Gah! 

First off, I would like to say sorry that I couldn't update faster. My great-grandma (who I was pretty close to.... She was 97 though so she lived a good life) died 7/29/14 (aka yesterday), so I've been kinda depressed..... Hopefully that won't show in my writing ^^

Anyways, thanks for being the best readers EVER!!! :DDD

~Rosie, out!

P.S-- There is a lot of POV skipping in this chapter, so I bolded each POV change. Kay?

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*Taylor/Ash's POV*

My head throbbing violently, causing a wave of nausia to wash over me. I looked around me, my vision slowly turning black as spots flew across my eyes. My hearing was toned down, my ears ringing, making it harder and harder to hear things. But one voice... broke through it all.

"...sh.......Ash.........TAYLOR ASHLEY GOLDLING!!!" My brother snapped me out of my daze.

"Onii-san..." I looked at him, my purple eyes boring into his own, "I couldn't save him....."

"The rest of our team is dead too..." As Josh spoke, I looked all around me, seeing random arms, legs, and sometimes.... halves. {A/N: HAHA I GUESS THEIR 3DMG GEAR IS HALF OFF HAHAHA- wait no one thinks thats funny......... Except me of course >:3} 

"What...What happened?!" I whispered, taking in my surroundings.

"You fainted after seeing Marco die..... and the rest of the team fought off the rest of the titans...... Until an anomaly appeared, and everyone died. I managed to kill it off, but I lost a few fingers..." Josh presented his right hand, which was covered in copious amounts of blood. His ring and pinky fingers were missing.

"Hey," I laughed, "Wouldn't it be convenient if we were titan shifters and grew back our limbs?" I grinned.

"Now, now," Josh grinned back, "Wouldn't want to jinx ourselves now."

"Of course not," I smirked, then wiped the smile off of my bloodstained face, "Now, let's go."

Josh nodded, and picked me up off the ground.

"W-What are you doing?!" I stuttered, "I can walk!!!"

"No.... You can't. Did you not notice?" Josh's words forced me to look down at my foot. 

What I saw............... no words can discribe.

My foot... was hanging onto my leg by only a thin layer of skin.

"OH MY SWEET MOTHER TERESA ON THE HOOD OF A MERCEDES BENZ!!!!!!" I screeched, "WHAT THE HECK?!?!?!!"

"I bandaged your leg up to the best I could, but quite honestly...... I don't know what happened, and I don't know if your foot can be salvaged at this point," Josh responded as he carried me closer and closer to home base.

"Let... Me walk by myself....." My head throbbed even more.

"You can't! Have you SEEN your foot recently?! It barely exists anymore!!" Josh yelled, but blood was rushing to my head. I couldn't think straight. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't.... nothing.....

Another wave of nausia rushed through me.

"Onii....san...." I whispered, "I don't.... feel good..."

Josh's eyes widened, and he started screaming at me with urgency, "No no no no no! Taylor, you have to stay with me! C'mon girlie, fight it! Don't leave me here, Taylor!"

But it was no use.

My consciousness was already fading, along with my dearest brother's voice. It continued to fade... until finally...

Nothing was left.

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*Josh/Ajax's POV*

"Tay! Tay! Come back to me! TAYLOR!!!" I screamed at my sister, who was dead in my arms.

"N-No way.... She's dead..." I whispered, "My baby sister.... Who I swore to mom and dad I would protect........ She's.... dead....."

I looked down at my sister. Her dark orange hair stuck to her face from all of the blood, and her purple eyes were closed shut. Her uniform was torn in numerous places, and she was missing her left foot. 

Her expression.... it was like she was asleep. But I knew that wasn't right. She was dead. The sister who I loved to pieces was dead... and I couldn't save her.

I could remember her saying "Onii-san" as she woke up, the word that she saved just for me.

"Taylor..... Taylor..... TAYLOR!!" I yelled in greif, "COME BACK TO ME!!!!" 

I continued to be like this for a long time, before I gradually set down the body of my little sister in the corner of an alley.

"I'm going to come back for you, Tay," I whispered, "You're coming home with me."

I hoped for a response.

I didn't get one back.

"Taylor..." I sobbed quietly, "You left me here, Taylor..."

