What's up guys. I should really slow down but i'm impatient it's like i find a new and awesome anime every month and i have to do a fic on it. And this anime is AWESOME in all caps. And as you can probably figure it's the Uber popular anime 'Attack on Titan'. Keep in mind this fic takes place several years after the actual series so we might not be seeing a number of the character of the actual series. Anyways i hope you all enjoy this fic and the idea behind. Please review and enjoy! Also i do not own attack on titan and as always, flames, advice, and praise are all accepted.
The year is 1002, a 152 years since the Colossal Titan's second appearance in the year 850. 157 years since the great war hero, Eren Jaeger's, mother was killed by a titan after the Colossal Titan appeared for the first time. 157 years since Eren was put on his historic path to glory and titan killing. Thanks to the efforts of Eren Jaeger, the cadets of the 104th trainees squad and member of the royal family and eventual Queen, Historia Reiss, humanity was able to beat back the titans. For a time at least. Thanks to their efforts not only did they rebuild human civilization but they also gave humanity the breathing room need to advance. The technological advances in the military are especially large. In fact, experts say that the military is the most advanced part of civilization, being more advance by at least ten years. But for now let's hit the 'pause button' on history lesson. Don't want you all getting bored now do we? Of course not. We turned our attention the meeting chamber within the royal palace.
There stood three men. One was in his mid thirties. He wore a cream royal jacket that had a thick blue sash (from his right shoulder to his left hip) and on each shoulder he has a fringe, from which a tiny and thin chain hangs on the right hand side. He also wore red pants with thin gold stripes at it's extremes, black belt with a golden square buckle, and black boots. He had golden blonde hair and chocolate brown eyes. He was lean in build and he stood at five feet and eleven inches. His hair was slicked back and he had a short, neatly trimmed beard hugging his face. His skin was fair and he also wore a golden crown atop his head.
Across from him were two other men. Both looking to be in their mid forties. The taller of the two wore a buttoned up brown long coat over a whit shirt and a bolo tie. He also wore a matching brown general's visor cap. he wore black slacks and dark brown shoes. he had three medal pinned to the right breast of his coat and had a red sash worn from his right shoulder down to his left hip. he had brown eyes and neatly kept gray hair, pale skin and a clean shaved face. he stood about six feet, nine inches tall and his face seemed to be in a scowl.
The other man had fair skin and icey blue eyes. his head was shaved bald but he did have slight stubble that was turning gray. He wore a standard military cap and light gray combat fatigues which were tucked into brown, knee-high combat boots. he wore a brown leather jacket with the 'Wings of Freedom' patch on the back and shoulder, which he wore over his black t-shirt. There were also five stars on each side of the jacket's collar. He was a muscular man and stood at six feet, two inches. The two older men looked at each other then at their king.
"With all do respect you royal Highness but, are you mad?" asked the man in the long coat.
"Now General Pax there's no need for alarm." said King Alexander Reiss. Grandson of Historia Reiss.
"Sorry but i have to agree with old Nick here. The hell do you mean you're cutting off half of the military's funding? That's insane." said the man standing next to Pax.
"Colonel Randolph, i anticipated you and general Pax's reactions, which is why i chose to inform you two last. But as the highest ranking military man in the southern territory..." he began turning to Pax, "And the head of the special forces division..." he continued turning to Randolph, "I expect you both to suck it up."
"You expect us to take this sitting down? You're giving away half our money to the dam agricultural council!" boomed Nicholas Pax.
"We all know the military is at the very least ten years more advanced than most of human civilization. The people need more attention. They have supplementary defenses and now need equally supplementary living conditions." said Reiss.
"So you're telling us that you're willing to put civilian lives at risk for the sake of them having more luxuries? they can't enjoy their fancy new toilets if their at the bottom of a titan's stomach." said Cliff Randolph. Reiss sighed, turning his back to the military men.
"in the year 901 we introduced the first prototype of the tank, soon giving birth to the armored division. The armored division's main purpose to act as humanity's way of equalizing the playing field against the titan menace after the inevitable death of Eren Jaeger. In the year 999 we then established the Aerial transport division, which consist of 'Raven' helicopters, put into service in the year 998." informed the king, making the two military men look at each other.
"Yeah we know that. What are you going to tell us about the battle of Trost or perhaps the final reclamation of wall Maria?" asked Pax, shaking his head as he crossed his arms.
"No. What i'm getting at is that humanity is plenty ready to defend itself against the titan menace for the time being." said Reiss.
"Yeah the tanks are made for mostly defensive and ,if the circumstances ever call for it, counter attack operations. But the Aerial Transport Division is small and only meant for either the transport of troops during high value missions or civilian evac(not to mention helicopters were still a very new form of technologies with a good chunk of unknowns to it). Not like either of those divisions have avoid having their share of casualties anyway. especially the armored division." said Cliff as armored division's casualties was second to the special forces who did most of the fighting against Titans.
