A/N: Hello, readers! Welcome to the first chapter of season two! Enjoy!

Warning: This chapter contains major character death. I know I shouldn't have to put this warning because season two has been out for years now? But I don't want anyone to yell at me.

edited on november 10th, 2021 @ 11:55am

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𝓒𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝙵𝙾𝚄𝚁𝚃𝙴𝙴𝙽,
𝓑𝙴𝙰𝚂𝚃 𝚃𝙸𝚃𝙰𝙽.

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The walls gave the people a century of peace and security. The terror of being at their mercy and the humiliation of being trapped became a distant memory. Until...

The battle for humanity's survival began the moment the Titans breached the wall. After innumerable casualties among soldiers and civilians alike, it was learned that some Titans were hiding among the humans.

Finally, five years after the first wall fell, humans succeeded in capturing one of these disguised Titans: Annie Leonhart.

Nevertheless... the next threat to humanity was already close at hand.

AFTER THE FIGHT WITH ANNIE came to an end, the crystal that she was in gets covered in a brown cloth and gets dragged away by the Military Police. Suddenly, a chunk of the wall falls down, gaining the attention of the soldiers as they looked up.

A Titan with no skin looked down at the Survey Corps and the Military Police. They stare at the Titan until it moves it's eye, showing signs of life.

"A Titan?!"

"In the wall?!"

"It can't be!"

Hange ran up to the wall. "Your orders, Section Commander?" Moblit questioned.

"Huh? What? Hold on!" They replied. "Was that there just by coincidence? Or does this mean...?"

Someone placed a hand on their shoulders, snapping them out of their thoughts.

"Pastor Nick?" Hange questioned as Pastor Nick tried to catch his breath.

"Whatever you do... you must keep that Titan out of the sunlight!" Pastor Nick informed as Hange stared at him in confusion.

"Huh?"

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"For now, we've covered the wall Titan with sheets. We'll take more proper measures after sunset."

"I see." Erwin replied.

"What are we supposed to make of this, sir? I never imagined there were Titans in the walls..."

"No one did. There were only people who knew, and people who didn't." Erwin stated.

Back in Stohess District, Marlowe stares down at a corpse as he lowered his mask. "What's the deal?! We just fought a Titan here. Why are they keeping us in the dark?" He questioned.

Hitch lowered her mask as she walked next to him. "Business as usual. But what's the scummiest of all... is that there's no "official" reason why all these people died."

Back at the wall, Hange, Moblit and Pastor Nick were standing around with the other soldiers. Hange looked at the sheet that was covering the Titan's face before turning to Pastor Nick.

"Now then, it's time for you to talk. What is this Titan? What is it doing inside the wall? And... why did you people keep this a secret all this time?" They asked.

Pastor Nick doesn't respond but stands up. "I have work to do! My church and followers have been devastated! This is your fault! I will demand restitution! Now let me back down!" He demanded.

Hange glared at him. "Certainly." They responded before grabbing ahold of his shirt and hovers him over the wall. "Will straight down do?"

"Section Commander!" Moblit shouted.

"Stay back." Hange ordered before looking at Pastor Nick again. "Enough of this! Do you people know why we Scouts have shed so much blood?! To take back our freedom from the Titans! I was willing to sacrifice my own life for that cause! I'm not asking you to talk, I'm ordering you. Is that clear? And if you won't talk, I'll try the next person. Your measly life wouldn't make up for much, anyway!"

"Let... go of me!"

"Like this? Right now?"

"Yes!"

"Fine, then. Die."

"Section Commander!"

"Kill me and learn! We will fulfill our duty, without fail! So..." Pastor Nick paused for a moment as he extended both of his arms. "...let go of me this instant! Deliver me... O Lord..."

Hange then released him as they threw him on the ground before sitting down as they laughed. "Just kidding. I wasn't serious." They said as Pastor Nick whimpered. "Tell me, Pastor Nick... Are all the walls made of Titans?"

"Section Commander..." Moblit walked up to them.

"Whew, I forgot how this feels. I haven't felt this way since my first time outside the walls. Talk about terrifying..." Hange muttered.

Suddenly, the city bells start to ring as Hange widens their eyes.

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《 𝖳𝖶𝖤𝖫𝖵𝖤 𝖧𝖮𝖴𝖱𝖲 𝖤𝖠𝖱𝖫𝖨𝖤𝖱 — 𝖲𝖮𝖴𝖳𝖧 𝖮𝖥 𝖶𝖠𝖫𝖫 𝖲𝖨𝖭𝖠 》

Connie and Sasha stare outside the windows, their heads were resting on the palm of their hands while Reiner and Bertholdt played a game of chess.

"My village isn't far south of here, you know..." Connie said.

"My hometown is close by, too..." Sasha added.

"Damn. Why can't I go visit? Maybe I'll sneak out at night." Connie said.

