Attack on Titan Episode 8

Attack on Titan Episode 8: I Can Hear His Heartbeat: The Struggle for Trost, Part 4

The audience stayed silent, having already been made aware of what universe they will watch now as they grew used to B referring to this universe as their favourite universe even if it was far from that in most of the case. However, many people in the audience couldn't help but become intrigued as they knew they'd probably see more of the Rogue Titan.

Eveything started off shortly after the last viewing ended as the camera showed Reiko, Izuku and Ryuji standing on the roof together with Izuku crouching down next to Reiko, working on her gear.

"There! Your mobility gear still works, and I've given you all my blades." Izuku exclaimed, pulling his hands away from Reiko's gear as he grabbed a single blade and stared at it with his reflection visible in it, "All I ask is that you leave me with this one. I'd rather not get eaten alive, if I can help it."

Uraraka raised her brow at his choice of words, "What is he talking about?"

Weekend shrugged, "It's better to have someone who can actually defend themselves wield those other than someone who got his comrades killed."

Uraraka glared at her, "Do you really have to put it like that?"

"What? Am I wrong?" Weekend raised her brow.

Reiko stepped closer to Izuku and grabbed his last remaining blade, tossing it away and leaving it falling on the ground.

"N-No way..." Izuku muttered under his breath with a confused look on his face, placing his hand on his knee.

The audience was taken aback by her action.

Kaminari's eyes widened at this, "What?" 

"Why would she do that?" Mina asked with a confused look on her face.

Winter shook her head in disapproval, "What a waste."

"She wouldn't be wasting weapons like that." Ironwood nodded in agreement.

"Izuku." Reiko called out to him, placing her hand on top of his and looked directly into his eyes, "I'm not leaving you here."

Iida's eyes widened a bit, "Midoriya wanted them to leave him behind?"

Uraraka shook her head in disapproval and worry, "Why she he want to be left behind?"

"It explains why she threw his weapon away like she did as well as well." Inumuta stated.

Aikuro nodded in agreement, "Yeah. She must have done this as a way of having him come with them."

"Even if she wanted to stop him from staying behind, she still shouldn't have thrown his weapon away." Goodwitch stated.

Ironwood nodded in agreement, "Exactly. Each weapon counts in such situation."

"B-But the place is swarming with Titans; you can't possibly carry someone while jumping.." Izuku argued, stuttering in his words as he got up from his crouching position.

"Let's go!" Ryuji shouted, grabbing Izuku arm as he and Reiko took off towards the roof.

grabbed Izuku's arm as he and Pyrrha took off.

"No... Please don't..." Izuku thought to himself, finding himself dragge away by his friends towards the roof, "I'll only...I'll only get more of my friends killed!"

All Might sighed sadly, "Young Midoriya."

"He needs to put himself back together." Aizawa stated.

Winter nodded in agreement, "He will just get more of his friends killed if he'll keep acting like this."

Just as those words rang through his head, the Rogue Titan roared and an idea popped into his mind as soon as it happened

"Wait!" He screamed, snatching his arm back and freeing himself from Ryuji's grip, "Listen to me! I have a suggestion."

Many interested stares were directed towards Izuku with many people in the audience wondering what he had to say.

Double D hummed in an interested manner, "I wonder what he'll have in mind."

"It must have something to do with the Rogue Titan." Eddy theorized.

Akira nodded in agreement, "Yeah. It's pretty obvious."

"A suggestion?" Ryuji shot him a questioning look.

"It's a two-person operation, so you two should decide whether to carry it out or not. I know it's crazy, but... couldn't we use that Titan to our advantage?" Izuku explained his plan to them as Reiko and Ryuji were taken aback by his suggestion.

"That Titan?" Ryuji asked in bewilderment.

Eddy nodded to himself, "I knew it."

Rinon raised her brow, "How are they going to use this Titan, though?" 

"Exactly. It sounds like an outlandish and risky idea from what we've seen from the Titan until now if you ask me." Satsuki nodded in agreement.

"We'll have to wait and see." Ren stated.

Uraraka smiled slightly, "If it's something Deku came up with, then I'm sure it'll be great."

Izuku quickly explained his plan to them, "It's only attacking other Titans. It seems uninterested in humans. I was thinking of luring it to the supply building somehow. If it handles the other Titans for us, we could everyone out of this alive!"

"For real? You want to lure it?" Ryuji gasped at the idea as Izuku nodded in confirmation, "How could we even pull that off?"

Izuku shifted his gaze to the Titan, "My guess is it's fighting on instinct. If you two take out the Titans in its vicinity, then it'll start looking for other Titans. Most likely it'll move towards the Titans swarming around Headquarters."

Sojiro hummed, "Hmm. That's not a bad idea."

"If it wasn't risky, then I would get behind it." Sae nodded in agreement, "What if it simply attacks humans once it eliminates the Titans? For all we know, it could be attacking Titans because they are the biggest targets around"

Maruki sighed, "Too bad I don't think they have much choice here regarding whether this plan is risky or not."

Goodwitch nodded in agreement, "No matter what, it's still better than sitting around and doing nothing while waiting to die."

"How could we do something so risky based on a mere guess?!" Ryuji demanded.

Izuku turned back to them with a determined expression. "But if it does work, we could eliminate every Titan at HQ in one fell swoop!" 

Ironwood nodded in approval, "He's a smart, kid."

"That's young Midoriya to you." All Might smiled proudly, getting some voices of agreement from Izuku's classmates as Izuku blushed a bit at all the praises.

Satsuski crossed her arms, "Now's, let's see what comes out of this plan."

"Ah..." Realization hit Ryuji like a ton of bricks as he found himself thinking about the plan.

"It's at least worth a shot," Reiko voiced her thoughts on the idea.

"For real?!" Ryuji turned to her in shock, "Are you serious?"

"If we're facing certain death, either way, the path to take is the path with a chance of victory." Reiko pointed out to him as Izuku looked happy by her agreeing with his plan, "Let's go with Izuku's plan."

Ryuji remained in disbelief of the plan, "You want to side with a Titan to fight against Titans?" 

"Yes. Precisely." Reiko instantly confirmed it to him.

Coco crossed her arms, "Jeez. Talk about fighting fire with fire."

"It would be like we tried fighting Grimm with Grimm." Weiss stated.