"And what about the Titan shifters? Just because we haven't seen them i a while doesn't mean they've just disappeared. Or what about those damned titan worshipping terrorists? Sire, you need to face facts, the military's budget cannot be lowered just so a few civilians can live more comfortably." reasoned Pax.
"I'm sorry gentlemen. Starting tomorrow the military's research budget will be cut in half." stated Reiss. Pax growled as his eyebrow twitch. Randolph put a hand on his commanding officer's shoulder urging him to just calm down and leave.
"Who does that little spoiled bastard think he is?!" Pax yelled as soon the excited the palace.
"The king that's who. And you know what, he is. So suck it up. Besides you and i can keep this army going. Just like we always do. Even if the King wants to keep his head thoroughly stuck up his ass." said Randolph.
"I still can't believe this. What more do people want? they have lights bulbs, electricity, modern toilets, freaking radios, what more could they want. Whatever it is i hope they enjoy it while the can. because if the military fall behind, humanity falls. And i ain't gonna die because some royal prick thinks he knows what's best. I swear we were way better off when Alexander's father or Grandmother was in charge. They had their priorities straight" ranted Pax as the two walked off to tell the men under their command that their budget just got cut.
Meanwhile...
A soldier was walking down the dirt path of the training facility. He looked to be in his mid thirties, and had a lean yet muscular build to him. He also had short and messy black hair and vibrant, emerald green eyes. His face has a trimmed beard on it and skin was fair. He wore similar clothing to Colonel Randolph except his shirt was a pale purple and his brown leather jacket lacked the stars on the collar. Though his gaze was that of a man who survived many battles. He has his arms crossed behind back and his eyes locked ahead of him. This was the grandson of the great Eren Jaeger himself. This was Aden Jaeger, Major in the special forces division. He spotted another soldier ahead of his, showing trainees how to take care of their 3DM equipment.
The man pale blue eyes black hair. His head was shaved for the most part and side from the short Mohawk that sat on his head snuggly. he had slight five o'clock shadow on his face and a light scar over his right eye. He built lean and was slightly more muscular than Aden himself was. he wore the same uniform as Aden except is shirt was a dark gray, almost black in fact. This was sergeant Adam Kane. A man who believed in honor, duty, respecting the chain of command. And he especially believed in following orders. So much in fact he had a tattoo his left arm depicting his belief. It was a human skull with the wings of freedom on it's forehead and a sword stabbing hilt deep into the top of the skull. The words 'Duty Or Death' written under it. Adam looked up from his work and saw the approaching Aden.
"Need something soldier?" asked Adam.
"I was told you were the one to talk to concerning the last 'expedition' outside the walls." said Aden.
"Depends on who's asking sir." replied Adam.
"Major Aden Jaeger. That's who" said Aden making Adam stand p immediately. In case you can't tell yet the name 'Jaeger' carries a lot of weight. Especially in the military. The cadets stood straight and gave a chest over heart salute.
"Forgive me sir. I didn't realize you were a Jaeger. It's an honor to meet a member of your family sir." said Kane giving a salute.
"At ease soldier. Cadets. Sergeant i need to speak to you." said Aden making Adam nod and follow the Major, after he told the cadets to continue their training.
"i wasn't told you trained cadets." said Aden as they walked.
"I don't sir. I just had some free time and decided to lend a hand to the instructor." explained Adam.
"Right. So Sergeant Kane, I hear you a straight laced soldier. Follow orders with hesitation correct?" said Aden.
"Or course sir! Duty or Death!" replied Kane.
"So. tell me what happened when you were outside the walls." asked Aden.
"Simple recon sir. Just scouting out territory for the next expansion." said Kane.
"Right. The army was planning a second expansion operation." said Aden, the army had just completed the first ever successful expansion operation a few years ago. They had built four triangular additions between the watch post. These 'dens' as they became known were meant to re-fortify the weaker part of the wall and acts as a buffer between the wall housing the civilian populace and the titan menace, as each 'den' was a militarized zone. The West and east acted as the headquarters for the Armored and Aerial Transport divisions, respectfully. Then the Southern den acted as the headquarters' training grounds for the special forces and military police brigade. And finally the Northern den acted as the training grounds for the stationary guard and also acted as the testing ground for new artillery that would be used to defend the wall from titans. Though successful the operation did see it's amount of casualties. But had it not been for the armored division and, most notably, Eren Jaeger, and his comrades, the casualties would have been greater. And now there was plans to continue and go another expansion operation. That is after they got their next budget.
"If you're asking me if it went well Major, then i'm sorry to report no. We got ambushed by those damn terrorists. They did give up much trouble but the fight attracted a gang of titans. I lost half my squad and we were barely able to get sufficient data for the expansion." explained Adam.
