Finally, the time has come for their mission...to retake the wall Maria. Levi is with Alina and his whole squad, together with Erwin. Alina looked at the people below thinking why are they there?
"huh?" Hanji asked in wonder as she looked at the people gathering below looking at them cheering.
Alina's eyes widened...not just her but everyone in the survey corps...those old soldiers, including Erwin. They looked at the people below who keep on cheering them.
"Flegel?" Hanji asked in surprise as she looked at him.
"Flegel?! that kid?" Alina asked her and then looked carefully at Flegel.
"Take back wall Maria for all of us!!!"
"Humanity's future is in your hands!"
"Captain Levi!!!"
"Thank you for saving this city!! Return safely!!"
Alina looked at Levi...some of them looked at him but his face didn't have any emotions.
"but be sure to take back the land!!" Alina raised her brow and then chuckled a bit.
"there go those selfish citizens again..." Levi said.
"of course, after that sort of ruckus." Hanji replied.
they also heard Jean and the other soldiers cheered and yelled...so, Alina looked at them and so are Levi and the others...
"Leave it to us!!!"
"those brats..."
"let them be...look at how happy they are seeing those people cheer at us." she said to him. MAtt who is behind Alina looked at her and then the people.
"How long has it been since the survey corpse had such support?"
Alina and the others looked at Hanji who spoke...Erwin and Levi, with Alina who sighed...
"let me think."
"has it ever?"
"As far as I know, this is the first time." Erwin replied. Alina then nodded her head and Levi just looked at the crowd.
"I guess...this cheering will help the kids. we were always being mocked before after all.' Alina said...
with that, Erwin raised his hand and then yelled too...
Alina looked at him in surprise...Levi just frowned and Hanji well looked at him and then sighed.
"captain..." Levi looked at Alina. and Matt looked at her too...he wanted to talk to her the other day but she seemed so busy and Levi is dragging her everywhere. he can't find good timing.
"what?" Alina is just looking at Erwin...
"for the first time...Erwin smiled before and operation begins...or has he smiled before?" she asked him so Hanji looked at her too.
"I think...this is the first time." Hanji said to her so Alina smiled.
"well...this isn't bad, right? at least people are cheering for the survey corps, at least they aren't mocking us already."
"you're right..."
"The operation to retake wall Maria begins!" Erwin said full of energy so Alina smiled...
"commander is very energetic today. seems like everyone is motivated." she said looking around.
"tch." Levi just said as he turned around.
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it's already evening and they are all walking in the forest...they used the plan of Armin, to walk during night time since those titans are probably sleeping right now.
they're nervous...Alina is beside Levi and she's looking at everything carefully...they need to be alert since they don't know where or who is an enemy.
"Ali..." Levi said so she looked at him.
"yes, captain?" she asked him so he glanced around before looking at her and then at their way.
"what will happen to you if you disobey an order?" Alina froze not knowing why would he ask that suddenly.
"captain...why are you asking that...suddenly?"
"I'm just curious. you never once disobeyed my order...although you sometimes fail." he said so she scratched her head and then took a deep breath.
"well...I really never disobeyed you...so I don't really know the feeling...but..." she said remembering the time when she got a headache.
"what?" he asked her.
"well...when I was thinking of disobeying you one time before, I think I had a headache...it was mild...but thinking about that time, the pain got worse and worse until I obeyed your order." she said.
"it means, even just by thinking of disobeying an order, you're getting punished already by a headache?" he asked so she nodded her head.
"yes. I think so...the pain won't go away until I decided to follow it." she said.
"I see." he said.
"Captain...why are you suddenly asking me that?"
"I was wondering when there will be a time you'll disobey an order from me." Alina stiffened and then smiled.
"Captain...don't worry. I won't disobey and order from you. I can't do that...and I will do my best to succeed." she said...
"tch..."
"Ah...right...captain."
"what?" she was about to talk but they heard someone. Alina looked at him before she sighed and then turned away.
"titan to the left!" all of them immediately stopped and then readied their gears as they looked at the titan...Matt widened his eyes looking at the big titan...Hanji checked it and then declared it safe.
"This little one doesn't seem to be one of the newer types that can move around at night...heh heh...too bad. we'll leave him be," she said and then started to walk.
"I hope we can capture one someday," she said with her smile that scared the hell out of other people...
"Hanji is really passionate about titans, don't you say so, Captain?" Alina asked him with a smile...
"sure she is."
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they reached the Shiganshina and they moved as planned.
Eren looked back and froze looking at the city.
"don't stop! head towards the outer gate!" Levi said in his surprise...Alina looked at him before she followed Levi.
"yes sir!"
Armin saw the remains of a campfire so he looked around and saw the commander.
Levi's squad on the other hand, together with Hanji and the others headed towards the hole in the wall.
"why?!"
"There isn't a single titan in this area," she said looking at the area. Alina looked at everywhere too and then tried to think if this is normal or not...