Coco nodded in agreement, "Yeah. Hopefully it works."

"Not suprised Yanagi agreeing with him." Shoji stated after seeing Reiko agree with Izuku's plan.

Ojiro nodded in agreement, "Yeah. Hopefully she won't start acting with him like she was acting with L/N."

Mina elbowed Uraraka playfully, "Yeah. One person here would hate to see this."

Uraraka blushed heavily at this.

Ryuji smiled nervously, backing away as he accepted the plan, "It won't even be funny if we fail."

"Not the time to make jokes, idiot." Morgana stated in disapproval.

Ann nodded with a frown on her face, "Exactly. If you fail, you'll be dead."

"Hey! My other self needs to find a way to destress a bit!" Ryuji pointed out.

Maruki nodded in agreement, "True. Many people cope differently with stress. Some do this with humor."

Izuku smiled, "But if we succeed, everyone will be saved."

"Make up your mind," Reiko told Ryuji, taking off  in the Rogue Titan's direction and Izuku immediately followed her.  

"I get it! Dammit, I get it!" Ryuji cursed under his breath, chasing after them.

Akira smiled a bit, "He goes with them."

Ann frowned in worry, "Let's hope he won't get himself killed."

"It's not he had much of a choice here." Makoto stated, "It was either going with them or being left alone."

"Yeah. Probably anyone would have gone with them in this position." Futaba stated. She knew she would. Especially with all the Titans infesting the city.

"Am I really cut out for this? Can I handle a position with this much responsibility?" The camera cut to Kevin a second later and showed him watching a group of Titans surrounding a soldier with his eyes closed in frustation.

Eddy brushed Kevin's worries off, "Relax, shovel chin. You managed to get all those cadets 

"Except for the guy surrounded by the Titans on the ground now." Kevin pointed out.

Eddy once again brushed him off, "There could have been more of them if it wasn't for you."

"Yeah, dude." Nazz nodded in agreement, "Who else can it be if not you?"

Kevin blushed a bit, "Um..."

Ironwood looked at Kevin with an interested look on his face, "Can he, though?"

"Does he have the will to act?" Nezu asked himself internally, keeping his eyes set on Kevin.

"No! Wait! The Titans are relatively concentrated around there." A realization suddenly git hit him like a ton of bricks as he noticed the Titans all gathered in one place with their backs turned to them, "This is our chance!"

Ironwood and Nezu smiled in approval.

Nazz pointed at the screen, "See? You're perfect the job."

"Rolf's village would have greatly approved of Kevin-boy actions right now." Rolf added as his own support of Kevin.

"If you say so..." Kevin's blush grew.

"Go! Hurry to HQ while you can!" Kevin voiced his order, snapping the others out of their daze and took off running, leaping onto another rooftop. Rolf and Nora followed first. Sun, Neptune, and Ryuko went next. He jumped from roof to room with the others following him without hesitation, "Everyone! Move in!" 

Yang rubbed the back of her head, "You know. I'm kind of suprised Sun didn't decide to lead them."

Neptune nodded in agreement, "He's a leader in our world, after all."

"I would have pointed out how this is an alternate universe if Sun wasn't show to be a dependable guy in this universe." Fox stated, "Someone like him would have made for a good leader in a situation like this."

"Maybe he doesn't want to take leadership in this situation." Yatsuhashi stated, "Not everyone can handle themselves to be a leader in such sitaution and maybe he knows this."

"Either way. Kevin already showed himself to be a capable leader and changing leader right now probably wouldn't be the best idea." Ren stated.

The scene afterwards cut back to Reiko as she sliced the nape and killed the Titan in her path, clearing the way for Ryuji, who was carrying Izuku in his arms.

Izuku blushed in embarassment while many members of the audience chuckled.

"Looks like someone is comfy." Sero chuckled.

Morgana chuckled, "Just make sure not to drop him, idiot."

"Ann would probably kill to be in his place right now." Futaba shot Ann a teasing gaze as Ann glared at her, blushing.

The Rogue Titan pushed a smaller Titan back. After finishing it off, it turned towards HQ, now noticing the Titans while Kevin led the charge forward, manoeuvring between a group of Titans. One lucky Titan caught Kevin by his leg shortly after.

Most of the audience tensed up upon seeing what just happened on the screen.

"Shit..." Eddy shook his head,

"Don't you dare kill him..." Nazz muttered under her breath in worry.

Lee glanced at her, "Relax. They wouldn't kill him after they made him such an important character in the last two viewings."

Their worries were killed off a second late as Kevin instantly reacted. He cut off the finger without panic or hesitation, shooting his hooks and moving forward. He landed on the roof and ran forward. 

All of Kevin's friends beathed sighs of relief after seeing him distance himself from the Titan.

Jonny sighed in relief, "That was way too close!"

"See? I told you so." Lee glanced at Nazz again, "They wouldn't have killed him after they made him one of the main characters."

"Where was that logic when Y/N was eaten, then?" Atori asked Lee through her handpuppet as Lee stayed silent, knowing the shy girl had a point here.

"Sun!" Rolf shouted, running next to Kevin, "Thanks! I only got out because of you!"

Kevin glanced at him, "Huh?"

"It's all thanks to you! I told you before, didn't I? You're cut out to be a leader!" Rolf explained what he meant to him.

"Thanks, man..." Kevin smiled slightly at Rolf, appreciating the praise as Rolf smiled in return.

"He isn't wrong. I can see a potential in him." Ozpin voiced his agreement with Rolf's counterpart.

Ironwood nodded in agreement, "He is promising. Being promising doesn't mean you will become a good leader without improving. However, I'm certan he'll turn into a good leader if he'll continue to go like this."

"I'm not so sure about that!" Kevin shot him a brief grin as he dodged more Titans. However, one trainee was not so lucky. Droplets of blood flew in the air as he screamed in terror. Kevin instantly looked away from it and kept his gaze ahead of him, "Dammit!"

Kevin frowned at the fate of the soldier, "Dammit."

Ozpin took notice of his reaction and tried to comfort him, "You couldn't have done anything, young man. Sometimes it just happens."

Kevin sighed, "It doesn't make me feel better."

