spikes, Connie, Sasha, Y/n! We will distract him! Mikasa! You go for the kill!"

You let out a grunt, shaking your head. 

'They won't work!' You signed. 

"We might as well try, Y/n! What other chance do we got!?" Jean replied. 

Bertholdt must have sensed the attack or something because he blew off a bunch of steam around you all. 

"Grk!" You grunted, closing your eyes. 

The thunder spikes were ripped out of your hands, landing on impact and exploding from behind. 

"...!!" You yelped as the hooks of your ODMs became unattached and you were all thrown off balance. 

"Grk!" You grunted again as you landed nearby Armin. 

"*Cough* *Cough*" You coughed, wiping the sweat from your forehead. 

Aagh...that was hot! Mikasa soon landed and you noticed she was hurt. 

"Mikasa!" You rushed over to her. 

'You alright!?'

"I'm fine, Y/n. It's not that bad. That strike from the thunder spikes got me. Figure something out yet, Armin?"

Armin couldn't say anything. 

"I-...I don't know..."

Suddenly, a familiar smell wafted your nose as your eyes widened.

"...!!" You gasped and turned your attention behind Bertholdt. 

A loud boom was heard, and their eyes soon widened as yours did. There stood Reiner, who magically got up for some reason. Looks like your thunder spears weren't that effective on him either. 

"No way! Why is he back!? This is not good! At this rate, the walls and our lives are as good as done for!"

....

Your mind suddenly flashed to when you fought against Bertholdt after he and Reiner kidnapped both you and Eren. 

You could have gotten him, you were in the air and could have delivered a blow. But you let yourself get engulfed in the heat. 

Back then...you let that happen. 

You could have easily taken him down, but you decided not to. 

Why?

....

Was it because even after everything, you still remembered him as a friend. 

No, not when you were in training for the Survey Corps. Back when you were all together in--

"Erk!" Your head throbbed. Ringing began to echo through your ears. 

No, no, no!

You're supposed to forget! You don't know who that is! You don't remember them! You're not supposed to!

Whatever they said about you! It isn't true!

It isn't true!

....

"Y/n?" You heard Armin call. 

Your eyes slowly shifted to him; your expression different. 

"Is everything okay?" He waited for you to give him a sign in acknowledgement. 

You mentally sighed, realizing you couldn't keep the facade up this time. 

"I'm sorry, Bertholdt...Reiner. This is my life now, and I'm going to protect it. Even if I'm seen as a traitor..." you thought. 

You have a plan. But you needed time and Bertholdt distracted. You also needed to get away from the group. 

'Armin, I think I have a plan!'

"Huh!? So do I!"

'Does it involve Eren?'

"...yes."

Your brows furrowed. 

"But I'm sure it will work! Trust me!"

Trust...when was the last time you were told that?

Oh yeah, it was when Levi's squad was massacred. 

"Y/n! Please!"

You shook your head. 

'Continue with your plan! But I'm not playing any part of it.'

"Y/n..."

'But we can make both of our plans work. I need to get away and hide somewhere. Keep Bertholdt distracted long enough.'

"Wait--! Y/n!" you began to zip off. 

"Y/n!!" Armin called out. 

As Armin watched you go, he knew he couldn't waste any more time. Whatever you were planning, you know what you're doing and can handle yourself. 

He zipped off to go to Eren, hopefully to continue on with this plan. 

You landed on the ground, far away enough to which you can get a good running start. You peered back to where Bertholdt was. 

His attention wasn't on you, he probably doesn't know where you are. But that's about to change once you transform. 

Let's just hope Armin and Eren keep him distracted. 

You slowly raised your blade towards your hands, you sucked in your breath before slicing yourself. 

Then...lightning struck your form, and you began to transform. 

Unfortunately, your transformation didn't go by unnoticed. Bertholdt's eyes looked behind. 

"Y/n..." he thought. 

"Finally decided to fight. What made you decide now?"

This is going to be a problem. You could attack at any second, but you were too far away for him to be able to deal with you.  

He has no choice but to take care of Eren first before he deals with you. But knowing your last attempt, he has a possibility of winning. 

"What are you planning, Y/n?" Armin asked. 

"Is she...thinking of doing a sneak attack? That's what she meant by distraction. I guess she's just waiting for the right moment."

"Okay, Y/n! I trust you." he thought. 

Armin got into position, ready for the plan to carry out.  

"...WHA--!!" He felt his body heave as Eren's foot slipped from off the wall. 

He managed to get off and land safely away, but Eren's body toppled down towards the bottom of the wall. 

"EREN!" Armin screamed. 

He's not getting up from that! There's no other options now!

Armin turned towards Bertholdt. 

"AAAAAAAAAAH!" he let out a battle cry. 

