The Fourth Military Branch
Prologue
Armin P.O.V.
I walked in the doorway and stopped in my tracks. I stared in shock at Ms. Hanji's office; the place looked like it was hit by a giant, paper tsunami. There were files and papers covering the floor, pencils and other writing utensils were scattered everywhere, diagrams of the titan anatomy and little notes covered nearly every inch of the walls, and more paper was stacked into towers that could be taller than Commander Erwin! No wonder Captain Levi hates going in here, I thought as I walked around a giant stack of files. As soon as I could make out a desk against the wall, I began searching every inch I could for the desired document Hanji needed for her research. Sheesh, how can she find stuff in here? I sighed, and placed what is most likely the 20th paper, that wasn't what I needed, somewhere else. I moved a file over and finally saw what I was looking for. "Ah-ha," I said out loud. I swiftly picked up the paper and happened to see the name of a file buried underneath it: Fourth Military Branch. Curious, I picked it up, then, Hanji had slammed the door open and I dropped the file out of surprise. "Armin! Did you find it yet?" Hanji asked cheerily. I stared at the now scattered papers that lay at my feet, all titled Fourth Military Branch. "Armin?" Hanji poked me, trying to get a reaction. "Huh?" I turned to her, "O-oh, yeah, I found it." She looked excited. "GREAT! Now we can possibly figure out why titans are immune to most injuries except for the neck!" then, she grabbed my wrist, and dragged me out to the hallway, while she rambled on about why she thinks titans do this and that.
*TIME SKIP! \(owo)/*
I made my way to the mess hall, and sat with Eren and Mikasa. "Hey Armin," Eren greeted "Did you know we're having another expedition soon?"
"No, my squad leader didn't say anything about another expedition coming up," I raised an eyebrow and Mikasa nodded in agreement, her face as stoic as usual but I could tell that she was confused as well.
"Really? But, Commander Erwin was talking to Levi about it. It sounded pretty important so I figured everyone would know." Eren tilted his head and stared in confusion, "He said something about 'recruiting them back', what do you think that means?" Mikasa and I shrugged. Maybe it has something to do with that Fourth branch thing? I scrunched my eyebrows and frowned in confusion at the thought. "Armin? Are you ok?" my friends stared at me.
"Hm? Oh yeah, I'm fine." I smiled and they relaxed. Jean, Connie, Sasha, and the others soon joined us and began talking about other topics. But I wasn't paying attention; I was too busy thinking about those files from earlier…