Attack on titan Fanfiction – I do not own any of the characters. But the story is mine..

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Chapter 1

They ran.. Ran for their lives.. Every step so tiny so insignificant, but yet so important. They had to keep moving. The ground shuddered under them. It would have been happier times if it were just an earthquake. But the trembling was not the doing of Mother Nature.

"TURN THE CORNER," the boy, no more than 18 years of age yelled at the top of his voice, steering their small group, trying to put them out of harm's way. But to little avail. The trembling of the ground continued behind them, coming towards them and washing under their feet in waves. Growing dangerously closer with every split second. Each vibration threatening to waver the balance of their very being. Trying to make them fall face first to the ground. But they had to push on, push forward, like their life depended in it, because it did.

"ARMIN, I'LL DISTRACT THE OAF, YOU TAKE THEM TO SAFETY," the boy screamed,

"NO!" The golden haired boy was thrown off guard by the sudden order shouted in his direction, "EREN! DON'T BE AN IDIOT… EREN..!" Armin scattered to a stop, only for a second, only to watch his childhood friend turn himself into bait and dash away in another direction.

"EREN..!"

"Armin, come on, we need to keep moving," it was Jean who had grabbed his arm and tugged him onward. But Armin could not take his eyes off the spot where Eren had turned the turned the curve and disappeared behind the gray wall of a smashed building. No,Eren..

Damn suicidal maniac! Jean thought as he struggled to pull Armin's body ahead.

"Fuck!" a curse left his lips as he stumbled, rubble crushing under his feet, his plan had worked, the Titan was hot on his tail. Eren pushed his weight onward glancing back every few moments to judge the distance between the giant and himself. This is NOT good, his entire existence quaked. His desperate attempts to find an escape had failed him on every turn. At unknown distances, he could hear the swishes of the ODM gears as hundreds of other soldiers' were locked in combat. Trying to cut down as many titans as they possibly could. Trying to defend the city and the people that called her home.

The quite afternoon had quickly rolled over and turned into a nightmare that no one was ready for. What had happened? Why? They had told them that the titans had been defeated! Then why? Where had these monsters come from?

"Gather the troops!" a much too familiar voice had commanded, but something in the otherwise calm voice had made Eren's head snap to face his captain. The look on his face was enough to tell him what was happening,

"Listen up, get as many civilians to the bunkers as possible," the man shouted orders to all the soldiers present in the small dining hall, "the titans have broken through."

"What! The titans? But cap.."

"There is no time for small talk, those who can get their ODM gear, do it," the Captain cut short the shocked exclamation of his subordinate.

"Akermen, you are in charge. Join the fight after you've dropped the baggage, all of you."

"Yeager follow me."

The captain turned and rushed out of the hall, leaving the troops to their own devices.

"What's going on Captain?" Eren questioned trying to keep up with his superior.

"Have you lost your hearing along with losing your transforming ability Yeager?" the Captain spat, not letting off on his sarcasm even in the pressing situation. He stopped abruptly and Eren walked right into him. They had walked down a narrow path and come to a stop at the end of it. Eren watched as Levi pressed his back against the wall and peeped into the dusty road, which seemed to glow red in the dying evening sun. His eyes widened, as he felt it, the trembling of the ground beneath him. "Captain.."

"Shh," Levi hushed him off, his face scrunched up in utter concentration, mind trying to think up plans, escapes, anything.

Another tremble.

"Yeager," He looked straight at the teen, "try it.." his gaze peered into the confused face of the boy.

"But sir.. I-I ca-"

"Try it, you little shit," he grabbed Eren's hand and thrust the base of its thumb into his mouth, "bite, you stupid fuck.."

Defeated, Eren bit into his own hand, moments passes, and a steady stream of blood ran down his hand, crimson, just like the dying sun.

Tch, Levi clicked his tongue and closed his eyes as he let out a sigh, impeccable timing wasn't it? "Put us all in a bind haven't you?" he spat, more to himself than to the boy standing before him, "that's enough," he lay his own hand on Eren's, gesturing him to stop.

"Alright, it was a gamble anyhow," he said, pulling out the white handkerchief from the inside breast pocket of his jacket, that's not about to heal any time soon, was his thought as he wrapped it around the boys wrist, red blotches appeared on it almost instantly, much to his annoyance.

"Alright, I'll clear a path, there is an armory 20 yards from here, get there and suit up."

Eren could only stare at his superior as he shot the anchor of his gear into the wall of the building on the other side of the road, "move your ass you shit!" he shouted as he disappeared from sight.

Eren gathered himself and ran towards his destination, trying to hide himself the best he could. The sound of the monsters was getting louder and clearer now. He was far away from the city gate but, it was unmistakable! Not wanting to believe his ears, he ran down a staircase jumping behind it into a small space to hide himself from view. The city was silent save the sounds of distant crashing of buildings and the occasional thundering of the ground, "mm"

The voice was tiny, but he had heard it none the less. He craned his neck to look into the low window, and sure as hell spotted the form of a little boy inside the house. Careful not to alarm him, he crept closer to the door and slowly opened it. "shh… shhh.." he tried to calm the child who scurried away from him, "I'm not going to hurt you." He looked at the frightened child, his heavy breathing filling the room.

