Ryan walked through the city, finding those who didn't look very rich to give some of his freshly-made food. He was soon to choose his branch of the military, and would, of course go into the same branch his brother had, the survey corps. He smiled as he gave some free rations out. Though it was small, it would be enough to feed them for that night, and those that mentioned families would of course get one for every member. He trusted them to tell the truth, so that more people would get to eat that day. As he walked, continuing to hand off the food he had prepared, he heard a sound. A loud one, too loud to have been cannon fire. His eyes widened as he began to hear screaming in the distance.

Ryan hesitated a moment, droping the rest of the rations he was going to hand out. He wasn't sure what had happened, every instinct told him to get away, to get every citizen away and leave along with anyone that came with him. But... It could have been a cannon, what else could have made such a loud sound. He used his 3d maneuver gear to pull himself to the top of a nearby building. He stood there, his eyes as wide as they could go as he saw the wall... the impenetrable wall that made them feel so safe... had a hole in it. His mouth opened slightly, wanting to shout, say something, but the wall's destruction had left him speechless. He stood there only a few seconds before he saw the titans pouring in through the wall. He felt like he couldn't get the air he needed to breathe. He began to breathe as heavily as he could before realizing... There were people just behind him, on the streets. They hadn't began running yet, as he had been far enough away that they couldn't see without going to the street that went directly from gate to gate. He glanced over to that very street to see people beginning to turn and run, screaming in horror.

Ryan turned to the ones on the street, and began shouting "Everyone run! To the inner gate, go! Titans made it through the wall, RUN!" He jumped down from the building, shooting a hook into a nearby wall, but not using very much gas. He did this so he could land safely on the ground, but not go flying in a direction. "EVERYONE GO!" He ran to the street that went from gate to gate, looking at the hole to see all the titans going through. He watched from a distance as one ate someone. Someone's life had disappeared just like that. He stepped back, holding up his hands slightly as if he could protect himself from these creatures with them. He began to turn slightly before suddenly the screaming reached him. Those screams were other human beings dying.

Ryan looked back to the hole in the wall, unsheathing his blades and setting off in their direction using his 3d Maneuver Gear to quickly reach them. He could hear the screams of everyone around, he couldn't let them all die. He looked around, seeing Commander Leon killing titans. [i]Just do that! Come on![/i] He used his gear to fly up slightly, hooking onto a titan's neck. He saw it put up its arm in an attempt to knock him away, but he hooked the ground with his second hook for a second, letting that redirect him to avoid it. Of course, the arm and the other hook led to him going completely off course. He let go of the hook on that particular titan hooking onto a building to get control of his movement once again. He used that building to turn around and fly back at that same titan. It began to turn towards him, but this time, it was too slow. He hooked the neck and flew around to the back, using gas to fly directly at the neck. [i]Just do what commander Leon did![/i] He swung his swords, cutting the section of the neck that he had been trained to.

As the titan fell, Ryan kicked off with his feet, hooking onto nearby building past it so he could fly over its dead body and regroup. [i]My first kill... It almost had me though...[/i] As he flew over it, he inhaled deeply, slowing his heartbeat as much as he could by relaxing. [i]I can't give up now though... I may not be very good at killing them, but whatever it takes to make sure that as many people survive as I can ensure...[/i] He used his gear to land on top of a building, and turned around, seeing more titans coming through the walls. He heard yet another scream and began running towards the titans, jumping off the rooftop and hooking onto the buildings to get going once again.