"Understood. Now sergeant. I wanna ask something. When i told who i was, you seemed to have a interesting reply. You look up to my family?" asked Aden.
"Who doesn't sir. The Jaeger family has accomplished a great many things. And members like the great war hero Eren Jaeger are especially inspiring. He was the key to turning the tides in this war and giving us a chance." replied Adam.
"Sounds like you idolize my grandfather." mused Aden.
"I'd be lying if i denied that sir." responded Adam.
"You and me both. He was a great soldier but an even better man." said Aden remembering his grandfather fondly.
"All troops report to main square! Repeat, all troops report to main square immediately." boomed the loud speaker suddenly.
"Sounds like something's going down." said Adam.
"Damn right it does. Let's go." said Aden.
"Right behind you sir." responded Adam making Aden turn to him.
"And one more thing. Enough with the 'sir' crap. I'm no the king so you don't have to be so formal with me. Just call me Aden, okay?" stated the major. Adam nodded before following his commanding officer to the main square of the north den, where Colonel Randolph and General Pax stood on a stage. The square was flooded with soldiers of various ranks and ages. There was small talk all through out the crowd until Randolph cleared his throat.
"Attention!" called the colonel, making the soldier silent and look up at him. Randolph then handed it off to Nicholas.
"What i'm about to tell you boys isn't the best news. In facts i'd rather hand in my uniformed than have to tell you this. But the king has decided it would wise to cut our funding in half. And to make matters worse, he's giving it to the 'Agricultural Committee.'." informed Pax, which soon earned a wave of disbelief and outraged ranting from the crowd of military men and women.
"and that's not even the worse news. I'm afraid... that because of our sudden cut we'll have to postpone the expansion campaign." added Pax grimly as the crowd burst into a full frenzy of outrage.
"I know you're all pissed but now that our research and development funding is now cut, the expansion will be too risky until further notice." added Randolph, suppressing his own anger.
"I lost another my brothers on during recon missions for the expansion!" shouted one soldier.
"What about all the time we put into this? What is all our blood, sweat and tears about to go down the train just so some civilians can get better stoves?" cried another female soldier. Aden was about to speak and try to help silence the crowd but Adam's voice came before his.
"Enough!" boomed Adam, his voice echoing, "For God's sake we're soldiers! Not whiney brats! We swore to follow the king's orders, whether we agree to them or not. We have sworn allegiance to our king and his kingdom! like i said we all might not agree with how he goes about running things but tough luck! it's our job, no, our sacred duty, to defend the civilians inside those wall till our last breath, and let me tell you something that's what i plan to do! And so what if we lose some funding? We the best and brightest the army has to offer! We eat titans for breakfast!" shouted Adam with fury in his voice.
"Funny, it's usually the other way around." chuckled Pax quietly to Randolph who glared at him before 'sshhhing' him.
"Sergeant Kane is right! We all know that whatever the kings decided he has humanity's' best interest in mind. So if anyone has a problem with his decision can leave now because you don't have what it take to be a member of the special forces or the military police brigade." added Aden effectively silencing the crowd.
"Couldn't have said it better myself. Dismissed soldiers." said Randolph and shortly the soldiers began to disperse. Pax eyed Adam with intrigue before he left with Aden.
"That was quite the speech soldier." commented Aden.
"It was nothing. Just reminding the others of their duties." replied Adam.
"Whatever you say, it was still dam impressive." complimented Aden.
"Much appreciated... Aden." said Adam, finishing awkwardly, making Aden chuckle.
"Catch you on the flip side Kane. I gotta give command your report." said Aden as he parted ways with Adam.
"Have a nice day." said Adam before rolling his shoulders. He should grab his jacket where he left it and head back to his room at the barracks.
two week later...
"Job well fucking done boys!" said Adam as he and his team on their way back to base.
"Yeah baby we showed those titans who's boss." said a spec ops soldier. Adam and his squad had just finished a mission outside the walls. They provided support to group of refugees fleeing to the the city. it went much better than their last mission. it certainly did wonders for the squad to forget the budget cut and the virtual cancellation of the expansion. Speaking of which, despite the opposition to Reiss' controversial decision all members of the army chose to suck it up and move on. Even Pax. Now things were finally boiling down and starting to get back to normal. Kinda.
"Job well done boys." said a familiar voice.
"Shit it's Aden Jaeger!" said one of the soldiers.
"That's not how we greet commanding officers soldier! Show some respect!" said another soldier motioning for the other younger members of the squad to stand at attention.
"At ease." said Aden.
"Aden, here more my report again?" asked Kane.
"you guessed it." said Aden.
"I'd think you'd be in the field more often." said Adam.
