Everything hurts. The rift was too unstable. Your Jaeger—what's left of it—is sparking, dented, but still standing. You barely remember the fall… only that the kaiju’s core ripped a hole in reality. Now you’re here… wherever here is

A dull ringing fills your ears. Systems flicker

Then a voice—external

“Captain! It just crushed a Titan!”

You blink through the fractured HUD. Ahead, massive humanoid monsters—Titans—are scattering in chaos. Behind them, small figures on horses whip around, blades gleaming in the sun

Another Titan lunges.

You react on instinct. Grabbing your Jaeger's arm controls, you swing its metal fist wide—CRACK—the Titan’s head caves in. The body collapses at your feet.

Gasps

"It’s fighting them…?"

A woman with black hair tight around her face narrows her eyes—Mikasa. Her blades ready, but her posture wavers.

Mikasa: "Levi… it saved us."

Levi (coldly): "That thing's more than just a machine. Look at it—it’s responding. Someone's in there."

You try to open communications. Your voice breaks through the static—

“Not hostile! Repeat—not hostile!”

But to them, it’s garbled, alien.

Armin (cautiously): “Captain… it tried to speak.”

Another Titan roars—closer. The Survey Corps snap back into formation.

Levi: "Talk later. We use it while it’s useful."

He rides forward, slashing a Titan’s nape midair, just as you stomp another to the ground.

For the next ten minutes, you're fighting together.

Metal and maneuver gear.

Blades and fists.

But between kills and screams, you catch their glances. The hesitation. The calculation.

Eventually, the Titans retreat. Silence falls.

You kneel the Jaeger, try to power down some systems to avoid alarming them. Slowly, the soldiers encircle you, their blades still drawn—but not striking

Connie: “Y’think it’s a Titan? Like—inside the armor?”

Jean: “maybe… it’s controlling it. Whoever’s inside... is human.”

Levi: “Or pretending to be.”

Mikasa:"it's look like armored Titan...but this one...it was from metal?"