"They told me not to come back until I'm normal." Sasha stated.

Connie smirked. "They told me I was too puny to be a soldier." He said. "Was genius enough to be one, though. I was in our class' top ten. I'm gonna go make 'em eat their words."

"Connie. If you're serious, I'll help." Reiner spoke up.

"What? How come?" Connie asked as he looked towards him.

"Doesn't it seem strange? We're on standby in our plain clothes, and we're not allowed to train or wear our uniforms." Reiner stood up and walked to the window. "Even more suspicious... is that everyone else is fully armed. We're inside the wall, not on the front line. Who are we fighting?"

"Well, there are bears in the area." Connie concluded.

"Yeah. Bears." Sasha agreed.

"Guns are enough to handle bears." Reiner pointed out before sitting back down. "Besides, even Section Commander Simon is here. Wouldn't he need to be closer to the Commander?"

Sasha placed her head on the table but suddenly gasped as she shot up. "I hear thuds! They sound like footsteps!" She exclaimed, getting everyone's attention.

"Get serious, Sasha. If you are suggesting there are Titans here... that'd mean Wall Rose has fallen." Reiner informed.

Outside, Miche sniffed the air, alerting his squad members and Simon.

"Miche?" Nanaba questioned.

Back inside, Sasha throws her hands in the air in defense. "It's the truth! I really heard footsteps!" She shouted as Rachel and Nanaba flew down to the window and opened it.

"Everyone here?" Rachel asked.

"Rachel-san?" Christa stood up in question.

"Multiple Titans, 500 meters to the south. They're coming right this way." Rachel announced.

"There's no time for you to gear up. Take your horses and evacuate all nearby homes and settlements. Understood?" Nanaba added.

"From... the south?" Connie asked in shock.

"Has the wall been breached?!" Reiner questioned, looking at Bertholdt.

"Get going! Lunch will have to wait, I'm afraid!" Nanaba informed as her and Rachel use their gear to fly off and joins Miche and Simon on the roof.

"Miche." Nanaba greeted.

"Simon." Rachel said.

"There are nine in that swarm up ahead." Miche informed.

"They've broken through Wall Rose." Nanaba said as she kneeled down. "We never managed to uncover the Titans' secrets or figure out what they are. And now the day has come. Humanity... has lost."

"No. Not yet." Miche said as he turned around. "Only when a person stops fighting do they lose. As long as we continue to fight, we are not beaten!"

Everyone was on their horses as they followed Miche and Simon. "As soon as the Titans reach the woods, we'll split into four teams of recruits and soldiers alike, and then simultaneously scatter in each direction! Avoid combat when possible and focus on getting the word out!" Miche ordered.

"Is anyone familiar with this region?!" Simon asked.

Sasha raised her hand. "M-Me! My town's north of here!" She replied. "I know the lay of the land well!"

"And... so does Connie!" Sasha added as she saw Connie spaced out. "Connie?!"

"My village... My village is to the south... where the Titans are coming from." Connie said. "I can take you to the nearby villages. After that... please let me visit mine."

"All right. You'll guide the southern team." Miche informed

"Yes, sir!" Connie said as Reiner galloped next to him.

"I'll come with you, Connie." Reiner told him.

"The south will be crawling with Titans. It'll be the most dangerous." Connie reminded him.

"So? I was going to help you sneak there anyway, remember?" Reiner said before looking over at Bertholdt. "You coming, Bertholdt?"

"Of course I'll come." Bertholdt answered.

The group continued riding along. "As you may know, today marks the new darkest day in humanity's history! If ever humankind needed to give its all, that time is now!" Nanaba shouted.

"The Titans have reached the woods!"

"Scatter! Ride as fast as you can!" Miche ordered.

Titans approached the woods before stopping. Suddenly, they charged right at the group as Miche furrowed his eyebrows together.

"What?! They all started sprinting!" Miche exclaimed.

"Whoa! They're going to catch up!" Connie said.

"Gelgar! Take charge of the southern team!" Miche shouted as he took off.

"Miche, I'll go with you! Oliver, take the squad and go with the southern team!" Simon yelled as he took off, following Miche.

"Understood, Section Commander!" Oliver replied.

"Sir?!" Gelgar said in confusion. "Uh, understood."

"They're using themselves as bait?!"

"They won't survive! I'll help!"

"No! We can't spare anyone else! Have faith in them! Miche's skill is second only to Captain Levi! Not to mention Simon grew up with Levi and is married to him. They'll both make it back alive!" Gelgar told them.

"Miche, are you sure we'll be able to pull this off?" Simon asked.

"Of course."

Simon smirked. "You know, this is my first time teaming up with you. Try to keep up with me, old man!" He teased.

"Who are you calling old?!"

