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[sup]Current Location: Wall Rose, Trost District - Interacting With: Gabriel, Mary & Jakob[/sup][/center]

[color=gray]The squad members soon returned to Gabriel, or at least Mary and Tanner had done so. Jakob was still nowhere to be seen, but they couldn't look for him. They had a job to do--to protect the defenseless civilians from the carnivorous beasts that broke through the wall. Thankfully, their training had prepared them for most of the horrors on the battlefield. Together, Gabriel and Tanner brought down one Titan, and Gabriel made quick work of another distracted Titan. There seemed nothing that could stop them, especially with Mary acting as support.

Without lookout support, the squad was forced to keep an eye out for Titans and civilians alike. Regardless, they didn't have to look far before they spotted their next foe. A lanky Titan of at least twenty meters was slowly approaching a young boy, all alone by himself. The boy was crying loudly, dragging half of a dead corpse across the streets of Trost and leaving a messy trail of red blood and ravaged innards. Despite surviving the hell that was Shiganshina, Tanner was vividly shaken by the display--that could've been Hannah, after all.

Gabriel, too, was shaken by the corpse dragging and the child's cries as if he was in disbelief that his mother was dead. However, something didn't sit well with Tanner when Gabriel charged into battle to help the child.[/color] [color=#FFD967][b]"Gabriel, wait!"[/b][/color] [color=gray]Tanner shouted as the Titan broke into a dead sprint, signifying that it was an abnormal. Upon confirmation, Mary and Tanner ran across the rooftops as quick as they could to outflank the Titan while Gabriel fiddled with a signal flare. They needed to finish the abnormal, lest it became a bigger problem than it was now.

The black smoke canister flew out the flare gun at breakneck speed, exploding directly in the face of the Titan. Taking advantage of the distraction, the girls readied themselves to attack from different angles. Mary stood on a roof of a butcher's shop, ready to swing low and slice the Titan's Achilles' heel, while Tanner waited for an opening to attack the nape on a second floor walkway that connected two buildings. Nevertheless, no amount of schooling could prepare the cadets for how fast a Titan could recover.

The twenty meter Titan was fast to ignore the black smoke, and promptly smacked Gabriel with enough force to send him crashing into the ground, while one of his legs were thrown into the air like a mangled bean bag. Tanner watched in horror, gasping as she saw her lover turn into mushed peas and a shell of his former self. Struggling against her emotions, Tanner charged into battle, while Mary stood frozen and fearful for her own life. Tanner didn't blame any of the cadets for being scared, but now she had a score to settle and stood fearless.[/color]

[color=#FFD967][b]"Mary, watch for any incoming Titans! This one is mine!"[/b][/color] [color=gray]Tanner shouted against the screams of death and bloodshed heard throughout Trost. The child had been a lost cause, devoured by the same Titan that now played with his mother's body like how a dog would play with a chew toy. Looking around for a way to outmaneuver the abnormal, Tanner noticed a nearby bell tower that was used to tell the time in Trost. Planting the gear's hooks into the stone, Tanner pulled herself towards the tower, hanging off the edge like a monkey.

Thankfully for the girl, Titans weren't known to show intelligence. As abnormal as the Titan was, it followed Tanner's plan to a T. Like it did with Gabriel, the Titan smashed a hand into the tower, causing it to crumble under the sudden impact. Using gas to accelerate herself out of the way of debris, Tanner flew through the air as the stone and bell fell onto the Abnormal. Saying her blessings, Tanner hitched her wires into the Titan's back and sent herself spiraling downwards.

The iron bamboo blades shredded through the Titan's nape, only stopped by a sudden impact with a chunk of broken stone, shattering them on impact. In the midst of replacing her blades, Tanner heard a somewhat familiar voice call out from behind the smoke and dust created from the damage the Titan did to the tower. With the heal of hte gear, Tanner climbed a wall of a house to have a better view of the situation, but it was just as horrifying as she thought it would be.[/color]

[color=olive][b]"Help me, ple-Aaaaaaaaaaagraaaaaah!"[/b][/color] [color=gray]The missing cadet, Jakob begged to Mary as she watched a pack of Titans munch on him as if he was a buffet. One had grasped Jakob from a wire, leaving him dangling, but giving the rest of them evidence that he tried to play the hero just as Gabriel did. Looking back to Gabriel, Tanner was at a loss of what to do in the fucked up situation they were thrown into. On one end, Jakob was still alive despite being munched on, and on the other, she had her beloved to worry about.

Besides, there was also gas to worry over. The battle was becoming one of attrition, and the vanguard was almost crumbling away under the sheer might of the Titans. A choice had to be made, and saving Jakob soon wasn't an option as his limbs were torn from him, falling into a stomach of a smaller Titan. The Titan, hardly five meters, was quick to notice Tanner and Mary as it broke from the crowd distracted by Jakob's corpse--now a bloody mess and terrible sight.

Targeting Mary first, Tanner tried to get the cadet's attention to move. Thankfully, her silent waving was able to alert Mary, who started swinging down the street as a distraction for Tanner to strike the nape of the short Titan. Waiting on top of a roof, Tanner looked back at the Titans eating away at Jakob.[/color] [color=#FFD967][i]At least we've been somewhat useful, damn it![/i][/color] [color=gray]Tanner thought, feeling a flurry of emotions from hatred towards the veterans in the rearguard and despair because they were doomed in the end.

Using her gear to swing herself downwards, Tanner skidded across the ground as her blades sliced the nape of the Titan. As clean as a kill gets, the [url=https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--nO3QcOga--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/wpysfqwkhxbnlxvepovc.png]misshaped midget Titan[/url] fell to the ground with ease, but it wasn't enough to save them from the Titan onslaught. As if it came out of nowhere, a much larger Titan crawled from its hiding place and snatched Tanner before she could react. Struggling to break free,
Tanner was lifted high and the Titan went to open its mouth for a human snack.[/color]

[color=#FFD967][b]"Take Gabriel and run, Mary!"[/b][/color] [color=gray]Tanner shouted, knowing that it would be better if she could save just a few more lives during the last seconds of hers. Still, Tanner struggled against fate, and freed her blades in a messy display as they sliced through Titan flesh.[/color] [color=#FFD967][b]"I graduated at the top of my class, but you are nothing but another Titan! NOTHING! BUT! ANOTHER! TITAN!"[/b][/color] [color=gray]Tanner shouted, fearless as the Titan went to drop her into his mouth.

Let go from the hold he had around her, Tanner fell downwards, but death wasn't about to claim her life. Her blades were shoved into the Titan's eyes as deep as Tanner was able to force them.[/color] [color=#FFD967][b]"I'll wipe your miserable ass out of this city and beyond, you little shit!"[/b][/color] [color=gray]Tanner exclaimed as the other Titans took notice of the incident. Falling to the ground at a fast pace, Tanner smirked back at the towering Titan howling in pain. At least she'd be going out on her own terms, and Gabriel would be safe.[/color]

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