Mildew was in his church performing a sermon to his flock, unaware of what was transpiring outside. His flock were standing in the middle of the church in three circles, to symbolise the three Walls

"Brothers and sisters, let us pray for the continued strength of the Goddesses Maira, Rose and Sina. May they stand firm. Their grace is a manifestation of our good faith, we give thanks to the light of the great architect, he whose wisdom is the mortar. His sublime love for his creation is steadfast stone. He and he alone protect us from the Titans scourge and proportion to our worship. Verily assistance and obedience is all that he asks—"

Then suddenly Eir smashed right through the church Wall crushing the people in attendance and rubble fell upon Mildew's priests. Ragnar had just punched Eir in the face and he had no idea that he just killed about 50 people.

Spectacularly Mildew somehow managed to survive and his eyes fell upon the carnage in front of him. Not only was his flock entirely decimated, but standing before him was a Titan.

"No, impossible!" he said horrified.

Eir lifted herself up and looked down noticing that she had crushed a good number of people but showed absolutely no concern. Ragnar was not going to waste his chance and immediately charged at her at full speed and instead of engaging him she decided to run off.

Mildew looked outside and saw that she was making a beeline to the Wall. "By the Gods, please not the Wall! Stay away!"

Ragnar then ran past creating a powerful gust of wind that knocked him right off his feet.

People are running like crazy as two Titans were battling it out in the streets and Ragnar was finding it hard to turn corners causing him to crash into buildings. The Scouts were following them as closely and safely as possible.

"Well, I'd say that our boys in control of himself this time," said Valka.

"Yeah, but still there is no guarantee this will turn any different than their last meeting?" said Hiccup.

Snotlout looked at him. "Come on, he wouldn't have transformed unless he was sure that he could take at this time. He's got this okay."

"I don't doubt that, but determination alone does not win battles," he said looking at him. "You of all people should know that. It will take more than that to beat Eir, a lot more."

"He's not wrong, Eir was the best when it came to hand-to-hand combat," said Fishlegs meekly.

The Scouts then noticed that Eir was making her way into the Plaza where there was no housing structures for them to fire their ODM gear.

"Damn, she's making her way to level ground," said a guy in goggles.

"So much for our gear, what do we do now?"

"Split into two teams and go around!" Valka ordered.

"Understood!"

All of them then immediately moved out.

As Eir and Ragnar were rushing through the street they were actually crushing people who were panicking. At HQ the MP officers had finally gone outside to put their ODM gear but they were having issues.

"Come on! Come on!"

"Son of a—"

"Where did they come from?"

They then screamed in horror as Eir and Ragnar and by as they had finally entered the Plaza. Eir then immediately spun around and slammed her hand into the MPs HQ building to slow her speed causing the people inside to be scattered.

The two of them looked at one another staring each other down waiting to see who would make the first move.

'You were always so cynical, like every little thing around it was pointless,' said Ragnar looking at her. 'You didn't give a second look to anything or anyone, but every now and then though I could see through the act. Especially when you are showing off your fighting skills, hand-to-hand combat may not have been graded in our final grade back at the Academy, but he was a different story altogether. It was clear that you were lying from the start, fighting is your entire world, but now the question is what are you fighting for? What could possibly have been worth all this death and destruction?'

Eir had taken up a fighting stance and Ragnar then immediately swung his fist towards her. She quickly raised her elbow and hardened to the skin causing it to break on sending a massive shockwave throughout the entire Plaza. Then when Ragnar lost his balance she immediately kicked him, but he quickly blocked it with his forearm and then immediately grabbed it.

He then rose to his feet and spun her around, sending her flying over some buildings and into the nearby street. Ragnar then immediately charged right through the building, not caring whether there was anyone inside, and attempted to grab her again.

Eir might have been a little dazed from that surprise attack, but she managed to get out of the way just in time causing Ragnar to crash into the building.

The Scout could only watch as the battle ensued, despite the fact that they were now back in the streets there was no way they could engage them at least not without getting themselves killed.

"Odin help us."

Marco looked at Valka. "Section Commander, I hate to say it, but the city will be debris and corpses before long, even if we managed to capture."

"Well, then that's how it's going to be," she said. "We are sticking to my husband's plan, got it? So stop babbling and ready the nets."

"Right," Marco nodded.

Hiccup was rather concerned that they hadn't seen his father or Eret for that matter. Imagine the entire city now knew of the two Titans battle it out in the streets and yet they haven't shown up.