Shooting forward with a burst of speed, he angled his body and crashed through the HQ's window. He looked around as if in disbelief that he'd made it just as other soldiers crashed in through the windows. Rolf, Sun and Ryuko were the first to arrive after him. The others joined them a second later.

"How many of us made it? Using the deaths of our comrades..." He gripped  his face in horror at the realization of his actions, "How many people died because of my orders?"

"Unfortunely that is the price you pay as the leader." Ironwood sighed. His counterpart from this world probably knew this better than anyone as Ruby, Coco, Jaune and Sun grimaced upon hearing that. It was hard coming to terms with the fact that one day, they might have to make the difficult choice of sacrificing lives, even their friends, for a greater purpose.

"You could say that again..." A2 sighed as well with her mind flying back to what happened at Pearl Harbor Descend. Her friends noticed her reacton and tried to comfort her with Q placing her hand on top of hers.

"You're with the supply team... aren't you?" Kevin pulled himself out of his thoughts when he noticed two trainees hiding under a desk next to him. He grabbed one boy by the collar and dragged him out. He punched the boy, knocking him down.

Eddy crossed his arms, "Damn, shovel chin. You are pissed at them."

"Takes you back, huh?" Kevin asked him.

Eddy sighed, "I wish it didn't."

"To be honest I can't really blame him for reacting like this this." Gamagori stated.

Natsume nodded in agreement, "Me too. They got many of his fellow soldiers killed with their lack of actions."

"Stop, Kev!" Rolf quickly restrained him.

"These bastards abandoned us! Do you even have a clue how many died!" Sun accused the crying soldiers.

"The Titans invaded the supply depot." One trainee knelt beside her comrade, crying, "What could we have done?!

"I dunno? Try to fight them and do your job?" Aizawa asked.

Winter shook her head, "I hate excuses like this."

Sae nodded in agreement, "Especially when they didn't bother fighting back when the Titans invaded. They just sat there and did nothing."

Qrow crossed his arms, "The fall of Wall Maria didn't taught some people anything, huh?"

"It's your job to figure something out!" Kevin snapped at him as Sun watched the scene with a grimace. Aa whistling sound rang through his ears a second later. 

"Take cover!" He screamed, trying to alert the others about it as two soldiers were sent flying when the wall behind them blasted open. Outside, two Titans sat on their hands and knees while the other one had punched the wall with its face, leaving them looking inside.

"Shit! There are too many people gathered here!" Kevin screamed while the trainees panicked and ran towards the inner rooms.

Several members of the audienced jumped in their seats upon seeing what happened on the screen. They couldn't help themselves and shivered a bit at the way the Titans were looking into the building right now.

Uzu shook his head, "Shit!" 

Honoka sighed, "They just can't take a break for a second, huh?"

"Why are they so panicked? Won't the Titans be unable to reach them inside the buildings?" Touko asked.

Rinon shook her head, "I don't know and I don't want to know."

"I don't think any of them want to test this as well." Ryuko added.

"Hurry! Inside!" A female trainee shouted.

"Run for your lives!" A male trainee added.

"Where's Reiko?!" Someone asked.

"She crashed back there! She's been eaten!" The other trainee replied as the camera showed Kevin was frozen in his spot with a horror filled expression.

Kevin clenched his arm seats.

"Come on. Move..." Nazz muttered under her breath.

Winter shook her head, "This isn't the time to be scared like this."

"Yeah. We already had one with Izuku and we know how it happened." Eddy nodded in agreement and glanced at Izuku, "No offense, greenie."

Izuku rubbed the back of his head, "N-None taken."

"This is normal..." Kevin stared at the giant faces smiling creepily at him with horror refusing to leave his face with his swords shaking in his hands. "This is reality, isn't it? Was I just chasing a delusional dream? I thought I knew reality. Just thinking about it, it's so obvious... There's no way we stand a chance against these gigantic monstrosities."

Aizawa sighed, "He's having a life crisis right now."

"This isn't the time for this..." Winter shook her head in disapproval.

Kaminari shivered a bit at the view of the Titans, "Can you blame him, though. This is so freaky and we're thinking that from the audience. Imagine how it must be for him as he sees them in person..."

"Yeah. That's pure nightmare fuel here." Kirishima agreed.

"I would have called it spooky in a good way if I didn't know what they did to Y/N." Reiko stated.

He was taken out of his thoughts a second later, letting out a suprised when of a sudden a giant fist slammed into the face of the Titan to his right.

"What?!" He exclaimed as the Rogue Titan knocked the two down away from the hole and roared.

Many people on the younger part of the audience cheered at the scene.

"Hell yeah!" Nora cheered loudly.

Yang smiled widely, "Yeah! That was awesome."

"That Titan truly is is amazing." Tokoyami commented.

"I can't believe we're saying something lie this about a Titan." Shoji stated as Tokoyami nodded in agreement.

"What is... that?" He asked with a suprised look on his face just second before a window broke to his right and Reiko came in, followed by Ryuji and Izuku, "Huh? Reiko?!"

"Man, that was close." Ryuji commented as he knocked on his canister, not believing this luck, "It's completely empty. We did it! We just barely made it!"

Kevin made his way to them, "Y-You're... all alive."

Ryuji smiled, "It would take much more that to kill us, dude."

"Like what? Turning into a Titan?" Kevin asked.

Ryuji looked at him with a weirded look on his face, "Come on. How would I or you turn into a Titan?"

Kevin rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Just said the first thing that came into my mind."

"We did it, Izuku!" Ryuji cheered, slapping Izuku's back. 

Izuku cringed at it, "O-Ouch!"

Izuku blushed in embarassment at the scene while some members of the audience chuckled.

Ryuji chuckled, "Sorry, dude."

"Typical Deku." Bakugo rolled his eyes.

"Your plan worked! Guys," Ryuji grinned, "That Titan's an Abnormal! It's killin' all the other Titans! And it has no interest in humans! We can use it to our advantage to escape from here!"

"Use a...Titan?" Someone asked in disbelief.,

"You'd rely on a Titan's help?" Kevin wasn't buying it, "That's more delusional than any dream?"

"It's not a dream." Reiko interrupted him, "Whether it's an Abnormal or not, I don't care. We're going to let it rampage here for as long as possible."

Nezu nodded in approval, "Good approach to it, young Yanagi. Very smart."

Ozpin nodded in agreement, "Survival is their top prority. They can always figure out what's wrong with the Titan later." 