Then, I turned to the world behind me, rage filling my soul.

"I swear, I'm going to kill all of the titans!" I roared.

After that, I couldn't remember what happened. 

But, I knew it was important.

'Will I break the story?' 

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*Mikasa's POV*

I had just finished off another titan, when I saw something that shocked me down to the core.

Ash.

Was being held in the hand.

Of a massive titan.

The titan had curly brown hair and defined features. It was a 15M class (15 meters) and it was clenching one of my friends in it's hand.

"Ash!" I screamed, and started zooming over to the titan, "Give Ash back!"

As soon as I reached the titan, I shot towards it's neck. Quickly, I tried to slash through... But it dodged me.

I didn't know titans could do that.

The titan growled, and hit me away like I was an annoying fly in his face. Everything about him was... strange. The way he moved, the way he acted, the way he clutched Ash in his hand- Not like he was crushing her to eat her, but like he was trying to protect her.

Strange... 

"Please let Ash go!" I yelled, "Please! She's my friend!!!"

The titan turned his intelligent eyes to meet mine, when I realized something.

His eyes...

His pupils were the same purple color as Ash's.

What?! 

"Let... Ash... Go?" When the titan spoke, I was taken aback. Titans don't speak. That is just not how titans work. The fact that this one knew english.... was strange. {A/N: I know Mikasa is a little OOC here TT^TT I'm sorry ;~;} 

Very, very strange. 

"Yes, let Ash go!" I yelled again.

It didn't speak again, instead, it just walked away, Ash still clutched in it's hand.

And then.... a voice rang out.

"Onii...san..." It whispered.

Ash whispered.

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*Aaaaand back to Taylor/Ash* 

"Onii...san..." I said softly, "That's you, right? You're a titan shifter, right?"

"Taylor..." The titan that was clutching me in his hand replied slowly, "You're alive?"

"Yeah..." I gave a bright smile, "Calm down, big brother, I'm still here."

Slowly, the titan set me down to the ground, and started steaming. I knew what was happening-- My brother was "taking off the titan form" and turning into his regular self... Though, I still wasn't sure how, when, or why Josh was a titan shifter in the first place...

"Ack..." Josh-nii stumbled away from the steaming corpse of the titan, "Tay... I thought you died..."

"You wish, bro," I laughed, "But... what do we do now? Mikasa may have heard some of that, meaning we're going to get bombarded with questions and screw up the storyline..."

"Leave it to me, sis," Josh smiled as he picked me up. Suddenly, I remembered that I didn't have a left foot anymore.

"ACK MY FOOT MY FOOT MY FOOT IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE!!" I yelled. Apparently I was running off of adrenaline, because had only just remembered the pain.

"Calm down, Tay, your foot will be fine," Josh told me, "Just ignore it for now. We'll figure something else out later, alright?"

"O-Okay..." I replied in a soft voice.

"Ash?! Ash, are you alright?!" Mikasa came zooming down to where we were, "What happened?!"

"I-" Josh cut off my response.

"She was being held by that titan, and so I killed it off," Josh lied smoothly, "I think it was going to eat her."

"No, it was different! It seemed more like it was trying to protect her..." Mikasa's voice trailed off at the end.

"That's....weird..." I somehow managed to say through the pain.

"Ash?! Are you- Oh my God, look at your foot!" Mikasa wasn't being like herself... Had the stress finally gotten to her? No..... Maybe it was...

"Mikasa.... Where's Eren...?" I breathed out.

"Eren........" She whispered, "Armin told me..... Eren..."

Her eyes flared up with anger, "I have to get my revenge. They killed Eren!"

"Good luck, Mikasa," I smiled slightly, and watched her fly away on her 3DMG.

As soon as she left, I whispered, "You'll need it..."

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I'm sorry guys, it was such a crappy chapter, with all the breaks and POV changes..... Uuuughhhh I'm sorry!!!! TT^TT I'll try to edit it a few times to make it a little better but this is probably as good as it's gonna get.... TT^TT Gomen'nasai.... 

My head hurts. You can't judge me XDDDD

Thanks for reading, and thanks for understanding my situation! :DDDD Wuff chu all!

This is Flaming_Rose, signing out.

*~Partially edited 8/16/14~*