"something's strange..." Alina said looking around.
"that means we're right inside the enemy's pocket...but," Levi said.
"We have to do it." Hanji said. she shot the flare for the signal and then the operation continued...
Eren then flew up and then turned into a titan. Matt and the others looked at him with wide eyes.
Eren then used the hardening ability and then left a petrified titan in a short period of time.
"Any enemies?!" Hanji asked.
"none visible!"
"keep your eyes open!!"
they all headed towards the inner gate. Eren was shocked knowing he sealed the hole that easily...
"the hole from that day." Eren is talking about the hole made by the armored titan when his mother died.
"not yet." Levi said so they looked at him.
"if they're still alive and kicking, they'll destroy the wall no matter how many times we seal the wall, understand that?"
"Until we kill all of our enemies including Reiner and Bertholdt, the plan to retake wall Maria isn't over." he said...
Alina bit her lips thinking about Reiner and BErtholdt... those kids.
"Of course, I know that."Eren said in determination. when they came back to Erwin, they heard about the three recently used cups and therefore, many of them were tasked to look around. search around the inner gates for the enemies.
this time, Erwin put Armin in the command on how they'll search and where they'll search the enemies leaving the kid in a pressured state.
Armin then assumed that the enemies are hiding inside the walls so the commander shot a flare gun and when Hanji and the others looked at this, they all spread on top of the wall to wait for further commands.
"what happened?" Liro asked and they looked at Levi who just stood there blankly waiting for what will happen next. they looked at Alina who did the same and the others who also followed the command.
they looked at Armin who is hanging there and then they heard someone talk.
"Here!! there's a hollow spot here!!" their eyes widened after hearing the scout.
he opened that part and was met by Reiner's stab.
"Reiner!!!" Armin screamed in surprise when Reiner went out.
when Reiner looked up, he was met by Levi's blade directly passing through his neck in their surprise.
he's so fast!!
their eyes widened looking at him. Matt didn't even feel him running there...neither did Alina and the others.
Levi stabbed him twice before letting go when he noticed that he's alive. he retreated hanging himself as he steps on the walls glaring at Reiner.
"Captain?!!" Armin said in surprise.
"Dammit!!! Is that another one of his titan powers?!!! I was so close...I wasn't able to end his life." he said.
Reiner transformed into a titan and then as Erwin commands the soldiers, they hear a scream and behind them were massive yellow lights indicating titan transformations...
"shit!" Alina said looking at those lights behind Erwin.
the Beast titan together with so many stupid titans was there...
"projectile incoming!!! take cover!!!"
"We're both getting the battle we've been hoping for. let's put an end to this here...humanity against those damned titans!" Erwin said.
"One of us will survive and the other will die."
"Erwin, the armored titan is climbing towards us." Levi said calmly and looked at the titan there.
"everyone! Avoid conflict with the armored titan! don't go near him, understand?!!"
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they all separated. Hanji is with Levi's squad...the kids. while the assassins, Alina and Levi are with Erwin. they're all waiting for the command.
they saw the titan with cargo, and then they heard the scream of the beast titan...the smaller titans immediately ran towards them.
"Co-Commander. the armored titan will be here soon," Armin said nervously.
"And we still don't know where Bertholdt is." he continued.
"yes, I am aware of that," Erwin said...
Levi glanced at him and then spoke.
"so you finally feel like saying anything? I should have finished with my breakfast earlier if I could." Levi said sarcastically.
he then started ordering them.
"Hanji and Levi squad, take down the armored titan!" he said so Alina and Levi then turned around to go back to their squad alongside Armin but Erwin spoke.
"wait, Alina, Levi, Armin," he said so they looked at him. Matt and the other assassins who are with them stopped and looked at the commander.
"I did say Levi's squad but Levi, stay here, and you too...Alina" Erwin said.
"you want me to protect the horses instead of protecting Eren?" Levi asked Erwin...Even Alina doesn't know why they need to be there...
"exactly...and look for a chance to take that titan out," Erwin said looking at the beast titan.
"the beast titan...you're the only one I can trust with killing him."
"understood. with his head, I'll make amends for failing to kill that titan brat earlier." He said...
'why...is he so confident?' Matt can't help but ask it inside his mind.
and then Levi looked at Alina.
"But why is she here?" he asked him so Alina looked at Erwin too...Erwin looked at her and then at the assassins...
"Alina, this time you'll work as another group...stay with Levi. those larger titans there, he seemed like he can command those titans to attack...I'll entrust them with your squad. you'll support Levi so he can get there, as fast and as easy as he can. that beast titan possesses intelligence..." he said so Alina looked at those large beasts before them. Levi looked at Erwin and then at Alina who looked at him and then at Erwin before she nodded.
"Okay...we'll support him." she said and then looked at the assassins who readied themselves.
"Alright kids...let's go." she said and then followed Levi. the 9 followed them too and they all scattered there below.
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