"Oh i am. i just do this when i have free time." explained Aden, "Now come on. From the look on your men's faces i expect good things." said the major as he motioned for the two to follow. Aden had down two field missions himself, having gone outside the wall for recon as to make sure the newly built walls of the dens were holding up good and to do recon. Both went fairly well. Aden truly was worthy of the Jaeger name. As the two walked Adam described every detail of the recent mission with a noticeably much great amount of enthusiasm than the last time he told Aden about how the mission went. By the time they finished they were at the entrance to the North den, and a member of the police brigade stood waiting. Not just a member of the military police, but a member of the royal family's' personal guard in fact, judging by his pitch black jacket, red t-shirt and dark gray combat fatigues. he also wore a red beret with the military police symbol on it. Two standard military police stood behind him in brown jackets, royal blue t-shirts, royal blue berets and white fatigues. The normal military police officers held marksman rifles(picture a gewehr 43) . The most recent invention to be spawned by the army. Though the accuracy was vastly improved from it's predecessor along with it's faster rate of fire, the marksman rifle still had it's issues. But in the end it was invaluable in fending of terrorist, or in extreme, cases, blind enemy titan by shooting out their eyes.
"Jaeger!, there you are! Come on, it's time." said the personal guard officer.
"Oh right. Almost forgot, i have important business to attend to. Catch you later Kane." said Aden before going with squad of military police. But not before one turned back to Adam.
"You you're Adam Kane right?" asked the man.
"That i am." replied Kane giving a fist over heart salute.
"Get to the Scout Regiment headquarters. General Pax wants to see you. Now." said the soldier before turning on his heel and jogging to catch up with the others. Kane nodded before heading to his room in the barrack to drop off his 3DM gear before heading to meet Pax. Most soldier would want to know why they were needed, but not Adam Kane. No he believed too much in duty and chain of command to question his orders. Adam was greeted by two scouts on guard at the gate to the headquarters building.
"Kane, head to the General's office, he want to speak to you immediately. Alone." said one of the guards. Kane raised an eyebrow at that. alone? Now he was starting to get curious. But he nodded and continued on his path none the less. Adam passed by and greeted several soldiers on his way to meet privately with General Pax. he soon saw Pax's office ahead. The guard who were usually present were absent, likely to give the two full privacy during this meeting. Kane walked up to the door and knocked twice.
"Come in." came Pax's voice, knowing who it was as he gave explicit orders for any soldier aside from Kane not to come with one hundred feet of his office. Kane wasted no time in entering, being sure to keep his head up as he walked and immediately gave the general a salute.
"Sir! It's an honor to meet you, sir! Permission to ask why we're meeting private sir?" asked Adam trying to act as professional as possible in front of his commanding officer.
"Lower your tone sergeant that's an order." said Pax making Adam immediately quiet himself. "You're here because i was impressed by your show or patriotism the day we told the troops about the king's decision." said Pax.
"I was merely doing my duty as a loyal soldier sir. While i may not agree with the king's decision, i did swore a oath and i will stand by that oath till the day i die." replied Adam.
"That's what i like to hear. I've read you record Sergeant Kane, and i must say i'm quite impressed. So impressed that i need you for a very important mission. So important that no one else can know, at risk of it being leaked to the wrong people." stated Pax making Adam stand straighter.
"I am prepared to accomplish any mission given to me sir." said Adam.
"Very good sergeant. Very good. I need you to engage a massive threat outside our walls. And their not titans." said Pax. Adam began to think they had finally found a Titan shifter stronghold. Something the military couldn't seem to pull off. the only person who might know is currently encased in an unbreakable crystal cocoon. "I need you to engage and neutralize a large group of unlawful combatants and capture their leader." added Pax.
'Does he mean Brandon Turner? Leader of those Titan loving terrorists? I'll be glad to put down some insurgent scum. Especially their leader.' thought Adam before asking, "Sir, just to be sure, who is this target?"
Pax looked from side to side as if someone might be watching. He even opened the door to check outside before closing and locking it. He turned to Adam "You're not tell anyone. understood? Not even your squad can know until you're on your way to the objective. Clear." asked Pax shocking Adam. Adam held back a gulp, and with wide eyes, nodded.
"You're target is a traitor to humanity. A man who has made us think he's a good guy. A true menace to humanity. Your objective is. To apprehend... King Alexander Reiss." finished General Pax. And that is when Adam Kane's world went upside down.
Sorry guys! I know you hate cliff hangers but it keeps you interested right? Anyways i hope you've all enjoyed this fic so far and find the idea interesting. Just to be clear since i think i did a bad job at explaining it, the guy in black is a member of the military police brigade just like the guys in blue. Only difference is he is always guard the king personally. anyway like i said i hope you enjoy the beginning of this fic and i hope you read the next few chapters. I'll update as soon as i can, and please review!
