Chapter 5

Chapter 5: First Kill
Eren's agonized roar echoed inside the walls as he took the first step. The girls had managed to draw a three meter away from him, but there were still countless other titans in the vicinity and he wasn't sure he could make it to the wall unharmed.. On top of that, the boulder felt like it was getting heavier every moment.

But he looked down and saw Armin smiling at him encouragingly, and he was again filled with determination. He could do this. He would do this. He had to do this.

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Needless to say, Annie had not really been pleased to see Von. If the way she had bluntly ignored him didn't clue him in, the following black eye and bloody nose probably did. Although that in itself was rather disappointing, he was glad to see her all the same.

Mission aborted, he decided to follow Annie and the small group that was with her to wherever-they-were-going. Noticing Jean and Connie, he realized that these soldiers were going inside Wall Rose to lure titans away from Eren. He was going to join them, of course - 3DMG and the "skills" he had picked up in his little experiment with climbing the wall was enough to keep him alive...right?

But he was much slower than the group, and before long they were separated. He was stranded, alone with a large number of titans and nobody to help him. Glancing around, he noticed a three meter clawing the inside of a dilapidated house. It seemed too occupied to notice him; an easy target. Shooting a hook into the nape of its neck, he swung in for the kill.

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The girls, believe it or not, were actually making progress. They had developed a sort of unspoken strategy with Ian, Rico, and the other soldiers. They would distract the titans on foot while somebody more capable took them out from above. It was a last-minute plan, but what mattered was that it was working. And Eren was growing ever closer to his destination, they just had to hold out a little longer.

Next time: Victory!