Bertholdt swung his hand towards him, Armin dodged and began to zip towards him. 

"Fool." Bertholdt said as his body turned bright orange. 

But instead of flying away, Armin surprisingly held out. Bertholdt became amused. 

"Is this your plan, Armin? Holding onto me as long as you can?"

----

Back to you, you saw Bertholdt's titan form glow bright orange. 

But where was Eren?

Wait...oh no. 

Armin, you dumbass!

He's doing his plan all by himself!

You cursed mentally. He could die. It was now or never.

You began to break off into a run. Your run becoming slow at first but generally growing faster. 

You needed to make it. Make it before Armin dies!

But he felt so far away. Like you weren't getting closer enough. 

You began to panic as you started to think you wouldn't make it. 

No! No! You were going to make it!

You ran faster, steadying yourself. Just a little more. 

Finally, you jumped. 

You felt your body soar into the sky, bracing for impact from behind. 

Unbeknownst to Bertholdt, he didn't even notice before it was too late. 

Upon sensing an approaching, he looked behind. 

"WHAT!?"

"RAAAAAAAAH!" your titan roared. 

Bertholdt watched in horror as the last thing he saw was your titan slamming itself against his head. 

A force so hard, his head was knocked down. 

"SHIT! I forgot about Y/n! Was this her plan!?"

Everything went into slow motion as Armin's body was flown back. The force from your titan bringing a force of air that knocked him back and landing on the roof of a nearby house. 

But you weren't done with your attacks, you continued to claw and thrash yourself onto Bertholdt. Delivering as many harsh blows as you can. 

Bertholdt felt them all, feeling your anger. 

"I'm going to die! I'm going to die! I'm going to die!" Bertholdt screamed.

"EREN!! Get this asshole before I tear him out and eat him myself!!" you thought. 

You clawed your way through his neck, making one last attempt to get him out. You began to bite into his nape, hoping to rip him out. 

Eren, who managed to recover from his fall. Got out of his titan form and zipped towards Bertholdt. Witnessing you trying to bite through his nape and rip him out. 

"Wait! No! Y/N STOP! You can't devour Bertholdt, that wasn't the plan!!" Eren yelled. 

But you couldn't hear him. Eren sucked him breath. 

"Y/N!! WATCH OUT" he shouted. 

"I'm putting an end to this bastard!!"

Hearing his shout, you snapped out of your rage. You leaned back, falling off of Bertholdt as he continued to slowly fall. 

Eren sliced Bertholdt out from his nape. And finally, the colossal titan fell. 

"Good riddance...asshole..." you thought as you landed. 

"I wished we met under different circumstances..."

----

You were exhausted when you climbed out of your titan form. Your mind was hazy and you just needed time to regain your strength. 

You did it...you all done it. 

Bertholdt and Reiner...were finally taken down. 

"I told you my plan would work...Armin."

...

Wait...Armin!

You sprang up, completely ignoring your tired body. 

Was Armin okay!?

----

Eren managed to get to the roof of a nearby house, dragging Bertholdt's unconscious body with him.

He didn't see Armin at all once you attacked. Was he alright? 

He also didn't if you landed okay. 

"I hope you're alright, Y/n." he thought. 

His eyes landed on Armin's figure. 

"Armin?" he called out. 

Armin's skin had redness, his body sweaty and smoke coming off of him. He looked to be badly burned in some places, but he didn't look too bad. 

"Must be unconscious..." he thought. 

If only he knew...

He laid Bertholdt down and let out a sigh of relief. He really should be thanking you and Armin, both of your plans ended up working at the end of the day. 

But he didn't see much. How did you manage to attack Bertholdt from behind?

Back with the others, they witnessed things from the background. Surprise that you actually managed to bring Bertholdt down. 

Only to be horrified that your body must have landed somewhere. 

"Did she manage to get off in time!?" Jean yelled, reasonably concerned. 

"What if she's dead!?"

"No...she wouldn't be dead. She's not dead." Mikasa replied, almost like she was convincing herself it wasn't true. 

Hange stayed quiet. There was no way you could have survived that fall. But they had to give hope. 

"I'm sure she's okay. Our Y/n's strong, you witnessed the amount of shit she managed to bounce back from." they tried to joke. 

But this was serious!  

"Could have been real helpful if she transformed before. Ow!" Jean hit Connie on the head. 

"I'm sure Eren and Armin can handle her. We still get to deal with Reiner." Hange said. 

The rest made their way to find Reiner, Hange making noticeable twitches as they zipped off. 

"Section Commander, are you alright?" Mikasa asked. 

"..." Hange said nothing. 

Something about Hange's silence made Mikasa worried. 

"I really hope you survived that fall, Y/n."