A Second Chance (Marco x Fem Reader)

Chapter 16

Once again you were assigned another post than Marco, and this time you had a really bad feeling about it. You were manoeuvring through town with your new team that consisted of all new faces. You learned that their names were Alex, Lina, Louise and Ida. You as a group attracted titans, luring them slowly but surely towards the wall were other cadet's hung to keep them busy. Marco, Connie and Jean were there, and you couldn't help but feel nervous for them. Even though they are to hang high enough that the titans can't reach, they have to be low enough for them to not lose interest. If an abnormal titan decided to jump or something they would be dead...

"A little bit more now!", Alex said as the titan smacked into one house after the other to get to you. He reminded you a lot of Thomas, his leader-instinct shining through as he took charge of the team.

Eren hadn't transformed yet since they were waiting for the teams out in the field to lure more titans to the wall.

"There should be enough at this point, I wonder when they are going to sta-", you started saying, but got interrupted by a green smoke signal and a flash of golden light. Eren's titan-roar spread across town.

"-never mind!", you said, joining your team a safe distance away from all the titans that were greedily trying to reach your comrades on the wall. Your titan had now joined the rest, and you watched as Garrison soldiers started firing cannons at them from the top.

"I really hope this plan of theirs work, people are sacrificing a lot for it", Louise said as a scream from one of the cadets on the wall rang out. She got to close to a titan and got eaten before the garrison could manage to shoot it.

"I have faith in it. I have faith in Eren", you answered her confidently. The other's looked at you with an unsure expression. They probably didn't really know what to think of the whole Eren-thing.

"I for sure hope you are right, but no matter what we believe we have to follow orders. Let's go!", Alex said and made his way towards Eren's position. The next phase of the plan was for the teams to start eliminating titans in vicinity of Eren. A selected group of people that was currently dangling on the wall were also to gather into teams and help out in town. Again, Marco, Connie and Jean were a part of those selected groups.

'Trust them Y/N, and focus on your mission for now!'

You sliced the nape of a titan that was about to grab Ida.

"Damn, thanks Y/N!", Ida exclaimed, her breathing was fast after that close call.

"No worries!", you told her, slicing another titans nape. Screams of terror were to be heard from all angles as people fighting titans in town as well as people luring titans on the walls were eaten or attacked. The situation was looking grim, but you refused to let it take away your drive. This had to end here! You couldn't allow humanity to lose to those monsters!

You noticed the sun was setting. It really had been a whole day of relentless fighting. You remember getting up at the crack of dawn to send off the Survey Corps.

'Have I really managed to fight for this long? Damn Y/N, I knew you had great stamina, but this takes the cake!'

As you cut the achilles tendons of a large titan, you saw a new smoke signal appear. Could it be the one signalling our victory already? You squinted your eyes, focusing on the colour as the setting sun made it hard to tell. Red?

'No, it can't be red! What went wrong?'

"Y/N!", Lina screamed out and you realized you hadn't finished off the titan yet. It violently reached out its left hand for you and you jumped on top of it. You ran up along the arm, jumping  as it smashed its other hand on it top of it, trying to crush you like a bug. Reaching the top you connected your right wire to the building across from you and started reeling yourself inn. You sliced the nape as you passed it and landed on the roof with the others.