"True. But I'm still interested to find out more about it." Oobleck stated,

Maruki sighed, "Him having the same hair color as Y/N doesn't help."

"Realistically. That's our best strategy for survival now." Reiko explained as the camera afterwards showed the Rogue Titan sending another Titan crashing back, roaring and drawing the attention of more around it.

"Exactly. The best they can do right now is keep using Titan to their advantage." Sojiro stated

Midnight nodded in agreement, "We can be certain it won't target the cadets as well as it didn't attack young Midoriya and young Yanagi after they followed it."

Currently Disposable Information

Design of the 3D Manoeuvre Gear (part 3)
(The fan unit)
The gas is blown onto the fans to make them spin
Output power is controlled by the gas pressure

An illustration of the Titans' size in relation to the wall and humans was displayed on the screen a second later. From left to right it showed: the wall (50m), Colossal Titan (60m), 15m Titan class, 7m Titan class, 5m Titan class and finally, humans at barely 2m.

Izuku and Double D wasted no time and wrote this information down in their notebooks.

Qrow whistled, "Damn."

Tai rubbed the back of his head, "I knew the Colossal Titan is massive, but looking at its size compared to other Titans and humans..."

"Yeah. I know what you're saying. I feel so short right now." Present Mic stated.

"This is how Neo must be feeling for most of the time." Roman stated as Neo looked up at him with an annoyed look and elbowed him.

"What else were you expecting from the king of Titans? For it to be something which doesn't stand out from the others?" Aizawa asked.

With it's eyes shining, the Rogue Titan grabbed its opponent's arm and locked its hands together, twisting the appendage out of the socket and sending the Titan sliding, crushing the smaller ones.

"It's okay."  Ryuji reassured as the Rogue Titan charged at more Titans and kicked the smaller ones, sending them flying"That Titan's stronger than average."

"Hmm. I see." Izuku took notice of the way Ryuji described the Rogue Titan.

Double D took notice of this as well, "It must be a special Titan. Like the Armored Titan."

"How many special Titans are out there?" Mako asked with a curious look on her face.

Ryuko glanced at her, "I think we should continue to concern ourselves why this particular Titan looks like Y/N and keeps attacking every Titan right now."

"They can't take over the building while it's rampaging outside."  Ryuji explained as the camera showed  a lift to the storage below the basement was raised while the soldiers gathered together inside the HQ

"How much do you know about that Titan?" Sun asked, sitting in front of Ryuji with Ryuko behind him. 

Goodwitch shook her head, "That is not the priority, Mr. Wukong."

"Huh? Shouldn't we discuss that after we're safe?" Ryuji asked.

Goodwitch nodded in agreement, "Exactly."

"Even if that's not the time, I can't blame him for wanting answers." Port stated.

Oobleck nodded in agreement, "Anyone in his position would be curious to know more about such Titan."

"Imagine if it had an army of Titans with it. All the hostile Titans wouldn't stand a chance if they are struggling against it." Futaba stated.

"True that." Sun smiled. "Let's get out of here alive first."

"We found some! They're Military Police supplies though they're covered in dust..." Kevin declared, walking out of a storage room with other cadets. All of them were holding long boxes. He quickly loaded one of the rifles, "Will three bullets be enough? Will guns even work against Titans in the first place?"

"The guy who killed himself in the last viewing made a good use out of it." Weekend stated with many people in the audience glaring at her for making such comment.

"Why would they use a rifle against Titans in the first place?" Kazane asked to cover Weekend's comment.

Chronoire shrugged, "I dunno. I doubt they'll be any use against them with how durable those things are."

"They can always work as a source of distraction." Medusa stated.

"It's better than nothing. Even if there are still seven 3- to 4-meter class Titans in the supply room, this much firepower should be capable of blinding them all simultaneously." Izuku began to explain his plan to everyone, having the floor plans before him as his comrades readied their rifles, "First. We'll use the lift to lower a large number of people into the centre of the chamber. They'll then simultaneously fire at the faces of each of the seven Titans, thereby blinding them."

Medusa crossed her arms, "So, I was right."

"Sounds like a good start of the plan." Qrow commented in approval.

Winter crossed her arms, "I'll wait until we'll hear all of it before deciding if that's a good idea or not."

"The next instance will decide everything. Seven people hiding near the ceiling will swoop down to attack their weak spots while they're blind. In other words... this plan will put everything, everyone's lives on the line for a single attack." When Izuku finished his explanation, the screen split seven ways to show Reiko, Nora, Neptune, Sun, Kevin, Ryuko, and Ryuji's faces as the seven who will attack from the ceiling.

The seven members of the audience exchanged glances and nod swith each other being chosen for such an important task.

Winter nodded in approval upon hearing the entire plan, "That's not a bad idea."

"Just like what I would expect from young Midoriya." All Might smiled proudly.

Alcina ruffled her hair, "There are some things which can go wrong in it, though. One wrong move can get many of them if not everyone killed." 

Kazane glanced at her, "It's not like they can come up with anything else in their situation."

"Yeah. It's the best idea they could have come up with in this situation." Maruki nodded in agreement.

"The whole point is for seven people to kill all seven Titans simultaneously." Izuku went further into his words, "The seven people should be the most physically fit and adept soldiers we have here, but you'll have to shoulder the burden of everyone's lives... I'm sorry..."

"No worries." Sun brushed his worries off.

"If we fail, we die. The risk's the same regardless of who goes," Ryuko added.

"Still, is this shabby idea of mine really our best strategy?" Izuku asked, unsure of himself and his plan.

Sojiro nodded, "Yes."

"You're out of options. You just have to hope for the best and prepare for the worst." Sae stated.

"Whatever it is, let's hope the best will happen." Zenkichi sighed. Those poor kids already needed a break and they were just at the start of this universe.

Uraraka glanced at him, "You really need to stop doubting yourself."

"We got no other choice." Rolf stated, "We're out of time and options. All we can do now is give it our all!" 

"Don't worry. Be confident," Reiko reassured him, "You have a talent for reasoning out correct solutions."

Kirishima grinned, "Sounds just like Mido-bro."

"Exactly. It wouldn't be Midoriya if he wasn't capable of finding correct solutions." Iida nodded in agreement.