Miche and Simon ride off towards the Titans, Miche attached his ODM gear into one and flies up to kill it. Simon attaches his gear to the second one and sliced its nape as well. The two Titans fall down as Miche takes a deep breath.

Levi had entered Erwin's office. "Ugh. Those damn Titans never give us a break." He said.

"Can you go?" Erwin asked.

"Not like there's much choice." Levi replied.

"It was wise to have Section Commander Miche and Simon watch the 104th. I believe those two can handle the situation."

Levi slightly widened his eyes at this. "You sent Simon?" He questioned.

"Yes. He offered to help Miche in watching the 104th. I needed him in Stohess in case anything went wrong than it already had, so he and his squad went after." Erwin responded.

"Simon, please stay alive." Levi thought.

Meanwhile, Miche and Simon landed on a roof. Miche shakes his head, clearing the thought of going back to the group out of his head. Both Miche and Simon look up and spotted an Abnormal Titan about 17 meters and was covered in fur. They looked at each other, thinking the same thing.

"I'm concerned about that Abnormal. It's not like the others, and it's completely ignoring Miche and I. I've never seen a Titan with fur either." Simon thinks to himself.

Simon's train of thought was interrupted by the sound of a neigh as Miche's horse ran towards him. As the horse is about to run past the hairy giant, it gets picked up, making Miche and Simon gasp.

"It went for the horse?!" They both thought, taking out their blades.

"You can't be serious!" Miche exclaimed.

The Titan looks over to them and throws the horse at them. Luckily, both Simon and Miche managed to dodge. Miche lost his balance and falls off the roof, a 3 meter Titan catches him and hovers him over his mouth as Miche screamed.

"Wait."

A shadow hovered over the both of them and crouched down to their level. The 3 meter Titan ignored orders as it takes a bite out of Miche's leg, the hairy giant looks at it confused.

"Huh? Didn't I just say to wait?" The Titan spoke as it reached out and crushed its head, causing Miche to fall onto the grass. He breaths heavily as the hairy giant looks at its hand. "Tell me, what is that weapon called?"

Miche's breath hitched as he looked up. "The thing on your waist that flies around." The Titan continued. Miche didn't answer as he was in too much shock. Simon was still sitting on the roof, watching the scene unfold, not knowing what to do.

"Did that Titan just talk?" Simon thought, narrowing his eyes."Mindless Titans don't talk. So that can only mean one thing... this isn't a normal Titan. It's a Titan shifter like Eren and I. Someone is in the nape."

The Titan frowns at Miche's silence as it scratches its ear. "I'm certain we speak the same language. Perhaps you're simply too frightened. Oh, I see you use swords, too. I guess that means you know we reside in the nape. Ah, well, I'll just take it back with me."

The hairy Titan takes Miche's gear off of him as he covers his head in fear, the sound of his gear being unbuckled makes him gasp as the hairy Titan walks off.

Suddenly, Miche's expression changes. He lets out a scream as he clenched the last of his blade. "As long as we continue to fight... we are not beaten!" He thinks to himself.

The Titan stops walking as Miche stopped screaming. The Titan turned his head. "You can move now." He ordered as the Titans moved in on Miche, surrounding him.

"No! No!" Miche exclaimed, trying to run away but a Titan grabbed him. "Stop! Don't! No! No!"

"So you can speak." The hairy Titan commented. "I must say, what a clever idea." He walks off with Miche's gear in his hand as the Titans continued to tear at him.

Simon could only watch in horror as he covered his ears so he wouldn't hear Miche's screams. His body parts were being torn off one by one until eventually his head gets ripped off, ending his life.

"Miche!" Simon shouted in horror, shaking uncontrollably at what he just witnessed.

"It happened again... I couldn't do anything. I could've transformed and saved him. But instead I just watched as Miche was ripped into pieces." Simon thought, clenching his blades.

"Damn it!"

He jumped off the roof and sliced all of the Titans that had devoured Miche, slicing their arms, legs and beheading them before finally slicing their napes. Simon landed on the ground and managed to not get blood on his uniform.

"Miche... I'm sorry." Simon mumbled before looking at the departing hairy giant.

"I have no idea who the hell you are." Simon muttered. "But I swear, you'll pay for killing Miche. The next time we meet, you won't be so lucky."

"Section Commander!"

Simon looked up to see his squad coming up to him. "I got your horse. When it came up to me all of us were worried and headed here." Oliver informed before looking around. "Wait... Where's Miche?"

"Dead." Simon replied, shocking his squad. "It seems we have another Titan shifter on our hands, and I'm gonna take a wild guess and say they're at fault for the breach."

"How do you know it's a Titan shifter?" Dillon questioned.

"Because the Titan talked. Not to mention it knows it's weak spot. Just like with Annie." Simon responded. "Now come on, let's meet up with the Gelgar and the others."

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A/N: The first chapter of season two is done! Thanks for reading!

Word Count: 2706 words.