Chapter 26: Traitors

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~(Y/N)~

We rode through the night headed straight for wall Rose to investigate the breach. That was before we got word that a group of cadets were being attacked by a group of titans at the Utgard Castle.

Upon our arrival, the castle had become ruins while titans emerged out from the rubble. "Backup groups spread out and check the perimeter! Everyone else kill the hoard of titans ahead!" Hanji orders.

As everyone rushed past her I watched Eren lift off from his horse and into the air. "Eren you're exempt from the attack!" Hanji calls out, that doesn't stop him though, he goes for the nearest titan and slices its nape clean.

But afterward, he hadn't paid attention to where he was going and landed on his back. I pull the trigger sending out a hook heading for titan. Swinging my arms back slightly I then whip them forward just as I slice the back of their neck, I push forward deepening the cut to make sure I killed them the first time.

Landing beside Eren I look around finding all the other titans already disintegrating. Letting out a relieved sigh I then turned after hearing some gasps. There crouched down in front of us was Krista and an unconscious Ymir. But Ymir was missing limbs and had the same markings on her eyes as Eren did... when he came out of his titan form.

Shocked as everyone else I stood between Eren and Mikasa. "S-she's a titan?!" I hear Armin mutter.

Krita took Ymir up into her arms making Ymir open her eyes just a little. "Y-Ymir... My real name is Historia." Krista confesses.

~Time Skip~

Taking Eren's hand he pulled me up onto the wall. "Thanks." I sigh. Kneeling beside him I look back to see a fellow cadet standing beside Eren. Eren smiled sweetly before nodding then turned to look at the man.

"So what's Ymir's?" Eren asks.

"Her right arm and leg are gone, and her insides are scrambled... A normal person would've been dead by now." the man answers. Eren looked down with a frown, seeming to take the man's comment to heart.

"Normal huh?" he mutters. But before I could comfort him he reached for Reiner. Immediately my soft gaze turned straight, and stoic. Standing up I kept my back to Eren, but my eyes were glued to Reiner.

"Thanks." Reiner grunts.

~Historia~

"Please believe me! Ymir transformed to save us! She even disregarded her own life for us, clearly, that shows where her loyalty lies." I tell Hanji.

She stared at me with an unconvinced expression. "I guess til' then she was only looking out for herself, but she has changed. And now she's our ally!" I continue to convince her.

Crossing her arms her expression softened. "I see, don't get me wrong I'd rather befriend her in hopes of gaining the information she has withheld," Hanji says as she begins to turn towards Ymir who was feet away getting ready to head back to Trost.

She began walking away and I followed close behind. "You said your real name was Historia Reiss right?" Hanji asks looking back at me.

I nod my head once. "Yes," I answer.

"... Reiss... as in the famous nobles?" she then asks.

I nod again. Stopping she turned to me and took a hold of my shoulder. "Nice to meetcha," she says giving me a soft sincere smile. Smiling back I return the smile and nod once more. Moblit and Nifa were crouched down beside Ymir as we walked up.

Crouching down with them and fixing the cape covering her. "How is she?" Hanji asks.

Moblit looked over and stood on his feet. "The bleeding has stopped, and now vapor is seeping from her wounds," Moblit explains.

Then Hanji looked down to Nifa and the other cadet who came in only moments ago. "Well, we need to transport her to Trost so she can be provided with the proper medical treatment," Hanji informs Nifa.

"Yes ma'am," Nifa answers.

~(Y/N)~

Standing beside Eren I helped Mikasa up while Eren helped Armin. "Ow, ow, ow." Reiner groans. Rolling my eyes I turn and start to walk away with Mikasa. Quickly checking her supply of blades and gas I switch out a tank before turning back to find Reiner bitching about his injury.

"Armin, tell him how I was nearly squashed like a bug by the Female Titan," Reiner says.

Then I heard Eren mention something about a village which made Bertholdt burst out. "Our home! Let's go back there!" he says while waving his hands out.

My eyes then drifted onto Mikasa who was watching the two intensely. But soon their conversation was cut short when a group of Garrison soldiers came. While they talked I kept my eyes on Reiner and Bertholdt who stood away from the crowd.

"What do you mean?! We've seen titans here-

"He's probably drunk again." Eren interrupts Armin. Turning my head I looked to find many shocked faces.

"Why would I drink at a time like this? Besides, we've made our way around the southern part of the wall, there is no hole." the blonde man says. Then Hanji emerged from the group.

"Then if there is no breach, the operation is off. For now, we return to Trost," she orders. Running up to Hanji I walk with her and Moblit as they discuss the weirdness of this whole thing. Then we stopped when Connie came up to us, he seemed puzzled as well.

"Section Commander... there's something I need to tell you," he says.

Hanji and I look at each other in confusion before back at Connie. "Yes?" she questions.

"I had visited my village Ragako. The place was evacuated but there was one titan there," he explains. At first, I thought he was telling Hanji was a complete waste until he brought up more details.

"The titan looked like my mom... it was laying sprawled out on my house and... while I was there... I-I heard it say something," he says, his expression seeming worried, worried about the fact his mother could be a titan. Hanji then looked surprised then took hold of Connie's shoulder.

"We'll look into this okay? Thank you, Connie," she says.

Walking with them again, Hanji began theorizing about titans being able to dig. "We're in big trouble if that's the case," she says.

Moblit nodded with her. "And locating them will be just as difficult." Moblit answers. Then before I know it I hear screaming.

"Eren! Get out of here!" I hear a feminine voice shout. Looking back I find Mikasa attacking both Reiner and Bertholdt. We hightail it back towards Eren to grab him before the two guys could transform. But before we could reach Eren bright lights blinded us while gusts of wind pushed us back.

When the brightness went away I looked up to find a humongous titan planted onto the wall. His ribs were showing due to only half his body forming. In front of him was a muscular titan with yellowish hair.

Another gust came as the Colossal titan emitted steam making everything really hot as well. Not having enough strength to withstand the winds I flew back crashing into crates carrying heavy tanks of gas for the 3DM gear.

Looking up at the sky I find more things falling towards me. After that, there was complete darkness.

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