"Exactly." Uraraka smiled, "Like saving Y/N from getting a beating from that soldier."

Izuku blushed at this at the praises from his classmates.

"That intuition has saved my life before, and Y/N's too." Reiko added.

Izuku raised his brow, "It did?"

"I feel like we need some explanation here as I doubt they are talking about the beating from that soldier." Tokoyami stated.

"With the way Y/N was acting, I think it's quite obvious Midoriya had to get him out of trouble in the past." Shoji stated.

"Huh?" Ryuji raised his bow at her,"When?"

"The lift's ready!" Kevin declared to everyone, "The guns, too! They're all loaded!"

"You just aren't aware yet," Reiko ignored Ryuji and Kevin for now and continued to address Izuku, "I'll tell you more later."

"Okay..." Izuku nodded.

Jiro nodded, "You better."

"Yeah. I'm really curious about the answer now." Kaminari nodded in agreement.

"Can we focus on them surviving this please?" Hagakure asked.

Ojiro nodded in agreement, "Yeah. They won't explain anything to each other if they'll die."

The camera afterwards showed Reiko, Nora, Neptune, Sun, Kevin, Ryuko, and Ryuji marching down the stairs to take out the titans.

Ryuji frowned with an uncertain look on his face, "But can we really take out all the Titans without our 3D Manoeuvre Gear?"

"Sure, we can!" Sun replied confidently, "These Titans are only three or four meters tall. Targeting their vitals will be a cinch."

"Yeah." Kevin agreed with him, "Regardless of size, their vitals go from the head to the nape of the neck."

"Length: 1 meter. Width: 10 centimetres!" Nora added.

Sun held up his sword when he made his own declaration a second later, "You can also shove one of these up their asses. Those are their only two weak spots!" 

Many people in the audience either smiled or laughed at Sun's words.

Sero chuckled, "That's one hell of a way of easing up tension." 

Yang smiled, "Nice one, monkey boy."

"Definitely better than anything you could have come up with." Weiss stated with a hint of smirk showing up on her face.

Yang glared at her, "Excuse me?"

"What?! I've never of that move!" Ryuji looked amazed by this information.

"This is the first I've heard of it, too," Nora muttered to herself.

"Sun." Kevin told him, "Those could end up being your last words, you know."

Ryuko glanced at Kevin, "Did you really have to say it?"

"Yeah. Talk about making the mood grim again." Uzu nodded in agreement.

Neptune shrugged, "Don't think much of it. I doubt Sun will allow himself to die easily."

"Yeah. I doubt Sun wants to die." Jaune nodded in agreement as B and Q held in nervous chuckles.

The lift with the cadets inside of it was slowly lowered into the storage basement as the Titans continued to roams the place.

Mina's eyes widened a bit upon taking a look at the Titans in the storage, recognizing one of them as the Titan which ate her in of the earlier viewings. She grew a bit uneasy at the view of it, letting out a nervous and unnerved exhale.

 "Good. Their numbers haven't increased. Proceeding with the operation." Rolf stated upon taking a look inside, cocking his gun with the others as all of them aimed them forward while waiting for the Titans to approach them. A Titan passing by stopped, and suddenly turned its head toward them. One trainee shrunk back in fear.

Several members of the audience shivered nervously at the view of the Titan.

"Just keep yourself calm." Winter told the soldier.

Ironwood nodded in agreement, "One bad move or someone acting out will mess up this entire plan."

Nazz smiled, "At least Rolfie is trying to keep them calm."

"Him and shovel chin are one of a kind duo, huh?" Eddy commented as Kevin and Rolf smiled.

 "Calm down! We need to lure them all the way in." Rolf exclaimed, shaking a bit with Izuku. On top of the beams above them, the seven crouched in ready to act.

The viewers were tense with anticipation, finding themselves getting more caught up in the scene.

"Come on. You can do this." All Might voiced his support in them.

Ozpin nodded in agreement, "I believe you can do this."

Sun looked down at the Titans below him, "We can't afford to lose our advantage." 

"If we want to keep casualties to the bare minimum..."  Kevin internally said to hmself. 

"We must end it in this one strike!" Neptune repeated plan in his mind, keeping himself focused on the target. 

"Steady..." Rolf said when the camera went back to him and the lift, keeping his rifle aimed ahead of himself as the seven Titans slowly approached the lift

"They're getting so close..." Hagakure muttered under her breath.

"How close do they need the to be for this to work?" Ruby asked.

Velvet sighed, "Extremely close if you ask me."

Everyone else stayed silent, having completely caught themselves up in this scene.

"Ready..." Rolf added as his finger curled around the trigger when the Titans were about a foot away now. The right moment came a second later and he and the others made sure to use it the best they could, "Fire!"

Everyone wasted no time and fired their rifle upon hearing his wods. Gunshots rang out in the basement as every soldier fired into the Titans' eyes, steam rising as their regeneration began to kick in. The seven made their move right after. Reiko sliced the nape of her target and landed in a crouch.

Tokage cheered, "Yes!"

Kendo smiled, "The Titan didn't even notice her." 

"Yanagi-chan is such a badass here!" Pony commented with a smile on her face.

"One down. Six more to go." Awase remarked with a smile on his face.

"Just what you'd expect from Class B!" Monoma grinned widely.

"I got mine. And the others?" She asked herself as she looked around the others. Sun and Kevin landed, having taken out their marks while Nora and Ryuji missed their marks, the latter landing on his back. The Titan  that killed Mina slowly turned towards Nora, locking it's blank eyes with her terrified ones.

Nora felt a cold chill go down her spine upon seeing the way this Titan looked at her.

Ren's blood froze, "Oh no..."

"You stay away from her..." Jaune muttered under his breath upon seeing what was shown on the viewing screen.

"U-Umm," Nora stuttered nervously as she backed away from the Titan, "I'm s-sorry for suddenly sneaking up and..."

"C-Crap," Ryuji stammered, backing up from his own Titan as well.

"...I'm very sorry!" Nora continued to apologize.

Nora felt Ren's hand tighten around hers. She squeezed back, hoping to calm him down even if she was pretty nervous herself.

"Shit!" Ryuji screamed.

"Stay away from her! Wasn't killing me enough for you?" Mina asked with a mixture of worry and anger in her voice.

