"No!" Eren screamed, reaching his hand out to grab her arm. The jaws clamped down, severing the arm, and the titan swallowed her whole.

"Dammit! No!"

Eren woke up in a cold sweat. That dream, it felt so.. real.. He looked to the side, and saw Mikasa laying against the tree next to him.

He blinked, rubbing his eyes. He couldn't remember who he saw.

"What's wrong?" Mikasa asked him, opening one of her eyes.

"It's.." He debated whether or not to tell her.. "It was just a bad dream, don't worry about it"

"Are you sure?" She sat up all the way, grabbing one of his hands

"Yeah.. just let me think about it, I'll tell you later."

She nods, then leans back on the tree,

"I had a great time last night Eren.." She spoke

He laughs, "You mean towards the end right? Not when i was basically terrorizing you"

She just shrugged, "Yeah basically"

"Well.. we've been gone since last night, we need to get back"

Mikasa just nodded, "yeah we don't need Levi to start yelling at us"

They both stood up, and began walking.

Eren snuck a peak at Mikasa, then down at her hand. He slid his hand to to hers, almost unsure.

Mikasa looked up at him, then rolled her eyes.

"You don't have to be afraid of grabbing my hand Eren" She said, intertwining her fingers with his.

"I don't want to get punched again" He said, relaxing

"I'll only hit you if you do something stupid okay?"

"Like that helps.." He sighs.

Mikasa just squeezes his hand, and they walk through the town, back to their camp area.

Eren looks down at his clothes, and notices they're covered in dirt.

"Shit.." He groans, "You've got to be kidding.."

"Hm?" Mikasa asks, and she looks at his clothes

"Ha.. dumbass" she says, laughing

"Your dress isn't any better Mikasa"

"Yeah whatever, we should probably get changed, we have an expedition today"

Eren nearly tripped over himself hearing that,

"Are you serious?!" He yelled

She just nods, before walking off.

He runs to his room to change.

An hour later

Everyone is lined up, getting ready to leave the walls, Erwin up front as usual. Eren looked at Mikasa, and gave her a smile, which Mikasa returned.

The gates began to open, slowly, and the land outside the walls began to show its self. With a rush of adrenaline, they rode out. They made way for the forest.

"Eren.." Mikasa spoke quietly, "Please, don't engage anything in your own"

Eren just nodded, "Be safe alright?" He says, before they break off into their groups.

Erens squad charged ahead in the middle of the forest, levi in front, Armin on the left of Eren, Connie to his right, and jean behind him. He could feel the daggers being glared at him from his back, and the disgust from his right. He just looked straight ahead.

An hour or so in, they stopped in the middle of the forest, much like the day Annie attacked for the first time"

Eren was still positioned in the middle, surrounded by everyone in his squad. He sighed, sitting down.

"Eren" Levi's voice rung into his ears, "We need to get moving again soon, get ready"

He nodded, and stood back up, hopping down and using his ODM, went down to his horse, to mount it.

Everyone else did the same, and after a flare shot, along with a few more confirmation flare shots from the others, they went off again.

Eren sighed, he definitely didn't miss ridding these horses nonstop for hours, it made him feel sore.

He was torn out of his thoughts by a loud bang in his ears, along with a black trail leading into the sky.

"Shit, what's going on"

"Multiple titans spotted at the west formation, including some abnormals. most of the squad is wiped out"

"West.. that's where Mikasa is.. shit"

"Yeager stay in formation, she can handle herself"

He groaned in defiance, but did as he was told.

They kept going, and more flares tore through the sky, this time purple.

Eren knew he saw this before.. he just knew it. He kept trying to figure out what it was.

"Shit!" He screamed,

Levi looked back at him, and Eren yelled, "Sorry captain.. I need to go to the west"

"Eren you-"

He didn't stay for the rest, he just zipped up and flew off to the west.

"no.. please still be okay" He pleaded.. not even knowing who he was pleading to.

He zipped through the trees, as quick as he could. His heart was thumping in his ears, and he could feel his pulse in the tip of his fingers. He squeezed the handle of his ODM blade hilts harder, as he pushed the triggers in more.

His knuckles were white, his face was red, and tears were threatening his eyes. He didn't even know what for, he just knew, that someone, was gonna die if he didn't get there fast enough.

"It won't be Mikasa.. She'll still be fine, flawlessly killing the titans right? She has to be, if she isn't, she'll be riding away"

Something, however gnawed at the back of his mind. He knew, there was a slim chance of her being alive. He didn't want to accept it though. Mikasa was the second strongest they had, second only to Levi himself right?

He cleared the trees, searching for anything. Horses littered the ground, blood was staining the grass.. he noticed something, that tore his heart.

The scarf, it's crimson fabric was half the length it used to be. One end was frayed, while the other was torn, a pale hand clenching it. He ran over to the fabric, and picked it up, along with the hand.

It was warm.. it hadn't been severed for long, blood oozed out of the mangled flesh of the wrist.

The hand was long, and slender. The skin was soft, felt just like Mikasas. He screamed, he didn't know what else to do. Tears now flowed down his checks, as he put his palm to what he was assuming was Mikasa's.

He felt it again, an anger so piercing, the day Annie killed his squad paled in comparison. His face began to get hot, as he clenched his teeth, causing a few to chip and crack. Blood began oozing from his gums, as he wrapped the hand in the scarf, gently placing it to the trunk of a tree.

He looked up, his eyes blazing as he looked at the footprints left by the titans. He got up, and ran as fast as his legs would take him, following them.

He felt as if he would hurl, his lungs screaming as he drew in raspy breath after raspy breath. He launched himself up with all his might, and pulled the triggers of the handles.

The hooks went into a nearby tree, and he flung himself forward.

Off in the distance, he saw them, the huge figures running after what he assumed was the rest of the western squad. He threw himself forward again towards them.

With another scream of anger, and his teeth sinking into his hand, cracking through the bone, his titan materialized.

The 15 meter giant, as Mikasa once stated, the embodiment of humanities rage roared, as his green eyes pierced the blue sky.

It was as if, Eren completely handed the reins of his titan to his rage, as he charged ahead, slamming himself into one of the taller ones, immediately going for the neck. Once crushed, he used the limp body as a bat, slamming it into a smaller 5 meter, sending them both flying.

He lurched forward, as one of the other bigger ones threw itself onto Eren. He grabbed it by its hair, and pulled forward as hard as he could. The titan went flying forward, the force of it completely severed the head from the body. It started to get up, so Eren was quick in putting it down again, for good.

He felt no emotion but rage. His eyes fixated on a particular titan, a red fabric was dangling out of its mouth, stuck in between its teeth.

Eren snarled, picking up another one of the smaller titans, throwing it at the taller one, knocking it down. It turned around, and looked at Eren. It's grin, almost mocking him.

He took a step forward, and his fist collided with the Titans jaw. The jaw was pushed deep into the neck, before falling off. He took another step with his left foot, crouched slightly, and brought his fist up, into the roof of the titans mouth, which lifted the head off.

It crashed down next to the jaw, and Eren finished off the titan, disposing of the other little ones too. Eren, snapping back to reality was cut out of the nape.

He couldn't tell who it was, his vision was too blurred off, and the numbness he felt was enough to negate the feeling of anyone's hands on him. His ears rung, and he closed his eyes.

"I'm sorry Mikasa.." He choked out.