Wartihog and Hitch just watched in horror as the two Titans battled it out, even completely helpless. They were also utterly terrified as this was the first time they had actually seen a Titan and now they had some idea to imagine what Eir went through during the Battle of Trost.

"I didn't sign up for this, they didn't say there would be Titans fighting in the streets," said Hitch.

"No kidding, this is crazy," said Wartihog.

Spitelout still had Stoick at gunpoint and now he just received the report of the two Titans fighting in the streets.

"We've got two of them hashing it out in the streets?" Spitelout roared.

"Yes, sir. The city is collapsing like a house of cards."

"It's just… it's horrifying. We can only guess how many casualties."

Spitelout turned on Stoick. "Stoick! You're arrogant has brought hell right to our door!"

"I know," he said. "I acted entirely on my own authority and I offer no excuses."

Spitelout was absolutely furious and grabbed the hem of his jacket and pulled him towards him. "You knew what this would do to as you son of a bitch! You knew and our lives be damned! Why? Damn you, why?"

Stoick looked at him. "For humanity… for victory."

"Don't give me that!" Spitelout roared pointing his rifle at its head. "You are nothing more than a traitor and what's worse you got my own son involved! I oughta kill you right here right now! None of the higher-ups would fault me!"

"Do what your conscience dictates, my post is yours," said Stoick calmly as if death threats to him were normal everyday occurrence. "The Female Titan must not escape, deployment is through Peer and Marco was in charge of provisions. Work with them closely, do whatever is required—"

"Stop! Shut up!" Spitelout yelled. "Do you really believe this is for the good of us all?"

"I have faith that it is a step forward," said Stoick.

Spitelout looked as if for a moment he was going to pull the trigger, but something stopped him and he lowered his rifle.

"Everyone lower your rifles," he ordered. "Please this man under arrest."

"Sir!"

"Deploy all troops immediately! As of now focus on evacuation!"

"Yes, sir!"

Most of the MPs ran off in order to evacuate civilians son stayed with Spitelout as a soldier placed manacles on Stoick's hands.

"Stoick, I hereby wash my hands of you and leave you to the High Court," he said bitterly.

"I'll accept the judgement," said Stoick calmly. "Thank you, Spitelout." He then turned and looked at Eret. "Eret, for now, stay here. A pointless death wouldn't suit you."

"No, I doubt it would," Eret shrugged. "Any more than it suits anyone else."

Hiccup was leading the charge towards Eir and finally, they reached the street that Ragnar and Eir were fighting in. All they could do was watch as Ragnar charged at Eir and swung his fist.

Eir immediately countered by hardening the skin on her leg and performed a leg sweep so powerful that it sliced through his right leg. Despite losing a leg Ragnar somehow managed to hop his way towards her and strong his fist. She tried blocking it, but she had been caught completely by surprise and as such was pushed back, she plunged a hardened leg into the ground in order to hold her ground, but the below did strike her head.

'To rise above monsters, we have to abandon our humanity,' said Hiccup as he watched. 'What we fight, we become. Fire with fire. Look at her, Eir can do it.'

Eir began to remember what her father.

'Eir… Eir,' said her father's voice.

Eir regained her composure and then kicked Ragnar across the face sending him crashing into a nearby building. However, Ragnar somehow managed to grab it with his teeth and refused to let go of her. She tried to free herself by slamming a hardened fist on top of him.

'Eir… I believe in you,' said father as he hugged her. 'I am always on your side.'

Eventually, she had done enough damage to knock him out and then she began to run off.

Ragnar had taken some pretty hard hits and was now recovering, but amazingly he was still conscious.

'I-I not done,' he said meekly. 'Not until we reclaim the land that once belonged to us.'

Eir was running towards the wall when she looked back and to her amazement, Ragnar was jumping his way towards. He was hopping towards as quickly as possible and nothing was stopping him and within moment he landed on top of her and the land in the marking place at the base of the Wall.

All the Scouts in the area immediately activated their ODM gear in order to get out of the way as they skidded across the ground.

Hiccup and the other Scouts just watched as Astrid joins them.

"What did I miss?" Astrid asked.

"I'm not sure where to begin," said Fishlegs.

"It's annoying we can't get out there to help," said Hiccup.

"What do you mean?" Snotlout asked.

"He means that everything is getting a little chaotic, we can't get in close without getting killed ourselves," said Valka.