"Why are you apologizing to it, you idiot! Do something!" Bakugo screamed with an annoyed look on her face.

Yang glared at him, "What else are you expecting 

"Nora and Ryuji need help!" Neptune yelled.

"Hurry!" Kevin barked, "Lend them backup!"

"Exactly!" Kirishima nodded with a worried look on his face.

"Someone go help this idiot now!" Ann shouted with her worry directed towards Ryuji's counterpart.

"I'm very sorry...!" Nora shook in fear with tears streamed down her face, watching the Titan scowling in front of her. It lunged for her and she moved away from it in an instant, abandoning her swords. She looked over her shoulder just in time to see Reiko appear out of nowhere, followed by the flashing of her blades and blood splatter. At the same time, Ryuko took out the Titan that had Ryuji backed against a pillar.

A wave of relief hit most of the audience, especially Nora and Ryuji's friends, upon seeing them getting saved from the Titans.

Nora looked at Reiko gratefully, "Thank you so much for saving me!"

"You're welcome..." Reiko slightly uncomfortable by this.

Akira sighed in relief, "That was too close..."

"You're telling me, man." Ryuji was relieved as well.

Ann looked at him with a relieved look on her face, "I would call you an idiot if it was any other situation but right now I'm just happy you're okay."

"Thanks..." Ryuji blushed slightly at this.

"Reiko!" Nora cried, grabbing her waist, "You saved me!"

Reiko looked down at her, "Are you hurt anywhere?" 

"I'm safe, thanks to you!" Nora nodded at her,

"Then get up." Reiko told her.

Kendo smiled a bit, "Straight to the point as ever, huh?"

Reiko blushed a bit, "We have to leave the storage as quickly as possible, after all..."

"You still could have given her a moment to catch her breath." Ren told her, "She nearly died here..."

"It's okay, Renny. I'm right here," Nora assured her best friend and partner. 

"Don't worry.  I doubt Nora is going anywhere anytime soon." Pyrrha added.

Jaune nodded in agreement, "Yeah. The only one who can kill Nora is Nora herself."

Ryuji looked at Ryuko with a grateful look on her face, "I owe you one."

"No problem." Ryuko replied.

"Hey now, that was a close call, Ryuko. I'm glad you weren't injured." Sun said, making his way to Ryuko with Neptune as Ryuko ignored him and walked away.

Ryuko raised her brow, "Why is he going to check on me?"

"It can be a friend checking on a friend." Mako stated.

"Probably. You do seem to be staying close to each other ever since the battle for Trost started." Satsuki hummed with a thoughtful look on her face, "Not to mention the one time he teased you back during the training."

Uzu grinned a bit, "Maybe he has a crush on you."

Ryuko rolled her eyes, "No, thanks. I'm already taken."

"Yes! Cus and Ryuko are a match made in Heaven!" Mako nodded in agreement.

"We got them all!" Kevin declared to the cadets in the lift, "Everyone stock up on supplies!"

"We did it!" Izuku grinned. Neptune almost fainted in relief next to him. The cadets got to work immediately, refilling their gas canisters.

Winter smiled slightly. She had to admit. What this boy did was impressive, "That you did."

"The boy's plan was impressive," Ironwood complimented with an impressed look on his face, "I can see potential in him just like in Kevin."

Sojiro nodded in agreement, "The two will make for good soldiers if they'll survive even if Izuku lacks physical strength."

"Just like James said. He makes up for this with his mind." Ozpin reminded everyone.

All Might smiled at Izuku proudly, "Good work, young Midoriya."

"See. I told you you shouldn't doubt yourself." Uraraka smiled at Izuku as Izuku blushed.

"I surrendered to a Titan..." Nora clutched her hair, tears in her eyes while the other cadets celebrated their plan working, "How can I look everyone in the eyes now?!"

"I'll spank you for that later!" Ryuji scolded her, "Let's just get out of here quick!"

Nora bowed her head a bit, feeling a bit ashamed of what happened with her counterpart even if she couldn't blame her for reacting like this.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of, Ms Valkyrie," Goodwitch assured her, "Not everyone started perfectly."

"Exactly. Do you think every experienced Hunstman and Huntress in this room faced their first Grimm without fear?" Ozpin asked with his friends from work nodding in agreement with the heroes from U.A nodding as well to offer their own support regarding them fighting dangerous villans.

"I see." Nora smiled, feeling a bad better about herself.

Yang glanced at Bakugo, "You were saying something earlier?"

"Shut up." Bakugo glared at her.

"I don't think I'm cut out to be a commander." Kevin said, filling up his canister with his eyes set down on the ground while Rolf sat next to him, "So don't say that anymore."

Eddy crossed his arms, "Really?"

Nazz glanced at him, "Come on, dude. You can't deny you did well."

"It's true." Akira spoke next. As the leader of the Phantom Thieves, he knew what to say here, "You stepped up when no one else would. You led most of your comrades to safety, so I'd say you did pretty well as a leader."

Kevin rubbed the back of his head, "Yeah. Thanks..."

"There's something I'd like to tell you. Don't get mad, please. You're not strong, Kevin. That's why you can understand how the weak feel." Rolf looked at his best friend with a smile on his face, explaining everything to him as Kevin looked at him with a suprised expression on his face, "And you're good at judging a situation correctly. You always clearly know what you're supposed to do. don't you? Your orders were right. That's why I could run. It's why I'm alive now." 

Many people in the audience smiled at this scene between Kevin and Rolf.

Double D smiled, "Good on Rolfie on saying this to Kevin. Maybe this will he will finally acknowledge him being a good leader."

"Bromance is strong with these two." Yang smiled as Kevin and Rolf smiled at each other.

Nazz smiled, "Just like in our world."

"He proved himself capable of leading his comrades in some way when he kept them calm at the lift as well." Akira added.

Sumire smiled, "True, Senpai!"

"I can tell these two will be a power duo against the Titans!" Futaba stated.

Upon making sure all of them were ready to go, the cadets wasted no time in leaving the building. All of them began making their way towards the walls.

"Reiko?" Izuku asked as he exited the building and noticed eiko standing on the rooftop of a building. Sun and Neptune stood next to Izuku when he took off toward his frozen friend. "Reiko , we've gotta hurry!"

