The Fire Within

The menacing purple flares engulfed the horizon, casting an ominous glow over the Levi Squad as they prepared to face the Aberrant horde. The drizzle fell onto their faces, mingling with the sweat of anticipation. "Eren, listen, it's dangerous - I want you to retreat to the center rear and join Erwin's squad!" Levi ordered, drawing his blades from the metal boxes beside his thighs.

Eren's eyes blazed with determination. "No! I won't leave my squad. We live or die together!" he responded, his voice unwavering.

Levi clenched his teeth, knowing it was futile to persuade Eren now. "Okay, Petra, look after him," he said, aware that the open field would be a challenging terrain for his experienced squad members.

"Scouts, take out your blades - it's do or die!" Levi shouted, his voice carrying across the field as they approached the massive horde that loomed before them like a merciless specter. The clouds shrouded the sky, and the drizzle fell onto their faces like a mournful veil. The once-beautiful flower beds lay ahead, now stained with the blood of their fallen comrades. The air was heavy with tension, the only sound the soft patter of rain and the quiet rustle of blades being unsheathed.

"Levi, three of them are about 14 meters, and the rest are around 8 to 9 meters," Hange reported, her voice tense with concern.

"I'll handle the 14-meter ones. The rest of you focus on the 8-meter Aberrants," Levi ordered, his voice firm and commanding.

"Where do we launch our grapple hooks?" Eld asked, fear creeping into his voice.

"In their flesh - there's no other spot," Oluo replied grimly.

"Let's go, then!" Gunthur exclaimed, but Levi's voice cut through the air. "Idiots, don't die on me!"

The Aberrants, their faces smeared with the blood of freshly killed Scouts, noticed the approaching team and began to run towards them with an unnatural gait, their footsteps echoing through the atmosphere.

Eren took a deep breath as the Aberrants closed in. Before Levi could signal the switch to their Vertical Maneuvering Gears, Eren launched his left grapple hook, which lodged perfectly in the thick flesh of an 8-meter Titan. With a burst of speed, Eren ejected gas from his gear, propelling him towards the Aberrant.

"Eren!" Levi shouted, but Eren was determined to fight and slaughter the advancing Aberrants.

"Damn it, you suicidal bastard!" Levi cursed, his voice laced with frustration and concern.

The 8-meter Titan lunged at Eren like a ravenous beast, its massive hands grasping for him with merciless intent. But Eren, ever the cunning warrior, seized the opportunity to turn the tables. "Tch.. idiot," he taunted, using the Titan's arm as a pivot to launch his grapple hook at the behemoth's triceps. With a burst of gas, he propelled himself towards the 14 meter Titan's nape, his blade flashing in the dim light like a deadly crescent moon.

Eren's movements were a blur, a whirlwind of steel and fury that left even the seasoned Levi Squad struggling to keep pace. His blade sliced through the Titan's nape with surgical precision, the cut so deep that the behemoth collapsed like a felled giant, crushing two smaller Titans beneath its massive frame. Oluo and Gunthur seized the opening, their coordinated attack a symphony of steel and death that left the two smaller Titans lifeless.

Meanwhile, Hange, Eld, Petra, and Levi closed in on Eren, who was now poised to strike the final blow against the remaining 14-meter Titan. Eren's vision was inverted, his body maneuvered in a gravity-defying arc as he targeted the Titan's exposed nape. The Titan, distracted by Levi's approach, left itself vulnerable to Eren's attack.

Levi, the humanity's strongest soldier, advanced with a fluid grace, his sword held backhanded with the blade facing outward. The Titan, sensing its demise, flailed wildly, but Levi's speed and agility allowed him to dodge its attacks with ease. With a swift rotation, Levi's blade sliced through the Titan's arm, the flesh parting like ripe fruit to reveal the bone beneath.

Eren, witnessing Levi's lightning-fast strike, seized the opportunity to deliver the coup de grâce. His blade flashed in the dim light, an unforgiving slash that bit deep into the Titan's nape, ending its reign of terror. Hange, Eld, and Petra followed Levi's lead, their blades rising and falling in a deadly rhythm that left the remaining 8 meter Titans lifeless.

But in the heat of victory, danger lurked. "Hange, look out!" Gunthur shouted, his voice a distant warning as the last Aberrant Titan closed its jaws around Hange like a vice. The darkness within its maw seemed to pulse with a malevolent life, the stench of blood and death hanging heavy in the air.

Levi's response was instantaneous, his coordination with Petra a testament to their battle-honed instincts. Together, they struck the final blow, their blades slicing through the flesh that held the Titan's jaws, followed by Eren's reverse slash that ended its life. Oluo rushed to Hange's aid, freeing her from the Titan's deadly embrace.

In the end, the Levi Squad stood victorious, their blades raised in triumph as the last Aberrant Titan fell to the ground, its massive frame still and lifeless. Eren, the young warrior, had proven himself once more, his name etched in the annals of history alongside the greatest heroes of humanity.