Eir was on her chest covering her nape with Ragnar directly on top of her, she was completely shocked by his perseverance. She tried to shake him off of her, but Ragnar then grabbed her face and began to crush in his palm.

It was this point that Spitelout and the MPs arrived at the scene with Stoick and Eret.

"By the Gods," said Spitelout.

Eir was screaming as it looks as if Ragnar was trying to tell her head off and eventually she managed to elbow him in the face. He then tried to swipe at her but she ducked just in time and then kicked him in the chest pushing him away any crash into the building where the Scouts were standing on.

The Scouts then watched as Eir's fingertips began to harden and she rushed towards the Wall. She then shunned and her fingers created holes within the walls allowing her to scale it, much to everyone's shock.

"She's heading up the wall!" Snotlout yelled.

"She's trying to escape!" Valka yelled.

Ragnar had managed to recover and quickly grabbed hold of Eir, attempting to pull her down. He then began to gnaw on her right leg and she managed to kick off, though she ended up tearing her own left-right in the process.

"We can't let her get away!" Hiccup yelled as she and Astrid made their way up the Wall with their ODM gear.

"We won't," said Astrid.

The two of them then managed to get directly above Eir and there was nothing she could do to stop them as they were way out of reach. Hiccup then came swinging in slicing through the fingers on her right hand just below where she had hardened them. Astrid then swung back slicing through the fingers on her left hand and then she began to fall back towards the ground.

Astrid then landed on top of her head and looked at her. "It's over, Eir… now fall."

As she fell everything appeared to go in slow motion as Eir knew she had been beaten. She just looked up at the sky thinking about her father.

'Eir… I'm so sorry,' he said apologetically grasping her shoulders. 'I don't suspect you to forgive me, but please… please just…'

She then struck the ground and she was left to the mercy of Ragnar, who immediately pounced on top of her. Ragnar then immediately slammed his fist down on top of her head, she tried to block the attack with her right hand but he ended up smashing right arm and it flew straight towards Stoick and the MPs, the MPs quickly ran off but he just stood there and watched.

'…stand your ground. Stand your ground even though the world stands against you.'

Ragnar's arms had now been completely shattered and it looks as if he wasn't quite finished just yet.

'They will despise you, they won't understand… but I will, your dad always will. Promise me that you will return, that is all that I ask.'

Ragnar then immediately tore open the nape leaving her completely exposed to the world. Ragnar then noticed that there were tears in her eyes and then suddenly there was a blinding flash of light.

Hiccup saw that Ragnar's body appear to be fusing with Eir's. "Their fusing?"

Ragnar was trying to free himself, but he discovered that he wasn't able to. Then some kind of crystal engulfed Eir from head to toe. It looked as if that Ragnar was going to share the same fate, but Eret appeared out of nowhere and sliced through his nape freeing him.

"We can't afford to lose you as well," he said.

After the battle, the two Titan bodies had disintegrated and the only thing left was a battered city and a whole lot of casualties. Eir was still encased in that strange crystal which tended collaborated with the rest of the Titan body.

They had managed to pull Ragnar out of his Titan body and now he had strange markings over his eyes. He was also unconscious, no doubt the battle took a heavy toll on him, but he soon opened his eyes.

"Ragnar," said Hiccup.

Ragnar turned and saw Hiccup standing next to him. "Hiccup? Is Eir…"

"We're not sure," said Hiccup.

Ragnar turned and saw Snotlout trying to cut his way through the strange crystal encasing Eir with his blade. However, the only thing that he managed to accomplish was shattering it in the washing even a scratch on the crystal.

"Damn it!" Snotlout yelled. "All the shit we've been through and this is what we get! Eir, wake up! Come on, face the music! You owe us! Don't be a coward! I know that you can hear me!"

He was about to strike the crystal again, but Eret grabbed his shoulder. "That's enough. It's over."

Snotlout looked as if he wanted to argue some more, but deep down he knew the truth.

"Someone get me a wired net," Valka ordered. "This thing belongs deep underground!"

"Understood!" said the Scouts.

Valka looked at Eir, who looked as if she was sleeping. 'What have we done? If we can't get any answers out of her and what was the point of all this? We are left with nothing but countless casualties, ruined lives and unanswered questions. All for what?'

Eret was making his way to Stoick, whose expression was unreadable. "Well, it was a valiant effort. Can't win them all though, right?"

"Right," Stoick nodded. "And the very least the Scout Regiment has been exonerated, sure by the skin of its teeth, but still."