"That Titan..." Reiko ignored him and kept staring ahead, stunned. Izuku followed her gaze and his eyes snapped open surprise. Five Titans of various sizes had the Rogue Titan pinned to a building and were tearing into it.

"Cannibalism...?" He muttered under his breath.

Many people in the audience were taken aback by the scene.

Mina gasped, "They're eating it?"

"That's something new." Blake said with her eyes widened from suprise.

Kaminari rubbed the back of his head, "Why would they eat it?"

"It did just kill some of their buddies." Atori stated.

"I doubt that" Uzu shook his head, "It would mean all of them have intelligence like the Armored and the Colossal."

"What is it, then?" Atori asked, "Are they trying to take it's powers away or something?"

"It can't regenerate its body?" Izuku wondered out loud as the Rogue Titan let out a cry. 

"I thought uncovering the truth about that Titan might be the key to freeing ourselves from this desperate situation..." Reiko stated.

"I agree." Sun's voice grabbed their attentionas Ryuko, Neptune and Kevin stood next to him, "We'll learn nothing at all if it ends up getting eaten. For now, we have to get rid of the ones clinging to it and help keep it alive."

Weiss raised her bow, "Now, he steps in?"

Fox crossed his arms, "I was wrong, then. He could step in as a leader in this situation."

"Why did he do it now, then?" Weiss asked, "He could have done this sooner."

"It definitely has something to do with this Titan." Blake stated, "Sun did show interest in it earlier."

Izuku nodded in agreement, "If that's the case, then I'm not suprised. Learning more about this Titan won't be possible if they'll leave it to be eaten."

"Are you insane, Sun?" Kevin asked him as if he was crazy, "We can finally escape this death trap!"

"But what if that Titan could become our ally? It'd be a more powerful weapon than any cannon, wouldn't you agree?" Ryuko stated.

Uzu crossed his arms, "Never thought I'll see Ryuko agree with someone who isn't Y/N."

"You know the world is ending if that happens." Aikuro nodded in agreement.

Ryuko glared at them, "Shut up!"

"She agrees with with Sun as well." Blake stated as she recalled Sun's interaction with Ryuko earlier, "The two must be some kind of friendship going on."

Yang nodded in agreement, "Yeah. They must be frenemies like sis and Weiss."

"Hey!" Ruby shouted as Weiss smiled slightly.

"She makes a valid point though." Satsuki stated, "If they can study the Titan, possibly befriend it, it'd make for a powerful ally in their fight against the Titans."

"Ally? Do you hear what you're saying?" Kevin couldn't believe what he was hearing as Izuku noticed something and gasped He gasped. 

"That one...That's the Abnormal that ate Yosetsu!" He pointed at one Titan walking down the street as the Rogue Titan roared, charging forward and slamming one foot in front of the other, ignoring those clinging to it.

Yang's eyes widened, "Damn! It still has something in it."

"Yeah. I was certain it ran out of strength." Makoto nodded in agreement.

"What triggered it's change in behavior, though?" Sumire asked.

Sophia hummed thoughtfully, "It reacted as soon as it was brought up by Izuku that this Titan ate someone from his old squad."

Ryuji rubbed the back of his head, "So, revenge?"

"Precisely." Sophia nodded in confirmation.

"Why would it trigger such reaction out of it, though?" Akira asked with a thoughtful look on his face. He knew the Titan had many features similiar to Y/N. But there was no way it was actually Y/N or Y/N had control of it, right?

The Rogue Titan lost it's right arm and it was followed by it losing it's left arm sooner after. It didn't pay much attention to it, though. The Abnormal noticed it too late and Rogue lunged forward, chomping down on its neck. Izuku, Reiko, Kevin, Sun, Neptune and Reyuko watched  in amazement as the Rogue Titan threw its head back, lifting the body.

The bones jutted back into place, flesh began to stretch over them as it healed. E/C eyes shifted, and with a muffled growl, the Rogue Titan swung the Abnormal one down, killing a Titan. Then, he threw the body into the oncoming fat 15-meter, sending it crashing back into a building.

"Hey..." Kevin stared at the scene in shock.

The audience was left stunned by the damaged left behind by the Rogue Titan.

"Holy shit..." Yang uttered.

Uzu nodded in agreement, "You could say that again. They didn't stand a chance against it."

"They really need to make an ally out of it." Oscar stated.

Ed smiled excitedly, "Yeah. Imagine it going against the Armored Titan."

"What was that about helping it?" Kevin asked as the Rogue Titan drop the now dead Abnormal and roared. The Titan fell to the ground, all its energy now spent. Izuku and Reiko watched with wide eyes and slightly worried expressions. Steam began go out of the fallen body

"...What?" Ruby raised her brow at the scene.

"Don't tell me it's dead." Rinon stated.

Natsume shook her head, "No. It can't be dead, right?"

"If it's dead, then it would be such a waste." Gamagori stated.

Inumuta sighed, "You're telling me. They had chance with the Titans against."

"Looks like it burnt itself out Whatever. Let's get going! As if that monster would ever be our ally. A Titan's a Titan." Kevin turned away from everyone a second later, wanting to get out of there as soon as possible. He noticed no one was moving a second late and rejoined them with annoyed look on his face, "What's with you guys?"

On the ground, steam continued to pour from the corpse, hissing loudly. It was centred on the back of the Titan's neck. Flesh parted and a human shape came into view. Red muscles detached from her arms and face as the body pulled up, revealing it to be none other than Y/N.

Everyone in the audience felt their eyes go wide at the view of Y/N coming out of the Rogue Titan.

"W-What?" Weiss gasped at the scene with Atori, Ryuko, Reiko and Haru feeling their eyes go wide with shock written on their faces. It wasn't long until all of them looked like they were ready to burst into tears.

"Holy shit. It really was him..." Eddy said with a shocked look on his face as Double D and Ed were utterly shocked by the scene with Double D's pen falling out his hand because of how shocked he was.

"B-But how?" Izuku asked in disbelief. He received no answer from everyone. The entire audience was too stunned to say anything.

Alcina ruffled her hair with a thoughtful look on her face, "Maybe it ate Y/N and turned him into a Titan. Could it be true? But there should be more intelligent Titans if that was the case. What made him special? Could this be because of whatever his dad injected into him?"

Reiko's eyes grew wider, letting out a gasp upon laying her eyes on Y/N. Not wasting any time, she went down. 