"Are you hurt?" the child shook his head, "come here, we are getting out, alright," just then there was a loud bang and the roof of the house was smashed inside. A large boulder fell through, sending debris flying all over the place. Eren lunged towards the kid, and closed his arms around him, forming a protective barrier.

Slowly the dust cleared. His ears still ringing, he looked down at the child whimpering in his embrace, "hey.. Come on.." A thick gooey substance fell next to him, it sizzled and steam rose from it. No! Eren looked up. The large head of a titan was staring into the house form where the boulder had fallen in.

"No!" he gathered the child in his arms and ran for the door. The titan gurgled as he stuck his hand through the tear and tried to grasp his 'food', but Eren ran out before its fingers could curl around him.

With the boy over his shoulder he made for the narrow road opposite the house, the thuds of the titans feet close. But years of being a part of the Scouts had taught him how to survive and that was just what he was going to do. His training had taught him that titans were slow because of their large sizes and if you ran fast enough and dodged criss-cross, they would get confused in the head. That was if you were not dealing with an abnormal.

Panting, he let the child down. He had managed to puzzle the giant moron, for the time being at least. "Ok.." he said, breaths coming in hard intervals, "I.. Can't carry you any… more .. You have to run with… me.. Ok… " he urged the kid taking his tiny hand in his own.

"Eren..!" someone whispered his name, "is that you?"

"Armin! What?! What are you doing? Are you insane?" he looked at his friend like he had gone crazy, "where is your gear?"

"There was no time, Jean and I were in the market when it happened," Armin said, it was clear that he was desperately trying to pull his wits together, "Eren, it's bad! There are too many of them. They managed to evacuate the civilians in the interior sectors of the city but almost everyone closer to the gates has died. We were- we were there … we tr-ied.. but.."

"Armin, don't so that to yourself."

"It was a blood bath, Eren! So many people! So man-" he looked at Eren, "we managed to snag a few of the civilians out of there," he turned to look at Jean who was trying to calm the small group down.

"Armin, we have to get these people to safety, there are bunkers at the end of the city, close to the walls, they are small and they lead straight to tunnels that connect to the other side."

"Yes the bunkers, yes.. They are not far from here right?"

"Yeah."

Another crash was heard and all of them jumped as if on cue, damn that bastard, the titan had found its way back to him.

"EVERYONE! RUN! FOLLOW ME!"

And they ran.

….

"ARMIN, I'LL DISTRACT THE OAF, YOU TAKE THEM TO SAFETY," Eren yelled, and sprinted off away from the group, EREN! He could hear Armin's voice, but there was no turning back now. He dodged and jumped and scrambled through the debris below his feet. The titan, dangerously close behind him. He evaded another blow from the titan and ran down a small alley, SHIT..!

SHIT..!

"SHIT..! No… " a dead end..! He frantically looked around for something, anything! He turned to look at his enemy. The titan knew it had won. It just stood there looking at its prey. Then it moved, slowly, so slowly, it could have been taking a stroll in a park. Eren's eyes fell on a something, he ran to it and pulled out the heavy metal rod.

He turned back to face the titan, his weapon at the ready, he was not going to go down without a fight, NEVER..!

The titan picked up its pace. Moving ahead,

"COME ON YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!"

The titan lunged face first, its mouth wide open, ready to devour its prey whole. Eren jumped out and away before its mouth before it slammed shut. His feet wavered as he tried to find some form of grounding. They failed and he fell, his back hitting the ground and a sharp piece of broken rock embedded itself in his shin. He curled up as his body screamed in agitation. When he looked up, the titan was on all fours, ready to snap again, there was no escape now. This is it..

SWISH!

A blur of a circle shot behind the titan's neck. Red blood sprayed everywhere when it made contact, and the titan's limp body fell to the ground, sizzling, as it began disintegrating.

Levi spun to a stop, but unable to control the force from the speed, he crashed right into the wall next to him. And slid down it in a heap.

"Captain!" Eren gasped, struggling to his feet he limped towards his captain as fast as he possibly could.

"Captain, Levi!"

Levi grunted, as he tried to force his body off the ground, his arms trembling dangerously, "Shitty brat! Agh.. Didn't I ask you to… suit .. a-up?" he barked as Eren approached him, his eyes wide with disbelief.

"Captain?" his superior was a blood-stained mess. He is hurt?!

"Come here you bloody idiot," before Eren could react, Levi had pulled him towards himself and bounded off the ground. Air streaming past them, they moved upwards. When they were high enough Levi landed on a rooftop and threw his subordinate away from him.

Eren landed hard, his leg revolting in pain…

"Brat! Show me that.." he dragged Eren's foot close.. "Saddle up soldier.." he said, Levi looked straight into Eren's eyes. Giving Eren no time to prepare, he pulled the jagged rock out of his leg…

"AAH!"

"Shut it.. You weakling.." Levi swayed and collapsed on his side.

"They are.." he whispered.. "They show intelligen.." he said before his eyes slid shut..

"CAPTAIN!"


Levi Hurt?! What Noo!