James had been further from the gate, watching the titans trying to get inside, to reach the top. It had been like that all day for him, but he didn't mind. The day had been slow and he was ready to start his time in the scout corps. He had scored among the highest in his class, but despite that, was joining the Scouts. The military police was easy to live in, but it was also the government's way of making sure that their hides were safe before anyone else. They funneled the most talented Titan killers away from the real protectors of the people, the Scouts and Garrison, and live save, comfortable lives. Most had never even seen a real titan in the whole of their careers.

Shaking his head, James laid down and closed his eyes, intending to take a short nap until he had to walk the length of the wall again. As he started drifting, dreams beginning to slip into his mind when he suddenly sat up. Something didn't feel right, something about the air. As he stood up to take a look around, a loud boom echoed through the inside of the wall. He turned towards it and stared. He could just barely see the head of a titan looking over the wall and dust coming from the bottom of it.

He froze where he stood, staring at the plume of dust rising from where...[i]The gate. I-it destroyed the gate.[/i] The walls that had kept them safe for so long had finally fallen, and it was something that James just couldn't wrap his head around. At least, not until the screams started. "Ah hell, the people!" Getting a running start, he jumped off the wall to the inside, flipping just for the hell of it, to try and calm his nerves, and using the 3D maneuvering gear to get a good pace going. As he moved through the air, he yelled at people below him. "Get to the inner gate! The wall has been breached! Run!" The people below only stared at him before obeying, running like a bunch of lemmings to get to safety. The garrison troops manning the inner gate had already prepped the cannons and were getting people inside as fast as they possibly could.

James didn't slow down, he just kept moving towards the gate until he spotted Ryan, who was moving to another titan after killing one. "Ryan, wait!"