"Reiko!" Izuku called out after her. His words fell deaf on ears, though. As soon as Reiko landed on the ground, she took off running, gasping as she ran. Her eyes focused on Y/N's face. Her expression was a mixture of fear and hope.

Touko gasped, "Look at her..."

"You can see hopeful and desperate she is right now..." Velvet observed.

"Please. Be alive..." Haru said with her tone growing tearful with her friends glancing at how emotional she was at the thought of Y/N being possibly alive.

Reiko threw her arms around Y/N leaving his body slumped against hers as she placed her head on Y/N's chest, listening to his heartbeat. 

The audience held their breaths, awaiting confirmation that Y/N was indeed alive.

"Please, please, please..." Reiko muttered under her breath with desperation evident in her voice as Atori, Weiss, Ryuko and Haru all leaned towards the screen with hope and desperation evident on their voices.

"Come on...." Ed muttered under his breath, looking like he was about to release a waterfall.

"Cus. Please..." Momo and Mako felt hopeful for their cousin to be alive.

Reiko eyes became filled with tears upon hearing the soft thudding. She began to cry, not caring who saw her or heard her as Izuku joined them, followed by the others.

The audience felt a wave of relief hit them upon seeing the confirmation of Y/N being indeed alive. However, with this came more questions. They couldn't help but ask themselves. How? Just how was it possible. They all saw Y/N die.

"Thank God..." Reiko could hold in her tears in any longer with her tears being now visible for everyone to see. Atori, Weiss, Ryuko and Haru couldn't hold their tears and teared up as well.

They weren't the only ones. Many people in the audience felt their eyes growing wet at the sound  of Reiko's crying as well. Some rapidly blinked away tears while others subtly cleared their throats, wiping their eyes.

"Y/N..." Ed began to cry loudly, pulling Double D and Eddy closer to himself as neither of them felt like complaining about it. Double D was tearing up himself with Eddy rapidly blinking away the tears.

"H-He's alive..." Momo smiled, tearing up at the view of her cousin being alive while Mako reacted the same.

The scene afterwards cut to a group of Garrison soldiers watched the steam and smoke rising in the distance from Wall Rose. On a large roof, the cadets gathered silently, watching the scene in shock as Reiko held Y/N , still crying.

"It's Y/N. He's even go his limbs back. He was eaten by that Titan back then." Izuku observed internally, having his eyes set on Y/N limbs as torn fabric marked the spot they were bitten off. The audience was even shown a flashback of the moment in question to prove their point.

Izuku's eyes widened, having them wet from tears, "He regenerated. his limbs"

"Just like a Titan." Kendo remarked, having her eyes widen open as well.

Uzu rubbed the back of his head, "Is he a Titan, then?"

"I don't know. Maybe?" Akira tried to make sense out of the situation, "We did saw him turn into a Titan."

Makoto nodded in agreement, "Exactly. It would be logical to assume him being a Titan because of this. Not to mention his regenerated limbs."

"But why aren't all Titans like him if they are humans who got eaten?" Momo asked, wiping her eyes from her tears. She received no answer. No one knew what to say now.

"What just happened here?" Izuku asked, crying as he took Y/N's hand and weaving his fingers through it while his and Reiko's comrades continued to watch them. Kevin turned a second later and the others followed. 

"Then Y/N... did all this?" He asked as the camera showed three 15-meter corpses looking like charred meat lay near the Rogue's blackened body. Steam went up from other bodies hidden by the buildings.

The screen turned black a second later, signalling the end of this viewing.

Roman crossed his arms, "Well, that happened."

"Yeah. It did..." Sojiro agreed with his comment, unsure how else to react what he just saw, "Honestly I don't know what to say here."

Zenkichi nodded in agreement, "Neither do  I. I didn't see this coming."

"I don't think anyone did to be honest." Maruki sighed.

"I'm just so happy it happened even if it was something so unexpected." Reiko asked, wiping her teary eyes against her sleeves.

"Me too. I thought he was really dead." Haru voiced her agreement with her, having her eyes wet from tears while Ryuko, Atori and Weiss silently nodded in agreement.

"At least now we now why this Titan was only going against other Titans." Makoto stated.

Akira stated, "Yeah. If anyone would go against them, then it would be Y/N."

"What turned into a Titan in the first place?" Double D asked with a confused look on his face, wiping tears from his eyes.

"His father." Alcina replied with her hand ruffling her hair like usual, "If you all remember, Y/N had a nightmare of his father injecting him with some sort of fluid and handing him a key to the basement."

"Shit..." Kazane shook her head at the realization with many people in the audience feeling their eyes go wide at this information.

"His father is a scientist/doctor as well." Recovery Girl added.

Mako gasped, "Uncle. What did you do to cus...?"

Eddy rubbed the back of his head, "How did he figure out how to turn someone into a Titan in the first place?"

"I dunno. It just raises more questions than answers..." Izuku shook his head.

"Don't forget the Colossal and Armored Titans." Inumuta stated, "For all we know, they can be just like Y/N now."

"True." Satsuki nodded in agreement, "It just makes me more intrigued about them and their origins and what makes them intelligent. Did the normal Titans spawn first and the intelligent Titans come later or is the reverse the case?

"Don't forget the question of there being more of them as well." Momo reminded her, "We have three intelligent Titans that we know of right now. There can much more of them."

Satsuki sighed, "Right..."

Momo shifted her gaze to B, Q, Molly and A2 a second later, "What will be watch now?"

"We're going back to the chase after certain missiles." B gave her his answer, pressing the button to start the next viewing.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2: Wetwork 

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BO6 came out and it's okay from what I've watched on YT. The gameplay is good. Looks refreshing and more refined and fun than MW3. But the story is a little bit dissapointing. The master plan with the bio-weapon was a little off to me as the plan was to have a bio-weapon set up but only at her command, even if she'd been captured. It's an improvement than whatever MW3 was and it's better than Vanguard and WW2.

But I don't know if I should count it as a big accomplishment because MW3 didn't set the bar too high. I liked how they brought the 115 soundtrack for Emergence and liked the parts where Woods talked about David Mason/Section. Still missing his original VA, though Case was pretty alright to me as well. But I wouldn't have minded if he was someone like Bell from Cold War.

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