Eret wasn't so sure they did after all went behind the backs of the MPs and one could argue that the decision caused half the city to be demolished. "Let's hope that the brass agrees."

A few days later, Stoick had been called an emergency meeting by some officials from the capital to discuss the recent events.

"As you might imagine, we have many questions," said the leader of the community. "If the target identity was beyond all doubt, why would you neglect aid from the Military Police?"

"Discretion, we had reason to believe that she was working in conjunction with other insiders," Stoick explained. "I felt that it was necessary to involve those well above suspicion, sir."

"Yes, and the price of your discretion was the near obliteration of Nexus," a Minister argued. "Well done."

"I didn't foresee the damages scale, sir. Blame my incompetence."

"Blaming going to rebuild my roof," said a second angry Minister.

"If the Female Titan was left to roam free, the Wall was subject to breach and the damage to Nexus would be beyond devastating."

"Perhaps," said the community leader, though he didn't look convinced. "Stoick, you have me grasping at straws to exonerate you. What I need is proof that your tactics unit some manner of benefit. Granted, Eir Stormheart is rendered innocuous, but also essentially useless."

"Yes, sir," Stoick acknowledged. "That she is."

They all turned on him in bewilderment, clearly, there was surprise that he would acknowledge such a thing.

"Are you saying… it was all for nothing?"

Stoick looked at him with a very stoic look on his face, something which he was quite famous for.

Ragnar was still recovering from his battle with Eir and faded in and out of consciousness every now and then. He opened his eyes and found that Hiccup was sitting opposite his bed reading and Snotlout was leaning against the window. Standing in the corner were Astrid and Fishlegs, both of who had concerned look on their faces.

"Hey," said Hiccup. "You okay?"

"Yeah," he said as he sat up. "In fact, it weird how okay I feel. So is Eir still stuck in that thing?"

"Afraid so."

"You would think after everything we sacrifice to get her back, that fate would cut us a little slack," Snotlout grunted.

"Personally I find it humbling, knowing how far she would go to keep secrets," said Fishlegs.

"More like infuriating," Astrid grumbled.

"I should have reacted quicker, I should have pulled her out of the carcass immediately," said Ragnar. "It's just when I saw her face I just froze."

"Hiccup Haddock! And Fishlegs Ingerman!" said a voice.

They turned and saw MP standing in the doorway. "The two of you are first."

"Yes, sir," Hiccup nodded.

"Debriefing time," said Fishlegs.

"We'll see you later," said Hiccup as he rose to his feet.

They watched as the two of them walked off leaving only Astrid and Snotlout to keep Ragnar company, both of who were absolutely quiet.

"I guess she really did had a hand in Speedfist's death," Ragnar sighed.

"You think that he figured out her secret?" Astrid asked.

"Possibly, it would make sense," said Ragnar.

"When I found his ruined body, he didn't have his ODM gear on him, I should have realised that something was off at that moment," Snotlout grunted. "I just assume that someone ripped it off of him because there's was broken."

None of them said anything else, they just couldn't find the words.

"I still can't get my head around it," said Fishlegs as he and Hiccup walked down the corridor. "This entire fight fire with fire business, is that really the only option we have?"

"Not really, it's just the only one that's been presented," said Hiccup. "And now we know that Ragnar is able to do it."

"Yeah, but if it's that easy to turn for the fight to turn us all into monsters and maybe we just don't deserve to win."

Hiccup looked out of the window and saw some birds flying over the Wall.

"No one ever promised us that we would come out of this unscathed," said Hiccup.

Stoick continued to look at the committee.

"'For nothing?'" he said as if the word to an insult. "I believe that this latest tragedy has moved us forward by leaps and bounds, sir. Not long ago we hadn't even imagined the possibility of humans transforming into Titans and now are we not only aware of the enemy in our midst, we managed to capture one of them. Make no mistake there are more of them out there and we will hunt down every last one. The initiative is ours, starting now, we will launch an attack on the Titans within our Walls!"

'After that, the Scout Regiment recall to the capital and my father's incarceration were rescinded. Instead they were charged with guarding Eir Stormheart in her holding cell, deep underground where they kept strict vigil day and night. Sadly, however, it would take a far longer time and cost a great many more lives for humanity discover true nature of what it held captive.'

Unbeknownst to anyone, the rest of the new recruits of the Scout Regiment were riding on horseback within the interior as something dangerous was on their tail. Also, some portion of the Wall that had been damaged by Eir began to crack revealing a skinless Titan with inside it.