Red Swan

Counterattack

I transformed into my Titan again before we set off to find Eren and Ymir.

Commander Erwin wanted me to turn into my Titan so I could use my immense height to track down Reiner and Bertholdt. A snarl escaped my lips as I sprinted ahead, and I was running so fast my feet barely touched the ground.

When I finally reached the forest, I noticed that the group was gone. My heart pounded anxiously at the thought of my brother being kidnapped, and I concentrated to see ahead.

Reiner was in the Armored Titan form speeding away. Bertholdt, Eren, and Ymir were on his back. Eren was bound and gagged. The sight of my brother being taken away by the traitors made me sick.

"They're running away!" I shouted to my comrades on horseback.

"Forward!" Erwin ordered the Scouts.

I moved to the side so I could get a closer aim and I let my comrades move forward, to avoid stepping on any of them. I wasn't always aware at my fifteen meter height.

  The ground thundered with horse hooves and the steps of Titans.

I let out a battle cry as I charged.

"RELEASE THEM, REINER!!!" I ordered, snarling in his direction; my raspy voice still made me jump.

  Reiner narrowed his bright yellow eyes, and kept running. He roared at me, and suddenly Ymir transformed into her Titan; the Jaw Titan.

  She let out a hair raising shriek and bounded towards the approaching Scouts. What was she doing?

  I glared at the giant Armored Titan and jumped onto his back, and I attempted to look for my brother.

"Eren!" I yelled in anxiety.

"GRETA!" I heard my brother scream from inside the shell on the Armored Titan's back. "EREN!" I shrieked again.

Roaring, I used my sharp claws to cut into the shell, causing Reiner to scream in pain and he began to swat at me, like I was a fly.

  I was cutting into the shell in the spur of the moment, and I didn't think it was going to actually work. 

"Eren! We're coming to get you." Mikasa shouted to him.  She, Armin, Jean. Connie, Hange, and Sasha used their ODM gear to swing from the nearby trees, and they landed on my shoulders so they would have somewhere to stand. I had my hands around Reiner's neck to keep him distracted.

  "Bertholdt, do you realize what you're doing?" Connie cried, he didn't want to believe his friend was a traitor.

"Why do you want to kill people? Were the last five years of training nothing to you?" Jean begged.

The boys tried to remind Bertholdt the good times they shared at boot camp and their dreams of saving humanity from the Titans.

  All was silent for a moment, and I continued my attempt to distract Reiner. To release my grip, his Titan tried to bite my fingers, but I used one of my claws to slash him in the eye; he yowled in pain causing him to stumble.

"I never wanted to kill anyone," Bertholdt whimpered. I glared at the half-open shell, the sight of him made me sick to my stomach. To think he had the biggest Titan in history, and yet he was a low-down coward.

  "All of the moments from boot camp, they were real. I never thought I would make any friends," he sniffed. We knew he was holding back tears. While I would have been sympathetic, but knowing everything he, Reiner, and Annie had done, I couldn't help but scoff.

  "You betrayed us, there's no forgetting that," my raspy voice sounded creepy from my fury. I was growling, still focusing on my struggle with Reiner.

 

"Let go of my brother, or I promise you will regret it." I threatened, gritting my teeth. "Greta," Sasha said, trying to calm me down. "Come back with us, buddy." Connie begged, his eyes were full of hurt and sorrow.

"You still have a chance," Sasha was just as hurt as the boys. She was one of those people who considered everyone her friend and saw the good in everyone.

  "Release Eren," Mikasa demanded. Her grey eyes were cold and dangerous, she meant business. She was more protective of my brother than I was, she was the youngest of the three of us. It occurred to me that she was in love with Eren, but I think everyone knew.

  "I can't," Bertholdt weeped. I let out a loud snarl, "THEN YOU CAN DIE!"

"REINER!" my former comrade screamed. "Everyone hold on!" I called to my friends who were perched on my shoulders. Thankfully my friends did so, and I jumped off Reiner's back, then they jumped off my shoulders and landed on the ground.

However, Mikasa didn't follow. She let out a battle cry and slashed at the Titan's neck, cutting one of Bertholdt's lines bounding Eren, and she was able to rescue my brother. I breathed a sigh of relief, but we weren't safe yet.

  The Smiling Titan had returned...

Eren and I watched her come towards us in horror, desperately hoping this was all a bad dream.

  I was eternally grateful I was still in my Titan form.

Hannes was standing nearby while the monster was approaching us. Then he ran to go fight her to make up for not saving mine and Eren's mother.

  The death of mine and Eren's mother, Carla, still haunted him to this day.

A sense of determination came over him.

All we could do was watch helplessly. The Smiling Titan had devoured him. I was screaming inside my Titan form and I ran away for a split second to throw a nearby tree in rage.

After the horrific event we just witnessed, Eren collapsed to the grass. His teal eyes were wide with tears and I expected him to cry, but that's not what happened.

He laughed hysterically. Tears streamed like a waterfall down his cheeks while he laughed. Eren had mentally broke in front of me and Mikasa. I wanted to turn back into myself to comfort my brother, but I had the feeling it wasn't safe just yet.
"Nothing has changed! I'm still the same worthless little brat!" Eren roared with laughter.
Mikasa rushed to his aid, and she was smiling at him warmly, thanking him for all the times he's wrapped her scarf around her. She was truly in love with him, and as far as I could tell, he was in love with her too.
Her words sparked courage in Eren and he stood up to the Smiling Titan; it was reaching out to grab him but he punched its hand while yelling. It was like a signal for all other Titans surrounding the area. I roared in response as the creatures rushed towards us, but they paid no attention to us. The horde of Titans tore the Smiling Titan to pieces; a truly disgusting and disturbing sight.
The ground trembled as the Titans devoured the Smiling Titan, and I could scarcely believe what I was witnessing. Eren seemed to control the Titans.